KR20020001086A - Apparatus and method for suffering information in elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Device and method for supplying information in an elevator are provided to supply information of weather and news and to improve utility of education in moving on an elevator by supplying advertisement. CONSTITUTION: A device for supplying information in an elevator comprises a managing computer outputting input information into information supplying devices; an interface device(210) having a key input device receiving a key input signal; a controller(200) processing data outputting the key input signal into the interface device; a positive power supplying device supplying power into the controller; a server connecting unit(202) receiving data; an ROM(Read Only Memory)(204) memorizing control data; an LAN(Local Area Network)(205) memorizing data loaded from the managing computer; a graphic converting unit(203) outputting data received from the control unit by processing as graphic; a display unit(211) having the graphic converting unit; and a key input unit(212) generating a key signal to transmit into the control unit.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing information in an elevator {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUFFERING INFORMATION IN ELEVATOR}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing information, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing information at a specific place.

Typically, elevators have been developed as a means for moving each floor of a building and are now widely used. Many such elevators are installed in apartments, buildings and large buildings. However, people who board an elevator often look at the movement of installed floors to make sure that the elevator is moving while they are using the elevator, or they stand as if the elevator is moving.

Meanwhile, as society changes rapidly into the information age, many people want to get a lot of information in a short time. In this information society, people make a lot of efforts to shorten the time to move, and also make a lot of efforts to obtain information during the movement. By the way, when boarding the elevator, such as a very short time is standing or no information can be obtained. The general public therefore wants to obtain information even under these circumstances.

In addition, companies are advertising a lot to improve the image. Such advertisements are most often provided with advertisements by means of advertisements installed in popular media or by installations installed in outdoor buildings and the like. As a result, companies are striving to develop ways to make more advertising more efficient. In addition, companies have to train their employees after gathering them in a certain place when they want to train their employees. However, if you want to inform you of simple content education or simple instructions, you have to use the speaker. Since such education is only audible, there is a problem that the effect is lower than that of the visual education.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing information so that education or behavioral guidelines can be delivered in a short time.

Another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method that can provide information even when moving in an elevator.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for performing an advertisement together with providing information in an elevator.

An apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a device for providing a short information, a display unit for performing the interface using a graphic and the person receiving the information, and a key for delivering information required by the user A server connection unit connected to an input unit, a server providing information to interface data, a graphic conversion unit for converting and outputting the received data into a graphic to be provided, and control data for driving an initial device. And a memory unit for storing data received from a server, storing data received from the server, and controlling the graphic converter to provide graphic data and to read information according to a key signal received from the key input unit. And a control unit for performing the provided control.

In addition, the controller, if the information according to the key signal received from the key input unit is not stored for controlling the transmission of the information request signal from the server via the server connection unit, the conversion for providing a signal received from the server connection unit Can be further controlled.

The display unit may include a speaker for providing voice information, and the graphic converter may further include a device for reducing the converted voice information.

The method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a server for providing information by receiving data from the operator, and a plurality of information providing apparatus connected to the server and installed in the elevator to perform an interface with the occupant A method of providing information in a system, the method comprising: extracting data to be provided when data is received from the server and providing the same; and checking whether the stored data is received when a request signal of specific information is received from an elevator occupant; In the case of stored data, the stored data is read and provided through a passenger interface.

In addition, if the information requested from the occupant is not stored information, the process of requesting the information to the server, and if specific information is received from the server may be configured to further include a process for providing the occupant.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for providing information in an elevator to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus according to the present invention;

3 is a control flowchart when information is provided by an information providing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a control flowchart for providing information in an operator computer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the contents of the present invention. In addition, the same reference numerals in the accompanying drawings use the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings when they are the same components.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing information in an elevator to which the present invention is applied. Hereinafter, a configuration and each operation of a system for providing information according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The management computer 100 outputs the information input by the administrator to the information providing apparatuses 200 and 210 provided in the elevator, and simultaneously receives the information request signal from the information providing apparatuses 200 and 210 to receive the information. Provide information. In addition, reference numeral 10 of FIG. 1 denotes an elevator. The elevator includes a passenger interface device 210 having an information providing liquid crystal display for providing information and a key input device for receiving a user's key input signal, and a controller for processing data output to the passenger interface device 210 ( 200). The controller is configured to operate stably even when the power is turned off by receiving power from the electrostatic source supply device 300. In addition, the controller 200 is connected to the operator computer 100 to provide data received from the operator computer 100 by graphic processing or to receive a key signal input by the occupant to provide to the operator computer or process itself. The line from the controller 200 to the operator computer 100 and the electrostatic power supply 300 may be connected via a cable.

2 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the controller 200 and the passenger interface device 210 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The information providing device is largely composed of a controller 200 and a passenger interface device 210 as shown in FIG. The control unit 201 controls an operation for outputting data received from the server connection unit 202 in a graphic or voice form and an operation for performing an operation corresponding to a key signal input from a user. The server connection unit 202 performs an interface of data transmitted / received between the operator computer 100 and the control unit 201. That is, when connected to a LAN (LAN), it performs a LAN interface. When connected to a dedicated line, it performs a dedicated line interface. The ROM 204 stores control data for performing an operation required for initial power-up in the controller 200, and the RAM 205 stores data under control and data loaded from the operator computer 100. . In addition, although not shown in FIG. 2, the controller 200 may read and write like a predetermined hard disk and may include a nonvolatile memory. This may be configured to be selectively provided in consideration of the capacity of the data to be processed and the capacity of the RAM 205 and the like. The graphic converter 203 performs a graphic process on the data received from the controller 201 and outputs the graphic signal. When the voice signal is compressed and received, the voice signal may be configured to include a digital signal processor (DSP). However, the voice signal may be selectively configured.

Next, the configuration and operation of the occupant interface device 211 will be described. The display unit 211 basically consists of a device for displaying graphic data. Such a general device may be configured as a liquid crystal display panel (LCD). Alternatively, it may be configured as a monitor, but should be configured in consideration of volume and the like. In addition, it may be configured to include a small speaker, or may be configured to process a voice signal using a speaker provided in the elevator. In this case, if the signal received from the graphic converter 203 is not processed, the speaker may be configured to process the signal directly. However, if the signal received from the graphic converter 203 is subjected to compression conversion or the like. In this case, the display unit 211 may be configured to include a processor for restoring the converted data. When the display unit 211 is provided as described above, the graphic converter 203 is configured not to include a digital signal processor. The key input unit 212 generates a key signal corresponding to a key input by the user and transmits the key signal to the controller 201.

3 is a control flowchart when information is provided by an information providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the information providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. In the following description, the operator computer 100 will be referred to as a server. It is also noted herein that the operator computer and server are identical.

The controller 201 performs an initialization operation in step 400. This initialization operation is started when the power is initially supplied or when the device is initialized. The initialization operation is an operation of checking a connected device and loading data for initial driving. The controller 201 then proceeds to step 402 to receive data from the server. The reception of such data is received through the server connection unit 202. When the data is received, only data to be provided to passengers is extracted from the received data and outputted to the graphic converter 203. In operation 404, the graphic conversion unit 203 controls the conversion to the graphic data, and the converted data is output to the display unit 211. In this way, the controller 201 proceeds to step 406 and checks whether new information is received from the server connection unit 202. If new information is received as a result of the inspection, the process proceeds to step 402. If the new information is not received, the process proceeds to step 408.

When the new information is received, the controller 201 proceeds to step 402 and receives data from the server connection unit 202. In addition, an abnormal process for processing the received data is performed. However, if no new information is received, the controller 201 proceeds to step 408 and checks whether an information change request signal is received from the key input unit 212. If the test result information change request signal is received, the process proceeds to step 410. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step 404 to repeatedly provide the information being provided.

Next, the case where the information change signal is received will be described below. When the information change signal is received, the control unit 201 proceeds to step 410 to check whether the data stored in the RAM 205. In this case, when there is a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk separately in the information providing apparatus, it may be configured to simultaneously check whether data stored in the nonvolatile memory is applied. The control unit 201 proceeds to step 414 in the case of the stored data as a result of the inspection of the application of the stored data. In the case of data stored in the memory, the controller 201 reads the selected data in step 414 and proceeds to step 404 to provide information using a graphic of the subsequent process. However, if the information is not stored, the process proceeds to step 412 to generate a signal requesting information of the corresponding item and outputs the generated signal through the server connection unit 202. In operation 402, the terminal receives graphic data from the server and provides graphic data.

4 is a control flowchart for providing information in an operator computer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a control process for providing information to the information providing apparatus in the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The operator computer 100 maintains the standby state in step 420. Such a standby state refers to a state in which an operator waits for input of information to be provided or waits for an information request signal from a specific terminal. While maintaining the standby state as described above, the operator computer 100 proceeds to step 422 to check whether the operator inputs an information providing signal. The information providing signal refers to a signal for inputting information to be provided to an operator computer, and instructing the information to be provided to the information providing devices. When the signal for providing the test result information is received, the process proceeds to step 430; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 424. First, when the information providing signal is received, the operator computer 100 proceeds to step 430 to check whether the broadcast mode. Here, the broadcast mode refers to checking whether information is provided to all information providing apparatuses in common. In the broadcast mode, the process proceeds to step 432; otherwise, proceeds to step 434.

The operator computer 100 is inspected in the broadcast mode and proceeds to step 432 converts the input information to data for delivery and delivers it to all information providing terminals. However, if it is determined that the broadcast mode is not broadcasted and proceeds to step 434, the information is provided only to specific information providing terminals that the operator requests to transmit after converting the information to be provided.

In contrast, when the operator information providing request signal is not received, the operator computer 100 checks whether an information request signal is received from a specific terminal in step 424. If it is determined that the information provision request signal is received from the specific terminal, the process proceeds to step 426; otherwise, the standby state of step 420 is maintained. In step 426, the operator computer 100 reads data for the requested information, converts the read data into a form that can be transmitted, and proceeds to step 428 to transmit the information to the corresponding terminal. Through this process, data is transmitted / received between the information providing terminal and the operator computer.

As described above, by providing information such as weather information, news information, securities information, or simple message information that a specific company wants to provide in a space such as an elevator, it is possible to increase the utilization of education and satisfy information needs even in a short time of moving. There is an advantage.

Claims (5)

An apparatus for providing short information, A display unit for performing an interface using a person who is provided with information and a graphic; A key input unit for delivering information requested by a user, A server connection unit connected to a server providing information to interface data; A graphic converter for converting the received data into a graphic to be provided and outputting the graphic; A memory unit for storing control data for driving the initial device and storing data received from a server; An elevator comprising: a control unit configured to store data received from the server and control the graphic converter to control graphic data provision and to read and provide information according to a key signal received from the key input unit. Informational device. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, If the information according to the key signal received from the key input unit is not stored, controlling the transmission of the information request signal from the server through the server connection unit, and further performs the control of conversion to provide a signal received from the server connection unit Elevator information providing apparatus, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the display unit includes a speaker for providing the voice information, and further comprising a device for reducing the converted voice information by the graphic converter to provide the voice information together. In the method for providing information in a system comprising a server for receiving information from the operator to provide information, and a plurality of information providing devices connected to the server and installed in the elevator to perform an interface with the occupant, Extracting data to be provided when data is received from the server and providing the extracted data; Checking whether the stored data is received upon receiving a request signal of specific information from an elevator occupant; Elevator information providing method characterized in that when the data stored as a result of the inspection process of reading the stored data through the passenger interface. The method of claim 4, wherein Requesting information from the server when the information requested by the passenger is not stored information; And providing the passenger with specific information when the specific information is received from the server.