JP2008158932A - Physical distribution vehicle parking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a physical distribution vehicle parking management system at low cost for facilities and installation, enabling parking of only a physical distribution vehicle, without any attending person. <P>SOLUTION: There provided are a specified parking space 2 for disposing goods, including individual parking areas 2A-2C on a road, and barriers 3A-3C for restricting a vehicle to enter each parking area 2A-2C. In a recognition area 4, the entrance of a vehicle is detected from an image of a camera 12. From ID information of an onboard unit received by an antenna 11, a physical distribution vehicle is recognized. The recognized physical distribution vehicle is traced and supervised by an image analysis unit in a control unit 10. On the arrival at a vacant parking area, the barrier of the area concerned is driven to be a state in which vehicles can enter. Further, on the detection of the retreat of the physical distribution vehicle, the barrier of the area concerned is driven to be a state in which vehicles cannot enter, so as to prevent other vehicles than the physical distribution vehicle from parking. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a distribution vehicle parking management system that manages parking of a distribution vehicle in a dedicated parking space for cargo handling, and more particularly, to a distribution vehicle parking management system that enables unmanned parking of only a distribution vehicle.

  Logistics vehicles are temporarily parked on the streets for unloading, but the street parking of logistics vehicles is a cause of traffic congestion and congestion, especially in urban areas. In addition, noise and exhaust gas have a serious impact on the surrounding social life. Furthermore, in recent years, the enforcement of illegal parking has been strengthened, and it has become difficult for logistics vehicles to handle cargo on the road. As a countermeasure, a parking space dedicated for cargo handling has been provided. However, the parking space on the road has a problem that general vehicles other than logistics vehicles are also parked, so that logistics vehicles cannot be parked.

As a method of solving this problem, a parking management system that preferentially manages a logistics vehicle has been proposed by the present applicant (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Such a conventional parking management system is provided with a controller and an entry / exit control mechanism for restricting entry / exit of vehicles for each individual parking area of a dedicated parking space for handling one or several vehicles. When the non-contact IC card storing the ID information is loaded and the logistics vehicle arrives at the handling parking area, the controller communicates with the IC card to read the ID information, and reads the read ID information and registration data. If it matches and it matches, it is the structure which discriminate | determines a physical distribution vehicle and another vehicle and preferentially manages a physical distribution vehicle by drive-controlling an entrance / exit control mechanism to a vehicle entry enabled state, and permitting parking.
Japanese Patent No. 3515227

  However, in the parking management system described in Patent Document 1, a controller that communicates with the IC card must be installed in each individual parking area of the cargo handling dedicated parking space. This is not practical due to the construction cost and is not preferable in terms of the aesthetics of the city.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a distribution vehicle parking management system that is inexpensive in equipment cost and construction cost and that can park only a distribution vehicle unattended.

  For this reason, the logistics vehicle parking management system according to claim 1 of the present invention is a logistics vehicle parking management system that manages parking of the logistics vehicle in individual parking areas provided in one or more dedicated parking spaces for handling logistics vehicles. A management system comprising: a parking restriction means for restricting entry of a vehicle installed in the parking area; a logistics vehicle recognition means for recognizing a logistics vehicle in a recognition area in front of the cargo handling dedicated parking space; Vehicle tracking means for tracking the movement of the logistics vehicle recognized by the recognition means from the recognition area; and when the vehicle tracking means detects that the logistics vehicle to be tracked has arrived in a predetermined parking area, the parking regulation means is entered. And a control means for driving and controlling the parking restricting means in a vehicle entry-impossible state when it is detected that the logistics vehicle has left the parking area.

  In such a configuration, when the logistics vehicle recognition means recognizes the logistics vehicle in the recognition area in front of the cargo handling exclusive parking space, the vehicle tracking means recognizes the movement of the logistics vehicle recognized by the logistics vehicle recognition means in the cargo handling dedicated parking space. Track logistics vehicles by tracking from the area. When the vehicle tracking means detects that the tracked logistics vehicle has arrived in a predetermined parking area, the control means drives the parking regulation means installed in the parking area to a state where the vehicle can enter and permits the logistics vehicle to be parked. Then, when it is detected that the logistics vehicle has left the parking area, the parking restricting means is driven into the vehicle entry disabled state to prevent other vehicles from being parked.

The parking area can be reserved as in claim 2, and the control means drives and controls the parking restriction means in a state where the parking area can be entered when a logistics vehicle that has reserved the parking area arrives at the reserved parking area. It may be configured.
In such a configuration, by reserving the parking area, it is possible to reliably park in the parking area to be used.

It is good to set it as the structure provided with the display means to display the full condition of the parking area of the said exclusive parking space for cargo handling like Claim 3.
In such a configuration, since it is possible to immediately confirm whether or not the cargo handling dedicated parking space is available, it is easy to use.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable to provide a fee calculation means for calculating the usage fee of the parking area, and to charge the user for the usage fee calculated by the fee calculation means.
In such a configuration, the cargo handling exclusive parking space can be charged. In addition, it is not necessary to install a fee settlement machine by making a lump sum bill to a logistics company that owns a distribution vehicle.

  Specifically, as in claim 5, the physical distribution vehicle recognition means communicates with an on-vehicle device mounted on the physical distribution vehicle in the recognition area, and based on the specific ID information of the physical distribution vehicle transmitted from the on-vehicle device. It may be configured to recognize this.

  The vehicle tracking means, specifically, as in claim 6, a camera device capable of monitoring the entire cargo handling exclusive parking space including the recognition area, and image analysis of the video of the camera device for the predetermined An image analysis device that determines arrival, parking, and exit of the parking area may be provided.

  According to the logistics vehicle parking management system of the present invention, the logistics vehicle is recognized in the recognition area in front of the cargo handling exclusive parking space, the logistics vehicle is tracked and monitored, and the logistics vehicle is detected and arrived at the parking area. Since the restricting means is driven and permitted to park, it is possible to prevent a vehicle other than the logistics vehicle from parking. Further, unlike the conventional system, it is not necessary to install a controller for confirming the distribution vehicle for each parking area, and the equipment cost and the construction cost can be reduced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a layout of a cargo handling exclusive parking space of an embodiment of a logistics vehicle parking management system according to the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the logistics vehicle parking management system according to the present embodiment manages parking of a logistics vehicle in, for example, a dedicated cargo handling parking space 2 provided at the end of the road 1 so as to be recessed from the road 1. For example, a plurality (three in this embodiment) of individual parking areas 2 </ b> A to 2 </ b> C are provided in the cargo handling dedicated parking space 2. There may be one individual parking area.

  In the parking areas 2A to 2C, barriers 3A to 3C are installed as parking restriction means for restricting entry of vehicles. The barriers 3 </ b> A to 3 </ b> C may have any structure as long as the structure can be controlled by the control device 10 so as to restrict the entry of the vehicle, for example, a flap on the road surface. A method of standing up or lying down, a method of making a pole-shaped object appear or disappear on the road surface, a method of opening and closing a gate, etc. are conceivable.

  A recognition area indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 for identifying a logistics vehicle and another vehicle on a road on the near side with respect to the vehicle traveling direction (arrow direction in the figure) of the cargo handling exclusive parking space 2. 4 is set, and the antenna 11 and the camera 12 shown in FIG. 2 are arranged, for example, in the upper space of the road 1 so that the logistics vehicle can be recognized in the recognition area 4. The antenna 11 is a narrow area communication (DSRC) antenna capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted device 16 (shown in FIG. 2) mounted on the logistics vehicle within the recognition area 4. The camera 12 has a photographing area 5 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 so that the entire handling space 2 including the recognition area 4 can be monitored. In the present embodiment, an example in which the entire handling parking space 2 is monitored by one camera 12 will be described. However, when it is difficult to monitor the handling parking space 2 alone, It is good also as a structure which monitors the whole cargo handling exclusive parking space 2 with the camera 12. FIG. In this case, the imaging area of each camera 12 is overlapped so that the image of the tracking vehicle can be transferred between the cameras.

  In front of the recognition area 4, a full indicator 13, which is driven and controlled by the control device 10 and displays the parking status of each of the parking areas 2 </ b> A to 2 </ b> C in the cargo handling dedicated parking space 2, runs in the direction of the dedicated parking space 2. It is provided in a position where the physical distribution vehicle is easy to see, for example, in the upper space of the road 1 or the like. Although the full indicator 13 is not necessarily provided, if the full indicator 13 is provided, the logistics vehicle side immediately knows whether or not parking is possible in front of the cargo handling exclusive parking space 2. There is an advantage that it is easy to do.

  The control device 10 drives and controls the barriers 3A to 3C and the full indicator 13 based on the information received via the antenna 11 and the video from the camera 12, and parks in the parking areas 2A to 2C of the logistics vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2, the roadside device 14 and the image analysis device 15 are provided. The roadside device 14 communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 16 via the antenna 11, receives ID information unique to the physical distribution vehicle, and transmits it to the image analysis device 15. The image analysis device 15 detects that a vehicle has entered the recognition area 4 from the video of the camera 12 and determines whether the vehicle is a logistics vehicle or another vehicle based on the ID information from the roadside device 14 at that time. When the vehicle is recognized as a logistics vehicle, the video of the camera 12 is analyzed and its movement is tracked and monitored. The logistics vehicle has arrived in the parking areas 2A to 2C, parked in the parking areas 2A to 2C, and the parking areas 2A to 2C. The exit from 2C is detected, and the driving of the barriers 3A to 3C and the full indicator 13 is controlled based on the detection result. Here, the logistics vehicle recognition means is constituted by the antenna 11, the roadside device 14 and the image analysis device 15, and the vehicle tracking means is constituted by the camera 12 and the image analysis device 15. Further, the image analysis device 15 has a function of a control unit.

Next, the operation of the logistics vehicle parking management system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In step 1 (indicated by S1 in the figure, the same applies hereinafter), it is determined whether or not a vehicle is detected in the recognition area 4 based on the image of the camera 12, and if a vehicle is detected, the process proceeds to step 2.
In step 2, it is determined whether or not the roadside device 14 is operated to communicate with the vehicle-mounted device 16, and the process proceeds to step 3 when communication is performed. If communication is not possible, the vehicle is ignored as a vehicle not equipped with the vehicle-mounted device, and the process returns to step 1.
In step 3, the received ID information is compared with previously stored ID information indicating the logistics vehicle to determine whether or not the vehicle is a logistics vehicle. If the ID verification results do not match, the vehicle is ignored as a vehicle other than a logistics vehicle and the process returns to step 1.
In step 4, the movement of the logistics vehicle recognized in step 3 is image-analyzed with the video from the camera 12, and the logistics vehicle is tracked and monitored from the recognition area 4.
In step 5, the image analysis device 15 determines whether or not the logistics vehicle has arrived in a predetermined parking area, for example, a vacant parking area, based on the video of the camera 12.

In step 6, the barrier of the corresponding parking area is driven to a parking available position by the image analysis device 15 and parking in the parking area of the logistics vehicle is permitted.
In step 7, it is determined whether or not the logistics vehicle has parked in the parking area permitted to park. Here, the parking determination is performed by detecting from the video of the camera 12 that the physical distribution vehicle has stopped in the parking area for a predetermined time or longer by the image analysis device 15 and determining the parking. If it determines with parking, it will progress to step 8.
In step 8, the full indicator 13 displays that the corresponding parking area is parked.
In step 9, it is determined whether or not the logistics vehicle has left the parking area based on the image of the camera 12, and if it is determined that the vehicle has left, the process proceeds to step 10.
In step 10, the barrier of the parking area from which the logistics vehicle has exited is driven to a parking disabled position so that vehicles other than the logistics vehicle cannot be parked. In addition, the display of the corresponding parking area on the full indicator 13 is assumed to be an empty vehicle.
If it is determined in step 7 that the logistics vehicle has not been parked, the barriers skipped in steps 8 and 9 and released in step 10 are returned to the parking disabled position.

According to the logistics vehicle parking management system of this embodiment, the logistics vehicle recognition area 4 is set, and the logistics vehicle recognized in the recognition area 4 is tracked and monitored. 12 and the communication antenna 11 may be provided in front of the cargo handling exclusive parking space 2, and it is not necessary to provide a controller in each parking area as in the prior art. Therefore, the equipment cost and the construction cost are cheaper than before. In addition, it is possible to prevent parking of vehicles other than logistics vehicles in the parking space 2 dedicated to handling cargo.
Moreover, since the state of the road 1 around the parking space 2 dedicated for handling cargo can be acquired by the camera 12, it is possible to grasp traffic congestion and monitor on the road using this image, and safety around the parking space 2 There is an advantage that it helps.

  In the above embodiment, the logistics vehicle can be parked in any vacant area in the parking areas 2A to 2C. However, when the parking space 2 is provided on the road, the recognized logistics vehicle is recognized in the recognition area. Despite the fact that the vehicle is a passing vehicle that is not parked, when the logistics vehicle arrives in front of the empty parking area, there is a risk of driving the barrier of the parking area to a parking available position. In order to prevent such a situation, it is advisable to make a reservation system. In this case, in the operation of step 3 in FIG. 3, the ID of the reserved logistics vehicle and the reservation information are associated with each other and stored and managed by the image analysis device 15 to determine whether the vehicle that has entered the recognition area 4 is a logistics vehicle. Then, it is determined whether or not the received ID information is reserved, and if it is reserved, it is determined as a logistics vehicle for parking. Thereafter, the operation is the same as that after step 4 in FIG. 3, and the tracking and monitoring (tracking) operation from the recognition area 4 is executed for the reserved logistics vehicle to drive and control the barriers 3A to 3C. When managing a plurality of cargo handling exclusive parking spaces 2 and adopting a reservation system, a reservation management center is provided to manage the reservations collectively, and the management center sends image data to the image analysis device 15 of each cargo handling dedicated parking space 2. The reservation information may be transmitted.

  It is also possible to adopt a pay system that collects a parking fee, and it may be a pay-as-you-go system based on the usage time for collecting the parking fee according to the usage time, or a flat-rate system such as monthly. In the case of the pay-as-you-go system, after the operation of Step 9 or Step 10 in FIG. 3, the parking time from parking to exit is measured, and an operation for calculating the parking fee based on the measured parking time is added. And, for example, based on the ID information of the used logistics vehicle, if you send the fee information to the management center that centrally manages the parking of the logistics vehicle and manage it, you can charge to the logistics company from the management center and settle it, There is no need to install a fee adjustment facility in the parking space 2 for cargo handling. In the case of a flat rate system, a contract may be made in advance.

In addition, if the system that distributes the usage status of each parking area grasped by the image analysis device 15 to the car navigation system in real time in cooperation with the car navigation system, it is possible to search for places where it can be unloaded. Thus, the convenience of use and the use efficiency of the cargo handling exclusive parking space 2 can be enhanced.
In addition, by measuring the parking time in the parking areas 2A to 2C, if a warning is issued for a long-time parked vehicle, it is possible to improve the efficiency of handling, and in turn, special handling for handling cargo. The utilization efficiency of the space 2 can be increased.

  In the above embodiment, an example of a parking space dedicated for handling cargo on the road is shown, but the present invention can also be applied to a parking space dedicated for handling cargo provided in a general parking lot. In this case, the antenna 11 and the camera 12 are installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and this is used as the recognition area 4 so that the logistics vehicle recognition process is performed, and then the movement of the logistics vehicle from the parking lot entrance is tracked and monitored by the tracking operation. do it. In addition, when a dedicated parking space for handling cargo is provided in a general parking lot, if the parking space for vehicles other than logistics vehicles is full and there are vacant parking areas 2A to 2C dedicated to handling cargo, It is desirable to allow cars to enter the parking lot. For this reason, for example, the fullness indicator 13 may be configured to be able to display fullness separately in a parking space dedicated to cargo handling and other parking spaces.

  In addition, the recognition of a distribution vehicle is not restricted to ID information of onboard equipment. For example, it may be configured to recognize a logistics vehicle by reading a vehicle number from an image of a vehicle that has entered a recognition area and determining whether it is a logistics vehicle using a conventionally known vehicle number recognition device. A characteristic mark and a sticker indicating that the vehicle is a logistics vehicle is attached to the vehicle body, etc., and the logistics vehicle and other vehicles are identified by reading the mark from an image captured by the camera 12 in the recognition area. The structure which recognizes may be sufficient. In these cases, wireless communication devices such as antennas and roadside devices can be omitted, and the system can be simplified.

Schematic which shows the example of a layout of the parking space only for cargo handling of one Embodiment of the distribution vehicle parking management system which concerns on this invention The block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of embodiment same as the above Flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Road 2 Cargo handling parking space 2A-2C Parking area 3A-3C Barrier 4 Recognition area 5 Imaging area 10 Control apparatus 11 Antenna 12 Camera 13 Full display 14 Roadside apparatus 15 Image analysis apparatus 16 Onboard equipment

Claims (6)

A logistics vehicle parking management system for managing parking of the logistics vehicle in individual parking areas provided in one or more parking spaces dedicated to handling logistics vehicles,
Parking regulation means installed in the parking area and regulating entry of vehicles,
Logistics vehicle recognition means for recognizing a logistics vehicle in a recognition area in front of the cargo handling exclusive parking space;
Vehicle tracking means for tracking the movement of the logistics vehicle recognized by the logistics vehicle recognition means from the recognition area;
When the vehicle tracking unit detects that the logistics vehicle to be tracked has arrived at a predetermined parking area, the vehicle tracking unit is driven to control the parking regulation unit so that the vehicle can enter the vehicle, and the vehicle tracking unit detects that the logistics vehicle has left the parking area. Control means for driving and controlling the parking restriction means in a vehicle entry disabled state;
A logistics vehicle parking management system characterized by comprising:   2. The parking area according to claim 1, wherein the parking area can be reserved, and the control means drives and controls the parking restricting means to a vehicle entry enabled state when a logistics vehicle that reserved the parking area arrives at the reserved parking area. The described logistics vehicle parking management system.   The logistics vehicle parking management system according to claim 1 or 2, comprising display means for displaying a full state of a parking area of the cargo handling exclusive parking space.   4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a charge calculation unit that calculates a use fee for the parking area, wherein the use fee calculated by the charge calculation unit is collectively charged to the user and settled. 5. Logistics car parking management system.   The logistics vehicle recognizing unit is configured to communicate with an on-vehicle device mounted on a logistics vehicle in the recognition area and recognize that the vehicle is a logistics vehicle based on unique ID information of the logistics vehicle transmitted from the on-vehicle device. The logistics vehicle parking management system according to any one of 1 to 4.   The vehicle tracking means determines the arrival, parking, and exit of the predetermined parking area by image-analyzing a camera device capable of monitoring the entire handling space for parking including the recognition area and an image of the camera device. The logistics vehicle parking management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising an image analysis device.

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