KR20110111422A - Display unit for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

The user only sees the display of the direction of travel of the passenger car at first glance, and obtains an elevator display device that can readily determine whether the passenger car is stationary or running. To this end, an indicator provided in at least one of the platform inside the passenger car and the platform on which the passenger car stops; The display device includes car information display means for displaying a travel direction indication indicating a travel direction of the passenger car at the time of stopping and driving the passenger car, and the car information display means includes the passenger car. The running direction display mode displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling is configured to be different from the running direction display mode when the passenger car is stopped.

Description

Display device of elevator {DISPLAY UNIT FOR ELEVATOR}

The present invention relates to a display device of an elevator.

In the car or on the platform, a display device is provided for displaying the traveling direction of the passenger car and the current accounting position to the user. Conventionally, a dot matrix light emitting diode (LED) has been widely adopted as the display means of this display device.

On the other hand, in recent years, the display material called liquid crystal display (LCD) is employ | adopted as a new display means in order to aim at cost reduction. As a result, the three-dimensional expression that gives a sense of depth to the fact that conventional elevator state information can only be displayed in two dimensions is enabled, and the degree of freedom of display is increased.

In the background of such a technology, a display device made of a dot matrix is conventionally used as a display device of an elevator, and in the display device in which the display content of the display device is movable in the up-down direction or the left-right direction, two display contents, For example, a streak moving up and down in accordance with the running position of a passenger car and the traveling direction of a passenger car, or connecting a selected car and an arrow moving in the left and right directions in a group-managed elevator, etc. It is known to enable simultaneous display in different modes (for example, changing display brightness) (see Patent Document 1, for example).

In addition, conventionally, as a display device which notifies about the vertical movement of a passenger car in one area, LEDs capable of emitting light with two different emission colors are provided in the one area, and the moving direction of the passenger car is adjusted. It is known to display the arrow which shows light emission, and to display this arrow in the same direction as the moving direction of a passenger car, ie, an up-down direction (for example, refer patent document 2).

In displaying the current phase position of the conventional passenger car, a frame indicating the position of the vehicle is formed in the center of the display liquid crystal panel, and a character string of the number indicating the phase is displayed in real time in the vertical direction around the frame. In addition, it is known to scroll in the vertical direction in accordance with the running of the passenger car, and to make the size of the display text inversely proportional to the speed of the passenger car, so that the character size is smaller as the speed of the passenger car is faster. See, eg, patent document 3).

In addition, similarly, in displaying the current position of the passenger car in the related art, a ring-shaped icon column obtained by arranging the door name icon in the order of layers in the order of floors is displayed on the display unit, and Rotate the ring-shaped icon row in accordance with the movement of the passenger car so that the icon of the current account is always placed on the front side (down side) of the display unit, or at this time, the icon of the current account on the front It is known to express a sense of depth as a three-dimensional display by making another size name icon gradually small in size, making it larger size, and moving away from this current icon type name icon gradually (for example, a patent document) 4).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-017474

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-179582

Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-310882

Patent Document 4: International Publication WO03 / 086934

However, in the prior art described in such a patent document, there is a problem that it is difficult to immediately determine whether the passenger car is stationary or running with only the driving direction indication indicating the driving direction of the passenger car.

In this regard, what is shown in Patent Literatures 3 and 4 expresses information indicating whether the passenger car is stationary or running by scrolling the current accounting display, but in this case, the user glanced at the display. It is thought that glancing alone does not immediately realize that the display is scrolling in accordance with the timing, and thus there is the same problem as the above-described problem that it is difficult to immediately determine whether the passenger car is stopped or running.

In any of the patent documents, the driving direction display of the passenger car is simply displayed by scrolling the arrow indicating the driving direction in the up and down direction, and the user in the passenger car has the driving direction display. There is also a problem that it is not possible to alleviate the feeling of airtightness and the dissatisfaction felt by the user waiting for the call of the passenger car.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the first object is that the user can easily determine on the fly whether the passenger car is stationary or on the fly, only by first glance at the display of the direction of travel of the passenger car. It is possible to obtain a display device of an elevator.

Moreover, a 2nd objective is to obtain the elevator display apparatus which displays the travel direction indication which can alleviate the feeling of airtightness which the user in a passenger car feels, and the dissatisfaction feeling which the user who is waiting for the call of a passenger car.

An elevator display apparatus, comprising: an indicator provided in at least one of a passenger car and a platform for stopping the passenger car; The display device includes car information display means for displaying a travel direction indication indicating a travel direction of the passenger car at the time of stopping and driving the passenger car, and the car information display means includes the passenger car. The running direction display mode displayed on the indicator when the car is traveling is configured to be different from the running direction display mode when the passenger car is stopped.

The present invention provides an elevator display apparatus comprising: an indicator provided in at least one of a passenger car and a platform of a platform on which the passenger car stops; The display device includes car information display means for displaying a travel direction indication indicating a travel direction of the passenger car at the time of stopping and driving the passenger car, and the car information display means includes the passenger car. By setting the traveling direction display form displayed on the indicator at the time of travel of the compartment to a form different from the traveling direction display form at the time of stopping the passenger car, the user displays the traveling direction display of the passenger car. At first glance, the effect that the passenger car is stationary or running can be readily determined on the fly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the display apparatus of the elevator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.
It is a figure explaining the change of the travel direction display which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the operational flow of the display device of the elevator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals denote the same or substantially the same parts throughout the drawings, the overlapping description is appropriately simplified or omitted.

Embodiment 1.

1 to 3 are related to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a display device of an elevator, FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a change in a traveling direction display, and FIG. 3 is a display device for an elevator. A flow chart showing the operational flow of the.

In the figure, 1 is a passenger car 1 arranged to be able to get in and out of a hoistway (not shown) of an elevator, and in this passenger car 1, an elevator provided in the center of the front of the passenger car 1. Registering a destination call on the side wall of the side of the car door by pressing a car indicator 1a which displays the current position of the passenger car 1 and the traveling direction, and a user in the car 1 In-car destination button 1b is provided.

The car indicator 1a is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an EL display (Electroluminescence Display), a plasma display (PDP), and the like, and specific display contents thereof are stored in the passenger car 1. It is provided and controlled by the car side car information display means 1c electrically connected with the car display 1a.

The boarding point operation display apparatus 2 is provided in the boarding platform (not shown) in each system where the said passenger car 1 stops, and such a boarding point operation display apparatus 2 of the said passenger car 1 is shown. The boarding point indicator 2a which displays the current loading position and the driving direction, and the in-car destination button 1b for registering the boarding point call of an upward direction or a downward direction by the user of the landing point are pressed.

Similar to the car indicator 1a, this boarding point indicator 2a is comprised using liquid crystal display (LCD), an EL display, a plasma display (PDP), etc., The specific display content is provided in each said boarding point. It is controlled by the boarding point side car information display means 2c electrically connected with the boarding point indicator 2a.

The overall operation of the elevator is controlled by the control device 3, and the control device 3 controls the passenger car 1 and the boarding point operation display device 2 via the control device communication means 3a. Communication is possible.

More specifically. The control device communication means 3a of the control device 3 is connected to the car communication means 1d of the passenger car 1, and the car communication means 1d is a destination button in the car. 1b and the car-side car information display means 1c. Moreover, the said control apparatus communication means 3a of the said control apparatus 3 is also connected with the board | substrate communication means 2d provided for each boarding point, and this board | substrate communication means 2d is the said board | substrate call button 2b and the said The boarding point side car information display means 2c is connected to every boarding point of each system.

The control device 3 mainly has operation control means 3b for controlling the driving operation of the passenger car 1, and operations for the destination button 1b in the car and the platform call button 2b. In accordance with this, call registration means 3c for performing various call registrations for destination calls and platform calls is provided.

When the user presses the destination button 1b in the car, this operation information is transmitted to the call registration means 3c via the car communication means 1d and the control device communication means 3a, and the received information is received. The call registration means 3c registers a destination call for the phase corresponding to the pressed destination button 1b in the car.

Moreover, when a user presses the boarding point call button 2b, this operation information is transmitted to the call registration means 3c via the boarding point communication means 2d and the control device communication means 3a. The call registration means 3c registers a landing call for the landing and the driving direction corresponding to the pressed landing call button 2b.

The driving control means 3b is based on various call registration information registered by the call registration means 3c or information on a situation such as the current position of the passenger car 1 and the traveling direction. The operation of the car 1 is controlled.

Moreover, the information regarding the situation, such as the current position of the passenger car 1, the running direction, and the like, is transmitted to the car communication means 1d and the platform communication means 2d via the control device communication means 3a. It is also sent. And the information regarding the situation, such as the current enclosed position and the traveling direction of the passenger car 1 is transmitted from the car communication means 1d to the car side information display means 1c, and the boarding point communication It transmits from the means 2d to the boarding point side car information display means 2c.

The car-side car information display means 1c displays such information on the car indicator 1a based on information relating to a current position of the passenger car 1, a running direction, and the like. do. Similarly, the boarding point side car information display means 2c uses the information on the boarding point indicator 2a based on the obtained information on the situation such as the current position of the passenger car 1 and the traveling direction. Is displayed.

Information about the current phase position of the passenger car 1 is performed by displaying an accounting number, but this phase number display has been approached by the passenger car 1 within a predetermined distance range. At that time, it is switched to the number indicating the phase.

FIG. 2: shows the change example of the travel direction display of the said passenger car 1 in the said car indicator 1a and the boarding point indicator 2a. First, the case where the traveling direction of the passenger car 1 is upward will be described with reference to Fig. 2A.

First, when the passenger car 1 is stopped in a certain state in a state in which an upward traveling direction is assigned, the driving direction indication displayed on the car indicator 1a and the boarding point indicator 2a is A hollow triangle is displayed as an arrow of only the arrowhead portion indicating the upward direction (F1). Next, when the passenger car 1 starts traveling in the upward direction, the traveling direction indication shape changes from an upward upward feathers of arrow, that is, a triangle except the bottom. At the same time, the flesh shape is rotated and displayed so as to appear to rotate in the horizontal direction with the vertical direction as the axis in the three-dimensional space (F2).

In this way, while the passenger car 1 is traveling upward, the upwardly slender shape is displayed in the horizontal rotation (F3 to F6), and when the passenger car 1 arrives on the destination system and stops, The direction indication shape is returned to the hollow triangle pointing upward from the upward approximately flesh shape, and at the same time, the rotation in the horizontal direction is stopped to make the display in the front direction (F7).

Next, the case where the traveling direction of the passenger car 1 is a downward direction will be described with reference to FIG. 2 (B).

First, when the passenger car 1 is stopped in a certain state in the state in which the driving direction of the downward direction is assigned, the driving direction indication displayed on the car indicator 1a and the boarding point indicator 2a is A hollow inverted triangle pointing downward is indicated by the arrow of only the arrowhead portion indicating the downward direction (F8). Next, when the passenger car 1 starts traveling in the downward direction, the traveling direction display shape changes from the substantially fleshy shape facing downward, that is, the inverted triangle except the upper side. At the same time, the flesh shape is rotated and displayed so as to appear to rotate in the horizontal direction with the vertical direction as the axis in the three-dimensional space (F9).

In this way, while the passenger car 1 is traveling in the downward direction, the substantially flesh-shaped body facing downward is displayed in a horizontal direction (F10 to F13). When the passenger car 1 arrives on the destination system and stops, The running direction display shape is returned to the hollow inverted triangle from the substantially fleshy shape downwards to the hollow inverted triangle, and at the same time, the rotation in the horizontal direction is stopped (F14).

In this embodiment, the elevator display device operates in accordance with a series of flows shown in FIG. 3. In addition, although the operation | movement when the destination button 1b in the said cage | basket | car in the said passenger car 1 was pressed by the user is demonstrated here, when the platform call button 2b of the said platform is pressed by the user, The same applies to the operation.

First, when the destination button 1b in the car is pressed by the user in the passenger car 1, the operation information is transmitted through the car communication means 1d and the control device communication means 3a. The call registration means 3c is sent to the call registration means 3c, and the call registration means 3c registers the destination call based on the received operation information (step S1).

When the destination call is registered in this way, next, the driving control means 3b starts running the passenger car 1 in order to respond to the registered destination call (step S2).

Subsequently, the procedure proceeds to step S3, where the car side car information display means 1c changes the running direction display displayed on the car indicator 1a from a hollow triangle stopped in the front direction to a substantially fleshy shape. At the same time, the rotation is displayed in the horizontal direction with the vertical direction as the axis. Moreover, the boarding point side car information display means 2c changes the traveling direction display displayed on the boarding point indicator 2a from a hollow triangle stopped in the front direction to a substantially fleshy shape, and simultaneously sets the vertical direction as the axis. Rotate display in the horizontal direction.

Then, while the passenger car 1 is traveling, it continues to display a substantially fleshy shape that is horizontally rotated as the travel direction indication, and when the passenger car 1 arrives at the destination floor of the destination call registration and stops (step) S4), the car side car information display means 1c stops the horizontal rotation display of the traveling direction indication displayed on the car indicator 1a, and at the same time is a hollow triangle stopped from the fleshy shape to the front direction. Change. Moreover, the boarding point side car information display means 2c stops the horizontal rotation display of the traveling direction display displayed on the boarding point indicator 2a, and at the same time changes it into a hollow triangle stopped from a substantially fleshy shape in the frontal direction ( Step S5). Then, the operations of steps S2 to S5 are repeated until the responses for all call registrations are completed, and when a new call registration is made after ending the responses for all call registrations, the operation starts from step S1.

In addition, although the indicator which shows the travel direction of the said passenger car 1 was provided in the said passenger car 1 and the said boarding point as the car indicator 1a and the boarding point indicator 2a, Only one of these may be provided.

In addition, such an indicator may be separated from the operation button or the operation panel in which it is housed, and may be constituted by a large liquid crystal display or the like.

In the display device of an elevator configured as described above, an indicator provided in at least one of passenger cars and platform landings where the passenger car stops, under control of the car information display means, when the passenger car is stopped and running. In addition to displaying the driving direction indication indicating the driving direction of the passenger car in the city, the car information display means displays the driving direction display mode, that is, the display shape and the rotation state, displayed on the indicator when the passenger car runs. By using a form different from the driving direction display form at the time of the car stop, the user can easily determine whether the passenger car is stopped or on the fly by simply seeing the driving direction display of the passenger car at first glance. have.

In addition, the driving direction display form displayed on the indicator when the passenger car runs is set to be displayed to the user so that the driving direction display is rotated in the horizontal direction about the vertical axis, so that the user can see the passenger car. It is possible to determine the running condition of the vehicle easily and on the fly, and to alleviate the feeling of airtightness felt by the user in the passenger car, dissatisfaction felt by the user waiting for the call of the passenger car.

In addition, the driving direction display shape itself displayed on the indicator when the passenger car is traveling is different from the driving direction display shape when the passenger car is stopped as a change in the driving direction display mode at the time of stopping and driving the passenger car. The shape is very effective for the user to grasp the running state of the passenger car by simply looking at the indication of the direction of travel of the passenger car.

[Industrial Availability]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in an elevator display device that displays a travel direction of a passenger car in a passenger car or a landing.

1 passenger car
1a car indicator
1b Destination button in car
1c Car side information display means
1d car communication means
2 platform operation indicator
2a platform indicator
2b platform call button
2c platform side car information display means
2d platform communication means
3 control unit
3a control unit communication means
3b travel control means
3c call registration means

Claims (3)

An indicator provided in at least one of a passenger car and a platform of a platform where the passenger car stops;
The display device includes car information display means for displaying a travel direction indication indicating a travel direction of the passenger car at the time of stopping and running the passenger car,
The car information display means is characterized in that the running direction display mode displayed on the indicator when the passenger car runs is different from the running direction display mode when the passenger car is stopped. Indicator of the elevator. The method according to claim 1,
The car information display means displays the travel direction display form displayed on the indicator when the passenger car travels so that the travel direction display is visible to the user so that the travel direction display is rotated in the horizontal direction about the vertical axis. An elevator display device. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The car information display means makes the running direction display shape displayed on the indicator when the passenger car travels different from the running direction display shape when the passenger car is stopped. Indicator of the elevator.

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