JP2541574Y2 - Storage management device for mechanical parking equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking management apparatus for a mechanical parking facility, and more particularly to a parking management apparatus for a mechanical parking facility that enables a driver to automatically perform a parking operation without getting off a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In areas where houses are densely located, such as in central Tokyo, it is difficult to secure sufficient parking space due to a sharp rise in land prices, and therefore mechanical parking facilities are often used.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a mechanical parking system as a background art of the present invention. Mechanical parking equipment 1 shown in FIG.
Is a so-called vertical circulation type, in which each cage 2 is connected to a pair of front and rear endless chains 4 via an attachment 3 as a vehicle mounting table, and the endless chain 4 is driven by a parking equipment driving device (not shown). Is driven to circulate. The vehicle W can enter the cage 2a from the vehicle entrance 5.

[0004] Reference numeral 6 denotes a building for storing the parking facilities, and reference numeral 7 denotes an operation panel for a user to perform a parking operation. An instruction is sent from the operation panel 7 to a control unit (not shown), and the driving device of the parking facility is operated to operate a predetermined cage 2.
a is called to the entrance 5.

[0005]

In the case of using such a mechanical parking facility, after the vehicle is stopped in front of the entrance and exit, once the user gets out of the vehicle and is in front of the operation panel 7. Then, the operator operates the operation panel 7 to call a predetermined cage.

[0006] A so-called free user who has not made a usage contract has a small number of times of use and needs to call the empty cage after operating the operation panel 7 to check whether there is an empty cage. Forcing the user to get out of the vehicle and operate the operation panel 7 each time is not so much a burden, but the contract user decides which cage to use and uses it frequently, so every time he gets off the vehicle, Operating the operation panel 7 is a burden.

[0007] The present invention reduces the mental burden on such a contract user and makes it possible to use the parking facility comfortably. An object is to provide a storage management device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a storage management apparatus for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention stores and mounts a large number of vehicle mounts and transports them by a driving means to store and retrieve the goods. A parking management device for a mechanical parking facility for loading and unloading a target vehicle from a mouth, comprising: a light transmitting device attached to the vehicle and including an optical signal transmitting means for transmitting unique information relating to the vehicle as an optical signal; An optical signal reading device installed on the exit side and receiving the optical signal of the light transmitting device and reading the unique information of the vehicle, and a predetermined vehicle mounting base based on the unique information read by the optical signal reading device. And a control unit that controls the driving unit so that the driving unit is transferred to the entrance / exit port.

[0009]

The light transmitting device is attached to a contract vehicle, and when the vehicle comes in front of the entrance / exit of the mechanical parking facility, the optical signal reading device installed on the entrance / exit side is the light transmitting device. And reads the unique information on the vehicle transmitted as an optical signal from the controller and sends it to the controller. The control unit controls the driving means of the mechanical parking equipment so as to transfer a predetermined vehicle mounting table to the entrance / exit port based on the unique information, so that the entrance operation can be automatically performed.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, but this does not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a mechanical parking system 1 according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view of the vicinity of the entrance / exit 5 as viewed from above, and FIG. 2 is a view of the vicinity of the entrance / exit 5 as viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG.

A user who has made a predetermined use contract with the manager of the mechanical parking facility 1 is issued an optical ID card 8 as a light transmitting device in which the identification number is registered, and the front of the vehicle W of the user. For example, it is attached near the license plate of the vehicle W.

The operation panel 7 is attached at a position where the user can easily operate the control panel 7 next to the entrance / exit 5 and a ten-key switch for indicating a cage number and an identification number, display means, and the like are provided on the surface thereof. The control part 9 is provided integrally with the back part.

The entrance 5 has a door 5a which is vertically opened and closed by a door opening / closing device (not shown). An optical ID card 8 is provided in front of the door 5a at a height substantially equal to the license plate of the vehicle W. An optical signal reading device 10 for reading an optical signal transmitted from the device is installed, and sends the read signal to the control unit 9.

On the other hand, a vehicle detection loop coil 11a is buried at a predetermined position on the floor surface in front of the entrance / exit port 5,
A well-known vehicle sensor is configured by being connected to a vehicle detection circuit 11 provided inside the control unit 9, and detects that the vehicle W has arrived at a predetermined position by a subtle magnetic change by the vehicle W.

In FIG. 1, for the sake of convenience of explanation, other parking equipment driving equipment and the like are omitted except for the cage 2a waiting at the position of the entrance / exit port 5.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the optical ID card 8.

The casing 8a is made of a durable metal or resin, and is provided with a transparent light receiving window 8b and a light transmitting window 8c in front of the casing 8a. .

When the optical ID card 8 is mounted on the front of the vehicle W, an adhesive is applied to the back of the casing 8a, or a separate bolt hole is provided in the casing 8a, and the optical ID card 8 is fixed to the vehicle W with bolts and nuts. I do.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a circuit configuration of the optical ID card 8.

When a pilot light signal 81a, which will be described later, is input to a light receiving element 81 such as a photodiode, the light receiving element 81 converts this into an electric signal and sends it to a switch circuit 82. The switch circuit 82 sends an instruction to the next timer circuit 83 to continuously emit an ON signal for a predetermined time based on the electric signal. The switch circuit 82 and the timer circuit 83 form time-limited switch means for generating an ON signal for a predetermined time.

The modulation circuit 84 receives the ON signal,
Modulation to a predetermined frequency is performed based on the information on the identification number from the identification number storage circuit 86. The modulated signal is sent to the amplifier circuit 85, amplified, converted into an optical signal 87a by a light emitting element 87 such as a light emitting diode, and transmitted. Such a light-transmitting device is operated by a built-in lithium battery (not shown), and can be formed to be extremely lightweight and thin with recent remarkable advances in electronic technology, consumes very little power, and does not require long-term battery replacement. Is also good.

On the other hand, the configuration of the optical signal reading device 10 and the control unit 9 connected thereto is as shown in FIG.

The vehicle detection loop coil 11a is connected to a vehicle detection circuit 12 provided in the control unit 9,
When the vehicle W comes over the vehicle detection loop coil 11a,
The vehicle detection circuit 12 detects that the vehicle W has arrived at a predetermined position based on the subtle magnetic change, and sends an instruction to generate a pilot signal to a pilot signal generation circuit 111 incorporated in the optical signal reader 10. .

The pilot signal of a predetermined frequency generated by the pilot signal generating circuit 111 is amplified by an amplifier circuit 112 and converted into an optical signal by a light emitting element 113 such as a light emitting diode.
It is sent toward the D card 8.

The optical ID card 8 which has received the pilot optical signal 113a emits the optical signal 87a having a frequency corresponding to the identification number for a predetermined time as described above. Is received by a light receiving element 101 such as a photocoupler, converted into an electric signal, amplified by an amplifier circuit 102, recognized as a number by a number recognition circuit 104 via a modulation circuit 103, and the signal is It is sent to the identification number matching circuit 91.

The identification number matching circuit 91 is connected to a storage circuit 92 in which registered identification numbers are stored. The identification number matching circuit 91 searches for the identification number in the storage circuit 92, and It is compared with the identification number received from the recognition circuit 104.

If there is a corresponding identification number, it is determined that the vehicle W is a contract vehicle, and a signal to that effect is sent to the drive control circuit 93. An instruction is sent to 12 and a predetermined cage 2a is called to the entrance / exit port 5, and the door 5a is opened to control the vehicle W to enter.

Since information is exchanged using an optical signal as a medium as described above, there is an advantage that radio wave interference as in the case of communication means by radio waves does not matter at all.

Further, since the flicker cycle is modulated on the optical signal and the identification number is read from the modulated signal,
There is an advantage that the identification number can be surely read with almost no malfunction as compared with a method of simply recognizing the identification sign or the number of the license plate attached to the vehicle W using an image sensor such as a television camera.

The operation panel 7 is provided with a mode switch 7a. When a predetermined identification number is registered in the storage circuit 92, the mode switch 7a is switched to the registration mode M and a ten-key (not shown) The user inputs his / her own identification number.

When the contract user uses the parking facility by operating the operation panel 7, the mode switch 7a can be switched to the contract user mode C, and the identification number can be input from the numeric keypad. In this case, the general user may switch the mode switch 7a to the general user mode F to call an empty cage.

In the above embodiment, only the identification number is input to the optical ID card 8, but in addition to the above, the following data is input and the data is transmitted to the optical signal reading device 9. Efficient warehouse management can be realized.

The vehicle type of the vehicle W is input. Accordingly, when the vehicle W is, for example, a high-roof vehicle, the control unit 9 can perform control so as to call a high-roof cage.

When the vehicle W is a time-based contract,
Enter the contract usage time. The control unit 9 determines whether the current time is within the contract time or not, and if the current time is within the contract time, permits the parking, and the parking equipment driving device 12
Control to start.

In the above-described embodiment, the method of detecting the vehicle is such that the magnetic change is detected by the loop coil 11a. However, the present invention is not limited to such a method. An optoelectronic device that switches on when crossed may be used.

Circuits 111 and 11 for generating a pilot light signal based on a detection signal from the vehicle detection circuit 11
The light emitting element 113 and the light emitting element 113 need not be housed in the optical signal reader 10, and may be provided at any position where a pilot optical signal can be transmitted to the optical ID card 8.

After receiving the pilot optical signal 81a, the optical ID card 8 transmits the optical signal 87a for a predetermined time.
However, the light receiving element 81, the switch circuit 82, and the timer circuit 83 may be omitted, and the optical signal 87a may always be transmitted. Since the power consumption can be reduced as described above, even if the optical signal 87a is constantly transmitted, the cost is not so high. Further, since the signal is an optical signal, there is no possibility of causing a radio wave disturbance in the vicinity. If the wavelength range of the light is set in the infrared region, the blinking of the optical signal from outside will not be noticeable.

As described above, the light receiving element 81 of the optical ID card 8
If the switch circuit 82 and the like are omitted, various circuits for generating a pilot signal on the entrance / exit port 5 side, that is,
The vehicle detection loop coil 11a, the vehicle detection circuit 11, the pilot signal generation circuit 111, the amplification circuit 112, and the light emitting element 113 can be omitted, and the circuit is simplified.

Conversely, the function of the light receiving side of the optical ID card 8 is enhanced, and the pilot signal 8
In addition to 1a, for example, it is also possible to construct a system for receiving information on the accumulated fare for the contract vehicle W up to the present, storing the information sequentially, and managing the fare settlement.

The light transmitting device according to the present invention is not limited to the card-shaped optical ID card 8 as in the present embodiment, but may have any shape as long as it has the same function. May be.

In this embodiment, a lithium battery is built in the optical ID card 8. However, an external power supply may be used. In particular, if the power is directly taken from the battery of the vehicle, In addition, no troublesome battery replacement is required. When connecting to an external power supply in this way, the output of the optical signal of the optical ID card 8 can be further increased,
The communication distance with the optical signal reader 10 can be extended. For this reason, the optical ID card 8 can be installed inside the windshield, and power can be taken from the power socket for cigarettes, and the mounting of the optical ID card 8 becomes easy. Also, since there is no direct exposure to wind and rain,
The service life of the D card 8 can be extended.

The storage management device in the present invention is not limited to the vertical circulation type mechanical parking equipment as shown in the background art, but also to a multilayer circulation type, a horizontal circulation type, an elevator type, etc. The present invention can be applied to all mechanical parking facilities that move the vehicle mounting table by a mechanical method, call the vehicle loading / unloading port, and enter / exit the vehicle.

[0044]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the storage management device for a mechanical parking facility according to the present invention, the mechanical parking facility can be used as long as the light transmitting device to which predetermined specific information is input is mounted on the front of the contract vehicle. When reading, the optical signal reading device installed on the entrance / exit side of the parking facility reads the unique information on the vehicle transmitted as an optical signal from the light transmitting device, and the control unit operates based on the unique information. Since the driving means of the mechanical parking facility is controlled to transfer a predetermined vehicle mounting platform to the entrance / exit, the parking facility user can enter the vehicle without getting off the vehicle, and in particular, the mechanical parking facility. It is very convenient and comfortable for contract users who frequently use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view of the vicinity of an entrance and exit of a mechanical parking facility using an entrance management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view of FIG. 1 viewed from the direction of arrow A.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the optical ID card.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a circuit configuration of an optical ID card.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of the optical signal reading device and the control unit of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vertical circulation type mechanical parking facility as background art of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mechanical parking equipment 2 Cage 5 Entry / exit opening 7 Operation panel 8 Optical ID card 9 Control part 10 Optical signal reader 11 Vehicle detection circuit 12 Parking equipment drive device 91 Identification number collation circuit 92 Storage circuit 93 Drive control circuit

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A storage management device for a mechanical parking facility for storing a number of vehicle mounts and transporting them by a driving means so that a target vehicle enters and exits from an entrance and exit port. A light transmitting device including an optical signal transmitting unit that transmits unique information about the vehicle as an optical signal; and a light transmitting device that is installed on the entrance / exit port side and receives an optical signal of the light transmitting device to obtain the unique information of the vehicle. An optical signal reading device to be read, and a control unit that controls the driving unit to transfer a predetermined vehicle mounting table to an entrance / exit port based on the unique information read by the optical signal reading device. Warehousing management device for mechanical parking equipment. 2. The light transmitting apparatus further includes a receiving unit for receiving a predetermined optical signal, and a time switch unit for operating the optical signal transmitting unit for a predetermined time by a signal from the receiving unit. On the exit side, a pilot signal transmitting means for transmitting a pilot optical signal toward the vehicle when the vehicle approaches is provided, and by receiving the pilot optical signal, the light transmitting device transmits the unique information for a predetermined time. 2. The storage management device for a mechanical parking facility according to claim 1, wherein the information is transmitted. 3. The unique information is an identification number given to each contracted vehicle, wherein the control unit includes: a storage unit for registering the identification number in advance; and an identification number read by the optical signal reading device. An identification number collating unit for collating with the identification number stored in the storage unit; and when the registration of the identification number is confirmed by the identification number collating unit, the driving unit is activated to insert a predetermined vehicle mount. The storage control device for a mechanical parking facility according to claim 1, further comprising: a drive control unit configured to control a call to an outlet.