WO2010089869A1

WO2010089869A1 - Console panel of elevator

Info

Publication number: WO2010089869A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/051961
Authority: WO
Inventors: 光俊飯尾
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2009-02-05
Filing date: 2009-02-05
Publication date: 2010-08-12
Also published as: KR20110081347A; JPWO2010089869A1; CN102264621A; KR101203253B1; EP2394945A1

Abstract

Provided is a console panel of an elevator of which the operability for registering a destination floor and the visibility in the operation for registering the destination floor can be increased. For this purpose, the console panel comprises a first touch panel provided in at least one of the cage and the landing of the elevator, a second touch panel provided near the first touch panel, a determination device for determining the priority order of service floors of the elevator, and a display control device. The display control device displays an input image representing a ten-key on the first touch panel. When a number is inputted through the input image representing the ten-key, the display control device displays input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator on the second touch panel by the predetermined number of priority floors to be displayed. As the input images, displayed are images representing the service floors determined to be of high priority by the determination device among the service floors of which the most significant digits are each equal to the inputted number.

Description

Elevator operation panel

This invention relates to an elevator operation panel.

In an elevator operation panel, there has been proposed a destination button group and a floor corresponding to the destination button to determine a multi-use floor and set a priority destination button display area (for example, see Patent Document 1). ).
In addition, a destination operation panel of a ten-key operation method in which buttons 0 to 9 are arranged has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 2).
Furthermore, a numeric keypad type hall operating panel has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-162465 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-175770 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-287876

However, the one described in Patent Document 1 can display only a few priority floors from among the enormous service floors due to the increase in the number of floors associated with recent improvements in building technology. For this reason, when registering a service floor other than the priority floor as a destination floor, there is a problem that the destination button group must be switched in order, and the operability of destination floor registration is poor.
In addition, those described in

Patent Documents

2 and 3 cannot display floor information of each floor, for example, register a destination floor by a button operation indicating the destination floor itself, such as a two-digit floor. I can't. For this reason, there was a problem that visibility at the time of destination floor registration operation was poor.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator operation panel capable of improving operability during destination floor registration and visibility during destination floor registration. Is to provide.

An elevator operation panel according to the present invention includes a first touch panel provided in at least one of an elevator car and a landing, a second touch panel provided in the vicinity of the first touch panel, and priority of the elevator service floor. When an input image indicating a numeric keypad is displayed on the first touch panel and a determination device that determines the ranking, and when a number is input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad, the number is displayed on the second touch panel as Among the service floors used as digits, an image showing the service floor determined as a higher priority floor by the determination device is used as an input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator. And a display control device that displays only the number.

According to this invention, the operability at the time of destination floor registration and the visibility at the time of operation of destination floor registration can be improved.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating the basic composition of the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the whole structure of the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the priority floor determination table | surface for demonstrating the initial state of the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the display for demonstrating the initial state of the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the display operation of the initial state of the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the priority floor determination table | surface for demonstrating the switching of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention performs. It is a front view of the display for demonstrating switching of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention performs. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the switching operation | movement of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention performs. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the operating panel of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the priority floor determination table | surface for demonstrating the switching of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention performs. It is a front view of the display for demonstrating switching of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention performs. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the switching operation | movement of the priority floor display which the operation panel of the elevator in Embodiment 2 of this invention performs.

Explanation of symbols

1 elevator, 2 destination control panel, 3 display,
4 floor priority order determination device, 5 priority floor display number storage device,
6 priority floor display determination device, 7 display control device, 8 operable floor determination device,
9 Priority floor determination table, 10 1st touch panel, 11 2nd touch panel,
12 priority floor determination table, 13 input image, 14 screen switching determination device,
15 priority floor judgment table, 16 input images

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds, The duplication description is simplified or abbreviate | omitted suitably.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram for illustrating a basic configuration of an elevator operation panel according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, 1 is an elevator. This elevator 1 is provided in a building. The hoistway of this elevator 1 penetrates each floor of the building. A car of the elevator 1 is disposed in the hoistway. In addition, a hall for the elevator 1 is provided in the vicinity of the hoistway on each floor. Then, the car moves up and down in the hoistway. Thereby, the passenger in a car can move between each hall.

2 is a destination operation panel. This destination operation panel 2 is provided in the car. The destination operation panel 2 includes a display 3, a floor priority order determination device 4, a priority floor display number storage device 5, a priority floor display determination device 6, and a display control device 7. The display 3 includes first and second touch panels that are close to each other. The floor priority determination device 4 has a function of determining the priority of all service floors of the elevator 1. For example, the priority order of all service floors is determined based on the operation results of the elevator 1 for the past month. However, there is no particular limitation on how to determine the priority order of service floors.

The priority floor display number storage device 5 has a function of storing the number of priority floor displays to be simultaneously displayed on the second touch panel as display control parameters of the display 3. The priority floor display determination device 6 has a function of determining floors to be displayed simultaneously on the second touch panel based on the priority order of service floors and the number of priority floor displays. The display control device 7 has a function of causing the second touch panel to display an image indicating the floor determined by the priority floor display determination device 6 as an input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for illustrating the overall configuration of the operation panel of the elevator 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the display control device 7 has a function of displaying an input image indicating a numeric keypad on the first touch panel.
Further, the destination operation panel 2 includes an operable floor determination device 8. The operable floor determination device 8 has a function of determining, when a number is input from an input image indicating a numeric keypad of the first touch panel, a floor having the input number as the most significant digit as a floor that can be operated in the future. Prepare.

At this time, the priority floor display determination device 6 functions to determine the floor to be displayed on the second touch panel based on the priority order of the service floor and the floor that can be operated in the future. Specifically, the floor with the highest priority is determined as the floor to be displayed among the service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad of the first touch panel as the highest digit. Then, the display control device 7 functions to switch the display on the second touch panel to an image indicating the floor to be displayed determined by the priority floor display determination device 6.

Next, a display on the display 3 before a number is input from an input image showing a numeric keypad will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a priority floor determination table for explaining an initial state of the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, 9 is a priority floor determination table. This priority floor determination table 9 is generated in the priority floor display determination device 6. This priority floor determination table 9 shows each service floor and its priority. Specifically, the total number of service floors is 30. In the present embodiment, the priority floor display number storage device 5 stores “3” as the number of priority floor displays. Therefore, the priority floor display determination device 6 determines the 8th floor, the 2nd floor, and the 20th floor, which are the first to third floors, as the floors to be simultaneously displayed on the second touch panel.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a display for explaining an initial state of the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 4, 10 is a first touch panel. Reference numeral 11 denotes a second touch panel. In the present embodiment, the first touch panel 10 and the second touch panel 11 are configured by dividing the display area of one display 3. Specifically, the first touch panel 10 forms a numeric key button area at the top of the display screen of the display 3. On the first touch panel 10, an input image indicating a numeric keypad is displayed.

On the other hand, the second touch panel 11 forms a priority floor display area at the bottom of the display screen of the display 3. In this priority floor display area, images showing the 8th floor, the 2nd floor, and the 20th floor with high priority are displayed as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1. Specifically, the input images indicating the higher priority floors are displayed in order from the lower number of floors in the order of the second floor, the eighth floor, and the 20th floor from the upper side. In these input images, in addition to the number indicating the number of floors, the names of facilities on the floor are also displayed. Thereby, the user of the elevator 1 can specify a desired destination floor not only from the number of floors but also from a facility name or the like. For this reason, the input image showing each floor requires a horizontally long region with a certain display area.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the display operation in the initial state of the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In step S <b> 1, the floor priority order determination device 4 determines a priority floor from service floors. And a priority floor is displayed on the 2nd touch panel 11, ie, a priority floor display area, and operation | movement is complete | finished.

Next, the display on the display 3 after a number is input from an input image showing a numeric keypad will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a priority floor determination table for explaining switching of priority floor display performed by the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 6, 12 is a priority floor determination table. This priority floor determination table 12 shows floors that can be operated when “2” of the input image indicating the numeric keypad is pressed.

Here, the double strikethrough indicates the service cut floor. Specifically, the 22nd and 23rd floors are service cut floors. In this case, the serviceable floor determination device 8 determines the service floor having “2” as the highest digit as the floor that can be operated in the future. That is, the filled portion in Table 2 is excluded from the floor that can be operated in the future. Further, the priority floor display determination device 6 determines a floor that is higher in priority and not a service cut floor among floors that can be operated in the future as a floor to be switched and displayed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the priority floor display number storage device 5 stores “3” as the number of priority floors. That is, the number of floors to be displayed is three. Among the floors that can be operated in the future and are not service cut floors, the first to third highest service floors are the second floor, the 20th floor, and the 27th floor. Therefore, the priority floor display determination device 6 determines the floors to be switched and displayed as the second floor, the 20th floor, and the 27th floor.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the display for explaining the switching of the priority floor display performed by the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As described above, the floors to be switched are the second floor, the 20th floor, and the 27th floor. For this reason, the display of the input image indicating the second floor, the eighth floor, and the 20th floor indicating the priority floor is switched to the input image indicating the second floor, the 20th floor, and the 27th floor. At this time, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to display the input image 13 for invalidating the input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad. Specifically, the input display 13 displays “Cancel”.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for illustrating the priority floor display switching operation performed by the elevator operation panel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
First, step S11 is the same as step S1 in FIG. That is, in step S11, the priority floor is determined from the service floors. The priority floor is displayed in the priority floor display area of the display 3. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, it is determined whether or not there is a floor corresponding to the priority floor display area, that is, a service floor. If there is a service floor corresponding to the priority floor display area, in step S13, the user of the elevator 1 presses an input image indicating the service floor in the second touch panel 11, that is, the priority floor display area. To do. By this pressing, a desired destination floor is registered.

On the other hand, if there is no service floor corresponding to the priority floor display area of the second touch panel 11 in step S12, the user of the elevator 1 indicates the first touch panel 10, that is, the numeric keypad in the numeric key button area in step S14. In the input image, the input image indicating the highest digit of the desired destination floor is pressed. Thereafter, in step S15, the operable floor determination device 8 determines that the floor having the pressed number as the highest digit is the floor that can be operated in the future, and returns to step S11. In step S11, the priority floor display determination device 6 determines the floor to be displayed on the second touch panel 11 based on the priority order of the service floor and the floor that can be operated in the future. Further, the display control device 7 switches the display of the priority floor display area to the input image indicating the floor to be displayed determined by the priority floor display determination device 6. Thereafter, the operation described above is repeated.

According to the first embodiment described above, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to display an input image indicating a numeric keypad. In addition, when a number is input from an input image indicating a numeric keypad, the display control device 7 causes the second touch panel 11 to provide a service with a higher priority in the service floor where the input number is the highest digit. As many images indicating the floor as the input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1 are displayed as many as the number of priority floor displays. For this reason, the operativity at the time of destination floor registration and the visibility at the time of operation of destination floor registration can be improved.

Further, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to display an input image indicating a numeric keypad and to display an input image for invalidating an input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad. For this reason, the erroneous input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad can be canceled.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram for illustrating an operation panel of an elevator according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same as that of Embodiment 1, or an equivalent, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
The priority floor display number storage device 5 in the first embodiment stores the priority floor display number as a parameter. On the other hand, the priority floor display number storage device 5 according to the second embodiment stores the number of screen switching as well as the priority floor display number as parameters. This screen switching number is preset to a number larger than the priority floor display number.

In the present embodiment, a screen switching determination device 14 is newly added to the destination operation panel 2. This screen switching determination device 14 is the display control device 7 when the number of floors that are not service cut floors is equal to or less than the number of screen switching floors with the number input from the input image showing the numeric keypad being the highest digit. Has a function of giving a predetermined instruction. Specifically, the screen switching determination device 14 uses both the first and second touch panels 11, and the service cut floor is the service floor having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit. The display control device 7 is instructed to display a registered image indicating each of all the floors that are not.

Upon receiving the instruction, the display control device 7 causes the second touch panel 11 to move some of the service floors among the service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit to the elevator. It is displayed as an input image for registering one destination floor. At the same time, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to delete the input image indicating the numeric keypad and out of all the service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit. Thus, floors other than some of the floors displayed on the second touch panel 11 are displayed as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1.

Next, switching of display on the display 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a priority floor determination table for explaining switching of the priority floor display performed by the operation panel of the elevator 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 10, 15 is a priority floor determination table. The priority floor determination table 15 shows floors that can be operated when “2” of the input image indicating the numeric keypad is pressed. Here, the double strikethrough indicates a service cut floor. Specifically, the 22nd to 26th floors are service cut floors. In this case, the second floor, the twenty-first floor, the twenty-first floor, the twenty-seventh floor, and the twenty-ninth floor are service floors having “2” as the highest digit and not the service cut floor.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the display for explaining the switching of the priority floor display performed by the elevator operation panel according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 shows the display 3 when the screen switching number is set to “5”. As described above, the service floors with “2” as the highest digit and the floors that are not service cut floors are the second floor, the 20th floor, the 21st floor, the 27th floor, and the 29th floor. That is, there are five floors to be displayed. Further, the number of screen switching is set to “5”. That is, the number of floors that are not service cut floors in the service floor where the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad is the highest digit is less than the screen switching number.

Therefore, the screen switching determination device 14 gives a predetermined instruction to the display control device 7. Upon receiving the instruction, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to display an image indicating the second floor, the 20th floor, and the 21st floor as an input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1. At the same time, the display control device 7 causes the second touch panel 11 to display the 27th floor and the 29th floor as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1. At this time, the display control device 7 returns the display on the first touch panel 10 to the display on the lower part of the second touch panel 11 from the display of the input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1 to the display of the input image 16 indicating the numeric keypad. An input image for displaying is displayed. Specifically, the input display 16 displays “Return”. The input display 16 may be appropriately displayed on the first touch panel 10.

Next, the display operation of the operation panel of the elevator 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart for illustrating the priority floor display switching operation performed by the elevator operation panel according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
First, in step S21, the service floor is determined. If the service floor is greater than or equal to the screen switching number N, the process proceeds to step S22. In step S <b> 22, the numeric keypad area is displayed on the first touch panel 10. At the same time, the priority floor display area is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, the priority floor is determined from the service floors. Then, the priority floor is displayed in the priority floor display area of the display 3, and the process proceeds to step S24. In step S24, it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding floor in the priority floor display area. If there is a service floor corresponding to the priority floor display area, in step S25, the user of the elevator 1 presses an input image indicating the service floor in the priority floor display area.

On the other hand, if there is no service floor corresponding to the priority floor display area in step S24, the user of the elevator 1 presses the input image indicating the numeric keypad in the numeric keypad area in step S26. Thereafter, in step S27, the operable floor determination device 8 determines that the floor having the pressed number as the highest digit is the floor that can be operated in the future, returns to step S21, and repeats the above operation.

If it is determined in step S21 that the service floor number is less than the screen switching number N, the process proceeds to step S28. In step S28, the numeric keypad area is hidden. Then, on the second touch panel 11, an image showing a part of all service floors having the number inputted from the input image showing the numeric keypad as the highest digit is registered as the destination floor of the elevator 1. Is displayed as an input image. At the same time, the first touch panel 10 has some floors displayed on the second touch panel 11 among all the service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit. Other floors are displayed as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1.

In step S29, it is determined whether or not there is an input image of the corresponding service floor on the first touch panel 10 or the second touch panel 11. When there is an input image of the corresponding service floor on the first touch panel 10 or the second touch panel 11, the user of the elevator 1 presses the input image indicating the corresponding service floor in the priority floor display area in step S25. . By this pressing, a desired destination floor is registered. On the other hand, if there is no registered image of the corresponding service floor on the first or second touch panel 11, the user of the elevator 1 presses "Return" in Step S30, returns to the start, and the above operation is repeated. It is.

According to the second embodiment described above, the display control device 7 is such that the number of service floors with the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the most significant digit is larger than the priority floor display number. When the number is less than a preset number, a part of all service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit is displayed on the second touch panel 11 as the destination of the elevator 1 It is displayed as an input image for registering the floor. At the same time, the display control device 7 causes the first touch panel 10 to delete the input image indicating the numeric keypad and out of all the service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit. Thus, floors other than some of the floors displayed on the second touch panel 11 are displayed as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator 1. For this reason, the operativity at the time of destination floor registration and the visibility at the time of operation of destination floor registration can be improved more.

Further, the display control device 7 displays an input image for returning the display of the first touch panel 10 to the display of the input image indicating the numeric keypad on at least one of the first and

second touch panels

10 and 11. For this reason, the erroneous input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad can be canceled.

In the first and second embodiments, the destination operation panel 2 provided in the car has been described. However, if the hall operation panel provided at the hall is configured in the same manner, the same effect as that of the destination operation panel 2 of the first and second embodiments can be obtained.

In the first and second embodiments, the number is entered from the numeric keypad and the destination floor is registered on the display 3 of the destination operation panel 2. However, it is possible to construct a configuration that can obtain the same effect even if a mechanical numeric keypad, a mechanical priority floor button, or a display device is used. In this case, a display device is arranged adjacent to the priority floor button, and a service floor having a higher priority is selected among the service floors where the number input from the mechanical numeric keypad is the highest digit. An image to be displayed may be displayed.

As described above, the elevator operation panel according to the present invention can be used for an elevator hall or an elevator equipped with a car.

Claims

A first touch panel provided in at least one of an elevator car and a landing;
A second touch panel provided in proximity to the first touch panel;
A determination device for determining the priority order of the service floor of the elevator;
An input image indicating a numeric keypad is displayed on the first touch panel, and when a number is input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad, the second touch panel has a service floor with the number as the highest digit. A display control device for displaying, as an input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator, an image indicating a service floor determined as a floor having a higher priority by the determination device, as many as a preset priority floor display number. ,
Elevator operation panel with
The display control device includes:
In the case where the number of service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the most significant digit is equal to or less than a preset number greater than the priority floor display number,
On the second touch panel, a part of all service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit is used as an input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator. As well as display
The first touch panel is caused to erase the input image indicating the numeric keypad, and is displayed on the second touch panel among all service floors having the number input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad as the highest digit. The elevator operation panel according to claim 1, wherein floors other than some of the floors are displayed as input images for registering the destination floor of the elevator.
The display control device causes the first touch panel to display an input image indicating the numeric keypad and to display an input image for invalidating an input from the input image indicating the numeric keypad. 1 is an elevator operation panel.
The display control device includes:
An input image for returning the display of the first touch panel to at least one of the first and second touch panels from the display of the input image for registering the destination floor of the elevator to the display of the input image indicating the numeric keypad. The elevator operation panel according to claim 2, wherein the elevator operation panel is displayed.