WO2017002197A1

WO2017002197A1 - Elevator landing call registration device and elevator landing call registration method

Info

Publication number: WO2017002197A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/068821
Authority: WO
Inventors: 慶矩野波
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2015-06-30
Filing date: 2015-06-30
Publication date: 2017-01-05
Also published as: JPWO2017002197A1; JP6238271B2

Abstract

This elevator landing call registration device is equipped with: a touch panel display unit (2) which is installed on the wall surface of an elevator landing, and performs screen display and reads a signal corresponding to the position touched by a user; and a controller which controls the display of the touch panel display unit (2) and the processing of the input signal in order to perform landing call registration. The controller is equipped with: a first detection processing circuit (11) which causes a landing call registration screen to be displayed starting at the touch position of a first touch operation when a first touch operation by the user is detected; a second detection processing circuit (12) which generates call registration request information in response to a second touch operation on the landing call registration screen by the user; and a call registration processing circuit (13) which generates a call registration instruction on the basis of the call registration request information and transmits the call registration instruction to an elevator control device (3).

Description

Elevator hall call registration device and elevator hall call registration method

The present invention relates to an elevator hall call registration device and an elevator hall call registration method that improve convenience of operation at a hall by an elevator user.

A conventional elevator hall call registration device can register a hall call by a user operating a touch panel type destination destination call registration device installed at the hall (for example,

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1, 2, and 3). reference).

Also, another conventional elevator hall call registration device is used to transmit access control and hall calls on each floor when data identifying passengers is transmitted from an information transmitter owned by passengers at the hall, and the personal authentication device obtains the data. (See, for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5).

JP-A-2-225272 JP 2013-184791 A JP 2013-52952 A JP-A-8-81143 International Publication No. 2011/070622

However, the prior art has the following problems.
In conventional elevator hall call registration devices such as Patent Documents 1 to 3, the location where the hall destination call registration device is installed is fixed. For this reason, the user who performs call registration may feel inconvenience. Specifically, there is a risk that inconveniences such as difficulty in reaching the location where the registration apparatus is installed or difficulty in operation due to the installed height may occur during congestion.

In addition, in the conventional elevator hall call registration devices such as

Patent Documents

4 and 5, it is necessary to distribute information transmitters such as ID cards and tags to passengers in advance. Therefore, for example, a passenger who is not distributed with an information transmitter, such as a guest, may feel inconvenience in the same manner as in the prior arts 1 to 3.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and for various passengers, an elevator hall call registration device and an elevator hall call registration that can improve the convenience of operation at the hall. The purpose is to obtain a method.

An elevator hall call registration device according to the present invention is installed on a wall surface of an elevator hall, displays a screen, and reads an input signal corresponding to a touch position by a user, and a touch panel type display. An elevator hall call registration device comprising a controller for executing hall call registration by performing display control and input signal processing control, wherein the controller calls a hall call using a touch panel display by a user. The presence or absence of the first touch operation for starting the registration is detected, and when the first touch operation by the user is detected, the touch position where the first touch operation is performed is used as a starting point on the touch panel display. A first detection processing circuit for displaying a hall call registration screen and a second touch operation by the user on the hall call registration screen. A second detection processing circuit for generating call registration request information from the received input signal, and a call for performing elevator car call or destination floor registration based on the call registration request information generated by the second detection processing circuit A call registration processing circuit that generates a registration command and transmits the call registration command to an elevator control device that controls the traveling of the elevator.

The elevator hall call registration method according to the present invention is a touch panel display installed on a wall surface of an elevator hall to display a screen and read an input signal corresponding to a touch position by a user, and a touch panel display. An elevator hall call registration apparatus that is executed by a controller in an elevator hall call registration device having a controller that executes hall call registration by performing display control of an elevator and processing control of an input signal. A first step of detecting the presence or absence of a first touch operation for starting hall call registration using a touch panel display, and a first touch when a first touch operation by a user is detected The second is to display the hall call registration screen on the touch panel display starting from the touch position where the operation is performed. And the third step of generating call registration request information from the input signal corresponding to the second touch operation by the user on the landing call registration screen, and the elevator based on the call registration request information generated in the third step And a fourth step of generating a call registration command for performing car call or destination floor registration, and transmitting the call registration command to an elevator control device that performs traveling control of the elevator.

According to the present invention, it is possible to display the hall call registration screen at an appropriate position starting from the position where the user touches the wall surface of the hall, and execute the hall call registration by touch operation input on the hall call registration screen. I have. As a result, it is possible to obtain an elevator hall call registration device and an elevator hall call registration method that can enhance the convenience of operation at the hall for various passengers.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the elevator hall call registration apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view which shows the hall of the elevator which comprises a part of elevator hall call registration apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is another front view which shows the hall of the elevator which comprises a part of elevator hall call registration apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the call registration of the elevator hall call registration apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the elevator hall call registration apparatus of embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an elevator hall call registration device and an elevator hall call registration method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an elevator hall call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The elevator hall call registration device 1 according to the first embodiment is connected to an elevator control device 3.

The elevator hall call registration device 1 includes a first detection processing circuit 11, a second detection processing circuit 12, a call registration processing circuit 13, a call information input processing circuit 14, a call registration information notification processing circuit 15, and a user. A controller including each processing circuit by the identification processing circuit 16 and the user tracking processing circuit 17, and the touch panel display 2 are configured.

The touch panel display 2 includes a first screen processing circuit 21 and a second screen processing circuit 22. Here, the first screen processing circuit 21 is installed on a wall such as a landing or a passage to the landing. When there is no input for a predetermined time set in advance, for example, “Please touch the wall”. The first screen data such as the above is displayed and the touch position by the user is output.

Further, the second screen processing circuit 22 includes, for example, a second button for registering a hall call starting from the position when the user at the hall inputs the first screen data. While displaying screen data, it has the function to output the touch content of the 2nd screen data by a user.

The elevator control device 3 is a controller that controls the elevator, and upon receiving a call registration command from the elevator hall call registration device 1, determines an assigned car and causes the car to travel to the assigned floor and the destination floor. Further, the elevator control device 3 transmits information such as an assigned car, a call generation floor, and a call change status to the elevator hall call registration device 1.

Next, the function of each component in the elevator hall call registration device 1 will be described. The first detection processing circuit 11 detects the touch position of the user with respect to the first image data displayed by the first screen processing circuit 21. Then, when detecting the touch position, the first detection processing circuit 11 causes the second screen processing circuit 22 to display the second image data with the detected touch position as a starting point.

The user at the hall can input data for performing call registration by touching a desired position on the hall call registration screen displayed as the second image data. The second detection processing circuit 12 detects the touch operation content of the user on the hall call registration screen displayed by the second screen processing circuit 22. Then, the second detection processing circuit 12 transmits the detected touch operation content to the call registration processing circuit 13 as call registration request information.

When the call registration processing circuit 13 receives the call registration request information, the call registration processing circuit 13 transmits a call registration command to the elevator control device 3. When the elevator control device 3 receives the call registration command, the elevator control device 3 determines the assigned car, runs the car on the assigned floor and the destination floor, and transmits the determined assigned car to the call registration processing circuit 13. The call registration processing circuit 13 transfers the assigned car received from the elevator control device 3 to the call registration information notification processing circuit 15.

The call registration information notification processing circuit 15 notifies the passenger of information regarding call registration completion or an assigned car via the second screen processing circuit 22. Specifically, the second screen processing circuit 22 changes or assigns the color of the button displayed as the hall call registration screen based on the information transferred from the call registration information notification processing circuit 15. By displaying the unit number, etc., the assigned car notification screen is displayed.

The user identification processing circuit 16 identifies the user from the input result detected by the first detection processing circuit 11 and returns the identification result to the first detection processing circuit 11. For example, when the height of the touch position detected by the first detection processing circuit 11 is lower than a predetermined value set in advance, the user identification processing circuit 16 determines that the user is a wheelchair user, The fact is transmitted to the first detection processing circuit 11.

In this case, the first detection processing circuit 11 can cause the second screen processing circuit 22 to display the hall call registration screen including the handicapped button as the second screen data. Details of the second screen data will be described later with reference to FIG.

As another example of identification processing, the user identification processing circuit 16 detects a touch position at two locations simultaneously, and if the distance between the two locations is equal to or less than a preset reference value, the visually impaired person It is determined that there is a possibility of touching with both hands, and that fact is transmitted to the first detection processing circuit 11.

In this case, the first detection processing circuit 11 can cause the second screen processing circuit 22 to display the hall call registration screen as the second image data and simultaneously perform voice guidance.

When an input is detected by the second detection processing circuit 12, the user tracking processing circuit 17 detects the position of the user who made the input in the landing and tracks the position of the subsequent user. To do.

The call information input processing circuit 14 receives call assignment change information from the elevator control device 3 and transfers the assignment change information to the call registration processing circuit 13 when there is a change from the first assigned car to the assigned car. To communicate the quota change basket. Thereafter, the call registration processing circuit 13 displays the allocation change information starting from the position of the user detected by the user tracking processing circuit 17.

Next, the call registration process of the elevator hall call registration device according to the first embodiment will be described in detail while showing an example of a screen layout specifically displayed. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an elevator hall that constitutes a part of the elevator hall call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the touch panel display 2 is installed as a single large screen (inside the broken line) on the entire wall of the elevator hall. When there is no touch input for a predetermined time on this screen, the first screen processing circuit 21 displays the first screen data and prompts the user for touch input. FIG. 2 illustrates a case where a message image “Please touch the wall” is displayed as the first screen data.

When the first detection processing circuit 11 detects the touch input of the passenger, the second screen processing circuit 22 displays the second screen data (corresponding to the hall call registration screen in FIG. 2) starting from the touch position. Let

If the call detection request information based on the touch input of the passenger is further detected by the second detection processing circuit 12 in a state where the hall call registration screen is displayed as the second screen data, the call registration processing circuit 13 The elevator hall floor call is registered based on the detected call registration request information. When the hall call is registered, the call registration information notification processing circuit 15 causes the second screen processing circuit 22 to notify the passenger of the assigned car (corresponding to the assigned car notification screen in FIG. 2).

In the example of FIG. 2, when the user touches between Unit A and Unit B, the hall call registration screen is displayed starting from the touch position. By the user's touch input to the hall call registration screen, the destination floor 12th floor is set as a result, and as a result, the machine A is determined as the assigned car and is displayed in the assigned car notification screen.

When the user identification processing circuit 16 identifies a wheelchair user, the first detection processing circuit 11 displays a hall call registration screen including a handicapped button (the hall call registration screen in FIG. 2). (Equivalent to a wheelchair user)).

At this time, when the displayed “wheelchair” button is touched, the second detection processing circuit 12 registers the call specific to the wheelchair user (for example, extension of the door opening time, dispatch of the wheelchair dedicated elevator, etc.) Can be carried out.

In the example of FIG. 2, the wheelchair user touches the left wall of Unit A, and the hall call registration screen (wheelchair user) is displayed starting from the touch position.

FIG. 3 is a front view different from FIG. 2 showing the elevator hall that constitutes a part of the elevator hall call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the touch panel display 2 is installed with a large number of small screens arranged on the entire wall of the elevator hall.

Then, similarly to FIG. 2, the first screen processing circuit 21 and the second screen processing circuit 22 display the first screen data and the second screen data. The touch panel display 2 shown in FIG. 3 having a large number of screens displays the first screen in the same manner as when it is installed as a single large screen by displaying the screens across the individual screens. Data and second screen data can be displayed.

Next, a series of hall call registration processing according to the first embodiment will be described in detail based on a flowchart. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing call registration processing contents of the elevator hall call registration device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The first detection processing circuit 11 determines whether or not a passenger touch input has been detected (step S11). If it is determined that the passenger touch input is not detected for a predetermined time, the first screen processing circuit 21 displays a guidance screen that prompts the user to touch the wall (step S12).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the touch input of the passenger is detected, the guidance screen in the first screen processing circuit 21 is not displayed (step S13), and the hall call registration screen is displayed by the second screen processing circuit 22. (Step S14).

Thereafter, the second detection processing circuit 12 determines whether or not passenger input on the hall call registration screen has been detected (step S15). If it is determined that passenger input has been detected, the call registration processing circuit In step 13, the inputted hall call is registered (step S18).

On the other hand, when it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed without detecting the passenger input (step S16), the hall call registration screen is hidden in the second screen processing circuit 22 (step S17), and the first of the flowcharts is displayed. Return to step S11.

After registering the hall call in step S18, the second screen processing circuit 22 displays an assigned car notification screen informing the assigned car number (step S19), and after a predetermined time has passed (step S20), the assigned car notification screen. Is not displayed, and the process returns to the first step S11 in the flowchart.

By such a series of processes in FIG. 4, an appropriate hall call registration screen can be displayed in the vicinity of the user according to the touch position of the user, and the user can quickly perform the call registration operation. It is possible to improve convenience related to call registration processing.

Next, a series of processes for performing the user tracking process and changing the assigned unit as necessary will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of the call registration process considering the tracking process result of the elevator hall call registration apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Note that steps S15 and S18 in FIG. 5 are equivalent to steps S15 and S18 in FIG.

The second detection processing circuit 12 determines whether or not a passenger input to the hall call registration screen has been detected (step S15). If it is determined that a passenger input has been detected, the user tracking processing circuit 17 In step S31, the position of the user is detected. Further, the call registration processing circuit 13 registers the input hall call (step S18). Thereafter, the user tracking processing circuit 17 tracks the position of the user (step S32).

Then, the user tracking processing circuit 17 ends the series of processes when the user who has registered for calling leaves the elevator hall or gets off the elevator hall (step S33). To do.

On the other hand, the user tracking processing circuit 17 keeps track of the case where the user who registered the call has been on the landing and the assigned station has changed (step S34). The position of the user is detected (step S35), and the allocation change information is displayed on the touch panel display starting from the position of the user (step S36).

As an example of such a user tracking processing circuit 17, a user who performs call registration is identified from a captured camera and a captured time-series image, and the user is tracked. It may be configured with an image processing apparatus that performs processing.

With such a series of processes shown in FIG. 5, even when a change occurs in the assigned car, the assignment change information can be displayed in a timely manner according to the current location of the user who made the call registration. The convenience regarding processing can be improved.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the function of displaying the hall call registration screen at an appropriate position starting from the position where the user touched the wall surface of the hall and the touch operation input on the hall call registration screen are provided. And a function to execute hall call registration, and a controller that executes display control of a touch panel display and processing control of touch operation input. By providing such a configuration, the user can quickly execute a desired hall call registration by a touch operation on the hall call registration screen displayed at an easy-to-operate position. As a result, it is possible to realize an elevator hall call registration device and an elevator hall call registration method that can enhance the convenience of operation at the hall for passengers who perform hall call registration.

Claims

A touch panel display installed on the wall of the elevator hall to display the screen and read the input signal according to the touch position by the user;
An elevator hall call registration device comprising: a controller that executes hall call registration by performing display control of the touch panel display and processing control of the input signal,
The controller is
When the user detects the presence or absence of a first touch operation for starting hall call registration using the touch panel display, and the first touch operation by the user is detected, A first detection processing circuit for displaying a hall call registration screen on the touch panel display, starting from a touch position where one touch operation is performed;
A second detection processing circuit for generating call registration request information from the input signal in response to a second touch operation by the user on the hall call registration screen;
Based on the call registration request information generated by the second detection processing circuit, a call registration command for performing elevator car call or destination floor registration is generated, and the call is sent to the elevator control device that performs elevator travel control. An elevator hall call registration device comprising: a call registration processing circuit for transmitting a registration command.
The controller is
When the call registration processing circuit receives information on the assigned car from the elevator control device as a reply to the call registration command, the call registration processing circuit notifies the user who has executed the second touch operation of the assigned car. The elevator hall call registration device according to claim 1, further comprising: a call registration information notification processing circuit that displays an assigned car notification screen on the touch panel display.
The controller is
When the position of the user who has performed the second touch operation is tracked and information regarding the change of the assigned car is received from the elevator control device, the touched display The elevator hall call registration device according to claim 1, further comprising: a user tracking processing circuit that displays allocation change information on the top.
The user tracking processing circuit has a camera installed at the hall, and performs image processing on a moving image captured by the camera, thereby determining a position in the hall of the user who executed the second touch operation. The elevator hall call registration device according to claim 3 to be tracked.
The controller is
The user identification processing circuit which identifies the classification of the user who performed the said 1st touch operation from the said touch position where the said 1st touch operation was performed detected by the said 1st detection processing circuit. The elevator hall call registration device according to any one of 1 to 4.
When the user identification processing circuit determines that the height of the touch position is lower than a predetermined determination height, the user identification processing circuit identifies that the user who performed the first touch operation is a wheelchair user. And
When the user who performed the first touch operation is identified as the wheelchair user by the user identification processing circuit, the first detection processing circuit is disabled in the hall call registration screen. The elevator hall call registration device according to claim 5, including a handicapped button for operation input to be displayed on the touch panel display.
If the user identification processing circuit determines that two touch positions within a preset reference distance range are detected as the touch position in the first detection processing circuit, the first touch processing circuit Identify the user who performed the operation as a visually impaired person,
When the user who performed the first touch operation is identified as the visually impaired person by the user identification processing circuit, the first detection processing circuit is arranged on the touch panel display. The elevator hall call registration device according to claim 5, wherein when the call registration screen is displayed, the visually impaired person also executes voice guidance for executing the second touch operation.
When the first touch operation by the user is not detected within a preset non-display time, the first detection processing circuit displays a screen prompting the user for the first touch operation. The elevator hall call registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the elevator hall call registration device is displayed on a display.
A touch panel display installed on the wall of the elevator hall to display the screen and read the input signal according to the touch position by the user;
In an elevator hall call registration apparatus comprising a controller for executing hall call registration by performing display control of the touch panel display and processing control of the input signal, elevator hall call registration executed by the controller A method,
A first step of detecting presence or absence of a first touch operation for starting hall call registration using the touch panel display by the user;
A second step of displaying a hall call registration screen on the touch panel display, starting from the touch position where the first touch operation is performed, when the first touch operation by the user is detected; ,
A third step of generating call registration request information from the input signal in response to a second touch operation by the user on the hall call registration screen;
Based on the call registration request information generated in the third step, a call registration command for performing elevator car call or destination floor registration is generated, and the call registration command is transmitted to an elevator control device that performs elevator travel control. An elevator hall call registration method comprising: a fourth step of transmitting.