KR101492358B1 - Destination floor registration device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a traveling layer registration apparatus for an elevator that improves operability by assisting a visually impaired person in searching for a desired operation button on the touch panel without impairing the degree of freedom of the display layout of the touch panel. To this end, a traveling floor registration apparatus for an elevator includes a touch panel provided on the front face of the operation panel, a braille display on which an arbitrary braille can be displayed so as not to overlap with the touch panel as viewed from the front face of the operation panel, On the basis of the contact coordinates and the screen arrangement information by the touch operation on the touch panel, information on the display contents of the contact coordinates and information about the display contents of the contact coordinates And a braille display control device for displaying the generated information in a braille display on the braille display.

Description

[0001] DESTINATION FLOOR REGISTRATION DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR [0002]

The present invention relates to a traveling floor registration apparatus of an elevator.

Conventional elevator floor registration apparatuses are intended to provide braille information on arbitrary floor information or traveling floor information by using a braille display, in which a touch panel type operation button A display cover provided on the display of the panel display configured by the touch panel of the operation panel, and a sheet-like braille display provided integrally or separately with the display cover, And the touch panel is operated when the braille display or the display cover is depressed by depressing the display cover in the vicinity of the braille display or the braille display (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In addition, conventionally, for the purpose of making it possible for a visually impaired person who is hard to understand braille to operate the buttons of the elevator operation panel (traveling floor registration apparatus) with ease, each control button on the elevator control panel And a display unit for displaying the display content of each operation button in braille is provided, and the display contents of the touched display unit are audibly notified by a speaker (for example, refer to Patent Document 2).

In addition to the sheet-type display described in Patent Document 1, a braille display capable of arbitrarily displaying braille characters includes a main body having a display surface in which holes are arranged in a lattice pattern, (For example, refer to Patent Document 3). According to Patent Document 3, a convex portion is moved forward and backward by using a coil or the like, whereby a convex portion is expressed by slightly projecting the tip of the convex portion representing rod from the hole of the display surface, And the plane is expressed by retreating to the same plane as the display plane. A convex expression and a planar representation are selectively executed for a plurality of convex representation rods to represent arbitrary braille characters.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-314300 Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-269196 Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 05-019680

However, in the conventional traveling floor registration apparatus of the elevator shown in Patent Document 1, a braille display is arranged on the display of the panel display, and the braille display includes a flexible substrate. Therefore, in a place where the braille display is arranged, the display of the touch panel is hidden by the flexible substrate, and becomes invisible. As a result, the braille display can not be arranged on the entire touch panel, and there are places on the touch panel that are not arranged with the place where the braille display is arranged.

In such a configuration, when the content to be displayed on the touch panel is changed, it is necessary to change the content in consideration of the layout of the braille display (avoid placement of the braille display) There is a problem that the degree of freedom of the apparatus becomes low. Alternatively, it is conceivable to change the layout of the braille display in accordance with the changed content. In this case, however, it is very cumbersome and troublesome to change the layout of the braille display every time the content is changed.

In the conventionally-proposed traveling floor registration apparatus of the elevator shown in Patent Document 2, when a cover portion provided adjacent to each operation button is touched, information of the operation button is guided by voice. That is, since only the information on the operation buttons of the currently touched location is voice-guided, there is a problem that when the area without the operation button is touched, the information of the place can not be obtained. In addition, there is another problem that when the user touches a place other than the intended operation button, the user can not obtain information about the intended operation button.

Also, in any of the conventional traveling floor registration apparatuses of the above-mentioned patent documents, since the visually impaired person can not know the traveling floor of the already registered call, the call to the intended destination floor There is a problem that even if the registration has already been completed, the call registration operation must be performed again, which is troublesome.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a control panel in which a touch panel and a braille display are provided in parallel to each other so that the degree of freedom of display layout on the touch panel is not impaired, To obtain a traveling floor registration apparatus of an elevator capable of flexibly coping with changes.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a user who is visually impaired by touching a place other than the desired operation button on the touch panel by providing the user with peripheral information of the place currently touched, It is possible to assist the navigation of the button and to obtain the traveling floor registration apparatus of the elevator which can improve the operability.

A traveling layer registration apparatus of an elevator according to the present invention is an elevator entry registration apparatus connected to an elevator control apparatus and having an operation panel having a touch panel type operation button, A braille display provided separately from the touch panel on the front face of the operation panel and arranged so as not to overlap with the touch panel as viewed from the front face of the operation panel and capable of displaying arbitrary Braille characters; Based on the touch coordinates obtained by the touch operation on the touch panel and the screen layout information stored in the storage section, when the touch operation is performed on the touch panel , The display of the screen of the touch panel in the contact coordinates Information on the display content of the screen of the touch panel in the up, down, left and right directions as viewed from the contact coordinates, and information on the distance from the contact coordinates on the screen of the touch panel to the display content And a braille display control device for braille displaying the information created by the screen information creating section on the braille display.

The traveling floor registration apparatus of an elevator according to the present invention can flexibly cope with the change of contents displayed on the touch panel without impairing the degree of freedom of display layout on the touch panel Can achieve the effect of being able to.

When a user who is a visually impaired person touches a place other than a desired operation button on the touch panel, peripheral information of a place currently touched to the user is provided, It is possible to achieve the effect of improving the operability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of an elevator equipped with a destination registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG.
2 is a front view of an operator panel of the destination registration apparatus of the elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a front view of a braille display provided on an operation panel of a destination layer registration apparatus of an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.
4 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a destination layer registration apparatus for an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a touch panel control device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Braille display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing processing in contact pattern determination means provided in the touch panel control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing in the operation mode management means included in the touch panel control apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing in the operation mode determination means provided in the Braille display control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.
10 is a diagram for explaining an example of the operation of the screen information generating means provided in the touch panel controlling apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same or substantially equivalent parts, and redundant descriptions thereof are appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1

1 is a front view of an operation panel, Fig. 3 is a front view of a braille display provided on an operation panel, Fig. 4 is a front view of the elevator, Fig. Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the touch panel control device, Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the braille display control device, Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the touch panel control device Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing in the operation mode management means provided in the touch panel control apparatus, Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing processing in the contact mode determination means provided in the braille display control apparatus, Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing processing in the touch panel control device of Fig. A diagram for explaining one example.

In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a passenger car which is loaded with a user, load, etc., and ascends and descends in a hoistway (not shown) of the elevator. In the boarding car 1, an operation panel 2 for performing a call registering operation and a door opening / closing operation by the user in the boarding car 1 is provided. The elevator control device 3 controls the overall operation of the elevator, such as the traveling operation of the boarding car 1 according to the operation of the operation panel 2. [ The elevator control device 3 is connected to the operation panel 2 and is installed in the machine room 4 provided at the top of the hoistway.

The operation panel 2 is provided with a touch panel 5 and a braille display 6. Fig. 2 shows a front view of this operation panel 2. Fig. As described above, the touch panel 5 is provided on the front face of the operation panel 2, and the braille display 6 is disposed on the lower side of the touch panel 5 on the front face in the operation panel 2. The braille display 6 is provided separately from the touch panel 5 and arranged so as not to overlap with the touch panel 5 when viewed from the front face of the operation panel 2. [

The touch panel 5 is formed with an operation button display area 5a and a message display area 5b. The operation button display area 5a is an area in which a plurality of layered buttons for specifying a routing layer and registering a call, a door opening button for instructing opening and closing of the door, and a door closing button are displayed. Various buttons displayed in the operation button display region 5a are objects of contact with the touch panel 5 by the user. A message to the user such as maintenance information of the elevator is displayed in the message display area 5b.

The braille display 6 is divided into a plurality of areas. A front view of the Braille display 6 is shown in Fig. These plurality of areas each include a registration completion routing layer display section 6a, a contact area information display section 6b, an upper area information display section 6c, a lower area information display section 6d, a right area information display section 6e, And constitute a display portion 6f.

The braille display 6 has a function of displaying an arbitrary Braille character 7 by selectively changing the convex part protruding from the surface of the convex part constituting the braille character 7. Such a function can be realized by using, for example, the prior art described in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 3. [

The registration completion destination layer display section 6a of the braille display 6 displays the operation button display area 5a of the touch panel 5 of the operation panel 2 with the function of displaying the arbitrary Braille characters 7 By the operation, the list of the routing layers that have been registered for call registration is displayed in braille. The contact area information display section 6b displays information on the contents currently displayed in the area where the user currently touches the touch panel 5 of the operation panel 2 in braille. Information on the display content of the area (upper area) in the upward direction as viewed from the point where the user currently touches the touch panel 5 is displayed in braille on the upper area information display part 6c. The lower region information display section 6d displays information on the display content of the downward region (lower region) in braille as viewed from the point where the user currently touches the touch panel 5. Information on the display content of the area (right area) in the right direction as viewed from the point where the user currently touches the touch panel 5 is displayed in braille on the right area information display part 6e. Information on the display content of the area (left area) in the left direction as viewed from the point where the user currently touches the touch panel 5 is displayed in braille on the left area information display part 6f.

The braille display 6 is provided with a function of detecting whether or not the user is in contact with the braille display portion of the braille display 6. This function can be realized, for example, by using a detection sensor such as vibration at the time of contact, infrared rays generated by a person, change of electric resistance and capacitance due to human body contact, and the like.

Although the arrangement of the display portions 6a to 6f in the braille display 6 is arranged in a row in the vertical direction in Fig. 3, for example, the contact area information display portion 6b is arranged at the center Next, the upper, lower, left and right display portions 6c to 6f may be appropriately changed, for example, by disposing them on the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the contact area information display portion 6b.

The operation panel 2 includes a touch panel control device 8 for controlling the operation of the touch panel 5 and a braille display control device 9 for controlling the operation of the braille display 6 as shown in Fig. . First, the configuration of the touch panel control device 8 will be described with reference to Fig.

First, in the touch panel control device 8, there are two operation modes. These two operation modes are the normal mode and the braille mode. The normal mode is an operation mode that is selected when a user who is not normal, that is, the user who does not use the braille display 6, is operating the operation panel 2. On the other hand, the braille mode is an operation mode that is selected when the user who uses the braille display 6 is operating the operation panel 2. The operation mode information 8a stores the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 at the current point.

The contact detecting means 8b detects whether or not a touch operation has been performed on the touch panel 5 by the user based on a signal output from the touch panel 5 by touching the touch panel 5. [ When it is detected that the touching operation is performed on the touch panel 5, the coordinates (hereinafter referred to as " contact coordinates ") of the touching operation on the touch panel 5 are detected. The presence or absence of the touch operation detected by the contact detection means 8b and the contact coordinates are notified to the contact pattern determination means 8c.

The contact pattern determination means 8c determines whether or not the touch panel 5 is touching the touch panel 5 based on the presence or absence of contact operation with the touch panel 5 notified from the contact detection means 8b and contact coordinates, The contact pattern is determined. Then, the start / end of the braille mode is determined according to the determined contact pattern, and the operation mode management means 8e is notified. The contact pattern determination means 8c notifies the contact coordinates to the destination layer registration means 8g and the screen information creation means 8k.

The start / end notification of the braille mode is also transmitted from the braille display control device 9 as described later. The operation mode receiving means 8d of the touch panel control device 8 receives the braille mode start / end notification transmitted from the braille display control device 9 and controls the start / And notifies the means 8e.

Based on the braille mode start / end notified from the contact pattern determining means 8c and the braille mode start / end notification notified from the operation mode receiving means in accordance with the flowchart of FIG. 8 to be described later, the operation mode managing means 8e, The operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 is switched between the braille mode and the normal mode. The latest operation mode switched by the operation mode management means 8e is stored in the operation mode information 8a.

The screen layout information 8f stores the position, area size, and display contents of each operation button or message display area 5b of the operation button display area 5a displayed on the touch panel 5. [ The destination layer registration means 8g determines a destination layer corresponding to the layered button disposed on the contact coordinates based on the contact coordinates obtained through the screen layout information 8f and the contact pattern determination means 8c . Then, the destination layer is notified to the destination layer registration transmitting unit 8h and the registered destination layer information 8i. The destination floor registration transmission means 8h transmits the destination floor notified from the destination floor registration means 8g to the elevator control device 3. The elevator control device 3 registers the call to the destination floor when receiving the destination floor transmitted from the destination floor registration and transmission means 8h.

The registered completion routing layer information 8i stores the routing layer notified from the routing layer registration means 8g as a registered completion routing layer. The registered completion routing layer information 8i notifies the registered completion routing layer list creation means 8j of the stored registered routing layers in accordance with the request from the registration completion routing layer list creation means 8j. The enrolled destination layer list creating means 8j creates a list of enrolled destination layers on the basis of the enrolled destination layer acquired from the enrolled destination layer information 8i and stores the enlisted enrolled destination list in the braille display transmitting means 8l ).

The screen information generating means 8k refers to the storage contents of the operation mode information 8a and when the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 is the braille mode, Creates braille information, and notifies the braille information thus generated to the braille display transmitting means 81. The braille information is created based on the contact coordinates, the screen arrangement information 8f, and the registered completion routing layer information 8i notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c. The generated braille information includes braille information on the display contents in the contact coordinates, display content in the areas in the vertical direction, the left and right direction with the contact coordinates as the center, Braille information about the distance is included.

The braille display transmitting means 81 transmits the braille information notified from the screen information creating means 8k and the list of the registered completion routing layers notified from the registered completion routing layer list creating means 8j to the braille display control device 9 do.

The operation mode information 8a, the screen layout information 8f and the registered completion routing layer information 8i provided in the touch panel control device 8 are common to the functions of storing and storing information. The operation mode information 8a, the screen layout information 8f and the registration completion routing layer information 8i are stored in the storage unit provided in the touch panel control device 8 so as to take such a function It is possible.

Next, the configuration of the Braille display control device 9 will be described with reference to Fig.

The Braille display 6 has a function of detecting whether or not the user is in contact with the Braille display 6 as described above. Then, the braille display 6 transmits the detection result as braille display contact presence / absence information. The braille display contact information receiving means 9a is for receiving the braille display contact presence information transmitted from the braille display 6. [ The braille display contact information receiving means 9a notifies the operation mode determining means 9b of the received braille display contact presence / absence information.

The operation mode determination means 9b determines the contact pattern for the braille display 6 based on the braille display contact presence / absence information notified from the braille display contact information reception means 9a according to the flowchart of FIG. 9 to be described later . Then, the start / end of the braille mode is determined in accordance with the determined contact pattern, and the operation mode transmitting means 9c is notified. The operation mode transmitting means 9c transmits to the touch panel controlling device 8 the start / end of the braille mode notified from the operation mode determining means 9b. The start / end notification of the braille mode transmitted from the operation mode transmitting means 9c is received by the operation mode receiving means 8d of the touch panel control device 8 as described above.

The braille information and the list of registered completion layer sent from the braille display transmitting means 81 of the touch panel control device 8 are received by the braille display receiving means 9d of the braille display control device 9. [ The braille display receiving means 9d notifies the braille display driving means 9e of the received braille information and the list of registered completion routing layers.

The braille display driving means 9e drives the convex portion necessary for braille display of the braille information and the list of registered completed layer notified from the braille display receiving means 9d to project from the surface of the braille display 6, The braille information notified from the braille display receiving means 9d and the list of registered completion routing layers are displayed in braille.

The flow chart of Fig. 7 shows the processing in the contact pattern determination means 8c of the touch panel control device 8. Fig.

The touch pattern determination means 8c receives the presence or absence of contact operation with the touch panel 5 notified from the contact detection means 8b and contact coordinates (step S1). In step S2, It is confirmed whether or not the touch operation to the panel 5 has been performed. If there is no contact operation with the touch panel 5, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, it is checked whether or not the state in which there is no touch operation to the touch panel 5 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer. If the state in which there is no contact operation with the touch panel 5 is not continued for a predetermined period of time, that is, if the continuous time without touch operation to the touch panel 5 is less than a predetermined time, the routine returns to step S2. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that there is no contact operation with the touch panel 5 for a predetermined period of time or longer, the process proceeds to step S4. In this step S4, the contact pattern determination means 8c notifies the operation mode management means 8e of the end of the braille mode. Then, a series of processing is terminated.

On the other hand, if there is a touch operation to the touch panel 5 in step S2, the process proceeds to step S5. In this step S5, it is confirmed whether or not the state in which the touching operation to the touch panel 5 is continued continues for a predetermined period of time or longer. If the state of contact with the touch panel 5 continues for a predetermined period of time or more, the main user of the contact operation is determined to be a blind person and the process proceeds to step S6. In general, since the time for the normal person to touch the touch panel 5 is relatively short, the blind person tries to find the position of the operation button while touching the touch panel 5, Is long.

In step S6, the contact pattern determination unit 8c notifies the operation mode management unit 8e of the start of the braille mode and proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the contact pattern determination unit 8c notifies the contact coordinates to the screen information creation unit 8k. The screen information creating means 8k having received the notification of the contact coordinates creates the braille information to be displayed on the braille display 6 when the current operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 is the braille mode do. In this step, even if contact coordinates are not yet reported to the destination layer registration means 8g and contact with the destination layer button displayed on the touch panel 5, call registration to the destination layer is not performed.

In the following step S8, whether or not the touching operation to the touch panel 5 has been completed is checked based on the presence / absence of touching operation to the touch panel 5 notified from the contact detecting means 8b. If the touching operation to the touch panel 5 is not lost and the contact state continues, the process returns to step S7. On the other hand, when the touch operation to the touch panel 5 is lost, the process proceeds to step S9.

In this step S9, it is checked whether or not the touch panel 5 is brought into contact with the same area as the area on the touch panel 5 that has been finally operated to touch again within a predetermined period of time after the contact operation with the touch panel 5 is canceled . If there is a contact operation for the same area as that for which the last touch operation has been performed within a predetermined period of time after the touch operation has been canceled, the process proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the contact pattern determination unit 8c notifies the contact coordinates to the routing layer registration unit 8g. Accordingly, the call to the destination layer is registered according to the touch operation to the touch panel 5 at this stage. After step S10, the process returns to step S2.

If it is determined in step S5 that the touch operation on the touch panel 5 is not continued for a predetermined period of time or longer, it is determined that the principal user of the touch operation is a normal user, skipping steps S6 to S9, The process proceeds to step S10. In step S10, contact coordinates are notified to the routing layer registration unit 8g, and the call to the routing layer is registered.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S9 that the contact operation has been performed for the same area as that for which the last contact operation was performed within a predetermined period of time after the contact operation is terminated, the flow advances to step S11. In step S11, it is checked whether or not the state in which there is no touching operation to the touch panel 5 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer, similarly to step S3. If the state in which there is no touch operation to the touch panel 5 is not continued for a predetermined period of time, that is, if the continuous time without touch operation to the touch panel 5 is less than the predetermined time, the process returns to step S7. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S11 that there is no contact operation with the touch panel 5 for a predetermined period of time or longer, the process proceeds to step S12. In this step S12, the contact pattern determination means 8c notifies the operation mode management means 8e of the end of the braille mode. Then, a series of processing is terminated.

The flow chart of Fig. 8 shows the processing in the operation mode management means 8e of the touch panel control device 8. Fig.

The operation mode management means 8e internally uses two operation modes (operation mode 1 and operation mode 2) to determine the start / end of the braille mode. The operation mode 1 corresponds to the braille mode state notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c. The operation mode 2 corresponds to the braille mode state notified from the operation mode reception means 8d (i.e., the braille mode state determined by the operation mode determination means 9b).

First, in step S21, the operation mode management means 8e confirms whether or not the start of the braille mode is notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c. When the contact pattern determination means 8c notifies the start / end of the braille mode, the process proceeds to Step S22. In step S22, it is determined whether or not the notified braille mode start / end is the start of the braille mode. If the notified braille mode start / end is the start of the braille mode, the flow advances to step S23.

In step S23, the start of the braille mode is notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c, and the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode 1 to "start". Then, in the following step S24, the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the braille mode and ends the series of processes.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S22 that the braille mode start / end notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c is not the braille mode start, the process proceeds to step S25. In this step S25, the end of the braille mode is notified from the contact pattern determination means 8c, and the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode 1 to "end". Then, in step S26, it is checked whether or not the operation mode 2 is in the "end" state.

When the operation mode 2 is in the "end" state in this step S26, the operation mode management means 8e proceeds to the step S27, sets the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the normal mode, A series of processing is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S26 that the operation mode 2 is not the "end" state (the operation mode 2 is in the "start" state), the operation proceeds to step S24, Sets the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the braille mode, and ends the series of processes.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S21 that the start / end of the braille mode is not notified from the contact pattern determination unit 8c, the process proceeds to step S28. In step S28, the operation mode management means 8e confirms whether or not the start / end of the braille mode is notified from the operation mode reception means 8d. If the operation mode receiving means 8d has not been notified of the start / end of the Braille mode, the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if the start / end of the braille mode is notified from the operation mode receiving means 8d in step S28, the process proceeds to step S29. In step S29, it is checked whether or not the notified braille mode start / end is the start of the braille mode. When the notified braille mode start / end is the start of the braille mode, the flow advances to step S30.

In step S30, the start of the braille mode is notified from the operation mode reception means 8d, and the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode 2 to "start". Then, in the following step S31, the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the braille mode, and ends the series of processes.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S29 that the braille mode start / end notified from the operation mode receiving means 8d is not the braille mode start, the process proceeds to step S32. In this step S32, the end of the braille mode is notified from the operation mode reception means 8d, and the operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode 2 to "end". Then, in step S33, it is checked whether the operation mode (1) is in the "end" state.

When the operation mode 1 is in the "end" state in this step S33, the operation mode management means 8e proceeds to the step S34 to set the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the normal mode, A series of processing is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S33 that the operation mode 1 is not the "end" state (the operation mode 1 is in the "start" state), the operation proceeds to step S31, Sets the operation mode of the touch panel control device 8 to the braille mode, and ends the series of processes.

The flow chart of Fig. 9 shows the processing in the operation mode determination means 9b of the braille display control device 9. Fig.

First, when the braille display contact information reception means 9a notifies the presence / absence of braille display contact information (step S41), the operation mode determination means 9b determines, based on the notified braille display contact presence / absence information, It is confirmed whether or not there is contact with the display 6. When there is contact with the braille display 6, the process proceeds to step S43.

In step S43, it is checked whether or not the state of contact with the braille display 6 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer. If the state of contact with the braille display 6 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer, it is determined that the blind person is in contact with the braille display 6, and the process proceeds to step S44. In this step S44, the operation mode determination means 9b notifies the operation mode transmission means 9c of the start of the braille mode. Then, the process returns to step S42.

On the other hand, if there is no contact with the braille display 6 in step S42, the process proceeds to step S45. In this step S45, it is checked whether or not the state of no contact with the Braille display 6 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer. If the state in which there is no contact with the braille display 6 has not continued for a predetermined period of time, that is, if the continuous time without contact with the Braille display 6 is less than a predetermined time, the process returns to step S42.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S45 that the state of no contact with the braille display 6 continues for a predetermined period of time or longer, the process proceeds to step S46. In this step S46, the operation mode determination means 9b notifies the operation mode transmission means 9c of the end of the braille mode. Then, a series of processing is terminated.

If the state of contact with the braille display 6 is not continued for a predetermined period of time or longer, that is, if the continuous time with the contact with the braille display 6 is less than a predetermined time in step S43, And the operation mode determination means 9b notifies the operation mode transmission means 9c of the end of the braille mode.

The braille mode start / end notified from the operation mode determination means 9b to the operation mode transmission means 9c in this manner is received by the operation mode reception means 8d of the touch panel control device 8 And is notified to the operation mode management means 8e. And is used for determining switching of the operation mode in the operation mode management means 8e.

In this way, the contact pattern determination means 8c determines whether or not to notify the start of the braille mode based on the contact continuation time to the touch panel 5, and the operation mode determination means 9b determines whether or not the contact continuation of the braille display 6 It is determined whether to notify the start of the Braille mode based on the time. The operation mode management means 8e sets the operation mode to the braille mode when at least one of the contact pattern determination means 8c and the operation mode determination means 9b is notified of the start of the braille mode.

In the braille mode, various kinds of operation assistance information are displayed on the braille display 6 in braille depending on the contact position with the touch panel 5, and after touching the touch panel 5 once, It is possible to appropriately change the operation mode to the braille mode to prevent erroneous operation and misregistration.

Next, with reference to Fig. 10, a specific example of the operation of the traveling floor registration apparatus of the elevator configured as described above will be described.

First, by the operation to the operation button display area 5a of the touch panel 5 so far, the already-registered entry layer is registered in the registration completed routing layer information 8i of the touch panel control device 8 It is kept. The enrolled destination layer listing means 8j creates a list of enrolled destination layers on the basis of the enrolled destination layer obtained from the enrolled destination layer information 8i, And the braille display drive means 9e of the braille display control device 9 via the braille display receiving means 9d.

The braille display driving means 9e projects the convex portion necessary for braille display of the notified registered routing layer list from the surface and sends the registration completed routing layer display portion 6a of the braille display 6 to the notified registered routing layer Braille displays the list. For example, if 1F, 2F and 3F have already been registered as the calling floor layer of the call, the registered completion destination floor display section 6a of the braille display 6 displays, for example, "Completed, 1, 2, &Quot; as shown in Fig.

Here, in order for the user who is visually impaired to know that the content type displayed on the registered completion destination floor display section 6a is the registered completion routing layer, the number indicating the registered completion routing layer is set to, for example, " A phrase indicating the type of content to be displayed on the display unit is initially displayed in braille. The phrase indicating the kind of the display content may be braille displayed on the display unit as described above, and if the type of the display content in the display unit does not change, a braille character whose display content is fixed in the vicinity of the display unit, Blocks may be provided and the display content type may be braille displayed in this braille block. In this case, for example, "The layer already registered is displayed below. &Quot;, a braille block in which words are fixedly braille is installed.

As a result, when the visually impaired person tries to register the traveling floor, it is possible to know in advance whether the call to the intended destination floor has already been registered. Therefore, when a call to the intended destination layer has already been registered, it is not necessary for the visually impaired user as a user to search for the portion of the touch panel 5, and unnecessary work can be omitted.

Next, the operation of the Braille display 6 when the blind person who is the user, who is in the braille mode, performs the touch operation on the touch panel 5 will be described. For example, when the contact point, which has been contact-operated with respect to the touch panel 5, is the first contact point 11a which is the portion of the 2F button 10b, the screen information creating means 8k creates the contact information from the contact pattern determination means 8c (1) to (5) from the coordinates, the screen layout information 8f, and the registered completion routing layer information 8i.

(1) Braille information about the display contents of the area in which the user is currently in contact

The button name of the 2F button 10b and the braille information of the registration status of the 2F button 10b, which are areas including the first contact point 11a, are created. A specific example of the braille information to be created is " 2F button ". Registration is complete. For example.

(2) Braille information about the display content of the area in the upward direction as viewed from the point in contact with the user

The button name of the 4F button 10d in the upward direction as viewed from the first contact point 11a and braille information about the distance from the first contact point 11a to the 4F button 10d are created. As a specific example of the braille information to be created, "Upward 4cm 4F button. For example. At this time, when there are a plurality of operation buttons or message areas in the upward direction as viewed from the first contact point 11a, a plurality of buttons or the like in this upward direction may be displayed. For example, in the case of Fig. 10, " Upward 4cm 4F button, 8cm message area. Braille information such as "

(3) Braille information about the display content of the area in the downward direction as viewed from the place where the user is currently in contact

The button name of the door close button 10f in the downward direction as viewed from the first contact point 11a and the braille information about the distance from the first contact point 11a to the door close button 10f are created. As a concrete example of the braille information to be created, for example, a " 3 cm close button in the downward direction " At this time, when there are a plurality of operation buttons or message areas in the downward direction as viewed from the first contact point 11a as in (2), a plurality of buttons or the like in the downward direction may be displayed.

(4) Braille information about the display content of the area in the right direction as viewed from the place where the user is currently in contact

Braille information about the display content of the area in the right direction as viewed from the first touch point 11a and the distance from the first touch point 11a to the display content is created. In Fig. 10, since nothing is displayed in the area on the right side as viewed from the first contact point 11a, for example, "there is nothing in the right direction. Braille information "is created. Here, similarly to (2) and (3), a plurality of operation buttons or the like in the right area of the first contact point 11a may be displayed.

(5) Braille information about the display content of the area in the left direction as viewed from the place where the user is currently in contact

The button name of the 1F button 10a in the left direction region as viewed from the first contact point 11a and the braille information about the distance from the first contact point 11a to the 1F button 10a are created. As a concrete example of the braille information to be created, "5 cm 1F button on the left direction. For example. Here, similarly to (2) to (4), a plurality of operation buttons in the left area of the first contact point 11a may be displayed.

10, when the contact point that has been contact-operated with respect to the touch panel 5 is the second contact point 11b which is the message display area 5b, the area of the area (1) The braille information for the display content of the message display area 5b including the contact point of the second contact point 11b is created. As a concrete example of the braille information to be created, there is "message today maintenance. ... For example.

The braille information of the above-mentioned (1) to (5) created by the screen information creating means 8k as described above is sent to the braille display control device 9 via the braille display transmitting means 81 and the braille display receiving means 9d ) Is notified to the braille display driving means 9e. The braille display driving means 9e projects the convex portions necessary for Braille display of the notified Braille information from the surface so as to notify each of the display portions 6b to 6f of the braille display 6 of the above- Braille information of braille is displayed in braille.

Specifically, the braille information on the display contents of the area (1) the user is currently in contact with is displayed in braille on the contact area information display part 6b of the braille display 6. [ Braille information on the display content of the area in the upward direction from the point (2) where the user is currently in contact "is displayed in braille on the upper area information display part 6c of the braille display 6. [ Braille information on the display content of the area in the downward direction viewed from the point (3) where the user is currently in contact "is displayed in braille on the lower area information display part 6d of the braille display 6. [ Braille information on the display content of the area on the right side as viewed from the point (4) where the user is currently in contact "is displayed in braille on the right area information display part 6e of the braille display 6. [ The braille information on the display content of the area in the left direction viewed from the point (5) where the user is currently in contact is braille displayed in the left area information display part 6f of the braille display 6 described above.

Here, as in the case of the registered completion routing layer display section 6a, in each of the display sections 6b to 6f, the display of each of the display sections 6b to 6f so that the user who is visually impaired can know what kind of content is displayed. The phrases indicating content types may be initially displayed in braille. Specifically, the phrase "present position information" in the case of the contact area information display section 6b, the "upward direction" in the case of the upper region information display section 6c, Right direction "in the case of the right region information display section 6e, and" left direction "in the case of the left region information display section 6f is used for the display section 6d. It is also possible to provide braille blocks in which the words indicating these display content types are fixedly displayed in braille.

When the braille display 6 has a large number of braille characters and can not be displayed in one display unit at one time, the braille information to be displayed on the display unit 6 is divided into a plurality of , And the divided Braille information may be switched and displayed every predetermined time. For example, in the registered completion destination floor display section 6a, the number of registered entry layers is large, and the contents to be displayed are " Registration Completed, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 ", the registration completion destination floor display section 6a can not display only" registration completion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 " think. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 " and " completion of registration, 9, 10, 11, 12 &Quot; are alternately displayed and displayed every predetermined time.

As described above, the braille display 6 is provided separately from the touch panel 5 in the operation panel 2 at a position that does not overlap with the touch panel 5. When a touch operation is performed on the touch panel 5, information for assisting the touch operation is displayed in braille on the braille display 6 according to the contact position. At this time, the braille information displayed on the braille display 6 according to the contacted position is mainly created based on the screen layout information 8f. Therefore, when the arrangement of the operation buttons or the like displayed on the touch panel 5 is changed, only by updating the information stored in the screen layout information 8f, the braille information based on the screen arrangement after the update is displayed on the braille display 6 ). Therefore, it is not necessary to change the arrangement of the braille display 6 with respect to the arrangement of the elements displayed on the touch panel 5, and it is possible to flexibly cope with the layout of the braille display 6 Lt; / RTI >

The traveling floor registration apparatus of the elevator configured as described above switches the operation mode from the normal mode to the braille mode when there is contact with at least one of the touch panel and the braille display for a predetermined time or more. In the braille mode, not only the information about the contact point but also the display contents of the touch panel in the vertical and horizontal directions around the contact point are displayed in braille display on the braille display, It is to display.

Therefore, when a user who is a visually impaired person touches a place other than the intended operation button on the touch panel (including an area where the operation button is not displayed), the user who is currently touching the place By providing the peripheral information, it is possible to assist in searching for the desired operation button, and the operability can be improved.

[Industrial Availability]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in a traveling floor registration apparatus of an elevator having an operation panel connected to an elevator control apparatus and having a touch panel type operation button.

1: Boarding car
2: operator panel
3: Elevator control device
4: Machine room
5: Touch panel
5a: Operation button display area
5b: message display area
6: Braille display
6a: Registration completed destination floor display section
6b: Contact area information display part
6c: upper area information display part
6d: a lower region information display section
6e: right region information display section
6f: left area information display part
7: Braille
8: Touch panel control device
8a: Operation mode information
8b: contact detection means
8c: contact pattern determination means
8d: Operation mode receiving means
8e: Operation mode management means
8f: Screen layout information
8g: Traveling floor registration means
8h: routing layer registration transmitting means
8i: Registration completed
8j: Registration completed destination layer list creation means
8k: Screen information creating means
8l: Braille display transmission means
9: Braille display control device
9a: Braille display contact information receiving means
9b: Operation mode determination means
9c: Operation mode transmission means
9d: Braille display receiving means
9e: Braille display driving means
10a: 1F button
10b: 2F button
10c: 3F button
10d: 4F button
10e: Door open button
10f: Door Closing Button
11a: first contact point
11b: second contact point

Claims (4)

A traveling layer registration apparatus for an elevator including an operation panel connected to an elevator control device and having a touch panel type operation button,
A touch panel provided on a front surface of the operation panel,
A braille display which is provided separately from the touch panel on the front face of the operation panel and arranged so as not to overlap the touch panel as viewed from the front face of the operation panel,
A storage unit for previously storing screen layout information relating to the arrangement of the operation buttons displayed on the screen of the touch panel;
Wherein when the contact operation is performed with respect to the touch panel, based on the contact coordinates by the touch operation on the touch panel and the screen arrangement information stored in the storage section, And the distance from the contact coordinate on the screen of the touch panel to the display content in the vertical and horizontal directions as viewed from the contact coordinates A screen information creating unit for creating information on the screen,
And a braille display control device for braille displaying the information created by the screen information creating section on the braille display. The method according to claim 1,
And a registered completion destination layer information storage unit for storing information on the destination layer of the already registered call,
Wherein the screen information creating unit creates the screen information based on the information stored in the registered completion destination floor information storage unit when the display content of the screen of the touch panel in the contact coordinates is the destination floor button, And the information of the calling registration state to the destination floor is created. The method of claim 2,
And a registered completion routing layer list creation unit for creating a list of the routing layers of the already registered call based on the information stored in the registered completion routing layer information storage unit,
Wherein the braille display control device displays the information created by the registered completion routing layer list creating section in braille display on the braille display. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein a message display unit for displaying a message for the user is displayed in addition to the operation buttons on the screen of the touch panel,
Wherein the storage unit previously stores screen layout information related to the arrangement of the operation button and the message display unit displayed on the screen of the touch panel,
Wherein the screen information creating unit creates at least one of display contents of the touch panel on the touch coordinates and display contents of the touch panel on the upper, lower, left, and right directions as viewed from the contact coordinates, And if it is not, generates information on the message displayed on the message display unit.

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