JP2009160967A - Car washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing device updating the displayed content in response to the advancing distance of a car and further positively guiding the car to a stop position. <P>SOLUTION: The washing device has: a car body detecting sensor 16 arranged in a car washing reception device 13; and a display unit 17 for displaying a guide to prompting a driver to advance the car. During the time from completion of reception of car washing in a car washing reception device 13 until detection of the car by the car body detecting sensor 16, a display unit 1 shows a screen promoting the driver to advance the car, and when detection of the car by the sensor 16 fades away, the display is switched to a screen of prompting the driver to decrease the advancing speed of the car. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash device that allows a user to enter a car wash space and receive a car wash service after receiving a car wash, and more particularly to a car wash device that can accurately provide guidance when a car is entered.

  The applicant has proposed Patent Document 1 as this type of apparatus. The car wash device of Patent Document 1 receives a car wash with the car wash reception device provided at the entrance of the car wash space, and after the user himself enters the car wash space and receives a car wash service, the car wash device exits behind the car wash machine. It is laid out in a so-called drive-through format. For this reason, a display is provided so that even unfamiliar users can enter and exit without confusion, providing guidance using letters and figures, etc., providing a smooth and safe car wash service while changing the display contents is doing.

  On the display, after completing the car wash acceptance, "forward" until the car is stopped at the predetermined stop position, "stop" when it stops at the stop position, "reverse" after passing the stop position, after the car wash is finished Until confirming the exit of the vehicle, a guidance display such as “forward” is displayed, a message such as “While car is being washed. Please wait while the vehicle is stopped”, a progress status of the car wash operation, and other advertising information are displayed.

Now, in this car wash apparatus, two pairs of front and rear photoelectric switches are provided at the front end of the car wash machine body, the vehicle body is detected by the front photoelectric switch, and the state where the vehicle body is not detected by the rear photoelectric switch is set as the stop position. ing. The user moves the car forward by relying on the guidance of the display and stops at the stop position. However, during this time, the display only displays “advance” regardless of the entrance position and entrance speed of the car. Even when the “stop” display is switched to the stop position when the stop position is reached, it is not possible to cope with the situation, and overrun occurs with a stop timing.
JP 2004-1598 A

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a car wash device that can switch the display contents according to the degree of entrance of the automobile and can guide the vehicle to accurately stop at the stop position.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a car wash machine main body that provides a car wash service to a car parked at a predetermined position in the car wash space, and receives a car wash fee, a car wash content selection input, etc. installed outside the car wash space. A car wash receiving device, and after receiving a car wash with the car wash accepting device, the vehicle is placed in the car wash space and receives a car wash service by the car wash machine body. Display means that is provided at a position that is visible from the car that enters the vehicle and displays a guide display that prompts the car to enter, and while the car is detected by the vehicle body detection means after completion of the car wash acceptance by the car wash acceptance device, the display means Display that prompts the vehicle to enter, and switch to a display that suppresses the vehicle's entrance speed when the vehicle detection means no longer detects the vehicle It is obtained by a control means.

  According to the present invention, when entering the car wash machine, when the vehicle approaches the stop position, the display contents are switched and the guidance display that is easy to stop is performed, so that the overrun of the stop position by missing the stop timing is reduced. Therefore, the entrance process is smooth and the efficiency of the car wash process can be improved.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view of the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view thereof. Reference numeral 1 denotes a car wash machine body provided in a car wash space, which is driven in a reciprocating manner on rails 3 and 3 laid on the floor surface by driving a motor 2 formed in a gate shape and capable of forward and reverse rotation. It cleans and dries the body of a car that has stopped. The car wash machine main body 1 stands by at the rear end of the travel range normally given by the rails 3 and 3, and starts car washing from this position. The car A that receives the car wash enters from the front of the main body 1 travel range given by the rails 3 and 3, stops at a predetermined stop position, receives the car wash, and exits behind the travel range when the car wash is completed. In other words, the car travels forward and enters, and after the car is washed, it travels forward and leaves the car. Yes.

  The car washing machine body 1 is equipped with cleaning brushes 4, 5, 5, blower nozzles 6, 7, 7, watering nozzles, liquid agent tanks (not shown), etc., and sprays water, detergent, wax, etc. as it travels While doing the cleaning work to brush, and the drying work to blow air from the blower nozzle. The cleaning brush is positioned on the front side of the main body 1 and is moved up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body to brush the upper surface. The cleaning brush is positioned behind the upper surface brush 4 and moves toward and away from the vehicle body to open and close the vehicle body. And a pair of left and right side brushes 5 and 5 for brushing the side surfaces. The blower nozzle is located behind each brush 4, 5, 5, and is moved up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body and blows air on the upper surface to dry the upper blower nozzle 6. It consists of a pair of left and right side blower nozzles 7 and 7 that are positioned and blow air on the side of the vehicle body to dry it.

  Reference numeral 8 denotes a vehicle shape detection device that is provided at a front edge portion of the front side of the brush of the main body 1 and reads the vehicle shape of an automobile. A light emitting portion 8a in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged vertically and a plurality of light receiving portions corresponding thereto. The light receiving portion 8b in which the elements are arranged vertically is opposed to each other, and an optical signal is exchanged between the two as the car wash machine body 1 travels, thereby detecting the position of the upper surface of the vehicle body and the side shape (contour) of the automobile Is to read. Reference numerals 9 and 10 denote photoelectric switches as vehicle detection means, which are provided at the front end of the main body 1 and are provided in two pairs before and after the vehicle shape detection device 8, and detect the vehicle body with the photoelectric switch 9 on the front side when the vehicle enters, In addition, the position is set so that the automobile is stopped at a position where the rear photoelectric switch 10 is not detecting the vehicle body. A photoelectric switch 11 as a vehicle body detecting means at the rear end of the main body 1 detects that the automobile has left the main body 1. An object detector 12 is provided on the rear surface of the main body 1 and detects an object within a predetermined range behind the main body 1 and is composed of a so-called area sensor that detects an object by detecting a reflected wave of irradiated infrared light. This is to check whether there are any vehicles or people leaving the traveling direction.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a car wash reception device installed at an entrance in front of the car wash space. The car wash reception device 13 is used to select and input a car wash fee and car wash contents using a reception operation panel 14 provided on the front. Reference numeral 15 denotes a gate device installed between the car wash reception device 13 and the car wash space, which is a type that opens and closes an entrance by rotating a well-known pole in a parking lot or the like, and prohibits an automobile from entering the car wash space. /to approve. Reference numeral 16 denotes an automobile detection sensor provided in the car wash acceptance device 13, which is composed of a reflective infrared sensor, and detects that an automobile has entered the car wash acceptance device 13. The vehicle detection sensor 16 is not limited to a reflection type infrared sensor, and may be any device that can detect the entry / exit of the vehicle into the car wash reception device 13, and the reflection type ultrasonic sensor or the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are sandwiched between the vehicle. A positioned transmission type beam sensor or the like can be substituted. Reference numeral 17 is a display which provides various instructions and information to the driver of the car undergoing the car wash, and is composed of an electric display device in which LEDs are arranged in a matrix form. When the car wash is accepted, the entrance of the car is guided, and the car wash operation is performed during the car wash. The progress status of the car and other advertising information are displayed, and when the car wash is completed, the exit of the car is guided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control system of this embodiment.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a control board built into the car wash machine 1, 21 denotes a reception control board built into the car wash acceptance device 13, both of which are equipped with a microcomputer, and both boards are connected by a serial transmission cable 22. . The control board 20 connects the main body travel motor 2, the cleaning brushes 4, 5, 5, the blower nozzles 6, 7, 7, the vehicle shape detection device 8, the photoelectric switches 9, 10, 11, the object detector 12, and the display 17. Based on a car wash request signal transmitted from the reception control board 21 via the cable 22, the operation of each connected element is controlled. The reception control board 21 is connected to the reception operation panel 14, the gate device 15, and the vehicle detection sensor 16. When the vehicle detection sensor 16 detects that the vehicle is approaching, a car washing fee or menu selection from the reception operation panel 14 is performed. Can be received, a car wash request signal is output to the control board 20 based on the received content, and the gate device 15 is controlled.

  The reception operation panel 14 includes a fee reception unit 23 for receiving a car wash fee by cash or a prepaid card, a menu key 24 for selecting a car wash menu such as a car type / car wash course, a protrusion key 25 for specifying a car protrusion, A determination key 26 for determining a designated car wash menu, a cancel key 27 for canceling the designated car wash menu, and a voice guide unit 28 for performing operation guidance on the reception operation panel 14, guidance for entering the car wash space, and the like by voice. Yes.

  The display unit 17 includes a display panel 31 that is rotatably supported by two parallel arms 29 and 30 and a cylinder 33 that swings the arm 29 via a link arm 32. The arm 29 is rotated so that the display panel 31 protrudes from the car exit path (solid line in FIG. 3) and is placed at a position where it can be easily seen from the driver's seat of the car being washed. Rotates the arm 29 so that the display panel 31 is retracted from the car exit path (dotted line in FIG. 3). Thus, the layout can be effectively implemented regardless of the layout of the car wash station using the embodiment apparatus. In addition, what is necessary is just to fix and install in the predetermined position of the back of the main body 1 if it is a layout where a car leaves the side after washing.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation at the time of car washing in the embodiment. Normally, the car wash acceptance device 13 is in a state of waiting for detection of an automobile by the automobile detection sensor 16 (1). When it is detected from this state that the car has entered the car wash acceptance device 13, a voice announcement such as “Please come and select the desired car wash menu” is output from the voice guide unit 28 (2). 13 is ready to receive a car wash (3). When a desired car wash menu or the like is received from the reception operation panel 14 of the car wash acceptance device 13 from here, the gate device 15 is opened and (4) admission to the car wash space is permitted, and the display 17 indicates “Please go forward” ”Is displayed, and at the same time, a voice announcement to the same effect is output from the voice guide unit 28 (5).

  When a user enters a car toward the car washing machine main body 1 waiting at the rear end of the car washing space according to the guidance of the display unit 17, and the car detection sensor 16 of the car wash acceptance device 13 does not detect the car (6) This time, guidance such as “Please move forward slowly” is displayed on the display 17 (7). This is a guide for smoothly stopping the vehicle at the stop position by limiting the entrance speed because the vehicle approaches the stop position.

  When the automobile further enters and the photoelectric switch 9/10 detects that the automobile is stopped at the stop position, that is, the photoelectric switch 9 detects that the vehicle body is detected and the photoelectric switch 10 is not detected (8), The gate device 15 is closed (9) and entry into the car wash space is prohibited, and a display prompting the stop such as “Please stop” is displayed on the display 17 (10).

  Thus, if it can be confirmed that the car stays at the stop position for a predetermined time T1 in accordance with the display prompting the stop (11), the display 17 displays a car wash start guidance such as “Start the car wash. 12) Car wash is executed along the car wash menu selected by the car wash acceptance device 13 (13). If the vehicle is moved from the stop position before the predetermined time elapses in step (11), and it is an overshoot state in which both the photoelectric switches 9 and 10 are detected by the vehicle body (14), the display 17 A message prompting the user to reverse is displayed (15), and the process returns to step (8). If this is a return state in which the photoelectric switches 9 and 10 are both not detected (16), step (7) ), The display 17 displays a message prompting forward, such as “Please move forward slowly”.

  When the car wash is started, the main body 1 starts to go, and while first detecting the car shape of the car with the preceding photoelectric switch 8, the rear face upper brush 4 and the side brushes 5 and 5 are controlled to detect the car. Brushing is performed by acting on the vehicle body along the shape. After this, the brushing cleaning is performed again in accordance with the return of the car wash machine main body 1, and then the nozzle is brought closer to the vehicle body while air is injected by the upper surface blower nozzle 6 and the side surface blower nozzles 7 and 7 in the reentry of the main body 1. And dry. Thus, the car wash machine main body 1 is positioned on the rear end side of the automobile, and the car wash is completed.

  When the car wash is completed, a display prompting the user to leave is displayed on the display unit 17 (17). After this, if the car leaves and the photoelectric switch 11 is not detected (18), after waiting for a certain period of time T2 (19), a warning message such as “The car wash machine will move backward. Is displayed (20), and the car wash machine main body 1 is moved backward to process the car wash machine main body 1 back to the starting position (21).

  If the photoelectric switch 11 or the object detector 12 is in a detection state while the car wash machine body 1 is moving backward, the car wash machine body 1 stops traveling and outputs a display such as “The car wash machine moves backward. . If the photoelectric switch 11 or the object detector 12 in the detected state is not detected, the car wash machine main body 1 is continuously retracted, and if the car wash machine main body 1 returns to the start position of the rear end of the rails 2 and 2, the main body 1 Stop running. Thus, when the car wash machine is retreated, it is retreated while ensuring safety so that it does not come into contact with a person or a car, and when it returns to the start position, it returns and waits for the next car wash.

  If the indicator 17 is movable, the indicator 17 protrudes toward the exit path at the timing of step (3) in FIG. 4, and the indicator 17 retracts from the exit path when the car wash is completed. Just do it.

  Although this embodiment is configured as described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Although this embodiment shows an example implemented in a car wash machine of the type that includes a brush device and performs brushing cleaning, the present invention can be similarly applied to a type of car wash machine that does not include a brush device and cleans the vehicle body with high-pressure spray or the like. . Although a photoelectric switch is used as the vehicle body detection means, any sensor that can detect the vehicle body may be used, and the vehicle shape detection device 8 may also serve as the vehicle body detection means. .

It is plane explanatory drawing which shows the car wash apparatus of this invention. It is side surface explanatory drawing of the car wash apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of an Example. It is a flowchart figure explaining the operation | movement at the time of the car wash of an Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine body 13 Car wash reception apparatus 16 Car body detection sensor 17 Display device 20 Control board 21 Reception control board

Claims (1)

A car wash acceptance device comprising: a car wash machine body that provides a car wash service to a car parked at a predetermined position in the car wash space; and a car wash acceptance device that is installed outside the car wash space and receives a selection input of a car wash fee, car wash contents, In the car wash device which receives the car wash service after receiving the car wash in the car wash space and receiving the car wash service by the car wash machine body,
Car body detection means provided in the car wash reception device, display means provided at a position visually recognized from a car entering the car wash space, and a guide display for prompting entry of the car, and after completion of the car wash acceptance in the car wash reception device Control means for performing a display for prompting entry of the vehicle on the display means while the vehicle detection means detects the vehicle, and switching to a display for suppressing the entrance speed of the vehicle when the vehicle detection means no longer detects the vehicle. A car wash device characterized by that.

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