JPH0932337A - Parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the construction cost and the running cost, by installing a solar panel on a parking charge stand and driving a motor for a locking mechanism by use of the electric power generated by the solar cells. SOLUTION: When a car is driven into a parking space G, a controller C is actuated by a signal from a sensor S1 and a motor M is driven to raise a lock plate and prohibit movement of the car. On moving out a car, when the charge displayed on a charge indicator 4 is paid from an input opening 2, the motor M is driven to lower the lock plate 1 and then the car can be moved out. The electric source to drive the motor M is obtained from a battery E0 which has stored the electric power generated by the solar panel E1 and hence, it dispenses with commercial electricity. Not only a locking plate type but also a pole type (cutting-off type) or other types can be applied for the locking device. In this way, a parking device which is low in the construction and running cost can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking device, and more particularly to a parking device equipped with a locking type parking machine such as a lock plate type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a parking device provided with a lock-type parking machine having a lock plate type, the lock plate that has been lowered when the vehicle is empty has a predetermined service time after the parking of the vehicle is detected. After a lapse of time, for example, when three minutes have elapsed from the time of detection, the lamp indicating the pay state of the toll stand is turned on and the lock plate is raised by the motor,
It is configured to prevent the vehicle from leaving (leaving).

Then, when money (a card is inserted when paying money with a card such as a prepaid card, the card is included in the present invention is also included in the money) is charged into the toll stand, the lock is locked. The board descends by the motor and returns to its original state, and the lamp indicating the paid state is turned off so that the vehicle can exit.

[0004]

However, in the above parking apparatus equipped with the conventional locking type parking machine, since the driving power is obtained from the commercial power source, the distribution work is required to newly install the parking lot. There is a drawback that the equipment cost becomes large and the running cost is high because the electric power is constantly consumed. Actual fairness 2-41
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 703, a parking device using a solar cell as a driving power has been proposed, but since it is also used in combination with a commercial power source, the above-mentioned drawback cannot be solved.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a parking device which can reduce the facility cost and the running cost.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a parking device according to the present invention unlocks a lock type parking machine on condition that money equivalent to a predetermined parking fee has been inserted. In a parking device that enables a vehicle to leave the vehicle, electric power obtained by a solar cell is used as a driving power source.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a parking device according to an embodiment, in which a lock mechanism a is a parking space.
The front and rear wheels W, W provided on one side of the ground G on one side of the parked vehicle, maintain a relationship in which the line connecting the wheels W, W and the longitudinal direction of the lock mechanism a are orthogonal to each other. It is provided. Although the lock mechanism a and the toll stand b are integrated, the lock mechanism a and the toll stand b may be located apart from each other as long as they have the same positional relationship.

Although not shown, the lock mechanism a, like the mechanism used in the well-known lock plate type parking device, flattens the rotary drive shaft of the DC motor M and the rotary shaft of the lock plate 1. The lock plate 1 is connected via a combination of gears and the like, and is configured so that the lock plate 1 can be lowered to a position shown by a solid line and raised to a position shown by a chain double-dashed line.

The lock plate 1 forms one slope of a triangle that appears when the lock mechanism a is cut along a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and when the lock plate 1 is descending,
It becomes a triangle to allow passage of the vehicle W, and acts to prevent passage of the vehicle W when the lock plate 1 rises.

The toll stand b is provided at one end of the lock mechanism a (opposite to the parking space), and like the well-known toll stand, the coin slot 2 is provided on the customer service surface b '.
A return port 3, a parking fee display section 4, and a toll outlet 5 opened and closed by a staff member are provided. Further, a vehicle detection sensor S1 composed of a photoelectric element is provided at the toll stand b and the other end of the lock mechanism a.

A solar panel E1 forming a known solar cell is stretched on the upper surface of the toll stand b, and the solar panel E1 is provided inside the toll stand b.
A battery E0 for accumulating the electric power obtained in the above is incorporated.

In the figure, S Maki is a sensor composed of a photoelectric element for detecting the lowering and ascending of the lock plate 1, and is a rotary shaft of the lock plate 1 or a rotary shaft of the lock mechanism a (not shown).
It is configured so that a detection signal can be output by being turned on and off by a light shielding plate provided on the.

In the figure, C is a controller for controlling the parking apparatus as a whole, which is mainly composed of a so-called microcomputer. That is, the controller C, as shown in FIG.
A display driver 6 for driving the parking fee display unit 4,
A well-known coin processing unit (not shown in FIG. 1) 7 for discriminating and storing coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 2 and returning the inserted coins to the return slot 3 as necessary,
A motor driver 8 for driving the motor M and a sensor amplifier 9 for both the sensors S1 and S2 are connected. The controller C, the drivers 6 and the like are driven by using the electric power of the battery E0 as a driving power source. In FIG. 2, E2 is a rectifier and is used when the solar panel E1 stores the electric power generated by receiving the light rays in the battery E0.

Next, the operation of the parking device according to this embodiment will be described. First, the lock plate 1 is lowered when the vehicle is not parked, that is, when the sensor S1 does not detect the vehicle, and is positioned so as to allow the vehicle to pass. In this state, when the vehicle is detected, that is, when the vehicle is detected by the sensor S1, the service time is measured. When, for example, 3 minutes have passed after the service time has elapsed, the display driver 6 is driven to display the parking fee on the fee display section 4 and the counting of the parking fee is started. However, at this point, the lock plate 1 has not been lifted yet. Therefore, even if the user gives up parking and tries to exit just before the service time expires, the vehicle can exit freely.

After the parking fee is displayed, that is, the
When the predetermined time has elapsed after the screw time has elapsed, for example, 1
After a lapse of minutes, the motor driver 8 is driven and the lock plate 1 is lifted to prevent the vehicle from leaving.

When the vehicle is about to leave the parking space, when the user inserts a coin corresponding to the charge displayed on the parking charge display section 4 into the coin insertion slot 2, the mode is changed.
When the motor driver M is rotated by driving the torque driver 8, the lock plate 1
Descends. When the lowering operation of the lock plate 1 is completed, the vehicle can exit.

In the above embodiment, the solar panel E1
Is provided on the upper part of the toll stand b, but it may be provided with a roof in the parking space G and stretched on the roof. In this case, since the area of the solar panel E1 can be made large, a large amount of electric power can be obtained and it can be used for lighting of a parking lot.

Further, in the above description, the lock plate type parking machine uses the system in which the lock plate moves up and down, but a system in which the pole moves up and down, and other systems can also be used.

[0019]

The parking device according to the present invention is a parking device that allows a vehicle to exit by unlocking a lock type parking machine on condition that money equivalent to a predetermined parking fee has been put in. Since the electric power obtained by the solar cell is used as the drive power source, a commercial power source is not required, and therefore the facility cost and running cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lock plate 4 Parking charge display a Lock mechanism b Charge stand S1, S2 Sensor C Controller E0 Battery E1 Solar panel E2 Rectifier

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a parking device that allows a vehicle to exit by unlocking a lock-type parking machine on condition that money equivalent to a predetermined parking fee has been input, electric power obtained by a solar battery is supplied. A parking device characterized by using a driving power source.