JP2007009500A - Operating method of puzzle circulating type parking facility - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly call out a tray, by shortening calculation time of the calling-out shortest route of the tray. <P>SOLUTION: This parking facility P performs inlet-outlet operation of an automobile by controlling respective tray driving devices of respective divisions 1 on the basis of a program prestored in a control board 4. In this inlet-outlet operation, particularly, before calling-out operation of the tray, the tray is initially arranged for setting the predetermined same division 1 as an empty division. In calling-out operation of the tray, a calling-out tray is moved in the calling-out shortest route of the tray 2 up to an inlet-outlet part 3 from the respective divisions 1 precalculated and registered in the initial arrangement. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a puzzle circulation type in which a plurality of trays on which an automobile is placed are arranged in a plurality of sections configured in a matrix, and at least one empty section is provided, and each tray is puzzle-circulated between each section and a loading / unloading unit. The present invention relates to a method for driving parking facilities.

Conventionally, in a puzzle circulation type parking facility, a plurality of trays for placing a car in a parking space of a car storage hierarchy are arranged in a plurality of sections configured in a matrix (however, at least one empty section without a tray is set) These trays are fed by the tray feed mechanism in four directions, front and rear, and left and right, or two directions, front and rear, and left and right. This type of parking facility is described in Patent Document 1, for example.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-115464

  However, in the conventional puzzle circulation type parking equipment, each time the tray is called, the call route of the call tray is calculated from the arrangement pattern of the tray in the parking space at the time of the call operation, and the call operation is started. In this case, the arrangement pattern of the trays in the parking space varies depending on the tray call operation, and the call route of the call tray is calculated from the complicated pattern of the trays. Therefore, there is a problem that the waiting time for loading and unloading is increased accordingly. In addition, when trying to simplify the calculation of the call route from such a parking space tray arrangement pattern, the call route may be detoured, resulting in a longer waiting time for loading and unloading. There is.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and in this kind of operation method of the puzzle circulation type parking facility, the calculation time of the shortest route for calling the tray is shortened as much as possible, and the tray can be quickly made. The purpose is to call on.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the method for operating the puzzle circulation parking facility according to the present invention includes disposing at least one empty section in a plurality of sections in which a plurality of trays on which a car is placed are arranged in a matrix, In the operation method of the puzzle circulation type parking equipment in which the puzzle is circulated between the respective sections and the loading / unloading section, the tray is initially arranged to make the same predetermined section empty before the tray calling operation. The gist is to move the calling tray along the shortest route for calling the tray from each section calculated and registered in advance in the initial arrangement during the tray calling operation. In this case, it is desirable to perform the initial arrangement of the trays during the car exit or entry operation at the entry / exit section.

  In the operation method of the puzzle circulation parking facility of the present invention, the tray can be called quickly by shortening the calculation time of the shortest route for calling the tray as much as possible. In this case, it is not necessary to secure a special time for the initial placement by performing the initial placement of the tray during the vehicle exit or entry operation at the storage / exit section, and the (next) tray call operation is performed. Can be performed smoothly and quickly.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the puzzle circulation type parking facility P includes a plurality of sections 1 configured in a matrix in the parking space S, and at least one empty section is provided on these sections 1 to mount a plurality of vehicles. A tray 2 is arranged. In addition, an automobile loading / unloading unit 3 (lift or boarding unit) is provided in a part of these sections 1.

  In the case of this parking facility P, the parking space S is composed of nine sections in the horizontal direction and three rows in the vertical direction, for a total of 27 sections 1, and three empty sections are set in these sections 1. For convenience of explanation, the column of one section 1 on one side in the vertical direction (the upper column in FIG. 1) is the first column, the column of section 1 at the center in the vertical direction is the second column, and the other section on one side in the vertical direction. One row (the lower row in FIG. 1) is referred to as a third row. Each section 1 includes a tray guide that moves and guides the tray 2 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and a tray driving device that feeds and drives the tray 2. Here, the tray 2 includes a four-wheel configuration lateral roller and a four-wheel configuration vertical roller. The tray guide is composed of a plurality of rails installed in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction on the plane of the parking space. Also, the horizontal rails have trays 2 at positions close to the vertical rails (that is, positions corresponding to the left and right horizontal rollers of the tray 2 moving on the vertical rails). As a supporting member of (the lateral roller), the supporting roller is pivotally supported with its rotating shaft extending in the direction in which the lateral rail extends. Further, each of the vertical rails has a tray 2 at a position close to the horizontal rail (that is, a position corresponding to each of the vertical rollers before and after the tray 2 moving on the horizontal rail). As a supporting member of the (longitudinal roller), the supporting roller is pivotally supported with its rotating shaft extending in the direction in which the longitudinal rail extends. These rails are cut out at the position of the loading / unloading unit 3, and a lift hoistway is formed there. In addition, pillars and walls may be scattered in the space of the parking space S. In this case, each rail is interrupted by the pillars and walls, and sections 1 are formed on both sides or around the pillars and walls. Is done. In this way, the horizontal rail and the vertical rail are arbitrarily combined to form the movement path of the tray 2, and the tray driving device is installed for each section. The tray driving device employs various types of existing feeding devices such as a feeding device that drives each tray in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction by roller driving or belt driving. Further, only the tray lateral feed device may be installed at a specific position where the tray 2 is moved only in the horizontal direction, and only the tray vertical feed device may be installed at a specific position where the tray 2 is moved only in the vertical direction of the tray. These tray driving devices are controlled by the control panel 4 to feed and drive the tray 2 in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction on each section 1.

  In addition, the loading / unloading unit 3 is provided in the second section from one side (left side in FIG. 1) of the second row of the parking space S. In this case, a lift hoistway that connects the parking space S and the entry floor of the automobile is formed on the entry / exit section 3, and the lift is installed. This lift has a horizontal rail and a vertical rail that can be connected to a horizontal rail and a vertical rail of each section 1 adjacent to the hoistway on a lifting platform that supports the tray 2, and the tray 2. A tray driving device that feeds and drives in the vertical and vertical directions, and the tray 2 between the lifting platform (at the landing position) and each section 1 around the entire lift, that is, four sections adjacent to the loading / unloading section 3. Is configured to be able to deliver. The lift and tray driving device is controlled by the control panel 4, and the lifting platform is driven up and down between the parking space and the entry floor of the car, and at the landing position of the parking space S, the lifting platform and the loading / unloading unit 3 are moved. The tray 2 is fed and driven between each adjacent section 1.

  In this parking facility P, each tray driving device and the lift are controlled based on a program stored in advance in the control panel 4 to perform the loading / unloading operation of the automobile. In the entering / exiting operation of the parking space S, first, the tray 2 of one or a plurality of sections 1 adjacent to the empty section of the parking space S is driven, and one or a plurality of units on one or a plurality of sections 1 are driven. The tray 2 is sent toward the empty section, and then the operation of moving one or more trays 2 toward the empty section in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction is repeated. In the case of this loading / unloading operation, in particular, prior to the tray calling operation, the tray is initially placed in the same predetermined section 1 as an empty section, and during the tray calling operation, the initial placement is calculated and registered in advance. The call tray is moved by the shortest call route of the tray from each section 1 to the loading / unloading unit 3. In this case, when the tray 2 previously called by the loading / unloading unit 3 is moved and the calling of the tray is finished, three empty sections are divided between the loading / unloading unit 3 and the vehicle loading / unloading operation. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the section 1 in the center of the first row, the section 1 diagonally positioned on the loading / unloading unit 3 side with respect to the empty section of the first row in the second row, and the first row in the third row Provided in the section 1 at an oblique position on the loading / unloading unit 3 side with respect to the empty sections in the second row, the three trays are arranged in one row in each row and the tray is initially arranged. . With this initial arrangement of trays, the shortest calling route of each tray from each section 1 to the loading / unloading unit 3 is calculated and registered offline, the calling route corresponding to the position of the calling tray is selected, and the calling tray is moved. To do. In this way, the tray 2 is initially arranged before the next tray calling operation in the parking space S, and the tray is always called from this same arrangement during the tray calling operation, and moves along the route specific to each position.

  FIGS. 2 and 3 to 5 show examples of tray call operation under the control of the control panel 4. In FIG. 2 and as shown in FIG. 3 (1), when the previously called tray 2 (21) arrives at the lift position of the loading / unloading unit 3 (step 1), the lift rises to the boarding floor of the car. (Step 2). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the parking space S is in the initial arrangement of the tray (step 3). If the parking space S is not in the initial arrangement, the initial arrangement operation is performed in the parking space S (step 4). In this case, as shown in FIG. 3 (2), the tray 2 in one or a plurality of sections 1 adjacent to the empty section of the parking space S is driven, A plurality of trays 2 are sent toward the empty section, and an initial arrangement of the trays is created. When the parking space S is in the initial arrangement, it is determined whether or not there is a next tray call (step 5). If there is no call, the operation in the parking space S is terminated, and the initial arrangement of the tray is maintained and waited. It becomes a state. If there is a next tray call, the next tray call operation is started (step 6). In this case, as shown in FIG. 3 (3), if the tray 2 (22) in the central section 1 of the third row is called (as the next calling tray), the calling tray 2 (22) It is moved by a unique route from 1 (center section 1 in the third row). For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (4), when the tray 2 in the middle section 1 of the second row is moved to the empty section in the first row, the next call tray 2 (22) in the third row is moved. It is moved to the central section 1 of the second row that has become an empty section. Also, during this time, the previous call tray 2 (21) finishes exiting or entering the car at the boarding floor of the car and is returned to the loading / unloading unit 3 of the parking space S. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4 (5), the tray 2 in the section 1 adjacent to the second row of the loading / unloading unit 3 (on the right side in FIG. 4 (5)) is moved to the empty section in the second row. At the same time, the tray 21 of the loading / unloading section 3 is moved to the section 1 adjacent to the second row of the loading / unloading section 3 (on the right side in FIG. 4 (5)) in which the tray 21 is empty, and further to the third row. The initial position of the next call tray 2 (22) in which the tray 2 in the section 1 adjacent to the initial position of the next call tray 2 (22) (on the left side in FIG. 4 (5)) becomes an empty section. Move to section 1 of position. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4 (6), the compartment 1 adjacent to the second row storage / exit section 3 (right side in FIG. 4 (6)) and this compartment 1 (in FIG. 4 (6), Each tray 2 in section 1 adjacent to the right side) is simultaneously moved to the third row of empty sections. As a result, each section 1 between the section 1 at the current position of the next call tray 2 (22) (the section 1 in the center of the second row) and the loading / unloading unit 3 becomes an empty section, and FIG. The next call tray 2 (22) is moved to the loading / unloading unit 3 through these empty sections as shown in FIG. When the next call tray 2 (22) arrives at the lift position in this way (in FIG. 2) (step 7), the lift is raised to the car entry floor, and the car is issued or received at the car entry floor. Is done. And it returns to step 3 and the same operation | movement is performed. After that, as shown in FIG. 5 (8), the tray 2 in the central section 1 in the first row is moved to the central section 1 in the second row, and at the same time, the loading / unloading section 3 (in the third row) In FIG. 5, the tray 2 in the section 1 adjacent to the lower right side is moved to the section 1 adjacent to the second row of the loading / unloading section 3 (on the right side in FIG. 5), and the initial arrangement of the tray is taken. Will be.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, in the parking space S, the tray is initially arranged so that the predetermined same section 1 is an empty section before the tray calling operation. Since the call tray is moved by the shortest call route of each tray from each section 1 to the loading / unloading unit 3 calculated and registered in advance, the calculation time of the call route is eliminated during the tray call operation ( (Or as short as possible) and the tray can be called quickly. In addition, since the call route for each tray is calculated in advance offline, the shortest call route for each tray can be appropriately calculated over a sufficient amount of time, and the call tray is not moved around. Furthermore, when the tray 2 previously called to the loading / unloading unit 3 is moved and the calling of the tray is finished, the trays are initially placed during the loading / unloading operation of the car in the loading / unloading unit 3, It is not necessary to secure a special driving time for the initial arrangement, and the (next) tray calling operation can be performed smoothly and quickly in the parking space S.

  In this embodiment, the lift is installed in a part of the plurality of sections of the parking space S. However, the lift may of course be installed outside the parking space S. In addition, the parking facility P is provided with lateral and vertical rollers on the lower surface of the tray 2, and a horizontal and vertical rail is installed on the plane of the parking space. On the contrary, It is also possible to adopt a form in which horizontal and vertical rails are provided on the lower surface of the tray, and horizontal and vertical rollers are installed on the plane of the parking space. In this case, an existing tray driving device suitable for this type is adopted.

  In the description of this embodiment, the parking space S is exemplified in a plane. However, when the parking facility P includes a plurality of levels of parking spaces, basically the same configuration and driving method are used for the parking spaces of each level. Should be adopted. In addition, in the case where parking spaces of multiple levels are provided, if a predetermined number n of empty spaces of the same number are provided in the parking spaces of each level, the exit / entry tray is moved from the parking space of one level to the boarding floor. When the parking space of the level is increased by one empty section, the parking space of each level includes two types of initial arrangements of a predetermined number n of empty sections and a predetermined number n + 1 of empty sections, For each type of initial arrangement, the call shortest route of each tray from each section 1 to the loading / unloading unit 3 may be calculated and registered in advance, and the call tray may be moved. In addition, it goes without saying that the operation method of the parking facility can be applied regardless of the underground type or the ground type.

The top view which shows the structure of the parking space of the puzzle circulation type parking equipment in one embodiment of this invention Flow chart showing tray call operation of the parking facility A plan view of a parking space showing an example of a tray call operation of the parking facility A plan view of a parking space showing an example of a tray call operation of the parking facility A plan view of a parking space showing an example of a tray call operation of the parking facility

Explanation of symbols

P puzzle circulation parking equipment S parking space 1 section 2 tray 21 previous call tray 22 next call tray 3 loading / unloading section 4 control panel

Claims (2)

A puzzle-circulating parking facility in which a plurality of trays on which a vehicle is placed are arranged in a plurality of sections configured in a matrix, and at least one empty section is provided, and each tray is puzzle-circulated between the sections and the loading / unloading unit. In the driving method of
Prior to the tray call operation, the initial placement of the tray to make the same predetermined section empty is performed,
An operation method of a puzzle circulation parking facility, wherein a call tray is moved along a tray call shortest route from each section pre-calculated and registered in the initial arrangement to a loading / unloading section during tray call operation.   The operation method of the puzzle circulation type parking facility according to claim 1, wherein the initial placement of the tray is performed during the car exit or entry operation at the entry / exit section.

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