JP2006348519A - Mechanical parking area system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanical parking area system which automatically moves a garage to a vehicle loading/unloading location without much concern of the user of a mechanical parking area, to thereby simplify a procedure and shorten a time period necessary for using the mechanical parking area. <P>SOLUTION: The mechanical parking area system is comprised of: a receiving means for receiving user information inclusive of a contract user name and a contracted garage number from a radio IC held by a contract user of the garage; a means for retrieving a database of the contract user from the received user information, and transmitting a movement instructing signal for moving the contracted garage to the loading location or the unloading location, depending on whether the contracted garage of the user is in a loaded condition or in an unloaded condition; and a means for moving the garage to the loading location or the unloading location in response to the movement instructing signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mechanical parking system using a transmission type IC, and more specifically, based on signal information transmitted from a device such as a wireless IC capable of transmitting a signal, without requiring the user to be aware of it. The garage movement instruction for entering or leaving the parking lot is instructed, the user's vehicle in the parking lot is automatically moved to the entry / exit position, and the time required for the entry / exit of the user is shortened and the mechanical garage operation is performed. The present invention relates to a mechanical parking system using a transmission IC that provides means for reducing procedures and provides means for notifying a user of information such as a change in garage state.

Conventionally, in order to enter or leave a mechanical parking lot, the parking lot user goes to the parking lot, and the user or administrator manually operates the lifting device etc. to the position where the corresponding vehicle can be put in and out. The procedure of moving is generally performed.
As a system for reducing the procedure of the mechanical parking lot, there is known a system disclosed in Patent Document 1 that automates garage movement in a three-dimensional parking lot using a portable transmitter.
The system disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses a portable transmitter to request a garage movement request for a multi-story parking lot, using a portable transmission tool for the operation of entering and exiting a multi-story parking lot that has been manually performed by a user. It is.
JP-A-7-259365

However, in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, the garage movement for entry / exit is automated by the user of the parking lot transmitting a signal from the portable transmitter for entry / exit. Thus, the procedure of manually moving the garage by the parking lot user, manager or maintenance person can be omitted, but the procedure for the user to make a call from himself remains.
Further, in order to use this technology, a dedicated transmitter is prepared, or a telephone such as a mobile phone or a communication terminal is used, which causes a problem that a communication fee or a call fee is generated.

  An object of the present invention is to use a wireless IC capable of transmitting, such as a low-cost and small-sized wireless IC tag or wireless IC chip, as a device capable of transmitting automatically, and a signal receiver receives a signal from the wireless IC, By issuing the garage movement command of the corresponding user to the parking lot, the user can skip the entry / exit procedure without being aware of it, and provide the user with reduced waiting time in the mechanical parking lot, as well as e-mail By notifying the user of the garage state with a communication means such as the above, means for grasping the garage state in the parking lot and preventing theft of the vehicle are provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a receiving means for receiving user information including a contract user name and a contract garage number from a wireless IC held by a contract user of the garage, and contract use by the received user information. Means for searching a user's database and transmitting a movement instruction signal for moving the contracted garage to a position where the user can enter or leave the vehicle according to whether the user's contracted garage is in a warehousing state or a leaving state; And a means for moving the garage to a position where entry can be made or a place where delivery can be made according to the signal.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the user of a mechanical parking lot can omit the procedure of the garage movement manual operation at the time of entering / exiting which was required until now. In addition, reservations for entry / exit are made at some distance, and the garage automatically moves to a location where entry / exit can be performed while the user or the user's vehicle moves to the garage, thus reducing waiting time. Can do.
Furthermore, since the wireless IC has a feature of being very small, for example, the wireless IC can be embedded in the key of the vehicle or embedded in the vehicle itself, and the user has a special transmitter. Disappears. In addition, the user does not perform the entry / exit operation or signal transmission from himself / herself, but uses the outgoing signal from the wireless IC that automatically sends a response request from himself / herself or the outside. There is no need to be aware of the operation for the procedure.
In addition, since a wireless IC is used, communication charges and call charges from the user side to the mechanical parking lot system are not generated.
In addition, the function of automatically notifying the state of the garage, for example, when a third party other than a parking lot user tries to leave, prevents theft by notifying the contractor by a change in the garage state. It is possible.
In addition, it is possible to add a state of “No parking” as the state of the garage, so that the garage moving system does not allow movement to a position where it can be left. Users can also perform some of the management that could only be done.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are system configuration diagrams showing an embodiment of a mechanical parking system using a wireless IC. In addition, the mechanical parking lot illustrated here is not a parking lot that can be used by any user, but a contract parking lot that contracts a garage number for each user.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram including the exchange of signals at the time of warehousing.
In FIG. 1, a user who holds a wireless IC (B11) that can make a call is in the vehicle (A11). When the vehicle (A11) enters the site of the mechanical parking lot P of the mechanical parking center (E11), the name of the user and the contracted garage number transmitted from the wireless IC (B11) in the vehicle (A11) The signal base station (D11) receives the user information signal (S111) consisting of the above.
When the vehicle (A11) heads for warehousing, the signal base station (D11) transmits a garage user warehousing reservation signal (S112) to the mechanical parking lot system center (E11). Based on the signal (S12) from the signal base station (D11), the mechanical parking system center (E11) transmits a garage movement command (S113) and moves the corresponding garage to the garageable position (P11). .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram including signal exchange at the time of delivery.
There is a signal base station (D12) in the middle of the passage to the garage. When a garage user (C12) holding a wireless IC (B12) that can make a call passes near the signal base station (D12) near the garage, the name of the user from the wireless IC (B12), the contracted garage number, etc. The signal base station (D12) receives the user information signal (S121), and transmits a vehicle user reservation reservation signal (S122) to the mechanical parking lot system center (E11).
The mechanical parking system center (E11) transmits a garage movement command (S123) based on a signal from the signal base station (D12), and moves the corresponding garage (A12) to a garageable position (P12).
The mechanical parking system center (E11) maintains a garage status notification system (H12), and provides information on the garage entry / exit status to the parking garage user (C12) via voice notification and electronic It is possible to report (S124) by means such as mail.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration example of the signal base stations (D11, D12). The signal base station (D11, D12) reserves garage entry to the “signal receiver (I21)” and the mechanical parking lot system center (E11) that can receive the user information signal (S21) from the wireless IC (B2). It is comprised from "signal transmitter (I22)" which can transmit a signal (S22) or a leaving reservation signal (S23). The signal base stations (D11, D12) can also be installed in the parking lot system center (E1).

FIG. 4 is a configuration example of the mechanical parking lot system center (E11).
The mechanical parking system center (E11) holds a “garage moving system (F3)” that moves the garage by transmitting a garage movement command to the mechanical parking garage (P), contracted user information of the garage, and the like. It consists of “garage database (G3)” and “garage state notification system (H3)” for contacting garage users.

FIG. 5 is a configuration example of the garage database (G3).
In the garage database (G3), “garage user (DB1)” holding the name information of the garage contract user, “garage position (DB2)” holding garage position information in the mechanical parking lot for the garage user, “Garage state (DB3)” that holds the garage and vehicle state in the mechanical parking lot for the garage user, “Contact (DB4)” that holds the contact information of the garage user, and whether or not to notify the garage user It is composed of items such as “notification presence / absence (DB5)” holding means.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of the operation of the garage moving system (F3).
Judgment of entry or exit is based on the combination of garage state information and signal information stored in the garage database (G3) at that time, or a radio IC for warehousing signals is prepared, and a dedicated receiver for warehousing is mechanical. Install near the parking lot, or embed a wireless IC for the exit signal in the key of the vehicle held by the user (C5) and install a receiver dedicated to the exit in the path to the parking lot. Judgment is possible.
The garage moving system (F3) searches the garage database (G3) based on the signal information (S111) or (S121) sent from the signal base station (D11) or (D12), and the corresponding contract user The garage position (J5) is specified. At this time, when the mechanical parking lot (P) where the corresponding garage exists is in the process of entering / exiting another vehicle, the entry / exit state of the relevant person's vehicle in the garage database (G3) is “reservation reservation” or “departure” “Reservation” and priority is given to the in-and-out process.
If another vehicle is not in / out, the garage movement system (F3) transmits a garage movement command (S52), moves the corresponding garage to the entry / exit position (P11), and the garage movement is completed. Then, the entry / exit state of the corresponding person's vehicle in the garage database (G3) is updated to “acceptable” or “acceptable”.
Further, when the garage state in the garage database (G3) is “no entry / exit”, the garage movement system (F3) does not move the garage to the entry / exit possible position, and from the garage state notification system (H3). The garage user (C5) is instructed to transmit a report (S53) such as “garage cannot be moved”.
If another user tries to move the garage after a certain period of time that can be set in the system has passed without entering or leaving the garage even though the garage has been moved, a later command is executed. Is done.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of the operation of the garage state notification system (H3).
The garage state notification system (H3) has means for notifying the garage or the entry / exit state using a communication line such as telephone voice or e-mail.
When the garage movement system (F3) updates the garage database (G3), when the update is completed, or when the entry / exit state of the garage is detected at a certain time interval, etc., and the detected information is used A notification command (S61) is transmitted from the garage movement system (F3) to the garage state notification system (H3) so as to report to the person, and the garage state notification system (H3) notifies the user (C6) of the corresponding garage. Do.

It is a figure which shows the structure including the exchange of the signal at the time of warehousing in the mechanical parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure including the exchange of the signal at the time of leaving in the mechanical parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a signal base station. It is a figure which shows the structure of a mechanical parking lot system center. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a garage database. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of operation | movement of a garage moving system. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of operation | movement of a garage state notification system.

Explanation of symbols

A11 Vehicle B11 Wireless IC
B12 wireless IC
D11 Signal base station D12 Signal base station E11 Mechanical parking system center F3 Garage movement system G3 Garage database H3 Garage status notification system P Mechanical parking

Claims (1)

  Receiving means for receiving the user information including the contract user name and the contract garage number from the wireless IC held by the contract user of the garage, and searching the contract user database by the received user information, A means for transmitting a movement instruction signal for moving the contract garage to a position where the garage can be loaded or unloaded, depending on whether the contracted garage is in a warehousing state or a warehousing state, and a position where the garage can be garnished by the movement instruction signal And a means for moving to a different position.

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