JP2635299B2 - Mechanical multi-story parking lot - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system for a mechanical multi-story parking lot, and more particularly to a multi-story parking lot in a commercial area of a large city, in which a large number of cars can be accommodated, and vehicles frequently enter and exit. The present invention relates to a parking lot guidance system suitable for a simple parking lot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mechanical multi-story parking system comprising a rack and a stacker crane has been devised and realized for the purpose of saving space and saving labor. The departure procedure of the conventional multi-story parking system is as shown on page 6 of the Hitachi large multi-story parking system catalog. When a user enters a parking card into the card reader when leaving, the departure information display board displays The parking card ID numbers are displayed in the order in which the departure requests have been made, and the departure reservation numbers that cannot be displayed are displayed on the departure guidance display board.

[0003]

In the above prior art, the card reader applying for departure is located only near the exit. The card reader is not installed in a facility (shopping center or the like) where a multi-story parking lot is installed. For this reason, it is not possible to use the time effectively by making a request for departure while shopping or the like.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to effectively use time when departing.

[0005]

The object of the present invention is to provide a parking card.
When the car is inserted, the card
And the transfer device leaves the storage unit in response to the departure request.
And the control device for instructing departure work to the vehicle entrance.
In a mechanical parking lot, put a parking card and want to leave
A departure reservation device capable of inputting time is provided,
The control device outputs at the desired departure time from the departure reservation device.
Asks if the car is available or not, and reserves the time if possible
Register as time, and if not, calculate departure time
This can be achieved by registering it as a departure reservation time .

[0006]

Since the desired departure time is input, the time to departure can be used effectively when departure.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of a mechanical multi-story parking lot will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows a system outline of a mechanical multi-story parking lot. When entering the car into the mechanical multi-story parking garage 205, the parking lot user receives the parking card from the parking card issuing device 202 corresponding to the lane 208 to enter, and moves the car to the entry position. When leaving, the card is inserted into the card reader 203 and the vehicle waits for the vehicle to come out of the multi-story parking lot 205 based on the scheduled departure time displayed on the departure guidance display panel 204. The multi-story parking control device 201 transmits a car entry / exit command corresponding to a parking ID number entry / exit request sent from the parking card issuing device 202 or the card reader 203 to a known transport device.
To the stacker crane 207. In addition, the scheduled entry / exit time is calculated, and the content is displayed on the guidance display board 204. The stacker crane 207 enters / leaves the shelf 206 serving as a storage unit in accordance with a command from the multi-story parking lot control device 201.
Perform departure work.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a control function in the multi-story parking lot control device 201. Entry / exit request input unit 101
When the parking ID number (ID No.) is received from the parking card issuing device 202 of each lane 208, the lane number (lane No.), the parking ID number and the entry / exit classification are set to “entering” and the entry / exit is performed. Send to vehicle time calculation section 103. On the other hand, when the parking ID number is received from the card reader 203, the lane N
o. The parking ID number and the entry / exit classification are set to “exit”, and these are sent to the entry / exit time calculation unit 103.

The operation of the entry / exit time calculation unit 103 will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5 and the data structure of the entry / exit request data queue 106 shown in FIG. The entry / exit time calculation unit 103 writes the entry / exit classification and the parking ID number of the lane number sent from the entry / exit request input unit 101 into the entry / exit request data queue 106 (box 501). . Next, it is determined whether the requested lane number has an entry / exit reservation (box 502). At this time, if there is an entry / exit reservation, that is, the entry / exit scheduled time and the entry / exit shelf number (shelf No.) are determined for the lane number in the entry / exit request data queue 106. If there is an incoming / outgoing request, the incoming / outgoing request sent is judged in the incoming / outgoing classification (box 503).
If the departure category is incoming, the entry / exit request data queue 106
The average entry / exit time per vehicle (constant) is added to the entry / exit scheduled time of the last reserved car, and the result is written in the entry / exit scheduled time of the entry / exit request data queue 106 (box 50).
4). If the entry / exit classification is determined to be departure in the box 503, the average entry / exit time (constant) per vehicle is added to the scheduled entry / exit time of the last reserved vehicle to enter / exit. Write in time (box 505). If there is no entry / exit reservation in the determination of box 502, that is, the scheduled entry / exit time and the entry / exit shelf number for the lane number for which entry / exit was requested in the entry / exit request data queue 106 If no entry / exit request has been determined, the timer 104 is activated and the current time is read (box 506). next,
The entry / exit classification of the entry / exit request is determined (box 50).
7) If the entry / exit classification is entry, the average entry time (constant) of entry work per vehicle is added to the current time read from the timer 104, and the entry / exit request data queue 106 is entered.
Write in the scheduled departure time (box 508). If the entry / exit classification is departure in the judgment of the box 507, the average departure work time per vehicle (constant) is added to the current time,
Write in the scheduled entry / exit time (box 509). Next, the lane number, the entry / exit classification, and the parking ID number are sent to the shelf state management unit 105, and the shelf number sent from the shelf state management unit 105 is written into the shelf number of the entry / exit request data queue 106. (Box 510).

The stacker crane management section 107 reads the first data from the entry / departure data queue 106 and sends it to each stacker crane 207 as a work command. When the entry / exit operation of the stacker crane 207 is completed, an entry / exit operation end command is sent to the entry / exit time correction unit 109. At this time, the lane number, the parking ID number, and the shelf number are sent to the shelf state management unit 105 if the entry / exit division is incoming, and the lane number, Send the shelf number.

When the lane number, the entry / exit classification, and the parking ID number are sent from the entry / exit time calculation unit 103, the shelf state management unit 105 determines whether the entry / exit classification is entry, and An empty shelf number based on the lane number from the state management data 108, that is, the shelf state management data 108 (for details, see FIG. 4)
Of the storage parking ID column of 0 is determined, and the parking ID number sent from the entry / departure time calculation unit 103 is stored in the storage parking ID column corresponding to the shelf number, and the empty rack determined above is stored. Is sent to the entry / exit time calculation unit 103. When the entry / exit classification is departure, based on the lane number and the parking ID number sent from the entry / exit time calculation unit 103, the storage status of the exit request vehicle is obtained from the shelf state management data 108. A number is obtained and sent to the entry / exit time calculation unit 103. Also, the shelf state management unit 105, based on the lane number, parking ID number, and shelf number sent from the stacker crane management unit 107 after the entry operation of the stacker crane at the time of the entry request,
Parking I corresponding to the above shelf number in the shelf state management data 108
The parking ID number is stored in the D column, and when a departure request is made, after the departure operation of the stacker crane is completed, the shelf state management data is sent based on the lane number and shelf number sent from the stacker crane management unit 107. The storage parking ID column corresponding to the shelf number 108 is set to 0 (empty).

The entry / exit time correction unit 109 reads the current time from the timer 104 based on the entry / exit work end command sent from the stacker crane management unit 107,
The scheduled entry / departure time of the leading data in the entry / departure data queue 106 is read, and the leading data stored in the entry / departure data queue 106 is cleared. Then, the read current time is compared with the scheduled entry / exit time, and if there is a difference,
Based on the time difference, the entry / exit of the entry / exit data queue 106 /
The scheduled departure time is corrected, and a guidance display change command is sent to the entry / departure guidance display unit 102.

The entry / exit guidance display unit 102 receives a parking ID number and entry or exit from the entry / exit data queue 106 based on the guidance display change flag sent from the entry / exit time correction unit 109. The scheduled departure time is displayed on the guidance display board 204.

According to this, when waiting for departure, there is an effect that an estimate of the waiting time can be obtained, and the service to the user can be improved.

In calculating the scheduled departure time, the average departure work time is used, but the distance from the exit (storage exit) to the stored shelf, that is, the moving distance of the stacker crane and its time are used. It is also possible. Thereby, the prediction accuracy of the scheduled time is improved.

Similarly, it is also possible to display a scheduled entry time for an entry request. As a result, it is possible to obtain an estimate of the waiting time at the time of entering the vehicle, and it is possible to improve the service to the user.

The card is located at a location farther than the card reader 203 and the information display board 204 when viewed from the exit of the multi-story parking lot (that is, a shopping center, etc.). As is well known, the reader 203 and the guidance display board 204 are located near the departure port.) The display device for the departure waiting time is provided, and an input device for departure application can also be provided. According to this, the user does not need to make a request for departure while shopping or the like and go to the parking lot.

FIG. 6 shows the details of this embodiment. In this embodiment, a card reader 602 and a departure waiting time display device 603 are provided at various locations (similar to the above) 601 of the facility, and when a parking card is inserted from the card reader 602 at each location of the facility, the entry / departure request input unit 101 is parked. The ID number is received, and the lane number, the parking ID number, and the entry / exit classification are sent to the entry / exit time calculation unit 103 as “departure candidates” (FIG. 3).
reference. ). The operation of the entry / exit time calculation unit 103 is the same as in the above embodiment. Next, card readers 60 at various places in the facility
If the parking card is read from the parking card reader 2 and the parking card is again inserted from the card reader 203 of the parking lot,
The departure request input unit 101 receives the parking ID number from the card reader 203, and outputs the lane number, parking ID number,
The departure category is sent to the entry / exit time calculation unit 103 as “departure”. Then, the entry / exit time calculation unit 103 searches the entry / exit request data queue 106 based on the lane number and the parking ID number sent from the entry / exit request input unit 101, and The entry / exit classification corresponding to the ID number is “departure”. Further, when the parking card is directly read by the card reader 203 in the parking lot, it is the same as the above embodiment. The entry / exit data queue 106
If the parking ID number sent from the entry / departure request input unit 101 is not in the entry / departure request data queue 106, the entry / departure time has passed. The parking ID number and the entry / departure classification are written as "departure" in the request data queue 106, and the scheduled departure time is newly calculated and written in the entry / departure time.

According to this configuration, the card reader 60
2. Since the guide display board 204 allows the user to apply for a departure while shopping or the like, time can be effectively used.

The application by the card reader 602 is handled as a departure candidate, that is, accepted as a departure reservation, and the actual departure is performed by the card reader 20 near the departure port.
3, the possibility that the reservation person is waiting near the exit is high, as in the normal case where the card reader 602 is not used. It can be prevented.

A departure reservation device 604 is provided, a parking card is inserted from the departure reservation device 604, and a departure reservation time is set.
(At this point it is the desired departure time.)
The departure reservation determination unit 605 receives the lane number, the parking ID number, and the departure reservation time, and enters the departure / entry request data queue 1.
06, the parking ID number is written, the departure reservation time is later than the scheduled entry / departure time of the last reserved car in the entry / departure request data queue 106, and the departure reservation time and the last reserved car entry / departure. If the difference between the scheduled vehicle times is equal to or greater than the average departure work time, the departure reservation time is written as the departure reservation time in the scheduled entry / departure time of the entry / departure request data queue 106. Then, the difference between the departure reservation time and the scheduled entry / departure time of the last reserved vehicle is equal to or less than the average departure work time, or the departure reservation time is entered in the departure / departure request data queue 106. If it is within the scheduled departure / departure time, the average departure work time is added to the departure / departure time of the last reserved vehicle and written to the departure / departure time of the entry / departure request data queue 106.

[0022]

According to the present invention, since the desired time for departure is input, the time required for departure can be effectively used when departure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a multi-story parking lot control device.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram of an entry / exit request data queue 106 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of shelf state management data 108 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of an entry / exit time calculation unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the multi-story parking lot control device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: entry / departure request input unit, 102: entry / departure guidance display unit, 103: entry / departure time calculation unit, 104: timer, 105: shelf state management unit, 106: entry / departure request data queue , 107 ... Stacker crane management unit, 108 ...
Shelf status management data, 201 ... multi-level parking lot control device, 20
2: parking card issuing device, 203, 602: card reader, 204: guidance display board, 205: multi-story parking lot, 206
... shelf, 207 ... stacker crane, 208 ... lane, 6
01: Facility (shopping center), 603: Departure waiting time display device, 604: Departure reservation device, 605: Departure reservation determination unit.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Michiko Oba 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside of Hitachi, Ltd.System Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Kenichi Okasaka 794, Higashi-Toyoi, Kazamatsu-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture In the Kasado factory of Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Isao Miyakojima 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Hitachi, Ltd.System Development Laboratory Co., Ltd. (72) Norihisa Nobita 1099 Ozenji Temple, Aso-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-61-281400 (JP, A) JP-A-1-97762 (JP, A) JP-A-1-140400 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] (1) When a parking card is inserted, it is output to a control device.
A card reader that makes a request for a car, and according to the departure request, from a storage unit to a departure port in the transport device.
The control device for instructing the departure work of the
In the parking lot, put the parking card, so to enter the out car desired time
The departure reservation device is provided, and the control device determines whether or not departure is possible at the departure desired time from the departure reservation device, and if possible, registers the time as a departure reservation time. if you calculate the Desha possible time to register it as Desha reservation time, mechanical parking garages, wherein.