KR102431782B1 - Passenger guidance devices and passenger guidance systems in elevators - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an elevator passenger guidance device for guiding a user to an assigned room, without performing complicated output control of the sign, and without interfering with sign sounds output from a plurality of points, by interfering with the sound to guide the user to the assigned room. It aims to obtain a passenger guidance device that does To this end, the passenger guidance device of the elevator of the present invention includes a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information indicating a recognized sign sound, and a recognition sign sound represented by the received notice information, when included in the sound collected at the elevator platform. a detection unit for outputting a detection signal to the

Description

Passenger guidance devices and passenger guidance systems in elevators

This invention relates to an elevator passenger guidance device for guiding a user to an assigned room in an elevator that allocates a number to be boarded to a user who has performed a car call operation with an operation device of an elevator platform.

In an elevator system that allocates any one of a plurality of elevator boarding units to an elevator user, a technology for guiding the visually impaired to the assigned unit by voice. has been disclosed to induce In such a voice guidance, a foreigner who cannot understand the language of the guidance voice cannot be guided to the assigned unit.

Patent Document 2 discloses a guiding device using a sign sound in a crosswalk as guiding a user using a sound effect that anyone can intuitively understand rather than a language-dependent voice. This is to know the location of the starting point and the ending point of crossing the crosswalk by sounding corresponding sign tones at both ends of the crosswalk. (alternating-sounding) In the device disclosed in Patent Document 2, one control device controls the output of a sine sound by a plurality of speakers, and outputs the sine sound from each speaker without interfering by instructing the output to each speaker alternately. Realizing cross-resonance.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-214416 Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-123281

In the device disclosed in Patent Document 2, since two speakers that sound intersectingly are fixedly fixed, the control of alternately outputting a sine sound from one control device to a plurality of speakers is simple, but, like the passenger guidance device of an elevator, the assigned number When changing in sequence, in order to alternately sound the sine sounds output from a plurality of speakers so that they do not interfere with each other, it is complicated control must be exercised.

It is an object of the present invention to obtain a passenger guidance device for an elevator capable of intersecting sine sounds output from a plurality of points without interfering with the sine sounds output from a plurality of points without performing complicated output control of the sine sound.

The passenger guidance apparatus of an elevator according to the present invention includes a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information indicating a recognition sign sound, and a recognition sign sound signal for storing a sound signal of a recognition sign sound represented by the notification information received by the notification information receiving unit. The storage unit, the response sign sound signal storage unit for storing the sound signal of the response sign sound, and the recognition sign sound corresponding to the sound signal stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit are sound collected in the elevator platform. a detection unit for outputting a detection signal when included in the It has a response sine sound output unit that outputs a sound.

In the elevator passenger guidance device of the present invention, a detection unit for outputting a detection signal when a recognition sign sound corresponding to the sound signal stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit is included in the sound collected at the elevator platform; After outputting the detection signal, the response sign sound output unit for outputting a response sign sound based on the sound signal stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit is provided in the period when the detection unit does not output the detection signal, so it is delivered to the elevator platform Since the response sine sound is output in a period in which the recognized sine sound does not interfere with the recognized sine sound after the recognized sine sound is stopped, it is possible to cross-resonate without interfering with the sine sound output from a plurality of points without complicated output control of the sine sound.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external view which shows the elevator platform to which the passenger guidance apparatus of the elevator of embodiment of this invention is applied.
2 is a configuration diagram showing in detail the configuration of a part of an elevator system to which the passenger guidance device of the present invention is applied.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the central control device in the elevator system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the passenger guidance device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the passenger guidance device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a sequence diagram which shows the mode of the cross ring by the elevator system of embodiment of this invention.
7 is a sequence diagram showing a state of cross ringing by the elevator system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment 1.

Hereinafter, an elevator passenger guidance device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external view which shows the elevator platform of each floor in the elevator system to which the passenger guidance apparatus of the elevator of this invention is applied. In the elevator platform, the landing operation device 1 for a user to call a car is arrange|positioned. Moreover, the machine unit notification device 2 for notifying the position of each machine machine by sound is arrange|positioned above the boarding point door 3 of each machine unit of an elevator provided in plurality. In addition, the platform operation device 1 and the numbered number notification device 2 each have the passenger guidance device of the present invention built-in, and the platform operation device 1 and the numbered number notification device 2 constitute a passenger guidance system. have.

During operation of this elevator system, the platform operation device 1 informs the user of the location of the elevator by repeatedly outputting a guide sign sound. The user who came to the elevator platform first operates the platform operation device 1 to operate the car call operation, for example, in advance by designating the moving direction of the car as above or below, designating the destination floor, or entering user information. Designates the registered destination floor. When the car call operation is performed, the machine in which the user who performed the car call operation gets on is allocated by the central control device which controls this elevator system. Then, by performing a cross ringing in which the machine notifying device 2 and the platform operating device 1 installed next to the assigned machine alternately output a corresponding sign sound, the user is notified of the location of the assigned machine, and the user is assigned to the assigned machine. to lead to

Next, the configuration related to the passenger guidance device of this elevator system will be described in detail. 2 is a configuration diagram showing in detail the configuration of a part of an elevator system to which the passenger guidance device of the present invention is applied.

This elevator system is composed of a central control unit 4 that controls the entire elevator system, and a plurality of elevators (not shown) operated by the central control unit 4 and comprising a traction machine, a car, and the like.

On each floor where the car of each elevator stops, as shown in FIG. 1 , a platform operating device 1, a plurality of landing doors 3, and a number of exit notification devices 2 corresponding to each landing door 3 are provided, and FIG. As shown in 2, the boarding point operation device 1 of each floor and the number-of-call notification device 2 are connected to the central control device 4 . Incidentally, the insides of the two call notification devices 2 shown in Fig. 1 have the same configuration, and only one is shown in Fig. 2 .

The central control unit 4 sends notification information for cross ringing to the operating means 5, the platform operating device 1, and the machine number notification device 2, which perform operation control such as operation of the car of each elevator and opening and closing of doors. A notification information transmitting means (6) for transmitting is provided.

The platform operation device 1 controls the operation to the operation unit 7, which has a destination floor button, UP button, DOWN button, etc., for the elevator user to call the car, and the operation unit 7, the operation means of the central control unit 4 ( 5) a calling means 8 for transmitting to, a guide sign tone signal storage unit 201, and a passenger guidance device 91 of the present invention.

Further, the number of calls notifying device 2 is also provided with a passenger guidance device 92 having the same configuration as that of the passenger guidance device 91 .

The passenger guidance device 91 includes a notification information receiving unit 101, a recognition sign sound signal storage unit 111, a response sign sound signal storage unit 121, a detection unit 131, and a response sign sound output unit 141 to be described below. ) is provided.

The notification information receiving unit 101 receives notification information indicating the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound from the notification information transmitting means 6 of the central control device 4 . In the first embodiment, the notification information indicating the recognized sign sound and the response sign sound is information configured including identification information for specifying the recognized sign sound and the response sign sound, respectively.

The recognition sign sound signal storage unit 111 stores the sound signal of the recognition sign sound represented by the notice information received by the notice information receiving unit 101 . Specifically, it is constituted by a memory for storing sound signals of a plurality of recognized sign tones that may be specified by the notification information, for example, encoded tone data.

The response sign sound signal storage unit 121 stores a sound signal of a response sign sound represented by the notification information received by the notification information receiving unit 101, and specifically, a plurality of responses that may be specified by the notification information. It consists of a memory which stores the sound signal of a sine tone, for example, coded tone data.

The guide sign sound signal storage unit 201 stores a sound signal of a guide sign sound, and is constituted of a memory for storing a sound signal of a guide sign sound, for example, encoded sound data.

Incidentally, the recognition sign sound signal storage unit 111 and the response sign sound signal storage unit 121 may be constituted by one memory, and the sound signals of the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound may be shared. In addition, the sound signals of the recognition sine and the response sine have an appropriate length of time to be used for cross ringing.

The detection unit 131 includes a microphone 151 that collects the sound of the elevator platform, a landing sound storage unit 161 that stores the sound collected by the microphone 151 as sound data of the landing sound, and a landing sound storage unit 161. A sign sound recognition unit 171 for recognizing a recognized sign sound among the memorized landing sound is provided. The sign sound recognition unit 171 refers to the sound signal of the recognized sign sound specified by the notification information among the sound signals stored in the recognized sign sound signal storage unit 111, and the elevator sound stored in the elevator sound storage unit 161 is referred to. It is to recognize the recognized sign sound among the ascending and descending long sounds by analyzing . The sign sound recognition unit 171 outputs a detection signal indicating that the recognized sign sound is recognized when the recognized sign sound in the landing sound is recognized.

The response sign sound output unit 141 includes a speaker driving unit 181 and a speaker 191 , and the speaker driving unit 181 receives the detection signal from the detection unit 131 , and then the detection unit 131 receives the detection signal The speaker 191 is controlled to output the response sign sound specified by the notification information among the sound signals stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 121 in the period not outputting. In addition, the speaker drive unit 181 controls the speaker 191 to output the guide sign sound stored in the guide sign sound signal storage unit 201 when no cross ringing is being performed.

Further, the passenger guidance device 92 has the same configuration as the passenger guidance device 91 , and includes a notification information receiving unit 102 , a recognition sign sound signal storage unit 112 , a response sign sound signal storage unit 122 , and a detection unit 132 . ), a response sign sound output unit 142, and each part of the same name as the passenger guidance device 91 has the same function.

Next, the operation of the elevator system configured in this way will be described.

In this elevator system, after allocating an appropriate machine number to a user who has operated the platform operating device 1 to perform a car call operation, in order to guide the user to the assigned room, the passenger guidance device of the platform operating device 1 Cross ringing is performed by (91) and the passenger guidance device (92) of the exhalation alert device (2).

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the central control unit 4 in this elevator system.

When the elevator system starts operation, the central control unit 4 monitors that the call means 8 of the platform operation device 1 is operated in step S1.

When the operation is performed on the calling means 8, the flow advances to step S2, and the operation means 5 determines a machine suitable for the user who operated the calling means 8. In addition, there may be a variety of methods for determining this appropriate exhalation. For example, if there is a unit that is preferentially used by users with specific attributes such as the disabled or the elderly, a unit suitable for the attribute of the user determined from the user image obtained from a camera, etc. is assigned, or the user's destination floor or direction of movement From the designation and the state of the position or direction of each elevator, there is a method of determining, such as assigning a unit that operates more efficiently in the elevator system as a whole.

If the assigned machine is determined in step S2, the process proceeds to step S3, and the operation means 5 performs control to move the assigned machine to the floor where the user who made the car call is located.

At the same time, information on the assigned machine is transmitted from the operation means 5 to the notification information transmitting means 6 , and the notification information transmitting means 6 generates notification information to be sent to the assigned machine and the platform operation device 1 . The notification information includes identification information for specifying each of the above-described assigned machine and the recognized sign sound and the response sign sound in the platform operating device 1 . In the notification information transmitting means (6), first, a pair of two sounds intersecting and sounding is determined, and the identification information indicating the determined sound is used as identification information of a recognition sign sound and a response sign sound. In addition to generating the notification information to be sent to the device 91, notification information in which the identification numbers of the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound are exchanged is generated as notification information to be sent to the passenger guidance device 92 of the assigned unit. Accordingly, the identification information of the response sign sent to the passenger guidance device 91 becomes the same as the identification information of the recognition sign sent to the passenger guidance device 92, and the response sign sent to the passenger guidance device 92 The sound identification information is the same as the identification information of the recognized sign sound sent to the passenger guidance device 91 .

And the notification information generated in this way is transmitted to the platform operating device 1 and the room notification device 2 of the assigned machine.

This notification information is received by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92, respectively, of the platform operating device 1 and the assigned room number notification device 2, so that the cross-ringing is performed by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 as described later. action will be performed.

As an operation|movement of the central control device 4, after that, it returns to step S1, and the presence or absence of operation of the new calling means 8 is monitored.

In step S1, if there is no operation by the calling means 8, the process proceeds to step S4, it is checked whether or not the assigned machine moved in step S3 has arrived at the floor where the user is located, and if it has not arrived, it goes to step S1 go back By the loop of these steps S1 and S4, the operation and monitoring of the arrival of the assigned machine are repeated by the new calling means 8, and in the meantime, the notification information is transmitted from the notification information transmitting means 6 in step S3. A cross-ringing operation is performed by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 of each of the sent platform operating device 1 and the assigned machine number notification device 2, and guides the user to the position of the assigned machine.

The cross ringing by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 may end when all of the assigned units moved in step S3 arrive on the floor where the user is located. Accordingly, in the central control unit 4, if it is determined in step S4 that the assigned machine has arrived on the floor where the user is, the process proceeds to step S5, and the operation for terminating the cross ringing by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 is performed. do Specifically, in step S5, new notification information for stopping the output of the sign sound of the passenger guidance device 92 for the assigned machine is transmitted from the notification information transmitting means 6 to the platform operating device 1 and the machine notification device ( 2) is sent to In the notification information for stopping the output of this sign sound, the response sign sound and the recognition sign sound to the passenger guidance device 92 of the assigned unit are not specified. In other words, the identification information for specifying each of the recognized sign and the response sign included in the notification information is information indicating that "none", respectively, and the passenger guidance device 92 of the assigned unit that received this receives the response sign sound. stop the output of Thereby, the cross ringing operation by the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 ends.

Incidentally, when a plurality of units are sounding alternately, and only some units of the units arrive, identification information for specifying the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound only to the passenger guidance device 92 of the arriving unit, respectively. The notification information of the information indicating "None" is transmitted. Notification information of a new recognition sign sound and a response sign sound are transmitted to the passenger guidance device 91 and the passenger guidance device 92 for a unit that has not yet arrived, and the cross ringing continues.

After that, it returns to step S1, and if there is an operation to the new calling means 8, the same operation|movement as above is performed, and the cross ring by the assigned machine|car assigned with respect to a car call is performed.

Next, in step S3, when notification information is transmitted from the notification information transmitting means 6 to the passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 of each of the platform operating device 1 and the assigned room number notification device 2, the passenger The cross ringing operation by the induction devices 91 and 92 will be described. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the passenger guidance device 91, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart respectively showing the operation of the passenger guidance device 92. The passenger guidance devices 91 and 92 operate in accordance with these flow diagrams to interact with each other and intersect. make a ringing

First, in the passenger guidance device 91 of the platform operating device 1, when the operation of the elevator system starts, the speaker drive unit 181 outputs the guide sign sound stored in the guide sign sound signal storage unit 201 in step S6. drives the speaker 191 . By this guide sign sound, the user can grasp|ascertain the existence place of the boarding point operation device 1 .

Thereafter, in step S7, the notification information receiving unit 101 monitors whether the notification information has been received, and if the notification information is not received, repeats steps S6 and S7 to notify the location of the platform operating device 1 Continue to output a repeating guide sign.

When the notification information is received in step S7, the process proceeds to step S8, the output of the guide sign sound is stopped, the process proceeds to step S9, and the subsequent processing for the cross ringing by the passenger guidance device 91 is performed.

First, in step S9, identification information indicating a recognized sign sound included in the notice information received by the notice information receiving unit 101 is stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit 111, and identification information indicating a response sign sound is returned in response. It is stored in the sinusoidal signal storage unit 121 .

Incidentally, by receiving this notification information, it is possible to know the two sounds that the user who performed the call operation should hear, namely, the sound that intersects with the platform operation device 1 and the assigned machine, so at this point, the platform operation device ( 1) When these sounds are notified to users in the vicinity, it is easy to recognize which sounds the users rely on to go to the assigned unit. At that time, the assigned machine information for uniquely specifying the assigned machine, for example, the location and name of the assigned machine, may be given, and the user may be notified of which machine has been assigned, whereby the user can reliably recognize the assigned machine. can do.

After step S9, in step S10, the speaker drive unit 181 reads the sound signal specified by the identification information indicating the response sign sound stored in step S9 as the sound signal of the response sign sound from the response sign sound signal storage unit 121. and output to the speaker 191. The output of this response sound becomes the first output sound of the cross ringing, and after this, the cross ringing is performed.

The response sign sound is stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 121 as having an appropriate length of time to be used for cross ringing, and the response sign sound stops after being output for this time. Incidentally, the output time of the response sign sound may be changed without depending on the length of the sound signal stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 121 . For example, a short sound pattern may be stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 121, and when outputting a response sign sound, this pattern may be repeated and output for an appropriate time.

In addition, if the sound intersected by the platform operation device 1 and the exhalation alarm device 2, that is, the response sign sound output from both sides, is a related sound, even the user who hears the sign sound for the first time intuitively recognizes that the sign sound is a pair. easy to understand This sound pair is, for example, a pair of sounds such as "Phone (low tone)" and "Phone (high tone)" with the same tone but different in pitch, or a tone "Phone (440 Hz)" ” and a pair of sounds such as “popon (440 Hz)”.

The output of the response sign sound in this step S10 becomes a response sound to the call notification device 2 that is a cross-ringing partner. This response sound is collected together with the ambient sound by the microphone 152 of the passenger guidance device 92 of the exhalation alert device 2, and is recognized as a recognition sound in the passenger guidance device 92. When the response sign sound is output from the passenger guidance device 91 for an appropriate time and is stopped, as described later, the passenger guidance device 92 that recognizes this outputs a response sound.

Thereafter, in step S11, the storage operation in which the landing sound storage unit 161 stores the sound collected by the microphone 151 that collects the sound of the elevator platform as sound data of the landing sound is started. This memory operation is continuously performed.

Next, in step S12, the sign sound recognition unit 171 recognizes and signs a sound signal specified by the identification information indicating the recognized sign sound stored in step S9 from among the sound signals stored in the recognized sign sound signal storage unit 111. A recognition operation of recognizing a recognized sign sound in the landing and closing sound is started by analyzing the elevator and long sound stored in the elevator and descending sound storage unit 161 with reference to the sound signal. In the recognition operation in this step S12, when the sign sound recognition unit 171 recognizes a recognized sign sound among the elevator sound storage unit 161 stored in the elevator sound storage unit 161, a detection signal indicating that the recognition sign sound has been recognized. "1" is outputted to the speaker drive unit 181 as a detection signal indicating that the recognition sign sound is not recognized when "1" is not recognized.

The recognition operation of step S12 by the sign sound recognition unit 171 is sequentially performed, and the speaker drive unit 181 sequentially monitors the detection signal from the sign sound recognition unit 171 in step S13 to detect After receiving the signal "1", it is checked whether the detection signal "0" has been received. In other words, after outputting the detection signal "1" indicating that the sign sound recognition unit 171 has recognized the recognized sign sound, the detection signal "1" indicating that the recognized sign sound is to be recognized is not output. It's checking to see if it's in a state. By this confirmation operation, the sound output from the speaker 192 of the passenger guidance device 92 of the exhalation notification device 2 as a cross-ringing partner, that is, a response sound from the passenger guidance device 92, and the passenger guidance device ( It can be confirmed that the recognition sound in 91) disappeared after appearing during the landing sound. After receiving the detection signal "1", the confirmation operation of this step S13 is repeated until it is confirmed that the detection signal is not received, that is, until it becomes "YES" in step S13.

If "YES" in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14, and the speaker drive unit 181 responds to the sound signal specified by the identification information indicating the response sign sound stored in step S9 as the sound signal of the response sign sound. It is read from the sound signal storage unit 121 and output to the speaker 191 . Thereby, a response sign sound is output in a period in which the sound output from the speaker 192 of the passenger guidance device 92 of the exhalation notification device 2, which is the cross-ringing partner, disappears after appearing during the landing sound.

After outputting the response sign in step S14, the passenger guidance device 91 determines whether new notification information has been received from the reception of the notification information in step S7 to step S14 in step S15, and if not, Returning to step S12, by performing the processing according to steps S12 to S14 again, the recognition of the sound output from the passenger guidance device 92 and the output of the response sound are repeated. By repeating this step S12 to step S14, the intersecting ringing with the call alert device 2 is repeated.

Moreover, when it is judged in step S15 that new notification information has been received, it progresses to step S16. Receiving new notification information indicates an instruction to change the call notification device performing the cross-ringing, or an instruction to end the current cross-ringing.

In the case of changing the number of call notification devices that perform the cross-ringing, in step S3 of Fig. 3, which is the operation of the central control unit 4, a response sign sound and a recognition sign sound used between the call alert device that performs a new cross-ringing in step S3 This is the case when this designated notification information is transmitted. When this notification information is received, it is judged in step S16 that both a recognized sign sound and a response sign sound are specified, and the flow returns to step S9. Then, by the above-described operation thereafter, the cross-ringing with the new cross-ringing partner is performed by updating the recognized sign sound and the response sign sound, recognizing the new recognized sign sound and outputting the new reply sign sound.

On the other hand, in the case of terminating the current cross ringing, all assigned units arrive at the destination floor, and in step S5 of Fig. 3 which is the operation of the central control unit 4, the "recognition/response This is a case in which notification information of "no sign sound" is transmitted. When this notification information is transmitted, it is determined in step S16 that neither the recognized sign sound nor the response sign sound has been specified, i.e., it is judged as NO, the flow returns to step S6, and the guide sign is replaced with the reply sign sound that has been output until then. It returns to the process of outputting a sound and monitoring the next notification information.

Next, the operation of the passenger guidance device 92 of the call notification device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 . Although the passenger guidance device 91 of the platform operation device 1 of FIG. 4 initially outputs a guide sign sound, the passenger guidance device 92 of the exhalation alert device 2 does not need to output a guide sign sound. , wait for an instruction of the cross ringing from the central control unit 4 . First, in step S17, it is monitored whether the notification information receiving part 102 has received notification information, and when notification information is received, it progresses to step S18.

In step S18, the identification information indicating the recognition sign sound included in the notice information received by the notice information receiving unit 102 is stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit 112, and the identification information indicating the response sign sound is the response sign sound. It is stored in the signal storage unit 122 . Here, as described above, in the notification information sent to the passenger guidance device 91 of the platform operating device 1 and the notification information sent to the passenger guidance device 92 of the room number notification device 2, the recognition sign sound and response The identification information for specifying each of the sign sounds is changed. That is, in the notification information sent to the passenger guidance device 91, when the identification information of the recognized sign sound indicates a sound called the sign sound A, and the identification information of the response sign sound shows the sound called the sign sound B, the passenger guidance In the notification information sent to the device 92, the identification information of the recognized sign sound indicates the sound called the sign sound B, and the identification information of the response sign sound shows the sound called the sign sound A.

Accordingly, in the passenger guidance device 91, identification information such as a sign sound A is stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit 111 in step S9, and identification information such as a sign sound B is stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 121. is stored, in the passenger guidance device 92, identification information such as a sign sound B is stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit 112 in step S18, and information such as a sign sound A is stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit 122 Identification information is stored.

Then, in step 22, the speaker drive unit 181 reads the sound signal specified as the response sign sound A stored in step S18 from the response sign sound signal storage unit 121, and outputs the sound signal to the speaker 192 for a certain period of time. .

Subsequent steps S19 to S24 are the same as steps S11 to S16 of FIG. 4 , which are the operations of the passenger guidance device 91 of the platform operating device 1 described above.

In step S20, the passenger guidance device 92 starts recognition processing for the recognition sign sound B. When the passenger guidance device 91 first outputs the response sign B for a certain period of time in step S10 of FIG. 4, the passenger guidance device 92 recognizes that the response sign B has been output and ended in step 21, In S22, a response sign sound A is output from the speaker 192 of the passenger guidance device 92. The operation from step S20 to step S23 is repeated until the next notification information is received, and a cross ring is performed. If it is determined in step S23 that the next notification information has been received, the process proceeds to step S24, and if both a recognized sign and a response sign are specified in the notification information, a new recognized sign and a response sign are used in step S18. If the cross-ring operation is performed and it cannot be said that both the recognized sign and the response sign are specified in the notification information, the flow returns to step S17, the cross-ring is terminated without outputting any more response sign, and the next notification waiting for information

Fig. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a mode in which the cross ringing is performed by the operations of the central control unit 4, the platform operating unit 1, and the exit number notification unit 2 as described above.

First, when an elevator system starts operation, until it becomes a car call by a user, the platform operation device 1 outputs a repeated guidance sign sound by step S6.

When a car call is made, the central control unit 4 determines the assigned machine suitable for the user by step S2, moves the assigned machine at step S3, and the platform operation device 1 and the machine informing unit of assigned machine number In (2), notification information indicating the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound intersectingly sound is transmitted. In the example of this FIG. 6, in the notification information sent to the platform operation device 1, "a recognition sign sound is a sign sound A, a response sign sound is a sign sound B", and the notification information sent to the expiration date notification device 2 includes "a recognition sign." Each of the notes includes identification information such as a sine B and a response sine A”.

The platform operating device 1 that has received the notification information outputs a response sign sound B in step 10 . When the breath alarm device 2 recognizes this response sign sound B and detects the end of the response sign sound B in step S21, the expiration call alert device 2 outputs a response sign sound A in step S22.

And the platform operation device 1 recognizes the end of this response sign sound A in step S13, and the operation|movement like outputting the response sign sound B in step S14 is repeated, and a cross ringing is performed.

During this cross ringing operation, when the assigned machine arrives (YES in step S4), the central control unit 4 stops the output of the sign sound of the passenger guidance device 92 of the assigned machine at step S5, i.e., the notification information for Both the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound transmit notification information of "None" to the platform operating device 1 and the machine room notification device 2 . The platform operation device 1 which received this notification information determines that there is no designation of both the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound in step S16, and returns to step S6, and outputs a guide sign sound. In addition, the room call notification device 2 that has received the notification information returns to step S17 by the same determination as in step S24. Thereby, the cross ringing ends.

In the description of Fig. 6 above, there was one unit number of call notification device 2 that intersects with the platform operation device 1 and sounds, but as shown in FIG. If another unit is called before arrival, a plurality of units intersect with the platform operating device 1 and sound. A mode in which the plurality of units and the platform operating device 1 intersect and sound will be described using the sequence diagram of FIG. 7 .

In the sequence shown in this FIG. 7, first, the machine corresponding to the machine number notification device 2a is called, becomes the assigned machine, and the cross ringing with the platform operation device 1 is started, and then another machine room notification device 2b is called. It is called and becomes an assigned number and starts the cross ringing with the platform operation device 1, after that, the machine corresponding to the number of calls alerting device 2a arrives to end the cross ringing, and further to the call alerting device 2b. An example of a transition is shown in which the corresponding exhalation also arrives and the cross ringing ends.

First, until the number of units corresponding to the number of calls informing unit 2a becomes assigned number of units, the unit 2a outputs a sine sound A, and the platform operating device 1 outputs a sine sound B to perform a cross-ringing, Fig. 6 . The same operation is being performed.

While this boarding point operation device 1 is performing cross ringing with the number-of-call notification device 2a, a car call operation by another user is performed, and the central control device 4 causes the number of calls corresponding to the number-of-call notification device 2b. Assuming that is assigned number of units, the central control unit 4 transmits notification information to each of the platform operating device 1, the unit number notification device 2a, and the unit number notification device 2b in step S3.

At this time, in the notification information sent to the platform operating device 1, "a recognition sign sound is a sign sound C, and a response sign sound is a sign sound B", in the notification information sent to the exhalation notification device 2a, "a recognition sign sound is a sign sound" B, the response sign sound is the sign sound A", and the notification information sent to the exhalation notification device 2b includes identification information such as "a recognition sign sound is a sign sound A, and the response sign sound is a sign sound C".

When the platform operation device 1 receives the notification information, it starts outputting the sign sound B in step S10, and when the exit notification device 2a receives the notification information, it starts the recognition operation of the sign sound B, 2b) starts the recognition operation of the sign sound A upon receiving the notification information.

When it detects that it stopped after recognizing the sign sound B output for a fixed period of time from the platform operation device 1 in step S21, the exit notification apparatus 2a outputs the response sign sound A in step S22. In addition, when the call notification device 2b detects that it has stopped after recognizing the response sign sound A outputted from the call call alert device 2a for a certain period of time in step S21, it outputs a response sign sound C in step S22. And the platform operating device 1 recognizes this sign sound C, and outputs the response sign sound B again. This series of operations was repeated, and a cross-ringing was performed to output a response sound in the order of the platform operating device 1, the numbered number notification device 2a, the numbered exit number notification device 2b, and the platform operating device 1 . . . All.

If a machine number corresponding to the machine room notification device 2a arrives during this cross ringing operation (YES in step S4), the central control device 4 transmits notification information in step S5.

At this time, in the notification information sent to the platform operation device 1, "a recognition sign sound is a sign sound C, a response sign sound is a sign sound B", and in the notice information sent to the exhalation notification device 2a, "no sign sign sound, a response sign" No sound" and the notification information sent to the exhalation notification device 2b includes identification information such as "a recognized sign sound is a sign sound B, and a response sign sound is a sign sound C".

When such notification information is transmitted, the call notification device 2a stops outputting the response sign sound A, so that the cross ringing by the door number notification device 2a is terminated, and the platform operation device 1 and the exit number notification device 2b Between , the alternating ringing using the sine B and the sine C continues.

After that, when the machine corresponding to the machine call notification device 2b arrives (YES in step S4), the central control device 4 transmits notification information in step S5. Here, the notification information sent to the platform operating device 1 includes "no recognition sign sound, no response sign sound", and the notification information sent to the exit notification device 2b includes "no recognition sign sound, no response sign sound". It contains identification information. Then, when the exit notification device 2b that has received the notification information stops outputting the sign sound C, and returns to the state in which the platform operating device 1 outputs a guide sign sound in step S6, the platform operating device ( 1) and the exhalation notification device 2b end the cross ringing.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, the recognition sign sound and the response sign sound are determined and notified to the platform operating device 1 and the unit notifying device 2 each time a unit is assigned. If different response sign tones are assigned to each room call notification device 2, it is not necessary to notify the response sign sound every time a call is assigned. In that case, the notification information includes only the identification information of the recognized sign, and the expiration notice device 2 receiving this confirms recognition and termination of the sign sound represented by the identification information of the recognized sign included in the notification information. , outputs a pre-allocated response sine tone. In the case where there is only one exit alarm device 2 to which the platform operating device 1 performs a cross ringing, the recognition sign sound notified to the exit alarm device 2 is the response signature sound of the platform operating device 1 and the platform operating device. The recognition sign sound notified to (1) becomes a response sign sound of the exhalation alert device 2 . Moreover, when there are plural number of unit number notification devices 2 to which the platform operating device 1 performs the cross ringing, the recognition sign sound notified to each unit number notification device 2 is a response sign among the plurality of unit number notification devices 2 . As for the response sign sound assigned to the exhalation notification device 2 with the order of outputting one sound before, and the recognition sign sound notified to the platform operating device 1, the order of outputting the response sign sound is the last breath notification device 2 will be the response sign assigned to .

1: Platform control device
2: Exhalation alert device
3: Platform door
4: central control unit
5: means of transportation
6: Notification information transmission means
7: Control panel
8; means of calling
91, 92: passenger guidance device
101, 102: notification information receiving unit
111, 112: recognition sign sound signal storage unit
121, 122: response sine signal storage unit
131, 132: detection unit
141, 142: response sine output unit
151, 152: microphone
161, 162: elevator sound memory unit
171, 172: sign sound recognition unit
181, 182: speaker driving unit
191, 192: speaker
201: guide sign tone signal storage unit

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a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information indicating a recognized sign;
a recognition sign sound signal storage unit for storing a sound signal of the recognized sign sound represented by the notice information received by the notice information receiving unit;
a response sign sound signal storage unit for storing the sound signal of the response sign sound;
a detection unit for outputting a detection signal when the recognition sign sound corresponding to the sound signal stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit is included in the sound collected at the elevator platform;
After the detection unit outputs the detection signal, a response sign sound output for outputting the response sign sound based on the sound signal stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit during a period in which the detection unit does not output the detection signal to call
A passenger guidance device for an elevator equipped with. The method according to claim 1,
The notification information receiving unit receives the notification information indicating the response sign sound together with the recognition sign sound,
and the response sign sound signal storage unit stores a sound signal of the response sign sound represented by the notification information received by the notification information receiving unit.
Passenger guidance device of the elevator, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The detection unit includes a microphone for collecting the sound of the elevator platform, a landing sound storage unit for storing the sound collected by the microphone as sound data of the landing sound, and the recognition sign sound from among the elevator long sounds stored in the landing sound storage unit. Consists of a sign sound recognition unit that outputs the detection signal indicating that the recognition sign sound has been recognized when recognized
Passenger guidance device of the elevator, characterized in that. A platform operating device provided in an elevator platform, the platform operating device having a calling means for a user to call a car, and a passenger guide device for guiding passengers to the car called by the calling means;
An elevator passenger guidance system comprising: a unit notifying device provided at the landing of each unit of the elevator platform and having a passenger guidance device that intersects with the passenger guidance device of the landing operating device;
The passenger guidance device of the platform operating device and the passenger guidance device of the exhalation alert device include:
a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information indicating a recognized sign; A response sign sound signal storage unit for storing a sound signal, and a detection signal when the recognition sign sound corresponding to the sound signal stored in the recognition sign sound signal storage unit is included in the sound collected at the elevator platform a detection unit for outputting, and after the detection unit outputs the detection signal, outputting the response sign sound based on the sound signal stored in the response sign sound signal storage unit in a period in which the detection unit does not output the detection signal response sine output
Passenger guidance system of an elevator, characterized in that it is provided.

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