JPH06219662A - Floor guide display device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to know easily the location of a shop, firm, or office to which he wants so go, by furnishing an intra-car guide plan output processing means, and thereby displaying on an intra-car display device the floor guide plan of the car call registrated floor according to the output of a car call registrated floor sensing means. CONSTITUTION:An elevator hall at each floor is equipped with a hall Up call register button 1 and hall Down call button 2 to be turned on when an elevator car is to be called. If either of these buttons 1, 2 is pushed, the hall call is fed to a hall call processing part 3, which makes processing of the hall call registered situation for each floor, and the result is fed to a hall call generation judging part 4. The judging part 4 judges if the direction is Up or Down, and the result is fed to a hall floor guide plan output processed part 5. The processing part 5 forwards the graphic data to an intra-car floor guide plan output processing part 10, so that screen display can be made automatically along with presentation of a guidance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention displays a floor guide sketch of an elevator hall call or car call on each floor in the call direction or on a call registration floor on a display device to display floor guide information to an elevator user. The present invention relates to an elevator floor guide display device that is automatically provided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a so-called multi-tenant building with many industries and many companies, it is difficult to know which store or company office is on the floor, so it is usually difficult to find an elevator hall or elevator. It is common to display and guide the name of the resident store and the company name on the information board in the car in contrast to the floor on which it exists, and each direction to the destination depending on the hall call from the elevator hall or the car call from the elevator car. It is not known to display the floor plan on the floor on the display device.

[0003]

However, such a conventional guidance display is often a display that simply compares the name of each resident store or company with the floor on which it resides, and even if the destination floor is reached, It is not clear where on the floor the store, company, or office you are going to go to exists, and there are many problems that you may be confused when you arrive at the destination floor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and if the hall call registration is made, the floor guide sketches of each floor of the call direction are sequentially displayed, and if the car call registration is made. A display device for displaying the floor guide floor plan of the car call registration floor is installed in the elevator hall or car so that the elevator users can easily know the desired location of the store, company, or office. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator floor guide display device.

[0005]

A floor guide display device for an elevator according to the present invention is a display device installed near a hall call registration device on each floor of an elevator and in a proper place in a car, and a hall call registration device to a hall. When a call occurs, when the car call is generated from the hall guide floor plan output processing means that sequentially displays the floor guide floor plan of each floor in the call direction on the hall display device and the car call registration device in the car, Equipped with a car call registration floor detecting means for detecting the car call registration floor and an in-car guide sketch drawing output processing means for displaying the floor guide sketch of the car call registration floor detected by the car call registration floor on the display device in the car. It is a thing.

[0006]

In the floor guide display device for an elevator according to the present invention, when a hall call is generated from the hall call registration device, the floor guide floor map output processing means sequentially displays the floor guide floor plan of each floor in the call direction by the hall display device. By doing so, the floor guidance for each floor is provided, and when a car call is generated from the car call registration device in the car, the car call registration floor is detected by the car call registration floor detection means, and the detected car call registration floor is detected. The floor guide floor plan is displayed on the display device in the car by the guide floor map output processing means in the car to provide the floor guide for the destination floor.

In this way, the elevator user is automatically presented with the floor guidance of each floor in the direction he wants to go or the floor guidance of his destination floor by the display device to improve the service.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and actually shows a software program executed by the hardware system configuration shown in FIG. 2 in blocks for each function. As shown in FIG. 1, an elevator hall call registration button 1 and a hall downward call button 2 that are operated when calling an elevator are installed in an elevator hall on each floor. When either or both of the hall call registration buttons 1 and 2 are operated, the hall call is input to the hall call processing unit 3 to process the hall call registration status of each floor, and the hall call generation determination is made. It is output to the section 4. The hall call occurrence determination unit 4 determines whether each hall has only the upward direction, the downward direction, or both directions registered, and outputs the determination result to the hall floor guide sketch output processing unit 5. There is.

Hall floor guide sketch output processing unit 5
Outputs the graphic data of the floor guide floor plan of the floor above the hall at intervals of a few seconds if the calling situation of each hall is upward only, and the floor below the hall if it is downward only. Graphic data of the guide floor plan is output every few seconds, or if there are hall calls in both directions, the floor guide floor plan graphic data of all floors is output every few seconds except for the hall call registration floor. There is. Then, the graphic data from the hall floor guide sketch output processing unit 5 is given to the hall display device 6 installed near the hall call registration buttons 1 and 2, and the hall display device 6 displays the floor guide sketch of each predetermined floor. It is displayed every few seconds to guide the user.

On the other hand, the operation signal of the car call registration button 7 installed in the elevator car is given to the car call processing section 8 to process the registration status of the car call and output to the car call generation determination section 9. It is like this. The car call generation determination unit 9 determines whether the car call registration is single or plural, and outputs a car call registration floor signal to the floor guide floor plan output processing unit 10 in the car.

Floor guide floor plan output processing unit 10
Outputs the graphic data of the floor guide floor plan of the floor for car call registration if the number of car call registration occurrences is single, and the graphic data of the floor guide floor plan of each floor for car call registration for a few seconds if there are multiple car call registration occurrences. It is designed to output at intervals. Then, the graphic data from the in-car floor guide sketch output processing unit 10 is installed in a proper place in the car, such as a display device 11 in the car, for example, near the car call registration button, so that passengers can be seen by anyone in the car. It is given to the display device 11 in the car installed near the floor guide display panel or also as the display panel. If the car call registration floor is a single floor, the display device 11 in the car guides the floor. The floor plans are continuously displayed, and if there are multiple floors for which car calls are registered, floor guidance floor plans for each floor are displayed at intervals of several seconds to guide the user.

Further, a voice output processing unit 12 for floor guidance and a speaker 13 for outputting a guidance voice output by the voice output processing unit 12 are installed in the car.

FIG. 2 shows the hardware system configuration of the floor guide display device for the elevator according to the above embodiment.
The microcomputer 14 realizes each of these functions. That is, the microcomputer 14 has an input interface 1 that receives input of operation signals from the central processing unit (CPU) 15, the hall call registration buttons 1 and 2, and the car call registration button 7.
6, an output interface 17 for performing output processing of graphic data and audio data as a processing result of the CPU 15, a ROM 18 in which a software program for executing the functions of the above-described functional units is registered, and various temporary data are stored. RAM 19 is provided. If there is an input from the hall call registration buttons 1 and 2, the CPU 15 calls from the ROM 18 a program that realizes the functions of the hall call processing unit 3, the hall call occurrence determination unit 4, and the hall floor guide sketch output processing unit 5. If there is an input from the car call registration button 7, the car call processing unit 8, the car call occurrence determination unit 9, the floor guide floor plan output processing unit 10 in the car, and the voice output processing unit 12 are respectively output from the ROM 18. A program for realizing the operation is called and executed, the graphic data is output to the hall display device 6 or the in-car display device 11 for display, and the voice data is output to the speaker 13 for voice output.

Next, the operation of the floor guide display device for an elevator having the above structure will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 3 and 4. If the hall call buttons 1 and 2 are operated as shown in FIG. 3, the hall call processing unit 3
Then, the registration status is processed and input to the hall call occurrence determination unit 4, and it is determined here whether a hall call is registered (step A). If not registered, the hall display device 6 is not output (step K). If the hall call is registered, it is determined whether the hall call is upward only, downward only, or both directions are registered (steps B, C and D).

If only the upward direction is registered, the floor guide sketch output processing unit 5 performs the upward output processing (step E), the floor guide sketch output switching processing is performed, and the hall display device 6 performs the upward floors. Output a guide sketch every few seconds and display it (step H,
J). On the other hand, if the registration is for only the downward direction, the floor guide sketch output processing unit 5 performs the downward output processing (step F), and similarly the floor guide sketch output switching processing is performed to the hall display device 6 for each floor of the downward direction. The floor guide sketch is output and displayed at intervals of several seconds (steps H and J). If it is not only upward or downward only, registration processing in both directions is performed (step D), floor guide floor plan output processing for all floors except the hall call registration floor is performed (step G), and floor guide floor plan output switching After processing, the floor display device 6 outputs and displays floor guide sketches of all floors except the hall call registration floor at intervals of several seconds (steps H and J).

On the other hand, when the car call operation is performed by the car call registration button 7 as shown in FIG. 4, the car call processing unit 8 processes the registration status, and the car call occurrence determination unit 9
, It is first determined whether a car call has been registered (step L), and if not registered, the car display device 11 is not output (step R).

However, if the car call is registered, the car call generation judgment unit 9 judges whether or not the car call is singular (step M). If the car call is singular, output processing of the guide sketch on the floor for car call registration is carried out. The interior floor guide sketch output processing unit 10 performs the voice guidance output processing unit 12 and the voice guidance output processing unit 12 performs the voice guidance output process.
Displays the floor guide sketch and gives voice guidance (steps O, P, Q).

If the number of car calls is not singular in the judgment of step M, a plurality of car calls are registered (step N),
Floor guide sketch switching processing is performed (step H), and voice guidance processing is also performed (step P). Floor guidance sketches of a plurality of floors registered in the car display device 11 are switched and displayed at intervals of several seconds, and voice guidance is performed. (Step Q).

In this way, in the elevator floor guide display device of this embodiment, when an upward call is registered in each floor hall, the elevator arrives while switching the floor guide floor plan above the floor of the hall at intervals of several seconds. Up to the hall display device, and when a downward call is registered, switch the floor guide floor plan below the floor of the hall at intervals of a few seconds and display on the hall display device until the elevator arrives. When a call is registered, all floors except the registered floor are displayed on the hall display device while switching the floor map on a floor display device at intervals of several seconds, and the user can use the waiting time to find his / her place on the floor of his / her destination floor. Know if there is a store, company, or office you want to visit It can be.

Similarly, when the car call is registered in the car, the floor guide sketch of the registered floor arrives at the registered floor and is displayed on the display device in the car until the door is opened, or in the plural floors. When the car call is registered, the floor guide sketches for each of the multiple floors are displayed on the car display while switching at intervals of several seconds, and at the same time, guidance is also given by voice, and the user can use his / her boarding time to reach his / her destination. You can tell where on the floor you want to go to, such as a store, company, or office.

The contents of the floor guide sketch displayed in the above embodiment are not particularly limited. Further, whether or not to adopt the voice guidance output is not particularly limited.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a hall call is generated from the hall call registration device, the floor guide sketch output processing means sequentially displays the floor guide sketches of each floor in the calling direction on the display device of the hall. By displaying the floor guidance of each floor, when a car call is generated from the car call registration device in the car, the car call registration floor is detected by the car call registration floor detection means, and the detected car call registration floor The floor guide floor plan of the destination floor is provided by displaying the floor guide floor plan on the display device in the car by the guide floor map output processing means in the car. , Or automatically display the floor plan of your destination floor. Displays the device, it is possible to improve the service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a floor guidance display operation for a hall call in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a floor guide display operation for a car call according to the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Upward hall call registration button 2 Downward hall call registration button 3 Hall call processing unit 4 Hall call occurrence determination unit 5 Hall floor guide sketch output processing unit 6 Hall display device 7 Car call registration button 8 Car call processing unit 9 Car call processing unit Occurrence determination unit 10 Floor guide floor plan output processing unit in car 11 Display device in car 12 Audio output processing unit 13 Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device installed near a hall call registration device on each floor of an elevator and in a proper place in a car, and when a hall call is generated from the hall call registration device, the display device in the hall is called. Direction guide floor map output processing means for sequentially displaying floor guide floor plans for each floor in the direction, and when a car call is generated from the car call registration device in the car, the car call registration floor is detected. An elevator floor guide display device comprising: means for displaying the floor guide sketch of the car call registration floor detected by the car call registration floor detecting means on the car display device.