Display guide apparatus of elevator and its display method

• US 4,995,479 A
• Filed: 03/06/1989
• Issued: 02/26/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Yasushi, Noguchi, Akihiko, Fujiwara, Michio, Dohi, Osamu, Matsumaru, Hiroshi, Sakai, Yoshio, Yoneda, Kenzi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duncanson, Jr., W. E.
• Application Number:
  US07/319,308
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 187/130, 187/133, 187/135, 187/136, 187/137, 187/139
• US Class Current: 187/397
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/00 Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 3/008 Displaying information not related to the elevator, e.g. weather, publicity, internet or TV

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display guide apparatus of elevator facilitating alteration of display format and to its display method. A display guide apparatus according to the present invention comprises an elevator control unit, an information producing unit, and an information display control unit. The information display control unit is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium, which has stored therein information required for displaying the running information of the elevator, may be mounted thereon. At least information required for displaying the running information of the elevator is supplied from the auxiliary memory medium. Information required for displaying general information is supplied from the information producing unit. On the basis of information relating to the running situation of the elevator supplied from the elevator contorl unit, the running information of the elevator and the general information are displayed by display units disposed at least at halls to perform guidance.

Claims

1. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to a running situation of the elevator, wherein:

the information display control unit is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium storing information required to display the running information of the elevator may be mounted thereon;

the information display control unit derives information required to display the running information of the elevator from said auxiliary memory medium;

the information display control unit derives information required to display general information from the information production unit; and

the running information of the elevator and general information are displayed on display units at least disposed in halls according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

2. An elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary memory medium comprises one of an IC card, a floppy disk and a compact disk.

3. An elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary memory medium stores therein display data, display picture edit data and file data as information required to display the running information of an elevator, and the information display control unit selects information to be displayed out of a table disposed in the information display control unit to store information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit and a file derived from said auxiliary memory medium.

4. An elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display control unit includes data input and output means for taking out information required to display the running situation of an elevator as stored in the auxiliary memory medium.

5. An elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information display control unit has a voice synthesizing unit and is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium storing data required to broadcast voices may be mounted thereon, and said display unit has a speaker and outputs voices in synchronism with a guidance display.

6. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on a display unit at least disposed in halls according to a running situation of the elevator, wherein:

the information display control unit is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium storing information required to display the running information of the elevator in a digital code form may be mounted thereon;

the information display control unit derives information required to display the running information of the elevator from said auxiliary memory medium;

the information display control unit derives digital-coded information required to display general information from the information production unit; and

the running information of the elevator and general information are displayed on display units at least disposed in halls according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator supplied from the elevator control unit.

7. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to a running situation of the elevator, wherein:

said information display control unit derives information required to display at least the running information of an elevator and represented in a digital signal form from an auxiliary memory medium and deriving information required to display general information and represented in a digital signal form from the information production unit;

said information display control unit selects digital signals relating to information to be displayed out of information thus derived, and transmits the digital signals thus selected to a display unit to store the digital signals therein;

said information display control unit stores digital signals for a display command in its own memory and issues a command for making the display unit display the running information of the elevator and general information according to a situation of the elevator running supplied from the elevator control unit; and

the display unit receives said command, takes out digital signals corresponding to said command from digital signals relating to information transmitted beforehand to be displayed, and produces a predetermined display.

8. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to a running situation of the elevator, wherein:

said information display control unit derives information required to display at least the running information of an elevator from an auxiliary memory medium as digital codes and derives information required to display general information from the information production unit as digital codes;

said information display control unit selects digital codes relating to information to be displayed out of information thus derived, transmits the digital codes to a display unit, and stores the digital codes derived from the auxiliary memory medium and the digital code derived from the information production unit separately into a memory of the display unit;

said information display control unit stores digital codes for issuing a display command derived from the auxiliary memory medium and digital codes for issuing a display command derived from the information production unit separately into its own memory;

said information display control unit issues a command for making the display unit display the running information of the elevator and general information according to information relating to a running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit; and

the display unit takes out digital codes corresponding to said command, on the basis of said command, from digital signals relating to information supplied beforehand to be displayed and stored in the memory, and produces a predetermined display on the basis of digital codes thus taken out.

9. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in respective halls according to running situation of elevator, wherein:

the information display control unit is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium storing information required to display the running information of an elevator may be mounted thereon;

the information display control unit derives information required to display the running information of the elevator from said auxiliary memory medium;

the information display control unit derives information required to display general information from the information production unit;

the information display control unit successively selects a display unit out of a plurality of display units at least disposed in halls; and

the display unit thus selected displays the running information of the elevator and general information according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

10. An elevator display guide apparatus comprising an elevator control unit, an information display control apparatus and a display unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying information on the display unit according to a running situation of the elevator, wherein:

the information display control unit is provided with an auxiliary memory medium which is detachably provided on the information control unit for storing information required to be displayed;

the information display control unit includes means for transmitting information required for display from the auxiliary memory medium to the display unit according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator as derived from the elevator control unit; and

the display unit displays the information received from said auxiliary memory medium to perform guidance display.

11. An elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display control unit is so configured that an auxiliary memory medium storing voice data may be mounted thereon, and a display unit has a speaker and outputs voices in synchronism with a guidance display.

12. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of an elevator, comprising:

the information display control unit deriving information required to display the running information of the elevator from an auxiliary memory medium mounted on the information display control unit;

the information display control unit deriving information required to display general information from the information production unit; and

the running information of the elevator and general information being displayed on display units at least disposed in halls according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

13. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the auxiliary memory medium comprises one of an IC card, a floppy disk and a compact disk.

14. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the auxiliary memory medium stores therein display data, display picture edit data and file data as information required to display the running information of an elevator, and the information display control unit selects information to be displayed out of a table disposed in the information display control unit to store information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit and a file derived from said auxiliary memory medium.

15. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the information display control unit includes data input and output means for taking out information required to display the running situation of the elevator stored in the auxiliary memory medium.

16. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the information display control unit derives data required to broadcast voices from a second auxiliary memory medium mounted thereon, makes display units at least disposed in halls display the running information of elevator and general information according to information relating to the running situation of elevator derived from the elevator control unit, and broadcasts voices through speakers disposed in the display units in synchronism said display.

17. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

said information display control unit deriving information required to display the running information of the elevator and represented in a digital signal form from an auxiliary memory medium mounted thereon and deriving information required to display general information and represented in a signal form from the information production unit;

the running information of the elevator and general information being displayed on display units at least disposed in halls according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

18. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

said information display control unit deriving information required to display at least the running information of the elevator and represented in a digital signal form from an auxiliary memory medium and deriving information required to display general information and represented in a digital signal form from the information production unit;

said information display control unit selecting digital signals relating to information to be displayed out of information thus derived, and transmitting the digital signals thus selected to a display unit to store the digital signals therein;

said information display control unit storing digital signals for issuing a display command in its own memory and issuing a command for making the display unit display the running information of the elevator and general information according to situation of the elevator running supplied from the elevator control unit; and

the display unit receiving said command, taking out digital signals corresponding to said command from digital signals relating to information transmitted beforehand to be displayed, and performing predetermined display.

19. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

said information display control unit deriving information required to display at least the running information of the elevator from an auxiliary memory medium as digital codes and deriving information required to display general information from the information production unit as digital codes;

said information display control unit selecting digital codes relating to information to be displayed out of information thus derived, transmitting the digital codes to a display unit, and storing the digital codes derived from the auxiliary memory medium and the digital code derived from the information production unit separately into a memory of the display unit;

said information display control unit storing digital codes for issuing a display command derived from the auxiliary memory medium and digital codes for issuing a display command derived from the information production unit separately into its own memory;

said information display control unit issuing a command for making the display unit display the running information of the elevator and general information according to information relating to running situation of elevator derived from the elevator control unit; and

the display unit taking out digital codes corresponding to said command, on the basis of said command, from digital signals relating to information supplied beforehand to be displayed and stored in the memory, and producing a predetermined display on the basis of digital codes thus taken out.

20. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information production unit and an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in respective halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

the information display control unit deriving information required to display the running information of the elevator from an auxiliary memory medium mounted thereon;

the information display control unit deriving information required to display general information from the information production unit;

the information display control unit successively selecting a display unit out of a plurality of display units at least disposed in halls; and

the display unit thus selected displaying the running information of the elevator and general information according to information relating to the running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

21. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

the information display control unit deriving information required to display the running information of the elevator from an auxiliary memory medium mounted on the information display control unit;

the information display control unit deriving information required to display general information from the information production unit; and

general information being displayed on display units at least disposed in halls in accordance with predetermined schedule in case information relating to running situation of the elevator is not available from the elevator control unit.

22. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information display control unit, said elevator display guide apparatus displaying running information of an elevator and general information on display units at least disposed in halls according to running situation of the elevator, comprising:

the information display control unit deriving information required to display the running information of the elevator from an auxiliary memory medium mounted on the information display control unit;

the information display control unit deriving information required to display general information from the information production unit; and

the information display control unit making display units at least disposed in halls display the running information of the elevator and general information in the order of priority supplied to the information and according to information relating to running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

23. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus including an elevator control unit, an information display control unit, and a display unit, said information display control unit displaying information on the display unit according to information relating to running situation of an elevator derived from the elevator control unit, comprising:

said information display control unit deriving information required for display from an auxiliary memory medium which is detachably mounted thereon; and

said information display control unit issuing a display command to the display unit on the basis of information relating to a running situation of the elevator derived from the elevator control unit.

24. A display method for elevator display guide apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said information display control unit derives information required for broadcasting voices from an auxiliary memory medium mounted thereon, and issues a command for outputting voices through a speaker disposed in the display unit in synchronism with display.