JP3071848B2 - Parking lot management method and management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for managing a parking lot.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In large-scale facilities such as factories and distribution centers, large parking lots are usually prepared for a large number of vehicles that carry in and out of luggage. There is a procedure to park the car in a parking lot, wait for it, enter the site after completing the admission procedure at the entrance reception desk, but in such a parking lot, the cars that arrived are first-come-first-served. There is a need to manage in accordance with the principle of first-out and to ensure that the large number of cars in the parking lot flow smoothly without disruption.

Therefore, conventionally, in order to realize this principle, it is almost impossible to indicate a parking position or provide an indicator for guiding a reception call, and to rely on the autonomous judgment of a car driver. In general, parking management of the parking lot was performed by the following procedure.

As shown in FIG. 14, a parking lot 1 is clearly divided into a parking space 2 and an aisle 3, and in the parking space 2, the parking position of each car is guided by a frame drawn on the road surface. . Then, the arriving car enters from the entrance 4 of the parking lot 1 and is parked in an arbitrary frame in the parking space 2, from which the driver walks out to the site entrance reception office 5 and goes out to the car when the reception is completed. Return, exit from parking lot 1 and enter the premises, and head to the loading / unloading area.

[0006] Another management method is a method that is usually employed by a taxi waiting for a customer in front of a station, but as shown in FIG.
In this method, a guideline 8 for forming a queue of cars on the road surface is drawn in the parking lot 7, and the arriving car enters through the entrance 9 of the parking lot 7 and forms a queue within the guideline 8. In the case of the conventional example shown in the drawing, as shown in detail in FIG. 16, four vehicles are arranged side by side and advance forward.

[0007] In the case of this conventional example, the vehicle moves forward little by little according to the queue, and when reaching the front of the reception place 10, the driver gets off the car, completes the reception at the reception place 10, and returns to the car again. From the exit 11 of the parking lot 7 toward the loading / unloading area.

[0008]

Generally, the number of automobiles parked in a parking lot varies greatly depending on the time zone. For example, in a food distribution center or a factory where food is consumed every day, the pattern may be as shown in the graph of FIG.
This pattern, if you accept from 6:00 to 18:00,
It shows that there are two peaks between 6:00 and 8:00 and between 13:00 and 16:00, which means that the delivery conditions of the delivery destination are “early as early as morning” and “afternoon”. , Until evening ”.

Most of the cars constituting the first peak arrive at the parking lot before the reception starts, and at the start of the reception, the maximum number of vehicles in one day is parked.

However, in the conventional parking lot management method,
The following problems existed. First, in the case of the conventional method shown in FIG. 14, the driver creates a queue as needed in front of the reception office in order to secure the order of reception. When the vehicle is parked, the queue becomes large at the start of the reception, and all the drivers are to wait in front of the reception for a long time.

In the conventional management method shown in FIG.
A long queue of cars will be created in the parking lot 7, but if the number of cars entering the car changes in a pattern as shown in FIG. There was a problem that the driver had to wait for the reception while moving forward a little distance at a time, and he could not get out of the car and change his mind.

[0012] In order to solve these problems, management apparatuses for automatically managing the parking lot have been proposed, but they have a problem that they are expensive. For example, in order to automate the method of managing the parking lot shown in FIG. 14, when a car arrives at the parking lot, a numbered ticket printed with a reception number is issued, and after the reception starts, it is placed in the parking lot. It is conceivable that the corresponding reception reference number is displayed at any time by the displayed display and the reception call is made, but in this case, many cars are parked at an arbitrary position. However, in order for the call number to be visible from any car in that position, call number indicators must be placed in many places, which may be costly and may be expensive. There were few problems.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and makes a driver of a parked car wait for a long time by forming a queue in front of an entrance reception desk, or while moving forward little by little. Even if you have to drive close to the reception desk and do not have to frustrate, there are many parking lots and the driver has to wait for a long time, stop the car and wait in it A parking lot management method that can be used to wait away from the car without driver annoyance and without the driver having to wait at the site entrance reception desk .
It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive parking lot management device .

[0014]

[Structure of the Invention]

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Parking lot management according to the present invention
The device detects the vehicle arriving at the parking lot
Means and an arrival vehicle detection signal detected by the arrival vehicle detection means
Number of vehicles that count the number of vehicles entering the parking lot
Counting means, and after completing the reception, enter the parking lot site
Exit car detection means to detect cars leaving the reception
Receiving the exit vehicle detection signal detected by the exit vehicle detection means.
Number of cars leaving the parking lot
Counting means and the number of admissions counting means
The number of vehicles entering the parking lot and the
Due to the difference from the number of exiting parking lots
Parking count to determine the number of cars parked within
And the parking block closest to the entrance
Provided in front of each small block of
Call for giving instructions to call the car of the
Exit instruction means, provided at the entrance to the parking lot,
Parking position for indicating the parking position to incoming cars
The position instructing means and the arriving car detecting means are adapted to park the car.
When it detects arrival at the entrance of the venue,
The number of parking blocks and the identification number for each block
No., number of small blocks belonging to each block, and each small block
And the specified number of parallel parking for each small block
(Hereinafter referred to as "parking layout information")
Parking in the parking lot determined by the parking number counting means
Based on the number of vehicles and the following judgment principles,
Blocks and small blocks of cars arriving at the entrance that should be parked
The identification number of the lock and the parking position indicating means in the parking position indicating means
And instructed, and upon receiving an external reception end signal,
Parking layout information, splitting of the parking number counting means
Based on the number of parked cars
Next, the small block to be called and received next is specified.
The reception calling instruction means corresponding to the corresponding small block
Control means for instructing the reception
is there. car that arrived to a) parking lot, in order from the small block of the hand of the end in the closest block to the reception office, each small
Parking in parallel for the specified number of vehicles in blocks
Go to the small block on the other end of the block closer to the parking lot.
When the block is full, the next block
Vertical by specified number in order from the block in each of the small block your capital
I will park in line. b) A small block at one end in the block closest to the reception
Parked in parallel in each small block, in order from the block
Call the entire car to the reception at once, and
After the lock call, return to the first end
Just call each small block in order from the end. c) automobile columns that are parallel parking to each small block of the second and subsequent block from the block closer to the reception office, if open a corresponding small block in front of the block, the small Bro
It is assumed that they have been sequentially moved to the left.

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

[0020]

[0021]

[0022]

[0023]

[0024]

According to the parking lot management method and the management apparatus of the present invention, in a parking lot which receives entrances in order from a car arrived at a factory, a distribution center or the like to carry out and carry in luggage, and enters the premises, a) The car arriving at the parking lot is parked in parallel in each small block in order from the small block at one end of the block closest to the reception desk, and when the small block in the last row is full, the next car is Park at the beginning of the small block. When the small blocks at the other end of the block in the front row are full, the small blocks at the one end of the next block are sequentially parked in parallel in each small block.

B) All the cars parked in parallel in each of the small blocks are called at a time from the small block at one end of the blocks closest to the reception desk. After the call of the small block at the other end, the process returns to the first one end, and is similarly called for each small block in order from the end.

C) A car parked in parallel in each of the second and subsequent small blocks from the block closer to the reception desk, if the corresponding small block in the front block is vacant,
The small blocks are sequentially moved to the left.

By parking the arriving vehicle at a predetermined designated position in accordance with the principle described above and calling for reception, parking management and reception processing are efficiently performed without burdening the driver.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, a description will be given of the division of the parking lot required for carrying out the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the parking lot 21 is located near the entrance reception area 22 and has a parking exit for on-site entrance. 24 , and a parking lot entrance 23 is provided far from the reception office 22. The parking lot 21 itself is divided into a plurality of blocks (first to third blocks in the illustrated embodiment) B1 to B3 in order from the one closer to the reception place 22, and each of the blocks B1 to B3 is A plurality of small blocks (first to sixth rows in the illustrated embodiment) SB1 to SB6 are arranged vertically so that a plurality of automobiles (in the illustrated embodiment, six automobiles) can be parked in parallel.

The management method for parking a car in the parking lot 21 is performed according to the following principle. That is, a) The vehicle arriving at the parking lot 21 is located at one end of the first block B1 closest to the reception point 22, in the embodiment, from the first row small block SB1 at the left end to each small block SB.
1, SB2,... Are parked in parallel in order. When the other end of the first block B1 on the front side, that is, the rightmost sixth row small block SB6 is full, as shown in FIG. 13, the leftmost first row small block of the next second block B2. Each small block SB1, SB in order from SB1
2 、 ... Parallel parking.

B) When making a reception call, the reception office 2
.. Are parked in parallel in each of the small blocks SB1, SB2,... In order from one end of the first block B1, which is closest to 2, in the example, the leftmost first row small block SB1. All the cars are called at once to the reception office 22, and the cars whose reception work has been completed exit the parking lot 21 through the parking lot exit 24 and enter the premises. After the work of accepting the other end, that is, the sixth row small block SB6 at the right end, is completed, the process returns to the left end, which is the first end of the same first block B1, and the small blocks are similarly placed in order from the left end. Call is made for each of SB1, SB2,.

C) The first block B closer to the reception office 22
The second and subsequent blocks from the first, that is, the second block B
2. Each small block SB1 to SB of the third block B3
The car parked in parallel at 6 is the first block B in front
1, each corresponding small block SB of the second block B2
When 1 to SB6 are empty, all the cars in the row are moved to the front.

The parking lot is managed in accordance with the above principle. However, the number of cars actually entering the parking lot 21 greatly varies depending on the time zone as shown in FIG. The following describes how the parking lot is managed when the number of cars entering the vehicle greatly fluctuates depending on the time zone.

As shown in FIG. 11A, in the early morning hours when a large number of vehicles arrive at the same time, the first row B at one end of the first block B1 closest to the reception area 22 is located in the parking lot 21. In order from the block SB1 to the sixth row small block SB6, six small cars are parked in parallel in each small block,
When the first block B1 is full, the next second block B
In the same manner, two vehicles are parked in parallel in the same order starting from the leftmost small block SB1. Then, when the second block B2 is also full, next, six vehicles are parked in parallel in order from the leftmost small block SB1 of the third block B3.

The reception procedure at the reception office 22 is as follows. For the car parked in the first block B1 closest to the reception office 22, the small blocks SB1, SB1 are sequentially arranged from the leftmost small block SB1 to the right. At SB2,... All the six cars parked in parallel are called for each small block and reception work is performed. When the reception is completed, the vehicle enters the factory site from the parking lot exit 24.

As shown in FIG. 11 (b), when the cars waiting in the small blocks SB1 to SB6 of the first block B1 for the reception work exit, and these small blocks become empty, The automobiles parked in parallel in the small blocks SB1, SB2,... Of the rear second block B2 are moved to the corresponding small blocks of the front first block B1 for each small block. Also, as shown in FIG. 11C, the automobile parked in the third block B3 also
When the corresponding small block of the front second block B2 is vacant, the front small block is moved to the front.

As the time zone advances and the number of cars entering the parking lot 21 decreases, the cars entering the parked car in the first block B1 closest to the reception office 22, as shown in FIG. Park at the end of the park and wait.

[0038]

Next, an embodiment of the parking lot management apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and shows a divided parking lot 2 shown in FIG.
An arrival vehicle detection sensor 31 installed at the parking lot entrance 23 for detecting the vehicle arriving at 1 and an arrival vehicle detection signal detected by the arrival vehicle detection sensor 31 to count the number of vehicles entering the parking lot. A number-of-cars counter 32, an exiting vehicle detection sensor 33 installed at the parking exit 24 to detect a car exiting from the parking lot 21 and exiting from the site entrance reception office 22, and a detection of the exiting vehicle detection sensor 33. The exit number counter 34 that counts the number of exiting vehicles in the parking lot in response to the exit vehicle detection signal, and the small blocks provided in front of the small blocks SB1 to SB6 of the parking block B1 closest to the site entrance reception center 22. A reception guide calling device 35 for providing a call guide to the reception office 22 of a car parked in parallel at the parking lot and a parking lot entrance 23 And a parking position indicator 36 for indicating a parking position in an automobile coming admission. Further, the number of vehicles that are parked in a parking lot 21 indexing from the count value of the exit number counter 34 and the count value of the admission number counter 32, the above-described a) to c) of
According to the procedure , the parking position indicator 36 indicates the parking position for the vehicle arriving at the entrance 23 of the parking lot 21 and parks in the small blocks SB1 to SB6 of the first block B1 in the front row of the parking lot 21. There is provided a general control device 37 for causing the reception guide caller 35 to make a reception guide call for the middle car line.

The arrival vehicle detection sensor 31 and the exit vehicle detection sensor 33 detect the interruption of a signal or the arrival of a reflected signal when an automobile crosses in front of the sensor, as in a photoelectric detector or an ultrasonic detector. Various kinds of ordinary sensing means for detecting the passage of an automobile are used.

The reception guide calling unit 35 is connected to the reception office 2
Each small block SB of the first block B1 closest to 2
The small blocks which are installed in front of 1 to SB6 and in which the order for the reception procedure has come as shown in FIG. 2 are lit up or changed from red lighting to blue lighting when the order comes. It is displayed by
This lighting control is performed by the general control device 37.

The parking position indicator 36 is installed near the parking lot entrance 23 as shown in FIG. 3, and when the arriving vehicle detection sensor 31 detects an arriving vehicle, the parking position indicator 36 is instructed by the general control device 37. The parking position is indicated to the arriving car, for example, in the "" block "" row.

Next, the operation of the above-structured parking lot management system will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the reception work is completed from the parking lot 21 and the vehicle exits through the exit 24, the exiting vehicle detection sensor 33 detects the exiting vehicle detection sensor 33. The count is incremented by one, and at the same time, an interrupt signal for executing the flowchart of B10 is input to the overall control device 37. Therefore, the overall control device 37 reads and stores the count value of the number-of-entries counter 34 (steps S1 and S2).

As shown in the flow charts of FIGS. 6 to 8, when the vehicle arrives at the entrance 23 of the parking lot 21, the arriving vehicle detection sensor 31 outputs a detection signal. Start interrupt processing. Therefore, first, the number-of-entries counter 32 counts up the number of entries by one, receives the count value, and also receives the total number of entries from the number-of-entries counter 34,
Further, the currently accepted call sequence is small blocks SB1 to SB
No. 6 is determined, and the total number of parked cars is calculated after the next row after the row currently being called for reception (steps S11 to S14).

Subsequently, it is determined from the obtained total number of parked vehicles whether the small block SB6, which is the last row of the first block B1, is full (step S15).

In this step S15, the first block B1
Is full, it is determined whether the next second block B2 is full. If it is full, it is further determined whether the next third block B3 is full (steps S16 to S19). . When it is determined that all the blocks in the parking lot 21 are full, the arriving vehicle waits until the parking lot is there. For example, "The parking lot is now full, so wait for a while. If there is a parking lot at another location, or if there is a parking lot at another location, this parking lot is currently full, so please go to another parking lot. 36 (step S20).

However, in step S15, it is determined that the remaining small blocks of the first block B1 are empty, or in step S17, the second or third block B
If it is determined that 2 and B3 are vacant, it is next determined which block of which block is the last of the currently parked car, and then the last row found is 6 It is determined whether or not the cars have already been parked in parallel (steps S20 to S23).

If it is determined in step S23 that up to six cars have not yet been parked in the last row of small blocks, the vehicle is parked at the end of the car parked in that last row.
It is displayed on the parking indicator 36 (step S24).

However, if it is determined in step S23 that up to six small blocks in the last row are already parked in parallel, the parking indicator 36 is displayed so as to park at the head position of the adjacent small block. (Steps S25, S26, S24) In this case, if the car has been parked up to the rightmost small block SB6 of the current block, the adjacent small block is not in the same block. Small block SB in the first row of the subsequent block
1 (step S2).
3, S27, S24).

On the other hand, when the reception work is completed, an interruption signal is input to the general control device 37 in response to a reception end signal from the reception worker, and the general control device 37 transmits the B3 signal shown in FIG.
0 is executed. That is, it is determined how many columns have been receiving and calling until then (step S41). If the received and calling column is the rightmost small block SB6, the process returns to the small block SB1 in the first column and returns to the next small block SB1. This first column small block S
The reception guide calling unit 35 of B1 is turned on (steps S42, S43, S45). However, if the current reception call column is not the rightmost small block, the reception guide calling unit 35 of the corresponding small block is turned on to call the small block in the right column as the next column to be called (steps S42 and S44). , S45).

As described above, according to the parking lot management method and management apparatus of this embodiment, the designation of the parking position of the parking lot,
Calling the receptionist guarantees that reception will be performed in the order of arrival at the parking lot, does not disrupt the flow of cars, and allows the driver of a parked car to operate during times when the parking lot is congested. However, it is not necessary to walk to a reception place far away from the car for reception work as in the past, and the forward operation of the car must be constantly performed during standby as in the past. There is no need to be able to relieve tension because it does not become difficult, and even if the number of parked cars fluctuates greatly depending on the time of day, the burden on the driving car for reception work will not be so large, It is possible to wait slowly in the car or outside the car until the turn of the reception call in your line arrives.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but is divided into a plurality of blocks starting from the side closer to the reception desk, and further, in each block, the first column small block and the second .., But may be sequentially divided from the right end to the left.

The number of cars parked in each row in parallel and the number of small blocks are not limited. Furthermore, when a parking lot cannot be secured in one place, the same efficient parking management can be performed even in a parking lot distributed in a plurality of places by performing parking guidance according to the above-mentioned principles a) to c).

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to guarantee that reception will be performed in order from the vehicle arriving at the parking lot. In addition, as in the past, the driver was forced to keep the car moving forward little by little, or put a burden on the driver to wait a long line in front of the reception office to wait for the reception. Even when there is a lot of parking, only the burden of moving the entire row forward to the corresponding small block of the previous block when the previous block is vacant increases, and at other times it is necessary to go out or inside the car and wait slowly This can reduce the mental burden when the driver waits long.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a parking lot management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a reception guide calling device used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a parking position indicator used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of dividing a parking lot in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a graph showing an example of a temporal change in the number of parked parking lots.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a parking management procedure of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a parking management procedure of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a parking management procedure of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional parking management method.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing another conventional parking management method.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view showing the conventional parking method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Parking lot 22 Reception place 23 Entrance 24 Exit 31 Arriving car detection sensor 32 Entry number counter 33 Exit car detection sensor 34 Entry number counter 35 Reception guide caller 36 Parking position indicator 37 Overall control device B1 1st block B2 2nd block B3 Third block SB1 to SB6 Small block

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An arrival detecting a car arriving at a parking lot.
Vehicle detection means; Receiving the arrival vehicle detection signal detected by the arrival vehicle detection means
Entrance count counting the number of cars entering the parking lot
Means, After completing the reception, exit the parking lot site entrance reception desk
Exiting vehicle detection means for detecting an automobile Receiving the exit vehicle detection signal detected by the exit vehicle detection means
Exit number counting the number of cars leaving the parking lot
Means, The parking lot entrance counts by the entry number counting means.
The number of moving vehicles and the number of exits
Park in the parking lot from the difference from the number of cars leaving the parking lot
Parking number counting means for determining the number of vehicles being Each small block of the parking block closest to the site entrance reception desk
The car is located in front of the lock and has a corresponding small block
Call instruction for giving an instruction to call the reception desk
Means, A car that is installed at the entrance to the parking lot and enters
Parking position indicating means for indicating the parking position to the The arriving vehicle detecting means detects whether the vehicle has reached the entrance of the parking lot.
When the arrival is detected, the parking lot managed by the self
Number of blocks, identification number of each block, each block
And the identification number of each small block
Information on the number of parallel parking regulations for each small block (hereinafter referred to as
"Parking layout information"), the parking number cow
The number of parked vehicles in the parking lot,
After arriving at the entrance of the parking lot,
Identification number of blocks and small blocks for parked cars
No. to the parking position indicating means as a parking position,
Receiving a reception end signal from outside, the parking layout
Information, the parking number counting means
Next, based on the number of parked cars and the following judgment principle
Identify the small block to be called, and
Call to the reception call instruction means corresponding to the
Control device for controlling parking
Place. a) The car arriving at the parking lot is closest to the reception
One in the block In order from the small block at the end,
Parking in parallel for the specified number of vehicles in blocks
Go to the small block on the other end of the block closer to the parking lot.
When the block is full, the next block
The specified number of units for each small block in order starting from the block.
I will park in line. b) A small block at one end in the block closest to the reception
Parked in parallel in each small block, in order from the block
Call the entire car to the reception at once, and
After the lock call, return to the first end
Just call each small block in order from the end. c) The second and subsequent blocks from the block closer to the reception
A row of cars parked in parallel in each small block of
If the corresponding small block of the block is empty, the small block
It is assumed that they have been sequentially moved to the left.