WO2015169351A1 - Système de rétroaction haptique et procédé respectif pour ascenseurs - Google Patents

Système de rétroaction haptique et procédé respectif pour ascenseurs Download PDF

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WO2015169351A1
WO2015169351A1 PCT/EP2014/059313 EP2014059313W WO2015169351A1 WO 2015169351 A1 WO2015169351 A1 WO 2015169351A1 EP 2014059313 W EP2014059313 W EP 2014059313W WO 2015169351 A1 WO2015169351 A1 WO 2015169351A1
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Raymond OGIENOYEVBEDE
Aki PARVIAINEN
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B1/00—Control systems of elevators in general
    • B66B1/34—Details, e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
    • B66B1/46—Adaptations of switches or switchgear
    • B66B1/468—Call registering systems

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  • the invention relates to a haptic feedback system for elevator applications. More particularly the invention relates to a haptic feedback of a slider of a touchscreen panel communicating with a processor of the elevator system. The invention also refers to a haptic feedback method for elevator systems.
  • elevator systems comprising a Destination Operator Panel (DOP) or similar input devices that are based on a touchscreen as input facility.
  • DOP Destination Operator Panel
  • passengers are able to communicate with the elevator system, and may e.g. select destinations, override pre-programmed features or get additional information.
  • touchscreen based systems normally don't have a convenient kind of physical response when used. This may be one disadvantage of such a device, since visually disabled persons may have difficulties to operate these devices, if not being able to recognize the operational signs on the screens.
  • the aim of the present invention is to d isclose a sol ution, wh ich el iminates or at least al leviates the drawbacks occurring in prior-art sol utions presented above, or to show an alternative sol ution to those known in prior art, and to enable even a visual d isabled person to easi ly use a touchscreen as input device.
  • inventive embod iments are also presented in the descriptive section and in the drawings of the present appl ication.
  • inventive content of the appl ication can also be defined d ifferently than in the claims presented below.
  • the inventive content may also consist of several separate inventions, especial ly if the invention is considered in the l ight of expressions or impl icit sub-tasks or from the point of view of advantages or categories of advantages ach ieved. I n th is case, some of the attributes contained in the claims below may be superfl uous from the point of view of separate inventive concepts.
  • the features of the various embod iments of the invention can be appl ied with in the scope of the basic inventive concept in conjunction with other embod iments.
  • the invention refers to a haptic feedback method for elevator systems, wherein a destination operator panel (DOP) is part of the elevator system or commun icates with the elevator system and the DOP comprises at least one touchscreen.
  • DOP destination operator panel
  • the DOP offers a non-physical but visual sl ider on the touchscreen that is operated with a fl uvial-touch ing movement over the touchscreen ("swipe") and the swipe is accompan ied by a haptic feedback that is perceptible by the user.
  • Said feedback is sensible whi le moving the sl ider at least to special positions.
  • the invention also refers to a haptic feedback system for elevator systems, wherein the haptic feedback system is designed to receive data from a touchscreen and comprises a feedback unit that is designed to produce a haptic response, wherein the response is activated when a slider on the touchscreen is activated and/or moved, at least to special positions.
  • the touchscreen is part of the haptic feedback system and is especially arranged in an elevator lobby or in elevator car(s).
  • the touchscreen must be able to show a non-physical but visual slider and to register a swipe over its surface.
  • the slider is designed to input destination calls.
  • the feedback unit produces a haptic feedback that is designed to be sensed by a person.
  • the feedback unit preferably produces a haptic response that can be felt on the touchscreen or that can be felt in a region different from the touchscreen provided for this purpose, e.g. sensed by the feet.
  • the haptic feedback is not sensible by means of the touchscreen, but in an area over, under or at the sides of the touchscreen, or on the floor.
  • a user who likes or needs a haptic feedback can simply touch this area by hand or by foot and use the touchscreen with a free hand.
  • the feedback unit comprises at least one vibrator that is designed to produce vibrations that can be sensed.
  • the vibrational effects are preferably achieved with implemented eccentric rotating mass actuators controlled by a processor or a microcontroller.
  • the actuators are especially placed behind the touchscreen.
  • Inputs from users are used to drive the actuators.
  • haptic feedback is used e.g. to indicate the change of floors along the sl ide.
  • haptic feedbacks are also received when buttons on other interfaces are touched.
  • the haptic feedback (e.g. the vibration effect) is the same for al l floors for some appl ications, an embodiment is preferred where there can be at least two d ifferent kind of haptic feedback effects, e.g. vibration effects, to separate target floors from each other.
  • every 5 th or 1 0 th floor is ind icated by another haptic feedback, e.g. a longer and/or stronger vibration.
  • any floor having the cipher 5 as last digit is symbol ized by another haptic feedback as floors having the cipher 0 as last digit, wherein these floors are symbol ized with another haptic feedback than any other floor.
  • the haptic feedback is preferably ach ieved with a vibration of the DOP-device and/or the touchscreen.
  • the vibration effect may consist of a constant vibration of certain length or two or more constant vibrations with same or d ifferent length (durations).
  • vibration effects comprising special vibration patterns consisting of two or more vibrations of certain duration separated by pauses (si lent intervals) to ind icate special information for the user. It is also preferred that these vibration patterns are shaped such that the number of floors or the number of the elevator is represented, e.g. 3 vibrations for 3 rd elevator from left or the 3 rd floor, or that they are shaped l ike Morse-code.
  • the haptic feedback system comprises an anti-vibration layer that is designed to be arranged between the touch screen and the DOP assembly or between the haptic actuators and the DOP assembly. Its aim is to dampen the vibration for those regions where the vibration is unwanted. I n other words, the haptic result is real ized solely on regions intended for th is haptic aim.
  • the haptic feedback system and -method provides qu ick or instantaneous tacti le confirmation of user input. It especial ly hel ps visual ly d isabled users or users not looking on the screen to be able to use a touchscreen destination operation panel in spite of an inabi l ity to see the screen properly. Thus, it enhances the usabi l ity of sl ider interfaces on touchscreens by using the combination with physical feedback.
  • Fig. 1 presents an elevator system su itable for the method of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 presents an elevator system su itable for the method of the present invention.
  • the elevator system forms an elevator group, wh ich comprises two elevator cars 1 and 2, the elevator cars 1 and 2 are able to move in the elevator hoistway between the floors F 1 , F2 ... F 1 0.
  • the elevator system is operated by processing device 3 of a destination control system that moves elevator car 1 via motor un it 4 and elevator car 2 via motor unit 5.
  • processing device 3 receives signals over a data l ine 6 from an input device comprising a touchscreen 7 of the input system that is mounted at least on the ground floor, but preferably also in any lobby of floors 1 to 1 0.
  • On the touchscreen 7 a non-physical but visual sl ider is shown that can be operated by moving a hand 8 with a vertical swiping motion over the sl ider wh i le touch ing the touchscreen 7.
  • the target floor of the cal l wi l l be counted up step by step. Due to the invention, each time when the target floor is changed, there wi l l be a haptic feedback (e.g. a vibration) on the surface of the touchscreen or at another position that can be easi ly accessed by the user. By counting vibrations, the user wi l l simply know when h is finger is at a right floor position and he can register a destination to h is target floor. If the haptic feedback is not provided directly via the touchpad, the zone of haptic feedback is preferably marked or at least is the visual ly d isabled person informed about the position of th is spot.
  • a haptic feedback e.g. a vibration

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L'invention concerne un système de rétroaction haptique destiné à des systèmes d'ascenseur, le système de rétroaction haptique étant conçu pour recevoir des données en provenance d'un écran tactile et comprenant une unité de rétroaction qui est conçue pour produire une réponse haptique, la réponse étant activée lorsqu'un curseur situé sur l'écran tactile est activé et/ou déplacé, au moins vers des positions particulières. De plus, l'invention concerne un procédé de rétroaction haptique réalisé à l'aide de tels systèmes.
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