JP2004107036A - Information display system for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display system for an elevator requiring no display time calculation for individual information as to the information switched one after another to be input. <P>SOLUTION: A user inputs data for displaying an event data, a message desired to be displayed, an image and the like from a display information input device 2, when a plurality of images is switched, in order, to be displayed on displays 9a, 9b in a car 7 or a hall 8, conformed with a display time for one massage. When the data are input, the display time per one sheet of the image about the plurality of switchedly displayed images is automatically calculated by an image message synchronization time calculating part in the display information input device 2. The user is not required to calculate the display time per one sheet of the image and to input it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information display system that displays information on an elevator and its surroundings.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional elevator information display system, when a user sets information to be displayed in an elevator cab or hall, when a plurality of images are to be displayed in accordance with a display time of one message, a message display time setting is performed. The display time of each image must be set so that the display time 81a of the message and the total time of the display times 82a, 82b, and 82c of the individual images match as shown in FIG. Needed to calculate. When adding images to be displayed, the user had to change the display time of the previously set images one by one. When the user performs individual time calculations, calculation errors may occur. In particular, the total time of one message display time and a plurality of image display times may not be the same time.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, in the related art, when a plurality of images are set for one message set by the user, it is necessary to match the message display time with the total time of the plurality of image display times. . It is necessary for the user to calculate each image display time with respect to the message time one by one, and there is a problem that the calculation is not automated.
[0004]
According to the above-described conventional technique, when the user performs the calculation, a human error may occur, and there is a problem that the display end times of the message and the plurality of screens do not match.
[0005]
In addition, when an image is added or deleted after the setting is completed, there is a problem that the display time of each image must be calculated by the user again.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional point of view, and provides an elevator information display system that does not require calculating and inputting the display time of each piece of information for sequentially switched information. Aim.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An elevator information display system according to the present invention is provided at an elevator or a predetermined location around the elevator, displays two types of information, and, for at least one type of information, sequentially switches and displays a plurality of pieces of information. Display means, input means for inputting data for displaying two types of information displayed by the display means, and when the data for display is input by the input means, a plurality of information And a calculating means for calculating the display time of each piece of information of one type of information that can be sequentially switched from the display time of the other type of information.
[0008]
According to the present invention having such a configuration, when two types of information (for example, a message and an image) are displayed, and at least one type of information (for example, an image) is displayed by sequentially switching a plurality of pieces of information. Then, the display time of each type of information (for example, an image) in which a plurality of pieces of information are sequentially switched is automatically calculated and adjusted according to the display time of the other type of information (for example, a message). Therefore, when the user inputs data for display, the user does not need to calculate and input the display time of each piece of information of one type of information (for example, an image) that is sequentially switched. Therefore, there is no possibility that a human error occurs.
[0009]
Here, when data for changing the number of pieces of information to be displayed is input from one of the types of information that are sequentially switched from the input unit, the calculating unit again generates the individual information for the one type of information. May be configured to calculate the display time.
[0010]
With such a configuration, even if the user adds and deletes the information to be switched and displayed after the input of the data for display, it is not necessary for the user to recalculate the display time of each piece of information.
[0011]
In addition, when data for display is input by the input means, the information processing apparatus includes notification means for notifying the number of pieces of information that can be switched and displayed for one type of information corresponding to the other type of display time. You can also.
[0012]
With such a configuration, the user can input data or change the data while referring to the number of information that can be switched and displayed.
[0013]
Furthermore, when data for display is input by the input means, when the calculation result of the display time of each piece of information for one type of information does not match the display speed, there is provided a notifying means for notifying this. It can also be.
[0014]
With such a configuration, in the input display data, the calculation result of the display time of each piece of information for the information to be switched and displayed does not conform to the display speed, that is, the number of pieces of information to be switched and displayed is reduced. The user is notified of the inadequacy and the user can modify the number of this information to be appropriate.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings, the same symbols indicate the same or corresponding parts.
[0016]
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an elevator information display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a monitoring room for monitoring building equipment, and 2 denotes a display information input device used by a user to display information on a display, and a personal computer is usually used. Reference numeral 3 denotes a data transmission line for transmitting data to be displayed from the display information input device 2, and is constituted by, for example, a LAN. Reference numeral 4 denotes an elevator machine room. Reference numerals 5a and 5b denote information display devices for converting data to be displayed into data such as NTSC or RGB. Reference numerals 6a and 6b denote image lines for transmitting data to the display, 7 denotes an elevator cab, 8 denotes an elevator hall, 9a and 9b denote information displays, and use a CRT, LCD, plasma vision, or the like.
[0018]
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the display information input device.
[0019]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an event setting input unit for setting and inputting by a user; and 11, an event file unit for storing data of the event setting input unit 10. Reference numeral 12 denotes a message input unit for setting and inputting a message to be displayed on the displays 9a and 9b, and 13 a message file unit for storing data of the message input unit 12. Reference numeral 14 denotes an image input unit for inputting an image to be displayed on the displays 9a and 9b by the user. The image input unit 14 inputs image data prepared in advance. An image file unit 15 stores the input image data.
[0020]
A message acquisition unit 16 acquires a message selected by event data, an image acquisition unit 17 acquires an image selected by event data, and a unit 18 collects data selected by event data. This is a display data securing unit. Reference numeral 19 denotes an image message synchronization time calculation unit that calculates an image display time from a message display time written in event data, and 20 denotes a transmission processing unit that delivers each data to the information display device.
[0021]
FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the information display device.
[0022]
In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a receiving unit for receiving data to be delivered from the display information input device 2; 22, an event file unit for extracting event data from the data obtained by the receiving unit 21; A message file section for extracting message data from the received data, and an image file section 24 for extracting image data from the data obtained by the receiving section 21.
[0023]
Further, reference numeral 25 denotes a clock section for counting the date and time; 26, an event generation processing section for comparing date / time data in the event data with the date / time of the clock section 25; 27, data of the event file section 23 and data of the image file section 24 Is a display screen processing unit for creating a screen to be displayed on the displays 9a and 9b, and a display signal output unit 28 for outputting data of the display screen processing unit 27.
[0024]
FIG. 4 shows a screen configuration example of the display.
[0025]
In the figure, reference numeral 29 denotes an image display section of the screen of the display devices 9a and 9b, 30 denotes a screen, and 31 denotes a message.
[0026]
FIG. 5 shows a format of the event data and an example thereof (event a1).
[0027]
In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes event a1 data stored in the event file 22.
[0028]
In the event data format shown in the figure, reference numeral 33 denotes the display date and time of the event data, 34 denotes the message file number, 35 denotes the message display time, 36 denotes the message display action, 37 denotes the image display time, and 38 denotes the image file name. (1) and 39 are image file names (2), and 40 is an image file name (3). Reference numeral 41 denotes an image display time [20 seconds] in the event a1 data 32.
[0029]
FIG. 6 shows the contents of the message b1 and the image files, that is, the images c2, c3, and c4.
[0030]
In the figure, 42 is message b1 data, 43 is message b1 content showing the content of message b1 data 42, 44 is image c2 data, 45 is image c2 content showing the content of image c2 data 44, and 46 is image c3 Data, 47 indicates image c3 contents indicating the contents of image c3 data 46, 48 indicates image c3 data, and 49 indicates image c4 contents indicating the contents of image c4 data 48.
[0031]
FIG. 7 shows screen display switching.
[0032]
In the figure, 50 is the first screen displayed on the displays 9a and 9b, 51 is the second screen displayed on the displays 9a and 9b, and 52 is the third screen displayed on the displays 9a and 9b. .
[0033]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
[0034]
As shown in FIG. 1, a display information input device 2 is installed in a monitoring room 1 and can be used by a user. The user inputs the information from the display information input device 2 used as a means for displaying information on the indicators 9a and 9b installed in the car room 7 and the hall 8. The data to be displayed, which is processed inside the display information input device 2, is transmitted through the data transmission line 3. Since the LAN is used for the transmission, it is possible to select either the information display devices 5a and 5b or a single device as the transmission destination.
[0035]
The information display devices 5a and 5b are installed in the machine room 4. A display screen is generated by internal processing of the information display devices 5a and 5b, and video signals of, for example, NTSC are transmitted to the display devices 9a and 9b by the video lines 6a and 6b. The display devices 9a and 9b that have received the video signal display information at each location. Thereby, information can be provided to the elevator used by a third party and the vicinity thereof.
[0036]
The operation of the display information input device will be described with reference to FIG.
[0037]
A user uses the display information input device 2 to set a message and an image. Before indicating the display time and display information, a message to be displayed is input in the message input unit 12. The input message is stored in the message file unit 13.
[0038]
Next, a plurality of screens to be displayed with respect to the message are input to the screen input unit 14 with images. The input format is JPEG or bitmap format. The image data is stored in the image file unit 15.
[0039]
The setting of the display time and the selection of the display message and the screen are performed by the event setting input unit 10. The message is selected from the message file section 13. The image is selected from the image file section 15. It is possible to select a plurality of images. When the selection and each setting are completed, the data is stored in the event file unit 11.
[0040]
In the case of a new input, event information is sent to the event acquisition unit 16 to acquire a message file written in the event file. Next, the image file is sent to the image acquisition unit 17 and acquires a plurality of image files written in the event file. The display data securing unit 18 confirms whether there is file data collected. After the confirmation, the message display time is sent to the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19, and the image display time is calculated from the message display time written in the event file and the number of image files. Write the calculated image display time to the event file.
[0041]
After the above processing is completed, the data is transmitted from the transmission processing unit 20 to the information display devices 5a and 5b via the LAN.
[0042]
When the event setting for image addition and deletion is changed, the event file is changed and output from the transmission processing unit 20 according to the same procedure as the above-mentioned new. At this time, the time calculation of the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 is also performed again.
[0043]
Next, the operation of the information display device will be described with reference to FIG.
[0044]
The data output from the display information input device 2 is received by the receiving units 21 of the information display devices 5a and 5b. The data received by the receiving unit 21 is sent to the event file unit 22, the message file unit 23, and the image file unit 24. If each data is the same file, the file is updated.
[0045]
The event occurrence processing unit 26 constantly checks the display date and time written in the event file of the event file unit 22. The current time is obtained by the clock unit 25. When the display time and the current time become the same, the operation shifts to the operation of the display screen processing unit 27.
[0046]
The display screen processing unit 27 extracts a message file and an image file written in the event file, and processes the screen displayed on the displays 9a and 9b. The processed data is output to the displays 9a and 9b at the display signal output 28.
[0047]
When the signals sent from the information display devices 5a and 5b are input to the displays 9a and 9b, an image 29 and a message 31 are output and displayed on the screen 30. For example, it is displayed as shown in FIG.
[0048]
Here, the format of the event data and an example thereof will be described with reference to FIG.
[0049]
The data input by the event setting input unit 10 of the display information input device 2 includes a display date and time 33, a message file number 34, a message display time 35, a message display action 36, an image file name (1) 38, and an image file name (2). 39, the image file name (3) 40.
[0050]
Incidentally, taking the event a1 data 32 as an example, as the data, the display date and time 33 are “010920 0630” and “010921 1730”, which means that the display starts at 6:30 on September 20, 2001. Indicates that the display ends at 17:30 on September 21, 2001.
[0051]
The message file number 34 stores “b1” and means the message b1. "60" is stored in the message display time 35, which means that the message display time is 60 seconds. The message display action 36 stores "scroll (horizontal)", and means scrolling in the horizontal direction as an action in which message data appears.
[0052]
The image file name (1) 38 stores “c2”, which means the image file c2. “C3” is stored in the image file name (2) 39, which means the image file c3. “C4” is stored in the image file name (3) 40, which means the image file c4.
[0053]
In the case of this event a1 data, the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 extracts the message display time 35 “60” and divides that time by the number of image files. Count the number of image files. In the example, since the number of image files is three and the message display time is 60 seconds, the time for displaying an image per image is 60 seconds / 3 images = 20 seconds. The data “20” is stored in the image display time 37. As described above, since the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 automatically calculates the time for displaying one image, the user needs to calculate and input the time for displaying one image. Absent. Therefore, there is no possibility that a human error occurs.
[0054]
When the user sets the message display time 35, the user is notified of the number of images that can be switched and displayed according to the time. For example, if it is assumed that at least 5 seconds are required to display one image in consideration of the display speed, the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 can switch and display 60 seconds / 5 seconds = 12 images. And notifies the user by displaying this on a display (not shown) provided in the display information input device 2. The user can set or change the event while referring to the notified number of information that can be switched and displayed.
[0055]
Also, in consideration of the display speed, if the image display time 37 is extremely short (for example, less than 5 seconds) and does not match the display time, the user is notified to perform the setting again. The user who has received the notification can delete the image and correct the number of images to an appropriate number.
[0056]
Furthermore, when the user changes the event setting for image addition and deletion, the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 calculates the message display time 35 again. For example, if the event setting for adding one image file is changed in the case where the number of image files is three and the message display time is 60 seconds, the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19 sets the image file The number is set to four, and each image display time is automatically calculated as 60 seconds / 4 sheets = 15 seconds, and data “15” is stored in the image display time 37. When the event setting for deleting one image file is changed, the number of image files is set to two, and each image display time is automatically calculated as 60 seconds / 2 images = 30 seconds. The data "30" is stored in the image display time 37. As described above, when the user changes the event setting for image addition and deletion, the image display time is automatically recalculated by the image message synchronization time calculation unit 19, so that the individual image display time is changed by the user. There is no need to recalculate and input.
[0057]
FIG. 6 shows the contents of the message b1, the images c2, c3, and c4.
[0058]
When a message is input by the message input unit 11 of the display information input device 2, a message file number is issued. For example, "b1" is issued like the message b1 data 42, and is used for identifying the message. For example, the content input by the user is set as message b1 content 43.
[0059]
In the image file unit 17, images c2, c3, and c4 input by the user are stored. For example, image c2 content 43, image c3 content 44, and image c4 content 45 are provided.
[0060]
FIG. 7 shows screen display switching.
[0061]
This is a screen when an event occurs in the event a1 data 32. Each image switches every 20 seconds for a message display time of 60 seconds. The message b1 contents 43 are displayed while scrolling. This display switching is repeated until the end time comes. At the end time, the display is stopped, the display screen is erased, and the display is switched to the standby screen.
[0062]
In the above-described example, the display time of each of the plurality of images is calculated using the display time of the message. However, when displaying a plurality of messages for a predetermined image, the image display time is calculated. The present invention is also applicable to a case where the display time for each of a plurality of messages is calculated using the time.
[0063]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when two types of information are displayed and at least one type of information is displayed by sequentially switching a plurality of pieces of information, the two types of information are displayed at the same time. By automatically calculating the time so that it ends with, the screen display time can be set without the user being conscious. Further, even if information to be switched and displayed is added or deleted, the time can be automatically calculated again.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an elevator information display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display information input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a screen configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format and an example of event data according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of the contents of a message and an image file according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view for explaining screen display switching according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between a message display time and an image display time.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Monitoring room 2 ... Display information input device 3 ... Data transmission line 4 ... Machine room 5a, 5b ... Information display device 6a, 6b ... Video line 7 ... Car room 8 ... Halls 9a, 9b ... Display 10 ... Event setting input Unit 11 event file unit 12 message input unit 13 message file unit 14 image input unit 15 image file unit 16 message acquisition unit 17 image acquisition unit 18 display data securing unit 19 image message synchronization time calculation unit 20 transmission processing unit 21 reception unit 22 event file unit 23 message file unit 24 image file unit 25 clock unit 26 event generation processing unit 27 display screen processing unit 28 display signal output unit 29 Image display section 30 Screen 31 Message 32 Event a1 data 33 Display date and time 34 Message file number 35 Message Display time 36 ... message display action 37 ... image display time 38 ... image file name (1)
39 ... Image file name (2)
40 ... Image file name (3)
41: Image display time [20 seconds]
42 message b1 data 43 message b1 content 44 image c2 data 45 image c2 content 46 image c3 data 47 image c3 content 48 image c4 data 49 image c4 content 50 first screen 51 51 screen 2 Sheet 52: 3rd screen

Claims (4)

A display unit that is provided at an elevator or a predetermined location around the elevator, displays two types of information, and displays at least one type of information by sequentially switching and displaying a plurality of pieces of information; An input unit for inputting data for displaying two types of information, and an individual unit for one type of information in which a plurality of pieces of information are sequentially switched when data for display is input by the input unit. Calculating means for calculating the information display time of the other information from the display time of the other type of information. 2. The elevator information display system according to claim 1, wherein, when one of the types of information in which a plurality of pieces of information is sequentially switched, data for changing the number of pieces of information to be displayed is input from the input unit. The information display system for an elevator, wherein the calculating means calculates the display time of each piece of information for the one type of information again. 2. The elevator information display system according to claim 1, wherein, when data for display is input by said input means, information that can be switched and displayed for one type of information corresponding to the other type of display time. An information display system for an elevator, comprising a notifying means for notifying the number of elevators. 2. The elevator information display system according to claim 1, wherein, when data for display is input by said input means, a calculation result of a display time of each piece of information for said one type of information does not match a display speed. An information display system for an elevator, comprising a notification unit for notifying the user of the case.

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