JP6734682B2 - Control method for mechanical parking device and mechanical parking device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a mechanical parking device and a mechanical parking device controlled by this control method.

In a mechanical parking device, an entrance/exit door is usually provided at an entrance/exit of the parking device. The vehicle is loaded and unloaded through the loading/unloading port with the loading/unloading door opened, and the loading/unloading door is closed after the loading/unloading is completed.

An operation panel is installed outside the loading/unloading port, and the administrator or the user himself/herself can perform each operation for loading/unloading with this operation panel. For example, when a user loads and unloads a vehicle, by operating the operation panel, the pallet is called to the loading/unloading section and the loading/unloading door is opened. Then, the vehicle is stopped on the pallet in the entry/exit area when entering, and the vehicle on the pallet is exited from the entry/exit area and stopped when exiting. After that, check the safety inside the boarding area and operate the operation panel to close the loading/unloading door.

However, if the safety confirmation in the entry/exit section is not sufficiently performed due to the carelessness of the user, there is a possibility that a person may be trapped in the entry/exit section due to the closing operation of the entry/exit door. Also, when the entry/exit door is open, the next user assumes that the previous user left without closing the entry/exit door, and if the entry/exit door is closed without checking the inside of the entry/exit section, Users may be trapped.

Various proposals have been made in order to prevent people from being trapped in the boarding/alighting section (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

For example, in Patent Document 1, a first authentication process is performed before opening the entry/exit door to open the entry/exit door, and then a vehicle is entered/exited and a second authentication process is performed before closing the entry/exit door. I'm trying to do. Then, after the authentication information of the first authentication process and the authentication information of the second authentication process match in the collation process, a door closing operation is performed on the operation panel to close the entry/exit door.

2014-139401 publication No. 2015-151679

In the case of Patent Document 1 described above, the door closing operation can be performed if the authentication information of the first authentication process and the authentication information of the second authentication process match. For example, the personal identification number as the authentication information is shared with the family. In some cases, a third party different from the person who performed the first authentication operation (family member in the passenger) may perform the second authentication operation and further perform the door closing operation due to the belief that the whole family has exited. Therefore, it may be difficult to prevent people from remaining in the boarding/alighting area.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a mechanical parking system capable of preventing the operation by a third party and increasing the safety until the regular user completes the loading/unloading operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the device and a mechanical parking device.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling a mechanical parking device according to an aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a mechanical parking device in which a vehicle is loaded and unloaded at a boarding/alighting section, and Before opening the exit door, an authentication process for confirming that the user is a pre-registered authorized user, a transfer call process for calling the vehicle body transfer means to the boarding/alighting section after the authentication process, Before opening the exit door, after the personal identification information registration process of acquiring and registering the user's personal identification information, and after the vehicle body transport means arrives at the boarding/alighting section and the personal identification information registration process is performed. A door opening process for opening the entry/exit door, a personal identification information acquisition process for obtaining personal identification information from a user existing outside the boarding/alighting section before closing the entry/exit door, and the personal identification information registration After the determination processing for determining whether the personal identification information registered by the processing and the personal identification information acquired by the personal identification information acquisition processing match the determination result in the determination processing, Door closing processing for closing the delivery door.

According to this control method, the authentication process for confirming that the user is a registered user in advance and the personal identification information registration process for acquiring and registering the personal identification information of the user are performed. After that, door opening processing is performed, and after the entry and exit of the vehicle is completed, personal identification information is acquired from the user outside the boarding/alighting section, and this acquired personal identification information is the same as the registered personal identification information. If not done, the door closing process will not be performed and the entry/exit door cannot be closed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operation by a third party until the entry/exit operation by the authorized user is completed, prevent a person from remaining in the boarding/alighting section, and enhance the safety. It should be noted that “the determination results match” in this document means that the determination result of the determination process is “match”.

Further, the transport calling process may be performed immediately after confirming that the user is an authorized user by the authentication process. As a result, the vehicle body transportation means can be called up quickly to the boarding/alighting section, and the waiting time for the user can be shortened.

Further, the personal identification information may be information consisting of numbers and/or characters that the user operates by inputting means to input arbitrarily, or information of a pattern that the user arbitrarily draws on the touch panel.

Further, the personal identification information may be biometric information indicating a physical characteristic of the user, which is acquired by using biometric authentication technology. By using the biometric information of the user as the personal identification information in this manner, the user does not need to remember the personal identification information.

In addition, the biological information is image data of vein patterns of a user's hand or finger, which is acquired when the user directly touches an operation panel provided outside the boarding/alighting section or an accessory operation section of the operation panel. May be

Further, the biometric information is image data of a face of the user, and the personal identification information registration process is performed immediately before and after the authentication operation when the user performs an authentication operation for the authentication process. Alternatively, the image data of the face of the user photographed during the operation is acquired and registered as the personal identification information, and the personal identification information acquisition processing is performed when the door closing operation is performed by the user. The image data of the face of the user photographed immediately before, immediately after, or during the operation may be acquired as the personal identification information.

Further, in the door closing process, when the determination results in the determination process match, the entry/exit door may be closed in response to the match.

Further, in the door closing process, the entry/exit door may be closed when the determination results in the determination process match and the user performs a door closing operation.

Further, it is performed between the authentication process and the transport call process, and based on the information indicating whether or not the user's vehicle has been stored, whether the user came to store or not to store. In addition to having an warehousing/dispatching determination process for determining whether or not the user has arrived for warehousing by the warehousing/dispatching determination process, after the door opening process is performed, the vehicle to be stored is It has a warehousing completion determination process that makes a warehousing completion determination by detecting that a person has entered the boarding/alighting section and then exited from the berthing section, and after the door opening process is performed, the warehousing completion determination is performed. The personal identification information acquisition process may not be performed until the receipt completion determination by the process is performed. As a result, it is possible to take appropriate measures according to the purpose of use.

Further, when it is determined by the entry/exit determination process that the user has come in for leaving, the personal identification information registration process, the personal identification information acquisition process, and the determination process are omitted, and the entry/exit determination is performed. When it is determined that the user has come to the exit by the processing, after the door opening processing is performed, the exit completion determination is performed by detecting that the vehicle exiting the vehicle exits from the boarding/alighting section. Completion determination processing, when it is determined that the user has come in for warehousing by the warehousing/dispatching determination processing, the door opening processing is performed on condition that the vehicle body transport means arrives at the boarding/alighting section, The exit completion determination process is performed after the door opening process, and the door closing process is performed by a user performing a door closing operation on an operation panel provided outside the boarding/alighting section. Good. As a result, it is possible to simplify the control and the operation of the user when leaving the warehouse.

A mechanical parking apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is controlled by the above-described method of controlling a mechanical parking apparatus. According to this configuration, the same effects as the effects of the above-described control method for the mechanical parking device can be obtained.

The present invention has a configuration described above, and a method for controlling a mechanical parking device capable of preventing the operation by a third party and increasing the safety until the entry/exit operation by an authorized user is completed, and It is possible to provide a mechanical parking device.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a boarding/alighting section of the mechanical parking apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the mechanical parking device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a control method of the mechanical parking device shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments below.

(Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a pallet type parking device will be described as an example of the mechanical parking device. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a boarding/alighting section of the mechanical parking apparatus of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, for convenience, the front, rear, left, and right of the mechanical parking device 1 will be determined and described as shown in FIG. 1. Further, in FIG. 1, the vehicle V is simplified and shown as a rectangular frame. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the mechanical parking device 1 shown in FIG.

In this mechanical parking apparatus 1, a plurality of pallets (vehicle body conveying means) 6 are housed in a parking tower 2. The parking tower 2 is provided with a boarding/alighting section 3 where a vehicle V is loaded and unloaded, and an entrance/exit opening 4 for loading/unloading the vehicle V is provided on the front side of the boarding/alighting section 3. An entrance/exit door 5 is provided at the exit port 4. An operation panel 7 for operating the mechanical parking apparatus 1 and the like is provided on the outer side (right side in the drawing) of the loading/unloading port 4.

Further, the mechanical parking apparatus 1 is provided with a plurality of sensors 11 to 16 that detect an object. A left sensor 11 is provided on the left side and a right sensor 12 is provided on the right side of the pallet 6 which is a vehicle placement portion for loading and unloading the vehicle V. Further, in front of the pallet 6, there is provided a front sensor 13 for detecting an object along the entire length of the boarding/alighting section 3 in the left-right direction. A detection sensor 16 is provided. Further, between the pallet 6 and the loading/unloading door 5, there is provided a rear sensor 14 for detecting an object along the entire length of the boarding/alighting section 3 in the left-right direction, and at the loading/unloading port 4 outside the loading/unloading door 5. An outside-door sensor 15 that detects an object is provided. Each of the sensors 11 to 16 which are schematically shown by a one-dot chain line and black circles at both ends thereof is, for example, an optical sensor in which a light emitter and a light receiver are arranged to face each other in black circle portions at both ends. 3 illustrates the path of light through which an object is detected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the mechanical parking apparatus 1 is provided with a plurality of storage units (not shown) for storing each of the plurality of pallets 6 in the case of an elevator parking apparatus, for example. It has a pallet carrying means 8 for carrying the pallet 6 between the storage section and the boarding/alighting section 3, and a loading/unloading door opening/closing means 9 for opening/closing the loading/unloading door 5. The mechanical parking device 1 is not limited to the elevator type, and may be a vertical circulation type, a horizontal multilayer type, a box type circulation type, a plane reciprocating type, or the like. Further, it may be a parking device which directly loads the vehicle on the vehicle body transport means instead of the pallet transport means without using the pallet and transports the vehicle between the storage section and the entry/exit section.

The operation panel 7 includes a control device 71, a display device 72 for displaying characters and images on a screen, a speaker 73, a contractor identification information input means 74, and an operator identification information input means 75. There is.

The control device 71 controls the display device 72 and the speaker 73 to output information and the like for guiding the operation procedure. Further, in the control device 71, the contractor identification information is input from the contractor identification information input unit 74, and the operator identification information (personal identification information) is input from the operator identification information input unit 75. Further, the control device 71 controls the pallet conveying means 8 and the loading/unloading door opening/closing means 9, and the output signals from the respective sensors 11 to 16 are input. As will be described later, the operation panel 7 may be provided with operation parts such as a closing button operated to close the loading/unloading door 5, a start button operated to call the pallet 6, and the like. In this case, an instruction signal from each operation unit is input to the control device 71 by an operation (for example, an operation of pressing the door close button or an operation of pressing the start button) on each operation unit by a user or the like.

The control device 71 includes an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU and a storage unit that stores a control program including various types of data such as a ROM and a RAM, which is executed by the CPU, and the CPU executes the control program. Controls the entire mechanical parking device 1. The control device 71 may be configured by a single control device that performs centralized control, or may be configured by a plurality of control devices that perform distributed control in cooperation with each other. For example, the control device for controlling the pallet transport means 8 and the control device for controlling the loading/unloading door opening/closing means 9 may be separately provided from the control device 71, or provided outside the operation panel 7. It may be.

The aforementioned contractor identification information is information for authenticating that the user is a contractor when using the mechanical parking device 1, and for example, for each individual contractor of the mechanical parking device 1. This is a predetermined personal identification number for the contractor. In this case, for example, the contractor identification information input means 74 is composed of a number input unit such as a ten-key pad or a touch panel, and a personal identification number dedicated to the contractor is input by the user operating the number input unit.

The control device 71 stores in advance a contractor table in which the contractor identification information given to each of all contractors is registered, and functions as a contractor authentication means 71a. If all the contractor identification information registered in the contractor table matches with the contractor identification information input from the contractor identification information input means 74, the contractor authentication means 71a uses it. It is determined that the person is a contractor, and if there is no match, it is not a contractor. In addition, in the control device 71, the management person in charge educates the user about the handling of the mechanical parking device 1, and the user who is given the operation authority by the management person is registered as a contractor (contractor identification information). Etc. are stored).

Further, the operator identification information is information different from the contractor identification information, and for example, a password (only numbers, letters, etc.) that can be arbitrarily set each time the user enters or leaves the vehicle in or from the mechanical parking apparatus 1. Information that contains only letters or numbers and letters).

The control device 71 functions as an operator registration authenticating means 71b when the user enters and leaves the vehicle. The operator registration/authentication unit 71b registers (stores) the operator identification information input from the operator identification information input unit 75 before opening the loading/unloading door 5. After that, when the loading/unloading of the vehicle is completed and before the loading/unloading door 5 is closed, the operator identification information input from the operator identification information input means 75 matches the previously registered operator identification information. It is determined that the operators are the same if they match, and if they do not match, it is determined that the operators are not the same.

Note that, for example, the contractor identification information is a personal identification number for each contractor, and the operator identification information is a password arbitrarily set by the user. In the case of the above information, the contractor identification information input means 74 and the operator identification information input means 75 may be shared by one input means.

Next, an example of how to use the mechanical parking device 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a control method of the mechanical parking device 1. This control method is executed by the control device 71 and is substantially the same when the vehicle enters and leaves the vehicle, but is not limited to this when leaving the vehicle.

Here, the case where the contractor identification information is a personal identification number dedicated to each contractor, and the operator identification information is a password arbitrarily set by the user will be described as an example.

When entering or exiting a vehicle (incoming or outgoing), the user goes to the operation panel 7 and first performs a contractor authentication operation. The contractor authentication operation is an operation in which the user inputs the contractor's personal identification number by using the contractor identification information input means 74 such as a ten key.

Then, in the control device 71, first, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the user performs the contractor authentication operation, and when the contractor authentication operation is executed, the process proceeds to the next step S2 and the contract It is determined whether the user who has performed the person authentication operation is a contractor (authentication process). Here, by performing the contractor authentication operation by the user, the contractor identification information (contractor's personal identification number) is input to the control device 71.

In step S2, the control device 71 functions as the above-described contractor authentication means 71a, and among all the contractor identification information registered in the contractor table, the contractor identification information input by the contractor authentication operation is added. It is determined whether or not there is a match, and if there is a match, it is determined to be a contractor (Yes), and if there is no match, it is determined to be not a contractor (No).

If the determination result in step S2 is No, the process proceeds to step S3 to perform error display processing, and the display device 72 and the speaker 73 display an error.

If the determination result in step S2 is Yes, the process proceeds to step S4, and the warehousing/dispatching determination process for determining whether warehousing or warehousing is performed based on the warehousing/leaving information table. Here, the entry/exit information table includes information indicating whether or not the vehicle of each contractor has been entered. For example, it is composed of information in which a predetermined contractor number, contractor identification information, and the number of the pallet 6 on which the vehicle of the contractor is placed are stored in association with each other. If not, the number of the palette 6 is not stored (or information indicating that it is empty may be stored). The contractor number and the contractor identification information may be stored in advance in the entry/exit information table, and the entry/exit information table may also be used as the aforementioned contractor table. Further, the control device 71 stores an entry/exit information table, and updates the entry/exit information table every time a vehicle is entered or exited.

Therefore, the control device 71 can determine whether the user came to enter or to leave based on the entry/exit information table, and in step S4, the vehicle of the user must be entered. For example, it is determined to be "incoming (the user came in to enter)", and if the vehicle has already been inducted, it is determined to be "outgoing (user came in to exit)".

Next, the process proceeds to step S5 to execute a transfer calling process for calling the pallet 6, and the empty pallet 6 at the time of storage and the pallet 6 on which the vehicle is loaded at the time of storage are transferred to the entry/exit section 3 by the pallet transfer means 8. The transportation of is started.

Next, in step S6, it is determined whether or not the operator registration operation (input of operator identification information) has been performed by the user and the operator identification information has been registered. If registered, step S7 Move to. Here, the operator registration operation is an operation in which the user inputs an arbitrary password using the operator identification information input means 75 such as a ten-key pad.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, when the operator registration operation is performed by the user, the control device 71 registers (stores) the operator identification information (password) input based on the operator registration operation. ) (Personal identification information registration process). This personal identification information registration processing may be performed before the next step S7. For example, it may be before step S1 or immediately after step S4.

Then, in step S7, door opening processing is executed on condition that the pallet 6 has arrived at the entry/exit section 3, and the entry/exit door opening/closing means 9 opens the entry/exit door 5.

Up to this point, the user has performed a contractor authentication operation (input operation of the contractor's personal identification number) and an operator registration operation (input operation of an arbitrary password) on the operation panel 7. Then, when the loading/unloading door 5 is opened, the user thereafter stops the vehicle V at a specified position on the pallet 6 for loading and the vehicle loaded on the pallet 6 for loading. V is put out of the loading/unloading port 4.

Next, in step S8, the control device 71 determines whether the loading/unloading of the vehicle is completed based on the output signals of the sensors 11-16. For example, at the time of warehousing, when the vehicle detection sensor 16 is in the detection state and the sensors 11 to 14 are in the non-detection state, the driver (user) who got off the vehicle passes through the loading/unloading port 4. Therefore, when the outside-door sensor 15 changes from the detection state to the non-detection state, it may be determined that the warehousing is completed. Further, at the time of leaving the warehouse, when the vehicle detection sensor 16 and the sensors 11 to 14 are in the non-detection state, the vehicle outside the door sensor 15 is changed from the detection state to the non-detection state by the vehicle passing through the loading/unloading port 4. If it is determined that the shipping is completed, it may be determined that the shipping is completed.

That is, the control device 71, when it is determined to be “warehousing” in the warehousing/dispatching determination process of step S4, determines whether the warehousing is completed in step S8 (warehousing completion determination process), and in step S4. When it is determined to be "delivery" in the warehousing/delivery determination processing, it is determined in step S8 whether or not the warehousing is completed (delivery completion determination processing).

Then, if it is determined that the warehousing (warehousing or unloading) is completed, the process proceeds to step S9 to execute the safety confirmation notification process, and the display device 72 and the speaker 73 allow the user to enter the parking tower 2 (boarding/alighting section 3). You will be informed to confirm the safety of.

After performing the safety confirmation, the user goes to the operation panel 7 and performs the operator authentication operation. This operator authentication operation is the same as the previously performed operator registration operation, and the user uses the operator identification information input means 75 to input the same password as the password input in the previous operator registration operation. It is an operation.

In step S10, the control device 71 determines whether or not the user authentication operation is performed by the user, and acquires the operator identification information (password) input when the operator authentication operation is performed (personal identification). Information acquisition processing), the process proceeds to step S11, and operator identification information (password) input by the operator authentication operation and registered operator identification information (password) based on the operator registration operation of the previous step S6. It is determined whether or not and are matched (determination processing), and if the determination results are not matched, it is determined that the operators are not the same, the process proceeds to step S12, error display processing is performed, and the display device 72 and An error is displayed by the speaker 73. Then, the processing from step S10 is repeated.

If the above determination results match, the control device 71 determines that the operators are the same, proceeds to step S13, executes the door closing process, and the entry/exit door opening/closing means 9 closes the entry/exit door 5. In the case of the elevator type, the pallet 6 is transported to a predetermined storage unit after the loading/unloading door 5 is closed. Further, the control device 71 executes the door closing process of step S13 and updates the entry/exit information table. Further, the operator identification information registered in the operator registration and authentication means 71b is erased or replaced with information indicating that it is empty.

In the present embodiment, an authentication process for confirming that the user is a contractor (regular user) registered in advance (see step S2) and a personal identification information registration process by an operator registration operation (see step S6). After that, the door opening process of step S7 is performed, and after the loading/unloading is completed, the operator identification information is input by the operator authentication operation of the user using the operation panel 7 outside the boarding/alighting section 3. If the input operator identification information does not match the operator identification information registered by the operator registration operation, the door closing process of step S13 is not performed. The operator identification information is arbitrarily set by the user when entering or leaving the warehouse, and usually only the user can know the operator identification information. Therefore, after the user exits the boarding/alighting section 3, the operator panel 7 is operated to authenticate the operator. Unless the operation is performed, the loading/unloading door 5 cannot be closed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operation by a third party until the entry/exit operation by the authorized user is completed, prevent the remaining of the person in the boarding/alighting section 3, and enhance the safety.

The operation panel 7 may be provided with, for example, a start button, and after the authorized user performs the contractor authentication operation, the start button may be pressed to start the transport calling process of step S5.

Further, the operation panel 7 is provided with a closing button as an operation button for closing the loading/unloading door 5, and an operation (door closing operation) of pressing the closing button is performed after an authorized user performs an operator authentication operation. Thus, the door closing process of step S13 may be performed.

As in the above example, when the contractor identification information is the contractor's personal identification number and the operator identification information is an arbitrary password, for example, a registration button is provided on the operation panel 7 and the contractor's exclusive information is provided. When entering the personal identification number, press the register button once after entering the personal identification number dedicated to the contractor so that the input of the contractor identification information is confirmed, and when registering the operator identification information The input of operator identification information may be confirmed by pressing the registration button once after inputting an arbitrary password.

Furthermore, in this case, after entering the contractor's personal identification number, by pressing the register button twice in succession, the input of the contractor's personal identification number is confirmed, and part of the contractor's personal identification number Alternatively, the information may be registered as being input as the operator identification information. For example, when the personal identification number for the contractor is 4 digits, the last 1 digit or the last 2 digits of the personal identification number is registered as the operator identification information. In this case, the operator identification information is a password (number) consisting of only numbers, the operation of registering the operator identification information can be simplified, and the burden on the operation of the user can be reduced. The security code for the contractor is preferably a number with more than 4 digits, for example, for security reasons, so that it is not used by anyone other than the contractor, but the operator identification information should be registered by the contractor. Since it can be assumed, the number of digits may be smaller than the personal identification number for the contractor.

In addition, after the user enters and leaves the vehicle, for example, the operator authentication operation may not be performed, or the user may forget to press the door closing button, if any, so that the user may forget to close the entry and exit door 5 and leave. Therefore, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1, safety confirmation buttons 20 and 21 connected to the control device 71 are provided on the left and right sides of the boarding/alighting section 3, and the administrator operates the contractor identification information input means 74. Then, the administrator-dedicated password is input to the control device 71 or the administrator operates the operator identification information input means 75 to input the password set by the administrator to the control device 71. The door closing process (step S13) may be performed by the control device 71 by pressing the safety confirmation buttons 20 and 21 and again inputting the same password to the control device 71 by the administrator in the same manner as above. Further, in this case, when the biometric authentication device described later is used as the operator identification information input means 75, the biometric information of the administrator is input to the control device 71 instead of the password.

[Other example of contractor identification information input means]
When a dedicated IC card is given to each contractor, the contractor identification information input means 74 is composed of an IC card reader. In this case, the contractor identification information is read from the IC card by holding or touching the IC card over the IC card reader.

Further, when a dedicated remote controller is given to each contractor, the contractor identification information input means 74 is composed of a receiving device that receives a signal from the remote controller. In this case, the contractor identification information is transmitted from the remote controller by the operation of the remote controller by the user, and the information is received by the receiving device.

Further, when the contractor is provided with a dedicated card key, the contractor identification information input means 74 is composed of a reading device for reading the information of the card key. In this case, the contractor identification information is read from the card key by inserting the card key into the insertion portion of the reading device. In addition, the card key inserted into the insertion part of the reading device is not inserted from the insertion part unless the user performs an operator authentication operation after the vehicle is loaded and unloaded and the door closing button provided on the operation panel 7 is not pressed. You may not let it fall out. This can prevent forgetting to close the loading/unloading door 5.

[Other example of operator identification information input means]
The operator identification information input means 75 may be configured by a touch panel, and information of a pattern (characters, patterns, etc.) arbitrarily drawn by the user on the touch panel may be used as the operator identification information.

Further, the operator identification information input means 75 is a camera or the like for capturing biometric information indicating the physical characteristics of the user (for example, image data of a face, image data of vein patterns of hands and fingers, image data of fingerprints, etc.). The biometric information may be used as operator identification information. In this case, the operator identification information input means 75 and the operator registration authentication means 71b can be configured by a biometric authentication device, and the user does not need to remember the operator identification information.

This biometric authentication device registers (stores) the biometric information acquired at that time at the time of operator registration operation, and at the time of operator authentication operation, the biometric information acquired at that time is registered biometric information as registered biometric information. It has a function of determining whether they match (whether the operators are the same).

Then, this biometric authentication device may be configured to automatically acquire biometric information when the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation panel 7.

When a face authentication device is used as the biometric authentication device, for example, when the user performs a contractor authentication operation (input operation of a personal identification number, touching an IC card with an IC card reader, etc.), immediately before the operation. Alternatively, the image data of the face of the user photographed immediately after or during the operation may be acquired and registered as the operator identification information. The operation panel 7 is provided with a door-closing button, and when the user performs an operation (door-closing operation) of pressing the door-closing button after the loading and unloading is completed, the user is photographed immediately before, immediately after, or during the operation. It is also possible to acquire the image data of the face as the operator identification information and determine whether or not the operators are the same.

Further, in the case of using the face authentication device, an operator registration authentication button is provided on the operation panel 7, and the image data of the face of the user photographed when the operator registration authentication button is pressed is acquired. May be. Further, the range (place) where the face image data is acquired may be limited.

When a vein authentication device or a fingerprint authentication device is used as the biometric authentication device, for example, the operation panel 7 is provided with a start button for calling the pallet 6 and a closing button for closing the loading/unloading door 5. If the camera has a built-in camera, the image data of the vein pattern or fingerprint of the user's hand or finger captured when the start button is pressed is acquired and registered as operator identification information. You may Then, after the user completes loading and unloading, the image data of the vein pattern of the user's hand or finger or the fingerprint image taken when the user presses the door closing button (door closing operation) is acquired as operator identification information. Then, it may be determined whether or not the operators are the same.

Further, instead of the start button and the closing button, the operation panel 7 is connected with a mouse (attached operation section) for performing an operation for calling the pallet 6 and an operation for closing the loading/unloading door 5, and the mouse is connected to the camera. In the case where is embedded, the image data of the palm pattern of the user's palm, the vein pattern of the finger, or the fingerprint image captured when the mouse is directly touched may be acquired as the operator identification information.

Further, when the vein authentication device or the fingerprint authentication device is used, the operation panel 7 may be separately provided with a dedicated image capturing unit for capturing the vein pattern of the user's hand or finger or the fingerprint.

[Other Examples of Contractor Identification Information Input Means and Operator Identification Information Input Means]
The contractor identification information input means 74 is composed of a camera or the like that captures biometric information indicating the physical characteristics of the user (for example, face image data, image data of vein patterns of hands and fingers, image data of fingerprints, etc.). The biometric information may be used as the contractor identification information. In this case, the contractor identification information input unit 74 and the contractor authentication unit 71a can be configured by a biometric authentication device.

In this biometric authentication device, biometric information (a contractor's face, vein patterns of hands and fingers, image data of fingerprints, etc.) acquired from all contractors at the time of contract is registered (stored) in advance. Then, a contractor authentication button is provided on the operation panel 7, the biometric information of the user photographed when the contractor authentication button is pressed is acquired, and the biometric information of all the contractors registered in advance is acquired. It is determined whether or not there is one that matches the acquired biometric information. If there is a match, it is determined that the contractor is a contractor, and if there is no match, it is determined that the contractor is not a contractor.

In this embodiment, since the operator identification information is different from the contractor identification information, the contractor identification information input means 74 and the contractor authentication means 71a are constituted by the biometric authentication device (A). For the operator identification information input means 75, a biometric authentication device (B) that acquires biometric information of a site different from the biometric authentication device (A) is used, or a biometric authentication device that is not a biometric authentication device, such as the one described above. An input means such as a ten-key pad for inputting a password or a touch panel, or a touch panel for drawing a pattern such as a character or a pattern may be used. In addition, the biometric authentication device (B) that acquires the operator identification information described above acquires biometric information of the same part as the biometric authentication device (A), and at the time of operator registration operation, authentication using a contractor table is performed. May not be performed. In this case, after the contractor (driver) performs the contractor authentication operation, the passenger gets on board and waits while waiting for the transfer call processing, and the passenger simultaneously performs operator registration operation, operator authentication operation, and door closing operation in front of the operation panel 7. Since it can be done in a single way, it is unlikely that the responsibility for safety confirmation will be distributed.

Although the operator identification information input means 75 is provided on the operation panel 7 in the present embodiment, the operator identification information input means 75 is provided in addition to the operation panel 7 from the entrance of the premises of the parking lot to the parking tower 2. An operator provided on the operation panel 7 is provided on the way of the entry route of the entering vehicle up to the exit 4, and an operator registration operation is performed using the operator identification information input means 75 provided on the way of the entry route. An operator authentication operation may be performed using the identification information input means 75.

In the present embodiment, the same control flow has been described with reference to FIG. 3 at the time of warehousing and the time of warehousing, but the time of warehousing is not limited to this. At the time of leaving the warehouse, after the loading/unloading door 5 is opened and the vehicle is exited from the entry/exit section 3 (that is, after exiting the vehicle), it is easy to confirm the presence/absence of a person in the entry/exit section 3 from the vicinity of the operation panel 7. The operator registration operation and the operator authentication operation by the user may be omitted. For example, when the operation panel 7 is provided with the above-mentioned door closing button (which may be referred to as a safety confirmation button here) and it is determined in step S4 in FIG. 3 that "going out", steps S6 and S10 are performed. After the process of S12 is omitted and the safety confirmation notification process of step S9 is performed, the user performs the safety confirmation and then performs the operation of pressing the door closing button (door closing operation) to perform the door closing process of step S13. You may want to be told. As a result, it is possible to simplify the control and the operation of the user when leaving the warehouse.

From the above description, many modifications and other embodiments of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the above description should be construed as illustrative only and is provided for the purpose of teaching those skilled in the art the best mode for carrying out the present invention. Details of its structure and/or function may be changed substantially without departing from the spirit of the invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful as a method of controlling a mechanical parking device, etc., which can prevent the operation by a third party and improve safety until the regular user completes the loading/unloading operation.

1 mechanical parking device 2 parking tower 3 boarding/alighting section 5 entry/exit door 6 pallet (vehicle body transportation means)
7 Operation panel S1 to S13 steps

Claims (11)

A method of controlling a mechanical parking device for loading and unloading a vehicle in a boarding/alighting section,
Before opening the loading/unloading door of the boarding/alighting section, an authentication process for confirming that the user is a registered regular user,
Transport call processing for calling the vehicle body transport means to the boarding/alighting section after the authentication processing,
A personal identification information registration process of acquiring and registering personal identification information of the user before opening the entry/exit door;
After the vehicle body transport means arrives at the boarding/alighting section and the personal identification information registration processing is performed, door opening processing for opening the loading/unloading door,
Before closing the loading/unloading door, personal identification information acquisition processing for obtaining personal identification information from a user existing outside the boarding/alighting section,
Determination processing for determining whether or not the personal identification information registered by the personal identification information registration processing and the personal identification information acquired by the personal identification information acquisition processing match.
After the determination results in the determination process match, a door closing process for closing the entry/exit door,
Have
The authentication process is
This is a process for confirming that the user is a legitimate user by performing an input confirmation operation by the user after the user has input the personal identification number for the legitimate user,
The personal identification information registration process is
After the input operation of the personal identification number by the user, the input confirmation operation by the user is performed twice in succession so that a part of the personal identification number is acquired and registered as the personal identification information of the user. did,
Control method for mechanical parking device. A method of controlling a mechanical parking device for loading and unloading a vehicle in a boarding/alighting section,
Before opening the loading/unloading door of the boarding/alighting section, an authentication process for confirming that the user is a registered regular user,
Transport call processing for calling the vehicle body transport means to the boarding/alighting section after the authentication processing,
A personal identification information registration process of acquiring and registering personal identification information of the user before opening the entry/exit door;
After the vehicle body transport means arrives at the boarding/alighting section and the personal identification information registration processing is performed, door opening processing for opening the loading/unloading door,
Before closing the loading/unloading door, personal identification information acquisition processing for obtaining personal identification information from a user existing outside the boarding/alighting section,
Determination processing for determining whether or not the personal identification information registered by the personal identification information registration processing and the personal identification information acquired by the personal identification information acquisition processing match.
After the determination results in the determination process match, a door closing process for closing the entry/exit door,
Have
The personal identification information registration process is
When a user presses a start button, which is provided on an operation panel provided outside the boarding/alighting section and has a built-in camera for performing the transfer calling process, or when the camera is connected to the operation panel and has a built-in camera. When the user directly touches the recorded mouse to perform the operation for carrying out the transport calling process, the image data of the photographed vein pattern of the user's hand or finger or the fingerprint is used as the personal identification information. Get and register,
The personal identification information acquisition process,
When a user presses a door closing button for performing the door closing processing, which is provided in the operation panel and has a built-in camera, or an operation for causing the user to directly touch the mouse to perform the door closing processing The image data of the vein pattern or fingerprint of the photographed user's hand or finger is acquired as the personal identification information when
Control method for mechanical parking device. A method of controlling a mechanical parking device for loading and unloading a vehicle in a boarding/alighting section,
Before opening the loading/unloading door of the boarding/alighting section, an authentication process for confirming that the user is a registered regular user,
Transport call processing for calling the vehicle body transport means to the boarding/alighting section after the authentication processing,
A personal identification information registration process of acquiring and registering personal identification information of the user before opening the entry/exit door;
After the vehicle body transport means arrives at the boarding/alighting section and the personal identification information registration processing is performed, door opening processing for opening the loading/unloading door,
Before closing the loading/unloading door, personal identification information acquisition processing for obtaining personal identification information from a user existing outside the boarding/alighting section,
Determination processing for determining whether or not the personal identification information registered by the personal identification information registration processing and the personal identification information acquired by the personal identification information acquisition processing match.
After the determination results in the determination process match, a door closing process for closing the entry/exit door,
Have
Whether the user has come in or out based on the information that is performed between the authentication process and the transport call process and indicates whether or not the user's vehicle has been stored. In addition to having a warehousing/dispatching determination process for determining
When it is determined that the user has come in for warehousing by the warehousing/unloading determination process, after the door opening process is performed, the vehicle entering the vehicle is loaded into the boarding/alighting section, and thereafter the person It has a warehousing completion determination process that makes a warehousing completion determination by detecting exiting from the boarding/alighting section,
After the door opening process is performed, the personal identification information acquisition process is not performed until a warehousing completion determination is made by the warehousing completion determination process,
When it is determined that the user has come in for warehousing by the warehousing/dispatching determination processing, the personal identification information registration processing, the personal identification information acquisition processing, and the determination processing are omitted,
When it is determined by the entry/exit determination process that the user has come in to exit, the exit is completed by detecting that the vehicle exiting from the entry/exit section after performing the door opening process. It has a shipping completion determination process that makes a determination,
When it is determined by the entry/exit determination process that the user has come in to leave the product, the door opening process is performed on condition that the vehicle body conveying unit arrives at the boarding/alighting section, and the door opening process is performed after the door opening process. The exit completion determination process is performed, and then the door closing process is performed by a user performing a door closing operation on an operation panel provided outside the boarding/alighting section,
Control method for mechanical parking device. Immediately after the user by the authentication process was confirmed to be a user of the normal, performing the transfer call processing method for controlling a mechanical parking device according to any one of claims 1-3. The personal identification information, information consisting of digits and / or characters arbitrarily input by operating the input means by the user or users, an information pattern drawn arbitrarily on the touch panel, according to claim 3 Control method for mechanical parking device. The method for controlling a mechanical parking apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the personal identification information is biometric information indicating a physical characteristic of a user, which is acquired by using biometric authentication technology. The biometric information is image data of a vein pattern of the user's hand or finger, which is acquired when the user directly touches an operation panel provided outside the boarding/alighting section or an accessory operation section of the operation panel. The method for controlling a mechanical parking device according to claim 6 . The biometric information is image data of a user's face,
The personal identification information registration process is
When an authentication operation is performed by the user for the authentication process, image data of the face of the user captured immediately before, immediately after, or during the operation is acquired and registered as the personal identification information. Then
The personal identification information acquisition process,
When a door closing operation is performed by the user, the image data of the face of the user captured immediately before, immediately after, or during the door closing operation is acquired as the personal identification information.
The method for controlling the mechanical parking device according to claim 6 . The door closing process is
The method of the when the determination result in the determining process is matched, close the front inlet-outlet doors in response to the match, mechanical parking device according to any one of claims 1-7. The door closing process is
The method of the when the determination result in the determination process match and closing operation of the user is performed, close the front inlet-outlet door, mechanical parking device according to any one of claims 1-8. It controls by the control method of the mechanical parking device in any one of Claims 1-10 , The mechanical parking device characterized by the above-mentioned.

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