JP7316257B2 - Information display control device, information display control method, information display device, and elevator system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information display control device, an information display control method, an information display device, and an elevator system.

As a technology related to a display device provided in an elevator car or an elevator hall, there is a technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. In this patent document 1, ``In an information display device installed in at least one of an elevator car or an elevator hall and displaying information to elevator users, at least one of the position display of the elevator car and the destination floor information. , a content switching display region for switching and displaying content provided to elevator users, and a content constant display region for constantly displaying content provided to elevator users. It is possible to provide information efficiently in a short time to users of

JP 2016-11199 A

Although the information display device disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 can provide elevator users with a plurality of contents at the same time, the layout of each display area is always constant. For this reason, it is not possible to highlight and display appropriate content that matches the movement of the elevator at an appropriate timing, and it is left up to the user to receive the information.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an information display control device, an information display control method, an information display device, and an elevator system capable of emphasizing and displaying appropriate content in accordance with the movement of an elevator at appropriate timing. With the goal.

In order to solve the above problems, for example, the configurations described in the claims are adopted.
The present application includes a plurality of means for solving the above problems. To give an example, an information display control device for controlling the display of a display device installed in at least one of an elevator car and an elevator hall, Based on the control information of the elevator, a display area layout unit for changing the layout of the display area in the display device, and the display area laid out by the display area layout unit are selected for each control state of the elevator. and a content allocation unit that allocates and displays the content.

According to the present invention, an information display control device, an information display control method, an information display device, and an elevator system capable of emphasizing and displaying appropriate content in accordance with the movement of an elevator at appropriate timing are provided. be able to.

It is a figure for explaining the whole elevator system composition concerning an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining a display screen of the display device according to the embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining the display screen of the display device according to the embodiment; 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an information display control device according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a figure explaining the setting of the display referred to by the information display control apparatus which concerns on embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing an information display control method according to the embodiment; It is a figure which shows an example of the information display control method which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an information display control device, an information display control method, an information display device, and an elevator system of the present invention will be described.

≪Elevator system≫
Drawing 1 is a figure for explaining the whole elevator system 1 composition concerning an embodiment. Hereinafter, the configuration of an elevator system 1 according to an embodiment will be described based on FIG. 1 and referring to other drawings as necessary. The elevator system 1 shown in this figure comprises, for example, an elevator 100 and a remote monitoring center 200 . The configurations of elevator 100 and remote monitoring center 200 are as follows.

<Elevator 100>
Elevator 100 is provided in building 2 such as a customer building, and includes car 101 , elevator control device 102 , display device 103 , information display control device 104 , elevator content storage unit 105 , and remote monitoring device 106 .

[Car 101]
The car 101 travels within a travel path provided in the building 2 . Further, the car 101 has a car door (not shown), and passengers can freely get on and off by opening the car door in an elevator hall where the car 101 arrives facing the travel path. A plurality of cars 101 may be provided in one building 2 .

[Elevator control device 102]
The elevator control device 102 performs operation control such as running of the car 101 in the running path provided in the building 2 and opening and closing of car doors provided on the car 101 . Such an elevator control device 102 performs normal operation control based on signals from a hall call operation unit and a car call operation unit (not shown). In addition, the elevator control device 102 stops the car 101 at the nearest floor when it detects an earthquake, fire, or power failure based on an abnormal signal from equipment such as a seismometer (not shown). Carry out air traffic control to open the door. Further, the elevator control device 102 carries out predetermined failure operation control based on a failure notification signal from a detection unit (not shown) and control based on a signal from the remote monitoring device 106 .

The elevator control device 102 as described above is connected to an information display control device 104 to be described later, and transmits the operation control information described above to the information display control device 104 .

[Display device 103]
The display device 103 is arranged in the car 101 and displays various contents such as the destination floor of the car 101 . The display device 103 constitutes an information display device 100a together with an information display control device 104, which will be described below. The information display control device 104 controls the layout of display areas and the display contents of each display area.

Although not shown here, the elevator hall where the car 101 arrives may also be provided with the display device 103. In the present elevator system 1, at least one of the car 101 and the elevator hall Assume that a display device 103 is provided.

2 and 3 are diagrams (Part 1) and (Part 2) for explaining the display screen 103a of the display device 103 according to the embodiment. As shown in these figures, the display device 103 displays different contents in respective display areas A1, A2, . . . obtained by dividing the display screen 103a.

Based on the control from the information display control device 104, the display device 103 freely changes the layout of each display area A1, A2, . Display selected content for areas A1, A2, . . . The layout of each display area A1, A2, .

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the display device 103 selects a first display region A1 and a second display region A2 obtained by vertically dividing the display screen 103a under the control of the information display control device 104. view the content that has been created. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the display device 103 divides the display screen 103a vertically and further divides the lower portion horizontally into a first display region A1 and a second display region A1 under the control of the information display control device 104. The selected contents are displayed in the display area A2 and the third display area A3. The layout of such display areas A1, A2, . . . and the selection of content to be displayed in each display area A1, A2, .

Although not shown here, the display device 103 also has a function of outputting sound through a speaker or the like.

[Information display control device 104]
Returning to FIG. 1 , the information display control device 104 is connected to the elevator control device 102 , the display device 103 , the elevator content storage unit 105 and the remote monitoring device 106 to be described later, and controls the display of the display device 103 . The information display control device 104 constitutes the information display device 100a together with the display device 103 described above, and controls the layout of the display areas in the display device 103 and the content displayed in each display area.

Such an information display control device 104 is configured by a computer. A computer is hardware used as a so-called computer. The computer may include a CPU (Central Processing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), non-volatile storage such as ROM (Read Only Memory) and HDD (hard disk drive), and a network interface. .

FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the information display control device 104 according to the embodiment. As shown in this figure, the information display control device 104 configured by the above-described computer includes, as functional elements, a control information acquisition section 104a, a destination floor acquisition section 104b, a display area layout section 104c, and a content allocation section 104d. , and a setting storage unit 104e. The control procedure executed by each of these functional elements is assumed to be a program stored in ROM or a program loaded and stored in RAM from an external device. Each of these functional elements will now be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 1 above.

-Control information acquisition unit 104a-
The control information acquisition unit 104a sequentially acquires control information (hereinafter referred to as operation control information) regarding elevator operation from the elevator control device 102 . The operation control information acquired here is information as to what state the elevator is in. Specifically, whether the current operating state is normal operation or abnormal operation, and if it is normal operation, the car door opening/closing state, acceleration running, constant speed running, and deceleration running of the car, etc. This is information about the speed control state in the control state in which the car 101 is driven. In the case of abnormal operation, it is a state related to a control operation control state or a failure state. The control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104 a also includes the current position of the car 101 .

-Destination floor acquisition unit 104b-
The destination floor acquisition unit 104 b sequentially acquires the next arrival floor of the car 101 from the elevator control device 102 .

-Display area layout unit 104c-
The display area layout unit 104c lays out the display area on the display device 103 based on the elevator operation control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a and referring to the settings held in the setting storage unit 104e. When the elevator operation control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a is changed, the display area layout unit 104c changes the layout of the display area according to the changed elevator operation control information. The layout procedure by the display area layout unit 104c will be described in detail in the subsequent information display control method.

-Content allocation unit 104d-
The content allocation unit 104d allocates and displays the content selected for each control state of the elevator 100 in each display area laid out by the display area layout unit 104c. The content allocation unit 104d allocates content based on the operation control information of the elevator 100 acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a and the next destination floor of the car 101 acquired by the destination floor acquisition unit 104b.

When the elevator operation control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a is changed, the content allocation unit 104d switches content to be displayed in each display area according to the changed elevator operation control information.

The procedure for content allocation by the content allocation unit 104d will be described in detail in the following information display control method. Contents allocated by the content allocation unit 104d are content held in the elevator content storage unit 105, which will be described later, and content distributed from the content distribution service 3. FIG. These contents are described in detail below.

-Setting storage unit 104e-
The setting storage unit 104e holds the settings of the display areas A1, A1, A2, . These settings are input by operating the external device 4 and stored in the setting storage unit 104e from the remote monitoring device 106 and the information display control device 104, which will be described later, via the public network 5. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining display settings referred to by the information display control device according to the embodiment, and is a diagram showing an example of display area settings and content allocation held by the setting storage unit 104e. In this figure, the horizontal axis represents the control state of the elevator, and the vertical axis represents the content. As shown in FIG. 5, the setting storage unit 104e holds the setting of each display area A1, A2, . Maintains content assignment settings for

Here, the elevator control state is classified into a normal operation state and an abnormal operation state in which an abnormal event has occurred. The state of normal operation includes, for example, a car door open state [S1] of the car 101, a car door closed [S1] state, an acceleration [S3] state in which the car 101 ascends or descends, and a car 103 stationary state. The car 103 is classified into a state of high speed running [S4] and a state of deceleration [S5]. If it is in an abnormal operation state, it is classified into a controlled operation [S6] state and a failure [S7] state.

The content selected for each elevator control state is (1) elevator content stored in the elevator content storage unit 105 and distributed from the content distribution service 3, for example, with reference to FIGS. This is the distribution content of each category. Each delivery content is, for example, content in each category of (2) building content, (3) sponsor content, and (4) other content. FIG. 5 shows an excerpt from the detailed contents of the distribution contents in each of these categories.

Of these, (1) elevator content includes (1)-1: door open/close warning, (1)-2: destination floor/arrival floor, (1)-3: control operation (fire, earthquake, power outage) Notice, (1)-4: Contents of notice of failure occurrence. (1)-1: The door open/closed alert is divided into the alert corresponding to the state of the door open [S1] and the alert corresponding to the state of the door closed [S2]. omitted. In addition, (1)-4: Notification of failure occurrence includes the contact information of the remote monitoring center 200 or the face of the person who responds to the remote monitoring center 200 .

The (2) building contents are, for example, (2)-1: operation information, (2)-2: arrival floor information, and (2)-3: evacuation route information. (2)-1: The operation information is information about the days the building is closed, the days the elevators are inspected, and the like. (2)-2: Arrival floor information is tenant information for each floor. (2)-3: Evacuation route information is information on the route from the elevator hall on each floor to the emergency exit of the building.

(3) Sponsor content is, for example, (3)-1: Sponsor CM1, (3)-2: Sponsor CM2, and (3)-3: Sponsor CM3. is.

Furthermore, (4) other contents are, for example, (4)-1: weather and (4)-2: news, trivia, and the like.

Also, the display areas A1, A2, .

The selection of content for the control state of the elevator as described above and the setting of the display areas A1, A2, . is set by the administrator of the elevator, and can be set for each operating state of the elevator. For example, in the control state of each elevator, the widest display area is assigned to the content to be most emphasized to elevator users. Specific examples of such settings will be described below.

First, regarding the elevator control state of door open [S1] and door closed [S2], (1)-1: the widest first display area A1 ( area ratio 60%). When the door is opened and closed, there is a risk of the user colliding with the door, and by emphasizing the elevator-related content the most among the displayed content, the user is encouraged to ensure safety. (3)-1: Allocate the remaining second display area A2 (area ratio 40%) to the sponsor CM1.

Regarding the control state of the elevator, regarding the control state of acceleration [S3] in which the door closing control is completed and the car 101 ascends or descends, among the distribution contents (2) to (4), it is most shown to users. allocates the largest display area to the highest priority content. This is based on the idea that the user is likely to look at the contents in the car 101 immediately after the passenger gets on board. is assigned the largest first display area A1. Also, regarding this control state, (1)-2: destination floor/arrival floor, destination floor in (1) elevator contents is assigned to any of the display areas.

In addition, regarding the state of control operation [S6] when an earthquake is detected in which an abnormal event occurs in the elevator or building and the control state of the elevator becomes abnormal operation, see (1)-3: Control operation (fire, earthquake, power failure) Notification and (2)-3: Evacuation route information are selected, and the first display area A1 (50% area ratio) and the second display area A2 (50% area ratio) are assigned.

In addition, for the state of failure [S7] in which the elevator control device 102 detects an abnormality and the running elevator stops, (1)-4: for the content of notification of failure occurrence, the first display area A1 (area ratio 100%).

Note that the setting storage unit 104e that holds the above settings is not limited to being a functional element that constitutes the information display control device 104. FIG. For example, the setting storage unit 104e may be a component of the remote monitoring device 106, or may be a component of the remote monitoring center 200 or the external device 4, which will be described later.

[Elevator content storage unit 105]
Returning to FIG. 1, the elevator content storage unit 105 holds elevator content (1) as one of the contents to be displayed on the display device. Elevator content (1) is, as described above, a variety of content that includes alert information when doors are opened and closed, elevator floor information such as destination floors, and control operation information during abnormal events such as earthquakes, fires, and power outages. .

Note that the elevator content storage unit 105 may be a part of the information display control device 104 or the content distribution service 3 . When the elevator content storage unit 105 is the content distribution service 3, the content distribution service 3 distributes the elevator content (1).

[Remote monitoring device 106]
The remote monitoring device 106 is connected to the elevator control device 102 and the information display control device 104, and further connected via the public line network 5 to a remote monitoring center 200 which will be described later. When a plurality of cars 101 are arranged in the building 2, the remote monitoring device 106 may be provided as a common device for the plurality of cars 101. FIG. This remote monitoring device 106 receives various contents distributed from the content distribution service 3 via the remote monitoring center 200 and the public line network 5 and transmits them to the information display control device 104 .

<Remote monitoring center 200>
The remote monitoring center 200 is connected to the remote monitoring device 106 of each building 2 via the public line network 5 and also connected to various content distribution services 3 . This remote monitoring center 200 transmits each distribution content distributed from the content distribution service 3 to the information display control device 104 via each remote monitoring device 106 .

Such a remote monitoring center 200 comprises a reception processing device 201 , a data storage device 202 , a distribution processing device 203 and a communication device 204 . These are as follows.

The reception processing device 201 receives various contents distributed from the content distribution service 3 . The data storage device 202 stores various contents received by the reception processing device 201 .

The distribution processing device 203 selects distribution destinations of various contents stored in the data storage device 202 . Contents are distributed to the remote monitoring devices 106 installed in each building 2 , and the distribution processing device 203 selects content to be distributed to each remote monitoring device 106 . The communication device 204 transmits various contents selected by the distribution processing device 203 to the remote monitoring device 106 of each building 2 via the public line network 5 .

In the above description, the elevator system 1 is composed of the elevator 100 and the remote monitoring center 200. However, the remote monitoring center 200 is not an essential component of the elevator system 1, and the elevator system 1 consists of only the elevator 100. good too.

<<Information display control method>>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an information display control method according to the embodiment, and shows a procedure of information display control performed by an information display control program that the information display control device 104 has. This flow shall be repeated periodically at high speed. Hereinafter, an information display control method by each functional unit of the information display control device 104 will be described along the flowchart of FIG. 6 and with reference to FIGS.

[Step S101]
In step S<b>101 , the control information acquisition unit 104 a acquires operation control information from the elevator control device 102 . As described above, the operation control information acquired here includes whether the current operating state of the elevator is normal operation or abnormal operation, and if the operation is normal, the open/closed state of the car door, the This is information about speed control states such as acceleration running, constant speed running, and deceleration running.

[Step S102]
In step S<b>102 , the destination floor acquisition unit 104 b acquires information about the next arrival floor of the car 101 from the elevator control device 102 . Note that this step S102 and the previous step S101 may be performed in the reverse order or at the same time.

[Step S103]
In step S103, the display area layout unit 104c selects the setting of the display area held in the setting storage unit 104e based on the elevator operation control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a in step S101, and selects the selected setting. The layout of the display area is implemented based on the

For example, when the car 101 has landed on the floor and the car door is to be opened, the display area layout unit 104c refers to the setting (FIG. 5) held in the setting storage unit 104e and associates it with door opening [S1]. The held settings of the first display area A1 and the second display area A2 are selected together with the area ratio. Then, the first display area A1 and the second display area A2 are laid out based on the selected settings. At this time, the layout may be performed in a preset arrangement state of the first display area A1 and the second display area A2, and the layout may be performed in accordance with the area ratio.

For example, if there are two display areas, a first display area A1 and a second display area A2, referring to FIG. is placed. In the case of the three areas of the first display area A1, the second display area A2, and the third display area A3, the display screen 103a is divided vertically, and the lower portion is divided horizontally, as shown in FIG. A first display area A1, a second display area A2 and a third display area A3 are arranged. The above is an example, and the layout may be automatically set so as to satisfy the specification of the area ratio. For example, if the first display area A1, the second display area A2 and the third display area A3, These three areas may be arranged vertically and out.

[Step S104]
In step S104, the content allocation unit 104d allocates content to be displayed to each display area laid out by the display area layout unit 104c in step S103. It also instructs the display device 103 to display the assigned content.

At this time, the content allocation unit 104d performs content allocation by referring to the settings in the setting storage unit 104e based on the elevator operation control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a in step S101.

In this case, as an example, when the car 101 has landed on the floor and the car door is open, the content allocation unit 104d refers to the setting (FIG. 5) held in the setting storage unit 104e, and determines whether the door is open [S1]. The associated content (1)-1 is assigned to the first display area A1. Also, the content (3)-1 is assigned to the second display area A2.

As a result, on the display device 103, each content assigned in step S104 is displayed in each display area of the layout selected by the display area layout unit 104c in step S103. Note that the display device 103 also has a function of outputting audio through a speaker or the like, and if each content assigned in step S104 has audio information, the display device 103 outputs the audio information of the assigned content. You may

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the information display control method according to the embodiment, and is a diagram showing an image displayed on the display device 103 by performing steps S101 to S104 described above. As shown in this figure, on the display screen of the display device 103, based on the settings (see FIG. 5) held in the setting storage unit 104e, selected for each control state acquired by the control information acquisition unit 104a. , are assigned to the respective display areas A1, A2, . . . and displayed.

Such display changes the layout of each display area A1, A2, . The contents displayed in the areas A1, A2, . . . are switched.

<Effects of Embodiment>
According to the embodiment described above, the layout of the display areas A1, A2, . . . for displaying each content is set for each elevator control state. Therefore, important content selected according to the control state of the elevator can be displayed, for example, in a display area with a large area ratio, at an appropriate timing according to the control state of the elevator. It is possible to display the content with emphasis.

As a result, it is possible to efficiently provide information in a space where an unspecified number of users spend a short time, whether in the elevator car 101 or in the elevator hall. As a result, for example, content that customers (building owners, content providers, including advertisers) want to emphasize, and content that users want to emphasize can be switched and emphasized at appropriate times during the movement of the elevator. It becomes possible.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and includes various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Also, part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Moreover, it is possible to add, delete, or replace a part of the configuration of each embodiment with another configuration.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Elevator system 100 Elevator 100a Information display device 101 Car 103 Display device 104 Information display control device 104a Control information acquisition unit 104c Display area layout unit 104d Content allocation Section 104e...Setting storage section A1...First display area A2...Second display area A3...Third display area

Claims (12)

In an information display control device that controls the display of a display device installed in at least one of an elevator car and an elevator hall,
a setting storage unit for holding settings of each display area specifying an area ratio and setting of content allocation to each of the set display areas for each control state of the elevator acquired as the control information of the elevator; ,
a display area layout unit that selects the setting of each of the display areas held in the setting storage unit based on the control information of the elevator and performs layout of the display area based on the selected setting;
A content allocation unit that allocates and displays content selected for each control state of the elevator in each of the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. A control information acquisition unit that acquires elevator control information from an elevator control device,
The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display area layout section changes the layout of the display area based on the elevator control information acquired by the control information acquisition section. The display area layout unit determines that the elevator control state acquired as the elevator control information includes a door opening/closing control state, a car acceleration control state, a car constant speed state, a car deceleration state, and a controlled operation. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of display areas are laid out with an area ratio individually set in advance for each state of a control state and a failure state. When the control state of the elevator acquired as the elevator control information is the door opening/closing control state, the content allocation unit assigns the content to the widest display area among the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein content relating to calling attention to door opening/closing is assigned to the information display control device. When the control state of the elevator acquired as the control information of the elevator is the acceleration control state of the car, the content allocation unit selects one of the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein content related to the destination floor of the car is assigned to a car. When the control state of the elevator acquired as the control information of the elevator is the acceleration control state of the car, the content allocation unit displays the widest display area among the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein a preset content having the highest priority is assigned to the area. When the control state of the elevator obtained as the elevator control information is a controlled operation control state, the content allocation unit notifies the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit of controlled operation. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein a content related to an evacuation route is allocated to a content related to an evacuation route. When the control state of the elevator acquired as the control information of the elevator is in a failure state, the content allocation unit displays a failure state in each of the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. The information display control device according to claim 1, wherein content to be explained is assigned. The content allocation unit selects a content allocation setting held in the setting storage unit based on the elevator control information, and the display area laid out by the display area layout unit based on the selected setting. 2. The information display control device according to claim 1 , wherein content allocation is performed for. An information display control method for controlling the display of a display device installed in at least one of an elevator car and an elevator hall by an information display control device,
The setting storage unit of the information display control device sets each display area with a specified area ratio and stores content for each set display area for each elevator control state acquired as the elevator control information. retains assignment settings and
The display area layout unit of the information display control device selects settings for each of the display areas held in the setting storage unit based on the elevator control information, and layouts the display areas based on the selected settings. carry out
The information display control method, wherein the content allocation unit of the information display control device allocates and displays the content selected for each control state of the elevator in each of the display areas laid out by the display area layout unit. An information display device comprising a display device installed in at least one of an elevator car and an elevator hall, and an information display control device controlling display of the display device,
An information display device, wherein the information display control device is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 . An elevator system comprising an elevator having a car, a display device installed in at least one of the car and an elevator hall, and an information display control device for controlling the display of the display device,
An elevator system, wherein the information display control device is the information display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 .

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