JPH02243484A - Display unit for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply rewrite guide information simply in a short time by installing a memory card written of the guide information in a portable controller, and displaying this guide information stored out of the memory card on a display part. CONSTITUTION:A staffer goes to a site with an integrated circuit card 6 and a portable controller 5, and when he is specified with guide information to be displayed on display parts 2a, 3a from a client, the IC card is installed in an inserting part 5d, inputting it from a keyboard 5c, and it is written in the IC card 6. Next, when the IC card 6 written of the guide information is installed in the specified position of a control part 7, it is read by a reading part 7e, and it is subjected to a 'kanji' conversion process by a 'kanji' conversion functional program stored in an editing memory part 7a2, and stored in a random access memory 7c, then it is displayed on the display part 2a being installed in a cage 2 and the display part 3a at a hall 3 via an input-output unit 7d. Thus, the guide information can be simply performed in a short time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an elevator display device, and more particularly to an elevator display device configured so that the content of display information can be changed on site.

<Prior art> Display sections are provided inside the elevator car and in the elevator hall, and guidance information related to the building in which the elevator is installed can be displayed on these display sections for the convenience of elevator users. It is being said.

For example, in a department store, a display inside an elevator car displays information on entertainment events and information on the sales floor for each floor, and information on entertainment is displayed on a display in an elevator hall to provide services to customers.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional elevator display device used in such cases. A control section 1 is installed in the machine room, and this control section 1 includes a CPU (central processing unit). 1b is provided, and the CPU 1b has a ROM
(read only memory) la, RAM (random access memory) IC, and input/output device 1d are connected.

A display section 2a provided within the car 2 and a display section 3a provided at the landing 3 are connected to this input/output device 1d.

The aforementioned ROM 1a includes a control storage section 1a that stores programs necessary for controlling the elevator, and display sections 2a and 3.
Message storage unit 1 that stores guidance information to be displayed on a.
It is equipped with a. Further, the CPUIB is configured to take in programs and guide information from the control storage section 1a and the message storage section 1a, and perform necessary calculations and control according to the programs in the control storage section 1a.

In the process of calculation and control by the CPUI b, information such as necessary calculation results is written to the RAM 1c, and the written information is read out. Data is exchanged between the control unit 1 and the outside through the input/output device 1d.

When applying an elevator display device with such a configuration to an elevator installed in a department store, for example,
Guidance information regarding the sales floor for each floor of the department store and information about the week's entertainment is written into the message storage section 1a.

When the elevator is in operation, the CPUI b takes in programs and guidance information from the control storage section 1a and the message storage section 1at, performs calculations and controls, and displays information on the week's entertainment on the constant display section 2a. , 3a, and before the car 2 arrives at each floor, guidance information for the sales floor on that floor is displayed on the display section 2a.

In this way, the display section 2a provided in the car 2
Information on the week's entertainment is always displayed on the display section 3a provided in the landing area 3, and before Matagato 2 arrives at each floor, information on the sales floor on that floor is displayed on the display section inside the car 2. 2a each time, information services regarding use of the department store are provided to elevator users.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As described above, the content of the guidance information displayed on the display section 2a of the car 2 or the display section 3a of the landing hall 3 is usually changed at predetermined intervals.

For example, in the case of the department store mentioned above, the information about the entertainment that is always displayed on the display section 2a of the car 2 and the display section 3a of the landing hall 3 will naturally change to the information about the next week's new entertainment after the current week has passed. Contents are changed. Furthermore, the contents of the sales floor guidance information displayed on the display section 2a of the car 2 before arriving at the floor are changed when the sales floor layout is changed.

Conventionally, in order to change the information written in the message storage section la due to a change in guidance information, an engineer would go to the site, remove the ROM1a, and then remove the ROM from the removed ROM.
1a, the information in the message storage section lag of this ROM 1a was rewritten at a factory or the like, and the ROM 1a with the information in the message storage section 1a8 rewritten was then installed in the control section 1 again.

However, such information rewriting processing is complicated, takes time and effort, and has the problem of requiring a specialized engineer to go to the site.

The present invention has been made based on the current state of rewriting guidance information in this type of elevator display device as described above, and its purpose is to easily rewrite guidance information in the guidance information storage unit at the site. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator display device that can perform rewriting processing.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an elevator display device that displays guidance information on at least one of a display section in an elevator car and a display section in an elevator hall. a memory card into which guide information to be displayed on the display is written; a portable controller which writes the guide information into the memory card; a portable controller into which the guide information is written; The apparatus includes display means for displaying the stored guidance information on the display section.

<Operation> According to the present invention, when a request is made by a customer to change the guidance information displayed on the display unit, a staff member who has gone to the site uses a portable controller to write the new guidance information into the storage card. The memory card on which new guide information has been written in this manner is attached to a display means, and the display means takes in and stores the guide information written on the memory card.

When the elevator is in operation, the display means displays the new guidance information stored as described above on at least one of the display section inside the elevator car and the display section at the elevator hall.

<Example> Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portable controller 5 into which an IC card 6, which is a memory card, can be inserted is provided, and the portable controller 5 includes an IC card insertion section 5d into which the IC card 6 is inserted; Keyboard 5 operated when writing guidance information
A control section 5b that controls writing of the C1 guide information and a display section 5a that displays the guide information written when the guide information is written are provided.

On the other hand, the control unit 7, which is a display means, is provided with a CPU 7b that performs arithmetic processing and control of operations.
, a ROM 7a comprising a reading section 7e for reading guidance information from an IC card 6 inserted, a control storage section 7a for storing a control program, and an editing storage section 7az for storing an editing program; The RAM 7c, in which guide information processed by the program and information necessary in the process of calculation and control are written and read out, and the input/output bag [7d] for transmitting and receiving data between the control unit 7 and the outside, are connected to each other. has been done.

A display section 2a provided in the car 2 and a display section 3a provided in the landing 3 are connected to the input/output device 7d.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained.

The employee goes to the site carrying the IC card 6 and the portable controller 5, and when the customer specifies the guidance information to be displayed on the display sections 2a and 3a, the employee inserts the IC card 6 into the IC card insertion section 5d.
The guide information is inputted into the IC card 6 by operating the keyboard 5C.

The guidance information input in this way is stored in the IC card 6 via the control section 5b and displayed on the display section 5a at the same time, so that the staff can monitor the display section 5a and provide the guidance information as requested. It can be written to the IC card 6.

Since the portable controller 5 is small, the keys on the keyboard 5C are limited to numbers and alphabets, and the writing of guide information to the IC card 6 by the portable controller 5 is performed by inputting kana characters in Roman characters.

When the IC card 6 with the guide information written in this way is inserted into a predetermined position of the control unit 7, the guide information of the IC card 6 is read out by the reading unit 7e, and the CPU 7
b corresponds to the read guide information, the editing storage unit 1
A program for implementing a kanji conversion function stored in at performs kanji conversion processing, and the converted guide information is stored in the RAM 7C.

This converted guidance information is then read out from the RAM 7c by the CPU 7b, and the guidance information is sent to the display section 2a provided in the car 2 and the display section provided in the landing 3 via the input/output device 7d. 3a.

In the case of the elevator installed in the aforementioned department store, the RAM 7C stores information on the current entertainment and information on the sales floors on each floor. The guidance information for the entertainment is displayed on the display section 3a and a part of the display section 2a, regardless of the operation of the elevator car 2, and the guidance information for the sales floor on each floor is displayed on the other part of the display section 2a. Before the arrival of the car 2 at the relevant floor, the operations are performed one after another in synchronization with the operation of the car 2 according to a command from the CPU 7b.

Control unit 7 of the IC card 6 in which the above-mentioned guidance information is written
After the guidance information is once written into the RAM 7C, the IC card 6 is removed from the control unit 7 and taken home together with the portable controller 5 by the staff member.

In this way, according to the embodiment, the guidance information can be easily rewritten by non-technical staff at the site without having to remove and take home the ROM in which the guidance information is written, eliminating the need for complicated work and quickly rewriting the information. Guide information can be rewritten easily and at low work cost.

In addition, in the embodiment, a case has been described in which information on the sales floor and information on entertainment are displayed on an elevator installed in a department store, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. This can also be applied to a case where the names of the bridegroom and bride are displayed on the display inside the elevator car installed in the elevator before arriving at the floor.

<Effects of the Invention> As described in detail above, according to the present invention, an elevator display device is provided that allows guide information ψ displayed on the display section to be easily rewritten in a short time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional elevator display device. 2...basket, 2a...display section, 3...
...Boarding area, 3a...Display section, 5...
・Portable controller, 5a...Display section, 5b...
...Control unit, 5C...Keyboard, 5d...
...IC card insertion section, 6...IC card, 7...control section, 7a...ROM, 7
a+...Control memory unit, 7az...
Editing storage unit, 7b...CPU, 7c...
...RAM, 7d... Input/output device. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 5 A large number of modern wholesalers. 6: IC card゛7as: MbtP'part

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an elevator display device that displays guidance information on at least one of a display section in an elevator car and a display section in an elevator hall, a memory card into which the guide information displayed on the display section is written, and this memory card. a portable controller for writing the guidance information on the storage card; a display means for displaying the guidance information read and stored from the storage card into which the storage card on which the guidance information has been written is mounted, on the display section; An elevator display device comprising: (2) In claim (1), the display means includes a reading section that reads guidance information from a storage card, an editing section that edits the read guidance information, and an output section that outputs the edited guidance information to the display section. An elevator display device comprising: