JP2001262854A - Sky parking equipment for storing different types of motor vehicles in a mixed state - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To call an empty pallet from a storage space fitted to the type of motor vehicle easily, quickly and definitely. SOLUTION: An empty pallet selection means 18 comprising an empty call button 19 for ordinary car for calling an empty pallet from an ordinary car storage space and an empty call button 20 for calling an empty pallet from a high roof car storage space is provided on an operation panel 10, and an empty pallet is called out from the ordinary car storage space or the high roof car storage space by pushing an ordinary car empty call button 19 or an high roof car empty call button 20, and the ordinary car or high roof car can be stacked.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved multi-car type multi-story parking system in which vehicles having different vehicle heights are mounted on a pallet and stored in a common storage area, and more particularly to a countermeasure for empty pallets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
There are multi-vehicle mixed-type multi-story parking devices disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 4103, 7-2691513 and 9-60326. In these different-car mixed-type multi-story parking devices, the storage space is determined in advance according to the vehicle type.
For high-roof vehicles, the storage space for high-roof vehicles is dedicated respectively.

[0003] When a vehicle is to be stored in such a multi-vehicle mixed-type multi-story parking device, the storing procedure differs depending on whether the user is a contract user or a temporary lending user. The warehousing procedure will be described below based on a control flowchart at the time of warehousing shown in FIG.

(1) The control device incorporated in the operation panel determines whether or not the operation mode of the multi-story parking device is the member mode (step S10-1). Generally, the contract mode is set to the member mode (automatic mode) with priority given to the contract user, and the manager switches to the full-time mode (manual mode) each time the user is a temporary lending user or at the time of maintenance. It has become.

(2) The determination in step S10-1 is YES
In the member mode, the contract user operates the numeric keypad on the operation panel to operate his / her own ID code (personal identification number).
And then press the start button.

(3) If the control device determines that the ID code has been input (step S10-2), the control device executes
The D code is checked against the registered data to determine whether or not the user is a contract user (step S10-3).

(4) If the determination in step S10-3 is YES
In step S10-4, if the user is a contract user, the control device determines whether the ID code of the contract user is a high-roof vehicle ID code.

(5) YES in step S10-4
If the ID code of the contract user is a high-roof vehicle ID code, the control device searches for an empty pallet in the high-roof vehicle storage space (step S10-5), and determines whether the high-roof vehicle storage space is full. Yes (Step S10
-6).

(6) If the determination in step S10-6 is NO and there is an empty pallet in the high-roof vehicle storage space, the control device calls the empty pallet (step S10-6).
10-7).

(7) On the other hand, if the determination in step S10-4 is NO and the card is an ordinary car ID card, the control device searches for an empty pallet in the ordinary car storage space (step S10).
10-8), it is determined whether or not the storage space for ordinary vehicles is full (step S10-9).

(8) If the determination in step S10-9 is NO and there is an empty pallet in the storage space for the ordinary vehicle, the control device calls the empty pallet (step S10-7).

(9) If the determination in step S10-1 is NO and the exclusive mode is set, the user is not a contract user but a temporary lending user, and the manager tries to enter the warehouse. It is determined whether or not the vehicle is a high roof vehicle (step S10-10). If this judgment is NO and the ordinary car is to be stored, the manager presses the idle call button on the operation panel (step S10-11), and thereafter, steps S10-8, S10-9, S
Call an empty pallet from the storage space of a normal car after 10-7.

(10) The determination in step S10-10 is Y
When a high-roof vehicle is to be stored in the ES, the manager looks at the driver's panel and finds an empty pallet No. in the high-roof vehicle storage space.
(Step S10-12), and the palette No. (Step S10-13). As a result, the control device calls an empty pallet from the high roof vehicle storage space (step S10-7).

[0014]

If the person who intends to enter the warehouse is a contract user as described above, the contract user inputs an ID code to call an empty pallet from the storage space of a normal car. It is determined according to the type of the vehicle whether to call from the high-roof vehicle storage space, and the empty pallet of the ordinary vehicle storage space or the high-roof vehicle storage space corresponding to the code is automatically called, so there is no problem.

However, if the person who intends to enter the warehouse is not a contract user but a temporary lending user, the manager manages the pallet No. displayed on the operation panel. Medium, Pallet No. of storage space for high-roof vehicles Must be remembered from what number to what number, and the pallet No. of this high roof car storage space. Is checked to determine whether or not there is an empty pallet.
o. , It takes time and is troublesome to call an empty pallet. In addition, there is a case where a pallet in a normal car storage space is erroneously called because it is performed by a human. In this case, the empty pallet must be called again from the high-roof vehicle storage space, and if there is a calling mistake, useless time for calling is generated again. Such artificial calling mistakes,
This is more likely to occur as the number of high-roof vehicle storage spaces increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object of the present invention is to simply, quickly and reliably call an empty pallet in a storage space according to a vehicle type.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that an operating means for calling a pallet of a storage space for a high-roof vehicle is added to a driving panel.

Specifically, according to the present invention, there are provided a plurality of ordinary vehicle storage spaces for storing ordinary vehicles and a plurality of high roof vehicle storage spaces for storing high roof vehicles having a height higher than that of ordinary vehicles. The following solution means is intended for a mixed car type multi-story parking device that calls an empty pallet according to the vehicle type from the above-mentioned ordinary car storage space or high roof car storage space by operating the board and enters the ordinary car or high roof car. Taken.

That is, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the driving panel is provided with an empty pallet selecting means for selecting an empty pallet according to a vehicle type.

With the above arrangement, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a vehicle to be stored is for a temporary rental user, an empty pallet corresponding to the vehicle type is operated by an administrator to operate the empty pallet selecting means. , An artificial erroneous call of an empty pallet due to a mistake in memorizing or pushing a number is eliminated. In addition, it is possible to determine the presence or absence of an empty pallet by checking the stocking status, or to determine the pallet number. No input operation is required, and the empty pallet is called up easily and quickly.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the empty pallet selecting means includes an ordinary car idle call instructing means for calling an empty pallet from the ordinary vehicle storage space and an empty pallet for a high roof vehicle. And a high-roof vehicle idle call instruction means for calling from the storage space.

According to the above construction, an embodiment of the empty pallet selecting means is embodied in the second aspect of the present invention.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the empty pallet selecting means includes an empty call instruction means for calling an empty pallet from a storage space for a normal car or a high roof vehicle, and the empty call instruction means. And a changeover switch for switching a call destination of the empty pallet by the instruction means to a storage space for a normal vehicle or a storage space for a high-roof vehicle.

According to the above configuration, another embodiment of the empty pallet selecting means is embodied in the third aspect of the present invention. Further, it is only necessary to attach a changeover switch to the conventional type, and it becomes easy to cope with the existing property. In other words, if the idle call instruction means is a conventional idle call button, if it is determined that the empty pallet in the high-roof vehicle storage space is called by pressing a changeover switch before pressing the idle call button, It can be easily handled only by changing the program of the control device.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows an elevator-type multi-story parking system of a lower entry type as a multi-story multi-story parking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a building, 2 denotes a storage area (storage floor) provided in a space excluding a lower end portion and an upper end portion of the inside of the building 1, and a space at an upper end portion inside the building 1 is The lower end portion is formed on the vehicle entry floor 4 in the machine room 3. A plurality of storage spaces (storage shelves) are provided on the left and right sides of the storage area 2 in a hierarchical manner, partitioned by shelf rails 5, and the lower storage space stages of these storage spaces are provided in a normal car storage space LS. The upper storage space steps are formed in the high roof vehicle storage space HS, respectively. In the ordinary car storage space LS, the ordinary car C1 is placed on the shelf rail 5 together with the pallet P and stored, while in the high roof car storage space HS,
A high-roof car C2 having a height higher than that of the ordinary car C1 is stored on the shelf rail 5 together with the pallet P.

An elevator hoistway 6 extending in the vertical direction is provided between the left and right storage spaces formed by the normal car storage space LS and the high-roof vehicle storage space HS. An elevator elevator 7 is arranged so that its four corners are connected to one ends of four wire ropes (not shown) and suspended so as to be able to ascend and descend. A lifting drive (not shown) is disposed in the machine room 3 and, when loading and unloading, the lifting and lowering drive is activated to take up and rewind each of the wire ropes, and move the elevator lift 7 to the vehicle entrance floor 4. Target storage space (normal vehicle storage space LS or high roof vehicle storage space HS)
A vehicle (normal car C1 or high-roof car C2) is moved up and down between the sides and between the elevator lift 7 and the storage space.
Is delivered together with the pallet P. In addition,
A pit 8 is recessed below the floor 4 where the vehicle enters, and a turning device (shown in the drawing) in which the direction of the vehicle (normal vehicle C1 or high-roof vehicle C2) on the pallet P is changed by 180 °. Is installed.

An entrance / exit door 9 is provided on the vehicle entry floor 4 so as to be openable and closable, and an operation panel 10 as shown in FIG. This operation panel 10
Is provided with an actual vehicle display section 11 for displaying that the pallet P is in an actual vehicle state in the storage spaces (the ordinary vehicle storage space LS and the high roof vehicle storage space HS). The pallet No. is displayed on the actual vehicle display section 11. A (storage space number) 12 and a display lamp 13 are set for each storage space. When the display lamp 13 is turned off, the pallet P of the corresponding storage space is empty, and the display lamp 13 is turned on. Indicates that the pallet P in the corresponding storage space is in the actual vehicle state. A numeric keypad 1 is provided on the side of the actual vehicle display section 11 for a contract user to input an ID code (personal identification number).
4, a start button 15 as a start button of a lift drive device for raising and lowering the elevator lift 7, a code input button 16 to be pressed prior to inputting an ID code, and an operation mode for a contract user Various buttons and operation keys, such as a member / dedicated changeover switch 17 for switching to the member mode or the dedicated mode for temporary lending users, are arranged. For the buttons and operation keys without reference numerals, refer to the function names displayed in FIG.

As a feature of the present invention, an empty pallet selecting means 18 for selecting an empty pallet P according to the type of vehicle is provided on the left side of the start button 15 of the operation panel 10. As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 1A, the empty pallet selecting means 18 converts the empty pallet P into a normal vehicle storage space L.
A normal car idle call button 19 as an ordinary car idle call instruction means to be called from S, and a high roof car idle call button 20 as a high roof car idle call instruction means to call the empty pallet P from the high roof car storage space HS. It is configured.

These various buttons and operation keys are connected to a control device (not shown) incorporated in the operation panel 10 so that a contract user or a manager presses the various buttons as described above for each entry / exit. By operating the operation panel 10 or switching the operation keys, the control unit performs arithmetic processing based on an operation mode programmed in advance and transmits a control signal to a driving unit such as an elevation driving device, and the driving unit The empty pallet P corresponding to the type of the vehicle is driven based on the driving mode and the empty pallet P is stored in the ordinary car storage space LS or the high roof vehicle storage space H.
While the normal car C1 or the high-roof car C2 is stored by calling from the S, the normal car C1 or the high-roof car C2 is called from the normal car storage space LS or the high-roof car storage space HS and then left.

Next, a procedure for storing a vehicle in the multi-story multi-story parking device constructed as described above will be described below with reference to a control flowchart at the time of storage shown in FIG.

(1) The control device incorporated in the operation panel 10 determines whether or not the operation mode of the multi-story parking device is the member mode (step S1-1). Generally, the contract mode is set to the member mode (automatic mode) with priority given to the contract user, and the manager switches to the full-time mode (manual mode) each time the user is a temporary lending user or at the time of maintenance. It has become.

(2) YES in step S1-1
In the member mode, after the contract user presses the code input button 16 of the operation panel 10, the ten keys 1
Operate 4 to enter your ID code (PIN)
Thereafter, the start button 15 is pressed.

(3) If the control device determines that the ID code has been input (step S1-2), the control device proceeds to I
The D code is checked against the registered data to determine whether or not the user is a contract user (step S1-3).

(4) YES in step S1-3
If the user is a contract user, the control device determines whether or not the ID code of the contract user is an ID code for a high-roof vehicle (step S1-4).

(5) YES in step S1-4
If the ID code of the contract user is a high-roof vehicle ID code, the control device searches for an empty pallet P in the high-roof vehicle storage space HS (step S1-5), and determines whether the high-roof vehicle storage space HS is full. Is determined (step S1-6).

(6) If the determination in step S1-6 is NO and there is an empty pallet P in the high-roof vehicle storage space HS, the control device calls the empty pallet P (step S1-7).

(7) On the other hand, if the determination in step S1-4 is NO and the card is an ordinary car ID card, the control device searches for an empty pallet P in the ordinary car storage space LS (step S1-8). Then, it is determined whether or not the normal car storage space LS is full (step S1-9).

(8) If the determination in step S1-9 is NO and there is an empty pallet P in the ordinary vehicle storage space LS, the control device calls the empty pallet P (step S1-7).

(9) If the determination in step S1-1 is NO and the exclusive mode is set, the user is not a contract user but a temporary lending user, and the manager tries to enter the warehouse. It is determined whether or not the vehicle is a high roof car C2 (step S1-10). If the judgment is NO and the ordinary car C1 is to be stored, the manager presses the idle call button 19 for the ordinary car on the operation panel 10 (step S1-11), and thereafter, steps S1-8, S1-9, S1 are performed. -7 and normal car storage space LS
Calls an empty pallet P.

(10) The determination in step S1-10 is YE
When the high-roof car C2 is to be stored in S, the manager presses the high-roof car idle call button 20 on the operation panel 10 (step S1-12), and the following steps S1-5, S1-6, and S1-7.
Pallet P from high roof car storage space HS
Call.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the empty pallet selecting means 18 including the idle call button 19 for a normal car and the idle call button 20 for a high roof car is provided on the operation panel 10, it is attempted to enter the warehouse. If the vehicle to be rented is for a temporary rental user and is an ordinary car C1, the manager presses the idle call button 19 for an ordinary car to enter the ordinary car storage space LS.
When the empty pallet P is called from the vehicle, and the vehicle to be stored is for a temporary rental user and is a high-roof car C2, the manager calls the high-roof car idle call button 2
By pressing 0, the empty pallet P is called from the high roof vehicle storage space HS. Therefore, the manager inputs the pallet No. of the actual vehicle display section 11 of the driving panel 10. Is incorrectly stored or the palette No. It is possible to reliably eliminate an artificial calling error caused by mistake in pressing. In addition, it is possible to determine the presence or absence of an empty pallet P by checking the stocking status, or to determine the pallet No. Need not be input, the empty pallet P can be called up easily and quickly.

FIG. 1B shows another embodiment of the empty pallet selecting means 18. The empty pallet selecting means 18 includes an empty call button 21 as an empty call instruction means for calling the empty pallet P from the ordinary car storage space LS or the high-roof vehicle storage space HS, and an empty pallet call destination by the empty call button 21 for the ordinary car. And a changeover switch 22 for switching to the storage space LS or the high roof vehicle storage space HS. In this example, when the changeover switch 22 is pushed down, the switch is switched to the normal car storage space LS side, and conversely, when the changeover switch 22 is pushed up, the switch is switched to the high roof vehicle storage space HS side.

Therefore, in this alternative embodiment, the same operation and effect as those of the previous embodiment can be obtained. In addition, in this example, it is only necessary to attach the changeover switch 22 to the conventional type, and it is possible to easily cope with the existing property. In other words, the empty pallet P in the high-roof vehicle storage space HS can be called by simply switching the changeover switch 22 before pressing the conventional idle call button 21. This can be easily performed by changing the program of the control device. Can respond.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, an empty pallet selecting means for selecting an empty pallet according to the type of vehicle is provided on the operation panel, so that the vehicle to be stored is for a temporary rental user. In the case of, by selecting an empty pallet corresponding to the vehicle type by operating the empty pallet selecting means by the manager, it is possible to eliminate an erroneous call of the empty pallet due to a mistake in storing a number or a mistake in pushing. In addition, it is possible to determine the presence or absence of an empty pallet by checking the stocking status, or to determine the pallet number. The user does not need to perform the input operation, and the empty pallet can be easily and quickly called.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 2; (B) is another form corresponding to (a).

FIG. 2 is a front view of an operation panel of an elevator-type multi-story parking device as a different-car mixed-type multi-story parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control flowchart at the time of entry into a storage in an elevator-type multi-story parking apparatus as a multi-car type multi-story parking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of an elevator-type multi-story parking device as a different-car mixed-type multi-story parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a control flowchart at the time of parking in a conventional example of a different-car mixed-type multi-story parking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Operation board 18 Empty pallet selection means 19 Normal car idle call button (normal car idle call instruction means) 20 High roof car idle call button (high roof automobile idle call instruction means) 21 Empty call button (empty call instruction means) 22 Changeover switch C1 Standard car C2 High roof car HS High roof car storage space LS Standard car storage space P Pallet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage spaces for ordinary vehicles for storing ordinary vehicles and a plurality of storage spaces for high-roof vehicles for storing high-roof vehicles having a height higher than that of ordinary vehicles are provided. An empty pallet according to the type of vehicle, wherein the empty pallet is selected according to the type of the vehicle, wherein the empty pallet is called from the storage space for the ordinary vehicle or the storage space for the high-roof vehicle and the ordinary car or the high-roof vehicle is stored in the parking space. An empty pallet selecting means is provided, and a multi-vehicle mixed-type multi-story parking device is provided. 2. An empty pallet selecting means according to claim 1, wherein said empty pallet selecting means calls an empty pallet from the ordinary car storage space, and said empty pallet indicates a high roof vehicle storage space. And a high-roof vehicle idle call instructing means for calling from a vehicle. 3. The multi-car type multi-story parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the empty pallet selecting means calls an empty pallet from a storage space for a standard car or a high-roof vehicle, and said empty call instruction means. And a changeover switch for switching an empty pallet call destination to a storage space for a normal vehicle or a storage space for a high-roof vehicle.