KR101845970B1 - Guide device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator. According to the present invention, the elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator comprises: a sensing unit installed on a side unit of an elevator door (2) to detect the presence or absence of a waiting person and to output a detection signal to a control unit; a liquid crystal display device (103); an up/down control button (104); and a voice guide speaker (105). The sensing unit comprises: an infrared light sensor (101) to detect the presence or absence of a user; and an ultrasound wave sensor (102) to, when a user is recognized by the infrared light sensor (101), identify a distance to the user. When a user approaches the elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator (100), the elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator (100) is converted from an energy-saving mode in a standby status into an operation mode to normally operate the elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator (100). The liquid crystal display device controls a brightness of a liquid crystal screen in case of a standby status to minimize power consumption of the apparatus and to extend the apparatus′s life. In addition, the elevation control and guidance apparatus for an elevator is able to provide guidance to a user through a voice guide and a liquid crystal display of information, thereby providing information on how to control the elevator, controlled status, and estimated progress to ordinary people and those who are visually handicapped and/or hearing-impaired.

Description

{GUIDE DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lift operation and guide apparatus for an elevator for controlling a lift operation and a guide apparatus by applying an ultrasonic sensor and an infrared sensor to a lift operation and a guide apparatus for an elevator, In order to reduce the power consumption of the elevator guide device by using the sensor, to increase the service life of the elevator lift operation and the guide device, and to facilitate the convenience of the visually and hearing impaired users, And a liquid crystal display mounted thereon for facilitating the convenience of the visually and hearing-impaired person.

Generally, an elevator is a device for moving people by being installed in a high-rise building. In a large building, a plurality of elevators are provided so that a large number of people can be moved quickly.

Conventionally, various methods for controlling an elevator are known. For example, a sensor capable of recognizing a waiting person can be attached to the upper portion of a door outside the elevator, and when the elevator button is depressed, the elevator door is not opened The door is opened when the elevator button is pressed and the elevator door is not opened when there is a waiting person and the elevator button is not pressed.

However, as described above, there is a problem in that when sensing a waiting person by providing a sensor on the elevator door, the waiting person can not be accurately detected as the sensing signal is confined to the front of the elevating door. That is, when a waiting person is standing on the side of the elevator door, the detection signal of the sensor can not reach the waiting person, thereby causing a malfunction in controlling the elevator.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2008-0092804 is applied to an elevator including an elevator main body and a control unit for controlling the operation of the elevator door by grasping the presence or absence of a waiting person. On the side of the elevator door, And a sensing unit for sensing the presence or absence of a waiting person and outputting a sensing signal to the control unit.

However, the elevator operating panel of the above document is limited to expanding the detection range of the elevator waiting list.

On the other hand, the control of the conventional elevator control panel is mainly intended to prevent waste of power generated due to unnecessary elevation of the elevator main body or unnecessary opening and closing of the elevator door, An apparatus and a method for extending the service life of a liquid crystal display device that greatly affects the service life are not specifically embodied.

Especially, the elevator operation and guidance device are designed on the basis of a general person who has no obstacle, so that the visually and hearing impaired person has many difficulties to use.

There is a need to develop a new specification of elevator lift operation and guidance device for energy saving in the era of low carbonization and protection of vulnerable classes in diversified society.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to overcome the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor and a voice guidance device, And to reduce energy by shutting down unnecessary power.

In addition, when a visually / hearing-impaired person recognizes the current situation with an ultrasonic sensor and an infrared sensor when operating a lift operation and a guiding device for an elevator, the elevator operation and guiding device is assisted and guided by voice and liquid crystal display It is in providing convenience to the disabled.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevating operation and guiding apparatus for an elevator, including: a sensing unit installed at a side of an elevator door for sensing presence or absence of a waiting person and outputting a sensing signal to a control unit; A liquid crystal display; A vertical operation button; And a voice guidance speaker, wherein the sensing unit comprises: an infrared sensor for detecting user presence / absence; And an ultrasonic sensor for recognizing a distance to the user when the user is recognized by the infrared sensor; When the user approaches the proximity distance, the operation mode is switched from the energy saving mode of the idling state of the elevator lifting operation and the guiding device to the normal operation of the elevator lifting operation and guiding device.

Preferably, when the value measured by the ultrasonic sensor of the elevating operation and the guiding device is less than 1 m, the operation method is displayed on the liquid crystal display for the hearing-impaired person, Display on the liquid crystal display.

Preferably, if the value obtained by measuring the distance between the user and the elevating operation and the guiding device by the ultrasonic sensor of the elevating operation and guiding device is within 1 m, the guiding method is guided by the voice guidance speaker for the visually impaired, The contents are guided through the voice guidance speaker.

Preferably, if the infrared sensor and the ultrasonic sensor do not detect the user within a certain range, the liquid crystal display of the charging operation and the guiding device may be used as a device for reproducing images for advertisement and promotion, And can be used as an operating device for guiding and guiding the vehicle.

According to the present invention, since the guide device for the elevator is controlled on the basis of the signal inputted from the sensor by the guide device for the elevator equipped with the infrared sensor and the ultrasonic sensor, when the user does not use the elevator- The energy saving effect can be maximized by reducing power consumed by the elevator lifting operation and the guiding device by switching the unused portion of the elevator lifting operation and guiding device in the standby state to the energy saving mode or turning off the power, It is possible to extend the service life of the elevator lifting operation and the guide device by extending the lifetime of the liquid crystal which closely influences the lifting operation of the elevator and the service life of the guide device. This can contribute much to the low-carbon green industrial revolution.

In addition, when the user is a visually or auditory-impaired person, it is possible to easily set the voice guidance and the liquid crystal display device, and the current state and the progress state can be set to voice and liquid crystal display, and the operation state can be confirmed, .

1 is a schematic front view showing an elevator equipped with a guiding operation and a guiding device for an elevator of the present invention.
2 is a schematic perspective view showing the arrangement of main components of a lift operation and a guide device for an elevator according to the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram showing the functions and operation of the main configuration according to the present invention.

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings and specification, there are shown in the drawings and will not be described in detail, and only the technical features related to the present invention are shown or described only briefly. Respectively. The specific configurations and functions described in detail herein are not intended to be limiting, but merely as the basis for the claims and as a basis for teaching the ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains in various ways.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, the elevating operation and guiding apparatus for an elevator elevator of the present invention includes a control unit (not shown) for controlling the operation of the elevator main body 1 and the elevator door 2 by detecting presence or absence of a user (Infrared sensor 101, ultrasonic sensor 102), a liquid crystal display 103, a vertical operation button 104, and a voice guidance speaker (not shown) are attached to the side of the elevator door 2, And a guiding operation and guidance device (100) for an elevator.

The elevator to which the elevator elevating operation and guiding device 100 of the present invention is applied grasps the presence or absence of a user so that the elevating main body can be passed without opening the elevating door when there is no user and the operation button is pressed, And a control unit for opening the door when the operation button is depressed and for preventing the lift door from being opened when the operation button is not pressed. The configuration of the control unit constituting the elevator is generally known, and a detailed description of the control unit will be omitted in explaining the present invention.

A liquid crystal display (103) is constituted by a color LED module or an LCD module, and by displaying characters and graphic figures or the like using the information, Deliver great messages to users.

The LED module or the LCD module can edit various texts and graphic screens using dedicated software, thereby providing various advertisement effects and guidance services.

On the other hand, although the display system technology has rapidly developed as described above, since only elevator operation information and simple phrase guidance are notified to the elevator user in the general elevator and the elevator hall, they are not used as effective information transmission means.

Accordingly, the liquid crystal display 103 of the present invention can output various advertisement or guidance service information as well as driving information of the elevator, thereby providing a higher level service to the elevator user.

On the other hand, the elevator operation and guidance device 100 of the present invention is connected to the control unit of the elevator.

(The infrared sensor 101 and the ultrasonic sensor 102) in the case where the elevator main body 1 is to be passed while the elevator door is not opened when there is no waiting person and the operation button is depressed, And outputs a display signal "pass" to the liquid crystal display 103. When there is a waiting person and the operation button is pressed to open the door, the signal of the operation button and the signal of the sensing part are analyzed to determine & And outputs the display signal to the liquid crystal display 103. When the elevator door is not opened because there is a waiting person and the operation button is not pressed, the signal of the operation button and the signal of the sensing part are analyzed to display the " 103 to display the stop or passage state of the elevator main body 1 in the liquid crystal display 103. [

Accordingly, the current stop and passage of the elevator main body 1 is guided to the outside through the liquid crystal display 103 as described above, so that the convenience of the elevator can be provided to the general public and / or the hearing-impaired user.

The lift operation and guidance apparatus 100 for the elevator is connected to the control unit and controls the control unit according to the presence or absence of a waiting person and the presence or absence of operation of the operation button to output a voice signal for outputting the arrival of the elevator main body 1 as a voice signal And a guide speaker 105 are further provided.

That is, the control unit analyzes the signal of the operation button and the signals of the sensing unit (the infrared sensor 101 and the ultrasonic sensor 102) when the waiting button is pressed and the door is opened to open the door, By outputting to the speaker 105, the arrival state of the elevator main body 1 can be guided to the waiting person by the voice guidance speaker 105.

The voice guidance loudspeaker (105) can be used for the following reasons: "The current elevator is on a floor," "depressed the down button," "pressed the rising button," "elevator arrived," " Please wait for the elevator ", or the like.

As described above, it is possible to provide convenience to a general user and / or a visually impaired user by informing the waiting person that the elevator main body 1 arrives after a while through the voice guidance speaker 105. [

The operation of the elevator operation and the guiding device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Fig.

As shown in FIG. 3, the infrared sensor 101 detects the position of the user. If the infrared sensor 101 does not detect a person for a predetermined time or more, the ultrasonic sensor 102 and the liquid crystal display 103 are switched to the standby state.

The ultrasonic sensor 102 and the liquid crystal display 103 are turned on when the user senses a condition for driving the elevator by the infrared sensor 101, Guide the user.

Thereafter, the ultrasonic sensor 102 measures the distance between the elevating operation and the guiding device 100 and the user.

When the user approaches the proximity distance, the elevator operation is switched to the operation mode for normally operating the elevator operation and guiding device 100 in the energy saving mode of the standby state of the elevator operation and guide device 100, And when the user approaches closer, he or she conducts voice announcement through the voice guidance speaker 105 in accordance with the setting and the program.

Particularly, when the vertical operation button 104 is touched normally by the general person, the elevator guide and control operation is executed.

On the other hand, when only the recognition of the ultrasonic sensor 102 is continued for a predetermined period of time, it is recognized as a person with visual and / or hearing impairments, and the operation of the elevator lifting and lowering operation for operating the guiding apparatus 100, A state to be operated, an item to be operated, and contents to be executed, to the user through the liquid crystal display 104 and / or the voice guidance speaker 105.

According to the guidance through the liquid crystal display 104 and / or the voice guidance speaker 105, the user can recognize the transferred contents and easily operate the elevator operation and guidance device 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the ultrasonic sensor 102 of the elevator operation and guiding apparatus 100 measures the distance between the user and the elevator operation and the guiding apparatus 100 within 1 m, And informs the user how to operate the LCD.

On the other hand, in the case of a visually impaired person, the voice guidance speaker is used to guide the operation method and the operation of the user.

In order to improve the convenience of use of the visually impaired and the hearing-impaired person as described above, the elevator operation method, the operated state and the anticipated progress state are simultaneously informed to the voice guidance and the liquid crystal display by text information, can do.

If there is no object detected from the infrared sensor 101 for a predetermined time or more, the liquid crystal display 103 is turned off and the ultrasonic sensor 102 is turned off to operate the elevator lifting operation and the guiding device 100 Mode to a standby energy saving mode.

On the other hand, when there is no object to be detected for a predetermined time or longer from the infrared sensor 101, the liquid crystal display 103 of the above-mentioned elevating operation and guiding device 100 is used as a device for reproducing images for advertisement and promotion, It can be used as the elevator operation and guidance device 100 for the elevator.

As described above, according to the present invention, an infrared sensor and an ultrasonic sensor are applied to a lift operation and a guiding device for an elevator to monitor the movement and state of a user, thereby switching the liquid crystal display from a normal operation state to a standby operation state. When the LCD is in the standby mode, the brightness of the LCD screen is adjusted to minimize the power consumption of the device and extend the life of the device.

Also, by providing guidance to the user through voice guidance and liquid crystal information display of the elevator lifting operation and the guide device, it is possible to provide the general person, the visual and / or hearing impaired, with information on the elevator operation method, have.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These new embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and alterations can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in claims and their equivalents.

100: Elevating operation and guidance device for elevator 101: Infrared sensor
102: ultrasonic sensor 103: liquid crystal display
104: Up / Down button 105: Speech guidance speaker

Claims (3)

Is provided on the side of the elevator door 2,
A sensing unit for sensing the presence or absence of a waiting person and outputting a sensing signal to the control unit;
A liquid crystal display (103);
A vertical operation button 104; And
A voice guidance speaker 105,
The sensing unit includes:
An infrared sensor 101 for detecting user presence / absence;
And an ultrasonic sensor (102) for recognizing the distance from the user when the user is recognized by the infrared sensor (101);
When the user approaches the proximity distance, the operation mode is switched from the energy saving mode of the elevator lifting operation and the guiding device 100 in the standby state to the elevating operation and the normal operation of the guiding device 100,
If the ultrasonic sensor 102 of the elevator operation and guidance device 100 measures the distance between the user and the guiding device 100 and the measured value is less than 1 m, an operation method is provided to the liquid crystal display 103 for the hearing-impaired person Displays the contents manipulated by the user on the liquid crystal display 103, guides the operation method using the voice guidance speaker 105 for the visually impaired person, and displays the contents manipulated by the user through the voice guidance speaker 105 And the elevating operation and guidance device for the elevator. delete The method according to claim 1,
When there is no object detected from the infrared sensor 101 for a predetermined time or more, the liquid crystal display 103 of the elevator operation and guiding apparatus 100 is used as a device for reproducing images for advertisement and publicity, And when it is detected, it is used as a lift operation and guide device (100) for an elevator.

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