JPH10182025A - Elevator car internal information system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator car internal information system, which provides a function as an operation panel and a function as a display for multiple information from the outside, in car internal equipment arranged inside an elevator car. SOLUTION: Using centers 9-14, 18 which totally control a plurality of elevators in a plurality of buildings and are connected to an external information source 15, an elevator control unit 20 in each building, and a network based on an ISDN circuit 16 connecting respective elevator cars 1 mutually, in each elevator car 1, character and image information, which is connected by means of the elevator control unit 20 via the network, of the center is downloaded so as to be displayed in a display device 2, while a microphone/ speaker 3 and a camera 24 are used so as to accomplish communication with the center.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information system in an elevator car, and more particularly to an information display device serving also as an operation panel in the elevator car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional elevator car information system. In the figure, 1 is an elevator car, 2a is a display device, 7a is a building-side server device, 8a is a building-side database, 17 is a video distributor, and 18 is an editing facility.

Information such as characters and images created by the editing equipment 18 is stored in a building-side database 8a. The building-side server device 7a includes a building-side database 8a.
And the same information is displayed on the display device 2 in each elevator car 1 through the video distributor 17.

[0004]

The conventional elevator car information system having the above-described structure requires expensive editing equipment for each building and requires a high level of skill in handling. . Also, there is a problem that the frequency of updating the information displayed on the display device is low because the video that can be used as a material has a problem such as copyright and cannot be easily created.

[0005] Further, in the case of an emergency of an elevator, there has been a means for communicating with the outside by means of a voice such as an intercom. In addition, the button for registering the destination of the elevator often uses only numbers, and it is difficult for the person who visits the building for the first time to associate the destination with the number of the corresponding floor, and this is displayed clearly Was required to do so.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to increase the frequency of updating information displayed on a display device in an elevator car without requiring expensive editing equipment in each building. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an information system in an elevator car, which enables the user to perform the following steps, to show the floors and the unique information of each floor in association with each other, to enhance the sense of security in the elevator car in an emergency, and the like.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above objects, a first invention of the present invention is a center for controlling and controlling elevators of a plurality of buildings and connected to an external information source. The elevator / management device of the above and a network using an ISDN line connecting each elevator car, and in each elevator car, the character / video information of the center connected via the elevator management device via the network is downloaded. Means for displaying the information in the elevator car.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source;
And a network using an ISDN line for connecting each elevator car, and disaster emergency information are automatically received in response to a request from the center via the elevator management device via the network, and in each elevator car, Means for displaying information in the elevator car.

[0009] A third aspect of the present invention is a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management apparatus for each of the above-mentioned buildings,
A network using an ISDN line connecting each elevator car, and, in an emergency of the elevator car, a voice and a video obtained by a camera between the center and the elevator car via the elevator management device via the network. And a communication means for performing communication.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source;
And an elevator car information system having a network using an ISDN line connecting each elevator car, wherein each elevator car registers a destination floor based on individual information for each floor downloaded in advance from a center. A call button image to be automatically created and displayed on a touch panel in the car; and a means for registering a destination floor based on an input from the touch panel. is there.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when an elevator car stops at a registered destination floor, floors and floors are registered in accordance with a call registration table previously downloaded via the network and a record of the current call registration. The elevator car information system according to claim 4, further comprising means for displaying the floor specific information by voice, text, or video.

A sixth invention of the present invention is directed to a case where the elevator car stops on the designated floor according to the Anaus designated floor table downloaded via the network, prior to the display by the call registration table. The elevator car information system according to claim 5, further comprising means for displaying floor-specific information by voice, text, or video in conjunction with the stop floor.

The elevator car according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the call button image for registering the destination floor is displayed while the car door is open. Inside the information system.

An eighth invention of the present invention has a maintenance mode. In the maintenance mode, the center and the interior of the elevator car are connected via the network via the elevator management device, and the touch panel is used in an interactive manner by a touch panel. The elevator information system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising means for displaying technical information composed of character / video information sent from the center.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below according to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information system in an elevator car according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator car, 2 is a display device including a touch panel capable of inputting by touching a screen, 3 is a microphone and a speaker (hereinafter referred to as a microphone / speaker) provided on the car side, 24 is a camera, 4 is a controller for controlling the information system in the car, 5 is a storage unit in the controller 4, and 6 is an elevator car control device for controlling the operation of the elevator car 1.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an elevator management device for each building.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a building-side server device to which the center and each car 1 are connected, and reference numeral 8 denotes a building-side database for storing information of the building downloaded from the center.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a center-side server device, 10 denotes a center-side database for storing characters and video information created by the editing equipment 18 and information from an external information source 15 such as the Internet or CATV, and 11 denotes an elevator. A technical information database for maintenance for storing technical information for maintenance, 12 is a real-time encoder, 13 is a microphone / speaker provided on the center side, 14 is a camera, 15 is an external information source such as the Internet or CATV, 16 Is an ISDN line that connects the center with the elevator management device 20 of each building and the controller 4 of each elevator car 1;
Editing equipment for editing.

Although FIG. 1 shows a structure for one building as a representative, in practice, the center-side server device 9 is connected to elevator management devices 20 of a plurality of buildings.

FIG. 2 shows a controller 4 for an information system provided on the elevator car 1 side.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the building-side server device 7 of each elevator management device 20. FIG. 4 shows an example of the contents stored in the storage unit 5 of the controller 4 on the car side downloaded from the center. The left side of FIG. 4 shows a table for displaying a call button image, the center shows a call registration table, and the left side shows a table of a designated Anaus floor.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the operation on the car side will be described according to the flowchart of the controller 4 in FIG. The controller 4 normally requests text and video information data from the building-side server device 7, and displays information directly downloaded from the center or information previously downloaded and stored in the building-side database 8.
(P1). When an emergency bulletin notification of a disaster such as an earthquake or fire is received from the building-side server device 7 (P2), the emergency bulletin data is displayed on the display device 2 (P2).
3).

When the door opening of the elevator car 1 is received from the elevator car on-board controller 6 (P4), the number of floors previously downloaded from the center and stored in the storage unit 5, the tenant name for each floor Then, a call button image is generated and displayed based on data such as department name information (P5) [see the call button table on the left side of FIG. 4]. FIG. 5 shows an example of the call button image. FIG. 5A shows an image of the display device 2 in a normal state,
(b) shows a call button image.

When the call button image of the display device 2 composed of a touch panel is pressed (P6), the on-car control device 6
, And registers information indicating a call from within the car in a call registration table of the storage unit 5.
(P7) [Refer to the column of “presence / absence” of call registration in the center of FIG. 4].
When the door closing of the elevator car 1 is received (P8), the call button image is deleted and the image returns to the normal image (P16).

When an elevator car stop is received from the car controller 6 (P9), whether or not the stopped floor is the designated floor is previously downloaded from the center and stored in the storage unit 5 of the controller 4. , Based on the Anaus designated floor table as shown on the right side of FIG.
10) In the case of the designated floor, an announcement is output by means such as audio or video according to the predetermined contents stored in the storage unit 5 according to the above information (P11).

It is determined whether the stopped floor is a floor registered in the car from the call registration table in the center of FIG. 4 (P12) (refer to the column of "presence / absence" of call registration). If the floor is the floor where the call is registered and the floor is not the designated announcement floor, an announcement is output by means of voice, text, video, etc. in accordance with the contents of the call registration table (P13).

An emergency button in the elevator car 1
When (not particularly shown) is pressed (P14), the building-side server device 7 is notified of the emergency button operation and enters the facing mode. At this time, communication with the center-side server device 9 and communication using video obtained by a camera, that is, a so-called TV conference is enabled, and a TV conference image is displayed on the display device 2.

When the maintenance mode is detected in the elevator car 1 by a special key operation or an operation of an external switch (not shown) (P15), the maintenance mode is set to the building server device 7. Notify,
The maintenance mode is set. At this time, search and display of the technical information of the center-side server device 9 can be performed by operating the screen of the display device 2.

Next, the operation between the building and the center when the emergency button is operated and when the maintenance mode is notified will be described with reference to the flowchart of the building server 7 of each elevator management apparatus 20 shown in FIG.

At the time of startup, the building-side server device 7 starts a regular download timer (not shown) (P
50). When the periodical download timer times out (P51), a line is connected to the center-side server device 9 and characters stored in the center-side database 10 are read.
The video information is read and stored in the building-side database 8 (P52), and the timer for periodic download is restarted (P53).

When an incoming call from the center-side server device 9 is detected (P54), it is determined to be an emergency bulletin, and emergency bulletin data is received (P55). At this time, an emergency alert notification including emergency alert data is transmitted to all the controllers 4 (P56).

When the emergency button operation notification is received from the controller 4 (P57), the connection between the center server device 9 and the controller 4 is made (P58), and the TV conference in the facing mode is enabled (P60).

When the maintenance mode notification is received from the controller 4 (P61), the connection between the center-side server device 9 and the controller 4 is established (P62), and the maintenance technical information in response to the request from the controller 4 in the maintenance mode. Search and display of technical information in the database 11 are enabled (P64). Thereby, at the time of maintenance of the elevator car 1, the operator operates the display device 2 including the touch panel in the elevator car 1,
Desired technical information can be obtained from the technical information database 11 for maintenance of the center.

The equipment provided in the elevator car 1 comprises, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, a video / audio unit 30 provided with a display device 2, a microphone / speaker 3, a camera 24, a personal computer, and the like. The processing / control unit 40 and the power supply unit 50 are put together as one in-car facility 100. FIG. 6 shows the installation position of the in-car equipment 100.
(B), one of the two corners on the door D side of the elevator car 1 or the side surface of the car 1 can be considered.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a center that supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and A network using an ISDN line connecting each elevator car, and means for downloading and displaying text / video information of the center connected via the elevator management device via the network within each elevator car, Elevator car information that eliminates the need for expensive editing equipment in each building, increases the frequency of updating the information displayed on the display device in the elevator car, is inexpensive, manages efficiently, and can supply a variety of information. The effect of providing a system can be obtained.

In the second aspect of the present invention, a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and each elevator car are connected. A network using an ISDN line, and means for automatically receiving disaster emergency information via the network via the elevator management device in response to a request from the center, and displaying the information in each elevator car. So,
Advantages are obtained such as providing an elevator car information system that can more quickly supply appropriate information in the event of a disaster emergency.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and each elevator car are connected. A network using an ISDN line, and communication means capable of performing communication by voice and images obtained by a camera between the center and the elevator car via the elevator management device via the network in an emergency of the elevator car, In addition, in the event of an elevator car emergency, it is possible to provide an information system in the elevator car that can increase the sense of security because it is possible to talk while watching the other person's face in addition to the voice and the image obtained by the camera, etc. The effect of is obtained.

In the fourth aspect of the present invention, a center which supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and each elevator car are connected. An information system in an elevator car provided with a network using an ISDN line, wherein each elevator car has:
Based on the individual information for each floor downloaded in advance from the center, a call button image for registering the destination floor is automatically created and displayed on the touch panel in the car. Means for registering, furthermore, by displaying the call button for registering the destination together with the name of the destination (tenant name), etc., especially for those who visit the building for the first time, The effect is obtained that an information system in an elevator car to which information can be supplied can be provided.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the elevator car stops at the registered destination floor, the floor and the floor are registered in accordance with the call registration table previously downloaded via the network and the current call registration record. A means for displaying the unique information of the floor by voice, text, and video is further provided, so that when the elevator car arrives at the registered destination floor, the user is notified that the registered floor has been reached and further. The effect is obtained that an elevator car information system capable of supplying detailed information can be provided.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, when an elevator car stops on a designated floor according to the Anaus designated floor table downloaded via the network, prior to the display by the call registration table, Means for displaying floor-specific information by voice, text, and video in conjunction with the stop floor, so that when the elevator car arrives at the pre-designated floor, the floor arrives at the user. Such as providing an elevator car information system that can supply the information of the elevator car.

In the seventh aspect of the present invention, the above call button image for registering the destination floor is displayed while the car door is open, so that the user can register the destination floor at the time of getting on the car. Other information can be displayed during other periods, and an effect such as an elevator car information system that can provide more information can be obtained.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, a maintenance mode is provided, and in the maintenance mode, the center and the interior of the elevator car are connected via the elevator management device via the network, and interactively by a touch panel. Means for displaying technical information composed of text and video information sent from the center is further provided, so that during maintenance of the elevator car, an operator operates the display device in the elevator car to provide technical information for maintenance of the center. Desired technical information can be obtained from the database, and effects such as provision of an elevator information system with improved work efficiency during maintenance can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information system in an elevator car according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of an information system controller provided on the elevator car side of the system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a building-side server device of each elevator management device in the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents stored in a storage unit of a car-side controller of the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a normal image and a call button image appearing on the display device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of equipment in a car provided in an elevator car in the system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a conventional elevator car information system.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 elevator car, 2 display device, 3, 13 microphone / speaker, 4 controller, 5 storage unit, 6 elevator car control device, 7 building-side server device, 8
Building database, 9 Center server device, 10
Center side database, 11 Technical information database for maintenance, 12 Real-time encoder, 1
4, 24 camera, 15 external information source, 16 ISDN
Line, 18 editing equipment, 20 elevator management equipment, 10
0 Equipment in the basket.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A center that supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and a network using an ISDN line that connects each elevator car. Means for downloading and displaying text and video information of the center connected via the elevator management device via the network in each elevator car, and displaying the information. . 2. A center that supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and a network using an ISDN line that connects each elevator car. Means for automatically receiving disaster emergency information via the elevator management device via the network in response to a request from the center and displaying the emergency emergency information in each elevator car. Information system in the car. 3. A center that supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and a network using an ISDN line that connects each elevator car. Communication means capable of performing communication by voice and video obtained by a camera between the center and the elevator car via the elevator management device via the network during an emergency of the elevator car, Elevator car information system. 4. A network that supervises and manages elevators of a plurality of buildings and is also connected to an external information source, an elevator management device of each building, and a network using an ISDN line that connects each elevator car. The elevator car information system provided with each elevator car automatically creates a call button image for registering the destination floor based on the individual information for each floor downloaded in advance from the center. An elevator car information system comprising: means for displaying on a touch panel; and means for registering a destination floor based on an input from the touch panel. 5. When the elevator car stops at the registered destination floor, the floor and the unique information of this floor are stored in accordance with the call registration table and the current call registration record downloaded in advance via the network. voice,
The elevator car information system according to claim 4, further comprising means for displaying characters and images. 6. An elevator car stops at a designated floor in accordance with the Anaus designated floor table downloaded via the network prior to the display by the call registration table, in conjunction with the stop floor. The elevator car information system according to claim 5, further comprising means for displaying floor-specific information by voice, text, or video. 7. The elevator car information system according to claim 4, wherein the call button image for registering the destination floor is displayed while the car door is open. 8. A maintenance mode, wherein in the maintenance mode, the center and the inside of the elevator car are connected via the network via the elevator management device, and characters and images transmitted from the center in an interactive manner by a touch panel. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying technical information composed of information.
The information system in an elevator according to any one of the above.