Elevator operation control device and method using monitor

• US 10,618,773 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2018
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ii Shik Yoon
• Original Assignee: Ii Shik Yoon
• Inventors: Yoon, II Shik
• Primary Examiner(s): Uhlir, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US16/461,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20190344998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 187388
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/463 Touch sensitive input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/52 Floor selectors
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/101 Single call input
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4623 Wherein the destination is registered after boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/463 Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/002 Indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0471 Vertical positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 : Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops

Abstract

A device for controlling an operation of an elevator by using a monitor comprises: a monitor, which is installed on a wall surface of a cage of an elevator, a surface of a door of the elevator, or a wall surface of a building next to the door of the elevator, displays various buttons including a start button, an emergency button, and floor buttons controlling an operation of the elevator, and includes an embedded speaker; two pin cameras positioned at upper left and right sides of the monitor, respectively; and a controller, which controls operations of the various buttons of the monitor, an operation of the pin camera, and the operation of the elevator.

Claims

1. A device for controlling an operation of an elevator by using a monitor, the device comprising:

a monitor, which is installed on a wall surface of a cage of an elevator, a surface of a door of the elevator, or a wall surface of a building next to the door of the elevator, displays various buttons including a start button, an emergency button, and floor buttons controlling an operation of the elevator, and includes an embedded speaker;

two pin cameras positioned at upper left and right sides of the monitor, respectively; and

a controller, which controls operations of the various buttons of the monitor, an operation of the pin cameras, and the operation of the elevator,

wherein the controller controls the two pin cameras next to each other on a front surface of the monitor to photograph images, and sequentially sets two-dimensional virtual screens z1, z2, and z3 at intervals parallel to the monitor based on photographing angles of the pin cameras in an overlapping photographed portion, in which virtual screen z1 among virtual screens z1, z2, and z3 is formed to be closest to the monitor, and screen z3 is formed to be farthest from the monitor,

wherein the controller controls the various buttons to be displayed on the monitor, and in response to an operator using a finger, touching virtual screens z1 to z3 in order of z3, z2, and z1, the controller activates a selected button among the various buttons of the monitor and controls the operation of the elevator according to the activated button, and in response to the operator touching virtual screen z3, the controller displays a cursor having a basic size on the monitor and determines whether the operator approaches toward virtual screen z2 at a center position, and wherein the controller enlarges the size of the cursor in response to the operator being determined to approach toward virtual screen z2.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein a child mode selection button and a standard return button are displayed in a lower portion and an upper portion of the monitor, respectively, and wherein all of the buttons of the monitor are displayed in the lower portion of the monitor in response to the child mode selection button being operated, and all of the buttons are returned to original states in response to elapse of a predetermined time without any operation of a button or the standard return button being operated.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the pin cameras are embedded in a pin camera embedded box installed in the upper portion of the monitor, and the pin cameras photograph images through an opened lower portion of the pin camera embedded box.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a speaker embedded in the monitor,

wherein the controller enlarges the size of the cursor and outputs a predetermined voice signal through the speaker in response to the operator touching virtual screen z3 and then to approach virtual screen z2,

wherein the controller outputs a part of a voice signal of a floor corresponding to the selected button overlapping the cursor by a predetermined size or more through the speaker in response to the operator touching virtual screen z2,

wherein the controller outputs the remaining voice signal of the floor through the speaker in response to the operator touching virtual screen z1.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein after the controller activates the selected button among the various buttons of the monitor and before the controller controls the operation of the elevator according to

the activated button, wherein the controller executes the operation of the elevator corresponding to the activated button;

and

the controller cancels the activation of the selected button and displays a request for re-registration through the monitor in response to the operator moving horizontally.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein the pin cameras are embedded in a pin camera embedded box installed in the upper portion of the monitor, and the pin cameras photograph images through an opened lower portion of the pin camera embedded box.

4. A method of controlling an operation of an elevator performed by a device for controlling an operation of an elevator, the device including:

a monitor, which is installed on a wall surface of a cage of an elevator, a surface of a door of the elevator, or a wall surface of a building next to the door of the elevator and displays various buttons controlling an operation of the elevator;

two pin cameras positioned at upper left and right sides of the monitor, respectively; and

a controller, which controls operations of the various buttons of the monitor, an operation of the pin cameras, and the operation of the elevator, the method comprising;

photographing, by the two pin cameras next to each other on a front surface of the monitor to photograph images, and sequentially setting two-dimensional virtual screens z1, z2, and z3 at intervals parallel to the monitor based on photographing angles of the pin cameras in an overlapping photographed portion, in which virtual screen z1 among virtual screens z1, z2, and z3 is formed to be closest to the monitor, and screen z3 is formed to be farthest from the monitor, and

displaying various buttons through the monitor;

displaying a cursor having a basic size on the monitor in response to the operator touching virtual screen z3;

enlarging the size of the cursor in response to the operator approaching toward virtual screen z2;

determining whether there is a button overlapping the cursor by a predetermined size or more among the various buttons, on which the cursor is displayed, after the operator touches virtual screen z2 and determining a selected button;

enlarging the selected button or displaying the selected button in desired graphic in response to the operator being determined to touch virtual screen z2;

determining whether the operator touches virtual screen z1;

returning to the determining whether there is a button overlapping the cursor by the predetermined size or more among the various buttons, on which the cursor is displayed, and determining the selected button in response to the operator being determined not to touch virtual screen z1, registering the selected button in response to the operator being determined to touch virtual screen z1; and

executing an operation corresponding to the registered button.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the executing of the operation corresponding to the registered

button includes:

executing the operation corresponding to the registered button in response to the operator vertically moving back.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the executing of the operation corresponding to the registered button includes:

cancelling the registration of the button and displaying a request for re-registration through the monitor in response to the operator horizontally moving by a predetermined distance without moving vertically back.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the device for controlling the operation further includes a speaker embedded in the monitor, and

the method further comprises:

outputting a predetermined voice signal through the speaker in response to the operator approaching virtual screen z2 after touching virtual screen z3;

outputting a part of a voice signal of a floor corresponding to the selected button through the speaker in response to the operator touching virtual screen z2; and

outputting the remaining voice signal of the floor through the speaker in response to the operator touching virtual screen z1.