JP2007084190A - Parking guide system for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking guide system for an elevator capable of easily locating a place where a user has parked his/her vehicle and enabling the user to return to the parking place without losing his/her way. <P>SOLUTION: A parking position of a vehicle is recorded on a parking ticket issued inside a parking facility. When a user makes the parking ticket close to an information read part 23 of a landing display 17 installed in a landing of the elevator, information recorded in the parking ticket is read and the parking position included in the parking ticket information is guided through a voice output part 24 with respect to the user waiting in the landing. Thus, the user can easily locate the place where he/she parked his/her vehicle and return to the place without losing his/her way. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator parking guidance system used in a multi-structure parking facility or a commercial complex such as a department store attached thereto.

As a system in which an elevator and a parking lot are integrated, there is an elevator for a multilevel parking lot. In this three-dimensional parking garage elevator, the pallet number is usually recorded on a parking ticket issued at the time of warehousing, and when the parking fee is settled using this parking ticket at the time of warehousing, the pallet recorded on the parking ticket Display the number. Furthermore, there is also a device that has a function of reading a license plate of a vehicle at the time of warehousing and displaying the license plate at the time of warehousing (see Patent Document 1, for example).
JP-A-8-284454

  The elevator for a multi-level parking lot as described above is an elevator for parking a vehicle, and is not used for a user to go directly to a parking place of the vehicle. On the other hand, facilities such as department stores often have a multiple-structure parking facility consisting of a plurality of floors, and a user can park a vehicle on an arbitrary floor of the parking facility and go shopping. In such facilities, elevators are installed as an indispensable means of transportation.

  However, since the parking facility has a multiple structure, when the user returns to the place where the vehicle is parked after shopping, the parking floor may be mistaken or lost. In this case, since the parking ticket issued at the time of warehousing usually records only about the warehousing time, it is not a clue to know the parking place.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an elevator parking guidance system that allows a user to easily grasp the location where the vehicle is parked and return to the location without hesitation. With the goal.

  The present invention is an elevator parking guidance system provided in a parking facility, the recording means for recording a parking position of a vehicle on a parking ticket issued within the parking facility, and the parking ticket at the elevator landing Information reading means for reading recorded information, information determining means for acquiring a parking position from parking ticket information read by the information reading means, and use of waiting for the parking position obtained by the information determining means at the landing And guiding means for guiding a person.

  According to such a configuration, since the user's parking position is guided by reading the information recorded on the parking ticket at the elevator hall, it is possible to return without hesitation following the guidance.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the place where the user parked the vehicle can be grasped | ascertained easily at the elevator hall, and it can return to the place without hesitation.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a parking facility applied to an elevator parking guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system is used in a multi-level parking facility consisting of a plurality of floors. In the example of FIG. 1, a parking facility on a certain floor (here, 10F) is shown. Similar parking facilities are provided on the other floors. In this case, all the floors of the building may be parking facilities, or a part of the building may be a parking facility.

  Reference numeral 11 in the figure denotes a ticket issuing machine, which is installed at the entrance of the parking facility 10. This ticket-issuing machine 11 issues a parking ticket 12 that records the entry time. The parking ticket 12 consists of a non-contact IC card. A non-contact IC card is an IC card that does not have a contact for power supply or data transmission. Electric power necessary for processing of the non-contact IC card is generated by receiving electromagnetic waves generated by the reader / writer with an antenna stretched around the card. Data transmission is also performed by electromagnetic waves using the antenna.

  The user receives the parking ticket 12 issued by the ticket issuing machine 11 and parks the vehicle 15 in a vacant parking area 13 in the parking facility 10. A large number of parking areas 13 are provided in the parking facility 10, and a recording device 14 for recording the parking position on the parking ticket 12 is installed in each parking area 13. When the vehicle 15 is parked in the parking area 13 and the parking ticket 12 is held over the recording device 14 installed in the parking area 13, the number of the parking area 13 is recorded in the parking ticket 12 as parking position information. In the example of FIG. 1, parking position information such as “10F A-5” is recorded.

  An elevator hall 16 is provided in the parking facility 10. A user goes out of the elevator (car) arriving at the hall 16 or goes out to another facility floor attached to the parking facility 10 (for example, in the case of a department store, the product floor floor). can go.

  Next, the hall display device 17 installed in the hall 16 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the hall display device 17 and shows a state where the hall display device 17 is attached to the hall wall 20.

  The hall display device 17 includes a face plate 21 made of resin or metal, and a call button 22 serving as a direction light, an information reading unit 23, and an audio output unit 24 are disposed on the face plate 21.

  The call button 22 is an operation button for calling an elevator (car) at the hall. The information reading unit 23 reads information recorded on the parking ticket 12. As described above, the parking ticket 12 is composed of a non-contact IC card, and the information reading unit 23 is composed of a reader / writer for reading the information of the non-contact IC card in a non-contact manner. When the parking ticket 12 is brought close to the sensor surface 23a of the information reading unit 23, information is read without contact by electromagnetic waves. The voice output unit 24 includes a speaker, and performs guidance including a parking position by voice.

  FIGS. 3 to 5 show an example of the mounting structure of the information reading unit 23 of the hall display device 17. When the face plate 21 is formed of resin, as shown in FIG. 3, the information reading unit 23 is hooked and fixed to the claw portion 31 provided on the back surface of the face plate 21, and the sensor of the information reading unit 23 is fixed. The surface 23 a is exposed on the surface of the face plate 21.

  Further, when the face plate 21 is made of metal, a flat washer 34 is formed by aligning a mounting hole 33 formed in the information reading unit 23 with a stud 32 or a tapped hole on the back surface of the face plate 21. It may be tightened with a spring washer 35 and a nut 36. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, a metal member 37 to which the stud 32 is attached is used, and the member 37 is attached to the back surface of the face plate 21 with an adhesive 38, and the stud 32 is attached to the mounting hole of the information reading unit 23. 33 may be combined and tightened with a flat washer 34, a spring washer 35 and a nut 36.

  In the hall display device 17 having such a configuration, it is normally used only for calling an elevator by pressing the call button 22, but a certain waiting time is generated until the car arrives. When the user passes the parking ticket 12 received at the parking facility 10 over the information reading unit 23 of the hall display device 17 by using this waiting time, the information recorded in the parking ticket 12 is read in a non-contact manner, and the voice Through the output unit 24, the storage time, the parking position, and the like are guided by voice.

  Next, the system configuration will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the elevator parking guidance system. This elevator parking guidance system is a combination of a parking lot system and an elevator system. In addition to the parking ticket 12 and the hall display device 17 described above, an elevator control device 41, a car 45, and a parking fee A checkout system 47 is provided.

  The parking ticket 12 is issued by the ticket issuing machine 11 provided in the parking facility 10 shown in FIG. 1, and the entry time and the parking position are recorded. The entry time is automatically recorded when the parking ticket 12 is issued by the ticket issuing machine 11, and the parking position is recorded by the recording device 14 installed when the vehicle 15 is put into the parking area 13 in the parking facility 10. To be recorded. The storage time and the parking position may be recorded by the recording device 14.

  The hall display device 17 is installed in the elevator hall 16 and includes a call button 22, an information reading unit 23, and an audio output unit 24 as shown in FIG. The hall display device 17 is connected to the elevator control device 41 via a transmission cable.

  The elevator control device 41 is installed in a machine room at the top of the building, for example, and is composed of a computer equipped with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and controls the operation of the elevator according to a program. The elevator control device 41 includes an assignment control unit 42, an information determination unit 43, and a destination floor registration unit 44.

  When there is a hall call by pressing the call button 22, the assignment control unit 42 performs processing for causing the car 45 to respond to the floor on which the call is made. The information discriminating unit 43 discriminates the parking ticket information sent from the information reading unit 23 and acquires the warehousing time and the parking position. The destination floor registration unit 44 registers the destination floor of the car 45 based on the parking position obtained by the information determination unit 43.

  The car 45 moves between floors including the parking facility 10 shown in FIG. The car 45 is provided with a destination floor button 46 on each floor. When a user in the car 45 depresses the destination floor button 46 to register the destination floor, the destination floor button 46 is lit to clearly indicate that it has been registered. In this case, when the destination floor corresponding to the parking position is registered by the destination floor registration unit 44, the corresponding destination floor button 46 is lit and displayed.

  The parking fee settlement system 47 includes a computer for parking fee management, and is connected to the elevator control device 41. The parking fee settlement system 47 receives the warehousing time transferred from the elevator control device 41, and returns a parking fee corresponding to the usage time from the warehousing time to the current time to the elevator control device 41.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the elevator parking guidance system. Now, it is assumed that the user returns to the parking area 13 where his / her vehicle 15 is parked using an elevator. The user has a parking ticket 12 issued in the parking facility 10.

  A hall display device 17 as shown in FIG. 2 is installed at the hall on each floor. When the user brings the parking ticket 12 close to the information reading unit 23 of the hall display device 17 installed at the landing on a certain floor, the information recorded in the parking ticket 12 is read in a non-contact manner, and the elevator controller 41 receives the information. Transferred (step S11).

  In the elevator control device 41, first, the information determination unit 43 acquires the storage time and the parking position from the information of the parking ticket 12 (step S12), and outputs these information to the audio output unit 24 of the hall display device 17. . As a result, for example, “the customer's warehousing time is 17:00 and the parking position is No. A-5 on the 10th floor”, the user's warehousing time and parking position are voice-guided to the user waiting at the landing. (Step S13).

  The elevator control device 41 calculates the parking fee by transferring the warehousing time acquired from the parking ticket information to the parking fee settlement system 47 (step S14), and the parking fee is output to the voice output unit of the hall display device 17. 24. Thus, for example, the current parking fee is voice-guided to the user waiting at the landing, such as “the customer's parking fee is 500 yen” (step S15).

  When the call button 22 is pressed (Yes in step S16), the elevator control device 41 causes the allocation control unit 42 to respond the car 45 to the floor where the hall call is made (step S17). At that time, the elevator control device 41 gives the parking position acquired from the parking ticket information to the destination floor registration unit 44, registers the destination floor corresponding to the parking position (step S18), and is provided in the car 45. Of the destination floor buttons 46 of each floor, the button corresponding to the destination floor is lit (step S19). In the example of FIG. 1, 10F is registered as the destination floor.

  In this way, while waiting for an elevator at a landing on a certain floor, simply holding the parking ticket 12 over the information reading unit 23 of the landing display device 17 installed there, the warehousing time and the parking position, The parking fee will be announced by voice. Therefore, when the user finishes shopping and returns to the parking place, even if he forgets where the vehicle 15 is parked, the user can return without hesitation by listening to the voice guidance.

  In addition, since the parking fee is also voice-guided, money can be prepared in advance, and payment can be made smoothly when leaving the parking facility 10.

  If the call button 22 is pressed at this time, the user's parking floor is automatically registered as the destination floor. Therefore, when the user gets into the car 45 that has arrived at the landing, it is convenient that the user can save the trouble of registering the destination floor by operating a button and go directly to the target place, that is, the parking floor.

  In the above embodiment, the voice guidance is provided through the voice output unit 24 provided in the hall display device 17. However, the guidance means is not limited to voice, and display may be used. It is also possible to guide using both.

  FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show a system configuration and an external configuration when the hall display device 17 includes the display unit 25. This display part 25 consists of liquid crystal display devices, for example, and displays the above-mentioned warehousing time and parking position, and further the parking fee as character information. In this case, a map showing the parking position of the user may be displayed in order to visually inform the parking position.

  Specifically, when the elevator control device 41 has a map of the parking facility 10 on each floor and determines the parking position from the information read from the parking ticket 12, the map including the parking position is taken out and parked on the map. This is achieved by performing processing such as marking the position.

  FIG. 10 shows a display example. In the figure, 51 is a guide display of the warehousing time, parking position, and parking fee. 52 and 53 are maps showing parking positions. A map 52 represents the parking floor in the entire building, and a map 53 represents the parking floor. By displaying such a map, the parking position can be grasped visually, and anyone can return to the place where he / she parked without hesitation.

  In the above embodiment, a non-contact type IC card is used as an example of the parking ticket 12, but it may be formed of a contact type IC card, or another card such as a magnetic card may be used. good.

  In addition to information related to the parking facility such as the user's entry time, parking position, and parking fee, for example, in the case of a department store, advertisement information such as the date of an event may be guided together.

  In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the components without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various forms can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be omitted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a parking facility applied to an elevator parking guidance system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the hall display device in the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of the mounting structure of the information reading unit of the hall display device in the same embodiment. FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the mounting structure of the information reading unit of the hall display device in the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of the mounting structure of the information reading unit of the hall display device in the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an elevator parking guidance system in the same embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the elevator parking guidance system according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a system configuration when the hall display device according to the embodiment includes a display unit. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an external configuration when the hall display device according to the embodiment includes a display unit. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the hall display device according to the embodiment includes a display unit.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Parking facility, 11 ... Ticketing machine, 12 ... Parking ticket, 13 ... Parking area, 14 ... Recording device, 15 ... Vehicle, 16 ... Platform of elevator, 17 ... Platform display device, 20 ... Platform wall, 21 ... Faceplate , 22 ... Call button, 23 ... Information reading part, 23a ... Sensor surface, 24 ... Audio output part, 25 ... Display part, 31 ... Claw part, 32 ... Stud, 33 ... Mounting hole, 34 ... Plain washer, 35 ... Spring Washer, 36 ... nut, 37 ... metal member, 41 ... elevator control device, 42 ... assignment control unit, 43 ... information discrimination unit, 44 ... destination floor registration unit, 45 ... passenger car, 46 ... destination floor button, 47 ... Parking fee settlement system.

Claims (6)

An elevator parking guidance system provided in a parking facility,
Recording means for recording the parking position of the vehicle on a parking ticket issued within the parking facility;
Information reading means for reading information recorded on the parking ticket at the elevator hall;
Information discriminating means for acquiring a parking position from the parking ticket information read by the information reading means;
An elevator parking guidance system comprising: guidance means for guiding a parking position obtained by the information discrimination means to a user standing by at the landing. The parking ticket consists of a contactless IC card,
2. The elevator parking guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the information reading means reads the information recorded on the parking ticket in a non-contact manner.   2. The elevator parking guide system according to claim 1, wherein the guide means guides the parking position by voice.   2. The elevator parking guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the guide means displays a map showing the parking position. A parking fee calculating means for calculating a parking fee based on the parking ticket information read by the information reading means;
2. The elevator parking guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the guidance means guides the parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculation means to a user standing by at the landing.   The elevator parking according to claim 1, further comprising destination floor registration means for registering a destination floor corresponding to the parking position determined by the information determination means when a call button is operated at the landing. Guidance system.

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