JP7232038B2 - Guidance device, platform door device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to guidance devices and platform door devices.

Patent Literature 1 discloses a guidance system for guiding a user to move out of a facility in the event of a fire, earthquake, or other guidance event. This guidance system includes a guidance device that provides voice guidance in addition to a guidance light that indicates the evacuation direction. The guidance device is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the indicator lamp arranged in the vicinity of an emergency exit or the like.

JP-A-8-299475

In the conventional guidance system described above, since the guidance device is placed near the emergency exit, which is the place to be guided, for visually impaired people or in situations where the guidance light cannot be seen, the direction of the emergency exit can be found from the guidance device. You can also ask for it on the public address system. However, if the user is at a distance from the guidance device and cannot hear the public address system, he or she may be confused as to which direction to escape.

It is also conceivable to place a guidance device in the middle of the passage to the guidance location and use the guidance device to broadcast “The guidance location is on the right/left side.” In this case, the source of the broadcast must be specified. cannot determine which direction to move.

Such a problem can occur not only during emergency guidance but also during normal guidance.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and one of exemplary objects of certain aspects thereof is to provide a technology capable of more accurately guiding passengers on and off the platform.

In order to solve the above problems, an induction device according to one aspect of the present invention includes speakers provided in each area on a platform divided in the longitudinal direction, and an area in which the speaker in each area is uniquely provided. and a control unit for broadcasting identification information for identifying the area to be guided and identification information for an area in a direction to be guided.

Another aspect of the invention is a platform door apparatus. This device is a platform door device arranged in each area on a platform partitioned in the longitudinal direction, and includes a platform door, a speaker, identification information that uniquely identifies the area in which the device is provided, and guidance. identification information of the area in the direction of the target area, and a control unit that causes a speaker to broadcast the identification information of the area.

Any combination of the above constituent elements, or mutual replacement of the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention in a method, apparatus, program, temporary or non-temporary storage medium recording the program, system, etc. is also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which can guide|guide|derive the boarding/alighting passengers on a platform more appropriately can be provided.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a platform system in which a platform door device according to an embodiment is used; FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the integrated control device of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a platform information holding unit in FIG. 2; FIG. FIGS. 4(a) to 4(e) are diagrams showing the data structure of the guidance information storage unit. It is a functional block diagram of the integrated control device concerning a modification. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of a landmark information holding unit in FIG. 5;

In the following embodiments, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions are omitted. Also, in each drawing, for convenience of explanation, some of the constituent elements are omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a station 100 in which the platform system 1 is provided. The platform system 1 includes a station attendant operation panel 8, platform door devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, and 10e (hereinafter referred to as "platform door device 10" unless otherwise distinguished), and an integrated control device 30. And prepare. The number of platform door devices 10 is not particularly limited. The speaker 14 (described later) of the platform door device 10, the door device control unit 15 (described later), and the integrated control device 30 guide passengers on the platform 102 in the event of an earthquake or a fire on the platform 102. Construct a guidance device that

Five platform door devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e are arranged in this order along the longitudinal direction of the platform 102 at the edge of the platform 102. As shown in FIG. The five platform door assemblies 10 are specifically arranged so that each door of the train car and each platform door 11 (described below) face each other when the train has stopped within a predetermined stopping range.

Each of the five platform door devices 10 includes a platform door 11, a door pocket 12, a speaker 14, and a door device controller 15.

The door pocket 12 is a fixed fence fixed to the platform 102 . Inside the door pocket 12, the platform door 11, the speaker 14, and the door device controller 15 are accommodated. The platform door 11 is driven by an opening/closing mechanism (not shown) to reciprocate between a position housed in the door pocket 22 and a position pulled out from the door pocket 22 (position shown in FIG. 1). The door device control unit 15 controls the opening and closing of the platform door 11 by controlling the opening and closing mechanism based on instructions from the integrated control device 30 . The door device control unit 15 also controls the speaker 14 based on instructions from the integrated control device 30 .

The station attendant operation panel 8 is an operation panel operated by a station attendant, and generates a control signal according to an input operation. For example, when an instruction to open the platform door 11 is input, the station attendant operation panel 8 generates an open instruction signal, and when an instruction to close the platform door 11 is input, for example, generates a close instruction signal. When a guidance instruction including information on the occurrence location of the guidance reason is input, a guidance instruction signal including information on the occurrence location is generated. The station attendant operation panel 8 transmits the generated control signal to the integrated control device 30 .

The integrated control device 30 comprehensively controls the entire platform system 1 .

The platform 102 is divided longitudinally into a plurality of virtual areas, in this embodiment five virtual areas 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d and 104e. In the areas 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d, and 104e, the speaker 14 of the platform door device 10a, the speaker 14 of the platform door device 10b, the speaker 14 of the platform door device 10c, the speaker 14 of the platform door device 10d, and the platform door device 10e are respectively provided. of speakers 14 are arranged. Conversely, based on the speaker 14 of each platform door device 10, the platform 102 is divided into a plurality of virtual areas. Although one speaker 14 is arranged in each area in the present embodiment, a plurality of speakers 14 may be arranged in each area.

Although the structure of the station 100 is not particularly limited, in the present embodiment, a first staircase 105, a first concourse 106, and a first ticket gate 107 are provided on one end side of the platform 102, that is, beyond the area 104a. A second staircase 108, a second concourse 109, and a second ticket gate 110 are provided at the other end, that is, beyond the area 104e.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the integrated control device 30. As shown in FIG. Integrated control device 30 includes communication unit 32 , data processing unit 34 , and data holding unit 36 .

The communication unit 32 performs communication processing with the station attendant operating panel 8 and the door device control unit 15 of each platform door device 10 according to various communication protocols. For example, the data processing unit 34 transmits data to the platform door device 10 via the communication unit 32 .

The data holding unit 36 includes a platform information holding unit 40, and a first guidance information holding unit 42a to a fifth guidance information holding unit 42e.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the platform information holding unit 40. As shown in FIG. The platform information holding unit 40 associates and holds identification information that uniquely identifies each area on the platform 102 with the platform door device 10 corresponding to each area (that is, on which the speaker 14 is arranged). In the present embodiment, each of the platform door devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, and 10e corresponds to the first area, second area, third area, fourth area, and fifth area, which are identification information of each area. attached. That is, a first area, a second area, a third area, a fourth area, and a fifth area are assigned as identification information for each of the areas 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d, and 104e. That is, identification information arranged in ascending order from one side to the other side is assigned to each area. In the present embodiment, the identification information of each area includes numbers, but is not limited to this, and may include other characters having order, such as alphabets.

FIGS. 4A to 4E are diagrams showing the data structures of the first guidance information holding section 42a to the fifth guidance information holding section 42e, respectively.
The first guidance information holding unit 42a holds identification information of an area to which passengers in the first area (area 104a) should be guided when a guidance reason occurs at any place.
The second guidance information holding unit 42b holds identification information of an area to which passengers in the second area (area 104b) should be guided when a guidance reason occurs at any place.
The third guidance information holding unit 42c holds identification information of an area to which passengers in the third area (area 104c) should be guided when a guidance reason occurs at any place.
The fourth guidance information holding unit 42d holds identification information of an area to which passengers in the fourth area (area 104d) should be guided when a guidance reason occurs at any place.
The fifth guidance information holding unit 42e holds identification information of an area to which passengers in the fifth area (area 104e) should be guided when a guidance reason occurs at any place.

For example, in FIG. 4(b), when a reason for guiding passengers in the second area (area 104b) occurs in the first concourse 106, the first area (area 104a), or the second area (area 104b) Guidance in the direction of the fifth area (area 104e), and if the cause for guidance occurs in the third area (area 104c), fourth area (area 104d), fifth area (area 104e) or second concourse 109 It shows guidance in the direction of the first area (area 104a).

In other words, in this embodiment, there are a plurality of areas to be guided on the platform 102, and when a cause for guidance occurs in each area or concourse of the platform 102, an area in the direction away from the place where the cause for guidance occurs lead to

The data processing section 34 includes a door opening/closing processing section 50 and a guidance processing section 52 . For example, upon receiving an open instruction signal from the station attendant operation panel 8, the door opening/closing processing unit 50 transmits an instruction to the door apparatus control unit 15 to open the platform doors 11, Upon receiving the closing instruction signal, it transmits an instruction to the door device controller 15 to open the door pocket 12 . Further, for example, when the door opening/closing processing unit 50 receives an instruction from another device (not shown), the door opening/closing processing unit 50 instructs the door device control unit 15 to open the platform door 11 or close the platform door 11. You may send.

When the guidance processing unit 52 receives a guidance instruction signal including information on the location where the guidance reason has occurred from the station attendant operation panel 8, the guidance processing unit 52 controls the door device control unit of each platform door device 10 so as to broadcast (sound) the guidance information. Send instructions to 15.

Specifically, the guidance processing unit 52 first refers to the first guidance information storage unit 42a to the fifth guidance information storage unit 42e to determine in which direction passengers in each area should be guided. Identify. The guidance processing unit 52 determines that the data held in the first guidance information holding unit 42a to the fifth guidance information holding unit 42e are in the states shown in FIGS. occurs, refer to the first guidance information holding unit 42a to guide passengers in the first area in the direction of the first area (not in the direction of the fifth area), second guidance information holding Passengers in the second area should be guided in the direction of the first area by referring to the section 42b, and passengers in the third area in the direction of the fifth area by referring to the third guidance information holding section 42c Refer to the fourth guidance information storage unit 42d to guide passengers in the fourth area to the direction of the fifth area. Specify that passengers in area 5 should be guided in the direction of area 5 (rather than in the direction of area 1).

Subsequently, the guidance processing unit 52 determines guidance information to be broadcast in each area. For example, when a guidance reason occurs in the third area and the direction to be guided is specified as described above, the guidance processing unit 52 determines the guidance information to be broadcast in each area as follows.
Guidance information for the 1st area "This is the 1st area. Please evacuate to the 1st area."
Guidance information for the second area "This is the second area. Please evacuate to the first area."
Guidance information for the 3rd area "This is the 3rd area. Please evacuate to the 5th area."
Guidance information for Area 4 "This is Area 4. Please evacuate to Area 5."
Guidance information for the 5th area "This is the 5th area. Please evacuate to the 5th area."
That is, the guidance information includes identification information of its own area and identification information of an area in the direction in which passengers in its own area should be guided.

Subsequently, the guidance processing unit 52 refers to the platform information holding unit 40 and specifies to which platform door device 10 the broadcast instruction of each guidance information is to be transmitted. When the data held in the platform information holding unit 40 is in the state shown in FIG. 3, the guidance processing unit 52 instructs the platform door device 10a to broadcast the guidance information for the first area. Broadcast instructions to the platform door device 10b, instructions to broadcast guidance information for the third area to the platform door device 10c, instructions to broadcast guidance information for the fourth area to the platform door device 10d, and guidance information for the fifth area. to the platform door device 10e.

Then, the guidance processing unit 52 transmits an instruction to broadcast each guidance information to the specified platform door device 10 . The door device controller 15 of each platform door device 10 causes the speaker 14 to broadcast guidance information based on the transmitted broadcast. That is, the door device control unit 15 of each platform door device 10 causes the speaker 14 to broadcast the identification information of its own area and the identification information of the area in the direction in which passengers in its own area should be guided. In particular, the guidance processing unit 52 causes the speakers 14 in adjacent areas to broadcast the guidance information at different timings. Specifically, for example, the guidance processing unit 52 may transmit the broadcast instruction to the adjacent area at different timings, or may transmit the instruction to the adjacent area during the standby time from receiving the instruction to starting the broadcast. You may transmit the broadcast instruction|indication which set the different time. Note that the guidance processing unit 52 may transmit an instruction so that the speakers 14 in all areas sound at different timings.

The operation of the platform system 1 configured as above will be described.
When a cause for guidance such as a fire occurs on the platform 102, the station attendant inputs a guidance instruction including information on the location where the cause for guidance has occurred to the operating panel 8 for station attendants. The station attendant operation panel 8 generates a guidance instruction signal including information on the generation location, and transmits it to the integrated control device 30 . When the guidance instruction is received, the integrated control device 30 identifies the direction of the area to which passengers should be guided in each area, and based on the identified information, provides guidance information to be broadcasted by the speaker 14 of each platform door device 10. Then, an instruction to broadcast the determined guidance information is transmitted to each platform door device 10 . The speaker 14 of each platform door device 10 (that is, each area) broadcasts guidance information based on broadcast instructions from the integrated control device 30 .

Passengers on the platform 102 listen to the guidance information broadcast from the speaker 14 in the area where they are (that is, the speakers 14 that sound louder than the other speakers 14), so that they can see the area where they are and the area they should go to. By listening to guidance information broadcast from speakers 14 in other areas (that is, speakers 14 that can be heard with a relatively small sound), it is possible to grasp which direction the target area is. For example, by listening to the guidance information "This is the second area. Please evacuate to the fifth area." You can grasp that you are in the area and that you should evacuate to the fifth area. Then, one person hears "This is the first area..." and the opposite person hears "This is the third area..." are arranged in the order of the first area, the second area, the third area, .

As described above, according to this embodiment, by listening to the broadcast from the speaker 14 in the area where the user is located and the broadcast from the speaker 14 in another area, it is possible to grasp the direction in which to evacuate. This makes it possible to evacuate blind passengers in an emergency. Also, in an emergency, passengers can be evacuated even if the evacuation direction cannot be visually confirmed due to smoke or the like.

Further, according to the present embodiment, identification information is assigned to each area in ascending order, and each area broadcasts the identification information of its own area. Even if there is, you can grasp the direction to evacuate by listening to the broadcast of the area where you are or the adjacent area.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the speakers 14 in adjacent areas broadcast guidance information at different timings. As a result, passengers getting on and off can surely hear the guidance information emitted by the speaker 14 in the area where they are.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is an example, and that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component, and that such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

(Modification 1)
In the embodiment, the case where the station attendant inputs the guidance instruction including the information of the occurrence location of the guidance reason to the station attendant operation panel 8 when the guidance reason occurs has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, fire detectors configured to transmit detection results to the integrated control device 30 are provided in each area and concourse of the platform 102, and the integrated control device 30 determines the reason for guidance based on the detection results from the fire detectors. You may specify the location of occurrence. In this case, the integrated control device 30 may automatically transmit guidance information broadcast instructions to each platform door device 10, or wait for a predetermined input operation from the station attendant before transmitting the broadcast instructions. good. Note that the fire detector provided on the platform 102 may be incorporated into the platform door device 10 .

(Modification 2)
In the embodiment and the modified example described above, the case where the guidance information is broadcast from the speaker 14 of the platform door device 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the guidance information may be broadcast from the ceiling speaker of the station, for example. . The ceiling speakers may be controlled by a control section provided for each ceiling speaker, or may be directly controlled by the integrated control device 30 . In this case, the ceiling speaker, the control unit that controls the ceiling speaker, and the integrated control device 30 constitute a guidance device.

(Modification 3)
Although not specifically mentioned in the embodiment and the modified example described above, the integrated control device 30 may be housed inside the door pocket 12 of any one of the platform door devices 10 . That is, any platform door device 10 may be provided with the integrated control device 30 .

(Modification 4)
Although not particularly mentioned in the embodiment and the above-described modification, the guidance device may broadcast guidance information for guiding to landmarks in each area during normal times.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of integrated control device 30 according to a modification. FIG. 5 corresponds to FIG. In this modification, the data holding section 36 of the integrated control device 30 further includes a landmark information holding section 44 .

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the data structure of the landmark information holding unit 44. As shown in FIG. The landmark information holding unit 44 holds landmarks in association with identification information of areas in guidance directions for heading to the landmarks. Landmarks are, for example, sightseeing spots around the station, commercial facilities, station buildings, buildings around the station, government offices around the station, and the like. In the illustrated example, there are a tourist spot A, a commercial facility B, and a government office C as landmarks around the station 100. The tourist spot A is guided to the first area, and the commercial facility B and the government office C are guided to the fifth area. indicates that you will be guided to

The guidance processing unit 52 transmits a broadcast instruction to the door device control unit 20 of each platform door device 10 so as to broadcast guidance information for guiding to a landmark at a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 10 seconds).

Specifically, the guidance processing unit 52 first refers to the landmark information holding unit 44 to determine guidance information to be broadcast in each area. For example, when the data held in the landmark information holding unit 44 is in the state shown in FIG. 6, the guidance processing unit 52 determines the guidance information to be broadcast in each area as follows.
Guidance information for the first area "This is the first area. To go to the sightseeing spot A, go to the first area. To go to the commercial facility B or the government office C, go to the fifth area."
Guidance information for Area 2: "This is Area 2. To go to tourist spot A, go to Area 1. To go to commercial facility B or government office C, go to Area 5."
Guidance information for the 3rd area "This is the 3rd area. To go to the sightseeing spot A, go to the 1st area. To go to the commercial facility B or the government office C, go to the 5th area."
Guidance information for Area 4 "This is Area 4. To go to tourist spot A, go to Area 1. To go to commercial facility B or government office C, go to Area 5."
Guidance information for Area 5 "This is Area 5. To go to tourist spot A, go to Area 1. To go to commercial facility B or government office C, go to Area 5."
That is, the guidance information includes identification information of its own area, information about the landmark, and identification information of the area in the guidance direction for heading to the landmark.

Then, the guidance processing unit 52 instructs the platform door device 10a to broadcast the guidance information for the first area, the platform door device 10b to broadcast the guidance information for the second area, and broadcasts the guidance information for the third area. An instruction is transmitted to the platform door device 10c, an instruction to broadcast guidance information for the fourth area to the platform door device 10d, and an instruction to broadcast guidance information for the fifth area to the platform door device 10e.

The door device control unit 15 of each platform door device 10 causes the speaker 14 to broadcast guidance information based on the transmitted transmission instruction. That is, the door device control unit 15 of each platform door device 10 causes the speaker 14 to broadcast the identification information of its own area, the information about the landmark, and the identification information of the area in the guide direction for heading to the landmark. . In particular, the guidance processing unit 52 causes the speakers 14 in adjacent areas to broadcast the guidance information at different timings.

Passengers on the platform 102 listen to the guidance information broadcast from the speaker 14 in the area where they are (that is, the speakers 14 that sound louder than the other speakers 14), so that they can see the area where they are and the landmarks. , and the area to go to to get to the landmark, and by hearing the guidance information broadcast from the speaker 14 in another area (that is, the speaker 14 that can be heard with a relatively small sound), it is possible to know which area to go to. direction. For example, when a passenger wants to go to the government office C, the loudspeaker 14 hears a louder sound than the other speakers 14, and a message "This is the second area. To go to government office C, please come to area 5." By listening to the guidance information, the player knows that he/she is in area 2 and that he/she should head to area 5 to go to government office C. can. Then, one person hears "This is the first area..." and the opposite person hears "This is the third area..." are arranged in the order of the first area, the second area, the third area, .

According to this modification, visually impaired passengers should head to the landmark by listening to the broadcast from the speaker 14 in the area where they are and the broadcast from the speakers 14 in other areas. I can grasp the direction. In addition, identification information is assigned to each area in ascending order, and each area broadcasts the identification information of its own area. However, by listening to the broadcasts of the area in which they are located or adjacent areas, they can grasp the direction in which they should go.

1 platform system, 10 platform door device, 14 speaker, 15 door device control section, 30 integrated control device.

Claims (7)

a speaker provided in each of a plurality of areas on the platform divided in the longitudinal direction and assigned identification information different from each other ;
a control unit that causes the speakers of each of the plurality of areas to broadcast identification information of the area in which it is located and identification information of an area in the direction to be guided among the plurality of areas. Device. 2. The guidance device according to claim 1, wherein identification information is assigned to each area in ascending order from one side to the other side. The guidance device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit causes speakers in adjacent areas to broadcast at different timings. The control unit causes the speakers in each area to broadcast identification information of the area in which it is located, information about the landmark, and identification information of the area in the guidance direction for heading to the landmark. The guidance device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The guidance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the speaker provided in each area is a speaker of a platform door system. 1. The platform has a plurality of areas to be guided, and the identification information of the area in the direction to be guided is the identification information of the area in the direction away from the place where the cause of the guidance has occurred. 6. The guidance device according to any one of 5 to 6. A platform door device arranged in each of a plurality of areas on a platform partitioned in the longitudinal direction and to which identification information different from each other is assigned,
a platform door;
a speaker;
A platform door apparatus comprising: a control unit that causes the speaker to broadcast identification information of an area in which the platform door apparatus is provided and identification information of an area in a direction to be guided among the plurality of areas .

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