JP2005048472A - Parking device and parking lot using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify work and to shorten a construction period by greening a part except for an apparatus (for example, a vehicle lock means and a charge adjuster) projecting on the ground in a parking garage. <P>SOLUTION: This parking device has a base member having the size capable of parking a vehicle, the vehicle lock means arranged on the base member, and a greening panel arranged in an area except for a part of the vehicle lock means on a surface of the base member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking device for a vehicle and a parking lot, and more particularly to a parking device and a parking lot provided with a predetermined base member for each parking area.

  In recent years, unmanned parking lots are widely used. In such an unmanned parking lot, a parking device including a vehicle lock means, a vehicle detection means, a fee adjustment machine, and the like is installed for each parking area, that is, for each parking lot. The vehicle lock means rises when the vehicle enters the parking lot and prevents the vehicle from leaving without permission. The vehicle lock means is released when a predetermined parking fee is paid to the fee settlement machine, and the vehicle can be withdrawn (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This type of parking device is widely used especially in urban areas where the population is concentrated. By the way, in such an urban area, while buildings such as buildings and parking lots increase, a decrease in green space has been taken up as a social problem.

  On the other hand, apart from the above-described completely fixed parking apparatus, a parking apparatus that can be moved has been developed. This is a parking device in which a vehicle lock means and a fee adjustment machine are attached to a base member, and the whole is unitized (see Patent Document 2). In the case of such a relocatable parking device, the entire surface of the parking lot does not need to be made of concrete or asphalt pavement.

JP-A-3-260898 JP 2000-199354 A

However, in the conventional parking apparatus as described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to firmly install or embed the vehicle lock means and the vehicle detection means on the ground, so the installation surface may be asphalt or concrete. In many cases, the entire parking lot was made of concrete or asphalt pavement. For these reasons, greening has been difficult in conventional unmanned parking lots.
Further, even when a relocatable parking apparatus as described in Patent Document 2 is used, the range in which greening is possible is limited only to the passages other than the parking lot.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the invention of claim 1, a base member having a size capable of parking a vehicle, vehicle lock means provided on the base member, and a surface of the base member, the vehicle lock means. And a greening panel disposed in an area excluding the portion.
Further, in the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the structure of claim 1, the base member is provided with vehicle detection means, and the vehicle detection means is covered with the greening panel.
In the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the structure of claim 1 or 2, the base member is provided with at least one through hole penetrating from the front surface to the back surface.
In addition to the structure of Claim 1, 2, or 3, in invention of Claim 4, the structure that the base member is provided with the outer edge wall of the height corresponding to the thickness of a greening panel is taken.
In the invention of claim 5, in addition to the structure of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, the vehicle locking means is fixed to the base member via a spacer having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the greening panel. The structure is adopted.
Furthermore, in the invention described in claim 6, a configuration is adopted in which a parking lot using the parking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used.

According to the present invention, it is possible to green a part of the parking lot other than the devices protruding to the ground (for example, vehicle lock means and toll fare adjustment machine), and it is possible to green almost the entire parking lot. Moreover, when installing a parking lot, a parking device can be arranged and a greening panel can be laid in the passage. For this reason, as long as the parking device can be fixed, the ground can be left as long as it is in a uniform state, and as preparation for parking lot installation work, construction such as asphalt pavement and concrete pavement becomes unnecessary, simplifying the installation work And shortening the construction period.
Also, because the greening panel is laid in the parking device that has the locking means, vehicle detection means, etc. as one unit, the construction can be simplified when moving the parking lot, etc. It has the effect that it can be used repeatedly after relocation.

One embodiment of a parking apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the overall outline will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a parking device P according to this embodiment includes a base member 1 having a size capable of parking a vehicle V, vehicle lock means 2 provided on the base member 1, a base And a greening panel 10 disposed on the surface of the member 1 and excluding the portion of the vehicle locking means. The parking device P also includes vehicle detection means 3 and a vehicle stop member 7. Each component will be described in detail below.

First, the base member 1 will be described. The base member 1 has an area where one vehicle can be parked. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the base member 1 includes a bottom wall 1a and an outer edge wall 1b having a predetermined height around the bottom wall 1a. The outer edge wall 1b is for accommodating the greening panel 10 and preventing them from shifting. In the present embodiment, the height of the outer edge wall 1 b corresponds to the thickness of the greening panel 10. This is because the upper end of the outer edge wall 1b and the upper end surface of the greening panel 10 are substantially flush with each other so that the vehicle V can be parked smoothly.
A through-hole 4 is formed in the bottom wall 1a of the base member 1 so as to penetrate from the front surface to the back surface. This through-hole 4 is for preventing rainwater that has fallen on the parking device P from staying during rain or the like. For this reason, even when plants such as lawn are planted in the greening panel 10, root rot and the like due to excessive moisture can be prevented. In the present embodiment, the plurality of through holes 4 are provided uniformly over the entire surface of the base member 1, but only one may be formed near the center of the base member 1. In this case, it is desirable to give a predetermined gentle gradient to the bottom wall 1a so that water flows toward the central through hole.

Next, the vehicle lock means 2 will be described. The vehicle locking means 2 is for preventing the vehicle V from leaving without permission, and there are various types. In the present embodiment, a so-called flap type vehicle locking means 2 is used. The flap-type vehicle locking means 2 is lowered when the vehicle V is not parked (see FIG. 1) and is raised when the vehicle V is parked in the parking area (see FIG. 2). When the flap 2a is lifted in this way, it is possible to prevent the wheels of the vehicle V from getting over the vehicle locking means 2.
The vehicle locking means 2 is fixed to the bottom wall 1 a of the base member 1 via a predetermined spacer 6. The spacer 6 has a thickness equivalent to the thickness of the greening panel 10. This is because the greening panel 10 and the upper surface of the vehicle locking means 2 are as flush as possible so that no step is generated. By doing in this way, the vehicle can smoothly pass the vehicle locking means 2 at the time of the entrance of the vehicle V for parking and the appropriate exit after the fee settlement. In addition, there is an advantage that the flap type vehicle lock means 2 that has been conventionally used can be used as it is.

Next, the greening panel 10 will be described. In the present embodiment, a plurality of greening panels 10 are laid on the surface of the base member 1. As the greening panel 10, a known greening panel can be used. For example, a greening panel having a protective structure as disclosed in JP-A-10-150861 is desirable. The greening panel 10 has a grid 13 having a predetermined height, and plants such as lawn are planted in the recesses between the grids 13.
Further, a predetermined drainage structure is formed at the bottom of the greening panel 10 so that rainwater can escape. The water that has escaped from the greening panel 10 is discharged from the through-hole 4 described above. Further, the greening panel 10 used in the present embodiment is formed in a square shape (for example, 30 cm × 30 cm), and the surface of the base member 1 is greened by arranging a plurality of these greening panels 10. Yes. However, since the vehicle locking means 2 protrudes upward from the base member 1, the greening panel 10 is not laid in this part.

  In the present embodiment, the greening panels 10 are simply arranged on the surface of the base member 1. However, in the present invention, a predetermined protrusion (not shown) is formed on the lower surface of the greening panel 10, and a hole corresponding to the protrusion is formed in the bottom wall 1a of the base member 1, and the protrusion is fitted into this hole. Thus, the greening panel 10 may be firmly fixed. Further, as described above, instead of arranging the small greening panels 10, predetermined portions of the large greening panel may be cut and laid on the base member 1 using a single greening panel. Furthermore, instead of laying the greening panel 10 on the entire surface of the base member 1 excluding the vehicle locking means 2, the greening panel 10 may be laid only on a part thereof.

Next, the vehicle detection means 3 will be described. The vehicle detection means 3 is for detecting the presence of a vehicle in the parking lot. In the present embodiment, the base member 1 is installed in a substantially central region. As a specific structure of the vehicle detection means 3, as shown in FIG. 1, it has a substantially rectangular coil shape. When the vehicle approaches the vehicle detection means 3, the resistance value of the vehicle detection means 3 changes. For this reason, if an electric current is passed through the vehicle detection means 3, the current value changes depending on the presence or absence of the vehicle, and the entry of the vehicle can be detected.
As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle detection means 3 is disposed in a groove portion 5 formed in the bottom wall 1 a of the base member 1. And the vehicle detection means 3 is connected to the control part (not shown) from this groove part 5 via predetermined wiring. In addition, since the groove part 5 is formed in the bottom face wall 1a, when the base member 1 is covered with the greening panel 10, the vehicle detection means 3 cannot be visually observed from the outside.

  In addition to the above-described components, the parking apparatus P is provided with a vehicle stopper member 7 for preventing the vehicle from accidentally deviating from the parking lot. The vehicle stopper 7 protrudes from the surface of the greening panel 10, and the greening panel 10 is not laid on this portion. However, the vehicle stop member 7 is not essential to the present invention.

Next, an unmanned parking lot using the parking apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the unmanned parking lot, the parking devices P of the present invention are arranged for a predetermined number of parking spaces, and predetermined wiring (not shown) is laid between each parking device P and the fee settlement machine 20. This wiring connects between the vehicle detection means 3 and the vehicle lock means 2. Thereby, the information on the presence / absence of the vehicle from the vehicle detection means 3 is transmitted to the fee settlement machine 20. Further, the charge settlement machine 20 transmits control signals for raising and lowering the flap 2 a to the vehicle locking means 2. As described above, since the parking device P is arranged on one base member 1, the installation work at the parking lot is only the wiring work between each parking device P and the fee settlement machine 20. Simplification is possible.
In addition, in this embodiment, the case where the greening panel 10 was laid only on the surface of the base member 1 of the parking apparatus P was demonstrated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, by laying the same greening panel 10 as that used for the parking device P in a space such as a vehicle passage other than the parking device P, the entire parking lot It is also possible to green.

Moreover, in this embodiment, although the system which provides the vehicle detection means 3 in the base member 1 is used, another detection means can also be used. For example, an infrared sensor including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit can be used. In this configuration, the light projecting portion is attached to a predetermined pole member (not shown), the pole is fixed to the base member 1, and the light receiving portion is installed on the upper surface of the locking means 2 or the base member 1. Thereby, in the state where the vehicle V is not parked, the infrared rays from the light projecting unit are detected by the light receiving unit. On the other hand, when the vehicle V is parked, the infrared rays are blocked and cannot be detected by the light receiving unit. Thereby, the presence or absence of the vehicle V can be detected.
Moreover, in this embodiment, it is set as the structure which lays the greening panel 10 which has a protection structure in the base member 1, However, The base member 1 itself is provided with the grating | lattice corresponded to the lawn protection structure of the said greening panel, and the greening panel in the meantime Can also be laid.

Further, in this embodiment, a method of laying a greening panel in the passage in the parking lot is also mentioned, but a method of planting lawn directly on the ground is also possible. In this case, it is desirable to embed the parking device P in the ground so that the upper surface of the base member 1 and the surface of the ground coincide with each other so that no step is generated between the passage and the parking device P.
Furthermore, in this embodiment, although one vehicle is comprised as one unit of one parking apparatus, it is also possible to comprise the parking apparatus for several vehicles as one unit.

  It can be applied to easily realize greening of parking lots, which was difficult in the past.

It is a perspective view which shows the parking apparatus of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the parking apparatus disclosed in FIG. It is a top view which shows the parking lot using the parking apparatus disclosed in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base member 2 Vehicle lock means 3 Vehicle detection means 4 Through-hole 5 Groove part 6 Spacer 7 Car stop member 13 Grid 10, 10a, 10b Greening panel P Parking device V Vehicle

Claims (6)

A base member having a size capable of parking the vehicle;
Vehicle locking means provided on the base member;
A greening panel disposed on a surface of the base member excluding a portion of the vehicle locking means;
A parking apparatus comprising:   The parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a vehicle detection unit is provided on the base member, and the vehicle detection unit is covered with the greening panel.   The parking device according to claim 1, wherein the base member is provided with at least one through hole penetrating from the front surface to the back surface.   The parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base member includes an outer edge wall having a height corresponding to the thickness of the greening panel.   The parking apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the vehicle locking means is fixed to the base member via a spacer having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the greening panel.   A parking lot comprising the parking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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