JP6381293B2 - Parking lot equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot apparatus, and more particularly to a parking lot apparatus that supports a warehousing operation of a vehicle.

  In order to enter a parking lot, particularly a mechanical parking lot, the vehicle enters the vehicle entry section and enters a waiting tray or the like. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-333919 discloses a technique for facilitating driving when entering a tray or the like. This gazette includes an entry limit position indicating a limit on the back side of the regular entry area when the incoming vehicle approaches the forward end position of the regular entry area on one side of the vehicle entry direction depth on the vehicle entry floor. A side mirror that captures the front end of the incoming vehicle so that the driver can see it from the side simultaneously; a first photoelectric tube that detects that the incoming vehicle has entered the vehicle entry floor; and A second photoelectric tube for detecting that the vehicle has entered the regular entry position, a third photoelectric tube for detecting that the warehousing vehicle has entered the regular entry position, and a vehicle entry direction on the vehicle entry floor are provided. A front mirror is provided in front of the back so that the vehicle entering the regular entry area can be seen from the front by the driver, and the vehicle entering the vehicle is displayed by the images reflected on these mirrors and the visible light emitted from the phototube. of That the position and the front-rear direction of the entry position in the width direction the driver was visible have been described.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-131857 discloses a method for guiding a warehousing vehicle to an appropriate parking area. In this publication, there is a guide light emitting unit in which a pair of light sources that emit visible light beams of different colors that can irradiate a side mirror of a normally approaching vehicle are arranged on the opposite side of the vehicle entry direction of the parking area where the vehicle is parked. It is described that when the driver of the vehicle looks at the door mirror, the light is superimposed so that the driver can recognize the approach angle of the vehicle from the change in the superimposed state of the light according to the approach angle of the vehicle. ing.

JP-A-7-3331919 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-131857

  However, what is described in the former publication described above is that when a vehicle enters a tray or the like in a mechanical parking lot, the driver visually recognizes the vehicle width direction of the vehicle with a front mirror. However, the driver's wheel steering technology is various, and depending on the driver, the shift in the vehicle width direction (left and right direction orthogonal to the approach direction) is corrected only by the image reflected in the mirror, and the warehousing vehicle is brought into the appropriate parking area It was difficult to park. If such a shift in the vehicle width direction occurs more than a predetermined amount, the warehousing vehicle is once moved backward and re-entry, so that it takes a heavy burden on the driver and takes time for warehousing, resulting in a decrease in efficiency. There was a problem of inviting. The side mirror and the phototube described in this publication are for the driver to visually recognize the approach position in the front-rear direction of the warehousing vehicle.

  In addition, what is described in the latter publication described above is that when the parking vehicle is parked while retreating, the vehicle driver is made to see the light beam superimposed when the vehicle driver looks at the door mirror. In the mechanical parking lot apparatus, the position of the warehousing vehicle in the vehicle width direction is not visually recognized when the warehousing vehicle moves forward on the tray or the like.

  The present invention has been made from the above-described prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot device that allows the driver to easily visually recognize the position of the incoming vehicle in the vehicle width direction.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a parking lot apparatus that is provided in a vehicle entry section into which a warehousing vehicle enters, and guides the warehousing vehicle to an appropriate parking area. Is provided along a vehicle width direction center of the appropriate parking area, and the wheel is operated while visually recognizing the vehicle width direction center with the visible light .

  According to the present invention, by irradiating visible light from the light source body along the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area, the driver can easily visually recognize the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area and By aligning the center of the warehousing vehicle to be driven, it is possible to adjust the deviation in the vehicle width direction, thereby reducing the burden on the driver, reducing the time required for warehousing, and improving efficiency. Improvements can also be made.

1 shows a first embodiment of a parking lot apparatus according to the present invention, and is a side view of a vehicle loading / unloading unit. FIG. It is a top view of the vehicle loading / unloading part in 1st Embodiment. The 2nd Embodiment of the parking lot apparatus of this invention is shown, and it is a side view of a vehicle entrance / exit part. It is a schematic block diagram of the parking lot apparatus with which this invention is applied.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a parking lot apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Embodiment 1]

  As shown in FIG. 4, the parking lot apparatus is a mechanical parking lot apparatus that is called, for example, a plane circulation type, and has a vehicle storage / removal unit 1 installed on the ground and a first storage in an underground space. A hierarchy A and a second storage hierarchy B are installed. Further, in the first storage hierarchy A and the second storage hierarchy B, a plurality of trays 2 on which vehicles are placed are arranged in a matrix, and these trays 2 are vertically fed or horizontally transferred to the storage space 3. A tray feeding mechanism (not shown) for feeding is installed, and the tray 2 is fed by the tray feeding mechanism in four directions of front and rear and left and right, or two directions of front and rear and left and right. Furthermore, it has a lifting platform 4a capable of delivering the tray 2 to and from a predetermined position in the circulation transfer path of each storage hierarchy A, B, and between the ground vehicle entry / exit section 1 and the underground storage hierarchy A, B A lift 4 that can be moved up and down is provided. The ground vehicle entry / exit unit 1 serves as both a vehicle entry unit into which the entering vehicle enters and a vehicle entry unit from which the exit vehicle is carried out. In addition, an entrance door 1a that is opened and closed when the vehicle enters and exits is installed at the entrance and exit of the vehicle entrance / exit section 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the parking lot apparatus according to the first embodiment is devised in order to facilitate driving when entering the warehousing vehicle C into the appropriate parking area of the warehousing tray 2a. Specifically, the first light source body 5 that is installed on the ceiling of the vehicle loading / unloading unit 1 and irradiates the visible light beam 5a along the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area, and the visible light beam 6a are appropriate. A second light source body 6 for irradiating the front stop position of the parking area is provided.

  The first light source body 5 and the second light source body 6 are laser devices that emit green laser light, for example, and the visible light rays 5a and 6a emitted from these light source bodies 5 and 6 have a predetermined spread angle. It is a laser light sheet having The visible light 5a irradiates the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area, and the spread angle is adjusted so as to irradiate over a wider range than the longitudinal dimension of the warehousing tray 2a into which the warehousing vehicle C is loaded. Further, the visible light 6a irradiates 300 mm from the front stop position of the appropriate parking area, for example, from the front end of the warehousing tray 2a, and has a spread angle so as to irradiate over a range wider than the lateral dimension of the warehousing tray 2a. It has been adjusted.

  In addition, a front mirror 7 is provided in front of the vehicle entrance / exit part 1 in the vehicle approaching direction so that the driver can visually recognize the warehousing situation from the front.

  In the first embodiment, first, when a vehicle is stored, the target empty tray, that is, the storage tray 2 a is called to the vehicle storage / exit section 1. In response to this call, the tray feeding mechanism is operated in accordance with a program stored in advance in a control means (not shown) to feed and drive the warehousing tray 2a in the vertical or horizontal direction on the horizontal plane. That is, the tray feeding mechanism of one or a plurality of storage spaces 3 adjacent to the empty space E shown in FIG. 4 is activated, and one or a plurality of trays 2 on the storage space 3 are moved horizontally or vertically. Sent. As a result of this movement, another tray 2 or a group of trays 2 are sequentially moved toward a newly vacant space E. In this way, the operation of moving one or more trays 2 toward the empty space E of the tray 2 is repeated, and the warehousing tray 2 a is moved to the lift 4. When the warehousing tray 2 a is placed on the lifting platform 4 a of the lift 4, the lifting platform 4 a rises to the vehicle loading / unloading unit 1. Needless to say, when the warehousing tray 2a is in the vehicle loading / unloading unit 1 and is in a standby state, it is not necessary to move the warehousing tray 2a as described above. Moreover, in FIG. 4, the warehousing tray 2a is located in the vehicle loading / unloading part 1, and the warehousing vehicle C has got in for convenience.

  When the doorway door 1a is opened in order to enter the storage vehicle C on the storage tray 2a located in the vehicle storage / exit section 1, the first light source body 5 and the second light source body 6 are turned on, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. As described above, the visible light 5a is irradiated along the center of the appropriate parking area in the vehicle width direction, and the visible light 6a is applied to the front stop position of the appropriate parking area. The driver visually recognizes the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area with the visible light 5a, and gets into the warehousing tray 2a while manipulating the wheels so as to align the center of the warehousing vehicle C to be driven with the visible light 5a. After this, the approach position in the front-rear direction of the warehousing vehicle C is visually recognized by the positional relationship between the visible light ray 6a and the incoming vehicle C reflected in the front mirror 7 and the visible light ray 6a. Stop. In this way, the incoming vehicle C is parked in the appropriate parking area of the incoming tray 2a, and then the driver gets out of the incoming vehicle C.

  Thereafter, the elevator 4a is lowered to one of the storage levels A and B, the tray feeding mechanism is activated, and the warehousing tray 2a is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction on the horizontal plane to be positioned in the predetermined storage space 3. Let Further, when there is a request for leaving the vehicle, the leaving work is performed in the same manner as a normal operation. That is, as described above, the delivery tray is moved to the lift 4 by repeating the feeding operation of the tray 2 in which one or a plurality of trays 2 move in the vertical or horizontal direction toward the empty section. . When the delivery tray is placed on the lifting platform 4 a of the lift 4, the lifting platform 4 a rises to the vehicle loading / unloading unit 1. Thereafter, the door 1a is opened and the vehicle is delivered. In addition, even if the entrance door 1a opens at the time of delivery, the 1st light source body 5 and the 2nd light source body 6 remain OFF.

  According to the first embodiment, the driver easily illuminates the center of the appropriate parking area in the vehicle width direction by irradiating the first light source body 5 with the visible light 5a along the center of the appropriate parking area in the vehicle width direction. The vehicle width direction deviation can be adjusted by aligning the center of the incoming vehicle C to the visible light 5a, thereby reducing the burden on the driver. The time required for warehousing can be shortened and the efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, by making visible light 5a, 6a a light sheet having a predetermined divergence angle, the driver can easily illuminate a predetermined position with a film of light, so that the driver can easily stop in the center of the appropriate parking area in the vehicle width direction or stop ahead The position can be visually recognized.

  Furthermore, since the laser light emitted from the laser devices constituting the first light source body 5 and the second light source body 6 has a high light energy density and is emitted in the form of a beam, a light sheet with high luminance is formed. And the visibility by the driver can be improved.

  Moreover, the laser device is used as the light source bodies 5 and 6, and a predetermined position over a certain range is linearized by one light source body by irradiating the center in the vehicle width direction and the front stop position of the appropriate parking area with the laser light sheet. Irradiation can be performed, and the apparatus can be simplified.

Furthermore, by irradiating visible light beam 6a from the second light source body 6 to the front stop position of the appropriate parking area, the entry position in the front-rear direction of the warehousing vehicle C can be easily visually confirmed, and the warehousing vehicle C is surely secured at the front stop position. This makes it possible to prevent the front mirror 7 and the like from being damaged by accidentally getting in the warehousing vehicle C too much.
[Embodiment 2]

  Here, a second embodiment of the parking lot apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the thing equivalent to what is shown in 1st Embodiment mentioned above.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the parking lot apparatus according to the second embodiment is installed on the ceiling of the vehicle loading / unloading unit 1 and irradiates the visible light 50a along the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area. The light source body 50 and the 2nd light source body 60 which irradiates the visible light 60a to the front stop position of a suitable parking area are provided. The first light source body 50 and the second light source body 60 are laser devices that irradiate a plurality of red laser beams with high directivity, for example.

The difference from the first embodiment is mainly visible rays 50a and 60a emitted from the light source bodies 50 and 60 , and the second embodiment shows the directivity that converges to a relatively small spot. A plurality of high visible light rays 50a and 60a are irradiated to a predetermined position.

  According to the second embodiment, by using the light source bodies 50 and 60 as a general laser device that irradiates the laser light sheet as shown in the first embodiment, the generality of the device is improved. Can do.

  The above-described embodiment has been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and is not necessarily limited to the one having all the configurations described. In addition, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the light source bodies 5, 6, 50, 60 are laser devices that emit green or red laser light. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an LED or the like is used as the light source. The color of visible light can be arbitrarily set.

  In addition, the second light source bodies 6 and 60 that irradiate the visible light beams 6a and 60a to the front stop position of the appropriate parking area are not necessarily provided, and driving when entering the storage vehicle C into the appropriate parking area of the storage tray 2a. In order to facilitate this, another light source body that irradiates other predetermined positions may be provided.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, visible light is emitted radially from the light source bodies 5, 6, 50, 60. However, a plurality of light sources are arranged in series, and visible light is irradiated in the vertical direction, respectively. You may make it show the vehicle width direction center of an area | region, etc.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, although the light source body 5, 6, 50, 60 was installed in the ceiling of the vehicle loading / unloading part 1, a pole etc. was erected in the vehicle loading / unloading part 1 and it was in the predetermined height position. You may make it arrange | position a light source body and irradiate visible light to the center of a proper parking area in the vehicle width direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle entry / exit part 2 Tray 2a Warehousing tray 3 Storage space 4 Lift 5, 50 1st light source body 5a, 50a Visible light 6, 60 2nd light source body 6a, 60a Visible light 7 Front mirror A, B Storage hierarchy C Warehousing vehicle

Claims (3)

In the parking lot device that is provided in the vehicle entry part where the incoming vehicle enters, and guides the incoming vehicle to the appropriate parking area,
A light source body that is installed above the vehicle entry portion and irradiates visible light along the center in the vehicle width direction of the appropriate parking area is provided , and the wheel is operated while visually checking the center in the vehicle width direction with the visible light . A parking lot apparatus characterized by that. Provided on the surface at the back of the vehicle entry part is a front mirror for the driver to view the warehousing situation from the front, and another light source that irradiates the front stop position of the appropriate parking area with visible light. provided, parking apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that viewing the entry position in the longitudinal direction of the receipts vehicle by a positional relationship between the receipts vehicle and visible light caught on the visible and the front mirror. The parking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the visible light is a light sheet having a predetermined spread angle.

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