JPS6330267B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an elevator operating device operated by elevator passengers and the like.

A conventional elevator operating device, for example, a hall operating panel 1, has an upward destination button 3 and a downward destination button 5, as shown in FIG. The passenger then presses this button to summon the elevator. This button has a built-in lamp that lights up when the elevator responds.
After calling the car and getting into the car in this way, the user presses the destination button 13 for the destination floor on the car operation panel 11 shown in FIG. This button also has a built-in response light that lets you know when the elevator has responded.

In such a control panel, a passenger must press buttons 3 or 5 and 13 in order to go to a destination floor.

By the way, due to the structure of this button, there is a movable part and a fixed part, and the structure must also take into consideration durability. Therefore, a certain amount of size is required, and it is difficult, for example, to arrange the buttons so that the heads of the buttons touch the adjacent buttons. This means that there is more wasted space than necessary from the passenger's point of view, and even if the button is pressed between the heads, it will not work.

Furthermore, the display capability of such a control panel was extremely limited, and was limited to just the lighting of a lamp.

In addition, in conventional operation panels, the button positions and operation signals are fixed. For example, when a non-stop floor is set up and a divided express operation is performed, the button part of the non-stop floor becomes a dead space. There is also the problem that when the lights are turned off when the machine is not in operation, the user may lose track of the operation buttons. As described above, conventionally it has not been possible to perform operations suitable for driving modes other than normal driving.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator operating device that can display figures or characters corresponding to an operating method and generate operation signals according to the displayed figures or characters.

The present invention is characterized by a display device that displays an image of a destination floor button such as a figure or text during normal operation, and a display device provided on the front of the display device that displays the image position specified by the passenger. In an elevator operating device comprising a detection means for detecting a position and a means for generating an operation signal according to the designated image position, a means for determining whether the operation mode is other than normal operation is provided; ) Means for switching and displaying the image of the display device to the image of the destination floor button excluding the non-stop floor during divided express operation and generating a destination floor call signal as the operation signal, and (b) means for displaying the above display when the operation is stopped The present invention is provided with at least one of (a) and (b): means for switching and displaying an image of the device to an image of an open button and generating a door open signal as the operation signal.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a CRT display was used as the display device. In the figure, a transparent panel 23 is supported at three points, cantilevers 23a to 23c, on the front surface of a cathode ray tube 21 that is responsible for displaying the operation panel, and strain gauges 2 are further provided on the cantilevers 23a to 23c.
5a to 25c, the components of the force applied by the passenger to the transparent panel 23 for pressing the shape of the head of the push button shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 displayed on the cathode ray tube are converted into electrical signals. This is input to an analog processing circuit 27 composed of a D converter, etc., and a microcomputer 29 calculates which point on the screen is being pressed from the three component forces converted into digital values. On the other hand, the microcomputer 29 passes through the cathode ray tube control circuit 31 to the cathode ray tube 21.
Since we know where on the screen the shape of the push button is displayed, the button that was pressed now is
If it is in that position, the next response signal is to invert the black and white part of the push button on the screen, or to change its color if it is a color display.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 29 transmits the pressed button signal via the communication line 33 to the microcomputer 35 that controls the elevator. This causes the elevator to begin operating in response to that signal.

In addition, the microcomputer 35 has a large number of signal lines 37 for communicating with other operation panels, and is connected to each operation panel. The microcomputer 35 also controls elevator doors, speed, and the like. Then, in response to the signal from the push button, the elevator is moved, and when the car arrives as intended, a response light turn-off signal is sent to the microcomputer 29, and the microcomputer 2
In step 9, based on this signal, the cathode ray tube control circuit is controlled to invert the black and white of the figure or return the color to its original state.

4 and 5 show screens on a cathode ray tube, and FIG. 4 has the same function as FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 has the same function as FIG. 2. In FIG. 5, the cathode ray tube shown in FIG. 3 is used vertically. In the figure, the part surrounded by dotted line 41 is
Set as the effective range for the shape of the push button when the fingertip touches it on the screen. Therefore, conventionally, the pushbutton did not respond unless the graphic part was touched, but everything within the range of the dotted line 41 responds, so there is no wasted space for the passenger, and there is no need to touch the graphic part of the pushbutton. Since it will respond just by touching, operability will be improved. It should be noted that enlarging the figure to the dotted line 41 is inconvenient because when a passenger presses it, he or she is likely to press the border. Therefore, the operability is improved by making the figure smaller than the valid range for guidance, but by setting the range to be the boundary between the ranges.

Furthermore, unlike a push button, this type of detection device does not open or close contacts, so it only requires a light touch, and it has the effect of improving the touch feel.

Next, a case where the display is changed and used will be described using FIGS. 6 and 7, which are an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5, the destination buttons are normally displayed for floors 1 to 8, but when you go to work, etc., and you use the elevator only for higher floors, for example, if the elevator is only for floors 1.6 to 8, then If the elevator becomes an elevator, the display will be switched from Fig. 5 to Fig. 6. Therefore, for passengers, there is an advantage that the unnecessary display of the second to fifth floors is eliminated and it becomes easier to touch the desired figure.

Furthermore, in the event that the elevator malfunctions or is stopped, the car doors will be closed and the lights will be turned off. Perform display. If there are people left, if they touch the open part of this shape, the door will open and they can go outside. In this case, since the display shown in FIG. 5 is switched to the display shown in FIG. 7, there is no redundant display and only the open display is displayed, the graphics are larger, and the effective range of touch can be enlarged, so the operability for passengers is greatly improved.

Microcomputer 29 of the embodiment described above
A schematic flowchart is shown in FIGS. 8 to 10. FIG. 8 shows a display switching task. In block 81, the screen surface is displayed based on the operation method sent from the microcomputer 35. In the normal operation mode, the display shown in Fig. 5 is displayed, in the split express operation mode, the display shown in Fig. 6 is displayed, and in the case of a stop signal, the display shown in Fig. 6 is displayed. , the display shown in FIG. 7 is performed.

FIG. 9 shows a human force detection task. At 91, signals from the strain gauges 23a, b, c are taken in from the circuit 27, and it is checked whether the panel 23 is pressed. If it has been pressed, then in block 93 it is checked in which graphic range that point is within the range that will be valid when touched by a finger or the like. If it is within that range, the signal of that figure, for example the first floor destination signal, is sent to the microcomputer 3 in block 95.
Communicate to 5. If it is outside the range, block 97 outputs to the circuit 31 a display prompting for caution to press accurately. On the other hand, after communicating with the microcomputer 35, in block 99, a response signal (inversion, color change, etc.) is output to the circuit 31 for display. This completes this task, but this task is started periodically and the panel 2
Detects whether 3 is pressed.

Figure 10 shows the response elimination task, block 1.
At block 01, an erase signal from the microcomputer 35 is received, and at block 103, the response signal is erased.

In this embodiment described above, the finger force was detected using a strain gauge as the detection device, but other methods include a method that detects the propagation time of a surface wave, an optical scanning method, Of course, a voltage/current division method using two resistor sheets may also be used.

In addition, in this embodiment, a method of inverting the response signal for a black and white screen and a method of changing the color for a color display was used, but in addition to this,
Literally: ``The elevator going up stops.''
or "Stop at the 6th floor", or if you press outside of the effective range, "Please press accurately."
It is also possible to display the following.

Although we used a CRT display, the use of a plasma display has the advantage of being thinner than a CRT, making it more effective for installation inside a car.

As explained above, according to the operating device of the present invention, even when switching to split express operation other than normal operation, suspension of operation, etc., the display image corresponds to the driving method and the corresponding operation signal can be generated. As a result, the operation surface can be used effectively, the desired image can be easily touched, and the operability of the elevator can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are surface views of a conventional elevator operating device, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 4 and 5 are images of normal operation. 6 and 7 are image views showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 8 to 10 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the operating device according to the present invention. 21... Braun tube, 23... Transparent panel, 2
3a to 23c...Strain cage, 27...Analog processing circuit, 29...Microcomputer,
31... Braun tube control circuit, 35... Elevator control computer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A display device that displays an image of a destination floor button during normal operation, a detection means that is provided in front of this display device and detects the image position specified by a passenger, and this instruction. The elevator operation device is equipped with a means for generating an operation signal according to the position of the displayed image, and a means for determining whether the mode of operation is other than the above-mentioned normal operation is provided; means for switching the image to the image of the destination floor button other than the non-stop floor and generating a destination floor call signal as the operation signal; and (b) changing the image of the display device to the image of the open button when the operation is stopped; An elevator operating device comprising at least one of (a) and (b): means for switching and displaying and generating a door open signal as the operation signal.