JP3900386B2 - Parking lot management device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a parking lot management apparatus used in a car parking lot, and more specifically, a parking lot that performs vehicle guidance, parking lot fullness management, parking fee charging, car search, etc. in a parking lot. It relates to a management device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional parking lot, the vehicle is stopped at the entrance gate at the time of warehousing, a parking ticket recording the warehousing time is issued, and then the gate is opened for warehousing. At the time of delivery, it is common to stop the vehicle at the exit gate, collect the parking fee calculated from the exit time and the entry time, open the gate and exit.
[0003]
In this conventional method, since it is necessary to stop the vehicle every time entering / exiting, the first problem that the entry / exit cannot be performed smoothly and the smoothness / smoothness of the parking lot cannot be improved. was there.
[0004]
In addition, since cars can be classified into large, medium and light cars depending on their size, parking spaces of optimum sizes are usually prepared for the respective parking lots. However, car drivers often do not know where to find a suitable parking location for their car. For this reason, there is a second problem that the vehicle cannot be guided to the parking place corresponding to the type of the vehicle and parked in a short time.
[0005]
In addition, a driver who has returned to the parking lot for delivery may have forgotten the parking location of his car. In that case, there was a third problem that it took a long time for the driver to walk around the parking lot in order to find the parking place of his car and find the parking place.
[0006]
These troubles impair the smoothness of the parking lot and the entrance and exit of the car. As a result, the driver feels frustrated, and the turnover rate does not improve for the parking lot manager. Profitability has reached its peak, and there is a problem for nearby residents that the traffic environment in the surrounding area deteriorates due to traffic jams in cars waiting to be received.
[0007]
Therefore, several countermeasures have been considered to solve this problem.
The first measure is intended for contracted vehicles. Wireless communication is performed between the contracted vehicle's wireless card and the parking lot antenna, allowing the contracted vehicles to enter and exit non-stop and use them later together. The parking fee is deducted from the person's account. In this case, the vehicle type of the contract vehicle is registered in advance, and the driver often knows in advance the parking location of the vehicle.
[0008]
The second measure is to automatically read the vehicle number, allow non-stop entry and exit of ordinary vehicles, and pay the parking fee at the parking place when leaving the store. . In this case, when the vehicle is a contract vehicle, the parking fee can be withdrawn from the user's account collectively later.
[0009]
In the third measure, the number plate and the vehicle body are recorded on a steel video when the vehicle is received, and recorded in the same place as the parking place number. When the user loses sight of the parking place of his car, the user searches for his car from the still video and finds the parking place.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the first countermeasure plan, when a vehicle other than the contract vehicle enters, the parking fee cannot be withdrawn because the account is not known. For this reason, vehicles other than contracted vehicles are stopped at the warehousing gate and the warehousing gate as usual, and all vehicles cannot be admitted and retrieved non-stop.
[0011]
Further, the second countermeasure proposal has a drawback that the reading rate of the automatic reading device is 90% to 95% because the vehicle number is dirty or bent. Therefore, it is necessary to issue a parking ticket for backup, and in practice it is impossible to enter and exit in a completely non-stop manner.
[0012]
In the third countermeasure plan, it takes time for the driver to search for himself from the still video. Therefore, the vehicle is parked for a longer time than necessary, and the rotation rate of the parking lot is reduced. Accordingly, these countermeasures cannot sufficiently solve the above-mentioned problems.
[0013]
The present invention has been devised in view of the problems described above. In other words, the first object of the present invention is to provide non-stop warehousing, non-stop fare settlement, and non-stop warehousing to smooth the flow of cars in the parking lot. The object is to provide a parking management device. In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management device that can smoothly guide a car to a predetermined parking place in order to make the flow in the parking lot smooth. Furthermore, a third object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management apparatus that can immediately display the parking location of the vehicle to the driver in order to prevent unnecessary stagnation of the car in the parking lot.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot management device according to a first aspect of the present invention reads a vehicle body identification device for identifying vehicle body information and a wireless card mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle passes through an entrance gate. A communication device that determines the time as the warehousing time and the time when the vehicle passes the exit gate as the warehousing time, and a management computer that records the vehicle body information, ID number, warehousing time and warehousing time, and determines the parking location Prepared , calculate the parking fee from the vehicle body information, the arrival time and the departure time, charge the parking fee to the owner of the ID number, and for each parking where the car is parked, that the car entered the parking lot, And an attendance sensor that senses the absence of the vehicle from the parking space and communicates the fact to the management computer, and the management computer parks based on the communication from the presence sensor. Update the full sky information of the field, to determine the parking place of the car from該満sky information.
[0015]
With the configuration of the above invention, the vehicle body determination device determines vehicle body information of the vehicle when the vehicle passes. When the vehicle passes, the communication device reads the ID number from the wireless card mounted on the vehicle, determines the time when the vehicle passes the entrance gate as the entry time, and issues the time when the vehicle passes the exit gate. Confirm with the time. The management computer records the vehicle body information, the ID number, the entry time, and the exit time. When the car leaves, the parking fee is calculated from the body information, the entry time and the departure time, and the parking fee is charged to the owner of the ID number.
[0016]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a parking lot management apparatus determines a parking place based on a vehicle body determination device that determines vehicle body information, a communication device that reads an ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle body information. Each parking area that includes a management computer and a control device that outputs guidance information for the driver, displays guidance information for guiding a vehicle equipped with a wireless card of this ID number to this parking location, and parks the vehicle In some cases, a presence sensor is provided to detect that a car has entered the parking lot and that no car has been left because the parking lot is present, and to notify the management computer of the fact. Based on the contact from the seat sensor, the parking lot full / vacant information is updated, and the parking location of the car is determined from the full / vacant information.
[0017]
With the configuration of the above invention, the vehicle body discrimination device discriminates the vehicle body information of the vehicle when the vehicle passes. When the vehicle passes, the communication device reads the ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle. The management computer determines a parking place based on the vehicle body information. The control device displays guidance information to the driver in order to guide the vehicle to the parking place corresponding to the ID number of the wireless card mounted on the car running in the parking lot, and guides the car to the parking place.
[0018]
Furthermore, a parking lot management device according to a third aspect of the invention determines a parking place based on a vehicle body discriminating device that discriminates vehicle body information, a communication device that reads an ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle body information. , A management computer that records the ID number and parking location information, and a parking location search device that displays the parking location of the vehicle, displays the parking location of the vehicle corresponding to the presented ID number, and the vehicle is parked Each parking space is provided with a presence sensor that senses that a vehicle has entered the parking space, and that there is no vehicle from the parking space, and informs the management computer of this. Based on the notification from the presence sensor, the parking lot full / vacant information is updated, and the parking location of the vehicle is determined from the full / vacant information.
[0019]
With the configuration of the above invention, the vehicle body discrimination device discriminates the vehicle body information of the vehicle when the vehicle passes. When the vehicle passes, the communication device reads the ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle. The management computer determines a parking place based on the vehicle body information, and records the ID number and the parking place information. The parking location searching device displays the parking location of the car corresponding to the presented ID number to the driver.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to a common part and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a functional system diagram of the present invention.
The wireless card 80 is mounted on the car 1 that has entered the parking lot. The wireless card 80 is a card-type communication storage medium that can be transported, and can communicate with the communication device 40 via the antenna 41. The wireless card has a storage area composed of a ROM area and a RAM area. The ROM area stores ID numbers, and the RAM area stores various data as necessary. Here, the ID number is a number that identifies the driver. Some wireless cards 80 are known as IC cards, IC plates, and electronic money. The wireless card 80 can also be used as an IC card used in a non-stop automatic toll collection system on a toll road. Although the wireless card 80 is shown as an integral unit in FIG. 1, some wireless cards 80 include a portable card and a stationary in-vehicle device.
[0022]
The vehicle body discrimination device 10 is installed near the entrance of the parking lot. The vehicle body discriminating device 10 discriminates vehicle type information such as a large size, small size, light vehicle, high roof, etc. of the vehicle by using an image processing device, a weight scale, an infrared sensor or the like (not shown), and sends this vehicle type information to the management computer.
[0023]
The entrance gate 20 is installed near the entrance of the parking lot. The in-site gate 90 is installed in a car passage in the parking lot. The exit gate 30 is installed near the exit of the parking lot.
[0024]
The antenna 41 is installed in the vicinity of the entrance gate 20, the in-site gate 90, and the exit gate 30. The communication device 40 reads the ID number from the wireless card 80 mounted on the car 1 that has passed through the gate via the antenna 41, and sends this ID number to the management computer 50. The communication device 40 determines the time when the vehicle 1 passes the warehousing gate 20 as the warehousing time, and sends this warehousing time to the management computer. Similarly, the communication device 40 determines the time when the vehicle has passed through the exit gate 30 as the delivery time, and sends this delivery time to the management computer. Further, the communication device 40 writes vehicle body information such as vehicle body dimensions and size and parking location information in the RAM area of the wireless card 80 via the antenna 41, and deletes the information.
[0025]
The display board 61 is installed in the vicinity of the installation of the entrance gate 20, the in-house gate 90 and the exit gate 30. The display board 61 displays parking location information and route information according to instructions from the control device 60. The control device 60 displays the guidance information based on the parking location information read from the wireless card 80 via the antenna 41. The parking location information includes the parking location block number of this car and its full availability information.
[0026]
The management computer 50 records the ID number, the entry time, and the exit time that come from the communication device 40, and the vehicle type information that comes from the vehicle body discrimination device. It also receives seating information at each parking location from the communication device and manages the parking space availability information. The parking location of the vehicle is determined from the vehicle type information and the full availability information, and the parking location information is sent to the control device 60 and the communication device 40. Moreover, the parking location information of the car corresponding to the ID number of the question is sent to the parking location search device by the inquiry of the parking location search device. The management computer 50 calculates the parking time from the entry time and the departure time, calculates the parking fee per hour corresponding to the vehicle type information, calculates the parking fee of the car 1 from the parking time and the parking fee per hour, and charges To do. If the wireless card is an ID card or ID plate, the parking fee is deducted from the account corresponding to the ID number. If the wireless card is electronic money, the parking fee is deducted from the electronic money. The management computer 50 creates daily reports, monthly reports, bills, management materials, etc. as necessary.
[0027]
The parking place searching device 70 is installed inside or outside the parking lot. When there is an inquiry from a driver who has forgotten the parking location of his / her car, the parking location search device 70, via the antenna 41, parking location information recorded in the RAM area of the wireless card possessed by the driver. Get this parking location to the driver. In other embodiments, the ID number of the user's wireless card is obtained via the antenna 41. Alternatively, the user can directly enter the ID number. The parking location search device inquires the management computer about the ID number owned by the user, displays parking location information corresponding to the ID number, and informs the driver of the parking location.
[0028]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the layout of the parking lot according to the present invention. The car passage connects the parking lot entrance with the parking A block, parking B block and parking C block. There is a vehicle body discrimination device 10 at the entrance of the parking lot, and an entrance gate is located behind the vehicle body discrimination device 10 along the flow of the vehicle passage. There is a gate 90 in the center of the car passage, and each parking block 2 has a plurality of parking lots 3. Furthermore, the car passage connects each parking block 2 and the parking lot exit, and there is an exit gate in the vicinity of the parking lot exit. There is a display board 61 and an antenna 41 at an easily visible position above each gate. In this parking lot, the parking A block, the parking B block, and the parking C block are for large vehicles, medium vehicles, and light vehicles, respectively. The management computer 50, the control device 60, the communication device 40, and the parking lot search device 70 are in separate rooms (not shown).
[0029]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described using the parking lot in FIG. 2 as an example. When a large vehicle enters the parking lot, the vehicle body determination device determines that the vehicle 1 is a large vehicle and sends vehicle type information (large vehicle) to the management computer 50. The management computer searches the full availability information of the parking A block for a large vehicle, confirms that there is an empty parking 3 and determines that the parking 3 of the parking A block is the parking location of this car 1. The management computer 50 records vehicle type information and parking locations.
[0030]
When the vehicle 1 approaches the warehousing gate 20, as shown in FIG. 3, a character sign of “A” and an arrow indicating “straight ahead” are displayed on the display board 61 in the warehousing gate 20. When the vehicle passes through the warehousing gate 20, the communication device 40 communicates with the wireless card in the vehicle via the antenna 41 of the warehousing gate 20 to obtain an ID number. The communication device 40 determines the time when the vehicle has passed the entrance gate as the warehousing time, and sends the ID number and the warehousing time to the management computer. Further, the communication device 40 transmits the vehicle type information and the parking location to the wireless card 80, and the wireless card 80 records the vehicle type information and the parking location information in the RAM area.
[0031]
When the car travels along the passage, the control device 60 reads the parking location information from the wireless card 80 via the antenna 41 of the in-field gate 90, and displays on the display board 61 in the in-field gate 90 as shown in FIG. A character sign “A” and an arrow “straight” are displayed. In front of the parking block A, the control device 60 displays the character sign “A” and the arrow “turn right” as shown in FIG. 4 on the display board 61 in the gate 90 in the same manner. . The car turns right and enters the parking block A according to the instructions on the display board 61. The driver finds an empty parking lot 3 in the parking block A and parks a car 1 in the parking lot 3. When a parking sensor presence sensor (not shown) senses that the car 1 has entered, it notifies the management computer to that effect. The management computer updates the availability information.
[0032]
When the driver who has returned to the parking lot has forgotten the parking place of his / her car, the driver goes to a place where the parking place search device is located. The parking location searching device reads parking location information from a wireless card held by the driver, displays the parking location, and notifies the driver. In another embodiment, the parking place search device reads the ID number from a wireless card held by the driver. Alternatively, the driver directly inputs the ID number. The parking location searching device inquires of the management computer about the parking location. The management computer searches for full / vacant information, finds that the driver's car is in parking lot 3 of the parking A block, and sends the information to the parking place searching device 70. The parking location searching device 70 displays the parking location and informs the driver.
[0033]
The driver starts the car 1 from the parking lot 3 in the parking A block. When a parking sensor's presence sensor (not shown) senses that the car is gone, it notifies the management computer to that effect. The management computer updates the availability information. On the display board 61 at the exit gate 90 of the parking A block, a character sign “exit” and an arrow indicating “turn right” are displayed.
[0034]
The driver drives the car to the exit according to the guidance information on the display board 61. When the vehicle passes through the exit gate 30, the communication device 40 communicates with the wireless card in the vehicle via the antenna 41 of the exit gate 30, and obtains an ID number. The communication device 40 determines the time when the vehicle has passed the exit gate as the delivery time, and sends the ID number and the delivery time to the management computer. The communication device 40 erases the vehicle body information and the parking location information in the RAM area of the wireless card.
[0035]
The management computer calculates the parking time by subtracting the entry time from the delivery time. Find the parking fee per hour for large vehicles from the table of pre-set vehicle types and parking fees per hour. The parking fee is calculated by adding the parking time to the parking fee per hour, and the parking fee is deducted from the wireless card (electronic money) or the user's account.
[0036]
Some parking spaces do not have large parking spaces for large vehicles such as limousines. When such a vehicle that cannot be parked enters, the vehicle body discrimination device notifies the management computer to that effect. The management computer guides the vehicle out of the parking lot by the above-described vehicle guidance method. When a car without a wireless card arrives, the car is stopped and a parking fee is charged by a conventional method.
[0037]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the vehicle type information and the parking lot information may not be recorded in the RAM area of the wireless card, and the vehicle may be guided using the vehicle type information and the parking lot information recorded in the management computer. In addition, the entrance gate and the exit gate do not necessarily have to be in the shape of a gate, and only need to have a reference position in order to determine the entry / exit times of the car. Moreover, it does not necessarily need to arrange | position at the entrance and exit on parking, and may arrange | position at the entrance and exit of a parking block or a parking lot. Moreover, although the example demonstrated to the self-propelled parking lot in the Example, you may apply to a mechanical parking lot.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As explained above, the parking management device of the first invention of the present invention can realize non-stop warehousing, non-stop fare settlement and non-stop tying, and smooth the flow of cars in the parking lot. it can. Moreover, the parking lot management apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention can smoothly guide the vehicle to the parking place, and can smoothly flow the cars in the parking lot. Furthermore, the parking lot management device of the third invention can immediately display the parking place of the own vehicle to the driver, and can prevent unnecessary stagnation of the vehicle in the parking lot.
[0039]
Therefore, the parking lot management device according to the present invention improves the smoothness of the parking lot and the smoothness of entering and exiting the car, and makes the driver feel uncomfortable waiting for the manager of the parking lot. This will further improve the profitability and improve the surrounding traffic environment for local residents without causing traffic jams.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional system diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an example of a parking lot layout.
FIG. 3 is an example of display on a display board.
FIG. 4 is another example of display on the display board.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Car 2 Parking block 3 Parking 10 Car body discrimination device 20 Entrance gate 30 Exit gate 40 Communication device 41 Antenna 50 Management computer 60 Control device 61 Display board 70 Parking place search device 80 Wireless card 90 Inside gate

Claims (3)

In a parking lot management device for managing parking lots, a vehicle body discrimination device for discriminating vehicle body information and a wireless card mounted on the vehicle read an ID number, and the time when the vehicle passed through the entrance gate is the entry time. And a communication device for confirming the time when the vehicle has passed the exit gate as the delivery time, and a management computer for recording the vehicle information, ID number, entry time and delivery time and determining the parking location, , Calculate the parking fee from the entry and exit times, charge the parking fee to the owner of the ID number ,
Each parking lot where a car is parked is equipped with a presence sensor that senses that the car has entered the parking lot and that the car is no longer in the parking lot and informs the management computer accordingly. ,
The management computer updates parking space fullness information based on communication from the presence sensor, and determines a parking place of the vehicle from the fullness information . In a parking lot management device for managing a parking lot, a vehicle body discrimination device that discriminates vehicle body information, a communication device that reads an ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle, and a parking place based on the vehicle body information. A management computer for determining, and a control device for outputting guidance information for the driver, displaying guidance information for guiding a vehicle equipped with a wireless card of this ID number to this parking place ;
Each parking lot where a car is parked is equipped with a presence sensor that senses that the car has entered the parking lot and that the car is no longer in the parking lot and informs the management computer accordingly. ,
A management computer updates parking space availability information based on communication from the presence sensor, and determines a parking location of the vehicle from the availability information . In a parking lot management device for managing a parking lot, a vehicle body discrimination device that discriminates vehicle body information, a communication device that reads an ID number from a wireless card mounted on the vehicle, and a parking place based on the vehicle body information. A management computer that determines and records the ID number and parking location information, and a parking location search device that displays the parking location of the vehicle, and displays the parking location of the vehicle corresponding to the presented ID number ;
Each parking lot where a car is parked is equipped with a presence sensor that senses that the car has entered the parking lot and that the car is no longer in the parking lot and informs the management computer accordingly. ,
A management computer updates parking space availability information based on communication from the presence sensor, and determines a parking location of the vehicle from the availability information .

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