JP2001329710A - Elevator for parking garage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable smooth parking and obviate the need for a ticket control by a superintendent. SOLUTION: When a vehicle of a user approaches an elevator, a vehicle sensor 14 detects the vehicle. On an elevator control panel receiving from the vehicle sensor a signal to indicate that the sensor has sensed the vehicle, when the elevator is in the available state, a door opening control part 9 opens an elevator door 20. Also, a guide information processing part 10 sends guidance information for users to a character display device 15 according to the state of parking in a parking garage and the state of the elevator, and the character display device 15 displays the guidance information. When a credit card is inserted into a card reader, the information read from the card reader 12 and times when the vehicle has entered thee parking garage are recorded in an information recorder 4. Next, a parking garage control part 2 refers to the information on the state of parking in the information recorder 4, and a destination story registration part 8 registers a destination to an vehicle empty story. Then, the elevator is moved to transport the vehicle to the vehicle empty story.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is to be installed in or adjacent to a building having a parking lot for parking a plurality of automobiles (hereinafter referred to as "vehicles"), and to park on an empty floor of the parking lot. The present invention relates to a parking lot elevator for carrying a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, management of a multi-story parking lot is performed by an attendant or an automatic shutoff at an entrance. In this case, the number of vehicles in the parking lot is managed by a ticket or the like. That is, the number of vehicles is managed based on the number of issued tickets, and furthermore, a human system checks the fullness of the vehicle by checking the monitors installed on each floor at the checkout station at the entrance of the parking lot. However, when the number of vehicles in the parking lot is managed by a human system as described above, it is necessary to manage tickets used for the management of the number of vehicles, and there is a problem that it is troublesome. In addition, it is inconvenient for the user to keep the ticket.

[0003] In addition, a user searches for a parking space by himself or herself. In order for many vehicles to search for a parking space at the same time, the vehicle must travel on each floor many times, and smooth parking is required. There was a problem that it was not possible.

In order to solve such a problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 6-227758 discloses a system in which an elevator notifies a user of a moving floor of a vehicle to a user, stores the number of times the vehicle gets on and off for each floor, and stores information on each floor. By judging the empty state of the floor,
There has been proposed a method of disabling destination registration of a floor that is full.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional example, the user who is notified of the vacant floor from the elevator needs to specify the floor by a car call button, which is troublesome. In addition, if the floor is specified incorrectly due to an operation error, the elevator car is transported to the wrong floor and is processed without any problems.However, if the user knows the operation error, this user may feel anxious. there were.

Further, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-227758 does not disclose toll collection, and is effective in a parking lot where charging is not performed. Since it is not possible, it is still performed in a human system, and there is a problem that it is troublesome.

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and enables smooth parking and eliminates the need for ticket management and toll collection by the attendant, thereby reducing the burden on the attendant. It aims to provide elevators for parking lots.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot elevator that does not require a parking lot user to specify a destination floor with a button.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator for a parking lot, in a multi-story parking lot using the elevator, a parking lot managing means for managing the availability of the parking lot on each floor, Detecting means for detecting entry into the hall, door opening / closing means for opening / closing the door according to a notification from the detecting means, a guidance display device for outputting guidance information, a card reader for reading a credit card, and a card reader for reading the credit card. Destination floor registration means for registering a floor with a parking space as a destination floor based on the credit card information.

The parking lot elevator according to the second invention performs entrance / exit management by using a credit card, and automatically collects a usage fee.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a parking lot elevator according to the present invention. In the figure, a central management device 1 includes a parking lot management unit 2 that manages the parking status of a parking lot, a card information processing unit 3 that calculates a parking fee, information such as a user's credit card information and entrance time. Is recorded by an information recording device 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a general telephone line, which notifies the card company 6 of the fee calculated by the card information processing unit 3. The elevator control panel 7 includes a destination floor registration section 8 for automatically registering an empty floor based on parking status information from the parking lot management section 2, a door opening / closing control section 9 for controlling opening / closing of an elevator door, guidance information for parking lots and users. It comprises a guidance information processing unit 10 for processing guidance information to the user.

The in-car operation panel 11 is provided on the inner side of the car of the elevator, and includes a card reader 12 for reading a credit card, and a display 13 for displaying guidance information of a parking lot. Vehicle sensing device 14
Detects a vehicle 16 approaching an elevator to use a parking lot. The character display device 15 displays guidance information from the guidance information processing unit 10.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a parking lot. In FIG. 2, 16 is a user's vehicle, 17 is an elevator car, 18 is an elevator rope, and 19a to 19d are floors of a parking lot. The user's vehicle 16 is the elevator car 1
7 transports to any of the floors 19a-d where the parking space is located.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an elevator landing. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 14 denotes a vehicle sensing device using a photoelectric technology or the like, reference numeral 15 denotes a character display device, and reference numeral 20 denotes an elevator door. When the user's vehicle 16 approaches in the direction from the front surface to the rear surface of the paper of FIG. 3, the vehicle detection device 14 detects the vehicle 16. When the vehicle sensing device 14 senses the vehicle, the vehicle control device 7 notifies the elevator control panel 7 of the fact. When the elevator control panel 7 receives the notification, the door opening / closing control unit 9 sets the door open / close control unit 9 when the elevator is available. The elevator door 20 is opened. The guidance information processing unit 10 transmits guidance information to the user to the character display device 15 based on the parking status of the parking lot and the elevator status, and the character display device 15 displays the guidance information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the inside of the elevator car. The vehicle 16 that has entered the car according to the guidance information of the character display device 15 enters the parking lot by operating the car operation panel 11 installed on the wall on the driver's seat side (the right side in FIG. 4) of the elevator. It is possible to go.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an appearance of the operation panel 11 in the car. In FIG. 5, a display 13 displays guidance information of a parking lot. In accordance with the guidance information, the user causes the card reader 12 to read the credit card.
21 is an emergency button for stopping the elevator in case of emergency, 2
2 is a staff call button for calling a staff, and 23 is a conversation device for talking with a staff outside.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing Embodiment 1 of the parking lot elevator according to the present invention, and is a flowchart showing a process of entering a parking lot. Next, the entrance processing of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the first embodiment, for simplicity, the ground floor is 1F, the full floor is 2F, and the empty floor is 3F.
The case of F will be described. Of course, actually, it is not limited to these three floors. In step S1, the ground floor (1F in this example)
Of the vehicle sensing device 14 checks whether the vehicle 16 is present in the elevator hall. If the vehicle 16 is detected, the procedure S
The parking lot management unit 2 determines the parking situation of the parking lot. If the result of this determination is that all floors are full, the guidance information processing unit 10 causes the character display device 15 to display "full" in step S3. If there is an empty floor as a result of the determination in step S2, it is determined in step S4 whether the elevator is on the first floor. If not, the guidance information processing unit 10 causes the character display device 15 to display guidance information such as "Please wait" in step S5. Then, step S6
Then, the destination floor registration unit 8 registers the call on the first floor and calls the elevator.

If the elevator is located on the first floor, the door opening / closing control section 9 opens the door in step S7. When the vehicle 16 enters the elevator, the guidance information from the guidance information processing unit 10 is displayed on the display 15 in step S8, and the user is prompted to read the credit card. Next, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the card has been read normally.
If not, the process returns to step S8. That is,
The above operation is repeated until the credit card is successfully read. User inserts credit card into card reader 1
2 and the credit card is normally read by the card reader, the door opening / closing control section 9 closes the door in step S10. Next, in step S11, the card information processing unit 3 records the information read from the card reader 12 and the time of entering the parking lot and the like in the information recording device 4.
Next, in step S12, the parking lot management unit 2 finds an empty floor with reference to the parking status information of the information recording device 4, and the destination floor registration unit 8 performs destination registration on this empty floor (3F in this example).
Then, in step S13, the elevator is operated, and the vehicle 16 is carried to the empty floor (3F in this example). The user can find a parking space on that floor.

As described above, the elevator automatically registers the floor where the parking space is located as the destination floor based on the information of the credit card, so that the ticket management by the attendant becomes unnecessary and the burden on the attendant is reduced.

In addition, the user simply inserts the credit card into the card reader and the elevator automatically carries the car to an empty floor, so that smooth parking is possible.
Further, the user does not need to specify a vacant floor, and the burden on the user is reduced.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing Embodiment 2 of the parking lot elevator according to the present invention, and is a flowchart showing a parking exit process. Next, the exit processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S14, the vehicle sensing device 14 checks whether there is a vehicle 16 leaving the elevator hall. Vehicle 1
If 6 is detected, the process proceeds to step S15, and the elevator control panel 7 determines whether or not the elevator is on the floor of the exited vehicle 16. If the result of this determination is that the elevator is not on the floor of the exiting vehicle 16, the guidance information processing section 1
0 causes the character display device 15 to display guidance information such as "Please wait". Then, in step S17, the destination floor registration unit 8 registers a call for the floor of the leaving vehicle and calls the elevator. When the elevator arrives at the floor of the exited vehicle, the door opening / closing control unit 9 opens the door in step S18. When the vehicle 16 enters the elevator, guidance information from the guidance information processing unit 10 is displayed on the display 13 in step 19 to urge the user to read a credit card. In step S20, it is determined whether or not the credit card has been read normally. If not, the process returns to step S19. That is, the above operation is repeated until the credit card is read normally. If the credit card has been read normally, the door opening / closing control section 9 closes the door in step S21. Next, in step S22, the card information processing section 3 determines the information recorded in the information recording device 4 and the procedure in step S19.
Calculate the usage fee based on the information read in. next,
In step S23, the usage fee calculated via the guidance information processing unit 10 is displayed on the display 13. In step S24, the destination floor registration unit 8 registers 1F. 1F in step S25
Carry the use vehicle 16 to it. As another process, step S22
The usage fee calculated in is sent to the card company 6 through the general telephone line 5 together with the card information stored in the information storage device 4.

As described above, the elevator performs the entrance / exit management by using the credit card and automatically collects the usage fee, so that the fee collection by the attendant becomes unnecessary and the burden on the attendant is reduced.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the elevator automatically registers the floor where the parking space is located as the destination floor based on the information of the credit card, so that the ticket management by the attendant becomes unnecessary and the burden on the attendant is reduced. It has the effect of

Further, according to the present invention, the user automatically inserts the credit card into the card reader and the elevator automatically carries the car to an empty floor, so that smooth parking is possible and the user can use the empty space. There is no need to specify the floor, which is effective in reducing the burden.

Further, according to the present invention, entrance / exit management is performed by using a credit card, and the usage fee is automatically collected, so that it is not necessary for the clerk to collect the fee, and the burden on the clerk is reduced. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a parking lot elevator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parking lot.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an elevator landing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the inside of an elevator car.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the appearance of the in-car operation panel 11.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing Embodiment 1 of the parking lot elevator according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing Embodiment 2 of the parking lot elevator according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Central management unit, 2 Parking lot management unit, 3 Card information processing unit, 4 Information recording device, 5 General telephone line, 6 Card company, 7 Elevator control panel, 8
Destination floor registration unit, 9 door open / close control unit, 10 guidance information processing unit, 11 car operation panel, 12 card reader, 13 display, 14 vehicle sensing device,
15 character display device, 16 vehicle, 17 elevator car, 18 elevator rope, 19a-d
Each floor of the parking lot, 20 elevator doors, 21 emergency button, 22 staff call button, 23 conversation device.

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a multi-story parking lot using an elevator, a parking lot management means for managing the availability of a parking lot on each floor, a sensing means for sensing entry of a car desired to enter the landing,
Door opening / closing means for opening / closing the door according to the notification from the sensing means, a guidance display device for outputting guidance information, a card reader for reading a credit card, and a parking space based on the credit card information read by the card reader. An elevator for a parking lot, comprising destination floor registration means for registering a certain floor as a destination floor. 2. An elevator for a parking lot, wherein entrance / exit management is performed by using a credit card, and a usage fee is automatically collected.