JP2007230742A - Visually impaired person guidance device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visually impaired person guidance device of an elevator eliminating the need for visually impaired persons to carry a transmitter and formed in a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: This visually impaired person guidance device comprises at least two first and second sensors for detecting persons coming from a door 8 at a landing to a first position and a second position within an area at which voice from a directive speaker 36 installed at the landing arrives, a voice guidance means which, when the first sensor detects the person, indicates, by voice, to stop in the first area within the area when the person desires to go to a first stop story and, when the second sensor detects the person, indicates, by voice, to stop in the second area within the area when the person desires to go to a second stop story, and a call registration part which registers a call for the first stop story by detecting the person by the first sensor for a predetermined time and a call for the second stop story by detecting the person by the second sensor for a predetermined time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a visually impaired person guidance device for an elevator.

A conventional visually impaired person guidance device for an elevator is a visually impaired person guidance device for guiding a visually impaired person to an elevator, as described in Patent Document 1 below, and a plurality of locations along the passage in a building where the elevator is provided. When the receiving unit receives a signal emitted from a transmitter owned by a visually impaired person and is provided corresponding to each of these receiving units, guidance for guiding the visually impaired person to the elevator landing And a transmitter for transmitting a signal.
According to such a visually impaired person guidance device, visually impaired persons who use an elevator can be guided to the elevator landing, so that visually impaired persons can easily use a curved path without the assistance of others. You can arrive at the elevator landing and use the elevator.
JP 2001-139238 A

However, in the elevator visually impaired person guidance device described above, the visually impaired person owns a transmitter, and generates a signal for guiding the visually impaired person to the landing based on a signal emitted from the transmitter. For this reason, a visually handicapped person must always carry the transmitter and then get into the elevator, so there is a problem that carrying the transmitter is complicated.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a visually-impaired person guidance device for a simple elevator while the visually handicapped person does not need to carry a transmitter.

A visually-impaired person guidance device for an elevator according to a first aspect of the present invention is a directional speaker that is provided at an elevator landing and that guides the elevator from the landing in a certain direction by voice, and the voice from the directional speaker. When the first sensor detects a person at least two first and second sensors for detecting a person who has reached the first position and the second position from the landing door, When the user wants to go to the first stop floor, the user instructs to stop in the first area within the range, and when the second sensor detects a person, if the user wants to go to the second stop floor by the voice, the range Voice guidance means for instructing to stop in the second area, and the first sensor registers the call of the first stop floor by detecting the person for a predetermined time, and the second sensor It is characterized in that and a call registration means for registering the call of the second stop floor by detecting during said human for a predetermined time.

The voice guidance means in the visually impaired person guidance device for an elevator according to the second invention, when a car call is registered in the call registration means, utters a voice to proceed from the directional speaker toward the landing, It is characterized by.

According to the first invention, there is an effect that a visually handicapped person does not need to carry a transmitter and a simple elevator visually impaired person guidance device can be obtained.

According to the second invention, there is an effect that a visually impaired person can be easily guided to the landing.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator hall showing an embodiment of the present invention (a), a side view of the vicinity of the elevator hall (b), FIG. 2 is a plan view of the vicinity of the elevator hall showing an embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a visually impaired person guidance device for an elevator according to an embodiment.
In FIG. 1 (a), a side wall 5 that divides a hoistway provided away from the door 2 is erected on the landing floor 4. A landing doorway 6 is formed on the side wall 5, and a three-way frame 7 is attached. A landing door 8 is provided at the landing entrance 6 partitioned by the three-way frame 7, and a person 3 stands nearby.

In FIG. 1A, a car call button 21 and a hall lantern 23 for notifying the arrival of the car are provided on one side of the three-sided frame 7. At the upper part of the landing entrance 6, there are provided a landing indicator 25 and a speaker 36 having directivity for voice guidance to the elevator from the landing entrance 6 in the front direction as a fixed direction.

In FIG. 1 (b), an entrance sensor 50, a first sensor 51 to a third sensor, which are provided at equal intervals on the ceiling 11 of the passage between the door 2 and the landing entrance 6 to detect a person 3. 53 is provided.
In FIG. 2, the speaker 36 is formed to utter a voice in a forward direction in a predetermined voice area 36a, and an entry area (entrance position) 50a in the order in which the person 3 leaves the landing in the voice area 36a. The first region (first position) 51a to the third region (third position) 53a.

In FIG. 3, the visually impaired person guidance device 30 includes an entry sensor 50, a first sensor 51 to a third sensor 53 that receives an entry signal, and a control unit 32 that receives a first person detection signal to a third person detection signal. When the first sensor 51 from the control unit 32 detects the person 3, when the first person detection signal is generated and the voice goes to the second floor as the first stop floor by voice, the first area 51a is within the range of the voice area 51a. When the second sensor 52 detects the person 3 and the second sensor 52 detects the person 3, the second person detection signal is generated and when the voice goes to the third floor as the second stop floor, the voice area 51a is used. When the third area 53a detects the person 3 by instructing to stop in the second area 52a and the third sensor 53 detects the person 3, the third area detection signal is generated, and the voice area goes to the fourth floor as the third stop floor. Stop at the third region 53a in the range of 51a A voice guidance unit 34 to instruct the voice, is provided with a speaker 36 having directivity to the output of the voice guidance section 34.

In FIG. 3, the visually impaired person guidance device 30 is connected to the output of the control unit 32, and the first sensor 51 detects the person 3 for a predetermined time, thereby registering the second floor call. A call registration unit 40 is provided for registering a call on the third floor by 52 detecting the person 3 for a predetermined time, and registering a call on the fourth floor by the third sensor 53 detecting the person 3 for a predetermined time. It has been.
When the car call is registered in the call registration unit 40, the voice guide unit 34 is configured to utter a voice so as to proceed from the speaker 36 toward the landing.
A call button 21, a hall indicator 25, a hall lantern 23, and a motor control unit 60 are connected to the call registration unit 40.

The operation of the visually-impaired person guidance device for elevators configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the visually impaired person guidance device for elevators. Now, when the person 3 enters from the door 2 and enters the entry area 50a, the entry sensor 50 detects the person 3, generates an entry signal, and inputs it to the control unit 32 (step S101). In response to a control signal from the control unit 32, the voice guidance unit 34 generates guidance from the speaker 36 that "the front is the elevator stop" (step S103).

Proceeding in the direction of the landing, when the person 3 comes to the first area 51a, the first sensor 51 detects the person 3 and generates a first person detection signal and inputs it to the control unit 32 (step S105). . In response to the control signal from the control unit 32, the voice guidance unit 34 generates a guidance from the speaker 36 that "the call on the second floor of the car is registered once it stops" (step S107).
Based on the first person detection signal from the first sensor 51, the control unit 32 determines whether or not the person 3 has stopped (step S109), and once stopped, the call registration unit 40 registers a call to the second floor. (Step S111). On the other hand, if the person 3 does not stop once, the person 3 further proceeds in the direction of the landing, and when the person 3 comes to the second area 52a, the second sensor 52 detects the person 3 and detects the second person detection signal. Is input to the control unit 32 (step S113).
In response to a control signal from the control unit 32, the voice guidance unit 34 generates a guidance from the speaker 36 that "the call on the third floor of the car is registered once it stops" (step S115).
Based on the second person detection signal from the second sensor 52, the control unit 32 determines whether or not the person 3 has temporarily stopped (step S117), and once stopped, the call registration unit 40 registers the call to the third floor. (Step S119). The car is moved to the first floor and the operation registered in the call registration unit 40 is performed.

  The present invention can be applied to an elevator.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1A is a front view of an elevator hall showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a top view near the hall of the elevator which shows one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flock figure of a visually handicapped person guidance device of an elevator by one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the visually impaired person guidance apparatus of an elevator.

Explanation of symbols

  3 persons, 30 visually impaired guidance apparatus, 34 voice guidance part, 36 speaker, 40 call registration part, 50 approach sensor, 51 1st sensor, 52 2nd sensor, 51a 1st position, 52a 2nd position.

Claims (2)

A directional speaker that is provided at a landing of the elevator and voices guidance from the landing to the elevator in a certain direction;
At least two first sensors and a second sensor for detecting a person who has reached the first position and the second position from the landing door within a range in which the sound from the directional speaker reaches;
When the first sensor detects a person, if it is desired to go to the first stop floor by the voice, it instructs to stop in the first area within the range, and if the second sensor detects a person, the voice If you want to go to the second stop floor by the voice guidance means to instruct to stop in the second area within the range;
The first sensor registers the call of the first stop floor by detecting the person for a predetermined time, and the second sensor calls the second stop floor by detecting the person for a predetermined time. Call registration means for registering,
An elevator visually impaired person guidance device characterized by comprising: When the car call is registered in the call registration means, the voice guidance means utters a voice to proceed from the directional speaker toward the landing,
The visually-impaired person guidance apparatus of the elevator of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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