JPS648400B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a parking management device, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a parking management device, and more specifically, for example, when entering and leaving a parking lot using a commuter pass in a parking lot with a plurality of storage areas, the storage area of the vehicle is displayed. The present invention relates to a parking management device.

Since the storage areas for vehicles in large parking lots are spread over a wide area, these storage areas are divided into several storage areas. Here, the term "storage area" means, for example, if the parking lot is multi-storey, each floor is one area, and if the parking lot consists of multiple buildings, each building is one area, or any other suitable area. The area divided into different sizes is called Elijah. As described above, in parking lots that are divided into a plurality of areas, entry and exit of vehicles is often managed for each area.

On the other hand, in a parking lot that is frequently used by the same person, such as a parking lot located in front of a station, it is preferable to issue a commuter pass and pay the parking fee for a certain period at once. As mentioned above, when a commuter pass can be used in a large parking lot, it is not desirable to limit the areas that commuter pass users can use, and they can use any area if there is an empty parking space. It is desirable to be able to do so. However, since commuter pass users frequently use parking lots, if they change the storage area from time to time, they may forget where they stored their tickets.

This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a parking management device that can display to a commuter pass user the location where the user's vehicle is stored each time the user leaves the parking lot or as needed. It provides:

In this invention, vehicles include bicycles, automobiles, and other vehicles, and the invention is applied to these vehicles.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a bicycle parking lot will be described in detail.

In FIG. 1, a parking lot 50 is provided with a plurality of bicycle storage areas 51, and each storage area 51 has a number of bicycle storage locations 52. Parking lot 50
may be a single-layer flat type or a multi-layer three-dimensional type. The storage area 51 is, for example, a parking lot 5
If 0 is comprised of multiple buildings, it corresponds to each building, and if the parking lot is a multi-story parking lot, it corresponds to each floor. Of course, each storage area may be a unit obtained by dividing the parking lot using other methods. The storage areas 51 are assigned area numbers (Nr.1) (Nr.2), etc. The storage locations 52 of each area 51 are also (No. 1-1) to (No. 1-n), (No. 2-1) to (No.
A unique number, such as 2-n), is assigned in advance. Each storage area 51 of the parking lot 50 is provided with a bicycle entrance 53 and a bicycle calling machine 54, respectively. Although it is preferable that a plurality of entry/exit ports 53 and calling machines 54 are provided for each area 51, in this embodiment, one each is shown for convenience. Furthermore, a storage area display device 55 is installed at the entrance/exit 56 of the parking lot. A plurality of display devices 55 are also provided.

An overview of the storage area display device 55 is shown in FIG. The display device 55 includes a commuter pass insertion slot 61, a card reader (not shown) for reading data recorded on the commuter pass, and a storage area display 62, which will be described later. Then, the data of the commuter pass inserted into the insertion slot 61 is read and the storage area number is displayed on the display 62.

An overview of the bicycle calling device 54 is shown in FIG. This caller 54 has full and empty indicators 71 and 72, an in-service indicator 73, an operation procedure indicator 74, input and exit selection pushbuttons 75 and 76, a commuter pass insertion slot 77, and an insertion slot 77. It is equipped with a card reader (not shown) that reads data from the inserted commuter pass and writes necessary data. Although an automatic scanning type card reader is shown as the display device 55 and the pager 54, it is of course possible to use a manual scanning type card reader.

The entry/exit port 53 may be divided into an entry port and an exit port, but in this embodiment, it serves both as an entry port and an exit port. A bicycle detector (Fig. 2, 6) is installed at the entrance 53.
5) A hanger device and a gate device (both not shown) are provided. The bicycle detector 65 is
It detects a bicycle positioned at a predetermined location within the entrance and exit, and is comprised of a mat switch or a photoelectric switch. The hanger device includes a hanger that hooks the center part of the handlebar of the bicycle, and this hanger is used for hanging the bicycle by a transportation device, which will be described later. The gate device prohibits or allows people or bicycles to enter or exit the entrance/exit 53.

The commuter pass 80 has a magnetic stripe 81, as shown in FIG. The number of the storage area where the vehicle is stored and the storage location number are magnetically recorded. The company code, registration number and expiry date are recorded when the commuter pass 80 is issued,
The warehousing date, storage area number, and storage location number are written each time the warehousing takes place, and are erased when the warehousing takes place.
Such a commuter pass is issued by paying a predetermined fee, and is valid for parking for a predetermined period (for example, one month or three months).

The parking lot also has an automatic bicycle transport device (No. 3).
Figure 67 is installed. This transportation device transports the bicycle located at the entrance 53 to the designated storage location 52 when entering the warehouse, and transports the bicycle from the designated storage location 52 to the entrance 53 when leaving the garage. For example, it consists of a crane device. Of course, multiple transportation devices will be installed as needed.

In FIG. 2, entry and exit of bicycles in each storage area 51 of the parking lot is managed by a CPU 68. This CPU 68 has a bicycle caller 54, a bicycle detector 65, and a bicycle detector 65 as input/output devices.
A crane control device 66 is provided. A crane control device 66 controls a crane 67. The CPU 68 also includes a storage device 69.
This storage device 69 stores the storage location number corresponding to each storage location 52 in the storage area 51 and the registration number of the commuter pass for the bicycle stored in that storage location.

A user who wants to leave a bicycle must first check the storage area display device 55 at the entrance 56 of the parking lot 50.
Insert the commuter pass into the commuter pass insertion slot 61. Since the storage area number is recorded on the commuter pass, this area number is read and displayed on the display 62.
The user sees this display, knows the storage area to which he or she should go, and heads to the location where the bicycle calling machine 54 is installed in that area.

Parking lot management by the CPU 68 is executed according to the following procedure. Referring to FIG. 6, first, the storage device 69 is searched to determine whether the vehicle is full (step (1)). If a registration number is stored in a storage location corresponding to each storage location number in the storage device 69, a bicycle is stored in that storage location, and if a registration number is stored in all storage locations, the bicycle is full. Yes, display 71 of bicycle calling machine 54
is turned on to indicate that the vehicle is full (step (2)), and the operation procedure display 74 is displayed to indicate that parking is not possible (step (3)). It is also possible to provide a flag for storing the full state and use this flag to check whether the vehicle is full or not. If the parking lot is not full, a message is displayed on the operation procedure display 74 to the effect that the entry or exit selection button should be pressed (step (4)).

A parking lot user comes to the paging machine 54,
When you look at the content displayed on the operating procedure display 74 and press either of the selection buttons 75 or 76 (step (5)),
It is checked whether the warehousing button 75 has been pressed (step (6)). If the storage button 75 is pressed, a message to insert a commuter pass is displayed on the operation procedure display 74 (step (7)). If the exit button 76 is pressed instead of the entry button 75, the process moves to step (24).

When the user inserts the commuter pass into the insertion slot 77 (step (8)), the data recorded on the commuter pass is read to check whether it is a legitimate commuter pass (step (9)). If the company codes of the commuter passes match and the expiration date has not passed, it is a regular commuter pass and the process goes to step (10); if it is not a regular commuter pass, the process goes to step (38).

In step (10), the storage device 69 is searched for an empty storage location. Since no cyclist is stored in a storage location corresponding to a storage location where the registration number is not stored, when such a storage location is found, the magnetic stripe of the commuter pass is read out from a clock (not shown). The date of the day, the storage area number (Nr.1 in this example), and the number of the empty storage location searched in step (10) are magnetically recorded (step (11)). Then, a message is displayed on the operation procedure display 74 to the effect that the bicycle should be parked when the gate opens (step (12)), and the gate of the gate device is opened (step (13)).

The presence of the bicycle is confirmed by checking from the output state of the bicycle detector 65 whether the bicycle has been stored and positioned at a predetermined location (step (14)). The user hangs the above hanger on the bicycle (step (15)), and then the user goes to the entrance 5.
Check whether it is within 3 (step (16)). It is advisable to install a human detector such as a mat switch at the entry/exit entrance, and check the presence or absence of users based on the output of this switch. If the user remains inside the entrance/exit 53 for a certain period of time or more, a warning is issued to request the user to leave (step (17)). It is recommended that the above-mentioned hanger device is also provided with a detector to check whether the bicycle is hung with a hanger.

When the user exits from the entrance/exit 53, the user closes the gate (step (18)), sends the empty storage location number searched in step (10) to the crane control device 66, and removes the bicycle at the entrance/exit 53. The crane 67 is activated to transport the item to its storage location (step (19)). Then, the registration number read from the commuter pass is stored in the empty storage location searched in step (10) (step (20)), the commuter pass is returned (step (21)), and the process ends.

When the user presses the exit button 76, a message to insert the commuter pass into the commuter pass insertion slot 77 is displayed on the operation procedure display 74 (step (24)), and the user When the commuter pass is inserted (step (25)), the data recorded on the commuter pass is read to determine whether it is a legitimate commuter pass (step (26)). If it is a regular commuter pass, a message is displayed on the operation procedure display 74 to the effect that the bicycle should be left when the gate opens (step (27)).

Then, the storage location number of the commuter pass data that has been read is sent to the crane control circuit 66, and the crane 67 is activated to take out the bicycle from the storage location with that number and transport it to the storage entrance 53 (step (28)). ), the registration number stored in the storage location of that storage location number is deleted (step (29)). When the crane 67 carries the bicycle to the entrance 53, a detection signal is output from the bicycle detector 65, which is confirmed (step (30)), and the gate is opened (step (31)).

When the user enters the entrance 53 and takes out the bicycle (step (32)), the bicycle detection signal stops (step (33)) and the gate is closed (step (35)). If the bicycle is not taken out after a certain period of time, an evacuation alarm is sounded (step (34)). Thereafter, the storage date, storage area number, and storage location number of the commuter pass are deleted (step (36)), the commuter pass is returned (step (37)), and the process is completed.

If it is determined in steps (9) and (26) that the commuter pass is not a regular pass, the process moves to step (38) and first checks to see if the period has expired. The expiration date is recorded on the commuter pass, so by checking the magnitude relationship between this and the current date, you can find out whether the expiry date has expired or not. If the period has passed, please use the operating procedure display 7 to inform the staff that you would like to make a request.
4 (step (39)), return the commuter pass (step (40)), and complete the process. If the period has not been exceeded, a message indicating that the commuter pass is unusable is displayed on the operating procedure display 74 (step (41)), and the process is completed by returning the commuter pass (step (42)).

Other storage areas such as area 5 of (Nr.2)
The same is true for the processing in step 1.

In the above example, the number of the storage area is displayed on the display device 55, but if each area has a plurality of entrances/exits, the number of the corresponding entrance/exit may be displayed. If there are multiple entrances/exits, a storage location is determined in advance for each entrance/exit, and the number of the storage location where the bicycle is stored or the number of the entrance/exit corresponding to that location is recorded on the commuter pass. I'll keep it. Additionally, the storage location number may be displayed. Furthermore, in the above example, the display device and the bicycle calling device are provided separately, but the bicycle calling device is provided with a display device to display the storage area number, entrance/exit number, or storage location number. It's okay. In this case, the user only has to insert the commuter pass into any bicycle calling machine, view the displayed contents, and head toward the entrance/exit corresponding to the displayed contents.

In the above embodiment, each storage area is
Although it is managed by a CPU, there is a master CPU and multiple slave CPUs controlled by it, and the storage device is controlled by the master CPU.
Each slave CPU may control the transport device of each storage area. In this case, data of all areas are stored in the storage device. Further, in the above example, each storage device stores the bicycle number, but it is also possible to store only the presence or absence of stored bicycles. Furthermore, if necessary, the storage date of each stored vehicle may be stored in the storage device.

The main points of the present invention described in detail above using the embodiments will be summarized as follows with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the circuit in the above embodiment,
The symbols used in the above embodiments are shown in brackets for blocks corresponding to devices, etc. The commuter pass 80 and the magnetic stripe (data recording area) are given the same reference numerals as in the above embodiment.

The parking management device according to the present invention includes a commuter pass 80, an entry/exit management device 100, and a display device 110.

The commuter pass 80 has a data recording area 81, in which the identification number of the commuter pass is recorded and data regarding the vehicle storage location can be written and read.

The warehouse management device 100 includes a first card reader 101, a memory 103, and a control device 102.

Memory 103 stores identification numbers of commuter passes for vehicles stored in locations corresponding to vehicle storage locations.

When entering the warehouse, the first card reader 101 reads the identification number from the commuter pass 80. The control device 102 searches the memory 103 for an empty vehicle storage location, and stores in the memory 103 the read identification number corresponding to this vehicle storage location. Furthermore, the first card reader 101 records data regarding the located vehicle storage location on the commuter pass 80.

When leaving the garage, the first card reader 101 reads data regarding the vehicle storage location from the commuter pass 80.
The control device 102 erases the identification number corresponding to the read vehicle storage location from the memory 103. Furthermore, the first card reader 101 erases data regarding the vehicle storage location from the commuter pass 80.

The display device 110 is a second card reader 111
and a display 112.

The second card reader 111 reads data regarding the vehicle storage location recorded on the inserted commuter pass 80.

Display 112 displays data regarding the read vehicle storage location.

As described above, according to the present invention, since data regarding the vehicle storage location is recorded on the commuter pass when the vehicle is parked, information regarding the vehicle storage location can be obtained by simply reading the recorded contents of the commuter pass when leaving the warehouse. Therefore, information regarding the storage location can be easily displayed. Therefore, even if the parking lot is large-scale, the user can know the location where the vehicle is stored by looking at the display contents, and can immediately head to that location. Furthermore, even commuter pass users can park their vehicles at any location at any time, making effective use of the parking lot.

[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 structure of the management device, Fig. 3 is a front view showing the storage area display device, and Fig. 4 is a front view showing the bicycle calling machine. , FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a commuter pass, FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the loading/unloading process, and FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing the main points of the configuration of the present invention. 50...Parking lot, 51...Bicycle storage area,
52... Bicycle storage location, 54... Bicycle caller (warehousing/retrieval management device), 55... Storage area display device (display device), 68... CPU (warehousing/retrieval management device),
69... Storage device (memory), 80... Commuter pass,
81... Magnetic stripe, 100... Input/output management device, 101... First card reader, 102
...Control device, 103...Memory, 110...Display device, 111...Second card reader, 11
2...Indicator.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Composed of a commuter pass 80, an entry/exit management device 100, and a display device 110, the commuter pass 80 has a data recording area 81, and the data recording area 81 contains An identification number is recorded, and data regarding the vehicle storage location can be written and read, and the warehouse management device 100 includes a first card reader 101, a memory 103, and a control device 102. The memory 103 stores the identification number of the commuter pass for the vehicle stored in the vehicle storage location in correspondence with the vehicle storage location. The control device 102 reads the identification number from the ticket 80, searches for an empty vehicle storage location in the memory 103, stores the read identification number in the memory 103 corresponding to this vehicle storage location, and then stores the identification number in the memory 103. The reader 101 records data regarding the vehicle storage location located on the commuter pass 80, and when leaving the garage, the entry/exit management device 100 allows the first card reader 101 to record data regarding the vehicle storage location from the commuter pass 80. and the control device 102 erases the identification number corresponding to the read vehicle storage location from the memory 103, and further the first card reader 101 erases data regarding the vehicle storage location from the commuter pass 80, The display device 110 is connected to the second card reader 11
1 and a display device 112, the display device 110 includes a second card reader 11
1 reads data regarding the vehicle storage location recorded from the commuter pass 80, and a display 112 displays the data regarding the read vehicle storage location.