JPH08297800A - Vehicle guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a vehicle guide device capable of precisely guiding a vehicle to a vacant parking position in a parking area without any manual work. CONSTITUTION: A vehicle proper information detecting means 11 detects the vehicle proper information of the vehicle C entering the parking area 1, and a vehicle sensor (vacant parking position information detecting means) 14 detects the vacant parking position information of the parking area 1. A control part allocates the vacant parking position to the vehicle C based on the vehicle proper information and the vacant parking position information, and also, displays guide information to guide the vehicle C to the vacant parking position 3 on a guide display part 15. A driver is guided by displayed guide information, and parks the vehicle C at the vacant parking position 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to guide a vehicle in a parking lot, an empty parking position is indicated by a number or verbally at the entrance, or an attendant is placed at a key place in the place to manually guide the vehicle. It is normal.

[0003]

According to the above conventional method, when the parking lot is large, it is difficult for the driver to know the parking position, which may cause distraction and an accident. , There was a problem in terms of safety. In addition, there was a problem in terms of the health of the staff due to exhaust gas and the like, and also in terms of economic efficiency due to soaring personnel costs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a vehicle guide device capable of accurately guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot without manpower. It is intended.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The means of the present invention for solving the above problems will be described.

The vehicle guide device according to claim 1 is a vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot, and vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. A vehicle that enters the parking lot based on the detected vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information, an empty parking position information detecting unit that detects empty parking position information of the parking lot, a display unit that displays guidance information, And a control means for displaying guide information for guiding the vehicle to the corresponding empty parking position on the display means.

A vehicle guide device according to a second aspect of the present invention is a vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot by using a wireless communication type storage medium, the vehicle-specific information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. Vehicle-specific information detecting means for detecting, empty parking position information detecting means for detecting empty parking position information of the parking lot,
Issuing means for issuing a wireless communication type storage medium in which necessary information is written at the entrance of a parking lot, and an empty parking position for a vehicle entering the parking lot based on the detected vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information. Issuing control means for allocating and issuing the wireless communication type storage medium in which the vehicle specific information of the vehicle and the corresponding empty parking position information are issued by the issuing means, and a plurality of units arranged in each part of the parking lot and displaying guidance information Display means, reading means arranged near the front of each of these display means, for reading vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information from a wireless communication storage medium held by the approaching vehicle, and the read vehicle. A display for displaying, on the display means, guidance information for guiding the vehicle to a corresponding empty parking position according to the position of the display means, based on the unique information and the empty parking position information. It is characterized in that it has a control means.

A vehicle guide device according to a third aspect of the present invention is a vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot by using a wireless communication type storage medium, the vehicle-specific information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. Vehicle-specific information detecting means for detecting, empty parking position information detecting means for detecting empty parking position information of the parking lot,
Issuing means for issuing a wireless communication type storage medium in which necessary information is written at the entrance of the parking lot, and a wireless communication type storage medium in which necessary information is written at the exit of the parking lot, and the collected wireless communication type Collection means for reading the empty parking position information from the storage medium, and empty parking position information that overlaps the detected empty parking position information and the empty parking position information read by the collecting means is taken as the true empty parking position information. Obtained and based on the detected vehicle-specific information, assigning the obtained true empty parking position to the vehicle entering the parking lot, and wireless communication in which the vehicle-specific information of the vehicle and the corresponding empty parking position information are written Control means for issuing the storage medium by the issuing means, a plurality of display means arranged in each part of the parking lot, and displaying guide information, and arranged in the vicinity of the front of each display means. Reading means for reading vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information from a wireless communication storage medium held by the approaching vehicle, and the position of the display means based on the read vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information Display control means for displaying on the display means guide information for guiding the vehicle to a corresponding empty parking position in accordance with the above.

A vehicle guiding device according to a fourth aspect is a vehicle guiding device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot, and vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. , Empty parking position information detecting means for detecting empty parking position information in the parking lot, empty parking position information displaying means for displaying the empty parking position information detected at the entrance of the parking lot, and guidance information for displaying guidance information Display means, based on the detected vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information selected from the displayed empty parking position information, while assigning the selected empty parking position to the vehicle entering the parking lot, And a control means for displaying guidance information for guiding the vehicle to a corresponding empty parking position on the display means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the guide information includes a vehicle number and a traveling direction as vehicle-specific information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle guide device, the vehicle unique information detecting means captures an image of a license plate of a vehicle and recognizes a vehicle number as vehicle unique information from the captured image of the license plate. It is characterized by.

[0012]

The operation of the present invention having the above construction will be described.

According to the vehicle guide device of the present invention, the vehicle unique information detecting means detects the vehicle unique information of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the empty parking position information detecting means detects the empty parking position of the parking lot. Detect information. The control means assigns an empty parking position to the vehicle based on the detected vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information, and displays guide information for guiding the vehicle to the corresponding empty parking position on the display means. Accordingly, the driver can be guided by the displayed guidance information to park the vehicle at the empty parking position.

According to the vehicle guide device of the present invention, the vehicle unique information detecting means detects the vehicle unique information of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the empty parking position information detecting means detects the empty parking position of the parking lot. Detect information. The issuing means issues the wireless communication type storage medium in which the vehicle specific information and the vacant parking position information are written under the control of the issuing control means. The driver of the vehicle receives the issued wireless communication type storage medium and carries the storage medium by himself or attaches it to the vehicle and enters the hall. When the vehicle approaches the display means, the reading means reads the vehicle specific information and the empty parking position information from the wireless communication type storage medium held on the vehicle side. The display control means, based on the read vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information, displays the guidance information for guiding the vehicle to the empty parking position according to the position of the display means that the vehicle approaches to the nearby display means. indicate. As a result, the driver can be guided by the guidance information displayed by each display unit to park the vehicle at the empty parking position.

According to the vehicle guiding device of the third aspect, the same operation as that of the device of the second aspect is achieved, and the issuing control means has the detected empty parking position information and the empty parking position information from the collecting means. The true empty parking position is obtained from and assigned to the vehicle. This makes it possible to reliably assign an empty parking position to the vehicle.

According to the vehicle guide device of the fourth aspect, the same operation as that of the device of the first aspect is achieved, and the control means assigns the selected empty parking position to the vehicle. As a result, the driver can park the vehicle at the desired empty parking position.

According to the vehicle guide device of the fifth aspect, by displaying the vehicle number, it becomes easy to identify the vehicle, and by displaying the traveling direction, it is possible to accurately guide the vehicle.

According to the vehicle guiding apparatus of the sixth aspect, the vehicle unique information detecting means takes an image of the license plate of the vehicle and recognizes the vehicle number as the vehicle unique information from the taken image of the license plate. . As a result, the vehicle number can be automatically detected, and the vehicle can be easily identified by the vehicle number.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a vehicle guide device of the present invention.

The vehicle guide device 10 of the present embodiment guides the vehicle C to the empty parking position 3 of the parking lot 1 using a wireless card (not shown) as a wireless communication type storage medium.

This vehicle guidance device 10 has a vehicle-specific information detecting means 11 for detecting vehicle-specific information (for example, a vehicle number) at an entrance 2 of a parking lot 1 and a wireless card for issuing a wireless card in which necessary information is written. Issuer 12 and vehicle C
And an entrance-side gate section 13 that performs the passage permission or prohibition processing of the.

Further, the vehicle guidance device 10 installs a vehicle sensor 14 as an empty parking position information detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the vehicle C at each parking position 3 in the parking lot 1,
A plurality of guide display parts 15 (15a to 15d) for displaying guide information as shown in FIG. 2 to be described later are arranged in each part of the vehicle, and the side of the approaching vehicle C near the front of each of the guide display parts 15. The wireless card reading unit 16 (16a to 16d) for reading the vehicle-specific information and the vacant parking position information from the wireless card held by the wireless communication is arranged.

Further, the vehicle guidance device 10 has a wireless card collecting section 17 for collecting a wireless card at the exit 4 of the parking lot 1.
And an exit-side gate portion 18 that performs a process of permitting or prohibiting passage of the vehicle C.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of this embodiment shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle guide device 10 comprises a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc.
It has a control unit 19 that controls the entire zero.

The control section 19 includes the vehicle-specific information detecting means 11, the wireless card issuing section 12, and the entrance gate section 1.
3, vehicle sensor 14, guide display unit 15, wireless card reading unit 16, wireless card collection unit 17 and exit side gate unit 18
Are connected to each other.

The wireless card (not shown) includes a RAM for storing vehicle-specific information, vacant parking position information, etc., and information is wirelessly written in the RAM by the wireless card issuing unit 12, and the wireless card The information in the RAM is read out wirelessly by the reading unit 16 and the wireless card collecting unit 17.

When the detection sensor 13a of the entrance-side gate section 13 detects the vehicle C, the vehicle-specific information detecting means 11 captures an image of the license plate of the vehicle C.
And a number recognition unit 111 that recognizes the vehicle number from the image of the license plate captured by the camera 110 and sends the recognition result to the control unit 19.

The wireless card issuing unit 12 is provided with a take-out port for ejecting the radio card, and a take-out sensor for detecting take-out of the radio card ejected at the take-out port.
Based on the wireless card issuance data including the vehicle unique information and the empty parking position information transmitted from the control unit 19, the vehicle unique information and the empty parking position information are written to the wireless card, the wireless card is discharged to the outlet, and the removal sensor The wireless card issuance completion signal is transmitted to the control unit 19 by the removal detection by the.

The entrance-side gate section 13 is provided with a detection sensor 13a for detecting the vehicle C and a gate 13b, and opens and closes the gate 13b under the control of the control section 19.

The wireless card collecting section 17 has a slot for inserting a wireless card and a wireless card reader. The wireless card reader reads the vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information from the wireless card inserted through the slot, and sends the information to the control unit 19 as wireless card recovery information.

The exit side gate section 18 has a detection sensor 18a for detecting the vehicle C, like the entrance side gate section 13.
And a gate 18b, and the gate 18b is opened and closed under the control of the controller 19.

The RAM of the control unit 19 stores management information including parking position information necessary for guiding the vehicle C to the empty parking position 3 of the parking lot 1, and the ROM stores a control program. ing.

Further, the CPU of the control unit 19 refers to the management information in the RAM according to the control program stored in the ROM and issues control of the wireless card issuing unit 12 and display control of the guidance display unit 15. The vehicle C is guided to the empty parking position 3 of the parking lot 1.

That is, the CPU detects the empty parking position information based on the detection signal from the vehicle sensor 14 installed at each parking position 3, and the empty parking position information and the wireless card collecting unit 17 read the empty parking position information. Obtain the empty parking position information that overlaps with the empty parking position information as true empty parking position information,
Based on the vehicle unique information detected by the vehicle unique information detecting means 11, the determined empty parking position is assigned to the vehicle C entering the parking lot 1, and the vehicle unique information of the vehicle C and the corresponding empty parking position information are assigned. The wireless card in which is written is issued by the wireless card issuing unit 12.

Further, the CPU guides the vehicle C to the corresponding empty parking position according to the position of the guide display unit 15 based on the vehicle specific information and the empty parking position information read by the wireless card reading unit 16. The guidance information is displayed on the guidance display unit 15. FIG. 2 shows a display example of the guide information. As the guide information, the vehicle number 150 and the traveling direction 151 and the like represented by figures such as right turn, left turn, forward and the like are displayed. The display in the traveling direction 151 may be displayed in characters.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the vehicle C enters the entrance 2 of the parking lot 1,
The detection sensor 13a of the entrance side gate unit 13 detects the vehicle C, the camera 110 of the vehicle unique information detection means 11 images the license plate of the vehicle C, and the number recognition unit 111.
Recognizes the vehicle number (vehicle-specific information) from the captured image of the license plate, and outputs the recognition result to the control unit 1.
Send to 9.

The CPU of the control unit 19 determines the presence / absence of the empty parking position 3 according to the control program stored in the ROM and refers to the management information in the RAM, and controls the issuing to the wireless card issuing unit 12. . That is, the control unit 1
CPU of 9 is a vehicle sensor 14 installed at each parking position 3
Empty parking position information is detected based on the detection signal from (14a, 14b, ...), and the empty parking position information and the empty parking position information read by the wireless card collection unit 17 overlap. Is obtained as true empty parking position information, and the presence / absence of an empty parking position is determined from this information. If it is vacant, the wireless card issuing data including the vehicle number of the vehicle C and the empty parking position information is transmitted to the wireless card issuing unit 12. For example, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the parking position 3 indicated by E1 on the left side is vacant.

The wireless card issuing unit 12 uses a wireless card issuing data to send a wireless card (not shown).
The vehicle number and the vacant parking position information (E1) are written in the RAM of the wireless card, and the wireless card is released to the ejection port.

When the driver receives the wireless card, the removal sensor of the wireless card issuing unit 12 detects it and sends a wireless card issuing completion signal to the control unit 19. The wireless card is carried by the driver or attached near the window of the driver's seat, for example.

When the control unit 19 receives the wireless card issuance completion signal, it sends a gate open signal to the entrance gate unit 13.

The entrance side gate unit 13 opens the gate 13b based on the transmitted gate opening signal to permit the vehicle C to pass through.

When the vehicle C advances and reaches the vicinity of the first wireless card reading unit 16a, the wireless card reading unit 16a
Reads wirelessly the vehicle number and the vacant parking position information (E1) from the RAM of the wireless card held on the side of the vehicle C, and transmits it as read data to the control unit 19.

The CPU of the control unit 19 controls the display of the guide display unit 15 while referring to the management information in the RAM. That is, the CPU of the control unit 19 displays the guide information including the vehicle number 150 and the traveling direction 151 on the guide display unit 15a installed behind the first wireless card reading unit 16a. In this embodiment, since the parking position 3 indicated by E1 is vacant, for example, the traveling direction 151 indicating forward movement is displayed.

The driver confirms from the vehicle number 150 displayed on the guide display portion 15a that the vehicle C is the one to be driven by the driver, and moves forward in the displayed traveling direction 151.

The vehicle C moves forward and the next wireless card reader 1
When it reaches the vicinity of 6b, the wireless card reading unit 16b
Reads the vehicle number and the vacant parking position information (E1) from the wireless card held on the side of the vehicle C, and transmits it as read data to the control unit 19.

The control unit 19 controls the next wireless card reading unit 16
The guide display unit 15b installed behind it corresponding to b
The guidance information including the vehicle number 150 and the traveling direction 151 is displayed on the. In this embodiment, parking position 3 indicated by E1
Is displayed, the traveling direction 151 indicating, for example, a left turn is displayed.

The driver confirms from the vehicle number 150 displayed on the guide display section 15b that the driver guides the vehicle C he / she is driving, turns left according to the traveling direction 151 displayed, and parks at the parking position 3 indicated by E1. Park the vehicle C at.

When the vehicle C exits, the vehicle C exits the exit 4
When reaching, the detection sensor 18a of the exit side gate portion 18 detects the vehicle C. The driver inserts the wireless card into the slot of the wireless card collection unit 17. Wireless card collection unit 17
Confirms that the wireless card is a wireless card, and when the wireless card reader reads the vehicle-specific information and the vacant parking position information from the RAM of the wireless card, the controller 1 stores the information as wireless card recovery information.
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The control section 19 confirms that the vehicle sensor 14a installed at the parking position 3 shown by E1 does not detect the vehicle C, and sends a gate open signal to the exit side gate section 18. The exit-side gate unit 18 opens the gate 18b to permit the vehicle C to leave.

According to the present embodiment as described above, the vehicle number is automatically read and the empty parking position 3 is automatically detected. You can do it. As a result, it is possible to prevent accidents due to guidance instructions that tend to be ambiguous by human hands, it is possible to expect an economic effect by reducing staff, and it is possible to solve health problems for staff.

In addition, since the vehicle C may once move from the parking position 3 and return to the original parking position 3 without exiting from the parking lot 1, the vehicle sensor 1 installed at the parking position 3 may be replaced.
Although it is not possible to obtain accurate empty parking position information only by detecting No. 4, in this embodiment, the wireless card is collected at the exit 4, and based on the empty parking position information by the vehicle sensor 14 and the wireless card collection information. Since the vacant parking position is assigned, it is possible to reliably assign the vacant parking position to the vehicle C.

Since the guide information for guiding the vehicle C to the empty parking position 3 is displayed on the guide display unit 15 according to the position of the guide display unit 15 arranged in each part of the parking lot 1, According to the guidance information displayed on the guidance display unit 15,
Even if the parking lot 1 is large, it is possible to accurately guide the vehicle C to the empty parking position 3 without manpower.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen of the touch panel.

In this embodiment, a touch panel 20 as an empty parking position information display means is installed at the entrance 2 of the parking lot 1.

The touch panel 20 is provided with a display section such as an LCD (liquid crystal display) and an input section such as a touch sensor, which are overlapped with each other, and the display section shows the parking lot 1 as shown in FIG. While displaying the layout, for example, the vacant parking position 3'is displayed in a color different from that of the parking position 3'in use, and the driver selects the portion of the input section corresponding to the desired empty parking position 3 '. When pressed and selected, the selected empty parking position information is displayed on the control unit 19
It is designed to be sent to. In this case, the control unit 19 assigns the selected empty parking position to the vehicle C. As a result, the driver can park the vehicle at the desired empty parking position.

[0059]

According to the present invention described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the detection of the vehicle-specific information, the detection of the empty parking position information, the allocation to the empty parking position and the display of the guidance information are performed automatically, so that it is possible without human intervention. A vehicle guide device capable of accurately guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide information for guiding the vehicle to the empty parking position is displayed on the display means in accordance with the position of the display means arranged in each part of the parking lot. According to the guide information displayed on each display unit, it is possible to provide a vehicle guide device capable of accurately guiding the vehicle to an empty parking position in the parking lot without manpower even in a large-scale parking lot.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it becomes possible to reliably assign an empty parking position to the vehicle.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the driver can select the empty parking position, so that the driver can park the vehicle at the desired empty parking position.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the vehicle number is displayed, it is easy to identify the vehicle, and the traveling direction is displayed, so that accurate guidance is possible.

According to the invention of claim 6, the vehicle number as the vehicle-specific information is recognized from the image of the license plate obtained by capturing the image of the license plate of the vehicle.
The vehicle number can be automatically detected, and the vehicle can be easily identified by the vehicle number.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a display example of a guide display unit according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parking lot 3 Parking position 10 Vehicle guidance device 11 Vehicle specific information detection means 12 Wireless card issuing part 14 Empty parking position information detection means 15 Guidance display part 16 Wireless card reading part 17 Wireless card collection part 19 Control part 20 Touch panel C Vehicle

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle guidance device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot, the vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot, and an empty parking position information in the parking lot. Empty parking position information detecting means for detecting, display means for displaying guidance information, based on the detected vehicle specific information and empty parking position information, while assigning an empty parking position to the vehicle entering the parking lot, A vehicle guide device, comprising: control means for displaying guide information for guiding the vehicle to a corresponding empty parking position on the display means. 2. A vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot using a wireless communication type storage medium, and vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. An empty parking position information detecting means for detecting empty parking position information of the parking lot; an issuing means for issuing a wireless communication type storage medium in which necessary information is written at the entrance of the parking lot; and the detected vehicle-specific information and Based on the empty parking position information, the empty parking position is assigned to the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the wireless communication type storage medium in which the vehicle specific information of the vehicle and the corresponding empty parking position information are written is issued by the issuing means. Issuing control means, a plurality of display means arranged in each part of the parking lot to display guidance information, and a wireless communication type arranged near the front of each of these display means and held by the approaching vehicle. Reading means for reading vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information from a storage medium, and based on the read vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information, the vehicle is moved to a corresponding empty parking position according to the position of the display means. A vehicle guide device, comprising: display control means for displaying guide information for guiding on the display means. 3. A vehicle guide device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot using a wireless communication type storage medium, and vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot. , Empty parking position information detecting means for detecting empty parking position information in the parking lot, issuing means for issuing a wireless communication type storage medium in which necessary information is written at the entrance of the parking lot, and wireless in which necessary information is written Collection means for collecting the communication-type storage medium at the exit of the parking lot and reading empty parking position information from the collected wireless communication-type storage medium; and the detected empty parking position information and the sky read by the collecting means. If the empty parking position information that overlaps with the parking position information is obtained as the true empty parking position information, and based on the detected vehicle specific information, the obtained true empty parking position is assigned to the vehicle entering the parking lot. When , Issuing control means for issuing by the issuing means a wireless communication type storage medium in which vehicle-specific information of the vehicle and corresponding empty parking position information are written, and a plurality of units arranged at each part of the parking lot and displaying guidance information. Display means, reading means arranged near the front of each of these display means, for reading vehicle-specific information and empty parking position information from a wireless communication storage medium held on the side of the approaching vehicle, and the read vehicle-specific information Display control means for displaying on the display means guide information for guiding the vehicle to a corresponding empty parking position according to the position of the display means, based on the information and the empty parking position information. Vehicle guidance device. 4. A vehicle guidance device for guiding a vehicle to an empty parking position in a parking lot, the vehicle unique information detecting means for detecting vehicle unique information of a vehicle entering the parking lot, and empty parking position information in the parking lot. Empty parking position information detecting means for detecting, empty parking position information displaying means for displaying the detected empty parking position information at the entrance of the parking lot, guide information displaying means for displaying guide information, and the detected Based on the vehicle-specific information and the empty parking position information selected from the displayed empty parking position information, the selected empty parking position is assigned to the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the corresponding empty parking position is assigned to the vehicle. A vehicle guide device, comprising: a control unit that displays guide information for guiding to the display unit. 5. The vehicle guide device according to claim 1, wherein the guide information includes a vehicle number and a traveling direction as vehicle-specific information. 6. The vehicle unique information detecting means captures an image of a license plate of the vehicle, and recognizes a vehicle number as vehicle unique information from the captured image of the license plate. The vehicle guide device according to 2, 3, or 4.