KR101545420B1 - Elevator guidance device - Google Patents

Abstract

An elevator guide device capable of appropriately guiding each information of an elevator is provided. To this end, it is preferable that a storage means for storing the information for guiding to the informing means provided in the elevator car or the elevator car and the priority degree in association with each other, and a storage means for storing the priority of the plurality of informations And the control means for storing the priority of each information in association with the elapsed time from the start of the guidance, When the condition for guiding the second information is established during the guidance, the priority of the second information corresponding to the starting point of the guidance is set to the point at which the condition for guiding the second information To select whether to continue the guidance of the first information or to stop the guidance of the first information and to start guidance of the second information.

Description

[0001] ELEVATOR GUIDANCE DEVICE [0002]

The present invention relates to a guide apparatus for an elevator.

The elevator is provided with a guide device. In the guide device, various guide information such as an operation status of an elevator, an operation forecast, a disaster situation, and a description of a use floor are stored. In the guide apparatus, a condition (timing) for guiding each information is set in advance. The guide device controls the notification means so as to guide the information that the condition has established.

When a condition for guiding other information is established during guidance of certain information, a method of continuing guidance of the information being guided can be considered. According to this method, when the guidance starts, it is guaranteed to complete the guidance. Therefore, information can be surely transmitted to the user of the elevator.

However, even if the conditions for guiding important information are established during the guidance of certain information, important information is not guided, or the start of guidance is delayed. As a result, the information may be guided at the wrong timing. For example, the guidance " door opens " may be performed after completion of door opening.

On the other hand, when the condition for guiding other information is established during the guidance of certain information, a method of stopping the guidance of the guidance information and guiding the newly established information may be considered. According to this method, the latest information can be delivered to the user of the elevator immediately.

However, even if the information being guided is important, the guidance is interrupted. For this reason, important information may not be delivered to the user of the elevator.

In contrast to this method, a method of setting the priority according to the contents of the guide information has been proposed. According to this method, when a condition for guiding important information is established during a short period of time which guides non-critical information, guidance of non-critical information can be stopped and important information can be guided. That is, important information is immediately notified. On the other hand, when a condition for guiding other information is established during the middle of the period of guiding important information, it is possible to suppress the start of guidance of other information. That is, the guidance of important information is not disturbed by guidance of other information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1: JP-A-2002-127905 Applying this method to elevators ensures that important information is delivered to the elevator user at the right time. Therefore, the relief of the user of the elevator can be enhanced.

However, in the method described in Patent Document 1, the priority of each information is uniquely set. Therefore, for example, when displaying the information on the display device, when a condition for displaying information with a priority lower than the priority of the information being displayed is established, if the preset display continuation time does not elapse, Low priority information is not displayed. That is, the latest information can not be displayed even after a sufficient time has elapsed since the information being displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator guide device capable of appropriately guiding each information of an elevator.

The elevator guide device according to the present invention is characterized in that the elevator guide device comprises storage means for storing the information for guiding to the informing means provided in the elevator car or the elevator car in correspondence with the degree of priority, And a control unit that compares the priority of the plurality of guidance items with each other and selects information to be presented to the notification unit, wherein the storage unit stores the priority of each piece of information in an elapsed time And when the condition for guiding the second information is established during the guidance of the first information, the control means changes the priority of the second information corresponding to the starting point of the guidance from the start of the guidance Comparing the first information with the priority of the first information corresponding to the time when the condition for guiding the second information has elapsed, Stop the guidance of the first information, and to select whether to start the guidance of the second information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately guide each information of the elevator.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator in which a guide device for an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is used. FIG.
Fig. 2 is a diagram for explaining the priority of information guided by the elevator guide device in the embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 3 is a view for explaining the priority of information guided by the elevator guide device in the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a method for the guide apparatus of an elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention to determine guide candidates. Fig.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a method for determining information actually guided by the elevator guide device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions thereof are appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an elevator in which a guide device for an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is used. FIG. Further, a traction machine and a signal transmission control device or the like necessary for the actual operation of the elevator are based on a general configuration.

In Fig. 1, a platform 1 of an elevator is provided on each floor of a building. A hoistway (not shown) of the elevator is formed adjacent to each landing platform 1. In the hoistway, an elevator car (2) is disposed. The elevator car (2) hangs on the main rope (3). The main rope 3 moves following the rotation of the traction machine. Following this movement, the elevator car 2 ascends and descends.

In each of the landing platform 1 and the car 2, a display screen 4 of a display device such as a liquid crystal display is provided as a notification means. Each display screen (4) is connected to the guide display device (5). The guide display device (5) has a function of controlling an image outputted from the display screen (4). In each of the landing platform 1 and the elevator car 2, a speaker 6 is provided as a notification means. And the speaker 6 is connected to the voice guidance device 7. [ The voice guidance apparatus (7) has a function of controlling the voice output from the speaker (6).

An elevator control panel 8 is provided in a machine room (not shown) of the elevator. In the elevator control panel 8, the operation control device 9 and the elevator guiding device 10 are provided. The operation control device 9 has a function of controlling the operation of the elevator such as the operation of the elevator car 2 and the opening and closing of the door. The elevator guide device (10) is provided with guide storage means (11) and guide control means (12).

The guide storage means 11 has a function of storing each information relating to the guidance of the elevator. The information of the guidance elapsed time and the guidance completion time are associated with each information. Each piece of information is associated with priority data corresponding to the guidance elapsed time.

The guide control means (12) has a function of receiving information from the operation control device (9) in accordance with an elevator or surrounding circumstances. The guiding control means (12) has a function of recognizing the information that the guiding condition holds as a guiding request. The guide control means (12) has a function of determining information to start guidance in the guidance request, and setting the information as a guidance candidate.

The guide control means 12 has a function of outputting guidance candidates to the display screen 4 and the speaker 6 through the guidance display device 5 and the voice guidance device 7. [ The guide control means (12) has a function of storing the information being guided as guide memory information in the guide memory means (11).

The guide control means 12 has a function of comparing the priority of the guidance storage information with the priority of the guidance candidate information when the guidance storage information is already stored in the guidance storage means 11. [ Based on the comparison result of the degree of priority, the guide control means 12 has a function of continuing the guidance of the guidance storage information, stopping the guidance of the guidance storage information, and selecting whether to start the guidance of the guidance candidate information newly.

Next, with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, priority of each information will be described.

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are diagrams for explaining the priority of information guided by the elevator guide device in the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. The abscissa in Figs. 2 and 3 is a guidance elapsed time. The vertical axes in Figs. 2 and 3 are priorities of information.

The priority of each information is set according to the guidance elapsed time. Concretely, the priority of each information is set based on the display screen 4, the availability of the speaker 6, whether information is relatively important, whether or not the information can be misinterpreted when it is stopped, and the like.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the priority set for the guidance voice of Japanese "on the first floor" (on the first floor). The initial value of the priority of Fig. 2 is set to be lower than other information. The priority is maintained at a constant value until guidance is announced and "Ikkai (1st floor)" is guided and ended. The predetermined value is larger than the initial value. For this reason, the guidance is not stopped unless it is so important that other information exists.

In Fig. 2, a case in which guidance of other information is interrupted after "after" is considered. In this case, "on the first floor (on the first floor)" can be a modifier to other information. In this case, a misunderstanding may occur. For example, if "on the first floor" is a modifier of "a fire has occurred (a fire has occurred)", it will be misunderstood as "a fire has occurred on the first floor" . In order to avoid such a misunderstanding, the priority at the time of guiding "to" is set to a value larger than the above-mentioned constant. Thereby, even if the condition for guiding other information is established, the interruption of the guidance is prevented.

In Fig. 2, " after " is not important information. For this reason, there is no problem even if you can not listen to the guide after "ご" until the end. For this reason, the priority after "G" is set to be gradually lowered.

FIG. 3 is a priority set for the guidance voice in Japanese such as "a fire has occurred (a fire has occurred)". The occurrence of fire is important information. For this reason, the priority of "fire (fire)" is set high. After "fire (fire)" is not important information. Therefore, there is no problem even if you can not hear the guide after "Kashi (fire)" until the end. For this reason, the priority of "is (is) occurred" is maintained at a slightly lower fixed value.

In Fig. 3, if the remaining time until the guide completion time is small, there is no problem to guide new information after guiding to the end. For this reason, the priority level after "immediately after" is set so as to be gradually increased.

In this manner, the priority of each information may be set in accordance with the idea of the elevator designer. In other words, priority may be given to conveying new information as much as possible, or to give guidance to the end. The above-mentioned rank relationship is similarly set for the image to be displayed on the display screen 4 as well.

Next, a method of determining the guidance candidates will be described in detail with reference to Fig.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a method for the guide apparatus of an elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention to determine guide candidates. Fig.

First, in step S1, the operation control device 9 sets an elevator or a surrounding situation as an elevator state signal in accordance with the control contents of the elevator operation. Thereafter, the operation control device 9 outputs the elevator state signal to the guiding control means 12. [ Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S2, and the guiding control means 12 judges, based on the elevator state signal, whether or not a guiding condition for all the information is established.

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S3, and the guiding control means 12 judges whether there is a plurality of guiding requests. If there is not a plurality of guidance requests, the process proceeds to step S4, and the guidance control means 12 determines whether or not there is a single guidance request. If there is no single guidance request, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, the guiding control means 12 determines that there is no guidance candidate, and ends the operation.

On the other hand, if there is a single guidance request in step S4, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the guiding control means 12 sets the guiding request as a guiding candidate, and ends the operation.

If there are a plurality of guidance requests in step S3, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the guiding control means 12 sets the guidance request having the highest initial value of the priority as the guiding candidate, and ends the operation.

Next, a method of actually determining information to be guided will be described in detail with reference to Fig.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a method for determining information actually guided by the elevator guide device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Fig.

First, in step S11, the guiding control means 12 judges whether or not guiding candidates have been set by the operation of Fig. If there is no guidance candidate, the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the guiding control means 12 judges whether or not the timing is to end guidance. Specifically, the guide control means 12 determines whether or not the elapsed time from the start of the guidance matches the guidance completion time. When the guidance is not started, the guide control means 12 ends the operation.

If there is a guidance candidate in step S11, the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the guiding control means 12 judges whether or not guiding memory information is stored in the guiding memory means 11. If there is no guidance memory, the process proceeds to step S14.

The guidance control means 12 guides the guidance candidate to the display screen 4 and the speaker 6 via the guidance display device 5 and the voice guidance device 7 in step S14. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S15, in which the guide control means 12 stores the information which has started the guidance as guide memory information in the guide memory means 11, and ends the operation.

If it is determined at step S11 that there is no new guidance candidate and the guidance ends at step S12, the process proceeds to step S16. In step S16, the guide control unit 12 erases the guide storage information stored in the guide storage unit 11, and ends the operation.

If there is a new guidance candidate in step S11 and there is guidance storage information in step S13, the process proceeds to step S17. In step S17, the guidance control means 12 compares the priority at the current point in the information being guided with the initial value of the priority of the new guidance candidate. If the priority at the current point of the information currently being guided is higher than the initial value of the priority of the new guidance candidate, the guiding control means 12 continues the guidance of the information being guided and performs the operation after step S12.

On the other hand, when the initial value of the priority of the new guidance candidate is higher than the priority at the current point in the information being guided, the process proceeds to step S18. In step S18, the guiding control means 12 stops guidance on the display screen 4 and the speaker 6 via the guidance display device 5 and the voice guidance device 7, Guide. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S15, and the guidance control means 12 stores the new guidance candidate as the guidance storage information in the guidance storage means 11, and ends the operation.

According to the first embodiment described above, the priority of each information is set to correspond to the guidance elapsed time. This makes it possible to establish a flexible rank relationship between the pieces of information. Based on the set priority, the information to be guided is selected. More specifically, when the condition for guiding the second information is established during the guidance of the first information, the priority of the second information corresponding to the starting point of the guidance is set so that the priority of the second information Is compared with the priority of the first information corresponding to the point in time when the condition for guiding the first information is satisfied. Based on the comparison result, the information to be guided is selected. Therefore, each information of the elevator can be appropriately guided.

More specifically, with respect to information that may cause misunderstanding if guidance is stopped after guidance to a predetermined position, the priority corresponding to the point at which a predetermined position is elapsed is referred to as another It may be set to be higher than the priority of information. In this case, misunderstanding can be prevented.

When voice guidance is performed by the speaker 6, the priority after each predetermined time is set to be higher than the priority until the predetermined time elapses for each piece of information. If the difference between the guide completion time and the predetermined time is set to be constant, when the voice guidance ends soon, it is possible to perform another guidance after the voice guidance ends.

In the case of display guidance on the display screen 4, for each piece of information, it is preferable to set the priority until the predetermined time elapses to be higher than the priority after the predetermined time elapses. In this case, the display guidance can be continued until the condition for guiding other information is established, while securing the display time until the user of the elevator reads the display contents.

For the information that needs to be guided to the end when the guidance starts, the priority after the start of the guidance may be set higher than the priority at the start of the guidance. This information does not interrupt other guidance. For this reason, the timing of starting the guidance may be somewhat late. However, when the guidance of the information is started, the information can be reliably guided to the end.

If the operation status of the elevator changes during the guidance, null information may be interrupted and the guidance may be interrupted. In this case, guidance of information that is not appropriate to the situation is stopped. Therefore, misunderstanding can be prevented from occurring.

In the first embodiment, all the guide display devices 5 and the voice guidance device 7 corresponding to the landing platform 1 and the car 2 are controlled by the single guide control means 12. Therefore, information to be guided can be selected with a low-cost configuration.

On the other hand, if the guide control means 12 is provided in each landing platform 1 and the car 2, each guide display device 5 and each voice guidance device 7 can be independently controlled. If the control of the elevator car 1 in the elevator car 2 and the guiding of the elevator car 2 are controlled so as to be the same only when the doors are opened, information on the elevation of the elevator car 2 can be appropriately guided . When the display guidance on the display screen 4 and the voice guidance of the speaker 6 are controlled to be interlocked, information can be appropriately guided to various users by display and voice.

In Embodiment 1, determination of whether or not guidance is performed and comparison of priority have been performed in the elevator guiding apparatus 10. Therefore, regardless of the display screen 4 and the speaker 6, information to be guided can be reliably selected.

On the other hand, by outputting a signal indicating whether the display screen 4 and the speaker 6 are being guided and outputting the priority of the information being guided, the elevator guide device 10 can be simplified, Can be properly guided.

The notification means may be at least one of the display screen 4 and the speaker 6. [

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the elevator guiding apparatus according to the present invention can be used for an elevator that appropriately guides each information.

1: platform
2: Elevator car
3: Main ropes
4: Display screen
5: Information display device
6: Speaker
7: Voice guidance device
8: Elevator control panel
9: Operation control device
10: elevator guide device
11: guide memory means
12: guide control means

Claims (6)

Storage means for storing the information for guiding to the informing means provided in the elevator car or the elevator car in association with the priority,
And control means for comparing the priorities of the plurality of guides and selecting information to be presented to the notifying means when a condition for guiding a plurality of information is established,
The storage means stores the priority of each information as a function of the time associated with the elapsed time since the start of the guidance,
Wherein when the condition for guiding the second information is established during the guidance of the first information, the control means sets the priority of the second information corresponding to the starting point of the guidance to the second information It is determined whether the guidance of the first information is to be continued or the guidance of the first information is stopped and the guidance of the second information is to be started by comparing the priority of the first information corresponding to the time point when the guiding condition has elapsed The elevator guide device comprising: The method according to claim 1,
The storage means stores a priority corresponding to a point in time at which a predetermined point is elapsed from the information that may be misunderstood when the guide is stopped after guidance to a predetermined point, The elevation information of the elevator is higher than the priority of the other information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the notification means comprises a speaker for guiding the respective information by voice,
Wherein the storage means stores the priority after the predetermined time has elapsed for each of the pieces of information so as to be higher than the priority until the predetermined time has elapsed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the notification means comprises a display device for displaying and guiding the respective pieces of information,
Wherein the storage means stores the priority information until the predetermined time elapses for each of the pieces of information so as to be higher than the priority after the predetermined time has elapsed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage means stores the information after the start of the guidance so as to be higher than the priority of the start of the guide with respect to the information that needs to be guided to the end when the guidance starts. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the storage means stores null information having a higher priority than the priority of each information,
Wherein the control means receives the information on the operation status of the elevator and interrupts the notification to the notification means when the information being guided is not suitable for the operation condition, The elevator guide device.

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