JP2022082727A - Mechanical parking device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a close failure of a door swiftly when the close failure of the door of an entrance part occurs.

SOLUTION: In the mechanical parking device 100 a pallet on which a vehicle is placed moves between a vehicle storage shelf and an entry floor and when a close failure of an entry/exit door through which the vehicle enters/exits into/from the entry floor occurs, users can close the entry/exit door. This mechanical parking device 100 comprises a door close failure detection part 78 for detecting the close failure of the entry/closure door and a transmission part for transmitting information about the door close failure to a pre-registered mobile terminal device owned by the users having failed to close the door when the close failure of the entry/exit door is detected.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a mechanical parking device and a control method for the mechanical parking device.

As a mechanical parking device, a pallet stored on the storage floor is called to the entrance floor, a vehicle is placed on the pallet, and the pallet is stored in the storage floor again. It is also equipped with an entry / exit door for vehicles to enter and exit the entrance floor.
After the user of the mechanical parking device calls the pallet and completes the entry or exit of the vehicle, he / she may leave the entrance / exit floor without closing the entry / exit door. If the user leaves without closing the warehousing / delivery door, the next user cannot call the pallet and the warehousing / delivery operation of the mechanical parking device is not executed. In particular, in the vehicle warehousing work, since the user is warehousing from the boarding floor with the vehicle in the vehicle, it is easy to forget to close the warehousing / delivery door.

In order to deal with such forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door, there is also a mechanical parking device that allows anyone to close the warehousing / delivery door. However, if anyone can close the entry / exit door, for example, the entry / exit door may be closed while the user is on the boarding floor, which poses a safety problem.

Therefore, in Patent Document 1, when the driver leaves the parking lot without pressing the exit confirmation button and the entry / exit door continues to be open, voice guidance is broadcast by a voice device installed near the operation panel. However, a parking device is disclosed in which a notification is sent to the monitoring center after 3 minutes have passed, and a command to close the entry / exit door is issued from the monitoring center by remote control.

Japanese Patent No. 4252232

However, the operation of closing the entrance / exit door by the monitoring center as disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not ensure that the user exits from the entrance / exit floor, so that a safety problem still arises. Since the entry / exit door is closed via the monitoring center, it cannot be said that the forgetting to close the entry / exit door can be quickly resolved. In addition, voice guidance may not be preferable depending on the living environment such as an apartment, and if voice guidance is stopped, the next user cannot recognize the state of the mechanical parking device.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is a mechanical parking device and a mechanical parking device that can quickly eliminate the forgetting to close the door even if the door of the entrance section is forgotten to be closed. It is intended to provide a control method for.

In order to solve the above problems, the mechanical parking device and the control method of the mechanical parking device of the present invention employ the following means.

The mechanical parking device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an entry section for the vehicle to enter, a door for the vehicle to enter and exit the entry section, an input means for inputting authentication information, and the input. An authentication means that authenticates the user based on the authentication information, and a detection means that detects forgetting to close the door when a predetermined period has elapsed without the authentication by the authentication means being executed after the vehicle enters and exits. The authentication means authenticates whether or not the user is a pre-registered user based on the authentication information input after the detection means detects that the door has been forgotten to be closed. When it is detected that the door is forgotten to be closed, the door can be closed by a user who is different from the user who opened the door and who has succeeded in authenticating by the authentication means.
The method for controlling a mechanical parking device according to a second aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a mechanical parking device including a boarding section for a vehicle to enter and a door for the vehicle to enter and exit the entry section. Based on the input authentication information, the process of performing the first authentication of the user and the detection of forgetting to close the door when a predetermined period elapses without the first authentication being executed after the vehicle enters and exits. The process of performing a second authentication as to whether or not the user is a pre-registered user based on the authentication information input after the door forgetting to close is detected, and the door forgetting to close is detected. In this case, the computer executes a step of enabling a user who is different from the user who opened the door and who succeeded in the second authentication to close the door.

In the control device of the mechanical parking device according to another aspect as a reference example of the present invention, the pallet on which the vehicle is placed moves between the storage section and the entry section, and the vehicle enters and exits the entry section. A mechanical parking device that allows the user to close the door when the door is forgotten to be closed. The detection means for detecting the forgetting to close the door and the detecting means for forgetting to close the door. The operation panel is provided with a display instruction means for displaying information prompting the closing operation of the door on the operation panel in which the operation for the mechanical parking device is input by the user when the above occurs.
In the mechanical parking device according to this configuration, the pallet on which the vehicle is placed moves between the storage unit and the entry unit. The operation of closing the door for the vehicle to enter and exit the entrance is performed by the user. For this reason, it may happen that the door of the entrance section is forgotten to be closed. Further, in this configuration, when the door is forgotten to be closed, the user can close the door.

Forgetting to close the door of the entrance section is detected by the detection means. The detection means detects that the door has been forgotten to be closed, for example, when the door cannot be closed for a predetermined time after the vehicle has left the vehicle.
When it is detected that the door is forgotten to be closed, information prompting the door closing operation is displayed on the operation panel by the display instruction means. As a result, the next user of the mechanical parking device can visually recognize the occurrence of forgetting to close the door of the entrance section and perform the door closing operation.
Therefore, in this configuration, even if the door of the entrance section is forgotten to be closed, the forgetting to close the door can be quickly resolved.

In the other aspect, it is preferable that the door that has been forgotten to be closed can be closed by the user registered in advance.

According to this configuration, since the user who closes the door is fixed, it is possible to improve the safety when closing the door.

In the other aspect, it is preferable that the delivery of the vehicle of the user who has performed the closing operation is preferentially executed.

According to this configuration, the door closing operation by the user who leaves the vehicle is promoted.

In the other aspect, it is preferable that the operation panel is provided at a remote position with respect to the door so that the user can make a reservation for delivery or reservation for storage.

According to this configuration, the user who makes a warehousing reservation or a warehousing reservation can surely recognize the state in which the door of the entrance section is not closed.

In the other aspect described above, the operation panel receives an input of an operation by a remote control transmitter possessed by the user and capable of transmitting an ID signal which is a signal of user authentication information and a door closing operation signal. Is preferable.

According to this configuration, the door closing operation can be made more convenient for the user.

In the other aspect, it is preferable to transmit the information regarding the forgetting to close the door to the pre-registered mobile terminal device owned by the user who has forgotten to close the door.

According to this configuration, the user can recognize that he / she has forgotten to close the door.

In the other aspect described above, information about a user who has forgotten to close the door is stored, and when the user operates the mechanical parking device, the operation panel is used to prevent the user from forgetting to close the door. It is preferable to display the information.

According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the same user from repeatedly forgetting to close the door.

In the mechanical parking device according to another aspect as a reference example of the present invention, the storage unit for storing the pallet on which the vehicle is placed, the entry unit for moving the pallet between the storage units, and the riding unit. It is provided with a door for vehicles to enter and exit the entrance, and the control device described above.

In the control method of the mechanical parking device according to another aspect as a reference example of the present invention, the pallet on which the vehicle is placed moves between the storage section and the entry section, and the vehicle enters and exits the entry section. This is a control method for a mechanical parking device that allows the user to close the door when the door is forgotten to be closed. The first step of detecting the forgotten to close the door and the forgotten to close the door. Includes a second step of displaying information prompting the door closing operation on the operation panel in which the operation for the mechanical parking device is input by the user when the door is detected.

According to the present invention, even if the door of the entrance portion is forgotten to be closed, the forgetting to close the door can be quickly resolved, which is an excellent effect.

It is a vertical sectional view of the mechanical parking device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective perspective view which shows the entrance / exit floor, the entrance / exit, the operation panel, the standing control device, etc. which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the operation panel and a lid which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the operation panel which opened the lid which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the delivery reservation board which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the warehousing reservation board which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the remote control transmitter which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view which shows the entry / exit opening, the operation panel, the standing control device, the remote control signal receiving part, etc. which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole schematic structure of the control device of the mechanical parking lot equipment which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process when the door closing process which concerns on embodiment of this invention is not performed. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process when the door closing process which concerns on embodiment of this invention is performed. The flow of the process when the door closing process according to the embodiment of the present invention is performed and the second and subsequent warehousing users close the warehousing / delivery door is shown. The flow of the process when the door closing process according to the embodiment of the present invention is performed and the warehousing user closes the warehousing / exiting door is shown. It is a schematic diagram which showed the image displayed on the delivery order display in the door closing process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which showed the image displayed on the delivery order display in the door closing process which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the mechanical parking device and the control method of the mechanical parking device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an elevator-type multi-storey car park showing an embodiment of the mechanical parking lot facility 100. The control device and control method according to the present invention are not limited to the elevator-type multi-story parking lot described below, as long as it is a mechanical parking lot facility 100 that allows parked vehicles to enter and leave a plurality of parking spaces with a transporter. It can be widely applied to various other types. Further, the mechanical parking lot facility 100 may be composed of a plurality of multi-story parking lots.

The mechanical parking device 1 as a multi-story parking lot includes a tower-type parking tower 3 capable of accommodating a plurality of vehicles 2. On the first floor of the parking tower 3, there is an entry / exit port 4 for loading / unloading the vehicle 2. The warehousing / delivery port 4 is provided with a warehousing / delivery door 4a that slides up and down.

The ground floor of the parking tower 3 is the boarding floor 7, which is also shown in FIG. 2, and a turntable 8 for changing the direction of the vehicle 2 is installed on the floor. The turntable 8 has a configuration in which a swivel plate 10 and a swivel drive unit 11 are provided in a concave pit 9 formed on the floor surface of the boarding floor 7.

A vertical elevating passage 13 is formed in the center of the parking tower 3, and a lift 14 (elevator-shaped pallet carrier) is provided in the vertical elevating passage 13 so as to be able to move up and down. The lift 14 is suspended at four corners by four sets of wire ropes 15 extending downward from a winch (not shown) provided at the upper part of the parking tower 3, for example, and when the winch is activated, the lift 14 moves up and down in the elevating passage 13. be able to.

On the other hand, vehicle storage shelves 17 are provided on both sides of the elevating passage 13. The vehicle storage shelves 17 are provided in a multi-layered manner above and below so as to sandwich the elevating passage 13, and each vehicle storage shelf 17 accommodates one pallet 18 for loading the vehicle 2. The columns and the like of the vehicle storage shelf 17 are not shown.

When the heights of the floors of the lift 14 and the vehicle storage shelves 17 match, the empty pallets 18 (hereinafter referred to as "empty pallets") or the vehicle 2 are placed on the floors of the lift 14 and the vehicle storage shelves 17. A delivery mechanism (not shown) is provided so that the pallet 18 loaded with the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "actual pallet") can be smoothly delivered from the lift 14 to the vehicle storage shelf 17 or from the vehicle storage shelf 17 to the lift 14. ing.

When the vehicle 2 is warehousing, the empty pallet is first lowered from the vehicle storage shelf 17 in which the empty pallet is housed to the boarding floor 7 by the lift 14, the vehicle 2 rides on the pallet 18, and the pallet 18 turns as it is. After being turned by the table 8 in the 90 ° direction, the lift 14 ascends the elevating passage 13 and is accommodated in the vehicle storage shelf 17.

Further, at the time of warehousing, the lift 14 rises to the height of the vehicle storage shelf 17 in which the warehousing vehicle 2 is housed, the pallet 18 and the warehousing vehicle are taken over by the lift 14, and the pallet 18 is directly entered by the lift 14. It is unloaded at 7, and the delivery vehicle leaves the warehouse from the entry / exit port 4.

FIG. 2 is a perspective perspective view showing the boarding floor 7. When viewed from the outside, there is an emergency entrance / exit 20 on the left side of the entrance / exit 4, and an entry / exit control light 21 equipped with blue and red lamps is provided above the entrance / exit 4. Further, a user number display 60 for displaying information (hereinafter referred to as "user number") for identifying the user of the vehicle 2 to be warehousing or unloading is provided at the upper part of the warehousing / delivery port 4.
Further, an operation panel 22 is provided on the right side of the warehousing / delivery port 4.

The operation panel 22 is an input unit in which each user performs user authentication, warehousing / delivery reservation, and machine operation including opening / closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a. Further, a three-color lamp 23 having three colors of green, yellow, and red is installed on the wall surface or the like above the operation panel 22.

Inside the boarding floor 7, there is a space in the center where the pallet 18 is placed, and on the wall in front of the entrance / exit 4, there is a mirror 24 for the driver to confirm the position of the vehicle 2 and "forward". , A lightning-type stop position indicator light 25 for instructing "stop" and "reverse" is provided. Further, on the walls on both sides of the boarding floor 7, human sensor 26, 27 for detecting the size and front / rear position of the vehicle 2, an emergency stop button 28, and the like are provided. The stop position indicator light 25 instructs the driver of the vehicle 2 of the vehicle position based on the vehicle position data detected by the human sensor / vehicle sensors 26 and 27.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 8, a standing control device (CPU) 30 for controlling the entire mechanical parking device 1 is installed inside the boarding floor 7. The resident control device 30 is a device that executes a series of warehousing / delivery operations (machine operation) by the warehousing / delivery port 4, the turntable 8, the lift 14, and the like. An operation panel 22 is connected to the resident control device 30, and an warehousing / delivery operation is executed while exchanging information with the operation panel 22.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 22 includes a housing 33 that opens to the front side and a lid 34 that can be opened and closed to cover the opening of the housing 33. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, an operation screen 35 (which includes a display unit 35a and an input unit 35b) which is a touch panel type liquid crystal screen, a transponder reader 36 for authentication, an emergency stop button 37, and the like are arranged. There is. When the operation screen 35 is not used, the operation screen 35 can be covered from the outside and the inside can be protected by closing the lid 34.

Further, the lid 34 also serves as a handle for pulling open, and is provided with a locking portion 38 for locking the lid 34. The lock unit 38 is an auto-lock type that is locked at the same time as the lid 34 is closed, but when it receives an unlock signal from the standing control device 30, it is unlocked by a drive mechanism such as a solenoid (not shown). It is configured. Further, the locking unit 38 can output the open / closed state of the lid 34 to the standing control device 30.

The lock unit 38 can be manually unlocked and locked by inserting and twisting the dedicated mechanical key 56 built in the remote control transmitter 50 shown in FIG. 7, the details of which will be described later, into the key cylinder 38a. .. Further, if the remote controller 50 is used, the unlocking command can be output from the resident control device 30 to automatically unlock the lock. Further, the lid 34 is provided with a lock lamp 39 that lights up in green when the lock portion 38 is unlocked and lights up in red when the lock portion 38 is locked, a display screen 41 (display portion), and the like. Further, for example, an LF transmission antenna 46 (remote control verification signal transmission unit) and a user detection unit 47 are provided on the lower surface of the housing 33.

The LF transmission antenna 46 transmits the remote control collation signal SD, which is an LF signal. This remote control collation signal SD is a signal for inquiring authentication (ID) to the remote control transmitter 50, and the maximum reach of this signal is, for example, 0.5 to the position of the user who is in the immediate vicinity of the operation panel 22. It is set to about 1 meter.
The user detection unit 47 is, for example, a motion sensor, and is a trigger that detects that the user or the vehicle 2 has stopped in front of the operation panel 22 and causes the LF transmission antenna 46 to transmit the remote control verification signal SD as described later. Send a signal.

Further, the operation panel 22 is provided with an RF receiving antenna 48. The RF receiving antenna 48 receives various remote control signals SA, SB, and SC transmitted from the remote control transmitter 50 possessed by the user.

The transponder reader 36 of the operation panel 22 receives the no-power authentication signal SE transmitted from the transponder of the remote control transmitter 50 when the remote control transmitter 50 approaches within a predetermined distance while transmitting the electromagnetic wave EMW. It has become.

Then, the operation panel 22 can perform user authentication by receiving the remote control signal SA by the RF receiving antenna 48 or the no-power authentication signal SE by the transponder reader 36.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a delivery reservation board 22B (operation panel). The delivery reservation board 22B is an operation panel that accepts delivery reservations by users. The delivery reservation board 22B is provided at a remote position from the entry / exit door 4a of the mechanical parking device 1 (parking tower 3) shown in FIG. 1, for example, in the lobby of an apartment. The remote position is also a position where the entrance / exit door 4a on the entrance floor 7 cannot be visually recognized.

The delivery reservation board 22B is provided with a touch panel type display screen 41B, a transponder reader 36B, an LF transmitting antenna 46B, an RF receiving antenna 48B, and a user detection unit 47B.

The LF transmission antenna 46B transmits a remote control verification signal SD for inquiring authentication (ID) to the remote control transmitter 50 possessed by the user, and the maximum reach is the position of the user who is in the immediate vicinity of the delivery reservation board 22B. Up to, for example, it is set to about 0.5 to 1 meter.

The user detection unit 47B is, for example, a motion sensor, detects that the user stands in front of the delivery reservation board 22B, and transmits a trigger signal for transmitting the remote control verification signal SD to the LF transmission antenna 46B.

Further, a delivery order display 49 is provided above the delivery reservation board 22B. The delivery order display 49 is also used as a display unit of the delivery reservation board 22B. The delivery order display machine 49 displays the delivery order of each delivery unit (Unit 1, Unit 2, ..., etc.) by the user's registration number (license plate number of vehicle 2, etc.), and displays from the top in the order of closest delivery. It is designed to do. Then, when the delivery is near, it blinks to make it stand out. At the bottom of the delivery order display 49, information such as "Arrived. Please proceed to the delivery port" and "Waiting time XX minutes XX seconds" is displayed for each delivery machine.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a warehousing reservation board 22C (operation panel). The warehousing reservation board 22C is an operation panel that accepts warehousing reservations by users. The warehousing reservation board 22C is provided at a position of a barrier-type entrance gate 90 provided at a remote position with respect to the warehousing / exit door 4a of the mechanical parking device 1 shown in FIG. The entrance gate 90 is installed on an island 91 provided close to the runway R of the vehicle 2, and a warehousing reservation board 22C is installed on this island 91 together with the entrance gate 90.

Similar to the operation panel 22, the warehousing reservation panel 22C is provided with a touch panel type display screen 41C, a transponder reader 36C, an LF transmitting antenna 46C, and an RF receiving antenna 48C.

The warehousing reservation board 22C is positioned so that when the vehicle 2 stops in front of the entrance gate 90, it comes to the vicinity of the driver's seat of the vehicle 2, and the user transmits the remote control while sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle 2. It can be operated by the machine 50. Similar to the operation panel 22 and the delivery reservation panel 22B, the LF transmission antenna 46C transmits a remote control verification signal SD for inquiring authentication (ID) to the remote control transmitter 50, but the maximum reach of this signal is. The inside of the vehicle 2 located in the immediate vicinity of the warehousing reservation board 22C is reachable, and the distance is set to be unreachable to the vehicle 2 coming after the vehicle 2, for example, about 1 meter.

A loop coil-shaped user detection unit 47C is embedded in the runway R near the front of the warehousing reservation board 22C. The user detection unit 47C detects that the vehicle 2 has approached (stopped) in front of the warehousing reservation board 22C, and transmits a trigger signal for transmitting the remote control verification signal SD to the LF transmission antenna 46C of the warehousing reservation board 22C. ..

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the remote control transmitter 50.
The remote controller 50 is provided with an authentication button 52, an activation button (call button) 53, a door open button 54, and a transmission lamp 55 on one side of the main body case 51, and a lid 34 of the operation panel 22. A mechanical key 56 that can unlock the lock is attached. The mechanical key 56 is built in, for example, inside the main body case 51 so as to be removable, and can be removed from the main body case 51 by pressing a lock button (not shown). By inserting the mechanical key 56 into the key cylinder 38a of the operation panel 22 and twisting it, the lock of the locking portion 38 can be manually unlocked and the lid 34 of the operation panel 22 can be opened.

The distance (detection range) at which the RF receiving antenna 48 of the operation panel 22 can receive the remote control signals SA, SB, and SC transmitted from the remote control transmitter 50 is set to, for example, about 10 m. This prevents unnecessary reception of remote control signals SA, SB, SC of other users who are far away, and remote control signals SA, SB, SB even when the user entering and leaving the warehouse is in the vehicle 2. ， SC can be transmitted.

Further, the remote controller transmitter 50 includes a transponder that stores user authentication information. The transponder starts by generating the excitation power by itself by receiving the electromagnetic wave EMW transmitted from the transponder reader 36 of the operation panel 22 without using the power of the battery, and the user's authentication information is used as the non-power supply authentication signal SE. It is configured to be converted into and transmitted to the operation panel 22.

As shown in FIG. 8, a user who uses the mechanical parking device 1 is lent a remote control transmitter 50 that stores the user's own unique authentication information (ID), and the user is mechanically parked. It is required to carry the device 1 when using it. The remote controller transmitter 50 is formed, for example, in the shape of a tag or a key chain, and is carried around with the key of the vehicle 2 or put in a bag, a bag, or the like. The remote control transmitter 50 has a built-in battery (button type battery, etc.), and various remote control signals SA that are supplied with electric power from this battery to perform user authentication, remote control of the operation panel 22, and the like, as will be described later. , SB, SC can be transmitted.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of the control device of the mechanical parking lot facility 100.

The main control device 70 controls the entire mechanical parking lot facility 100.
The main control device 70 is composed of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a computer-readable recording medium, and the like. As an example, a series of processes for realizing various functions are recorded in a recording medium or the like in the form of a program, and the CPU reads this program into a RAM or the like and executes information processing / arithmetic processing. As a result, various functions are realized. The program is installed in a ROM or other storage medium in advance, is provided in a state of being stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or is distributed via a wired or wireless communication means. Etc. may be applied. The computer-readable recording medium is a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like.

Further, the main control device 70 is connected to the standing control device 30 that controls the mechanical parking device 1, and transmits / receives various information to and from the standing control device 30. Further, the main control device 70 is also connected to a delivery reservation board 22B and a warehousing reservation board 22C, which are operation panels for inputting operations to the mechanical parking facility 100, and a warehousing order display 49 for displaying various information. And send and receive various information with these. Further, the main control device 70 is also connected to an external network 72 such as the Internet for transmitting / receiving information to / from the outside.
Further, in the present embodiment, there are two resident control devices 30, one delivery order display 49, one delivery reservation board 22B, and one warehousing reservation board 22C, but the number is not limited to this.

The main control device 70 includes a unit determination unit 74, an entry / exit instruction unit 76, a door closure detection unit 78, and a display instruction unit 80.

The machine number determination unit 74 is a mechanical parking device for warehousing the vehicle 2 based on a warehousing / delivery operation such as a warehousing reservation input via the warehousing reservation board 22B or a warehousing reservation entered via the warehousing reservation board 22C. A mechanical parking device 1 for delivering 1 or a vehicle 2 is determined.

The warehousing / delivery instruction unit 76 outputs a warehousing / delivery instruction for calling the pallet 18 from the vehicle storage shelf 17 to the entry / exit floor 7 to the mechanical parking device 1 determined by the unit determination unit 74.

The door closure detection unit 78 detects forgetting to close the entry / exit door 4a on the entry / exit floor 7. The door closing detection unit 78 detects, for example, that the warehousing / delivery door 4a has been forgotten to be closed when the warehousing / delivery door 4a cannot be closed for a predetermined time after the vehicle 2 has been warehousing or warehousing.
In the following description, the predetermined time is referred to as a door closing time. The door closing time is predetermined and is, for example, 1 minute after the delivery or entry of the vehicle 2 is completed. It should be noted that the completion of delivery is determined by detecting the state in which the vehicle 2 is not placed on the pallet 18 by the human sensor / vehicle sensors 26 and 27. Further, the completion of warehousing is determined by detecting the exit of the user from the boarding floor 7 by the human sensor / vehicle sensors 26 and 27.

The display instruction unit 80 generates and outputs information to be displayed on the image display means visually recognized by the user based on the input warehousing / delivery operation or the like. The image display means according to the present embodiment is the delivery order display 49, the display screen 41B of the delivery reservation board 22B, the display screen 41C of the warehousing reservation board 22C, and the display screen 41 and the operation screen 35 of the operation board 22.
Further, when the door closing detection unit 78 detects that the door closing detection unit 78 has forgotten to close the warehousing / delivery door 4, the display instruction unit 80 closes the warehousing / delivery door 4a on the operation panel 22, the warehousing reservation board 22C, and the warehousing / delivery reservation board 22B. Display information prompting the operation.

Further, the operation panel 22 included in each mechanical parking device 1 includes a delivery order upper portion 82.
The delivery order advancement upper 82 performs a process of advancing the order of delivery reservation.

The resident control device 30 operates the corresponding mechanical parking device 1 based on the warehousing / delivery instruction input from the warehousing / delivery instruction unit 76. Along with this, the resident control device 30 causes the user number display 60 to display a user number indicating a user entering and leaving the mechanical parking device 1.
Then, the resident control device 30 controls the opening / closing of the warehousing / delivery door 4a in response to various inputs from the user to the operation panel 22 via the remote controller 50 or the like.

Here, the mechanical parking lot facility 100 according to the present embodiment performs a process related to forgetting to close the warehousing / exit door 4a (hereinafter referred to as “door closing process”).
In the door closing process, when the user forgets to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a after entering / exiting and the door closing detection unit 78 detects that the door closing detection unit 78 forgets to close, the display instruction unit 80 displays the display screen 41 of the operation panel 22 and the warehousing reservation board. This is a process of displaying information prompting the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a on the display screen 41B of the 22B, the display screen 41C of the warehousing reservation board 22C, and the warehousing order display 49.
In the mechanical parking device 1 according to the present embodiment, when the entry / exit door 4a is forgotten to be closed, the user can close the entry / exit door 4a.

FIG. 10 shows a flow of processing when the door closing process is not performed and the door is normally delivered. In FIG. 10, the operation of the user in front of the delivery reservation board 22B (leftmost flow), the operation of the delivery reservation board 22B (second flow from the left end), the operation of the delivery order display 49 (center flow), and the operation. It is shown for each operation of the panel 22 and the user number display 60 (second flow from the right end) and the operation of the mechanical parking device 1 (flow at the right end).

First, the user leaving the vehicle 2 arrives in front of the delivery reservation board 22B (S100).

The delivery reservation board 22B displays a display prompting authentication on the display screen 41B (S200). For example, the display screen 41B displays a display urging the remote controller transmitter 50 to come into contact with the transponder reader 36B.

The user performs an authentication operation on the delivery reservation board 22B (S102). The authentication operation may be performed by contacting the remote controller 50 with the transponder reader 36B of the delivery reservation board 22B and transmitting the authentication information to the delivery reservation board 22B, or the display screen 41B which is a touch panel is authenticated. You may do so by entering the information.

If the delivery reservation board 22B succeeds in authentication, the delivery reservation board 22B accepts the delivery reservation (S202). In addition, "Reservation for delivery" is displayed on the display screen 41B, and voice guidance is provided.

When the delivery reservation board 22B accepts the delivery reservation, the unit determination unit 74 included in the main control device 70 of the mechanical parking facility 100 determines the delivery unit to be delivered from the vehicle 2 (S500). Since the authentication information is associated with the actual pallet on which the vehicle 2 is placed, the delivery unit is determined based on the authentication information.
In addition, the unit determination unit 74 determines the reservation order (hereinafter referred to as “delivery order”) of the received delivery reservation together with the delivery unit.

The determined delivery unit and delivery order are displayed on the display screen 41B of the delivery reservation board 22B (S204).

Further, the determined delivery number and the delivery order are registered and displayed on the delivery order display 49 (S300). As the delivery order displayed on the delivery order display 49, the user number is displayed in ascending order from the earliest order of the delivery reservation.

The warehousing / delivery instruction unit 76 included in the main control device 70 outputs a warehousing instruction to the warehousing unit corresponding to the beginning of the warehousing reservation. The mechanical parking device 1 that has received the delivery instruction activates the delivery of the actual pallet from the vehicle storage shelf 17 to the boarding floor 7 (S502).

The user number is displayed on the user number display 60 included in the mechanical parking device 1 for which the delivery is activated (S400).

When the actual pallet arrives at the boarding floor 7 (S504), the warehousing control light 21 flashes red (S402). At the same time, the delivery reservation corresponding to the actual pallet arriving at the boarding floor 7 is displayed on the delivery order display 49 as the head of the delivery order (S302). The user whose delivery reservation is displayed first on the delivery order display 49 moves to the entry / exit port 4 (S104).

When the user arrives in front of the warehousing / delivery port 4, the user performs an authentication operation on the operation panel 22 (S404). The authentication operation may be performed by operating a button on the remote controller 50 or by contacting the remote controller 50 with the transponder reader 36B of the operation panel 22 and transmitting the authentication information to the operation panel 22, or the touch panel. This may be done by inputting the authentication information on the display screen 41.

If the authentication is successful, the mechanical parking device 1 opens the entry / exit door 4a (S506). Then, the user enters the boarding floor 7 and leaves the vehicle 2 (S410). When the vehicle 2 is delivered, the user who has left the vehicle 2 authenticates again using the remote controller 50 of the entry / exit door 4a, and then closes the entry / exit door 4a on the operation panel 22. As a result, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S508), and the warehousing / delivery of the vehicle 2 is completed.

FIG. 11 shows a flow of processing when the door closing process is performed. The same steps as those in FIG. 10 in FIG. 11 are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 10, and the description thereof will be partially or completely omitted.

After the delivery of the vehicle 2 is completed in step 410, when the door closing time elapses without closing the entry / exit door 4a, the door closing detection unit 78 causes the entry / exit door 4a to be closed. Forgetting to close is detected (S412). When it is detected that the entry / exit door 4a has been forgotten to be closed, the user who has completed the issue remains at the beginning of the issue order of the issue order display 49, and it is displayed that the entry / exit door 4a has been forgotten to be closed. (S304). Further, the occurrence of forgetting to close is also displayed on the display screen 41 of the operation panel 22, the display screen 41B of the delivery reservation board 22B, and the display screen 41C of the warehousing reservation board 22C.
As a result, the user who has made the next warehousing reservation for the mechanical parking device 1 (hereinafter referred to as "delivery user") or the user who has made the warehousing reservation (hereinafter referred to as "warehousing user") is on board. It is possible to visually recognize the occurrence of forgetting to close the entry / exit door 4a on the entrance floor 7 and perform the closing operation of the entry / exit door 4a.

The next warehousing user who recognizes the occurrence of forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a starts moving to the warehousing / delivery port 4 (S106).
When the next warehousing user arrives in front of the warehousing / delivery port 4, the operation panel 22 is authenticated, and if the authentication is successful, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed after confirming the safety of the boarding floor 7. Do (S414). As a result, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S508).
The entry / exit door 4a that has been forgotten to be closed can only be closed by a user registered in advance. The user registered in advance is a person who can be authenticated as a user of the mechanical parking facility 100. As a result, the next warehousing user who visually observes the display of the warehousing order display 49 or the like can close the warehousing / delivery door 4a, so that the state in which the warehousing / delivery door 4a is not closed can be resolved at an early stage. Further, since the user who closes the warehousing / delivery door 4a is fixed, the safety when closing the warehousing / delivery door 4a is enhanced.

Then, the head of the delivery order displayed on the delivery order display 49 is advanced to the next delivery user by the delivery order advance 82 (S306).

FIG. 12 shows a flow of processing when the door closing process is performed and the second and subsequent exit users close the entry / exit door 4a. The same steps as those in FIGS. 10 and 11 in FIG. 12 are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 10 and 11, and the description thereof will be partially or completely omitted.

The second and subsequent warehousing users who recognize the occurrence of forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a start moving to the warehousing / delivery port 4 (S108). The second and subsequent warehousing users perform an authentication operation on the operation panel 22, and when the authentication is successful, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S414). As a result, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S508).

Then, the head of the delivery order displayed on the delivery order display 49 is moved up to the second delivery user who has closed the entry / exit door 4a by the delivery order upper 82 (S308).
In this way, since the delivery of the warehousing user who has performed the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a is preferentially executed, the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a by the warehousing user is promoted.

FIG. 13 shows a flow of processing when the door closing process is performed and the warehousing user closes the warehousing / delivery door 4a. The same steps as those in FIGS. 10 to 12 in FIG. 13 are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 10 to 12, and the description thereof will be partially or completely omitted.

The display screen 41C of the warehousing reservation board 22C also displays the occurrence of forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a. Therefore, the warehousing user who recognizes the occurrence of forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a starts moving to the warehousing / delivery port 4 (S600). The warehousing user performs an authentication operation on the operation panel 22, and when the authentication is successful, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S414). As a result, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed (S508). When the warehousing user closes the warehousing / delivery door 4a, for example, there is no next warehousing user.
As a result, the display of forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a displayed at the beginning of the warehousing order displayed on the warehousing order display 49 is eliminated (S310).

When it is detected that the warehousing / delivery door 4a is forgotten to be closed, the door closing detection unit 78 is a pre-registered mobile terminal device owned by a user who has forgotten to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a via the external network 72. Information regarding forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a (hereinafter referred to as "door closing information") is transmitted to. As a result, the user can recognize that he / she has forgotten to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a.
More specifically, the door closing information is automatically transmitted to the registered e-mail address of the mobile terminal device. Further, the door closing information is information that urges the time when the entry / exit door 4a is forgotten to be closed or the entry / exit door 4a is returned to the entry / exit opening 4 to close the entry / exit door 4a.

Further, the main control device 70 stores information about a user who has forgotten to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a (hereinafter referred to as “door closed user information”). The door closing user information is, for example, a user number or authentication information.
Then, when the user stored as the door closing user information performs the warehousing / delivery operation, the display instruction unit 80 forgets to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a on the warehousing reservation board 22B, the warehousing reservation board 22C, or the operation board 22. Display information to prevent. The displayed information is, for example, the date and time when the warehousing / delivery door 4a was forgotten to be closed last time, the number of times the warehousing / delivery door 4a was forgotten to be closed, a unique image for preventing the warehousing / delivery door 4a from being forgotten to be closed, or the like.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the same user from repeatedly forgetting to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a.

14 and 15 are schematic views showing images displayed on the delivery order display 49 in the door closing process. In the examples shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, "Unit 1" and "Unit 2" indicate the unit number of the mechanical parking device 1, and "1", "2", and "3" at the left end of each figure are. The delivery order is shown, and "115", "216", and "217" indicate the user number corresponding to each delivery order.

14 (A1) to 14 (A4) show images displayed when the warehousing / delivery door 4a is normally closed after the warehousing is completed.
FIG. 14 (A1) is an image displayed by the time the actual pallet arrives at the boarding floor 7. In the example of FIG. 14 (A1), it is shown that the actual pallet of the user number “115” arrives at the boarding floor 7 after 60 seconds.
FIG. 14 (A2) is an image displayed when the actual pallet arrives at the boarding floor 7.
FIG. 14 (A3) shows a state in which authentication is performed by the warehousing user, the warehousing / delivery door 4a is opened, and the vehicle 2 is warehousing from Unit 1.
Then, FIG. 14 (A4) shows that the warehousing of the vehicle 2 having the user number "115" has been completed, the warehousing / delivery door 4a has been closed, and preparations have been made for starting the warehousing of the next user number "216". show. “Preparing” means that the pallet 18 from which the vehicle 2 has been unloaded is returned to the vehicle storage shelf 17.

14 (B1) to 14 (B5) show images displayed when the entry / exit door 4a is forgotten to be closed after the delivery is completed. 14 (B1) to (B3) are the same as those of FIGS. 14 (A1) to (A3). However, when the warehousing user who has left the vehicle 2 forgets to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a, as shown in the example of FIG. 14 (B4), the user number does not move up and the user number "115". "Oblivion occurred" is displayed as it is. As a result, it becomes possible for other exit users to recognize the occurrence of forgetting to close the entry / exit door 4a on the entry / exit floor 7.
Then, when the warehousing / delivery door 4a is closed by the warehousing / delivery user with the user number “216”, the display of the user number “115 oblivion” is canceled as shown in FIG. 14 (B5), and the following Indicates that the user number "216" is being prepared for launching the goods issue.

FIGS. 15 (C1) to 15 (C5) show images displayed when the entry / exit door 4a is forgotten to be closed after the delivery is completed. Note that FIGS. 15 (C1) to (C4) are the same as those in FIGS. 14 (B1) to (B4), but the user number "217" is displayed as the second delivery reservation.
When the entry / exit door 4a is closed by the issuer with the user number "217", which is the second issue reservation, the user number "115 oblivion occurs" is displayed as shown in FIG. 15 (C5). The problem is resolved, the second user number "217" is moved up to the top, and the user number "217" indicates that the delivery is being prepared.
In this way, since the delivery of the warehousing user who has performed the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a is preferentially executed, the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a by the warehousing user is promoted.

In the examples of FIGS. 14 and 15, "forgotten occurrence" is displayed as information for prompting the closing operation of the warehousing / delivery door 4a, but this is an example. Information that prompts a more specific operation, such as "Please close", may be displayed.

It should be noted that only the next warehousing / delivery user can close the warehousing / delivery door 4a for a predetermined time, for example, 1 minute after the display of "oblivion occurrence", and when the predetermined time is exceeded, 2 It may be possible for the second and subsequent warehousing users to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a. In order to make the warehousing user aware that the warehousing / delivery door 4a can be closed, the user number indicating the warehousing user who can close the warehousing door 4a may be highlighted on the warehousing order display 49.
As a result, it is possible to prevent a plurality of warehousing users from moving to the warehousing / delivery port 4 in order to close the warehousing / delivery door 4a at the same time.

As described above, the mechanical parking lot facility 100 according to the present embodiment includes a door closure detection unit 78 for detecting forgetting to close the entrance / exit door 4a for the vehicle 2 to enter / exit the entry / exit floor 7. When it is detected that the delivery door 4a has been forgotten to be closed, a display instruction unit for displaying information indicating that the entry / exit door 4a has been forgotten to be closed is displayed on the operation panel 22, the delivery reservation board 22B, and the warehousing reservation board 22C. 80 and.
As a result, the next user of the mechanical parking device 1 can visually recognize the occurrence of forgetting to close the entrance / exit door 4a of the entry / exit floor 7, so that the mechanical parking facility 100 according to the present embodiment can be used for riding. Even if the entry / exit door 4a of the entrance 7 is forgotten to be closed, the forgetting to close the entry / exit door 4a can be quickly resolved.

Although the present invention has been described above using the above-described embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above-described embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be made to the above embodiments without departing from the gist of the invention, and the modified or improved embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Moreover, you may combine the said embodiment as appropriate.

Further, the flow of the door closing process described in the above embodiment is also an example, and unnecessary steps can be deleted, new steps can be added, or the process order can be changed within a range not deviating from the gist of the present invention. You may.

1 Mechanical parking device 2 Vehicle 4a Entry / exit door 7 Entry / exit floor 17 Vehicle storage shelf 18 Pallet 22 Operation panel 22B Entry / exit reservation board 22C Entry / exit reservation board 50 Remote control transmitter 70 Main control device 76 Entry / exit instruction unit 78 Door closure detection Department 80 Display instruction unit 82 Delivery order upper 100 Mechanical parking facility

Claims (5)

The boarding area where the vehicle enters and
A door for the vehicle to enter and exit the entrance, and
An input method for entering authentication information and
An authentication means that authenticates the user based on the input authentication information,
A detection means for detecting forgetting to close the door when a predetermined period has elapsed without the authentication by the authentication means being executed after the vehicle enters and exits.
Equipped with
The authentication means authenticates whether or not the user is a pre-registered user based on the authentication information input after the detection means detects that the door has been forgotten to be closed.
A machine that enables a user who is different from the user who opened the door and succeeds in authentication by the authentication means to close the door when the forgetting to close the door is detected. Type parking device. It is equipped with an operation panel provided at a position where the door can be seen.
The mechanical parking device according to claim 1, wherein the input means is provided on the operation panel. The mechanical parking device according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information is input by transmitting authentication information stored in a transmitter carried by a user to the input means. The mechanical parking device according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information is transmitted from the transmitter that has received electric power from the input means. It is a control method of a mechanical parking device provided with an entry section for a vehicle to enter and a door for the vehicle to enter and exit the entry section.
Based on the entered authentication information, the process of performing the first authentication of the user and
A step of detecting forgetting to close the door when a predetermined period elapses without executing the first authentication after the vehicle enters and exits.
A process of performing a second authentication as to whether or not the user is a pre-registered user based on the authentication information input after the door forgetting to close is detected.
When it is detected that the door is forgotten to be closed, a process that enables a user who is different from the user who opened the door and who succeeded in the second authentication to close the door. How the computer controls the mechanical parking device.

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