JPWO2010087014A1 - Elevator display device - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided an elevator display device that allows a user to easily and immediately determine whether a car is stopped or traveling by simply looking at the direction of travel of the car. For this reason, an indicator provided in at least one of the elevator car and the floor of the floor where the car stops, and the indicator on the indicator when the car stops and travels. Car information display means for displaying a traveling direction display indicating a direction, and the car information display means changes the form of the traveling direction displayed on the display when the car is running, It is set as the structure different from the form of the said traveling direction display at the time of a stop.

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator display device.

A display device for displaying the traveling direction of the car and the current floor position to the user is provided in the elevator car and the hall. Conventionally, a dot matrix type light emitting diode (LED) has been widely used as a display means of this display device.
On the other hand, in recent years, a display material such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) has been adopted as a new display means due to cost reduction and the like. As a result, the elevator state information that can only be displayed in two dimensions can be expressed in a three-dimensional manner that gives a sense of depth, and the degree of freedom of display is increasing.

  In such a technical background, as a conventional elevator display device, in a display device that can move the display content of a display device composed of a dot matrix in the vertical and horizontal directions, two display contents, For example, a stripe pattern that moves up and down according to the traveling position of the car and the floor position of the car, etc., or a group management elevator that connects the traveling direction with the starting car in the left and right direction, etc. Are known that can be displayed simultaneously in different modes (for example, changing display brightness) (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, conventionally, as a display device for notifying the movement of the elevator car in both directions in one area, an LED capable of emitting light in two different emission colors is provided in the one area, and the moving direction of the car is determined. An arrow is shown that emits light and displays the arrow in a scroll direction in the same direction as the moving direction of the car, that is, in the vertical direction (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  In the conventional display of the current floor position of the car, a frame indicating the position of the car is formed at the center of the display liquid crystal panel, and a numerical character string indicating the floor is centered on this frame. Is displayed in real time in the vertical direction, and is scrolled in the vertical direction as the car travels, and the character size for the floor display is made inversely proportional to the speed of the car. Is known (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

  Further, in the same way that displays the current floor position of the conventional car, a circular icon row obtained by arranging the floor name icons in a circular pattern in the order of the floors is displayed on the display unit, and the current car position is displayed. In order to always place the floor name icon of the floor on the front side (downward side) of the display section, the circular icon row is rotated in accordance with the movement of the car, and at this time, it is arranged on the front side. The floor name icon of the current floor is made the largest size, and every time you move away from the floor name icon of this current floor, the other floor name icons are gradually made smaller, One that expresses a sense of depth as a three-dimensional display is known (for example, see Patent Document 4).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-017474 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-179582 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-310882 International Publication No. WO03 / 086934

However, in the conventional elevator display devices disclosed in these patent documents, it is possible to immediately determine whether the car is stopped or traveling only by displaying the traveling direction indicating the traveling direction of the car. There is a problem that is difficult.
And about this point, what was shown in patent documents 3 and 4 expresses information on whether the car is stopped or traveling by scrolling the current floor display, in this case, At first glance, the user may not be able to immediately notice that the display is scrolling depending on the timing, and then immediately determine whether the car is stopped or running. However, there is a problem similar to that described above.

  In any of these patent documents, when looking at the traveling direction display of the car, only the arrow indicating the traveling direction is scrolled up and down, which is simple and has the traveling direction display. In addition, there is a problem that it is not possible to alleviate the feeling of sealing felt by the users in the car and the dissatisfaction felt by users waiting for the car to call.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a first object is to determine whether the car is stopped or traveling by simply looking at the direction of travel of the car. An elevator display device that can be easily and immediately determined is obtained.
The second purpose is to display a traveling direction display that can alleviate a feeling of sealing felt by a user in the car, a feeling of dissatisfaction felt by a user waiting for the car to be called, etc. An elevator display device is obtained.

  In the elevator display device according to the present invention, an indicator provided in at least one of the elevator car and the floor of the floor where the car stops, and the indicator, when the car is stopped and Car information display means for displaying a travel direction display indicating the travel direction of the car during travel, wherein the car information display means is displayed on the display when the car travels. Is configured differently from the form of the traveling direction display when the car is stopped.

  The present invention relates to an elevator display device, an indicator provided in at least one of an elevator car and a floor landing at which the car stops, and the indicator includes a display when the car stops and travels. Vehicle information display means for displaying a traveling direction display indicating a traveling direction of the car in the vehicle, wherein the car information display means is a form of the traveling direction display that is displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling. Is configured to be different from the display of the direction of travel when the car is stopped, so that the user can see whether the car is stopped or traveling just by looking at the direction of travel of the car. There is an effect that it can be easily and immediately determined.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the display apparatus of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the change of the traveling direction display which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the display apparatus of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 1a Car indicator 1b Car destination button 1c Car side car information display means 1d Car communication means 2 Landing operation display device 2a Landing indicator 2b Landing call button 2c Landing side car information display means 2d Landing communication means 3 Control device 3a Control device communication means 3b Operation control means 3c Call registration means

  The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and redundant description thereof will be simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIGS. 1 to 3 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator display device, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining changes in traveling direction display, and FIG. 3 is an elevator. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of this display apparatus.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a car 1 that can be raised and lowered in a hoistway (not shown) of an elevator. The car 1 is in the car 1, and is on the side of a car doorway provided at the front center of the car 1. In the side wall of the car, a car indicator 1a that displays the current floor position and traveling direction of the car 1 and a car for registering a destination call by being pressed by a user in the car 1 A destination button 1b is provided.
The car display 1a is configured by using a liquid crystal display (LCD), an EL display (Electroluminescence Display), a plasma display (PDP), and the like. It is provided and controlled by the car side car information display means 1c electrically connected to the car display 1a.

A hall operation display device 2 is installed at each hall (not shown) of the floor where the car 1 stops. The hall operation display device 2 includes a current floor position of the car 1. And a hall indicator 2a for displaying a traveling direction and a car destination button 1b for registering an upward or downward hall call when pressed by a user of the hall.
The hall indicator 2a is configured by using a liquid crystal display (LCD), an EL display, a plasma display (PDP), or the like, like the car indicator 1a. And is controlled by a hall-side car information display means 2c that is electrically connected to the hall indicator 2a.

The overall operation of the elevator is controlled by the control device 3, and this control device 3 is communicably connected to the car 1 and the hall operation display device 2 via the control device communication means 3a. .
More specifically, the control device communication means 3a of the control device 3 is connected to the car communication means 1d of the car 1, and the car communication means 1d displays the car destination button 1b and the car side car information display. It is connected to means 1c. The control device communication means 3a of the control device 3 is also connected to a hall communication means 2d provided for each hall, and the hall communication means 2d displays the hall call button 2b and the hall-side car information display. The means 2c is connected to each landing on each floor.

  The control device 3 mainly includes an operation control means 3b for controlling the operation of the car 1, and a destination call and a hall call according to operations on the car destination button 1b and the hall call button 2b. Is provided with call registration means 3c for performing various call registrations.

When the user presses the destination button 1b in the car, the operation information is transmitted to the call registration means 3c via the car communication means 1d and the control device communication means 3a, and the call registration means that receives this information. 3c registers a destination call for the floor corresponding to the pressed destination button 1b in the car.
When the user presses the hall call button 2b, the operation information is transmitted to the call registration means 3c via the hall communication means 2d and the control device communication means 3a. The means 3c registers the hall call for the hall and the traveling direction corresponding to the pressed hall call button 2b.

  The operation control unit 3b operates the car 1 based on various types of call registration information registered by the call registration unit 3c and information on the current floor position and traveling direction of the car 1. To control.

Information on the current floor position and traveling direction of the car 1 is also transmitted to the car communication means 1d and the hall communication means 2d via the control device communication means 3a. Information about the current floor position and traveling direction of the car 1 is transmitted from the car communication means 1d to the car side car information display means 1c, and from the hall communication means 2d. It is transmitted to the hall-side car information display means 2c.
The car-side car information display means 1c displays these information on the car display 1a based on the information on the current floor position and traveling direction of the car 1 thus obtained. Similarly, the hall-side car information display means 2c displays the information on the hall indicator 2a based on the acquired information on the current floor position, traveling direction, etc. of the car 1. Do.

  The information about the current floor position of the car 1 is performed by displaying a floor number. This floor number display is a predetermined distance range with respect to the floor where the car 1 is located. When approaching within, the number is switched to the number indicating the floor.

  FIG. 2 shows a change example of the traveling direction display of the car 1 in the car indicator 1a and the hall indicator 2a. First, the case where the traveling direction of the car 1 is the upward direction will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when the car 1 is stopped on a certain floor in a state where an upward traveling direction is assigned, the traveling direction display displayed on the car indicator 1a and the landing indicator 2a is: A hollow triangle pointing upwards is displayed as an arrow of only the arrowhead portion indicating the upward direction (F1). Next, when the car 1 starts traveling in the upward direction, the shape of the traveling direction display changes to an upward substantially arrow feather shape, that is, a shape obtained by removing the base from the triangle. At the same time, a substantially arrow feather shape is rotated and displayed in the three-dimensional space so as to appear to rotate in the horizontal direction about the vertical direction (F2).

  Thus, while the car 1 is traveling upward, the substantially arrow-shaped upwards are displayed in the horizontal direction (F3 to F6), and when the car 1 arrives at the destination floor and stops, the travel direction display is displayed. The shape is restored from the upward substantially arrow feather shape to the hollow triangle pointing upward, and at the same time, the horizontal rotation is stopped to display the front direction (F7).

Next, a case where the traveling direction of the car 1 is downward will be described with reference to FIG.
First, when the car 1 is stopped on a floor in a state where a downward traveling direction is assigned, the traveling direction display displayed on the car indicator 1a and the landing indicator 2a is A hollow inverted triangle pointing downward is displayed as an arrow of only the arrowhead portion indicating the direction (F8). Next, when the car 1 starts traveling in the downward direction, the shape of the traveling direction display changes to a substantially downward arrow shape, that is, an inverted triangle excluding the upper side. At the same time, a substantially arrow feather shape is rotated and displayed so as to appear to rotate in the horizontal direction around the vertical direction in the three-dimensional space (F9).

  Thus, while the car 1 is traveling downward, the downward substantially arrow feather shape is horizontally rotated (F10 to F13), and when the car 1 arrives at the destination floor and stops, the travel direction display is displayed. The shape is returned from a substantially arrow-shaped downward to a hollow inverted triangle pointing downward, and at the same time, the horizontal rotation is stopped to display the front (F14).

  In this embodiment, the elevator display device operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG. Here, the operation when the user depresses the destination button 1b in the car 1 in the car 1 will be described. However, the operation when the hall call button 2b of the hall is depressed by the user. The same applies to.

First, when the in-car destination button 1b is pressed by a user in the car 1, this operation information is transmitted to the call registration means 3c via the car communication means 1d and the control device communication means 3a. In response, the call registration means 3c registers the destination call based on the received operation information (step S1).
When the destination call is registered in this way, next, the operation control means 3b starts traveling of the car 1 to respond to the registered destination call (step S2).

Then, it progresses to step S3, and the said car side car information display means 1c changes the said driving | running | working direction display displayed on the said car indicator 1a from the hollow triangle stopped in the front direction to the substantially arrow feather shape. At the same time, the image is rotated and displayed in the horizontal direction around the vertical direction. Further, the hall-side car information display means 2c changes the traveling direction display displayed on the hall indicator 2a from a hollow triangle stopped in the front direction to a substantially arrow feather shape, and at the same time, with the vertical direction as an axis. Rotate horizontally.
Then, while the car 1 is traveling, the display of the substantially arrow feather shape that rotates horizontally as the traveling direction display is continued, and when the car 1 arrives at the destination floor of the destination call registration and stops (step S4). ), The car-side car information display means 1c stops the horizontal rotation display of the traveling direction display displayed on the car indicator 1a, and at the same time changes from a substantially arrow feather shape to a hollow triangle stopped in front. . Further, the hall-side car information display means 2c stops the horizontal rotation display of the travel direction table displayed on the hall indicator 2a, and at the same time changes from a substantially arrow feather shape to a hollow triangle stopped in front. (Step S5). Then, the operations in steps S2 to S5 are repeated until the responses to all the call registrations are completed. When a new call registration is made after the responses to all the call registrations are completed, the operation starts from step S1. Be started.

In addition, although the display which displays the traveling direction of the said car 1 was provided as both the said car indicator 1a and the said board | substrate display 2a in both the said car 1 and the said landing here, either one of these May be provided.
Further, these displays may be separated from the operation buttons and the operation panel in which they are stored, and may be configured by a large liquid crystal display or the like.

  In the elevator display device configured as described above, an indicator provided in at least one of the elevator car and the floor of the floor where the car stops is under the control of the car information display means. When the car is stopped and when the car is running, the car direction display indicating the car's running direction is displayed, and the car information display means displays the driving direction displayed on the indicator when the car is running, that is, the display Whether the car is stopped or running by simply looking at the car's running direction display by making the shape and rotation state different from the way the running direction is displayed when the car is stopped Can be easily and immediately judged.

  In addition, the traveling direction display displayed on the display unit when the car is traveling is displayed so that the traveling direction display is visible to the user as if it is rotating in the horizontal direction around the vertical axis. Therefore, it is possible to determine the running state of the car by the user very easily and immediately, as well as the sealing feeling felt by the user in the car and the user waiting for the car to call. It is also possible to relieve the feeling of dissatisfaction that is felt.

  As a change in the form of the traveling direction display when the car is stopped and when traveling, the shape of the traveling direction display itself displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling is changed to the shape of the traveling direction display when the car is stopped. Using different shapes is very effective for the user to grasp the traveling state of the car only by looking at the traveling direction display of the car.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for an elevator display device that displays the traveling direction of a car in the elevator car or at a landing.

In the elevator display device according to the present invention, an indicator provided in at least one of the elevator car and the floor of the floor where the car stops, and the indicator, when the car is stopped and Car information display means for displaying a travel direction display indicating the travel direction of the car during travel, wherein the car information display means is displayed on the display when the car travels. Is displayed on the display when the car is stopped, and the driving direction display is displayed in a substantially arrow-shaped manner rotating in the horizontal direction about the vertical axis. The form of the traveling direction display to be displayed is configured to be displayed so as to be visible to the user in the triangle in which the traveling direction display is stopped .

Claims (3)

An indicator provided in at least one of an elevator car and a landing on the floor where the car stops;
Car information display means for displaying a traveling direction display indicating a traveling direction of the car at the time of stopping and traveling of the car on the indicator;
The car information display means makes the form of the traveling direction displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling different from the form of the traveling direction displayed when the car is stopped. An elevator display device.   The car information display means provides the user with the form of the travel direction displayed on the display when the car travels so that the travel direction display rotates in the horizontal direction about the vertical axis. The elevator display device according to claim 1, wherein the elevator display device is configured to display so as to be visible.   The car information display means makes the shape of the travel direction display displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling different from the shape of the travel direction display when the car is stopped. An elevator display device according to any one of claims 1 and 2.

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