JP5115554B2 - Elevator destination floor registration device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator destination floor registration apparatus using a touch panel display.

  A destination floor registration device that is operated by a user to register his / her destination floor is installed in an elevator hall or a car that moves up and down in the elevator hoistway. In such a destination floor registration device, a mechanical push button type is generally employed as an input method. On the other hand, in recent years, in order to meet the specifications of the building where the elevator is installed and various customer requests, a number of destination floor registration devices that employ an input method other than the push button type have been developed.

  For example, a touch panel display is used in the destination floor registration device, and floors that can be serviced by an elevator are displayed on the touch panel as buttons. In such a destination floor registration device, the display method and button arrangement of the floor button can be freely set and changed, so that there is an advantage that it can be flexibly adapted to the specifications of the building. It is particularly suitable for high-rise buildings that require a large number of floor buttons.

In addition to the above input method, there has been proposed a conventional technique in which a destination floor can be registered by drawing a character or a figure directly with a finger on a touch panel (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
As another conventional technique, there has been proposed a technique in which the handwriting input method described in Patent Document 1 is adopted and a display area indicating the registration state of the destination floor is provided next to the handwriting input area (for example, , See Patent Document 2). In such a destination floor registration device, when the destination floor is registered by handwriting input, the target area in the display area is turned on to clearly indicate to the user that the destination floor has been registered.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-167596 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-277119

  Conventionally, the push button type destination floor registration device generally used has provided unevenness (braille etc.) on the surface of each push button for the visually impaired. In the push button type destination floor registration device, the destination floor is not registered unless the push button is pushed. Therefore, the destination floor is not registered if the visually impaired person simply touches the surface of the push button to check Braille, and the operability is not deteriorated or erroneous registration of the destination floor does not occur.

  On the other hand, the destination floor registration device that employs a touch panel display has a problem that a visually impaired person cannot know the layout of the floor buttons, and erroneous registration of the destination floor is likely to occur. That is, in such a destination floor registration device, the destination floor is registered only by the user touching the touch panel. Therefore, if a visually handicapped person who thinks that a pushbutton type destination floor registration device is installed touches the touch panel to check Braille, all the destination floors corresponding to the touched part are registered, and the elevator There has been a problem that the operation efficiency is significantly reduced.

  Moreover, like the destination floor registration apparatus described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when the handwriting input method is adopted as the destination floor input method, the user inputs a number or the like every time the elevator is used. Writing work is required. For this reason, there is a problem that the operability is remarkably lowered for a user who is not blind.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. The purpose of the present invention is to adopt a touch panel display, which is excellent in operability and allows a visually handicapped person to register his / her destination floor easily and accurately. It is to provide a destination floor registration device for an elevator.

  An elevator destination floor registration device according to the present invention is a destination floor registration device installed in an elevator hall or a car, and includes a touch panel arranged in accordance with an operation position of the elevator user, and an elevator service on the touch panel. Based on the image display means for button display of possible floors and the trajectory of the user touching the touch panel, it is specified whether the user is visually impaired or not, and the user is not visually impaired If the destination floor is registered based on the locus of the user touching the touch panel and the layout of the floor buttons displayed on the touch panel, and the user is identified as visually impaired, Destination floor registration means for registering the destination floor based on the pattern recognition of the locus touched by the person touching the touch panel.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a destination floor registration device for an elevator that can employ a touch panel display, has excellent operability, and allows a visually handicapped person to register his / her destination floor easily and accurately.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the destination floor registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the destination floor registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the operating method of the destination floor registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the operating method of the destination floor registration apparatus of the elevator in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 platform, 2 cars, 3 operation panel, 4 operation panel, 5 speakers,
6 Speaker, 7 Control device, 8 Machine room, 9 Touch panel,
10 image display means, 11 destination floor registration means, 12 locus recording means,
13 locus determination means, 14 pattern determination collation means, 15 storage means,
16 Voice alerting means, 17 floor button, 18 locus

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, it 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.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of an elevator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an elevator hall, and 2 denotes a car that moves up and down in an elevator hoistway. The hall 1 and the car 2 are provided with touch panel display type operation panels 3 and 4 and speakers 5 and 6. The operation panels 3 and 4 are for elevator users to register their destination floors, and their arrangement is appropriately set according to the specifications of the hall 1 and the car 2, the operation target person, and the like. The speakers 5 and 6 are for voice guidance to people in the hall 1 and the car 2 including elevator users who operate the operation panels 3 and 4. It is set as appropriate according to the specifications of the car 2, the arrangement of the operation panels 3 and 4, and the like. 7 is a control device (control panel) provided in the machine room 8 above the hoistway. The control device 7 controls the operation of the entire elevator including the control of the operation panels 3 and 4 and the speakers 5 and 6.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the elevator destination floor registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In addition, although the structure regarding the operation panel 3 and the speaker 5 installed in the hall 1 will be described below, the car 2 side has the same structure as the hall 1 side and performs the same operation.

  In FIG. 2, the operation panel 3 includes a touch panel 9, an image display unit 10, and a destination floor registration unit 11. The touch panel 9 is a part that is actually touched and operated when a user registers a destination floor. The touch panel 9 is arranged at a predetermined height near the door, for example, in accordance with the operation position of the user.

  The image display means 10 is a means for displaying a predetermined image on the touch panel 9. The image display means 10 also changes the image displayed on the touch panel 9 based on the designation from the control device 7. For example, when no destination floor is registered, the image display means 10 causes the touch panel 9 to display all the floors that can be serviced by the elevator in the same state (color, shape, etc.). When a signal indicating that the destination floor is registered is input from the control device 7, the display state of the floor button corresponding to the input signal is changed (for example, lit), and the destination floor is registered to the user. This is visually notified.

  The destination floor registration unit 11 is a unit for registering a destination floor (allowing the control device 7 to register a destination floor) based on an input signal from the touch panel 9. The destination floor registration means 11 first specifies whether or not the user is a visually impaired person based on the locus of the user touching the touch panel 9. Then, when it is determined that the user is not a visually impaired person under a predetermined condition, the destination is determined based on the locus of the user touching the touch panel 9 and the arrangement of the floor buttons displayed on the touch panel 9. Register the floor. That is, the destination floor registration means 11 detects the position on the touch panel 9 touched by the user, and registers the floor indicated by the floor button arranged at that position as the destination floor.

  On the other hand, when the user is identified as a visually handicapped person, the destination floor is registered based on the pattern recognition of the locus touched by the user on the touch panel 9. In other words, the destination floor registration unit 11 recognizes the pattern of the trajectory that the user touches the touch panel 9 and registers the floor indicated by the trajectory itself as the destination floor.

  Specifically, the destination floor registration unit 11 includes a trajectory recording unit 12, a trajectory determination unit 13, a pattern determination collating unit 14, and a storage unit 15. The trajectory of the finger when the user touches the touch panel 9 is recorded in the trajectory recording means 12. The trajectory determination unit 13 determines whether the user who operates the touch panel 9 is a visually impaired person based on the trajectory recorded in the trajectory recording unit 12. The condition for determining whether or not the user is visually impaired is stored in the storage unit 15 in advance, and the trajectory determination unit 13 determines whether or not the finger trajectory meets the above condition. It is determined whether or not the user is visually impaired. Then, when determining that the user is not a visually impaired person, the trajectory determination unit 13 outputs information for registering the destination floor to the control device 7.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the user is a visually impaired person, the trajectory determination unit 13 outputs a signal for performing voice guidance by the speaker 5 to the control device 7, and the speaker 5 displays the destination floor. The touch panel 9 is informed that handwriting is input. Reference numeral 16 denotes a sound issuing means for issuing a sound from the speaker 5 based on a command from the control device 7.

  The pattern determination collating unit 14 performs pattern collation of the trajectory recorded in the trajectory recording unit 12 when the trajectory determining unit 13 determines that the user is a visually impaired person, and the floor obtained from the collation result. Is output to the control device 7 as destination floor information. Note that a reference pattern for collation is stored in the storage unit 15 in advance.

  Next, the operation and operation method of the destination floor registration apparatus having the above configuration will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the elevator destination floor registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining the operation method of the elevator destination floor registration apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG.

  3 to 5, when there is no elevator user, the touch panel 9 of the operation panel 3 displays a list of serviceable floor buttons 17 as shown in FIG. 4A. Therefore, a user who is not visually impaired presses one of the floor buttons 17 displayed on the touch panel 9 to register his / her destination floor. For example, to move to the second floor, the user presses the floor button 17 with “2” displayed in the center. FIG. 4B shows the locus 18 of the finger at this time.

  When the operation panel 3 detects that the user has touched the touch panel 9, the locus recording means 12 starts recording the locus 18 in which the user has touched the touch panel 9 (S1 to S2). When the trajectory 18 is recorded in the trajectory recording means 12, the trajectory determination means 13 causes the user to simultaneously press the plurality of floor buttons 17 displayed on the touch panel 9 based on the trajectory 18 recorded in the trajectory recording means 12. It is determined whether it has been touched (S3) or whether the user has touched beyond the area of the floor button 17 displayed on the touch panel 9 (S4).

  In the case shown in FIG. 4B, neither S3 nor S4 is applicable. In such a case, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the recording of the locus 18 was started (S5), it is specified that the user is not a visually impaired person (S6). Then, the floor indicated by the floor button 17 pressed by the user within the predetermined time is registered as the destination floor (S7).

  In S6, for example, when it corresponds to any of S3 and S4 (in the case of Yes), it is determined that the user is a visually impaired person. That is, when the user is a visually handicapped person, the user needs to check the position of the operation panel 3 by groping, and thus touches the touch panel 9 regardless of the display content. Therefore, the entire user's hand touches the touch panel 9 or the fingertip moves on the touch panel 9 regardless of the arrangement of the floor button 17.

  In such a case, after the recording of the trajectory 18 is started (S1 to S2), it corresponds to at least one of S3 and S4, and the process proceeds to S8. Then, if the operation method is not announced by voice, an announcement is made to enter the destination floor on the touch panel 9 by handwriting input (S9). At this time, the size of the touch panel 9 and the size of the floor button 17 may be announced. FIGS. 4C to 4F show a locus 18 when the user writes his / her destination floor on the touch panel 9 by handwriting according to the announcement.

  When the user inputs the destination floor by handwriting as shown in FIGS. 4C to 4F, it is determined in S6 that the user is a visually impaired person. In such a case, the pattern determination collating unit 14 determines the pattern of the locus 18 touched by the user on the touch panel 9, and specifies characters that match the pattern (S10 to S11). When a character that matches the pattern is specified, the specified character is compared with the floor to determine whether there is a floor that matches the specified character (S12 to S13). ). If there is a floor that matches the specified character, that floor is registered as the destination floor (S14).

  FIG. 5 shows the relationship between the character specified by the pattern recognition of the locus 18 and the floor registered as the destination floor. For example, when the user inputs his / her destination floor by hand as shown in FIG. 4C, the character “3” is identified by pattern recognition, and the third floor is counted from the lowest floor on the ground. Indicates that the destination floor is registered. In addition, when a plurality of handwriting input methods are conceivable, such as when the second basement is counted as the destination floor counting from the lowest floor on the ground, the plurality of patterns are stored in the storage unit 15 in advance. May be. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a standard character used in various buildings and a special character used only in the building are set in advance, and any one of the characters is input by handwriting. What is necessary is just to comprise so that a destination floor may be registered.

  When the destination floor is registered based on the pattern recognition of the trajectory 18, the registered destination floor is announced by the speaker 5 (S15).

  According to the first embodiment of the present invention, even a destination floor registration device adopting a touch panel display is excellent in operability, so that visually impaired persons can register their destination floor easily and accurately. Become.

  That is, in the destination floor registration apparatus having the above configuration, a user who is not blind can register his / her destination floor only by pressing (touching) the floor button 17 displayed on the touch panel 9. For this reason, it can operate with the same feeling as the conventional mechanical button operation, and operability is not impaired.

  On the other hand, when the user is a visually impaired person, since the registration of the destination floor is changed to handwritten input, even the visually impaired person can register his / her destination floor easily and accurately. In particular, since it is determined whether or not the user is visually impaired by the trajectory touched on the touch panel 9 and the operation method is guided, the visually impaired person has a destination floor registration device of a touch panel display type. Even if you do not know, there is no problem with the operation. Further, visually impaired persons can easily confirm the registered destination floor by listening to the voice guidance after the destination floor registration.

Since the destination floor registration device adopts an input method using the touch panel 9, the display method and button arrangement of the floor button 17 can be freely set and changed.
Further, in the first embodiment, in the case of Yes in S3 or S4 of FIG. 3, the user is specified as a visually impaired person, but it is determined whether or not the user is a visually impaired person. The conditions for this are not limited to the above two cases. The above conditions are appropriately set based on, for example, the size and arrangement of the floor buttons 17 displayed on the touch panel 9.

  The elevator destination floor registration apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to all devices as long as it is of a touch panel display type.

Claims (5)

A destination floor registration device installed in an elevator hall or car,
A touch panel arranged according to the operation position of the elevator user;
Image display means for button-displaying an elevator serviceable floor on the touch panel;
Based on the trajectory of the user touching the touch panel, the user specifies whether or not the user is visually impaired, and when the user is identified as not visually impaired, The destination floor is registered based on the locus touched by the touch panel and the arrangement of the floor buttons displayed on the touch panel, and when the user is identified as a visually impaired person, the user Destination floor registration means for registering the destination floor based on the pattern recognition of the trajectory touched on,
An elevator destination floor registration device characterized by comprising: A speaker for voice guidance to a user who operates the touch panel;
With
2. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the destination floor registration unit is configured to notify the speaker that the destination floor is input by handwriting on the touch panel when the user is identified as a visually impaired person. Destination floor registration device.   3. The elevator according to claim 2, wherein the destination floor registration unit causes the speaker to notify the registered destination floor when the destination floor is registered based on the pattern recognition of the locus on which the user touches the touch panel. Destination floor registration device.   The destination floor registration means, when detecting that the user touches a plurality of floor buttons displayed on the touch panel at the same time based on a trajectory of the user touching the touch panel, The elevator destination floor registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elevator destination floor registration device is specified.   The destination floor registration means is configured such that when the user touches beyond the floor button area displayed on the touch panel based on a trajectory of the user touching the touch panel, the user visually The elevator destination floor registration device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elevator is specified as a disabled person.

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