Notification control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12559348-B2
Application number	US-201817052567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2018
Priority date	Jun 28, 2018
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A notification control device includes an attribute identification unit configured to identify a physical attribute of a user who uses an elevator, and a notification control unit configured to control, based on the physical attribute identified by the attribute identification unit, a notification speed at which information is provided by a notification device installed in a car in which the user having the identified physical attribute is to ride.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A notification control device, comprising:
an attribute identificator configured to identify a physical attribute of a user who uses an elevator; and a notification controller configured to control, based on the physical attribute identified by the attribute identificator, a notification speed at which information is provided by a display or speaker in a car in which the user having the identified physical attribute is to ride, wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user by using: at least one of a result of operation input performed by the user on a hall operation panel in a hall of the car, an image recognition result, which is obtained by using an image including the user picked up by a camera in the car, or a voice recognition result, which is obtained by using a voice of the user input through a microphone in the car, and wherein, after the elevator has stopped at a floor at which the physical attribute is not registered from the hall operation panel, when a user having the physical attribute is newly recognized in the car by the camera or the microphone, the attribute identificator updates the number of users having the physical attribute at the floor.

2 . The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the physical attribute includes at least one of an age or a disabled person.

3 . The notification control device according to claim 2 , further comprising a language identificator configured to identify a type of language used by the user,
wherein the notification controller is configured to change, based on the type of language identified by the language identificator, a type of language to be used for providing the information by the display in the car in which the user having the identified type of language is to ride.

4 . The notification control device according to claim 2 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

5 . The notification control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a language identificator configured to identify a type of language used by the user,
wherein the notification controller is configured to change, based on the type of language identified by the language identificator, a type of language to be used for providing the information by the display in the car in which the user having the identified type of language is to ride.

6 . The notification control device according to claim 5 , further comprising an updater configured to count the number of users for each type of language identified by the language identificator,
wherein the language identificator is configured to identify, based on the number of users counted by the updater, the type of language to be used for providing the information by the display.

7 . The notification control device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the language identificator is configured to identify the type of language used by the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user operating on the hall operation panel in the hall of the car, and the voice recognition result, and wherein the updater is configured to: compare a type of language selected in the operation input result with a type of language that is actually recognized; add a new type of language when a language different from the selected type of language is recognized; and set the number of users having the recognized added type of language, as the number of users of the added type of language.

8 . The notification control device according to claim 7 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

9 . The notification control device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the notification controller controls the notification speed based on whether the user is disabled.

10 . The notification control device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the attribute identificatory identifies the user as elderly.

11 . The notification control device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the attribute identificatory identifies the user as disabled.

12 . The notification control device according to claim 6 , wherein the language identificator is configured to identify the type of language used by the user based on at least one of a result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel in the hall of the car, or the voice recognition result.

13 . The notification control device according to claim 6 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

14 . The notification control device according to claim 5 , wherein the language identificator is configured to identify the type of language used by the user based on at least one of a result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel in the hall of the car, or the voice recognition result.

15 . The notification control device according to claim 14 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

16 . The notification control device according to claim 5 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

17 . The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute identificator is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user based on the result of operation input performed by the user on the hall operation panel, and at least one of the image recognition result, or the voice recognition result.

18 . The notification control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the attribute identificatory identifies the physical attribute of the user using information acquired by the camera and the microphone.

19 . A notification control device, comprising:
attribute identification circuitry configured to identify a physical attribute of a user who uses an elevator; and notification circuitry configured to control, based on the physical attribute identified by the attribute identification circuitry, a notification speed at which information is provided by a display or speaker in a car in which the user having the identified physical attribute is to ride, wherein the attribute identification circuitry is configured to identify the physical attribute of the user by using: at least one of a result of operation input performed by the user on a hall operation panel in a hall of the car, an image recognition result which is obtained by using an image including the user picked up by a camera in the car, or a voice recognition result, which is obtained by using a voice of t

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Inata Masayuki

Classifications

• G06V40/178

  estimating age from face image; using age information for improving recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/161

  Detection; Localisation; Normalisation · CPC title

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title