JP3487671B2 - Remote control device for mechanical parking equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility, and more particularly to a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility capable of reserving entry / exit times from a location remote from the parking facility. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is an increasing demand for so-called mechanical parking equipment having a storage space above or underground in order to save space and effectively use the space.

First, the structure of a conventional mechanical parking facility and its control device will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

FIG. 10 shows a mechanical parking facility 5, in which a plurality of pallets 5d for mounting automobiles inside a tower, drive means 5b for moving the pallets 5d, and drive means 5 are shown.
The transmission mechanism 5c for transmitting the power from b to the movement of the pallet 5d, the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a for loading / unloading the automobile onto / from the pallet, and referring to FIG. A programmable controller (hereinafter referred to as a sequencer) 4 having a built-in central processing unit (CPU) for connecting and controlling the movement of pallets and controlling the state of a mechanical parking facility. It is composed of an operation panel 6 for operating the entry work. FIG. 11B shows a panel 16 of the typical operation panel 6.
Indicates. Normally, the operation panel 6 is installed near the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a of the automobile 8.

Next, with reference to FIG. 12, the operation of the control means of the mechanical parking facility 5 configured as described above will be described.

In FIG. 12, an operation S4 indicates an input to the operation panel 6, and a machine movement S5 is a mechanical parking facility 5 in which the information input to the operation panel 6 is executed via the sequencer 4.
Shows the operation of. Usually, a dedicated operator operates this operation panel 6.

First, when the vehicle 8 is loaded or unloaded according to a driver's instruction, the operator performs a security check by inputting a personal identification number on the operation panel 6 as shown in S6. After confirming the security check, the driving means 5b is activated and the desired pallet 5d starts moving to land on the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a. Then, as shown in S7,
Cars 8 are carried in and out of a desired pallet 5d. Finally, as shown in S8, the operator confirms the safety inside the mechanical parking facility on the operation panel, and a series of vehicle loading / unloading operations are completed.

[0008]

The conventional mechanical parking equipment and its control means are constructed as described above, and a dedicated operator manages the loading and unloading of a vehicle. In such a conventional mechanical parking facility and its control means, especially when loading and unloading a vehicle, the driver notifies the full-time operator to that effect, and then the pallet on which the desired vehicle is placed is the vehicle loading / unloading port. There is a problem that you have to wait a long time before you get to the floor. This is becoming more and more serious as the mechanical parking equipment becomes large in scale in order to cope with the recent increase in the number of vehicles housed in the mechanical parking equipment.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and in mechanical parking equipment, it is possible to prevent the driver from waiting, especially when loading and unloading an automobile. An object is to provide a remote control device.

[0010]

A remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to claim 1 of the present invention, which achieves the above object, carries an automobile into and out of a plurality of pallets at a vehicle entrance / exit, and circulating movement or in a state of connecting a plurality of pallets with each other, a pallet drive means for reciprocally moving the specific palette, the mechanical parking installation comprising a pallet drive control means for controlling the pallet drive means for remotely controlling The device is an access means for communicating a predetermined signal via a predetermined communication means with a place away from the mechanical parking facility, and is connected to the access means, and is based on the predetermined signal from the access means. and have Dzu, the desired pallet among the plurality of pallets to a desired time so as to stand in the vehicle entry and leaving port, the pallet drive control means, you outputs a predetermined instruction at a predetermined time And a central processing arithmetic control unit.

The central processing calculation control means measures time.
Measuring means and a converter that adds a predetermined conversion to a predetermined signal
And a memory for storing the signal converted by the conversion means.
Stage, the signal stored in the storage means and the pallet drive control hand
Information about the status of mechanical parking equipment output from the corridor
To the pallet drive control means based on the result
And means for calculating and outputting a predetermined command at a predetermined time
Multiple palettes output from the pallet drive control means.
Information about the location of each
There is an information signal regarding the state of the mechanical parking facility.
Move the pallet from the time position to the entrance / exit
Calculate the entry / exit time, which is the time required for
Entry / exit time and desired entry / exit output from the access means
Based on the reservation time set as the storage time,
The current time is the time when the entry / exit time is subtracted from the entry / exit reservation time.
Is the same as or is later than the current time?
Calculate and judge the case, and update the calculation and judgment at regular intervals.
While being new, the conditions are met for the desired pallet
Occasionally, a warehousing / unloading command is output to the pallet drive control means.

In the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to claim 2 of the present invention, the communication means in the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to claim 1 is a telephone line, and the access means is voice. A DTMF encoder is a modem and a means for converting a predetermined signal output from the access means.

In the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to claim 3 of the present invention, a local area network (hereinafter referred to as a communication means and an access means in the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to claim 1) "L
AN (Local Area Network) ") is used.

[0014]

[0015]

According to the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to the first aspect of the present invention , the central processing arithmetic control means is provided.
In the converter that converts the signal output from the access means.
The conversion means and the signal converted by the conversion means are stored.
And a signal stored in the storage means by the storage means.
Central processing arithmetic control with information signal about the state of parking system
It is calculated by the control means and specified based on the result.
A predetermined command is output to the pallet driving means at the time.
That is, the central processing calculation control means controls the access means.
From the reservation time output from
Its position by a signal containing information about the position of the pallet
Required to move the pallet from the vehicle to the vehicle entrance / exit
Deducted entry / exit time, and the time is the same as the current time
Or a later time than the current time
A calculation judgment is made for each, and when this condition is satisfied, the palette
Outputs a loading / unloading command to the drive control means via the sequencer
And wait for the desired pallet at the vehicle entrance / exit at the desired time.
It can be machined.

[0016]

According to the remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the second aspect of the present invention, a telephone line is used as a communication means, and the access means can be accessed from a general telephone or an automobile telephone mounted on an automobile. Is communicated with the voice modem based on a predetermined signal, and the signal is converted by the DTMF encoder connected to the voice modem and stored in the storage means.

According to the remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to claim 3 of the present invention, by using a LAN as the communication means and the access means, the LAN
It communicates with the remote control means of the mechanical parking facility through the terminal.

[0019]

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, FIG. 1 shows a mechanical parking facility 5 of the present invention.
2 shows a block diagram of the remote control device 1. The remote control device 1 is connected to the access means 2 for communicating a predetermined signal with the outside, and is connected to the access means 2 to input a signal based on the predetermined signal and to control a predetermined command at a predetermined time by pallet driving. And a central processing calculation control means 3 for outputting to a sequencer 4 which is a means.

Next, a case where a telephone is used as the access means 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the remote control device 1 for the mechanical parking facility 5 of the present invention is
A voice modem 2a for analogizing or digitizing a signal using the telephone line 7, a DTMF encoder 2b for converting the sound of a push-phone of a telephone into a predetermined signal, and a central processing control connected to this DTMF encoder 2b. And means 3.

Using the remote control device 1 for the mechanical parking facility 5 constructed as described above, the operation for carrying in and out a desired automobile at the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a of the mechanical parking facility 5 will be described with reference to FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.

The driver first calls the remote control device 1 of the mechanical parking facility 5 from the office building 20 by telephone,
Connect the line. When the line is connected, the voice guide 1 shown in Table 1 below is issued. Next, for the security check, the personal identification number is input by the touch-tone phone according to the instruction of the voice guide 2 shown in Table 1 below. While judging whether the personal identification number is a proper number, the voice guide 3 shown in Table 1 below is issued. If the personal identification number does not match the regular number, the personal identification number is input again using the voice guide 4 shown in Table 1 below. Do this operation for example, 3
If the password does not match the regular PIN even after repeated times, the voice guide 5 shown in Table 1 below is issued and the line is disconnected. If the personal identification number matches the official number, proceed to the next step. When the user wants to leave the warehouse, he / she inputs whether or not it is already in the warehouse. If not, the line is disconnected by the voice guide 6 shown in Table 1 below. When already stored, the voice guide 7 shown in Table 1 below is issued.

[0025]

[Table 1]

Next, by using the voice guide 8 shown in Table 1 and the voice guide 9 shown in Table 2 below, for example, the service code 1 is input and the leaving reservation time is input. Further, when the leaving reservation is already made, the service code No. 2 is input and the leaving reservation time is confirmed by the voice guide 10 shown in Table 2 below. If you want to change or cancel the departure reservation time, enter the service code No. 3
The reservation time is changed or canceled according to the voice guide 11 shown in FIG.

[0027]

[Table 2]

By the above operation, the signal relating to the leaving reservation time is stored in the central processing calculation control means 3 via the voice modem 2a and the DTMF encoder 2b.

Next, regarding the operation of the mechanical parking facility 5 based on the leaving reservation time stored in the central processing computation control means 3 by the above operation, the central processing computation control means 3 and the drive control means of the mechanical parking facility 5 will be described. The exchange with a certain sequencer 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

The sequencer 4, which is the drive control means of the mechanical parking facility 5, receives signals regarding all pallet numbers on which automobiles are mounted and the position of the pallet 5d in the mechanical parking facility (hereinafter referred to as "location number"). Remembered

In FIG. 4, the central processing operation control means 3
The content 1 shown in Table 3 below is sent from the controller to the sequencer 4. this
In response to this, the sequencer 4 transfers it to the central processing control means 3.
Response 1 shown in Table 3 is sent. Based on this response 1, S1
As shown in Fig.
Transfer pallet 5d from vehicle number to vehicle entry / exit port 5a
Calculate the shipping time required to move. Departure time t₀of
The calculation is, for example, a machine having the steel tower structure shown in FIG.
In case of automatic parking equipment, the time when the activation bell rings as a safety measure
To T₁, After the pallet is activated, land on the vehicle entrance / exit
Time to reach T₂, Driver waiting at the vehicle entrance / exit
Board the car on the pallet on which he has landed and leave
The time required for₃, Opening and closing the door of the vehicle entrance and exit
Time to T _FiveThen, it is given by the following calculation formula.

T ₀ = T ₁ + T ₂ + T ₃ + T ₅ Even if the model of the mechanical parking equipment changes, the calculation formula can be changed according to the model and the delivery time t ₀ can be calculated. . This calculation is performed for all palettes and stored. Moreover, since the pallet 5d moves every moment as the vehicle is carried in and out, a signal from the sequencer is input at constant time intervals as shown in S2, and the above calculation is updated and stored for all pallets.

Next, as shown in S3, the central processing calculation control means 3 determines, for each incoming vehicle, from the scheduled departure time of the incoming vehicle,
Calculation is performed by subtracting the delivery time required to move the pallet 5d to the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a from the location number. The subtracted time is stored, and it is determined whether it is the same as the current time or later than the current time. If the delivery reservation time of a certain pallet satisfies the above conditions, that is, if the time obtained by subtracting the delivery time from the delivery reservation time is the same as the current time or after the current time, the contents 3 shown in Table 3 below. And response 3, content 2 and response 2
Check delivery based on. Then, after the delivery confirmation is made, the content 4 shown in Table 3 below is output to the sequencer 4. The sequencer 4 to which the leaving command is input outputs the driving command to the driving control means of the mechanical parking facility 5, and the pallet 5d on which the desired automobile is placed moves to the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a. After the move, the content 2 and the response 2 shown in Table 3 below are performed again.

[0034]

[Table 3]

The vehicle is carried out at the loading / unloading port, and a series of work from booking to exiting is completed. Now, in offices in recent years, automation has advanced, and office computers, personal computers, workstations, etc. are connected to each other by cables, optical fiber cables or wirelessly in the same office or the same building to exchange application programs and data. LAN
Is spreading.

In the second embodiment, the case of using this LAN will be described. FIG. 5A is a block diagram of a LAN provided in the office building 20. The LAN host computer 9 stores various application programs and data and controls the devices of each terminal, and the LAN host computer 9. A personal computer 10 (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) that is connected and directly exchanges application programs and data, a display 11 (hereinafter referred to as a CRT) that is a screen display means of the personal computer, and a LAN for communicating with another LAN. It is composed of a wireless bridge 12.

FIG. 5B is a block diagram showing a remote control device 1 for a mechanical parking facility 5 using a LAN, in which the access means 2 for communicating a predetermined signal with the outside is another LA.
The configuration is exactly the same as that of the first embodiment except that it is a wireless bridge 12 for communicating with N.

Next, a mechanical parking facility 5 utilizing LAN
The operation of will be described. First, when the program or data of the application registered in the LAN host computer 9 is to be used, it is directly selected from the screen of the CRT 11. As software that mediates between the program of this application and the user of the personal computer 10, Windows (US MICROSOF
The registered trademark of Company T) is widespread. FIG. 7A shows the W
It shows an example of a screen of Windows. The application program is represented by an icon 13 on the screen, and the icon 13 is selected by clicking with the mouse or moving the cursor on the keyboard of the personal computer. In this embodiment, the icon 13a which is the application program of the mechanical parking facility 5 is selected. Figure 7
(B) is an enlarged view of the icon 13a portion.

When the driver opens this program, the wireless bridge 12 is connected to the wireless bridge 12 on the mechanical parking facility side via the LAN host computer 9. After this,
The content of the voice guide shown in the first embodiment is C of the personal computer 10.
It is sequentially displayed on the RT 11, and according to the instruction, reservation of the departure time, confirmation of the departure reservation time,
Change the departure reservation time or cancel the departure reservation time.

The above contents input from the personal computer 10 are
It is sent to the wireless bridge 12 on the mechanical parking facility side through the LAN host computer 9 and the wireless bridge 12, and is stored in the central processing calculation control means 3 connected to this wireless bridge 12. The central processing calculation control means 3 is the first embodiment.
By the same operation as the above, a command is output to the sequencer 4 which is the drive control means of the mechanical parking facility 5 according to the condition based on the reservation time for leaving the vehicle, and the pallet 5d on which the desired vehicle is mounted is entered at the desired time. The exit port 5a is put on standby. Then, the car is taken out and the work of leaving the car is completed.

As a typical LAN, ETHERNET (registered trademark of US XEROX) TCP / IP corresponding to a communication protocol capable of large-capacity communication, and mini MAP / ETHERNE corresponding to high-speed communication
There are T etc. Either can be used to remotely control the mechanical parking facility.

When a LAN is used, as shown in FIG. 6, the ETHERNET interface module 15 can be directly connected to the sequencer 4 to construct the present invention as a third embodiment. If this ETHERNET interface module 15 is connected, it is not necessary to provide the central processing calculation control means 3 shown in the first and second embodiments on the mechanical parking facility side, and the LAN host computer 9 or the personal computer 10 which is a terminal is predetermined. Remote control of the mechanical parking equipment 5 by preparing the software of
A pallet 5d on which a desired automobile 8 is placed at a desired time
Can be made to stand by at the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the desired automobile 8 is unloaded at the desired time has been described, but conversely, the vehicle 8 can be unloaded at the desired time by the method shown in the first embodiment. can do.

As shown in FIG. 2, the remote control device 3 of the mechanical parking facility 5 and the telephone line 7 are connected to each other, for example, by an automobile telephone (not shown) or a mobile telephone mounted on the automobile. Based on the signal input to the remote control means of the mechanical parking facility 5 through the car telephone line, the empty pallet is made to stand by at the vehicle loading / unloading port 5a at the warehousing reservation time by the same procedure as in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment. Do the work. In particular, in the case of warehousing, if the warehousing reservation time is delayed due to traffic conditions, the warehousing reservation time can be changed from the car telephone and the warehousing can be carried out at a desired time.

In the above embodiment, the mechanical parking facility 5 is used.
Shows an example of a tower type with a steel tower structure. However, as shown in Fig. 8, the parking facility 18 is installed in the basement of the building, or, as shown in Fig. 9, it is installed at a large depth where demand will increase in the future. According to the same principle, the parking facility 19 can be reserved for entering and leaving the vehicle, and the larger the size of the mechanical parking facility, the more the remote control device of the mechanical parking facility of the present invention can be demonstrated. can do.

[0046]

According to the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to the first aspect of the present invention, the central processing arithmetic control is performed.
The signal output from the access means in the means
Signals converted and stored by means and pallet driving hands
Information about the status of mechanical parking equipment output from the corridor
Signal and compare it with a specified instruction at a specified time.
Output to the vehicle drive means,
Then, the desired pallet is moved in advance.
It That is, access by the central processing arithmetic control means
From the reservation time output from the means to a certain time
A signal containing information about the position of the pallet
To move the pallet from its position to the vehicle entrance / exit
Subtract the required loading and unloading time, and that time is the current time
Same condition or later than current time
Calculation judgment is performed every hour, and when this condition is satisfied,
Entry and exit commands to the let drive control means via the sequencer
By outputting, the desired pallet is moved,
It is possible to stand by at the vehicle entrance / exit at the reservation time.
Then , the driver can put in or take out a desired automobile without waiting at the vehicle entrance / exit.

[0047]

According to the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to the second aspect of the present invention, the telephone line is used as the communication means, the voice modem is connected to the line, and the DTM is used.
The F encoder converts the signal and communicates with the remote control device of the mechanical parking facility to input the reservation time to the remote control device of the mechanical parking facility from a general telephone or an automobile telephone installed in a car. It becomes possible to do.

According to the remote control device for mechanical parking equipment according to the third aspect of the present invention, a LAN is provided as a communication means and an access means, and a terminal of the LAN provided in an office or the like is operated to perform remote operation. By communicating with the control device, it is possible to input the entry / exit time to the remote control device of the mechanical parking facility.

[0050]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a second diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the remote control device for the mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a third diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the remote control device for the mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a configuration of a LAN according to a second embodiment of the remote control device for the mechanical parking facility according to the present invention. (B) is a figure which shows the structure of the 2nd Example which concerns on the remote control apparatus of the mechanical parking equipment based on this invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a third embodiment of a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing the configuration of a Windows screen according to a second embodiment of the remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention. FIG. 7B is an enlarged view of a part of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a first diagram showing a mechanical parking facility according to a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a second diagram showing a mechanical parking facility according to a remote control device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a third view of the mechanical parking facility according to the remote control device for the mechanical parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 (a) is a block diagram showing control of a mechanical parking facility in the related art. (B) is a figure which shows the operating panel of the mechanical parking equipment in a prior art.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a control flow of a mechanical parking facility in a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Remote control device 2 access means 3 Central processing calculation control means 4 programmable controller 5 Parking facilities 6 control panel

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Tobata 1-8-1 Kita-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Sumitomo Fudo Ueno Building No. 3 Shinmeiwa Engineering Ring Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-6-257298 (JP, A) JP 63-181862 (JP, A) JP 5-225477 (JP, A) JP 5-244661 (JP, A) Actual development Sho 64-46344 (JP, U) (JP 58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E04H 6 / 12,6 / 14 601 E04H 6/18 601 G08B 25/08 G08G 1/015 H04M 11/00-11/10

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pallet driving means for carrying an automobile in and out of a plurality of pallets at a vehicle loading and unloading port, and circulatingly moving or reciprocating a specific pallet in a state where the plurality of pallets are interconnected. A device for remotely controlling a mechanical parking facility, comprising: a pallet drive control unit for controlling the pallet drive unit, for communicating a predetermined signal with a place distant from the mechanical parking facility via a predetermined communication unit. Access means for connecting the access means, and based on the predetermined signal from the access means, to make a desired pallet among the plurality of pallets wait at the vehicle loading / unloading port at a desired time. , to the pallet drive control means have a central processing operation control means for outputting a predetermined command at a predetermined time
The central processing calculation control means, means for measuring time, conversion means for applying a predetermined conversion to the predetermined signal, and storage means for storing the signal converted by the conversion means.
And signals stored in the storage means and the pallet drive control
Information about the state of mechanical parking equipment output from the means
Compare the signal and drive the pallet based on the result.
Means for calculating and outputting a predetermined command at a predetermined time to the control means
And a plurality of packets output from the pallet drive control means.
Information about the position of each let at a given time
By the information signal about the state of the mechanical parking equipment including
From the position at a certain time to the loading / unloading gate,
Calculate the entry / exit time, which is the time required to move
In addition, from the access time
The entry / exit schedule set as the desired entry / exit time to be output
Based on the approximate time and the reservation time
Whether the time after deducting the warehouse time is the same as the current time,
Calculates the condition after the current time , makes a judgment, and updates the calculation and judgment at regular intervals, while
Regarding the pallet, when the above conditions are met,
A remote control device for a mechanical parking facility that outputs a loading / unloading command to a pallet drive control means . Wherein said communication means is a telephone line, said access means is a voice modem, the conversion means is a DTMF encoder, a remote control device for mechanical parking facility according to claim 1, wherein. 3. The communication means and the access means
A local area network, remote control of the mechanical parking facility according to claim 1, wherein.