JP2004277119A - Call registering device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call registering device enabling an of operator simply register a destination floor without enlarging an installation space even if the number of floors of a building is large. <P>SOLUTION: This call registering device is installed in a stand or a cage, and adopts a handwriting input system. For example, at the stand, when an occupant inputs a desired destination floor on an input area 31 of a destination floor registration screen 18 of the call registering device by handwriting with a finger or a pen, the inputted destination floor is recognized as a character. When the destination floor is a floor preset as a registration object, it is registered in the device. At that time, a corresponding floor display button 34 in the display area 32 is lit on, so as to specify the registration of the destination floor. Such registration using the handwriting input system can cope with a large number of floors of the building without enlarging the installation space, and the occupant can simply register the destination floor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an elevator call registration device used for call registration in a landing or a car.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Normally, a hall call button including an up button and a down button is installed in an elevator hall (elevator hall), and a vertical call of the elevator is registered. When the elevator responds to the call at the landing, the passenger gets into the elevator car, and operates the destination floor button installed in the car to register the destination floor. Note that registration of a call at the landing is referred to as a “call to the hall”, and registration of a call in the car is referred to as a “car call”.
[0003]
By the way, in the method of registering the vertical call of the elevator by pressing the hall call button, since the destination floor is undecided until the passenger presses the destination floor button in the car after the elevator response, efficient allocation control is performed. I can't. Therefore, conventionally, there is known a technique in which a registration device having a destination floor button is installed at a landing, and the destination floor can be designated at the landing by pressing the destination floor button (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). .
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-11-335010 [0005]
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-272850 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the method using the landing destination floor button as described above, since the destination floor can be registered before the passenger gets into the car, the advantage that the most suitable machine corresponding to the destination floor can be assigned to the landing is used. There is. However, if there are a large number of floors, such as a skyscraper, the destination floor buttons for these floors must be installed at the landing, which is not only a space issue but also a target for passengers. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to find a button on the floor.
[0007]
This applies not only to the landing but also in the car. That is, usually, a destination floor is registered by pressing a button even in a car. For this reason, when the number of floors is large, the number of buttons to be installed in the car is also increased, which causes a problem in terms of space and operability.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can cope with a case where the number of floors of a building is large without expanding the installation space, and also allows a passenger to easily register a desired destination floor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator call registration device capable of performing the following.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is an elevator call registration device for registering a destination floor of a passenger, comprising input means for manually inputting the destination floor at a specific place, and a destination floor handwritten by the input means. It comprises a character recognizing means for recognizing characters, and a registration control means for registering the destination floor recognized by the character recognizing means as call information.
[0010]
According to the call registration device having such a configuration, a passenger can register a desired destination floor at a specific place by handwriting input. The specific place is a landing of an elevator or an elevator car. In this way, by adopting the handwriting input method for registering the destination floor, even if the building has many floors, it can respond without expanding the installation space, and the passengers will have to search for the buttons in the landing or car. It can be omitted and registered easily.
[0011]
Further, the registration control means determines whether or not the destination floor recognized by the character recognizing means matches a floor set in advance as a registration target, and when both match, registration of the destination floor is performed. By permitting and prohibiting the registration of the destination floor in the case of a mismatch, it is possible to prevent the registration of the destination floor not to be registered.
[0012]
Further, by further including a display unit for displaying the destination floor registered by the registration control unit, it is possible to visually confirm which floor is registered by the passenger.
[0013]
Further, by further providing a canceling means for canceling the destination floor already registered by the registration control means, the destination floor erroneously input by the passenger can be canceled.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a hoistway, and 12 denotes a car of the elevator that moves up and down in the hoistway 11.
[0016]
At the top of the elevator is a machine room 13 in which a hoisting machine 14 is installed. The car 12 is connected to one end of a main rope 16 wound around a sheave 15 provided on a motor shaft of the hoisting machine 14. A counter weight 17 is connected to the other end of the main rope 16. With the rotation of the sheave 15 driven by the hoisting machine 14, the car 12 and the counter weight 17 move up and down in the hoistway 11 in a hanging manner. It has a configuration.
[0017]
Here, in the landings 22 on each floor, the call registration device 18 is installed at a place where passengers can easily operate (for example, near a landing door not shown). The call registration device 18 is a device for a passenger waiting for an elevator at the landing 22 to arbitrarily designate and register a destination floor, and a handwritten character input method is adopted as a registration method of the destination floor. Reference numeral 18a in the figure denotes the registration screen, and the passenger is registered by inputting the destination floor by handwriting on the destination floor registration screen 18a (see FIG. 2).
[0018]
The car registration device 19 is also installed in the car 12 at a place where passengers can easily operate (for example, near a car door (not shown)). This call registration device 19 is a device for arbitrarily specifying and registering a destination floor by a passenger in the car 12 and, like the above-mentioned call registration device 18, a handwritten character input method as a registration method of the destination floor. Has been adopted. The registration screen 19a in the figure is configured so that the passenger registers by inputting the destination floor by handwriting on the destination floor registration screen 19a by handwriting (see FIG. 2).
[0019]
The destination floor information registered in the call registration device 18 installed in the hall 22 or the call registration device 19 installed in the car 12 is transferred to the main control device 21 via the transmission line 20. The main controller 21 is a device that is installed in the machine room 15 and performs group control of the entire elevator including drive control of the hoisting machine 15 and control of car assignment to a hall call. The main control device 21 is configured by a computer whose operation is controlled by a program.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a destination floor registration screen of the call registration device in the embodiment. The configuration of the destination floor registration screen is basically the same for both the call registration device 18 of the hall 22 and the call registration device 19 of the car 12. Here, for convenience, a description will be given as a configuration of a destination floor registration screen 18a provided in the call registration device 18 of the hall 22.
[0021]
The call registration device 18 is provided with a destination floor registration screen 18a as shown in FIG. The destination floor registration screen 18a is a part where the passenger inputs the destination floor by hand, and has a structure in which a transparent pressure-sensitive tablet is placed on a liquid crystal display panel, for example. The destination floor registration screen 18a displays an input area 31 for the passenger to manually input the destination floor using his / her finger or a pen (not shown) provided in the apparatus, and a display of the registered destination floor. The display area 32 is provided.
[0022]
In the input area 31, a "correction" button 33 for canceling the registered destination floor is provided. When the "correction" button 33 is pressed, the destination floor registered immediately before is canceled. In the display area 32, a plurality of floor display buttons 34 are provided. If the destination floor handwritten in the input area 31 is recognized as a character and it is determined that the floor is a registrable floor, the corresponding floor display button 34 flashes for several seconds and then turns on to indicate that the floor has been registered as a passenger. Is specified.
[0023]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the call registration device according to the embodiment. The function configuration of the call registration device is basically the same for the call registration device 18 of the hall 22 and the call registration device 19 of the car 12. Here, for convenience, the configuration of the call registration device 18 of the hall 22 will be described.
[0024]
The call registration device 18 has a microprocessor (not shown) mounted thereon and executes a process related to call registration according to a procedure described in a program. Each process realized by the microprocessor is functionally shown as shown in FIG. 3, a character input unit 41, a character recognition unit 42, a registration control unit 43, a character display unit 44, a storage unit 45, a call cancel unit 46. Etc.
[0025]
The character input unit 41 performs an input process of the destination floor handwritten in the input area 31 of the destination floor registration screen 18a described above. Specifically, the coordinate information of the portion traced by the passenger with a finger or a pen in the input area 31 is input. The character recognition unit 42 performs a character recognition process on the destination floor handwritten through the character input unit 41 by a pattern matching method or the like, and outputs the recognition result to the registration control unit 43.
[0026]
The registration control unit 43 determines whether or not the destination floor recognized by the character recognizing unit 42 matches a floor set in advance as a registration target, and permits the registration of the destination floor when both match. In the case of mismatch, registration of the destination floor is prohibited. The character display unit 44 displays the destination floor permitted to be registered by the registration control unit 43 in the display area 32 of the destination floor registration screen 18a. Specifically, the corresponding display button among the floor display buttons 34 provided in the display area 32 is controlled to be turned on. The storage unit 45 is a memory for storing, as call information, a destination floor permitted to be registered by the registration control unit 43.
[0027]
Further, the call canceling unit 46 performs a process of canceling the destination floor registered immediately before when the “correction” button 33 provided in the input area 31 of the destination floor registration screen 18a is input. More specifically, a destination floor registered immediately before the input of the "correction" button 33 is searched from each destination floor registered as call information in the storage unit 45, and this is deleted from the storage unit 45. Each information of the destination floor registered in the storage unit 45 and the destination floor canceled by the call canceling unit 46 is transferred to the main controller 21 via the transmission line 20.
[0028]
Next, the operation of the call registration device in the embodiment will be described. Here, a description will be given assuming that the destination floor is registered using the call registration device 18 installed in the hall 22.
[0029]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing operation at the time of the registration.
[0030]
The hall 22 is provided with a call registration device 18, and the passenger can use the call registration device 18 to register in advance the desired destination floor before getting on the elevator. When the destination floor is already registered in the call registration device 18, the corresponding display button of each floor display button 34 provided in the display area 32 of the destination floor registration screen 18a is lit as shown in FIG. The registration display disappears with the response of the elevator. If none of the floor display buttons 34 are lit, it is in an unregistered state, and it is necessary to register a desired destination floor.
[0031]
Here, the call registration device 18 in the present embodiment does not input the destination floor by a button operation as in the past, but inputs a desired destination floor into the input area 31 of the destination floor registration screen 18a as shown in FIG. Input by handwriting.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 4, characters of the destination floor (that is, characters representing floor numbers such as "1", "2", "3", etc.) are handwritten by the passenger in the input area 31 of the destination floor registration screen 18a. Then (Yes in step S11), the characters on the destination floor input by handwriting are given to the character recognizing unit 42 via the character input unit 41, and are subjected to character recognition processing (step S12).
[0033]
As a character recognition method at this time, for example, feature point information of a handwritten character is compared with feature point information of a character registered in advance as a reference pattern, and code information of a character having a high similarity is output as a recognition result. However, in the present invention, the recognition method is not particularly limited, and it is assumed that a generally known method is used to recognize a handwritten input destination floor character.
[0034]
If the characters on the destination floor input by hand are not recognized (No in step S13), a message prompting the passenger to re-input is displayed, for example, "No recognition. Please re-enter the destination floor." Alternatively, it is output as a voice (step S14). On the other hand, if the character is recognized (Yes in step S13), the character obtained as a result of the recognition, that is, the destination floor input by the passenger is given to the registration control unit 43, and it is determined whether registration is possible (step S13). S15). That is, the registration control unit 43 compares the destination floor entered by the passenger with the floor (driving service floor) set in advance in the memory (not shown) of the registration control unit 43 as a registration target to determine whether registration is possible. Determine whether or not.
[0035]
As a result, if it is determined that they do not match and registration is not possible (Yes in step S15), registration of the destination floor is prohibited, and, for example, “This floor cannot be registered. , Please re-enter. ", Or a message prompting the passenger to re-input is displayed or output by voice (step S14). When it is determined that the destination floor entered by the passenger matches the floor set in advance as a registration target and registration is possible (Yes in step S15), the registration control unit 43 calls the destination floor by calling information. Is registered in the storage unit 45 (step S16).
[0036]
When the destination floor handwritten by the passenger is registered in this way, the registered display of the destination floor is performed by the character display unit 44 (step S17). Specifically, the corresponding display button of each floor display button 34 provided in the display area 32 of the destination floor registration screen 18a blinks for several seconds and then turns on. With such a registration display, the passenger can visually confirm which floor has been registered.
[0037]
The call information (destination floor) registered in the storage unit 45 is transferred to the main controller 21 via the transmission line 20 at a predetermined timing (for example, after a predetermined time has elapsed after input) (step S18). When the main control device 21 receives the call information from the call registration device 18, the main control device 21 performs elevator assignment control based on the call information, and performs a process such as selecting an optimal car. When an optimal car is selected by the assignment control of the main controller 21 and the elevator opens in response to the hall 22 where the elevator was called (Yes in step S19), the elevator is registered in the storage unit 45 of the call registering apparatus 18. In addition to clearing the call information of all the destination floors, the lighting display of the floor display button 34 in the call registration device 18 Ueno disappears, and the system is prepared for the next registration (step S20).
[0038]
In addition, the call registration device 18 is provided with a "correction" button 33, which can be canceled when the passenger makes a mistake in inputting the destination floor. When the "correction" button 33 is input (Yes in step S21), the call canceling unit 46 executes the following cancellation processing.
[0039]
That is, first, the destination floor registered immediately before the input of the "correction" button 33 is searched from each destination floor registered as the call information in the storage unit 45 of the call registration device 18 (step S22), and the destination floor is searched. The data is deleted from the storage unit 45 (step S23). At this time, the information of the canceled destination floor is transferred to the main controller 21 via the transmission line 20 (Step S24). As a result, the main control device 21 performs elevator assignment control excluding the destination floor.
[0040]
As described above, in the elevator hall 22, the passenger can easily register the desired destination floor by handwriting input to the call registration device 18. In this case, unlike the conventional button input method, there is no need to install buttons for each floor of the building, so the device can be downsized and installed even if the landing space is narrow. Can be. In addition, since the device size does not depend on the number of floors of the building, the present device can be commonly applied to various buildings having different numbers of floors. Therefore, the design can be unified, and the productivity can be improved accordingly. Further, for example, in a skyscraper with a large number of floors, it is possible to easily register the passenger without having to search for a button on the floor to which the passenger wants to go.
[0041]
When the destination floor input by handwriting can be recognized, the destination floor obtained as a result of the recognition is displayed, for example, to allow the passenger to confirm whether or not this floor is sufficient, not shown. The destination floor may be given to the registration control unit 43 when there is a press input such as an “OK” button. In this way, it is possible to prevent the destination floor that the passenger did not intend from being registered due to erroneous recognition.
[0042]
Also, here, the description has been made assuming a hall call, but the same applies to a car call. That is, the passenger can input and register the desired destination floor by handwriting using the call registration device 19 installed in the car 12, and the same effect as described above can be obtained.
[0043]
In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified in an implementation stage without departing from the gist thereof.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a passenger can register a desired destination floor by handwriting input in an elevator hall or an elevator car, so that the number of floors of a building is large. Can be installed without requiring a large installation space, and the passenger can easily register without having to search for a button corresponding to the destination floor in the hall or car.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an elevator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a configuration of a destination floor registration screen of the call registration device in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary block diagram showing a functional configuration of the call registration device in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary flowchart showing the operation of a call registration process of the call registration device in the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... hoistway 12 ... car 13 ... machine room 14 ... hoisting machine 15 ... sheave 16 ... main rope 17 ... counter weight 18 ... hall call registration device 18a ... destination floor registration screen 19 ... car call registration device 19a ... destination floor registration screen 20 ... transmission line 21 ... main controller 22 ... hall 31 ... input area 32 ... display area 33 ... "correction" button 34 ... floor display button

Claims (6)

An elevator call registration device for registering a passenger's destination floor,
Input means for handwriting input of a destination floor at a specific place;
Character recognition means for character recognition of a destination floor handwritten by the input means;
A registration control unit for registering the destination floor recognized by the character recognition unit as call information. 2. The elevator call registration device according to claim 1, wherein the specific location is an elevator landing. 2. The call registration device for an elevator according to claim 1, wherein the specific location is inside an elevator car. The registration control means determines whether or not the destination floor recognized by the character recognition means matches a floor set in advance as a registration target. 2. The elevator call registration device according to claim 1, wherein registration of the destination floor is prohibited in the case of a mismatch. 2. The elevator call registration device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the destination floor registered by said registration control means. 2. The call registration device for an elevator according to claim 1, further comprising cancellation means for canceling a destination floor already registered by said registration control means.

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