JP2001312772A - Parking lot system provided with electric charger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking lot system equipped with electric charger simplified in entire configuration and made economical by devising the system so tat both parking charges and electricity charging fees can be settled while using one or a limited number of fee settling machines installed in a parking lot or at an exit without necessity to provide a fee settling machine for every electric charger installed the parking lot. SOLUTION: A charger 20 for charging the battery of an electric automobile and an electric charging information input/output device 10 are provided in a parking lot PK. When the charging is performed, charging information is recorded on a parking ticket CK or the like. When this parking ticket CK or the like is inserted into a fee settling machine 4 at the time of leaving, the parking fee and the charging fee are calculated, and after these fees are settled, the vehicle is allowed to exit through an exit gate 6G opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking lot device provided with a charging device capable of charging an electric vehicle during parking.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the development and spread of electric vehicles that use electricity as a drive source for vehicles have been promoted. In addition, with the spread of electric vehicles, a power supply device for supplying power to a built-in power supply, and this power supply device are provided. For parking lots, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-123488, a function is provided for supplying power within the range of the amount of money input to the device,
In addition, when the power supply amount reaches the power supply consideration amount, the power supply device configured to return the difference between the input amount and the power supply consideration amount, or a vehicle as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-124719. When entering the parking area, the locking device of the vehicle exit prevention device works to prevent the vehicle from leaving, starts charging, displays the charging fee when the charging reaches the rated capacity, and then displays both the parking fee and the charging fee. Is settled,
A parking lot device with a charging device and the like configured to release the lock of the above-described exit prevention device and allow the vehicle to exit has been developed.

[0003]

However, the power supply device described in the former publication has a configuration in which the power supply device and the settlement device are paired, and is described in the latter publication. The power supply device with a charging device also includes a pair of a charging device, a checkout device, and a vehicle exit prevention device, and requires the same number of payment devices and vehicle exit prevention devices as the number of charging devices. It was costly and very uneconomical.

Accordingly, the technical problem of the present invention is that there is no need to provide a charge adjusting machine for each charging device provided in a parking lot, and only one or a very small number of charging devices installed inside the parking lot or at a doorway are provided. By devising both the parking fee and the charging fee using a small number of fee payment machines,
An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot device which has a simple configuration and is provided with a charging device which is rich in economy.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems (1) In order to solve the above technical problem, according to the present invention, a parking ticket in which a parking time is recorded when a vehicle is stored in a parking lot according to the first aspect of the present invention. When the parking ticket is settled by having this parking ticket read by the toll adjusting machine at the time of departure, in the parking lot device configured to permit the departure of the vehicle, an electric vehicle A charging device for charging a battery and a charging information input / output device are provided. The charging information input / output device can record information for calculating the charging time of the battery by the charging device for the parking ticket. In addition to having information recording means, the above-mentioned charge adjusting machine is provided with a charge rate calculating means for calculating a charge rate from the charge information recorded on the parking ticket, so that the charge of the parking rate and the charge rate can be calculated. When the parking is completed, only one or a very limited number of fee settlement machines are installed at the exit of the parking lot, etc. Since both of the charging charges can be settled, it is possible to simplify the entire apparatus and reduce the cost as compared with the above-described conventional apparatus which requires the same number of charging apparatuses as the number of charging apparatuses.

(2) In the present invention, when the charging information input / output device records the charging information for the parking ticket, the battery may be replaced with the charging time information instead of the charging time information. Since the charge adjuster calculates the charge charge from the charge capacity, the charge adjuster calculates the charge charge from the charge time. Compared to calculating
It is possible to easily and accurately calculate a charging fee.

(3) According to the present invention, when the charging information input / output device records the charging information for the parking ticket, only the charging start time is recorded. Without recording the time of the end, the time when the parking ticket is read by the fee adjusting machine is regarded as the time of the charging end,
Since the charge adjusting device calculates the charge from the charge start time and the charge end time recorded in the parking ticket, the parking ticket is inserted into the charge information input / output device each time the vehicle is taken out of the vehicle. It is not necessary to record the charging end time, and it is possible to simplify as much as possible the trouble of adjusting the parking fee and the charging fee at the time of departure.

(4) In the present invention, the vehicle is parked by using a regular parking ticket that can be parked for a predetermined period instead of the parking ticket.
Since the recording of the charging information by the charging information input / output device is configured to be performed on the regular parking ticket, both the parking fee and the charging fee can be easily settled using the periodic ticket, and the vehicle can be taken out of the vehicle. Enables smooth operation.

(5) According to the present invention, the vehicle is parked by using an IC card instead of a parking ticket, and charging information by the charging information input / output device is provided. Is recorded on this IC card, so that both the parking fee and the charging fee can be easily settled using the IC card, and the vehicle can be taken out smoothly.

(6) Further, according to the present invention, an electric vehicle including the charging device and the charging information input / output device in a part of a toll parking lot having a parking space for a general vehicle. In addition to providing a parking space, the billing machine at the exit, etc.
Alternatively, when the parking information and the charging information are written in the IC card, both the parking fee and the charging fee are calculated.
When only the parking information is written, the vehicle is provided with a fee calculating means for calculating only the parking fee, so that the parking lot can be effectively used by both ordinary vehicles and electric vehicles. A parked user can use charging in addition to parking, and a user who parks a general vehicle can use only parking.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a parking lot apparatus provided with a charging device according to the present invention. FIG.
K is toll parking lot with entrance PN and exit PT, NS
… Is a parking space for ordinary vehicles that do not charge the parking lot PT, ES is a parking space for electric vehicles that performs charging, and 1 is a parking space as shown in FIG. The parking ticket issuing machine which issues the parking ticket CK which recorded time is shown.

Further, 2 and 5 are commuter pass machines provided at both the entrance PN and the exit PT, and 3 and 6 are entrance PNs.
And 3G and 6G are entrance gates and exit gates which are opened and closed by these switches 3, 6 respectively, and 4 is a fee settlement machine provided at the exit PT. IC for both parking ticket issuing machine 1 and fare settlement machine 4
When a card reading function is provided and a commuter pass or an IC card (both not shown) is used together with the parking ticket CK, the commuter pass passing machines 2 and 5 and the IC card reading function are used as shown in the figure. The provided parking ticket issuing machine 1 and the fare settlement machine 4 are used.

Further, in the figure, 40 ... are vehicle sensors provided for each electric vehicle parking space ES, 20 ... and 30 ... are charging devices and interface boxes provided for each parking space ES. When an electric vehicle is parked in the parking space ES by the charging information input / output device provided on one side of the space ES, the vehicle sensor 40 is turned on, and the charging information input / output device 10 can accept a card. When the parking ticket CK received at the time or the commuter pass or the IC card recording the parking time is inserted, charging by the charging device 20 is enabled, and the charging information input / output device 10 transmits the parking ticket CK to the parking ticket CK in FIG. (B) The charging start time is recorded as shown in the figure, or the charging start time is recorded on a commuter pass or an IC card.

FIG. 2 shows one of the charging information input / output devices 1 described above.
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which one charging device 20 is provided for the first charging information input / output device 10.
In this embodiment, a plurality of charging devices 20 are connected via interface boxes 30.

The charging information input / output device 10 includes:
The parking end time is recorded on the parking ticket CK, commuter pass or IC card reinserted at the time of departure (at the end of charging) as shown in FIG. ) While the charging capacity (watt hours) is recorded as shown in the figure, the charge adjusting machine 4 provided at the exit PT has the parking time from the entry time to the exit recorded in the parking ticket CK and the like and the parking fee. On the other hand, the charging start and end times, or
Based on the charging information including the charging capacity, a charging fee is calculated, and when the user pays both the calculated parking fee and the charging fee, the gate opening / closing device 6 opens the exit gate 6G, and the vehicle is closed. It is a mechanism to allow outgoing goods.

It should be noted that in the case of a general vehicle that does not charge, the vehicle can be taken out of the car simply by completing the settlement of the parking fee by the fare settlement machine 4. The charging information input / output device 10 reads the parking ticket CK or the like by the charge settlement machine 4 at the exit PT without recording the charging end time or the charging capacity for the parking ticket CK or the like. , It is also possible to calculate the charging fee by a relatively simple method.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the electrical configuration of the charging information input / output device 10 (charging device card reader), the interface box 30, and the charging device 20. , An I / O unit 15A and a communication control unit 15B, a display unit 11 connected to the control unit 15, and a switch panel unit 12 having an ON / OFF switch for charging and an entry button, etc. ,
A card reader / writer unit 13, a printer unit 14, and a power supply unit 16 are provided.

The interface box 30 includes a control unit 32 having a communication control unit 32A and an I / O unit 32B, and a power supply unit 31 connected to the control unit 32. The vehicle detection signal transmission unit 41 of the vehicle detector 40 is connected.

The charging device 20 includes a charging unit 2
1 and a charging device I / O unit 22. The charging device I / O unit 22 includes a charging start / end control unit 23 that is turned on / off by removing and storing a charging cable (not shown). Charging enable / disable sensor 24, detection sensor 25 for detecting the open / stored / loaded state of the charging cable,
Further, a charge state detection sensor 26 that detects the amount of charge / completion of charge and automatically stops charging when the charge reaches a rating is provided.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the state of the I installed at the outlet PT described above.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the electrical configuration of the automatic toll settlement machine 4 with a C card reading function. In the drawing, reference numerals 4A and 4B denote a CPU and a memory which form the center of the control unit.
In the interface circuit 4D connected between the A and the memory 4B via the bus 4C, the parking time and the charging start and end times recorded on the inserted parking ticket CK or IC card, or A parking ticket (IC card) reading / writing device 4E for reading a charging capacity and calculating a parking time, a parking fee, and a charging fee is connected.

Further, the interface circuit 4D prints out the calculated parking fee and charging fee, or prints out a receipt and the like, and an input device 4G for various data. Ticket (IC card)
A motor 4H for conveying rollers, a display 4I for displaying the above-mentioned charges and other messages, a clock circuit 4J for transmitting a reference clock signal, a payment device 4K for performing the payment of the above charges and payment of change, Further, when the payment of each fee is completed, a signal for opening the exit gate 6G is sent to the gate opening / closing device 6 described above, and a car gate opening / closing device 4L that enables the vehicle to leave the vehicle is connected, and each is connected to the memory 4B. The mechanism is controlled and operated according to a stored system program.

The above-described charging information input / output device 10
At the end of charging, neither the charging end time nor the charging capacity is recorded, and the parking ticket (IC card) reading / writing device 4E of the charge settlement machine 4 or the reader of the commuter pass passing machine 5 is inserted. It may be configured such that the time when the read parking ticket CK or IC card or the commuter pass is read is regarded as the charging end time, and the charging fee is calculated, respectively, and the selection is arbitrary. Further, when the commuter pass user charges the vehicle, only the charging fee is settled by the charge adjusting machine 4 and the vehicle is taken out of the vehicle.

Next, the processing operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
7 and 8 illustrate the processing procedure at the time of entering the vehicle. In the first step S1, it is determined whether the entering vehicle is a general car, specifically, a commuter pass. It is determined whether or not parking using
In the case of a regular car that does not use a commuter pass, the process proceeds to step S2, and in the case of a commuter pass using vehicle, the process proceeds to step S4, where the commuter pass is inserted into the commuter pass passing machine 2 and the commuter information is read, and then the process proceeds to step S6. move on.

In step S2, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is an IC card vehicle. If YES, the process proceeds to step S5, where the IC card is inserted into the parking ticket issuing machine 1 to record the entry time, and then step S6 , But if NO, the process proceeds to step S3, where the parking ticket CK (FIG.
After extracting (a) from the parking ticket issuing machine 1, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the gate switch 3 is pulled out according to the removal of the parking ticket CK or IC card or the commuter pass.
Opens the entrance gate 3G and enters the vehicle, that is, the parking lot P
Admission to K is allowed, then steps S7 and S8
It is determined whether or not the vehicle that entered the vehicle is an electric vehicle, and whether or not charging is necessary (self-determination by the user). If NO in both cases, the process proceeds to step S10 and proceeds to step S10. When the vehicle is parked in the parking space NS and the warehousing process is completed, if both are YES, step S9
To the charging device No. It is determined whether or not (charging parking space) is specified first, and in the case of YES, step S1
Proceeding to 3, the charging information input / output device 10 (charging device card reader) uses the charging device No. After specifying, step S1
Proceed to 2.

If the determination in step S9 is NO (self-determination), the flow advances to step S11 to move the vehicle to an empty charging space ES, and then to the charging position of the charging space ES in step S12. When the vehicle is parked, the process proceeds to step S14, in which the vehicle sensor 40 determines whether the vehicle is properly parked at the charging position.
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S15, where the charging information input / output device 1
Insert a parking ticket CK or IC card or a commuter pass at 0, then proceed to step S16 to determine whether the card is read correctly. If OK, proceed to step S17 in FIG. The process returns to step S15 and is repeated. If the result of step S14 is NG, the process returns to step S11 to repeat the parking process.

In step S17, the charging device N
o. Is determined whether or not has been designated, and if YES, the process proceeds to step S19, but if NO, the process proceeds to step S1.
No. 8 and charging device No. 8 After specifying the (parking space No.), the process proceeds to step S19 to open the charging cable of the charging device 20 to set it in a chargeable state, and then proceeds to step S20 to connect the charging cable to a battery (not shown) of the electric vehicle. It is determined whether or not it is loaded. If OK, the process proceeds to step S21, and if the charge start switch of the switch panel unit 12 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S22 to start charging, and further proceeds to step S23 to proceed to the parking ticket CK.
Or charge start information (time) on IC card or commuter pass
Is recorded and returned to complete the warehousing process.

FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate a processing procedure when a vehicle that has entered the parking lot PK in accordance with the procedures of FIGS. 7 and 8 is taken out of the vehicle.
At 0, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is being charged, that is, whether or not the vehicle has been charged. If the vehicle is not being charged, the process proceeds to step S42, and the tollgate, that is, the exit port PT in the illustrated case, If the vehicle is determined to be a parking ticket CK or a general vehicle using an IC card in step S43, the process proceeds to step S44 in FIG.
When the parking fee is settled by inserting the K or IC card into the fare adjustment machine 4, the gate opening / closing device 6 opens the exit gate 6G to allow the vehicle to leave the vehicle.

If it is determined in step S43 that the vehicle is not a general vehicle, that is, if the vehicle is a commuter pass vehicle, the process proceeds to step S45, where a commuter pass is inserted into the commuter pass passing machine 5 to open and close the gate. The machine 6 opens the exit gate 6G to allow the vehicle to leave.

On the other hand, if it is determined in the first step S30 that charging is being performed, the process proceeds to the next step S31, where a parking ticket CK, an IC card, or a commuter pass is inserted into the charging information input / output device 10. Then, if the card reading is OK in step S32, the process proceeds to step S33, and the charging end switch of the switch panel unit 12 is turned on. In step S34, the charging is completed, and then, the process proceeds to step S35 to start the electric vehicle. When the charging cable is removed from the battery and the storage of the charging cable removed in step S35 is completed, the flow advances to step S37 to charge the parking ticket CK, IC card, or commuter pass that has been inserted into the battery. (End time or charging capacity) is recorded, and these parking tickets CK and the like are returned, and the process ends at step S38 shown in FIG.

In step S38, the returned parking ticket C
When a K or an IC card or a commuter pass is inserted into the fare settlement machine 4 of the exit PT, the process proceeds to step S39, and in the case of a parking ticket CK and an IC card, both the parking fee and the charging fee are calculated, The amount is displayed on the display 4I, and
In the case of a commuter pass, only the charging fee is displayed. When these fees are settled in step S40, the gate switch 6 opens the exit gate 6G to allow the vehicle to leave the vehicle.

The above steps S40 and S44
The fee information settled in the step is transmitted to the management computer in step S41 to generate total data and the like. still,
In the illustrated embodiment, the entrance PN and the exit P are located in the parking lot PK.
Although the T is provided separately and the entrance / exit processing is performed separately, it is also possible to provide an entrance / exit which also serves as the entrance / exit PN and the exit / exit PT in the parking lot PK so that each processing of entering and exiting is performed at the same entrance / exit. Good. Further, in the case shown in the figure, the charge settlement machine 4 is set at the exit P
Although it is provided at T, it may be provided at a location other than the exit PT, and the fee may be settled in advance at a location distant from the congested exit PT, and the selection is arbitrary.

[0033]

As described above, according to the parking lot device provided with the charging device according to the present invention, the charging fee together with the parking fee is limited to one or only one provided at the exit or other place. Because you can pay using a small number of fee payment machines,
Compared to a conventional parking lot device which provided a charge settlement device for each charging device, it enables simplification of the entire device and cost reduction, and is exclusively for electric vehicles or for electric vehicles and general vehicles It can be implemented in a dual-purpose parking lot, and it is a very suitable one.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an entire parking lot device including a charging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a charging device.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of another charging device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the charging device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the fee settlement machine.

FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, FIG. 6C, and FIG. 6D are front views of a parking ticket illustrating an example of printing on the parking ticket.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of a vehicle warehousing process according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a vehicle leaving process according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 CK parking ticket PK parking PN entrance PT exit Exit NS General parking space ES Electric vehicle parking space 1 Parking ticket issuing machine 3 Gate switch 4 Charge settlement machine 6 Gate switch 10 Charging information input / output device 20 Charging device 40 Vehicle sensing vessel

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Claims (6)

[Claims] When a vehicle enters a parking lot, a parking ticket that records the time of entry is issued, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the parking ticket is read by a fare adjustment machine and the parking fee is settled. In the parking lot device configured to perform, in the parking lot, a charging device for charging a battery of an electric vehicle and a charging information input / output device are provided. Charging information recording means capable of recording information for calculating the charging time of the battery by the charging device, and calculating the charging fee from the charging information recorded in the parking ticket in the fee adjusting machine. A parking lot device having a charging device, characterized in that the parking fee calculation means is provided to allow the vehicle to leave the vehicle after the settlement of the parking fee and the charging fee is completed. 2. When the charging information input / output device records charging information for a parking ticket, the charging information input / output device records a charging capacity to a battery instead of the charging time information. The parking lot device provided with the charging device according to claim 1, wherein the charging fee is calculated from the capacity. 3. When the charge information input / output device records the charge information for the parking ticket, the charge information input / output device records only the charge start time and does not record the charge end time. The time point at which the ticket is read is regarded as the charging end time, and the charge settlement machine calculates the charging fee from the charging start time recorded in the parking ticket and the charging end time. A parking lot device provided with the charging device according to claim 1. 4. A configuration in which a vehicle is parked using a regular parking ticket that can be parked for a predetermined period instead of a parking ticket, and recording of charging information by the charging information input / output device is performed.
The parking lot device provided with the charging device according to claim 1, wherein the parking device is configured to be applied to the regular parking ticket. 5. The vehicle is parked using an IC card instead of a parking ticket, and charging information is recorded on the IC card by the charging information input / output device. A parking lot device provided with the charging device according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 6. An electric vehicle parking space provided with the charging device and the charging information input / output device is provided in a part of a toll parking lot having a parking space for a general vehicle, and a charge adjusting machine provided in an exit port or the like. In the case where parking information and charging information are written in the inserted parking ticket or commuter pass or IC card, both the parking fee and charging fee are calculated, and only the parking information is written. 6. A parking lot device provided with the charging device according to claim 1, further comprising a fee calculating means for calculating only a parking fee when the charging is performed.