JPH0465948B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a method for controlling a multilevel parking system in which vehicles such as automobiles are stored by circulating a large number of vehicle mounting cages.

(Prior art and its problems) In the actual operation of this type of multilevel parking system, it is often used by a mixture of contract customers and general customers. By the way, in a multi-story parking system that is used by both contract customers and general customers, if a designated cage is used exclusively for contract customers and the remaining cages are operated for general customers, energy will be wasted due to an unbalanced load. Problems such as consumption and a reduction in device life due to unbalanced usage of cages arise. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, on the premise that there is always a sufficient number of empty cages for contract customers, when a contract customer enters the warehouse, as with general customers, an appropriate number of empty cages will be allocated to the customer. Method of controlling a multilevel parking system to allocate
-43629) has been developed.

However, in the conventional example described above, when a contract customer enters the warehouse, the storage cage number and the contract customer's registration number are stored in a set in a predetermined storage device, and entry and exit operations are performed based on the registration number. This not only required a storage device with a large capacity, but also caused problems such as the process of matching the registration number with the incoming cage number in the control at the time of leaving the warehouse, which increased the time it took to call up the cage. . Furthermore, in the conventional example described above, when a general customer enters the warehouse, the manager must record the general customer's warehousing cage number, etc., which makes the operation complicated.

(Purpose of the Invention) This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and does not require a large-capacity storage device, does not take time to call a cage, and does not require any operational effort for general customers. To provide a control method for a multi-story parking device, in which a multi-story parking device is mixedly used by contract customers and general customers, and can allocate an arbitrary empty cage depending on the case even when the contract customers enter the parking lot in the same way as general customers. The purpose is to

(Means for Achieving the Object) This invention is a method for controlling a circulating multi-level parking system which is used by both contract customers and general customers, and which assigns any empty cage depending on the situation when entering the car. In order to achieve the above purpose, when entering the warehouse, the writer unit of the card reading/writing device writes the storage cage number on the card for contract customers and the card for general customers, while when leaving the warehouse, the reader of the card reading/writing device By reading out the cage number written on the card by the section and calling up the car with that cage number, the load for calling up the parking cage is reduced from the capacity of the storage device used for controlling the multi-level parking device. The system is designed to shorten the cage calling time and eliminate operational hassles such as requiring the manager to record cage numbers for general customers.

(Example) Figures 1a and b show a flowchart of a control method for a multilevel parking system which is an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of a circulating type multilevel parking system to which the control method is applied. Show the diagram. In the multilevel parking system shown in FIG. 2, each vehicle mounting cage 1 is connected to a pair of front and rear endless chains 3 via attachments 2, and is moved in circulation by driving the endless chains 3 with a drive device (not shown). The vehicle W can enter the cage 1' from the entrance 4 at the vehicle entry position.

FIG. 3 shows a front view of the operation panel 5 in which the control section of this multi-story parking system is built, and FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the card reading/writing device 6 which constitutes a part of the control section. This card reading/writing device 6 is used to write information, which will be described later, on cards issued to contract customers, that is, registered users, and general customers of the above-mentioned multilevel parking device, or to read information written on the cards. The device includes a reader section 7 for reading information written on the card, a writer section 8 for writing information on the card, a storage section 9 for storing registration numbers of contract customers, etc., in the case of storage by general customers. It consists of a timer 10 used to check the arrival time and parking time of the vehicle, an I/O port 11 for exchanging signals with other circuit sections, and a control section 12 that controls each of these sections. A card insertion port 6a of this card reading/writing device 6 is opened at the front of the operation panel 5. In addition, on the front of the operation panel 5, there is a display section 13 that shows various information such as a call cage number depending on the control stage of entering and exiting the warehouse, and a display section 13 for inputting and operating an entry command signal in the case of entry by a general customer. Button 1
4 are provided.

Next, the procedure for controlling entry and exit of the multi-story parking apparatus will be explained separately for the case of a contract customer as shown in FIG. 1a, and the case of a general customer as shown in FIG. 1b.

a Contract customer's storage In _FIG . The information written on the card is read out (step
_S2 ). The contract customer's special card has an individual information column in which specific information such as registration number and expiration date is written in advance, and a cage number column in which the warehousing cage number is written at the time of warehousing. , Of these information entry fields, the cage number field indicates that the cage has not been stocked.
NUL or special code is written.
In step S ₃ , it is determined from the read information whether the registration number is correct, whether the limited period has passed, etc., and if there is no mistake, the next step S ₄ is performed.
The empty cage most suitable for stocking is called up. Here, the term "optimal empty cage" means an empty cage that has a well-balanced load on the multilevel parking system and can be called up in a short time, and the selection thereof is performed by a control section (not shown). When an empty cage is called to the entrance/exit 4 shown in FIG. 2, the door of the entrance/exit 4 is opened. Then, drive the vehicle into the specified position in the cage (step S ₆ )
Then, it is confirmed by a predetermined detector whether the goods have been correctly stored (step _S7 ). When it is confirmed that the warehousing has been carried out correctly, the door of the entrance 4 is closed, and the warehousing cage number is written on the card by the writer section 8 of the card reading/writing device 6 (step S ₈ ), after which the card is The card is ejected from the card insertion slot 6a (step _S9 ). When the contract customer who is the user removes this card (step _S10 ), the warehousing procedure is completed. If it is determined in step _S3 that there is an error in the registration number or that the expiration date has passed, the process moves to step _S9 and the card is ejected.

b. Departure by a contract customer The control procedure in the case of a withdrawal by a contract customer is the same as for the retrieval up to step _S4 in FIG. 1a. At this time, since the receiving cage number is written in the cage number column of the card when leaving the warehouse, the card is read and processed in step _S4 .
The reader section 7 of the writing device 6 reads this cage number, and the cage with that cage number is called (step _S11 ). As in the case of storage, when the called cage arrives at the entrance/exit 4 shown in FIG. 2, the door of the entrance/exit 4 is opened. Then, when the vehicle is taken out of the cage (step S ₁₂ ), the detector confirms the exit (step S ₁₃ ), the door of the entrance 4 is closed, and the writer section 8 of the card reading/writing device 6 removes the card from the cage. The number column is rewritten to NUL or a special code indicating that the item has not been received (step _S14 ). After this, the card is ejected in the same way as when entering the warehouse.

c. Warehouse entry for general customers If general customers can enter the warehouse in Figure 1b, the general customer can enter the warehouse by clicking the warehousing button 1 on the operation panel 5 mentioned above.
When 4 is pressed (step _S21 ), an empty cage most suitable for stocking is called up in step _S22 . The meaning of this optimal empty cage is as explained in the case of receiving a contract customer. Thereafter, when the warehouse is entered and confirmed in steps S ₂₃ and S ₂₄ , as in the case of entering the warehouse of a contract customer, the writer section 8 of the card reading/writing device 6 writes the data into the card reading/writing device 6. The storage cage number and the storage time are written on one of the prepared cards for general customers (step _S25 ), and then the card is ejected from the card insertion slot 6a (step _S26 ). When the general customer, who is the user, removes the automatically issued card from the card insertion slot 6a (step _S27 ), the entire warehousing procedure is completed. Thereby, the general customer can accurately know the time of entry written on the card, and can appropriately manage the time of exit. Management of exit times directly affects parking fees, so information regarding entry times is important for general customers.

d Departing the warehouse by a general customer In Fig. 1b showing the control procedure in the case of a withdrawal by a general customer, steps S ₂₈ and S ₂₉ are almost the same as steps S ₁ and S ₂ in the case of a withdrawal by a contract customer. Among the written information on the card for general customers inserted into the insertion slot 6a, the identification code indicating that the card was issued by the multi-level parking device is read by the reader section 7 of the card reading/writing device 6. It will be done. If the identification code is determined to be correct in the next step _S30 , the storage cage number is read (step _S31 ), and then, similarly to steps _S11 to _S13 when the contract customer leaves the car, Step S ₃₂ ~
In step _S34 , the cage is called, taken out, and confirmed, and then in step _S35 , the card is taken into the card reading/writing device 6 and collected. At this time, the parking fee is calculated from the parking time written on the card at the time of parking and the current time, and displayed on the display section 13 of the operation panel 5. Note that if it is determined in step _S30 that the identification code is incorrect, the process proceeds to step _S35 .
The card will be ejected.

In addition, in the above example, when a general customer enters the warehouse,
The control procedure is started by pressing the warehousing button 14 and inputting a warehousing command signal, and then a card with the warehousing cage number written thereon is issued from the card slot 6a of the operation panel 5. For general customers, there is a space to write the cage number.
For example, by the manager inserting a card with a NUL or special code written in advance into the card slot 6a, the warehousing control procedure may be started in the same manner as when a contract customer is warehousing. .

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the multilevel parking device control device of the present invention, when parking, the writer section of the card reading/writing device writes the parking cage number on the card for contract customers and the card for general customers. When leaving the warehouse, the reader section of the card reading/writing device reads the cage number written on the card and calls the corresponding cage, so if you are a contract customer, you can set it with the registration number as in the conventional case. There is no need to store the incoming car number, and a storage device with a small storage capacity is sufficient, and the process of matching the calling car number with the stored car number is simplified, and the car calling time can also be shortened. In addition, since it is a card system, not only does it not be necessary for contract customers to remember their registration numbers, it also simplifies operations by eliminating the need for managers to keep track of the cage numbers of general customers each time they enter and leave the warehouse. can. In particular, as in the example, if general customers write the arrival time on their cards when they enter the warehouse, the fee calculation process can be automated, which further simplifies the operation, and allows general customers to record the arrival time themselves. Since the user can self-manage the exit time by simply referring to the entry time written on the card without having to memorize the entry time, it is possible to improve the service for general customers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1A and 1B are flowcharts showing the procedure of a control method for a multi-level parking system which is an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the multi-level parking system to which the control method is applied; The figure is a front view of the operation panel of the multilevel parking system, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a card reading/writing device installed on the operation panel. 6...Card reading/writing device, 6a...Card insertion slot, 7...Reader section, 8...Writer section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A method for controlling a multilevel parking device equipped with a card reading/writing device used by both contract customers and general customers, which includes the steps of (a) calling an empty cage, and (b) ) storing the empty cage; (c) in the case of the contract customer, writing the number of the empty cage as the storage cage number on the card for the contract customer by the writer section of the card reading/writing device; (d) In the case of the general customer, a step of writing the storage cage number on the general customer card by the writer section and ejecting the general customer card; (e) reading the storage cage number from the inserted customer or general customer card;
A multilevel parking system characterized by comprising: a step of reading by a reader section of a writing device; (f) a step of calling the cage having the read storage cage number; and (g) a step of leaving the cage from the called cage. control method. 2. In the case of the contract customer, the contract customer card has an individual information field in which predetermined information of each contract customer is written in advance, and a cage number field in which the storage cage number is written at the time of storage. The above step (g) is a step of rewriting the storage cage number written in the cage number field after leaving the warehouse to NUL or a predetermined special code by the writer section, and then ejecting the contract customer card. A method for controlling a multilevel parking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3 In the case of the contract customer, step (a) is a step of calling the empty cage after reading the NUL or a predetermined special code from the inserted contract customer card by the reader section. 3. A method for controlling a circulating multi-level parking system according to claim 2, characterized in that: 4 In the case of the general customer, the step (a) is a step of calling the empty cage based on the warehousing signal input by button operation, and the discharge in the step (d) is for the general customer. 2. A method for controlling a circulating multi-level parking system according to claim 1, wherein said method is carried out by automatically issuing a card. 5. In the case of the general customer, the step (d) is a step of also writing the entry time on the general customer card, and the step (g) is a step of writing the entry time on the general customer card by the reader section after leaving the store. 5. A method for controlling a multi-story parking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the step of reading the parking time and calculating a fee from the parking time.