JP2007099156A - Car washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing device in which car washing processes can be continued with priority even after car wash contents are reset due to restoration from an abnormality occurring in the middle of the car washing processes in a state that succeeding car washing is reserved. <P>SOLUTION: This device is provided with a function of detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in the middle of car washing processes, a function of temporarily stopping the car washing processes at the occurrence of the abnormality, a function of restarting the car washing processes after restoration from a stop by the abnormality, and a function of interrupting car washing before the succeeding car washing reserved when the car washing processes stopped due to the abnormality cannot be restarted as the succeeding car washing is reserved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a drive-through type car wash apparatus that enters a car wash space after receiving a car wash reception, receives a car wash process by a car wash machine, and advances after the car is moved forward to leave the car wash reservation during the car wash process Is related to the ones that can be accepted.

  Patent Document 1 is known as this type of car wash device. This car wash device is a car wash machine that reciprocates on two parallel rails laid on the floor of a gate-shaped car wash machine, and performs car wash processing with various equipped car wash processing devices on a car parked between the rails. And a car wash reception device that is provided at the entrance to the car wash space where this car wash machine is installed, and inputs the car wash fee, car wash details, etc. It is laid out in a drive-through system that enters the car wash space, receives a car wash process by the car wash machine, and after the car is washed, the car goes straight from the exit exit facing the entrance entrance. With this car wash device, the next car wash can be reserved by the car wash acceptance device while the previous car is undergoing the car wash process, and the entrance is triggered when the previous car wash is finished and the car has left. Thus, the next car wash can be received immediately.

In the car washing apparatus having such a configuration, if an abnormality occurs during the car washing process, the car washing process is temporarily stopped, and if the abnormality can be recovered, the car washing process is resumed from the beginning of the car washing process in which the abnormality has occurred. (Patent Document 2). However, if the power of the car wash machine is turned off at the time of abnormality recovery, the execution contents are reset, and it is impossible to resume from the car wash operation at the time of stopping. Then, you have to leave the car from the car wash space, refund the car wash fee, and re-accept the car wash using the car wash acceptance device. It must be fixed and wait for a car wash, giving the user discomfort.
Japanese Patent No. 3401604 Japanese Patent No. 2626878

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that the car wash process is preferentially performed even when the car wash content is reset by returning the abnormality that occurred during the car wash process in the state where the next car wash reservation is made. The object of the present invention is to provide a car wash device that can continue the operation.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present invention is provided with a car wash accepting device for setting the car wash content to be executed by the car wash machine at the entrance to the car wash space where the car wash process can be performed, and the car wash process by the car wash machine. When the vehicle is finished, the car wash device is configured to leave the car from a place other than the entrance, and during the car wash process by the car wash machine, the car wash acceptance device can accept a car wash reservation, A function that detects the occurrence of an abnormality, a function that temporarily stops the car wash process due to an abnormality, a function that resumes the car wash process after returning from the abnormal stop, and a car wash reservation that has been accepted When the car wash process cannot be resumed, it has a function of interrupting the car wash acceptance before the accepted car wash reservation.

  According to the car wash device of the present invention, even if an abnormality occurs during the car wash, and the power of the main body is inevitably turned off to recover the abnormality, it precedes the car wash of the subsequent car that has already been reserved for car wash. Thus, it is possible to redo the car wash that has occurred abnormally. At that time, there is no troublesome trouble such as refund of the fee, and no discomfort is given to both the preceding user and the subsequent user.

  A drive-through type car wash machine shown in Example 1 below is the best mode.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the car wash machine of the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the car wash machine.
1 is a car wash machine formed in a gate shape, which travels on and off two parallel rails 2 and 2 laid on the floor, and is equipped with a car wash process installed inside the car A stopped between the rails 2 and 2. Car wash processing is performed by the device. 3a and 3b are travel switches, which are switched by docks 4a and 4b provided at the front and rear ends of the rails 2 and 2, respectively, to detect the travel limit of the car wash machine 1. 5 and 5 are forward and reverse travel motors that drive the wheels to reciprocate the car wash machine 1 on the rails 2 and 2. A travel encoder 6 is connected to the output shaft of the motor 5 and outputs a pulse signal for each unit angle rotation while detecting the rotation direction of the motor 5 to give the travel position of the car wash machine 1. Reference numeral 7 denotes a car shape detection device, which is provided in front of the car wash machine 1 and has a light emitting part 7a and a light receiving part 7b arranged with the automobile A in the width direction, and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in the vertical direction of the light emitting part 7a. However, the vehicle body is detected based on whether or not light can be received by a plurality of light receiving elements arranged so as to face the light emitting portion 7a in the vertical direction of the light receiving portion 7b. Reference numeral 8 denotes a stop sensor, which is switched when the tire (particularly the right front tire) of the automobile A is depressed, and detects that the automobile has stopped at a predetermined stop position and has left the stop position.

  A car wash acceptance device 9 is installed at the entrance C1 of the car wash space C, and is used to select and input a car wash fee, car wash contents, and the like using an operation panel 10 provided on the front face. Reference numeral 11 denotes a gate installed between the car wash reception device 9 and the car wash space C, which is a type that lifts and lowers a known pole in a parking lot or the like, and prohibits / permits entry of the car into the car wash space C. To do. Reference numeral 12 denotes a vehicle body detection sensor provided in the car wash acceptance device 9, which includes a reflection type ultrasonic sensor, and detects that an automobile approaches the car wash acceptance device 9.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a car guide light, which is installed at the exit C2 side of the car wash space C and is "forward" / "stop" / "for a car waiting in the car wash acceptance device 9 and a car that has received a car wash in the car wash space. Various information such as “backward” is provided. Reference numeral 14 denotes a management panel provided in front of the car wash machine, which performs counting work such as daily and monthly counters, and reports and resumes abnormalities that have occurred.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control system according to the first embodiment.
20 is a car wash control board of the car wash machine 1, 21 is a reception control board of the car wash acceptance device 9, both of which are equipped with a microcomputer, both boards are connected by a cable 22, and exchange of a car wash request signal, a car wash end signal, etc. I do. The car wash control board 20 includes a car wash processing device, travel switches 3a and 3b, a travel motor 5, a travel encoder 6, a car shape detection device 7, a stop sensor 8, a car guide light 13, and a management panel 14, and is connected to the car wash control board 20. Car wash is executed based on the car wash request signal transmitted from the board 21, and a memory M for temporarily storing the car wash request signal from the reception control board 21 is incorporated. The reception control board 21 is connected to the operation panel 10, the gate 11, and the vehicle body detection sensor 12, and outputs a car wash request signal to the car wash control board 20 based on the car wash fee and selection received by the operation panel 10, and car wash control. A car wash end signal from the board 20 is received to control the gate 11 and the like, and a first memory M1 and a second memory M2 for temporarily storing a car wash fee and selection contents received by the operation panel 10 are incorporated. Has been.

  The operation panel 10 includes a fee reception unit 24 that receives a car wash fee, a key input unit 25 that receives a selection input and the like, and a state display unit 26 that displays the reception state with an LED. The fee receiving unit 24 includes a card reader / writer 24a that receives a prepaid card, a card reader 24b that receives a master card, and a coin insertion unit 24c that receives coins, and receives a car wash fee with a card or a coin. In the key input section 25, the contents inputted by the course selection key 25a for selecting the car wash course, the projection designation key 25b for designating the presence or absence of the projection, the course selection key 25a and the projection designation key 25b are determined. A reservation key 25c and a cancel key 25d for canceling the input contents are provided. The state display unit 26 is provided with lamps 26a to 26c indicating respective states such as “acceptable”, “reserving”, and “resting”, and “receivable” if the car wash can be accepted. If the input is completed, “Reserving” is displayed. If the vehicle cannot be washed after business hours, “Inactive” is displayed.

  The management panel 14 includes a display panel 27 for displaying an abnormality content of the car wash machine that occurs during the car wash, a stop switch 28 for emergency stop of the car wash machine, a restart switch 29 for restarting the car wash after the abnormality is restored, And a key switch 30 for both power on / off and normal / management mode switching.

Hereinafter, the operation of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described.
First, the operation of the car wash control boat 20 will be described with reference to FIG.
In a normal standby state, the car wash machine 1 stands by at a standby position (a chain line in FIG. 1) at the rear end of the rail detected by the dock 3a and the travel switch 4a. When the car wash data is transmitted from the reception control board 21 (1), the car wash data is stored in the built-in memory M (2). Thereafter, when the vehicle is guided to the predetermined stop position by the guide light 13 and it is confirmed by the stop sensor 8 that the vehicle has stopped at the stop position (3), the car wash is executed based on the car wash data stored in the memory M ( 4).

  During car wash execution, it is always monitored whether an abnormality occurs (5). When the car wash ends normally (6), the car wash machine 1 stops at the car wash end position (dotted line in FIG. 1) at the rail front end detected by the dock 3b and the travel switch 4b regardless of the car wash course. Thereafter, when the vehicle is prompted to leave by the guide light 13 and the stop sensor 8 confirms the departure of the vehicle (7), the car wash machine 1 is moved back to the standby position (8). When the car wash machine 1 returns to the standby position in this way, a car wash end signal is output to the car wash acceptance device 9 (9), the memory M is cleared (10), and the process returns to the process (1). It waits for the car wash request signal to be sent.

  When any abnormality is detected in the process (7), all the car washing operations including the running of the car wash machine 1 are temporarily stopped (11), and the contents are output as an alarm on the display panel 27 on the car wash machine side. (12). Thereafter, the content of the abnormality is confirmed from the display on the display panel 27. If the abnormality is resolved (13), the process waits for input of the restart switch 29 on the car wash machine side (14). When the restart switch 29 is input, the car washing operation is resumed from the beginning of the washing process in which an abnormality has occurred. For example, in the cleaning process associated with the first travel, if the door mirror of the automobile stops when it comes into contact with the vehicle width sensor (not shown), the automobile door mirror is folded or the stop position of the automobile is corrected and then the restart switch is turned on. Since the abnormality is eliminated by inputting, the first forward cleaning process is restarted after the car washer is returned to the standby position.

Subsequently, the operation of the reception control board 21 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the car wash acceptance device 9 that is turned on, the “acceptance” lamp 26a is normally turned on in the status display section 26 of the operation panel 10, and the car wash acceptance is possible (20). Here, when the user enters the car in the car wash acceptance device 9 and the car is detected by the vehicle body detection sensor 12 (21), the car wash is accepted (22). When fee adjustment, course selection input, etc. are performed on the operation panel 10 and the reservation key 25c is input (23), the car wash data set in the built-in first memory M1 is written (24).

  Next, after confirming whether communication with the car wash control board 20 of the car wash machine 1 can be normally performed (25), it is confirmed whether or not the car wash machine is being washed (26). The “reserved” lamp 26b of the unit 26 is turned on to make a car wash reservation (27), and a state of waiting for a car wash end signal to be transmitted from the car wash control board 20 is entered (28). When the car wash during the car wash is completed and a car wash end signal is sent from the car wash control board 20 based on the process (9), the car wash data stored in the first memory M1 is transmitted to the car wash control board 20 (29 ). If it is determined in the process (26) that the car wash machine is not being washed, the process immediately proceeds to the process (29) and the car wash data stored in the first memory M1 is transmitted to the car wash control board 20. To do.

  When the car wash data is transmitted, the car 11 is opened and the car that has stopped at the car wash acceptance device 9 is urged to enter the car wash space C. When the vehicle detection sensor 12 does not detect a vehicle for a predetermined time, it is determined that the vehicle has entered the car wash space C, the gate 11 is closed, the first memory M1 is cleared (30), and the processing (20) is performed. Returning, the "acceptance" lamp 26a of the state display unit 26 is turned on to enable the next car wash reception.

  Now, in the above process (28), the next car wash reservation is accepted by the car wash accepting device 9 and is waiting for completion of the car wash being executed. A process of checking whether or not the power of the car wash machine 1 has been cut off due to a cause (such as a long-time power outage or abnormal recovery procedure) is performed (31). If the power of the car wash machine 1 is cut off during the car wash, the memory M of the car wash control board 20 is erased, so that the suspended car wash cannot be resumed. Therefore, in the present invention, when it is detected in the process (31) that the power of the car wash machine is cut off during the car wash, the process proceeds to an interrupt setting routine for interrupting the re-execution of the car wash that has been executed before the reserved car wash. To do.

  In this interrupt setting, the car wash acceptance device 9 checks whether or not the master card managed by the owner is inserted into the card reader 24b (32). When a predetermined grace period is given (33), if the insertion of the master card is not detected within that time, it is determined that the suspended car wash will not be reset, and the car wash end signal is received, Returning to the process (29), the car wash reserved in the first memory M1 of the reception control board 21 is transmitted to the car wash control board 20.

  When the master card is inserted, a selection input other than the charge adjustment is accepted on the operation panel 10 of the car wash acceptance device 9 (35), and when the reservation key 25c is inputted (36), the selected car type / car wash course / protrusion is selected. Car wash data such as the presence or absence of an object is stored in the second memory M2 of the reception control board 21 (37). Thereafter, the car wash data stored in the second memory M2 is transmitted to the car wash control board 20 (38), the second memory M2 is cleared (39), the master card is ejected (40), and the process (27) is performed. Return.

  In this way, even if an abnormality occurs during the car wash, and it is unavoidable to turn off the power of the main body and attempt to return to the abnormal state, the car wash that has occurred abnormally ahead of the car wash of the subsequent car that has already been reserved for car wash You can start over. At that time, there is no troublesome trouble such as refund of the fee, and no discomfort is given to both the preceding user and the subsequent user.

  The present invention is not limited to the first embodiment described above. For example, entry / exit to the car wash space is performed linearly across the car wash machine, but it may be laid out so that entry and exit are performed from different positions. In addition, the transition to interrupt setting mode is done by inserting a master card, but various embodiments such as key switch, dedicated key, special key operation, etc. can be considered. The return operation may be performed on the main body side. Further, although the transition to the interrupt setting mode is limited by time, it may be performed by key operation or the like.

  In particular, it is effective as a control for re-washing when an abnormality occurs in a drive-through type car wash machine.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side layout diagram illustrating a car wash device according to Embodiment 1; It is a top view which shows the car wash machine 1 of the same apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the control system of the apparatus. It is a flowchart figure which shows the car wash reception operation | movement of the car wash reception apparatus. It is a flowchart figure which shows the car wash control operation | movement of the car wash machine. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement of a car wash interruption setting.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine 9 Car wash reception apparatus 10 Operation panel 20 Car wash control board 21 Reception control board

Claims (1)

A car wash reception device is provided at the entrance to the car wash space where the car wash process can be performed by the car wash machine, and the car wash content is set by the car wash machine. When the car wash process is completed by the car wash machine, the car is removed from a place other than the entrance. In the car wash device that is allowed to accept a car wash reservation with the car wash acceptance device during the car wash process by the car wash machine,
With the function of detecting that an abnormality has occurred during the car wash process, the function of temporarily stopping the car wash process due to the occurrence of an abnormality, the function of returning from the abnormal stop and restarting the car wash process, and the state of accepting a car wash reservation, A car wash apparatus comprising a function of interrupting a car wash reception before a car wash reservation accepted when an abnormally stopped car wash process cannot be resumed.

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