JP6591900B2 - Mechanical parking lot management system and mechanical parking lot control device used therefor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mechanical parking lot management system that controls the operation of a mechanical parking lot, and a mechanical parking lot control device used therefor.

  Conventionally, a mechanical parking lot is widely used in order to efficiently park many cars in a limited space. In the mechanical parking lot, a pallet on which a car can be loaded is operated by a machine, so that the car stored at the entrance / exit is moved to the parking space, and the car parked at the parking space is moved to the entrance / exit. Can be made.

  When entering a car in this mechanical parking lot, the driver gets on the pallet at the entrance / exit and then gets off the car and operates the operation panel installed near the entrance / exit. By moving the pallet, the pallet loaded with the car is moved to the parking space.

JP 2011-129065 A

  As described above, when performing an operation for warehousing, it is necessary to confirm that no passengers are left in the space inside the entrance / exit entrance (in the parking lot) including the interior of the vehicle to be admitted. There is.

  In order to ensure this confirmation work, human sensors and camera devices are installed near the entrance / exit in the parking lot, and the presence or absence of people inside the entrance / exit is detected using the information acquired by these sensors. There is technology to do.

  However, in order to use such a technique, it is necessary to previously install a human sensor or a camera device at a predetermined position in the parking lot, which causes a problem of cost and labor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when parking a car in a mechanical parking lot, the parking lot machine operates in a state where a person is left behind inside the parking lot entrance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanical parking lot management system for preventing the above, and a mechanical parking lot control device used for the management system.

  In order to achieve the above object, the mechanical parking lot management system according to the present invention includes a parking space for parking a car, a storage space for a vehicle to enter from outside, and the storage space. In a management system for a mechanical parking lot having a transport device that transports a car that has been entered to the parking space, a peripheral monitoring device that is mounted on the car that has entered the storage space and detects people in the vicinity of the car A person who is wirelessly connected to the periphery monitoring device and receives a warehousing operation instruction for transporting the vehicle that has entered the warehousing space to the parking space. While the vehicle is being detected, the transport device is not driven, and when a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is not detected, Characterized in that it comprises a control device for driving the conveying device based on the signal the goods receipt operation instruction.

  According to the mechanical parking lot management system of the present invention and the mechanical parking lot control device used therefor, when a vehicle is stored in the mechanical parking lot, a person is left behind inside the parking entrance of the parking lot. It is possible to prevent the parking lot machine from operating in a state of being in a safe state for the user.

1 is an overall view showing a configuration of a management system for a mechanical parking lot according to a first embodiment. It is a side view which shows the state which the vehicle stopped in the storage space of the mechanical parking lot in which the management system by 1st Embodiment was mounted. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement performed with the control apparatus of the mechanical parking lot by which the management system by 1st Embodiment is mounted, and the vehicle-mounted control apparatus of the vehicle which enters the said mechanical parking lot. It is a side view which shows the state which the vehicle stopped in the storage space of the mechanical parking lot in which the management system by 2nd Embodiment is mounted. It is a side view which shows the state which the vehicle stopped before the door of the storage space of the mechanical parking lot in which the management system by 3rd Embodiment is mounted. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement performed with the control apparatus and the entrance / exit management apparatus of a mechanical parking lot by which the management system by 3rd Embodiment is mounted.

<First Embodiment>
The configuration of the mechanical parking lot management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A management system 1A for a mechanical parking lot according to this embodiment includes various devices installed in an elevator-type mechanical parking lot 10A provided in a building having a plurality of floors, and a vehicle that uses the mechanical parking lot 10A. It is comprised with the periphery monitoring apparatus 21 mounted in 20A.

  In the mechanical parking lot 10A, an entry / exit space 11 provided on a predetermined floor (the first floor in FIG. 1) of the building and used when entering or leaving the car 20A to be parked, and an entry / exit space 11, a hoistway 12 having a space in which a car can be raised and lowered on each floor, and a parking space 13 provided adjacent to the hoistway 12 are arranged on each floor. Each parking space 13 is provided with a parking shelf 14 on which a car can be loaded.

  Further, in the mechanical parking lot 10A, a plurality of pallets 15 on which vehicles can be loaded, and the pallets 15 loaded with vehicles are moved up and down in the hoistway 12, so that the storage space 11 and any one of the floors can be located. And a transport device 16 for transporting the vehicle between them.

  The transport device 16 includes a lift 161 that can load a car together with the pallet 15, and a lift driving device 162 that is provided on the hoistway 12 and moves the lift 161 up and down in the hoistway 12. The lift driving device 162 includes a plurality of wires 162a, a drum 162b around which the plurality of wires 162a are wound, and a drum driving device 162c that drives the rotation of the drum 162b. One end of each wire 162a is connected to the lift 161, and the other end is wound around the drum 162b. The drum driving device 162c rotates and drives the drum 162b, so that each wire 162a is unwound from the drum 162b to the lift 161 side or each wire 162a extending to the lift 161 side is wound around the drum 162b. The lift 161 is moved up and down.

  Each parking shelf 14 and lift 161 is provided with a traverse drive device 17 having a traverse roller 171 for moving the pallet 15 in the lateral direction. Then, in a state where the height of the lift 161 is adjusted to the height of the predetermined parking shelf 14, the corresponding parking shelf 14 and the transverse roller 171 of the lift 161 are rotated by the transverse driving device 17, thereby the pallet on the lift 161. 15 can be moved to the parking shelf 14, or the pallet 15 on the parking shelf 14 can be moved to the lift 161.

  The drum driving device 162c and the traversing driving device 17 described above are controlled by a control device (mechanical parking lot control device) 18 installed in the mechanical parking lot 10A. The function of the control device 18 will be described later.

  The loading / unloading space 11 of the mechanical parking lot 10A and its peripheral equipment, and the apparatus mounted on the car 20A entering the mechanical parking lot 10A will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the present embodiment, as the periphery monitoring device 21 mounted on the vehicle 20A, a front monitoring device 211 that detects a person in front of the vehicle 20A and a person behind the vehicle 20A on the exterior of the vehicle body of the vehicle 20A. A rear monitoring device 212 for detecting and a side monitoring device 213 for detecting a person on the side of the vehicle 20A are installed. The front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, and the side monitoring device 213 are configured by a camera device, a human sensor, and the like, detect when a person is in a predetermined monitoring area, and output a human detection signal. To do.

  Further, in the vehicle 20A, an in-vehicle control device 22A connected to the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, and the side monitoring device 213, and an in-vehicle communication device 23A connected to the in-vehicle control device 22A are installed. ing. The in-vehicle control device 22A and the in-vehicle communication device 23A are mounted in a car navigation device, for example.

  The in-vehicle control device 22A acquires a human detection signal output from the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, or the side monitoring device 213, and detects information and a person that identify the detection source device. Information indicating this is output to notify the driver. Further, when the vehicle-mounted control device 22A acquires a human detection signal from any device after the engine of the car 20A is stopped, the vehicle-mounted control device 22A wirelessly transmits the human detection signal to the control device 18 via the vehicle-mounted communication device 23A.

  Further, a door 111 is installed at the entrance / exit which is the entrance to the entrance / exit space 11 of the building. In addition, an operation panel 112 connected to the control device 18 is installed in the vicinity of the door 111 on the outside (external space side) of the entrance / exit, so that the car 20A entering the entrance / exit space 11 can be placed in any parking space 13. When an operation for carrying is performed, a warehousing operation instruction is generated and transmitted to the control device 18.

  The control device 18 is connected in a communicable state with the operation panel 112, the drum drive device 162c, the traverse drive device 17, and the in-vehicle communication device 23A. If the person detection signal transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 23A is acquired when the warehousing operation instruction is acquired from the operation panel 112, the control device 18 does not drive the drum driving device 162c and the traverse driving device 17. To. If no human detection signal is acquired, the drum driving device 162c and the corresponding traversing driving device 17 are driven based on the acquired warehousing operation instruction.

  Operation | movement of 1 A of management systems 1A of the mechanical parking lot 10A comprised in this way is demonstrated below. In the present embodiment, when the engine of the car 20A is operating, whether or not there are people in the respective monitoring areas (around the car 20A) in the mounted front monitoring device 211, rear monitoring device 212, and side monitoring device 213. Is monitored at predetermined time intervals (for example, several tens of milliseconds to several hundreds of milliseconds).

  Then, a human detection signal is generated in the device in which it is detected that there is a person, and is output to the in-vehicle control device 22A. In the in-vehicle control device 22A, when a human detection signal is acquired from any of the devices, information for identifying the detection source device and information indicating that a person has been detected are output in a display or a voice to the driver. Informed. By recognizing the notified information, the driver can perform operations for safety measures such as applying a brake and locking the opening and closing of the door.

  When entering the car 20A into the mechanical parking lot 10A, the driver temporarily stops the car 20A in front of the door 111 at the entrance / exit, and opens the door 111 by operating the operation panel 112 or the like. Then, the vehicle 20A enters the entry / exit space 11 and is stopped by the pallet 15 on the lift 161, and the engine is stopped.

  The vehicle 20A has a front monitoring device 211, a rear monitoring device 212, a side monitoring device 213, an in-vehicle control device 22A, and an in-vehicle communication device 23A for at least a predetermined time (for example, about 10 minutes) after the engine is stopped. Is set to continue.

  A process executed in the management system 1A after the engine of the car 20A is stopped on the pallet 15 in the loading / unloading space 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  After the engine of the vehicle 20A is stopped, when a human detection signal is output from any of the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, and the side monitoring device 213, the vehicle detection device 22A acquires the human detection signal. (“YES” in S1), the data is transmitted to the control device 18 via the in-vehicle communication device 23A (S2). The determination process in step S1 and the transmission process in step S2 are repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals (for example, several tens of milliseconds to several hundreds of milliseconds) while each device mounted on the vehicle 20A is operating (S3). ).

  On the other hand, when the driver stops the vehicle 20A, the driver gets off with the passenger and exits from the loading / unloading space 11 to the outside of the door 111, and performs an operation for loading the vehicle 20A with the operation panel 112. When an operation for warehousing is performed, a warehousing operation instruction is generated on the operation panel 112 and transmitted to the control device 18.

  When the warehousing operation instruction is acquired (“YES” in S4), the control device 18 determines whether or not a human detection signal is currently acquired from the in-vehicle communication device 23A (S5). Here, when it is determined that the human detection signal is acquired (“YES” in S5), the drum driving device 162c and the traverse driving device 17 corresponding to the acquired warehousing operation instruction are not driven, and the lift 161 etc. do not move (S6).

  Thereafter, when the human detection signal is no longer acquired in the control device 18 (“YES” in S7), or when it is determined in step S5 that the human detection signal is not acquired (“NO” in S5). The drum driving device 162c and the corresponding traversing driving device 17 are operated based on the acquired warehousing operation instruction, and the pallet 15 loaded with the car 20A is moved from the warehousing / exiting space 11 to the predetermined parking space 13, Is installed on the parking shelf 14 (S8). When the operation based on the warehousing operation instruction is completed, the control device 18 returns to step S4.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when a car is entered into the mechanical parking lot, it is possible to avoid operating the parking lot machine in a state where a person is left behind around the car inside the entrance / exit. It is possible to operate the mechanical parking lot safely.

Second Embodiment
As 2nd Embodiment of this invention, the management system 1B provided with the various apparatuses installed in the mechanical parking lot 10B and the various apparatuses mounted in the vehicle 20B using the said mechanical parking lot 10B is demonstrated. The management system 1B of the mechanical parking lot 10B according to the present embodiment is the same as the management system 1A described in the first embodiment except that the in-vehicle monitoring device 24 is mounted on the vehicle 20B that uses the mechanical parking lot 10B. Since it has the same structure, detailed description of the part which has the same function is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the present embodiment, as an in-vehicle monitoring device 24 mounted on the vehicle 20B, as shown in FIG. 4, an in-vehicle camera device 241 that detects the person by photographing the inside of the vehicle 20B and a seat in the vehicle 20B. A seating sensor 242 for detecting when a person is seated is installed.

  The in-vehicle camera device 241 determines whether or not there is a person in the vehicle by analyzing the imaging information. When the in-vehicle camera device 241 detects that there is a person, the in-vehicle camera device 241 generates a person detection signal and outputs it to the in-vehicle control device 22B. The seating sensor 242 determines whether or not a person is seated on the seat by determining whether or not a pressure greater than or equal to a predetermined value is applied to the seat in the vehicle, and detects that the person is seated. A human detection signal is generated and output to the in-vehicle control device 22B.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the vehicle-mounted control device 22B also outputs a human detection signal from the in-vehicle camera device 241 and the seating sensor 242 in addition to the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, and the side monitoring device 213. Obtaining and outputting information for identifying the detection source device and information indicating that a person has been detected are output to the driver. Further, when the vehicle-mounted control device 22B acquires a human detection signal from any device after the engine of the vehicle 20B is stopped, the vehicle-mounted control device 22B transmits the human detection signal to the control device 18 via the vehicle-mounted communication device 23B.

  In the management system 1B of the mechanical parking lot 10B configured as described above, in the car 20B that has been put on the pallet 15 in the loading / unloading space 11 and the engine is stopped in order to enter, the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device When the human detection signal is output from any one of 212, the side monitoring device 213, the in-vehicle camera device 241, and the seating sensor 242, the on-vehicle control device 22B acquires the human detection signal. The acquired human detection signal is transmitted to the control device 18 via the in-vehicle communication device 23B.

  In the control device 18, while the person detection signal is acquired, the drum driving device 162 c and the traversing driving device 17 are not driven even if the warehousing operation instruction is acquired. If the person detection signal is not acquired when the warehousing operation instruction is acquired, the drum driving device 162c and the corresponding traverse driving device 17 are driven based on the warehousing operation instruction.

  According to the second embodiment described above, when a car is stored in the mechanical parking lot, it is avoided that the parking lot machine operates in the state where a person is left behind in and around the vehicle inside the entrance / exit. It is possible to operate the mechanical parking lot more safely.

<Third Embodiment>
As 3rd Embodiment of this invention, 1C of management systems provided with the various apparatuses installed in the mechanical parking lot 10C and the various apparatuses mounted in the vehicle 20C using the said mechanical parking lot 10C are demonstrated. The management system 1C for the mechanical parking lot 10C according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, is provided with the entrance / exit management device 19 installed outside the entrance / exit, as described in the second embodiment. Since the configuration is the same as that of the system 1B, detailed description of the portion having the same function is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the entrance / exit management device 19 is wirelessly communicable with the in-vehicle communication device 23C of the car 20C, and is connected to the control device 18 in a communicable state by radio or wire. In addition, the entrance / exit management device 19 monitors whether or not the vehicle 20C is stopped in front of the entrance / exit by using imaging information of a camera device (not shown) that captures the vicinity of the entrance / exit. When it is detected that the vehicle is stopped, a vehicle detection signal is generated and transmitted to the control device 18. In addition, when the person detection signal wirelessly transmitted from the car 20 </ b> C is acquired, the entry / exit management device 19 transmits the person detection signal to the control device 18.

  In the present embodiment, the control device 18 is connected to a door driving device (not shown) that drives opening and closing of the door 111, and when a vehicle detection signal is acquired from the loading / unloading port management device 19, the loading / unloading port management device 19. If no human detection signal is acquired from the door 111, the door 111 is opened. Further, when a vehicle detection signal is acquired from the loading / unloading port management device 19, if a person detection signal is acquired from the loading / unloading port management device 19, the door 111 is kept open without being opened.

  The operation of the management system 1C of the mechanical parking lot 10C configured as described above will be described below. Also in the present embodiment, as in the case of the second embodiment, while the engine of the vehicle 20C is operating, the mounted front monitoring device 211, rear monitoring device 212, side monitoring device 213, in-vehicle camera device 241, and In the seating sensor 242, it is monitored at predetermined time intervals whether or not there is a person in each monitoring target.

  Then, a human detection signal is generated in the device in which it is detected that there is a person, and is output to the in-vehicle control device 22C. In the in-vehicle control device 22C, when a human detection signal is acquired from any of the devices, information for identifying the detection source device and information indicating that a person has been detected are output in a display or a voice to the driver. Informed.

  When entering the car 20C into the mechanical parking lot 10C, the driver temporarily stops the car 20C in front of the door 111 at the entrance / exit, and causes the passenger to get off.

  A process executed in the management system 1C after the vehicle 20C is stopped in front of the door 111 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  When the vehicle 20C is stopped in front of the door 111, the entrance / exit management device 19 detects the stop of the vehicle 20C ("YES" in S11), and a vehicle detection signal is generated and transmitted to the control device 18. (S12). In addition, when a human detection signal is output from any one of the front monitoring device 211, the rear monitoring device 212, the side monitoring device 213, the in-vehicle camera device 241, or the seating sensor 242 after the vehicle 20C is stopped, the vehicle-mounted control is performed. The person detection signal is acquired by the device 22C and transmitted to the entrance / exit management device 19 via the in-vehicle communication device 23C. In the entrance / exit management device 19, when the human detection signal is acquired (“YES” in S13), the human detection signal is transmitted to the control device 18 (S14).

  When the vehicle detection signal is acquired by the control device 18 (“YES” in S15), it is determined whether or not a human detection signal is currently acquired via the entry / exit management device 19 (S16). Here, when it is determined that a human detection signal is acquired from any device other than the seating sensor 242 in the driver's seat (“YES” in S16), the door 111 is not opened (S17).

  Thereafter, when the human detection signal is no longer acquired by the control device 18 (“YES” in S18), or when it is determined in step S16 that the human detection signal is not acquired (“NO” in S16). The door 111 is opened (S19). When the door 111 is opened, the control device 18 returns to step S15.

  When the door 111 is opened, the driver drives the car 20 </ b> C and moves it into the loading / unloading space 11. Then, the entry / exit management device 19 detects that the vehicle 20C has moved into the entry / exit space 11 (“YES” in S20), and the process returns to step S11. When the entry / exit management device 19 does not detect that the vehicle 20C has moved into the entry / exit space 11 in step S20 ("NO" in S20), the process returns to step S13, and the person detection signal has been acquired. Whether or not is monitored.

  When the vehicle 20C is stopped on the pallet 15 in the loading / unloading space 11 and the engine is stopped, processing similar to the processing described in the first embodiment is executed.

  According to the third embodiment described above, when entering a car into a mechanical parking lot, the outside of the entrance / exit (before entering the entrance / exit space) and the inside of the entrance / exit (after stopping in the entrance / exit space) In order to carry out processing for warehousing after confirming that there are no people around the car and in the car at two stages, move the mechanical parking lot more safely. be able to.

1A, 1B, 1C management system 10A, 10B, 10C Mechanical parking lot 11 Entry / exit space 12 Hoistway 13 Parking space 14 Parking shelf 15 Pallet 16 Transport device 17 Traverse drive device 18 Control device (mechanical parking lot control device)
19 Entry / Exit management device 20A, 20B, 20C Vehicle 21 Perimeter monitoring device 22A, 22B, 22C Vehicle-mounted control device 23A, 23B, 23C Vehicle-mounted communication device 24 Vehicle interior monitoring device 111 Door 112 Operation panel 161 Lift 162 Lift drive device 162a Wire 162b Drum 162c Drum driving device 171 Traverse roller 211 Front monitoring device 212 Rear monitoring device 213 Side monitoring device 241 Car camera device 242 Seating sensor

Claims (6)

A mechanical parking facility having a parking space for parking a car and a storage space for a vehicle to enter from outside, and a transport device for transporting the vehicle that has entered the storage space to the parking space. In the parking management system,
A perimeter monitoring device that is mounted on a vehicle that has entered the warehousing space and detects people in the vicinity of the vehicle;
Upon receiving a warehousing operation instruction for transporting a car that is wirelessly connected to the perimeter monitoring device and entering the parking space to the parking space, the perimeter monitoring device detects a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle A control device that drives the transport device based on a received warehousing operation instruction when the transport device is not driven while a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is not detected. A mechanical parking lot management system. It is mounted on a vehicle that has entered the storage space, and further includes an in-vehicle monitoring device that detects a person in the in-vehicle space of the vehicle,
The control device is wirelessly connected to the in-vehicle monitoring device, and when the warehousing operation instruction is received, a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is detected by the periphery monitoring device, or by the in-vehicle monitoring device While the person in the interior space of the vehicle is detected, the transport device is not driven, the person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is not detected, and the person is in the interior space of the vehicle 2. The mechanical parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the transport device is driven based on the received warehousing operation instruction when the vehicle is not detected. A warehousing management device for detecting a stopped vehicle in front of the warehousing entrance that is the entrance of the warehousing space;
The control device is connected to a door installed at the entrance of the storage space,
Whether a person in the vicinity of the stopped vehicle is detected by the perimeter monitoring device when the vehicle stopped before the warehousing port is detected by the warehousing port management device Alternatively, the door is not opened while a person in the interior space of the vehicle is detected by the interior monitoring device, and the door is opened when a person in the vicinity of the vehicle and in the interior space is not detected. The management system for a mechanical parking lot according to claim 2, wherein the management system is opened. A parking space for parking the car and a storage space for the vehicle to enter from outside, and a transport device for transporting the car that has entered the storage space to the parking space, In a mechanical parking control device that is mounted on a car that has entered the warehousing space and wirelessly connected to a perimeter monitoring device that detects people around the car,
Upon receiving a warehousing operation instruction for transporting a vehicle that has entered the warehousing space to the parking space, the transportation device is operated while a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is detected by the periphery monitoring device. Mechanical parking lot control, comprising: a controller that drives the transport device based on a received warehousing operation instruction when no person is detected in the vicinity of the vehicle that is not driven and is detected. apparatus. It is mounted on a vehicle that has entered the storage space, and is further wirelessly connected to an in-vehicle monitoring device that detects people in the in-vehicle space of the vehicle,
When the control unit receives the warehousing operation instruction, a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is detected by the periphery monitoring device, or a person in the vehicle interior space of the vehicle by the vehicle monitoring device While the vehicle is being detected, when the transport device is not driven, a person in the vicinity of the entered vehicle is not detected, and a person in the vehicle interior of the vehicle is not detected, The mechanical parking lot control device according to claim 4, wherein the transport device is driven based on the received warehousing operation instruction. It is further wirelessly connected to a warehousing management device that detects a stopped vehicle in front of the warehousing entrance that is the entrance of the warehousing space,
The controller is a person who is in the vicinity of the vehicle stopped before the warehousing port by the periphery monitoring device when a vehicle stopped before the warehousing port is detected by the warehousing port management device. Or while the person in the interior space of the vehicle is detected by the interior monitoring device, the door installed at the entrance of the storage space is not opened, The mechanical parking lot control device according to claim 5, wherein the door is opened when a person in the space is not detected.

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