JPH07334096A - Automatic guiding device having display and operating sections - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic guiding device which is equipped with a display section having an automatic height adjustment function and an operating section. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a transmitting type optical sensor 5 which detects the height of a user, a device height recognition section which recognizes the height of the device itself, a control section 21 which computes the amount of height adjustment for the device based on the user's height detected by the sensor 5 and the height of the device recognized by the device height recognition section and a height adjustment mechanism section which adjusts the height of the device based on the arithmetic result of the section 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic guide device having a display section and an operating section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic guide device having a display portion and an operation portion, there are, for example, an unmanned guide device installed in police boxes, hotels, department stores, etc., and an automatic transaction device installed in banks. However, in these conventional automatic guide devices, the heights (positions) of the display unit and the operation unit are fixed to a certain height according to the standard height of an adult.

[0003]

Therefore, when the conventional automatic guide device is used by a child or an elderly person whose height is short, the positions of the display unit and the operation unit are too high and the display screen is difficult to see, and it is difficult to operate. On the contrary, there is a problem that a person with a high height must bend down to see the display unit and the operation unit, and in any case, a person other than the standard height is difficult to use. Therefore, in an automatic guidance device having a display unit and an operation unit such as an unmanned guidance device used by various people,
It was desired to develop a technique for automatically adjusting the height.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an automatic guide device having a display unit and an operation unit of the present invention includes a height recognition unit for recognizing the height of a user and an automatic guide device itself. Height adjustment of the automatic guidance device based on the height of the device recognized by the height recognition unit, the height of the user recognized by the height recognition unit, and the height of the automatic guidance device recognized by the height recognition unit It is provided with a calculation unit that calculates the amount and a height adjustment mechanism unit that adjusts the height of the automatic guide device based on the calculation result of the calculation unit.

[0005]

In the automatic guide device having the display unit and the operation unit according to the present invention, the height recognition unit recognizes the height of the user, and the device height recognition unit recognizes the height of the automatic guide device itself. In addition, the calculation unit calculates the height adjustment amount of the automatic guide device based on the height of the user recognized by the height recognition unit and the height of the automatic guide device recognized by the device height recognition unit. Based on the result, the adjusting mechanism adjusts the height of the automatic guide device.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an unmanned guiding device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is an enclosure having a U-shaped horizontal cross-section surrounding an unmanned guiding device main body 3 which will be described later, and transmission-type optical sensors 5 are arranged vertically at equal intervals at both ends of the opening. ing. Each transmissive optical sensor 5 is configured to generate a signal corresponding to its installation position (height). The unmanned guiding device body 3 is composed of an upper body 3A provided with an operating section 7 and a display section 9 and a lower body 3B located below the upper body 3A. The upper body 3A is lower than the lower body 3B. It is installed so that it can be moved up and down. Reference numeral 11 denotes a mat for detecting that the user comes in front of the unmanned guiding apparatus body 3 by detecting the weight of a person, and is attached to the unmanned guiding apparatus body 3. Reference numeral 12 is an operation switch for the user to adjust the height of the unmanned guiding apparatus main body 3 by himself / herself.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view for explaining a mechanism for moving the upper body 3A up and down, in which a part of the unmanned guiding device body 3 is cut away. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 13 is a hydraulic control device for vertically moving the hydraulic variable shaft 13 by controlling hydraulic pressure. The upper main body 3A is attached to the hydraulic variable shaft 15, and the height of the upper main body 3A can be changed by the vertical movement of the hydraulic variable shaft 15. The hydraulic control device is configured to move the hydraulic variable shaft 15 up and down based on an instruction from a control unit, which will be described later, provided in the unmanned guiding device main body 3.

3A and 3B are explanatory views for explaining a height recognizing section for recognizing the height of the apparatus itself in the unmanned guiding apparatus main body 3. FIG. 3A shows its appearance and FIG. 3B shows it. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3 (a). In FIG. 3 (a), 3a is a casing of the upper body 3A, 3b is a lower body 3B.
And is arranged so that the lower end of the housing 3a covers the upper end of the housing 3b. Further, in FIG. 3 (b), reference numeral 17 is a position indicating metal fitting provided on the inner surface of the housing 3a of the upper main body 3A, which is installed at a constant interval from A1 provided at the lowest position to An at the highest position. There is. Reference numeral 19 denotes a position detecting metal fitting provided on the upper end of the outer surface of the housing 3b of the lower main body 3B. The position detecting metal fitting 19 contacts the position indicating metal fitting 17 to detect the position of the upper main body 3A. The installation intervals of the position indicating metal fittings 17 are set corresponding to the transmission type optical sensor 5, and a1 to an of the transmission type optical sensor 5 correspond to A1 to An of the position indicating metal fitting 17, respectively.

FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of this embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals.
In the figure, reference numeral 21 is a control unit installed in the unmanned guiding apparatus main body 3, and the transmission type optical sensor 5, the position indicating metal fitting 17, the position detecting metal fitting 19, the mat 11 and the operation switch 12 are provided.
The hydraulic control device 13 is controlled based on the input signal from the.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are operation flowcharts of the control unit 21 when the user starts the use of the unmanned guidance device and when the use ends. First, the operation of the control unit 21 at the start of use will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 1 to 4. When there is no user, the upper main body 3A is set to a height corresponding to a standard person, and at that time, the position detecting fitting 19 is in contact with the fitting Ak of the position indicating fitting 17.

When the user enters the enclosure 1 and passes between the left and right transmissive optical sensors 5 and interrupts the sensor light of the transmissive optical sensor 5, the sensor light is transmitted from the transmissive optical sensor 5 to the control unit 21. Information about the interruption is input (S1). At this time, the control unit 21 determines that the position of the uppermost one of the transmission type optical sensors 5 that has input information is the height (height) of the user. For example, when the uppermost transmission optical sensor 5 is a2, the position (height) of a2 is recognized as the height (height) of the user. The control unit 21 compares the positional relationship between the information (a2) recognized as the height of the user and the metal fitting Ak of the position indicating metal fitting 17 with which the position detecting metal fitting 19 is in contact, and the height of the unmanned guiding device body 3 is compared. It is determined whether or not the adjustment is necessary (S3). If it is determined that adjustment is necessary, the position indicating metal fitting 1 corresponding to a2
The moving direction for the position detecting metal fitting 19 to come into contact with 7 (A2) is determined, and this direction is stored (S5).

After that, when the user approaches the unmanned guiding apparatus main body 3 and gets on the mat 4, the sensor of the mat 4 notifies the control section 21 of the information that the user got on the mat (S7), and the control is performed. The section 21 instructs the hydraulic control device 13 to move the upper main body 3A in the direction determined previously (S9). Upon receiving this instruction, the hydraulic control device 13 controls the hydraulic pressure to move the hydraulic variable shaft 15 upward. Then, the position detecting fitting 19 is replaced by the position indicating fitting 17
When the information is input to the control unit 21 (S11), the control unit 21 causes the hydraulic pressure control device 1
An instruction to stop is given to 3 (S13).

The automatic adjustment is a rough adjustment, and can be performed by the operation switch 12 when the user desires further fine adjustment. Whenever there is an instruction from the operation switch 12 (S15), the controller 21 gives an instruction to the hydraulic control device 13 in accordance with the instruction from the operation switch 12 (S17). Based on this instruction, the hydraulic control device 13 moves the hydraulic variable shaft 15 in the vertical direction to perform fine adjustment. For this fine adjustment, the position detection fitting 19
When the metal contact Ak of the position indicating metal fitting 17 (metal fitting indicating the standard height) (S19), the moving direction at this time is stored instead of the moving direction of the upper main body 3A stored in S5. (S21). The above is the operation of the control unit 21 at the start of use.

Next, the operation of the control unit 21 at the end of use will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 1 to 4. When the user finishes using the device and leaves the mat 11, the sensor of the mat 11 notifies the controller 21 (S31). Then, after a certain time has passed (S33), the control unit 2
1 recognizes the direction opposite to the direction stored at the start of use as the moving direction, and determines the moving direction of the upper main body 3A (S35). Then, the control unit 21 sets S3
The hydraulic control device 13 is instructed to move the upper main body 3A in the direction indexed by 5 (S3
7), the hydraulic control device 13 moves the hydraulic variable shaft 15 based on this instruction. As a result of the movement, the position detecting metal fitting 19 contacts the metal fitting Ak of the position indicating metal fitting 17, and when the information is input to the control unit 21 (S39), the control unit 2
1 instructs the hydraulic control device 13 to stop (S4
1), the operation ends.

In this embodiment, the height of the upper body 3A is adjusted when the height of the user is recognized by the enclosure 1 and then when it is confirmed that the user gets on the mat 11. Therefore, for example, when the user erroneously passes through the enclosure 1, the height adjustment is not performed, and the device does not perform unnecessary movement.

Further, since the height of the unmanned guiding apparatus main body 3 is returned to the standard when the use by the user is completed, the adjustment amount at the time of use can be small and the height can be adjusted smoothly. Moreover, since the user recognizes that the use has ended when the user leaves the mat 11 for a certain time, there is no malfunction when the user accidentally gets off the mat.

Further, since the height can be adjusted by the user's instruction through the operation switch 12, the height can be adjusted to a more appropriate position. Moreover, in the present embodiment, when the upper body 3A passes the standard height position during fine adjustment by the operation switch 12 (when the position detecting fitting 19 contacts the fitting Ak of the position indicating fitting 17). Memorized the movement direction at this time and calculated the movement direction when returning to the standard position at the end of use, so for example, a tall person bent over when passing through the enclosure 1 Is recognized as low, and the upper body 3
Even if the height of A is set lower than the standard height and then fine-tuned by the operation switch 12 and set higher than the standard height, the moving direction when returning to the standard position at the end of use is correct. You can figure it out.

In the above embodiment, the mat 11 for detecting the weight of the user is taken as an example of the sensor for detecting that the user comes in front of the unmanned guiding device body 3, but other sensors are described. , For example, a radio wave type sensor used in an automatic door, the user is guided by the unmanned guidance device 3
It can be anything that can recognize that you have come before.

Further, in the above embodiment, the unmanned guiding device was described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices such as a bank can be used as long as the device has a display portion and an operating portion. It can also be applied to automated transaction equipment installed in.

[0020]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the height of the user's height is recognized and the height of the automatic guide device is automatically adjusted. Even when used by other people, the positions of the display unit and the operation unit are automatically adjusted to appropriate heights, so that the display unit can be easily seen and operated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an unmanned guiding device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mechanism for moving the upper main body 3A up and down.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a height recognition unit that recognizes the height of the device itself in the unmanned guidance device body 3.

FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the control unit 21 when a user starts using the unmanned guidance device.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the control unit 21 when the user finishes using the unmanned guidance device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Enclosure 3 Unmanned Guide Device Main Body 5 Transmission Type Optical Sensor 7 Operating Unit 9 Display Unit 11 Mat 12 Operating Switch 13 Hydraulic Control Device 15 Hydraulic Fluctuating Axis 17 Position Indicator Metal Fitting 19 Position Detection Metal Fitting

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic guidance device having a display unit and an operation unit, a height recognition unit for recognizing the height of a user, a device height recognition unit for recognizing the height of the automatic guidance device itself, and the height recognition. An arithmetic unit for calculating a height adjustment amount of the automatic guiding device based on the height of the user recognized by the unit and the height of the automatic guiding device recognized by the device height recognizing unit; And a height adjusting mechanism section for adjusting the height of the automatic guide apparatus based on the calculation result of 1. The automatic guide apparatus having a display section and an operating section. 2. An automatic guide device having a display unit and an operation unit, a height recognition unit for recognizing the height of a user, a device height recognition unit for recognizing the height of the automatic guide device itself, and the height recognition unit. The height of the user recognized by the unit and the height of the automatic guiding device recognized by the device height recognizing unit, a calculating unit for calculating the height adjustment amount of the automatic guiding device; User confirmation means for confirming that the user has come in front of the automatic guidance device, and calculation of the calculation unit when the user confirmation means confirms that the user has come in front of the automatic guidance device. An automatic guide device having a display unit and an operation unit, the height adjusting mechanism unit adjusting the height of the automatic guide device based on a result. 3. A device use end confirmation means for confirming that the user has left the front of the automatic guide device, and the device use end confirmation means for confirming that the user has left the front of the automatic guide device. 3. The display unit and the operation unit according to claim 1, further comprising a resetting unit for returning the height of the automatic guide device to a preset standard height when a predetermined time has elapsed. Automatic guidance device. 4. The height of a device having a display unit and an operating unit according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising height fine adjustment means for finely adjusting the height of the device according to a user's instruction. Adjustment device.