JP2828398B2 - Parking lot management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the movement of vehicles in a large flat parking lot having a large number of parking spaces, a three-dimensional parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces on a plurality of floors, and other parking lots. And a parking lot management system for managing parking.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a parking lot of a type in which a driver drives a vehicle by himself / herself and moves a vehicle to a parking space, management is not performed at all with respect to the presence or absence of an empty parking space, or the manager constantly carries out an inspection. There is an example of permitting or restricting the entrance of a vehicle based on the information and, in some cases, leading to an empty parking space.

In a parking lot of the same kind that has been slightly automated, a parking card issuing device and a display are installed near the entrance gate, and when there is no empty parking space, that is, when the vehicle is full, the display is full. In addition to displaying a message to the effect, do not issue a parking card and keep the entrance gate closed. On the other hand, if there is an empty parking space (or it has occurred), turn off the indication of fullness and issue a parking card (Or restart), and the entrance gate is opened to allow entry of the vehicle.

In such a parking lot, the exit gate is
When an automatic toll collection device is installed and a parking card is inserted into a predetermined insertion slit, the parking fee is calculated from the entrance time and the insertion time of the parking card recorded on the parking card, and the parking fee is attached. When a charge is inserted from a predetermined bill insertion slit or other money insertion unit, the exit gate is opened.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Among the above conventional examples,
In the parking lot that does not manage at all as shown at the beginning, the entrance vehicles are currently full or not, that is, whether there is an empty parking space, or wherever there is an empty parking space. It is not easy to determine whether or not there is, and especially in the case of a large parking lot with a high utilization rate, there is a problem that many vehicles are confused and an accident may occur. There is also a problem that it is not easy to find an optimal parking space for a high vehicle or a parking space for a large vehicle. In a parking lot having parking spaces on multiple floors, such unmanagement is hardly adopted.

[0006] In the parking lot of the second person-managed system, a plurality of managers are required unless the entrance gate and the exit gate are installed close to each other. It is not easy to grasp at all times. In a parking lot having parking spaces on a plurality of floors, it is almost impossible to grasp an empty parking space with such a management system. It may be said that the system is effective only in a relatively small parking lot.

[0007] In the parking lot management system shown last,
Again, like the former two, the empty parking space will not be notified, so the entering vehicles will travel in the parking lot searching for an empty parking space, and when congested, it will cause further congestion, It also causes an accident.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems in the conventional parking lot, and furthermore, is mounted on an entrance gate, an exit gate or a vehicle to improve the convenience of the parking lot user. A parking space management system that can select a vacant parking space closer to the doorway for the user and / or a vacant parking space suitable for the size of the target vehicle and the like and guide the user to the selected vacant parking space. That is the problem to be solved.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention is a vehicle measuring means disposed at an entrance gate of a parking lot, the vehicle measuring means measuring a size of a vehicle to be entered. A vehicle detection means disposed in each parking space; and a display means disposed in the vicinity of an entrance gate of the parking lot, wherein the display means is selected by a later-described arithmetic means for a user riding in a vehicle to be entered. Display means for providing guidance on a parking space and a route leading to the parking space, and a group of parking spaces that can be parked on the basis of the value of the vehicle size measured by the vehicle measuring means for a vehicle to enter from the entrance gate. Based on the priority assigned to each parking space from the vacant parking space group where no vehicle has been detected by the vehicle detection means in the selected parking space group. With selecting a space, on the display means, in the parking lot management system configured by the calculation means to perform a guidance display extending from the entrance gate to the parking space, in the calculating means, selection for admission vehicle
The selected parking space will be
For a certain period of time enough to move to the space and park,
Reserve as a reserved parking space and continue admission
Vehicle, the vehicle detection means
Between the detected parking space and the reserved parking space
Only excluded parking spaces should be treated as selected
And a parking management system, which makes it possible to solve the above problems.

[0010] The vehicle measuring means measures only the length of the vehicle, measures the length and width, or measures the length, width and height in relation to the parking space of the parking lot. , So as to perform necessary measurements. There is no reason to limit the configuration to a particular technology.

The detecting means of the vehicle need not be limited to a specific configuration as long as it can detect that the vehicle is parked in the parking space.

The priorities assigned to the parking spaces can be determined from various viewpoints in consideration of the convenience of the parking lot user. For example, the priority is determined based on the moving distance from the entrance gate, and the parking space at the position where the moving distance is short is ranked so as to be ranked higher. Alternatively, the priority order is determined based on the distance traveled to the exit gate, and the parking space at a position where the travel distance is short is ranked higher. Or, if you have a separate walking doorway for passengers in the vehicle,
The priority may be determined based on the moving distance from the walking entrance, and the parking space at the position where the moving distance is short may be ranked higher. If there are a plurality of entrance gates, exit gates, or walking entrances and exits for the user, a priority order is determined for each entrance gate.

The priority based on each of the above criteria is based on the viewpoint of the length, width and height of the parking space, and the like. The maximum vehicle size that can be parked there, for example, a mini car, an ordinary car, or a wagon It is divided into parking space groups suitable for the size of the type of automobile, and is separately determined for each parking space group in each division, and is applied to vehicles of the corresponding size. That is, for each vehicle of the corresponding size, a parking space is selected from the corresponding parking space group in accordance with the priority and is notified.

Further, the priority given to the above parking spaces is determined based on one of the above-mentioned criteria, for example, the moving distance from an entrance gate, an exit gate or a walking entrance for a user, for each size of the parking space. Although it may be determined using only one criterion in the order of closeness or the like, based on a plurality of criterion, priority is assigned to each, and the display means is configured with an operation means. And which criteria should be used to select a priority parking space,
It is also possible to allow a user riding in a vehicle that has entered the entrance gate to make a selection using the operation means.

[0015]

In addition, a parking card ticketing device is attached to the display means, and a parking card and parking fee collection device provided with a display means is attached to the exit gate. Calculates the elapsed time from the entrance time recorded on the parking card issued by the ticketing device to the exit time when the parking card is received by the collection device, and multiplies the elapsed time by a fee per unit time. It is appropriate to calculate the parking fee, display it on the exit gate display means, and control the opening of the exit gate when the fee is received.

[0017]

The parking lot management system according to the present invention is configured as described above and can be used as follows.

As soon as a vehicle enters the entrance gate, the vehicle measuring means measures the length, width and height of the vehicle. In the calculating means, based on the measurement result,
The parking space group in which the vehicle can be parked is selected, and the detection data on the presence or absence of the vehicle is received from the vehicle detection means arranged in each parking space, and the empty parking space in the selected parking space group is recognized, A parking space for the vehicle is selected from the vacant parking spaces in accordance with a predetermined priority, and a guidance for the traveling route from the parking space and the entrance gate to the parking space is displayed on the display means. Let

Thus, the entering vehicle is a parking space suitable for its size, and smoothly moves to a parking space closer to the entrance gate or a parking space closer to the exit gate, for example, according to the criteria for determining the priority. , And can be parked. Therefore, even during congestion, the vehicle moves in the parking lot in an orderly manner, and a collision accident between vehicles is less likely to occur.

As described above, the priority is determined based on a plurality of criteria such as a moving distance from an entrance gate, a moving distance to an exit gate, and a walking distance to a walking entrance for a user who has been in a vehicle. In each case, it is determined which of the priorities is to be used by the operating means configured as the display means of the entrance gate.
Based on priority criteria according to the visitor's choice,
From the empty parking spaces in the parking space group selected from the vehicle size, the highest priority parking space is selected,
The display means of the entrance gate controls the position and the route so as to provide guidance.

Thus, a parking space which is more convenient for the user in the entry vehicle is selected, and
The same smooth movement as described above is ensured.

[0022] By the way In the arithmetic means, the selected parking space for admission vehicle, the admission vehicle is its
Parking Since space is reserved as only reserved parking space but sufficient predetermined time <br/> to park moved to the, for the other vehicles to be admission subsequently, by the vehicle detection means only parking spaces excluding the detected parking space and the reservation of parking spaces of the presence of the vehicle is dividing handled taken as the selected object. Thus, if the last parking space (the last parking space in any group of parking spaces, or the last parking space in the whole) is selected for the preceding entry vehicle, etc. for admission vehicle, problems such as those already selected the parking space is mistaken that there is a vacant parking space is eliminated.

As described above, the display means is provided with a parking card issuing device, and the exit gate is provided with a parking card and parking fee collection device, which is provided with a display means. In the case where the arithmetic means is configured to perform the corresponding processing, the entering vehicle enters from the open gate by receiving the parking card from the ticket issuing device at the entrance gate, and enters the parking lot selected as described above. It goes without saying that you can move to the space and park. When leaving, when a parking card is inserted into the collection device at the exit gate, the computing means calculates the parking time from the entry time and the insertion time recorded on the parking card, and the parking time per unit time is calculated. Is multiplied to calculate the parking fee, and the amount is displayed on the display means of the exit gate. If the driver of the leaving car puts the corresponding fee into a predetermined entrance of the collection device, the exit gate opens and the exit can be made.

[0024]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, just before an entrance gate 1 of a parking lot, an entrance operation unit 2 is configured and a vehicle measurement unit 3 is arranged. Further, a parking status indicator 4 is installed at a position in front of the entrance gate 1 where it is easy to see.

The entrance gate 1 is provided with a car stop bar which can be raised and lowered, similarly to the conventional one.

The entrance operation section 2 is set up on the side just before the entrance gate 1 and, as shown in FIG.
A ticket issuing unit 5 for issuing a parking card and a display and operation unit 6 are provided. The display and operation unit 6 has a touch panel disposed on the surface of a liquid crystal display, and is controlled by a calculation unit 7 described later. In this example, a selection screen for selecting a reference for selecting the parking space 8 and a selection screen And a guidance screen showing the route to the parking space 8. In the above selection screen,
By touching the displayed selection button, the parking spaces 8 in the order close to the entrance gate 1, the parking spaces 8 in the order close to the exit gate 9, or the walking entrances A and B not shown. , C can be selected from any of the parking spaces 8 in the order of approaching.

The vehicle measuring section 3 measures the size of a vehicle to enter the parking lot. Measure the length, width and height of the vehicle. In this example, an infrared light emitting element and a light receiving element are used as a pair, and the length is a plurality of pairs arranged in the front-rear direction on both sides immediately before the entrance gate 1 in a face-to-face state. Depending on the element group, the height is
Similarly, a plurality of pairs of elements arranged in the vertical direction in a facing state on both sides immediately before the entrance gate 1 and a plurality of pairs of elements also arranged in the width direction in a facing state also on the upper and lower sides immediately before the entrance gate. , Each is measured. Using the fact that the vehicle enters between the light emitting element and the light receiving element, and that the infrared light of the light emitting element is blocked, for each, by counting the number of element pairs where the infrared light is blocked,
The corresponding vehicle length, width and height values can be calculated.

The parking status indicator 4 displays the parking status of the parking lot, that is, whether or not the vehicle is full, for a vehicle going to the parking lot. This is also controlled by the arithmetic unit 7. You.

The parking spaces 8, 8...
As shown in FIG. 1, it is divided into three blocks, each of which forms one parking space group 10. For example, it is as if each parking space group 10 is constituted by a plurality of parking spaces 8, 8... Installed on different floors of a high-rise building. Although not particularly shown in the figure, each parking space group 10 includes a sub parking space group consisting of a plurality of parking spaces 8, 8,... Capable of parking a high-height wagon-type vehicle. ing.

Each of the parking spaces 8 in each of the parking space groups 10 has a corresponding vehicle size that can be parked, that is, a high vehicle such as a wagon vehicle and a low vehicle such as a normal vehicle. And the above-mentioned respective criteria, that is, the order of approaching the entrance gate 1, the order of approaching the exit gate 9, or the approach of the walking entrances A, B, and C (not shown). Priority is assigned based on each criterion of the order in which the data is stored.
It is held at 1. Note that the ROM 11 stores a program that defines each processing procedure performed by the arithmetic unit 7 in addition to the priority of each parking space 8 described above. The above ROM
A RAM 12 is also provided in 11, and as described later,
The parking space selected for the entering vehicle by the arithmetic unit 7 is held as a reserved parking space for a certain period of time. Hold other data temporarily.

A vehicle detector 13 is disposed in each of the parking spaces 8. This is for detecting whether or not the vehicle is parked in the parking space 8, and any existing means that can achieve the purpose can be adopted.

The exit gate 9 is provided with a leaving operation unit 14 immediately before it. As shown in FIG. 3, the exit operation unit 14 includes a card insertion unit 15 for receiving a parking card issued by the ticket issuing unit 5 of the entrance operation unit 2, and a bill insertion slot 16 for paying a parking fee in bills. A coin insertion slot 17 for paying with coins, a change exit 18 for paying out change if there is change, a receipt issue button 19 for pushing it to request issuance when a receipt is needed, A receipt issuance unit 20 for issuing a receipt in response thereto and a display unit 21 for displaying a parking fee are provided.

The card insertion section 15 has a reader for reading the entry time recorded on the inserted parking card, and the read entry time and the time at the time of insertion of the parking card are respectively calculated by the arithmetic section 7. The parking time is calculated from them, and the parking fee is calculated by multiplying by the fee per unit time.

The display unit 21 displays the parking fee calculated by the arithmetic unit 7 under the control of the parking fee. The bill insertion slot 16 and the coin insertion slot 1
7 is provided with an identification device that determines whether the inserted bill or coin is a genuine bill or a genuine coin, accepts the currency determined to be genuine, the amount accepted by the arithmetic unit 7, and The difference from the calculated parking fee is calculated, and if there is a shortage, it is displayed on the display unit 21, and if there is an excess, the change is paid out as a change from the change exit 18.

When the parking lot user desires to issue a parking fee receipt, the receipt issuance button 19 is pressed to indicate his / her intention. The receipt of the parking fee is issued from the receipt issuing unit 20 under the control of the arithmetic unit 7.

When the payment of the parking fee is completed as described above, the exit gate 9 is controlled under the control of the arithmetic unit 7.
Is opened, that is, the stop bar is raised and the vehicle can pass.

Since the parking lot management system of this embodiment is configured as described above, it can be used as follows.

When a vehicle that intends to use this parking lot approaches the entrance gate 1, a parking status indicator 4 installed at a position in front of the entrance gate 1 indicates whether or not the vehicle is full.
Those wishing to use the parking lot will know at this point if they can enter.

When the vehicle is not full, when the vehicle further proceeds to just before the entrance gate 1, the length, width and height of the vehicle are immediately measured by the vehicle measuring section 3. The data on the vehicle size thus obtained is stored in the RAM 12
, And waits for the user in the vehicle to select a selection criterion for the parking space 8. At this time, the display and the operation unit 6 of the entrance operation unit 2 are in the display state of the selection screen under the control of the arithmetic unit 7, and the ticketing unit 5 issues a parking card and can withdraw. Up to the discharge state.

When the user in the vehicle selects, for example, the walking entrance A according to his / her request, the computing unit 7 uses the priority given in the order of approaching the walking entrance A as an index to indicate that the parking lot is empty. The parking space 8 having the highest priority is selected from the spaces. At this time,
The parking space where parking is possible is limited based on the data on the vehicle size measured by the vehicle measuring unit 3 in advance. For example, if the target vehicle is a wagon-type vehicle, only the sub parking space group in each parking space group 10 that can park those vehicles is a target,
That is, the parking space 8 having the highest priority is selected from the empty parking spaces among them according to the above criteria.

The detection of the presence or absence of an empty parking space, that is, the detection of whether or not a vehicle is parked in each of the parking spaces 8, 8... Is installed in each of the parking spaces 8, as described above. This is performed by the vehicle detector 13.

The parking space 8 thus selected for the target vehicle is displayed on the display and operation unit 6 under the control of the arithmetic unit 7. That is, the display and operation unit 6
Is switched to the guidance screen and the selected parking space 8
Is displayed, and the route to the parking space 8 is displayed. In this way, the user boarding the target vehicle can know the empty parking space closest to the desired walking entrance A and easily know the position of the empty parking space.

A user, such as a driver, in the vehicle,
Further, when the parking card is pulled out from the ticket issuing unit 5 (the selection of the selection criteria of the parking space may be performed first.
That is, when both are performed), the entrance gate 1 is opened under the control of the arithmetic unit 7 to allow entry. Thus, the target vehicle passes through the entrance gate 1, moves to the selected parking space 8 in accordance with the display and the guidance screen displayed on the operation unit 6, and parks. The user of the driver or the like that are boarding to the subject of the vehicle is the translation that can be parked by the guide display obtained moved to the vacant parking space of smooth purpose, and to the nearest vacant parking space to walk entrance A desired .

It is to be noted that the parking space 8 selected from the entrance gate 1 for a predetermined time after the entrance gate 1 is opened.
For example, for about 5 minutes, the selected parking space 8 is held in the RAM 12 as a reserved parking space according to the moving distance to the position, and during that time, regarding the selection of a vacant parking space for a subsequent entering vehicle, , Is treated in the same manner as the parking space 8 during parking. Thereafter, if the target vehicle is actually parked in the parking space 8, the parking space 8 is parked, and if the target vehicle is accidentally parked in another available parking space, the parking space 8 is over time. The reservation status is canceled and it becomes a mere empty parking space.

At the time of exit, similarly to a general parking lot, the user of this parking lot gets on the parked vehicle and exits the exit gate 9.
Head for. The boarding user performs a leaving operation at the leaving operation unit 14 immediately before the exit gate 9, and exits from the opened exit gate 9.

As a leaving operation, when a parking card is inserted into the card insertion unit 15 as in the case of a general parking lot, the parking fee is counted by the calculation unit 7 as described above, and this is controlled by the calculation unit 7. It is displayed on the display unit 21. The passenger of the vehicle inserts a bill or a coin into the bill insertion slot 16 or the coin insertion slot 17 according to the display on the display unit 21. If this exceeds the display amount, the change is paid out from the change exit 18 as described above, and if it is insufficient, the amount is displayed on the display unit 21, and the insufficient amount is further displayed in the bill insertion slot 18 or the like. insert. When the displayed parking fee is paid, the exit gate 9 opens and the vehicle can exit.

If a receipt is required, the receipt issuance button 20 is pressed in advance, and the receipt issuance unit 20 can issue a receipt for the payment of the parking fee.

[0048]

According to the present invention, suitable for the size of the vehicle ,
Highly convenient parking space is selected for a Subscriber,
In addition, since the guidance display is provided, the entering vehicle can smoothly move to the selected parking space and easily enter the parking space.
You can park in the park. Thus, even during congestion, there is very little risk of an accident such as a collision accident between vehicles. Also admission car
The parking space selected for both vehicles will be
At a certain time enough to move to the parking space and park
Reserved parking space only for a while, so continue
Other vehicles attempting to enter
Parking space where the presence of the vehicle is detected by the exit means
Only parking spaces excluding the reserved parking spaces above are
It will be treated as a selection target. And finally
One parking space (in any group of parking spaces)
Last parking space or last parking in the whole
Space) is selected for the preceding entry vehicle
For example, if there are still empty parking spaces for
The parking space will be selected
No problem.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of one embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of an entrance operation unit according to one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a leaving operation unit according to one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Entrance gate 2 Entrance operation part 3 Vehicle measurement part 4 Parking status indicator 5 Ticketing part 6 Display and operation part 7 Operation part 8 Parking space 9 Exit gate 10 Parking space group 11 ROM 12 RAM 13 Vehicle detector 14 Exit operation part 15 Card insertion section 16 Bill insertion slot 17 Coin insertion slot 18 Change exit 19 Receipt issue button 20 Receipt issue section 21 Display section

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vehicle measuring means disposed at an entrance gate of a parking lot, the vehicle measuring means measuring a size of a vehicle to be entered, a vehicle detecting means disposed at each parking space, and an entrance of the parking lot. Display means arranged in the vicinity of a gate, for displaying guidance on a parking space selected by the calculating means and a route leading to the parking space to a user riding in a vehicle to enter. And selecting a group of parking spaces that can be parked based on the value of the vehicle size measured by the vehicle measuring unit for a vehicle to enter from the entrance gate, and by detecting vehicles in the group of parking spaces. A parking space is selected based on the priority assigned to each parking space from an empty parking space group in which no vehicle is detected, and an entrance is displayed on the display means. In the parking lot management system configured by the calculation means to perform a guidance display leading to the parking space from the gate, in the calculating means, the selected parked scan for admission vehicle
Move the pace to the relevant parking space
Parking space only for a certain period of time
And reserve vehicles for subsequent entry.
The vehicle detected by the vehicle detection means.
Parking space excluding the car space and the reserved parking space
Parking lots that only treat the source
Management system.