JP2503412Y2 - Car wash equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Use of the Invention] The present invention relates to a car wash device of a type in which a car body of a car is automatically cleaned using a brush or the like, and particularly, depending on a car type of the car to be cleaned or equipment attached thereto. The present invention relates to a device having a function of performing an avoiding operation so as not to damage an automobile.

[Conventional Example and Problems Thereof] Conventionally, as an apparatus of this type, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 145251/1983 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-128048, depending on the type of vehicle to be washed or its equipment. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a device having a function of avoiding an operating portion such as a brush that comes in contact with or close to a vehicle body. That is, if the car to be washed has a vehicle body surface that is steeply inclined to the front and rear of a wagon vehicle or the like, it is difficult to operate the brush by appropriately following such a vehicle body surface, and the rearview mirror and the like are more difficult to operate than the vehicle body. Since it may be provided so as to project, it is necessary to perform a certain avoidance action.If a protrusion such as a roof carrier or spoiler is equipped even in a normal passenger car, those accessories It is necessary to perform a predetermined avoidance operation in order to prevent damage to the.

By the way, the types and equipment of such automobiles have become more and more diverse in recent years, and it is necessary to perform avoidance operations based on a wide variety of classifications.
There was a risk of damaging the car and its equipment.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention addresses these problems in the related art, and a car reader that cleans through a card reader for inserting a membership card owned by a customer and a signal exchange with the card reader. And a member reception part that reads and writes member data including the classification of equipment, a key input part that inputs the classification of the equipment of the car to be washed and the start input of the car wash, and the car type of the car to be washed with the car wash operation And a section for designating a vehicle type and equipment category of an automobile to be washed at any time by signal input from the member reception section, key input section and vehicle type detection section, and a section given by the designation section. Means, the classification given by the designating means when starting the car wash, and the car wash with the avoidance operation based on the vehicle type given by the detecting means in association with the car wash operation, and the car wash is executed. An apparatus is provided which is provided with a unit for controlling the member receiving unit to write the classification to be given later by the member reception unit as member data, thereby preventing erroneous specification and forgetting to specify.

[Operation] As a result, when the membership card is inserted into the card reader at the time of car washing, the classification of the vehicle type and equipment written at the time of the last car washing is read out based on this card and displayed on the display means, and further the key input means. If the classification input is accepted and there is a change, the classification can be changed accordingly and the car wash can be started. The car wash that is started in this way is performed with the avoidance operation according to the classification specified at the start and the vehicle type detected by the detection means in accordance with the car wash operation, and finally specified based on this designated classification and the detected vehicle type. Then, the classification actually adopted can be written in the internal storage device, a membership card, or the like as membership data and can be utilized at the next car wash.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, a specific example of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front explanatory view showing an example of a car wash apparatus using the present invention, in which the main body 1 is formed in a gate shape, and the car body is washed by running on rails 2 and 2 ′ so as to straddle the car. , Represents a so-called gate car wash. Inside the body 1, brushes 3, 4, 4'for brushing the top and side surfaces of the vehicle
Alternatively, there are provided blower nozzles 5, 6, 6 ', etc. for blowing air on the automobile to dry the wet car body after washing. Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation panel provided on the front surface of the main body 1 for performing operations such as reception of a car wash and start input. Reference numeral 8 is a vehicle height sensor provided in the front top part of the main body 1, which has an ultrasonic transmitter and a receiver, and the time data until the transmitted ultrasonic signal is reflected by the car body surface of the automobile to be received and is received. The vehicle height of the vehicle is detected based on the.
In addition to this, the main body 1 is provided with various electric motors, detectors, and the like, which are not particularly shown, as well as a water discharge nozzle for spraying washing water.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the apparatus of this embodiment. 10 is a control unit, 11 is a drive circuit of a motor group 12 provided in the main body 1 for performing a car wash operation, and 13 are attached to various places of the main body 1. When there is a car wash input on the operation panel 7 in the detector group consisting of limit switches, etc., the control unit 10
Then, based on the car wash input and the data given by the vehicle height sensor 8, a suitable car wash operation is executed through the drive circuit 11, the signals from the detector group 13 are monitored, and the operation sequence proceeds.

The control unit 10 is provided with a main board 14 that mainly controls the car wash operation via the drive circuit 11, and a sub board 15 that mainly receives and receives the car wash by exchanging signals with the operation panel 7. The CPU has a CPU to perform the program operation and to communicate with each other so that the car wash of the content accepted by the operation panel 7 is executed.

The operation panel 7 is composed of a display device 16, first and second card readers 17 and 18, a coin accepting machine 19, and a key input section 20. The display 16 has an LCD display and displays character information and image information regarding car washing. The first card reader 17 optically reads information from a membership card 21 of the type disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-57861, and this membership card 21 is assigned to each customer who has a membership contract. The membership code that can be used is recorded. The second card reader 18 reads magnetic data from a magnetic recording type membership card 22. This membership card 22 is necessary for washing the membership code, membership type, car model and equipment, etc. Information is recorded. still,
The second card reader 18 has a writer (writing) function and also writes magnetic information to the card 22. The membership card 21 for the first card reader has little risk that the stored information will be erased or bent like a magnetic card, but the amount of information recorded is small, and the contract content of each member Since it is necessary to store such information in the internal memory of the car wash machine, it will be issued to members who are expected to use it frequently and have a relatively long-term contract. On the other hand, although the magnetic member card 22 has a difficulty in security of data as described above, it has a relatively large amount of information that can be recorded and can record various information such as contract contents without using an internal memory. Issued to short-term contract members. As described above, by utilizing the two card readers, it is possible to receive a large number of members without having a particularly large capacity internal memory.

The key input section 20 has a course selection key for selecting a desired course from a plurality of preset car wash courses A to D.
23, a special equipment designation key 24 for designating the equipment of the car to be washed as required, a start key 25 for inputting a car wash start, and a stop key 26 for interrupting the car wash operation. Therefore, in order to carry out car washing, after inserting the membership card or coin, select and enter the desired car washing course with the course selection key 23, and then add a taxi indicator light, roof carrier, rear spoiler, to the car to be washed.
If there is an equipment item such as a door mirror that may be damaged during car washing, the item of the equipment item may be designated with the designation key 24 and then the start key 25 may be pressed.

In the vehicle height sensor 8, 27 is an ultrasonic transmitter, 28 is an ultrasonic receiver, 29 is a controller, and the controller 29 is a CP.
Equipped with U, the time until the ultrasonic signal emitted from the transmitter 27 is reflected on the vehicle body surface and received by the receiver 28 is measured, and the height of the car is calculated based on this time data. The type of a normal passenger car, a wagon car, etc. is discriminated according to the classification of, and is given to the main board 14.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the function of the sub board 15. 30 is a membership card for the first card reader 17
In the first member reception unit that functions with the insertion of 21, the member code is read from the member card 21, and the corresponding member data is read from the member data memory 31 based on this code,
Further, after the car wash, the member data is updated according to the executed car wash contents and written in the member data memory 31. Reference numeral 32 denotes a second member reception unit that functions when the member card 22 is inserted into the second card reader 18, and receives the member data recorded on the member card 22 from the card reader 18 and executes it after the car wash. Update the member data according to the car wash contents and output it to the card reader 18, and then use the updated data.
Write to 18. A key input receiving unit 33 temporarily stores and holds the input contents of the key input unit 20, and gives the input contents. 34 is a car wash classification designation unit, which is member data given from the first or second member reception unit,
Based on the input data provided from the key input reception unit 33, a car wash course to be executed, a vehicle type / equipment classification of the automobile are designated, and a signal is output to the main board 14. Also, the designation unit 34
In the case of a member car wash, after the car wash, one of the members who received the actual car type classification of the car washed from the vehicle height sensor 8 through the main board 14 and accepted the membership card together with the executed car wash classification data. Give to the reception.
A display control unit 35 reads out data of a model image of a corresponding vehicle type and equipment from the image data memory 36 according to the classification designated by the car wash classification designating unit 34, and outputs a command to display it on the display 16. The image data memory 36 is assigned with an area 36-1 for storing a model image corresponding to the vehicle type classification and an area 36-2 for storing a model image corresponding to the equipment classification. The vehicle type image and the equipment image in the designated sections are read out from both areas and are combined and displayed on the display 16.

FIG. 4 shows the member data memory 31 or member card.
22 shows the contents of the member data read from 22. That is, each consists of 8-bit data D1 to D12, and D1 ・ D2
The member code given to each member is recorded in, and the vehicle registration number of the member's car is recorded in D3 and D4. Member classification D5 represents the type of membership contract, for example, if the content of D5 is "0", the member is a permanent member, "1" is a monthly member, "2" is a frequent member, "3". If so, specify as if it was a score member. The number-of-times membership is a membership contract that allows you to wash a car as many times as you have contracted for a certain car wash course, and the point member is a membership contract that allows you to freely select and execute a car wash course with a specified number of points. is there. Membership contract details D6 to D8 indicate the expiration date of the contract if it is a monthly member, such as year in D6, month in D7, day in D8. If so, the remaining number of contracts or points are written. The car wash course specified at the time of membership contract is written in the car wash course D9, and if the start key is pressed without selecting the car wash course on the operation panel 7, the car wash of the course specified here is automatically performed. Be done. The vehicle type of the member's automobile is designated in the vehicle type classification D10. For example, if the content of D10 is "0", it is a normal passenger car,
"1" is designated as a small wagon vehicle, and "2" is designated as a large wagon vehicle. Equipment of the member's car is specified in the equipment category D11 / D12. For example, if the content of D11 or D12 is "0", there is no special equipment,
"1" with taxi indicator light, "2" with roof carrier, "3" with rear spoiler,
If it is "4", it is designated as having a door mirror. This equipment category can be specified in two places, D11 and D12, which is useful when the member's car has multiple special equipment.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the outline of the program of the sub board 15, and the operation of the embodiment will be described below with reference to this figure.

If a member card is inserted or a coin is inserted on the operation panel 7 and the vehicle is ready to be washed (1), first confirm whether the vehicle is washed with a membership card or cash (2). The member data D1 to D12 are read from the memory 31 or the member card 22 (3). After this, if it is a member car wash, the contents are displayed on the display 16 as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8 based on the member data read in step (3), and if it is a cash car wash, it is displayed on the operation panel 7. It is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 according to the input (4). Here, the display content of step (4) is the selection key 23 until the start key 25 is pressed in the key input section 20.
When there is an input with the or key 24, the subsequent input is given priority and the input contents are changed and displayed. In this display, the model image F of the automobile is treated as an ordinary automobile as shown in FIG. 7 unless the vehicle type is specified in the member data. After that, when the start key 25 is pressed (5), the car wash category designated up to that point, that is, the category content displayed on the display 16 is output to the main board 14 (6), and the car wash is executed. Here, the data output to the main board 14 is the content corresponding to D9 to 12 of the member data. On the main board 14, if the vehicle type given as data from the sub board 15 is different from the vehicle type detected by the vehicle height sensor 8 during the car wash, the mode of the vehicle type actually detected by the vehicle height sensor 8 is set. Switch to perform cleaning operation.

The car wash to be executed is performed by mainly controlling the operations of the upper surface brush 3 and the blower nozzle 5 in accordance with the type of car, and operating, for example, like the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-176057. Also, depending on the specified equipment, it works so that the brush or blower nozzle does not hit that part. For example, when the taxi is designated, the upper surface brush 3 and the blower nozzle 5 are operated to retract upward in the taxi indicator light portion, and when the taxi is designated as the door mirror, the side brushes 4 and 4'are set in the door mirror portion. Operate to retract to the side.

When the car wash is executed and a series of operations is completed in this way, the sub board 15 detects this by the end signal from the main board 14 (7), and confirms whether the executed car wash is a member car wash (8). If it was a car wash, mainboard 14
The vehicle type classification detected by the vehicle height sensor 8 is loaded while the car is being washed (9), and D6 to D8 of the member contract in the member data is updated (10), and then obtained in step (9). The given vehicle type classification is given to the member data D10 and the executed equipment classification is given to the D11 and D12 respectively, and this member data is written to the original member data memory 31 or the member card 22 (11) and returned.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the car wash is executed with the member data and the contents input by the key, and the contents are displayed one by one on the display device 16. Especially, during the display, the model shape of the vehicle type and the equipment to be avoided is shown. Is displayed as an image. In the case of a member car wash, each time the car is washed, steps (8) to (1
As shown in 1), the member data is automatically updated to the executed car wash contents, so if the car wash contents are the same as the last time, the members can safely perform car wash without key input. .

[Effect of Device] This device is configured as described above, and if the vehicle type and equipment are specified based on the classification recorded at the time of the previous car wash by the member data and there is no change in the equipment etc. from the last time, especially the vehicle type Even if you don't specify the equipment or equipment, the car wash with the avoidance action is automatically executed, and you can safely wash the car without making mistakes or forgetting to specify it. In addition, since the section thus designated is displayed on the display means, it is necessary to check the designated section and the car to be washed, and if necessary, change and enter only that section by the key input means. Good, you can specify the vehicle type and equipment with the minimum key operation. Further, since the vehicle type is confirmed again by the detecting means along with the car washing operation, even if there is an error in the vehicle type designation, the operation is performed based on the on-site detection, so that safer car washing can be performed. Moreover, the category finally designated in association with the execution of the car wash can be written in the internal storage device, the membership card, or the like as the member data to be utilized at the next car wash.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functions of the essential parts of the embodiment. FIG. 4 shows an example of contents of data used in the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the outline of the program of the embodiment. FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are examples of display on the display of the embodiment. 1 is a car wash main body, 3/4 and 4'is a brush, 7 is an operation panel, 8 is a detection means, 10 is a control section which is a control means, 16 is a display which is a display means, 17/18 is a card reader, and 20 is Key input section, 30 and 32 are member reception sections, 34 is designation means, and 35 is display control means.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A car wash device of a type for automatically cleaning a car body using a brush or the like, which has a function of avoiding damage according to a car model or equipment attached thereto. In the thing, a card reader for inserting a membership card possessed by a customer, and a member reception section for reading and writing member data including classifications such as vehicle type and equipment of an automobile to be washed through exchange of signals with the card reader, A key input unit for inputting the classification of the equipment of the car to be washed and the start input of the car wash, and means for detecting the type of car to be washed in association with the car wash operation,
A means for designating a vehicle type, equipment, etc. of an automobile to be washed at any time by signal input from the member reception section, key input section and vehicle type detection means, means for displaying the category given by the designating means, and at the time of starting car washing. Car wash with avoidance operation is executed based on the classification given by the designation means and the vehicle type given by the detection means in accordance with the car wash operation, and the division given by the designation means after the car wash is written as member data in the member reception unit. And a means for controlling the car wash. 2. The utility model registration, wherein the member reception unit reads and writes classifications such as vehicle type and equipment to the internal storage device based on the member code read from the member card by the card reader. The car wash device according to claim 1. 3. The utility model registration claim according to claim 1, wherein the member reception unit reads and writes the classification such as vehicle type and equipment with respect to the member card inserted into the card reader. Car wash equipment.