JP2601320B2 - Ticketing machine for parking tickets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used in the technical field of a parking lot management device that automatically manages the exit of a vehicle. The present invention relates to improvement of a ticket issuing machine that issues a parking ticket.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional parking lot management device, a ticket issuing machine is installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and when the entering vehicle is detected, the ticket issuing machine issues a parking ticket recording the entry time, and the driver etc. draws this parking ticket from the ticket issuing port. When unplugged, the entrance gate opens to allow entry, while the above parking ticket is inserted into the fare adjustment machine installed at the exit and payment is completed, and the exit gate opens to allow exit of vehicles. In addition, the above-mentioned ticketing machine has various recording means performed with a magnetic head, a printer or a punch machine for recording the parking time on a parking ticket, and the storage time (recording time) by these recording means. It has a ticket issuing means that sends out the parking ticket with the current time recorded one by one toward the ticket issuing port, and the above ticket issuing port allows the driver etc. to remove the parking ticket while sitting on the seat seat,
It is open toward the storage passage.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in order to remove the parking ticket issued to the ticket issuing port while sitting on the seat, it is necessary to stop the vehicle by approaching the ticket issuing machine, for example, about 30 to 40 cm, At the present time, driving techniques that are difficult for beginners are required and seat belts are obligatory, and if you do not stop the vehicle close to the ticket opening well, you will not be able to reach unless you remove the seat belt each time In the worst case, the seat belt must be removed and the door must be further opened to get out of the vehicle. In some cases, the parking ticket cannot be removed.

Therefore, a technical problem of the present invention is that the distance between a stopped vehicle and a ticket issuing machine is constantly corrected to be constant, and a parking ticket can be easily and safely extracted while sitting on a seat. It is to do.

[Means for solving the problem]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above technical problem are as follows.

(1) A head provided with a ticket issuing port for a parking ticket on a front end surface thereof is attached to a ticket issuing machine main body installed at an entrance of a parking lot so as to be able to advance and retreat toward the entrance passage.

(2) The above-mentioned ticketing machine main body is provided with a sensor for measuring the distance from the entering vehicle.

(3) Similarly, the ticketing machine body calculates a head moving distance that narrows the distance between the head tip surface and the entering vehicle to a set distance from the distance measured by the sensor, and controls the head moving motor to calculate the head moving distance. And a head moving device for moving the head toward the entering vehicle by the moving distance.

(4) Inside the head, a parking ticket issuing device for issuing a parking ticket recording the entry time to a ticket issuing port when the movement of the head relative to the entering vehicle stops is provided.

(5) The head movement control device is provided with return movement means for rotating the head movement motor and returning the head to the original position when the issued parking ticket is pulled out from the ticket issuing port.

[Action]

 The above means works as follows.

The element described in the above (1) is capable of freely adjusting the distance between the vehicle and the ticket issuing port by moving the head provided with the ticket issuing port close to or away from the vehicle entering the storage passage. Make it possible.

The element described in the above (2) makes it possible to measure the distance (distance) between the ticket issuing machine main body and the vehicle stopped in the entrance passage.

The element described in the above (3) can make the interval between the ticket issuing port of the head and the entering vehicle close to the optimal set interval (for example, about 30 to 40 cm), so that the stopping position of the entering vehicle, the vehicle width, etc. Irrespective of this, it is possible for a driver or the like to easily remove a parking ticket while sitting on a seat.

The factor described in the above (4) is that the parking ticket is not issued to the ticket issuing port unless the head is moved toward the entering vehicle and stopped, so the hand or face is quickly hurried to remove the parking ticket from the window. It is possible to prevent an accident that occurs first and collides with an approaching head.

The factor described in the above (5) is that the head moves back to the start position (home position) after the parking ticket is pulled out, so that the vehicle can be safely entered without being disturbed by the head, and It is also possible to safely proceed with the entry of vehicles following.

As described above, the technical problems described above can be solved by the above means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the parking ticket issuing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing the whole of a ticket issuing machine for parking tickets according to the present invention. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes one side of a parking passage T of a parking lot as shown in FIGS. A ticket issuing machine main body is installed, and a head 2 provided with a ticket issuing port 3 for a parking ticket (not shown) on a front end surface 2a is provided on an upper portion 1 of the main body 1.
It is attached to move forward and backward. Reference numeral 4 denotes a sensor of an ultrasonic type or an optical type mounted on the front surface of the ticket issuing machine body 1 toward the entrance passage T. When the sensor 4 catches the entrance vehicle M stopped in the entrance passage T, the entrance vehicle T This is a mechanism for measuring the distance L between M and the front end surface (ticket issuing port 3) of the head 2. A magnetic writer or a punching machine for recording the parking time (current time) on the parking ticket or various recorders such as a printer and a parking ticket recording the parking time are issued inside the head 2. Although a ticket issuing device for sending the ticket to the mouth 3 and a ticket issuing switch which is turned on when a parking ticket is pulled out from the ticket issuing port 3 are provided, these members are omitted in the drawing.

Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views showing the moving structure of the head 2, wherein 5 is a head moving motor such as a servo motor or a pulse motor mounted in the ticket issuing machine main body 1. The driving gear 5a of the motor 5 is
And meshed with an intermediate gear 7 integrally formed on the side surface of the. Reference numeral 8 denotes a bracket mounted in the ticket issuing machine main body 1. The integrally formed feed gear 6 and intermediate gear 7 are rotatably mounted on a gear shaft 9 mounted on the bracket 8, and when the motor 5 is driven. The feed gear 6 is configured to rotate in an interlocking manner. The feed gear 6 meshes with a rack 10 mounted on the bottom surface of the head 2, so that when the motor 5 is driven, the feed gear 6 sends the rack 10 to
To move the front end side of the head 2 closer to or farther from the entering vehicle M.

In FIG. 6, reference numerals 11 and 11 denote holding plates mounted on both sides of the upper end of the ticketing machine main body 1. Reference numerals 12 ... denote ball bearings rotatably fitted on the upper surfaces of both holding plates 11, 11. Head 2 has ball bearings of these sizes on the left and right sides of the bottom
12 and is configured to be movable forward and backward toward the entrance passage T with respect to the ticket issuing machine main body 1. Reference numerals 2b and 2b denote guide pieces protruding from lower left and right edges of the head 2, and reference numerals 13 and 13 denote guide rails similarly mounted on both inner sides of the head 2.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 14 denotes a movement control device for the head 2 mounted in the ticket issuing machine main body 1. FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining the electric configuration of the entire present invention including the movement control device 14. It is.

In FIG. 7, 15 is a clock circuit for generating a reference clock signal.
16, a storage unit 17 constituted by a ROM storing a system program, and a CPU connected to an I / O port 18. The I / O port 18 includes the sensor 4 and the head moving motor 5 in addition to the sensor 4. And the ticket issuing switch 19 and the tip of the head 2
A display 20 for date and time display attached to 2a, and a recorder 21a and a parking ticket feed roller motor 21b constituting the above-mentioned ticket issuing device 21 are connected, and the head 2 is operated in accordance with a program stored in the storage unit 17. , Back and forth, and a parking ticket is issued to the ticket issuing port 3.

Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the above-described parking ticket issuing processing operation in the present invention, and the processing procedure will be described below in order.

That is, when the incoming vehicle M stops in the incoming passage T as shown in FIG. 3, the sensor 4 measures the distance L between the head 2 and the incoming vehicle M in a first step S1.

In the next step S2, the movement control device 14 calculates the movement distance n of the head 2 based on the measured interval L. Incidentally, when the optimal set interval Z of the entering vehicle M of the ticket issuing port 3 of the head 2 is 30 cm, and the measured interval L is 105 cm, the moving distance n is LZ, that is, 105-30 = 75 cm. .

In the next step S3, the motor 5 is controlled to operate and the head 2 is moved toward the entering vehicle M by the calculated moving distance n, and the distance between the ticket issuing port 3 and the entering vehicle M is determined by the driver sitting on the seat. By simply reaching out while approaching, it approaches the dimension Z that allows the parking ticket to be pulled out from the ticket issuing port 3. (Refer to FIG. 4.) In the next step S4, the recorder 21a and the feed roller motor 21b of the ticket issuing device 21 operate, and a parking ticket in which the parking time is recorded is issued to the ticket issuing port 3.

When the parking ticket is pulled out from the ticket issuing port 3 in the next step S5, the ticket issuing port switch 19 is turned on, and in the next step S6, the motor 5
Is reversed, and the head 2 which was on a business trip as shown in FIG.
The ticket is returned to the original position shown in FIG.

Incidentally, when the ticket issuing port switch 19 is turned on by pulling out the parking ticket, an entrance gate (not shown) provided in the entrance passage T may be opened to enable entrance.

〔effect〕

Therefore, according to the ticketing machine for parking ticket according to the present invention, when the vehicle stops at the entrance, the head of the ticketing machine moves toward the vehicle, and the driver issues the parking ticket while the driver sits on the seat. Because it is close to the optimal interval where you can pull out,
The driver can easily remove the parking ticket without having to lean out of the seat or open the door to get out of the car, and therefore does not require advanced driving techniques when entering Even beginners who are inexperienced can securely remove the parking ticket simply by stopping the vehicle in the designated zone of the entrance passage, so that the congestion of the entrance due to the removal of the parking ticket can be resolved and the parking lot , And while driving a vehicle with a different width,
Since parking tickets can always be extracted at the same set interval, problems such as extraction errors due to differences in vehicle intervals can be resolved, and it is ideally suited for use in parking lots that automatically manage vehicle entry and exit. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 and 2 are overall perspective views of a parking ticket issuing machine according to the present invention showing a state where a head is stopped and a state where the head is projected forward, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram showing a state in which a head has been moved, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a head moving device according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged front sectional view, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a ticket issuing processing procedure. T is a receiving passage, M is a receiving vehicle, 1 is a ticket issuing machine main body, 2 is a head, 3 is a ticket issuing port, 4 is a sensor, 5 is a motor, 14 is a head movement control device, 21 is a ticket issuing device, 21a is a recording device, 21b is a motor for a parking ticket feed roller, Z is a set interval, L is a measurement interval, and n is a head moving distance.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket issuing machine installed at a parking entrance of a parking lot,
A head provided with a ticket issuing port for a parking ticket on the front end surface is movably mounted toward the entrance passage, and is mounted on the ticket issuing machine main body.A sensor for measuring an interval with the entering vehicle and a head tip based on the measured interval. A head movement control device that calculates a head movement distance that narrows the distance between the surface and the entering vehicle to a set interval, and controls the head moving motor to move the head toward the entering vehicle by the calculated moving distance. A ticket issuing machine for parking tickets characterized by having a 2. A parking ticket issuing device for issuing a parking ticket recording the entry time to a ticket issuing port when the movement of the head with respect to the entering vehicle is stopped is provided inside the head. The parking ticket according to claim 1, further comprising a return moving means for reversing the head moving motor to return the head to the original position when the issued parking ticket is pulled out from the ticket issuing port. Ticketing machine.