JPS6361720B2 - - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to parking management systems, and more particularly to parking management systems that are substantially fully automated.

BACKGROUND ART There is a parking management device, particularly a vehicle entry/exit management device, described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 49-27418. This device is comprised of designated tickets prepared for each parking room (vehicle storage location) and a management board that is divided to store these designated tickets separately. When a vehicle enters the parking lot, a designated ticket is taken out from the management panel, a numbered ticket is issued, and then this designated ticket is attached to a vehicle stored in a parking room. Therefore, a vehicle is already parked in a parking space that corresponds to a category in which a designated ticket does not exist among the various categories on the management board, and a parking space that corresponds to a category in which a designated ticket exists is empty. Become.

This entry/exit management device is a device for a manned system on the premise that an attendant handles the entry of vehicles into a parking room, the exit of a vehicle from a parking room, the issuance of a numbered ticket, etc.

On the other hand, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 1983-1989 introduced electric control to achieve unmanned and automated parking management.
There is one described in Publication No. 61778. however,
The technology described here only automatically counts the number of vehicles stored and uses this counting result to display "full" and "empty", and is far from being able to automatically manage the entry and exit of vehicles. It is.

Summary of the Invention Object of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a parking management device that can achieve almost complete automation and unmanned parking in a parking lot.

Structure and Effects of the Invention The parking management device according to the present invention provides a parking lot including a vehicle entrance, a plurality of exits each having a unique identification symbol, and a large number of vehicle storage locations each having a unique number. Applies to.
This parking management device includes a storage device that stores the identification number of the vehicle stored at that location in correspondence with the number of the vehicle storage location, and a storage device that transports the vehicle between the above-mentioned entry/exit entrance and the vehicle storage location. a means for confirming that the warehousing vehicle is present at the storage entrance and giving a confirmation input; a means for assigning a vehicle identification number to the warehousing vehicle; in response to the confirmation input of the warehousing vehicle by the confirmation means; Search for an empty vehicle storage location from the storage device, give a command to the transport device to transport the vehicle at the storage entrance to the searched vehicle storage location, and also send a command to the transportation device that corresponds to the number of the vehicle storage location searched above. warehousing control means for storing in the storage device the vehicle identification number assigned to the warehousing vehicle by the assigning means; an input device for the identification number of the vehicle to be left; a display device for the exit gate; and the input device. In response to the input of the vehicle identification number, the vehicle storage location where the corresponding vehicle is stored is searched from the storage device based on the input vehicle identification number, and the vehicle storage location determined according to the vehicle to be exited is determined. Displaying the identification symbol of the exit on the display device, giving a command to the transportation device to transport the exiting vehicle from the searched vehicle storage location to the exit exit, and further displaying the identification number of the corresponding vehicle from the storage device. The vehicle is characterized by comprising a delivery control means for erasing the.

According to this invention, searching for an empty vehicle storage location in a parking lot at the time of parking, transporting the vehicle from the entrance to the searched vehicle storage location, displaying the exit exit at the time of exiting the garage, and transporting the vehicle from the vehicle storage location to this exit exit. Transportation of vehicles, etc. is performed automatically, and it becomes possible to unmanned the management of vehicle entry and exit.

In particular, the present invention is applied to a parking lot equipped with a plurality of exits, and moreover, as described above, the transportation of exiting vehicles to the exits is automatically carried out by a transport device. Therefore, there is a risk that the customer will not know at all which exit the vehicle will be taken out of.However, according to the present invention, the identification symbol of the exit where the vehicle will be taken out is displayed on the display device. can easily find the exit. It is very convenient for the customer to go to the displayed exit gate and the vehicle will be automatically exited there.

In this invention, vehicles include not only bicycles but also automobiles, and the invention is applied to parking lots for bicycles, automobiles, and other vehicles.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a case in which the present invention is applied to a bicycle parking lot, where the parking lot is divided into two sections, and each of these sections is controlled by a separate CPU, will be described in detail.

In FIG. 1, the parking lot is divided into two sections, a first section 100 and a second section 200. Since each section has exactly the same configuration, the description of each section 100 and 200 will be the same as the first section 1 except for special cases.
This is represented by the explanation of 00.

In the first section 100, there is a bicycle hangar 101.
, a plurality of bicycle entrances and exits 102 , and a plurality of bicycle calling machines 103 are provided. Hangar 1
01 may be a one-layer flat type or a multi-layer three-dimensional type, but the hangar 101 is provided with a large number of bicycle storage places 104, and these storage places 104 have their bicycles stored in advance. A location-specific number is assigned. In this example, the first
Enter the number of the storage location 104 of the section 100 (No. 1-
1) to (No.1-n), and the storage locations 204 of the second section 200 are numbered (No.2-1) to (No.2-n).
up to n). Storage location 104 is entry/exit entrance 10
The storage locations 104 in each group are divided into two groups, and vehicles are carried in and out of the storage locations 104 in each group through the corresponding entrances and exits 102 or to the corresponding entrances and exits 102. The entrances 102 and 202 have (G1-
1)...(G1-m), (G2-1)...(G2-
They are numbered like m). In this embodiment, the warehousing entrance and the warehousing exit are also used as the warehousing and exit entrances, but they may be provided separately.

The compartment 100 is also equipped with an automatic bicycle transport device. This transportation device transports the bicycle located at the entrance 102 to a designated storage location 104 when entering the garage, and transports the bicycle from the designated storage location 104 to the entrance 102 when leaving the garage. For example, it consists of a crane device. A plurality of crane devices may be provided corresponding to each entrance/exit 102, or a plurality of crane devices may be used for each entrance/exit 102, 202.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bicycle calling device 103 includes a card reader 105 that reads the contents stored in a card 126 (to be described later), a display 106 that displays the entry/exit entrance from which the bicycle to be left is taken out, and A parking fee input slot 107, an indicator 108 that indicates whether the parking fee is being processed or has been discontinued.
and a cancel button 109 are provided. Although a manual scanning type card reader 105 is illustrated, it goes without saying that an automatic scanning type can also be used. In addition, if it is possible to use a parking lot with a commuter pass, it is preferable to provide a commuter pass reading and verification function.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the entrance 102. There is a bicycle stopping position 120 at the entrance 102.
A bicycle detector (112 in FIG. 2) is installed here. This bicycle detector 112 is constituted by a mat switch, a photoelectric switch, or the like. A hanger holding device 121 is provided above the bicycle stopping position 120, and a number of hangers 123 are held on a holding rod 122 of this holding device 121. As shown in FIG. 4, each hanger 123 is equipped with a unique key 125, and the key 125 is tied to a card 126 by a chain or the like. Each hanger 123 is assigned a hanger number in order from the one at the tip. 1st section 100
The hanger numbers of the entrance/exit 102 controlled by the CPU 111 are (Nr.1-1) to (Nr.1-n).
The number of the hanger of the entrance/exit 202 controlled by the CPU 211 of the second section 200 is (Nr.2).
-1) to (Nr.2-n). The card 126 is provided with a magnetic stripe, and the number of the hanger to which the key 125 of the card 126 fits is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe. Further, each hanger 123 is provided with a key detector (113 in FIG. 2) that detects whether the key 125 is removed or inserted.

When the tip of the holding rod 122 is lowered and the hook 124 of the hanger 123 at the tip is hung on the center of the handlebar of the bicycle, the key 125 is removed and the hook 124 is locked. Also, key 125
When the key is removed, the detector 113 outputs a key removal signal. This makes the bicycle ready for transportation. As will be described later, the crane device is activated and the hanger 123 is moved by this crane.
is grasped and extracted from the holding rod 122,
Bicycles are transported to designated storage locations by cranes. Hanger 123 at the most advanced position
When it is removed, the hangers 123 remaining on the holding rod 122 are moved up one by one, and the hanger in the second position moves to the most extreme position. The key 125 and card 126 removed from the hanger 123 are retained by the customer who has deposited the bicycle.

In addition, the entrance is provided with a gate device (not shown) that prohibits or permits the entry and exit of automobiles and people.

In FIG. 2, each partition 100, 200 is controlled by a separate CPU 111, 211, respectively. These CPUs 111 and 211 have bicycle detectors 112 and 212 as input/output devices,
Bicycle calling device 103, 203 including key detector 113, 213, display 106, etc., crane control circuit 115, 215 and transfer key 116, 2
16 are provided respectively. Each CPU111,
211 is also provided with storage devices 117 and 217, respectively. Storage device 1 of first partition 100
17 includes a hanger holding device 12 of the first section 100;
An area 1M1 for storing a hanger number corresponding to the hanger No. 1; 1M2, and each storage location 20 of the second section 200
Corresponding to No. 4, an area 1M3 is provided for storing the storage location number and the hanger number of the bicycle stored in the storage location. Elijah 1M2,1
M3 also stores the number of storage locations for each section.
The storage device 217 of the second section 200 includes an area 2M1 that stores hanger numbers corresponding to the hangers of the hanger holding device of the second section 200;
An area 2M2 that stores storage location numbers and hanger numbers of bicycles stored in the storage locations corresponding to each storage location 204, and a first section 1.
Corresponding to each storage location 104 of 00, an area 2M3 is provided for storing the storage location number and the hanger number of the bicycle stored in that storage location. Each area 1M3, 2M3 of these storage devices 117, 217 is used as a backup area for other partitions.
It becomes up memory. For convenience, in FIG.
03 is illustrated.

Parking lot management by the CPU 111 or 211 is executed according to the following procedure. Referring to Figure 6, considering the processing of CPU 111 as the standard, other
It is checked whether the transfer request signal sent from the CPU 211 has been received (step (1)), and if it has been received, the process moves to step (38) in order to respond to it. If there is no transfer request signal, it is checked whether a calling signal is output from any of the bicycle calling devices 103 (step (2)). The call signal is output when the bicycle is to be taken out of the storage area, so if this signal is output, the process moves to step (15) for the outgoing process. If there is no call signal, the output state of the bicycle detector 112 is checked to see if there is a request for warehousing (step (3)). If a bicycle detection signal is output from any of the bicycle detectors 112, it means that a bicycle has been carried into the corresponding entrance/exit 102, and the process proceeds to the warehousing process from step (4). If the bicycle detection signal is not output, the state of the transfer key 116 is checked (step (33)). If the transfer key 116 is pressed, the process moves to step (34), and if the transfer key 116 is not pressed, the process returns to step (1).

When the customer carries the bicycle into the storage entrance 102 and brings it to the parking position 120, a bicycle detection signal is output (YES in step (3)). Then, hang the hook 124 of the hanger 123 on the bicycle and hold the key 1.
If you remove 25, the key detection signal will stop (step
If (4) is NO), the crane will be able to enter the warehouse. The CPU 111 has its own storage device 117
Area 1M2 is searched to see if there is an empty storage location (step (5)). Area 1M2 has the numbers (No. 1-1) to (No. 1) of each storage location 104.
-n) and, if a bicycle is stored in the storage location of these numbers, the hanger number of the bicycle. Bicycles are not stored in locations where no hanger number is stored, so search for this location, and if there is an empty location (YES in step (6)), read out the storage location number for that location. This storage location number and, if necessary, the number of the entrance/exit 102 where the bicycle detection signal was received are sent to the crane control circuit 115, and the crane is activated to transport the bicycle to the storage location (step ( 7)), memorize the hanger number in the location corresponding to its storage location (step
(8)). When storing a bicycle, be sure to use the holding device 1.
A hanger 123 at the leading edge of 21 is used.
And the number of this hanger 123 is memory area 1M
1, so the first hanger number (in this example (Nr.1-1)) is
It is stored in the empty storage location found in step (5) in storage area 1M2. When the most advanced hanger 123 is removed from the hanger holding device 121, the subsequent hangers are moved up in sequence as described above, so the hanger number in the storage area 1M1 is also shifted one storage location at a time in accordance with this. (9)). As a result, the hanger number (Nr, 1-2) is stored at the beginning of area 1M1.

The contents written in the area 1M2 of the storage device 117 in step (8) are transferred to the area 2M of the storage device 217.
3, in the second section 200.
A transfer request signal is sent to the CPU 211 (step (10)). When the CPU 211 receives this transfer request signal (step (1)), it sends a transfer permission signal to the CPU 111 (step (38)) and puts it in a hold state (HOLD), allowing the CPU 111 to directly access the storage device 217. (Step (39)). When the CPU 111 receives the permission signal from the CPU 211 (step (11)), the storage device 1
All of the 17 areas 1M2 are sequentially transferred and stored in the area 2M3 of the storage device 217 using the DMA method (step (12)). When the data transfer is completed, a transfer end signal is sent to the CPU 211 (step (13)), and the process ends. When the CPU 211 receives this transfer end signal (step (40)), the process is completed. In this way, when the warehousing process is performed in one compartment, the data, that is, the storage location number and the hanger number of the bicycle stored in that location, are immediately transferred to the storage device of the other compartment and stored therein. As a result, the contents of area 1M2 of storage device 117 and area 2 of storage device 217 are
The contents of M3 are exactly the same, and storage device 2
The contents of area 2M2 of No. 17 and the contents of area 1M3 of storage device 117 are the same.

As a result of searching for locations where bicycles are not stored in step (5), if all storage locations contain bicycles and there are no empty locations, then (step 5)
(NO in step (6)), a display (not shown) provided at the entrance/exit 102 indicates that the vehicle is full (step (14)), and the process ends. In this example, CPU111
Although only area 1M2 of the storage device 117 is searched, if area 1M3 is also searched and an empty storage location is found in area 1M3, then
It is also possible to display a message asking the user to go to the entrance/exit 202 under the control of the CPU 211.

When picking up a bicycle, the customer scans the card 126 into the card reader 105 of the bicycle summoner 103. As a result, the hanger number recorded on the card 126 is read. Caller 1
When 03 correctly reads the card data, it outputs a calling signal, so the result in step (2) is YES and the process moves to step (15). First, the CPU 111 checks whether the read hanger number is stored in the storage area 1M2 and searches for a storage location for the corresponding bicycle. If there is a corresponding hanger number in area 1M2 (YES in step (16)), the storage location number corresponding to the location where that hanger number is stored is read out, and the customer should go in and out according to this number. The number of the mouth 102 is displayed on the display 106 (step (17)). As described above, the entrance/exit port 102 is defined corresponding to each storage location 104, and the correspondence table is stored in the storage device 117, or the entrance/exit number is derived by a program from the storage location number. Therefore, the read or derived entry/exit number is displayed on the display 106. Then, it is checked whether there is a bicycle at the entrance/exit where the bicycle should be taken out (step (18)). If there is a bicycle at the entrance, it will not be possible to use a crane to transport the bicycle from the storage area, and it will be dangerous, so if there is a bicycle, a sign will be displayed asking you to leave (Step (19)). Then, the unloading process is started only after confirming that there are no bicycles at the entrance.

First, close the entrance/exit gate (step (20)), send the storage location number searched in step (15) and the number of the entrance/exit 102 to be transported to the crane control circuit 115, and start the crane ( Step (21)). As a result, the crane carries the bicycle out of the designated storage location and brings it to the designated storage entrance 102. When the bicycle is transported to the entrance 102, the hanger 123 hung on the bicycle is returned to the most extreme position of the holding rod 122, and the position of each hanger is moved down one by one. Correspondingly, the hanger numbers of each storage location in the storage area 1M1 are sequentially shifted in the backward direction (step (22)). Then, the hanger number read by the calling device 103 is stored in the first storage location of the area 1M1 (step (23)). Also, since the bicycle has been returned, the hanger number of the returned bicycle in Elijah 1M2 is deleted (step (24)).

When the crane carries a bicycle to the entrance/exit, a detection signal is output from the bicycle detector 112, so check the output state of the bicycle detection signal (step (25)), and if there is a bicycle, open the gate (step (25)). 26)). When you open the gate, a customer comes in and presses key 1.
25, and if it is detected (step (27)), the presence or absence of a bicycle is checked again (step (28)). All processing ends when the bicycle is carried away by the customer.

As a result of searching the area 1M2 of the storage device 117 for the hanger number read by the bicycle calling device 103, if the same hanger number cannot be found (NO in step (16)), the storage area 1M3 is searched for that hanger number. (Step (29)). If the hanger number is found, the number of the storage location where the hanger number is stored is read out, the number of the corresponding storage entrance 202 is displayed on the display 106 (step (31)), and the process is executed. Finish. The data in storage area 1M3 is processed by the CPU.
It is entrusted to 211. If the vehicle cannot be found in area 1M3, a message indicating that there is no corresponding vehicle is displayed (step (32)), and the process ends.

If the transfer key 116 is pressed (YES in step (33)), a transfer request signal is sent to the CPU 211 (step (34)), and if a permission signal is sent from the CPU 211 (step (35)). , first transfer the data in area 1M2 to area 2 of storage device 217.
DMA transfer is performed to M3 (step (36)), and then data of area 1M3 is transferred to area 2M2 (step (37)). After all transfer processing is completed, a transfer end signal is sent (step (13)). This process is executed when the contents of the storage device 217 are damaged for some reason.

The above example is a back-up system with two CPUs and their storage devices, but a system with three or more
It goes without saying that the same can be done for the CPU and its storage device. In this case, one
at least one other for the CPU and its storage
It is sufficient to back up data using one CPU and a storage device.

It is also advisable to issue something like a parking ticket when entering the parking lot, and to store the identification number (for example, parking number) of the vehicle in this parking ticket. In addition, in this invention, the storage device is controlled by the master CPU,
It can also be applied to parking systems in which transportation equipment is controlled by multiple slave CPUs.

As explained in detail above, according to this invention,
The numbers of numerous vehicle storage locations and the identification numbers of the vehicles stored there are stored in the storage device, and the CPU
In a parking lot that manages the entry and exit of vehicles, data regarding the location where the vehicle to be exited is displayed is displayed, so customers can easily understand the location where the vehicle is stored and facilitate the exit process. It can be done smoothly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the parking lot, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the parking lot management device, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the entrance/exit, and Fig. 4 shows the hanger in detail. FIG. 5 is a front view of the bicycle calling device, and FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the management procedure for entering and exiting a vehicle. 101,201...Vehicle hangar, 102,20
2...Enter/exit entrance, 103,203...Bicycle calling machine, 104,204...Vehicle storage location, 106...
...Display unit, 111, 211...CPU, 115,
215... Crane control circuit, 117, 217...
…Storage device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Applied to a parking lot including a vehicle entrance, a plurality of exits each with a unique identification symbol, and a number of vehicle storage locations each with a unique number, A storage device that stores the identification number of a vehicle stored at a location corresponding to a location number, a transportation device that transports a vehicle between the above-mentioned entry/exit entrance and the vehicle storage location, and an incoming vehicle is stored at the above-mentioned storage location. a means for confirming that the vehicle is present in the parking lot and giving a confirmation input; a means for assigning a vehicle identification number to the vehicle in the warehouse; and a means for assigning a vehicle identification number to the vehicle in the warehouse; and gives a command to the transporting device to transport the vehicle at the storage entrance to the searched vehicle storage location. A warehousing control means that stores a vehicle identification number given to a vehicle in the storage device in the storage device, an input device for the identification number of the vehicle to be left, a display device at the exit gate, and a warehousing control device that responds to the input of the vehicle identification number by the input device. Then, based on the entered vehicle identification number, the vehicle storage location where the corresponding vehicle is stored is searched from the storage device, and the identification symbol of the exit exit determined according to this exiting vehicle is displayed on the display device. and an exit control means that instructs the transport device to transport the exiting vehicle from the searched vehicle storage location to the exit exit, and further erases the identification number of the corresponding vehicle from the storage device. Parking management device.