JP6983643B2 - Control method of parallel type mechanical parking device and parallel type mechanical parking device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a parallel type mechanical parking device and a control method for a parallel type mechanical parking device.

As a mechanical parking device, a parallel parking device in which a plurality of elevator parking devices are arranged in a row in the traveling direction of a vehicle to be stored is known (for example, Patent Document 1). In such a parallel type elevator type parking device, an elevator type parking device (hereinafter referred to as "backside machine") in which only one elevator type parking device is provided with an entrance / exit port and the entry / exit port is not provided is provided. Is constructed so as to pass through an elevator device provided with an entry / exit port (hereinafter referred to as "front side machine") for warehousing.

Elevator parking devices need to be functionally provided with pit openings on the floor. For this reason, when warehousing in the back side machine, the pit opening formed on the floor surface of the front side machine is closed by using a special device such as a moving floor so that the vehicle can pass through the front side machine. Forming a road.

Japanese Patent No. 3947063

In recent years, due to the increase in size of various machines used in elevator-type parking devices, there has been a shortage of installation space for special devices for lane formation such as moving floors, and from the perspective of reducing costs. It is desired to enable the vehicle to enter the backside machine without using a special device for forming a lane such as a moving floor.

In the device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a lane pallet is used instead of the conventional elevator floor by the elevator floor device, and this is used as a vehicle storage shelf. It is stored in one of the above, and is mounted on the elevator cage at the time of entry and exit to secure the lane by installing it in the entrance section.

However, in the device disclosed in Patent Document 1, since a pallet dedicated to the lane is provided and stored in a dedicated storage shelf, it is not considered to use the pallet for storing the vehicle in the lane.
When a pallet for storing a vehicle is used as a roadway, it is necessary to use a pallet (so-called empty pallet) housed in a storage shelf in which the vehicle is not stored. Generally, in a mechanical parking lot, in order to shorten the time for storing a vehicle, the vehicle is often stored in a storage shelf near the entrance / exit, so the storage shelf relatively close to the entrance / exit is used. Vehicles were often stored, and empty pallets were often located far from the entrance / exit. Therefore, in a structure that uses a pallet for storing a vehicle as a lane, the pallet located far from the entrance / exit must be transported in order to make the pallet a lane, which takes time to transport and is a mechanical parking device. Overall smoothness could be degraded.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a parallel-type mechanical parking device and a control method for a parallel-type mechanical parking device that can improve smoothness. ..

In order to solve the above problems, the following means are adopted as the control method of the parallel type mechanical parking device and the parallel type mechanical parking device of the present invention.
The columnar mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention is a columnar mechanical parking device in which a plurality of mechanical parking devices are lined up in the warehousing direction and a plurality of entrances and exits of the mechanical parking devices are shared. The mechanical parking device includes a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted, a hoistway for raising and lowering a carrier for transporting the pallets, and a plurality of storage shelves for accommodating the plurality of the pallets transported by the transporter. By storing the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted in the storage shelf, the plurality of pallets included in the mechanical parking device that stores the vehicle and is provided with the entrance / exit port can be used. In the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port, which includes a pallet for both lanes used for a part of the road from the entry / exit port to the mechanical parking device not provided with the entry / exit port. When the vehicle is stored, the storage shelf capable of storing the vehicle from among a plurality of second storage shelves that are the storage shelves other than the first storage shelf in which the road-combined pallet is stored. The first storage shelf is provided on the vehicle lane side of the entire mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port.

A mechanical parking device with an entry / exit port (hereinafter referred to as "front side machine") and a back side mechanical parking device without an entry / exit port (hereinafter referred to as "back side machine"). In a structure where the entry / exit port is shared, it is necessary to pass through the front side machine in order to enter the back side machine. Usually, the mechanical parking device is provided with a transport machine for transporting pallets, a swivel device for swiveling a vehicle, and the like, so that a pit is formed on the floor surface. Therefore, it is necessary to close the pit in order to pass the front aircraft.
In the above configuration, when the vehicle passes through the front side machine for warehousing in the back side machine, the pit can be closed by using the pallet used for storing the vehicle. In this way, since the pallet used for storing the vehicle can also be used for the roadway, a special device (for example, a moving floor device, etc.) for providing a roadway for passing the front side machine should be provided. It is possible to store the vehicle in the backside machine. Therefore, the construction cost can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the special device is provided.

In addition, since the pallet used for storing the vehicle is also used as the lane, the mechanical parking device is compared with the case where a pallet dedicated to the lane is provided separately from the pallet used for storing the vehicle. Since the number of pallets provided inside can be reduced, space can be saved and installation costs can be suppressed.

Further, when the vehicle is stored in the front side machine, the vehicle can be stored from a plurality of second storage shelves other than the first storage shelf in which the road-combined pallet is stored. It is equipped with a vehicle storage shelf determination means for determining a shelf. When a vehicle is stored in the first storage shelf in which the lane-combined pallet is stored, the lane-combined pallet cannot be used as a lane while the vehicle is stored. In the above configuration, when the vehicle is stored in the front side machine by the vehicle storage shelf determining means, the first storage shelf, which is a storage shelf for accommodating the pallet for both lanes, remains in a state where the vehicle is not stored until the end. Therefore, until the end, the road pallet can be used as a road.
Further, since the first storage shelf in which the vehicle is not stored until the end is arranged on the lane side of the front side machine, the distance between the first storage shelf and the lane is shortened. As a result, it is possible to reduce the time required for the road-combined pallet to move between the storage rack and the road at all times. Therefore, the smoothness of the entire parallel mechanical parking device can be improved.
In addition, the distance from the lane of the front side machine is less than half of the distance between the lane and the storage shelf farthest from the lane. Means an area.

Further, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, the storage shelf closest to the lane may be the first storage shelf.

In the above configuration, the distance between the road-combined pallet and the road is the shortest. As a result, the time required for the road-combined pallet to move between the storage rack and the road can be shortened. Therefore, the smoothness of the entire parallel mechanical parking device can be further improved.

Further, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, the pallet for both lanes and lanes housed in the first storage shelf may have a flat upper surface.

In the above configuration, the upper surface of the road-combined pallet housed in the first storage shelf is flat. As a result, when the pallet is used as a roadway, the vehicle travels on a flat upper surface, so that the vehicle can easily travel. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user of the parallel type mechanical parking device.

Further, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle storage shelf determining means stores the vehicle in the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port, the plurality of said vehicles are described. When the vehicle is stored in all of the second storage shelves and the storage shelf in which the vehicle can be stored cannot be determined, the vehicle is placed in the first storage shelf in which the lane-combined pallet is housed. You may decide to store it.

In the above configuration, when the vehicle is stored in all of the plurality of second storage shelves and the storage shelf in which the vehicle can be stored cannot be determined, the vehicle is placed in the first storage shelf in which the pallet for lanes is accommodated. Store. As a result, the vehicles can be stored in all the storage shelves in all the front side machines, so that it is possible to prevent a decrease in the number of vehicles accommodated in the parallel type mechanical parking device.

Further, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, in the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port, a pallet for exclusive use of a roadway that can be conveyed by the carrier separately from the pallet. May be provided.

In the above configuration, since the pallet dedicated to the lane is provided, the pallet dedicated to the lane is formed by using the pallet dedicated to the lane even when the vehicle is stored in all the storage shelves in the front side machine. can do.

Further, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, the vehicle is stored in all of the plurality of second storage shelves, and the vehicle is not stored in the first storage shelf. In this state, it may be determined that the mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port is full.

In the above configuration, since it is determined that the vehicle is full when the vehicle is not stored in the first storage shelf in which the road-combined pallet is housed, it can be always set that the vehicle is not stored in the first storage shelf. As a result, the road pallet stored in the first storage shelf can always be a part of the road.

Further, in the columnar mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, the storage shelves excluded when the vehicle storage shelf determination means performs the determination process are based on the operational status of each mechanical parking device. The change means for changing from the first storage shelf to the change storage shelf which is one of the plurality of second storage shelves is provided, and the change means performs the change process. In some cases, the pallet housed in the modified storage shelf may be used as a lane-combined pallet used as a part of the lane.

In the above configuration, the road pallet used for a part of the road can be changed based on the operation status of each mechanical parking device. As a result, the pallet for both lanes and lanes can be accommodated in the storage shelves according to the operating status of each mechanical parking device.
Therefore, if a storage shelf relatively close to the lane is used as a storage shelf to be excluded when the vehicle storage shelf determination means performs the determination process, the vehicle is not stored in the storage shelf and the vehicle is always one of the lanes. It can be used as a part. Therefore, for example, during a time when the pallet of the front side machine is frequently used as a part of the lane, the pallet for both lanes can be used as a pallet for lanes by accommodating the pallet for both lanes in a storage shelf near the lane. Since the time required for a part can be shortened, the smoothness of the entire parallel mechanical parking device can be improved.
Further, when the storage shelf relatively far from the lane is used as the storage shelf to be excluded when the vehicle storage shelf determination means performs the determination process, the vehicle can be stored in the storage shelf near the lane. .. Therefore, for example, during the time when the vehicle is frequently stored or discharged from the storage shelf in the front side machine, the vehicle can be stored in the storage shelf near the lane so that the vehicle can be stored or stored in the storage shelf. Since it is possible to shorten the time required for delivery from the vehicle, it is possible to improve the smoothness of the entire parallel mechanical parking device.

In the control method of the columnar mechanical parking device according to one aspect of the present invention, a plurality of mechanical parking devices are arranged in the warehousing direction, and a plurality of entrances / exits of the mechanical parking device are shared. It has a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted, a hoistway for a carrier for transporting the pallets to move up and down, and a plurality of storage shelves for accommodating the plurality of the pallets transported by the transporter. By storing the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted in the storage shelf, the vehicle is stored, and the plurality of pallets included in the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port are in front of the entry / exit port. A method for controlling a columnar mechanical parking device including a pallet that also serves as a lane used for a part of the road to the mechanical parking device without an entry / exit port, wherein the entry / exit port is provided. When the vehicle is stored in the mechanical parking device, the vehicle may be stored from a plurality of second storage shelves other than the first storage shelf in which the road-combined pallet is stored. The vehicle storage shelf determination step of determining the possible storage shelves is provided.

According to the present invention, the smoothness of the entire parallel mechanical parking device can be improved.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the parallel parking type parking apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic vertical sectional view which shows the structure of the parallel type elevator type parking apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the pallet for mounting on a vehicle of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the pallet for both lanes of FIG. It is a block diagram of the control device of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the vehicle storage shelf determination process. It is a schematic vertical sectional view of the parallel type elevator type parking device of FIG. 1, and is the figure which showed the state which the pallet is used as a lane. It is a schematic vertical sectional view which shows the structure of the parallel type elevator type parking apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the palette determination process. It is a schematic vertical sectional view which shows the modification of FIG. 2 and FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a control method for a parallel parking device and a parallel mechanical parking device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the parallel type mechanical parking device according to the present embodiment, a plurality of elevator type parking devices provided with a storage shelf 19 above the boarding floor are arranged in a row in the warehousing / delivery direction of the vehicle 2. It is a parallel parking device 1 that shares the entrance / exit port 3. That is, the parallel type elevator type parking device 1 has an elevator type parking device on the front side having an entry / exit port 3 (hereinafter referred to as "front side machine 4") and an elevator type parking having no entry / exit port 3. It is composed of a device (hereinafter referred to as "backside machine 5"). In the parallel parking device 1 according to the present embodiment, as an example, two elevator parking devices are arranged in front and behind. In the following explanation, in the front side machine 4, the floor having the entrance / exit 3 is referred to as the boarding floor, and in the back side machine 5, the floor located at the same height as the boarding floor of the front side machine 4 is used. Called the entrance floor. Further, the warehousing / delivery port 3 is provided with a warehousing / delivery door 6 (see FIG. 3) that slides up and down.

As shown in FIG. 2, the entry / exit floors of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5 are boarding / alighting rooms, and the floor surface 7 thereof is a turntable 8 mainly for changing the direction of the vehicle 2. Is installed. The turntable 8 has a configuration in which a swivel plate 10 and a swivel drive unit 11 are provided in a concave opening pit 9 formed on the floor surface 7 of the boarding floor. The swivel drive unit 11 lifts the swivel plate 10 by about 150 mm to 200 mm and swivels the swivel plate 10 to swivel the pallet 18 described later mounted on the turntable 8. The details of the boarding / alighting rooms of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5 will be described later.

A vertical hoistway 13 is formed in the center of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5, and a carrier (elevator-shaped pallet carrier) 14 is provided in the vertical hoistway 13 so as to be able to move up and down. .. The carrier 14 is suspended by a wire rope (not shown) extending downward from the winch 15 provided on the upper part of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5. The conveyor 14 moves up and down in the hoistway 13 by driving the winch 15 by a motor (driving unit) 17.

A plurality of storage shelves 19 are provided on both sides of the hoistway 13. The storage shelves 19 are provided vertically in a multi-layered manner so as to sandwich the hoistway 13, and one pallet 18 is housed in each storage shelf 19. In all layers, the storage shelves 19 arranged on one side of the hoistway 13 and the storage shelves 19 arranged on the other side of the hoistway 13 are arranged at substantially the same height position. The storage shelf 19 is supported by columns and the like, but the columns and the like are not shown.

Further, the pallet 18 is gripped by the transport machine 14 and reciprocates between the storage shelf 19 and the boarding floor. That is, the storage shelf 19 and the pallet 18 housed in the storage shelf 19 have a one-to-one correspondence, and the pallet 18 is not stored in another storage shelf 19. When the pallet 18 is lowered to the entrance floor, it is lowered so as to close the opening pit 9. In the pallet 18 (the pallet for both lanes and the pallet for lanes 23, which will be described later) according to the present embodiment, the vehicle 2 stored in the storage shelf 19 is placed, and from the warehousing / delivery port 3 to the back side machine 5. Become part of the road. That is, the road from the entry / exit port 3 to the back side machine 5 is composed of the floor surface 7 of the front side machine 4 and the pallet 18 that closes the opening pit 9.

The front side machine 4 is provided with three types of pallets 18 according to the intended use. Specifically, the vehicle mounting pallet 21 on which the vehicle 2 stored in the storage shelf 19 is mounted, and the vehicle 2 can be mounted, and the opening pit 9 of the front side machine 4 is closed to enter and exit the warehousing port 3. The pallet 22 that also serves as a roadway that becomes a part of the road from the front side machine 5 to the back side machine 5 and the opening pit 9 of the front side machine 4 are blocked and become a part of the road from the entrance / exit 3 to the back side machine 5. A pallet for exclusive use of the lane 23 and a pallet 23 are provided. The pallet 23 for exclusive use of the lane is only used as a lane and does not carry a vehicle.
The back-side machine 5 is not provided with the road-combined pallet 22 and the road-dedicated pallet 23, but is provided with only the vehicle-mounted pallet 21.

As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle mounting pallet 21 is formed by bending a steel plate, and is erected on a center guide convex portion 21a formed in the central portion in the width direction thereof and on both side edge portions. The wheels of the vehicle 2 are formed between the pair of left and right wheel guide walls 21b, the center guide convex portion 21a, and the wheel guide walls 21b in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle mounting pallet 21 (the front-rear direction of the vehicle 2 to be mounted). It has two wheel guide grooves 21c for guiding along the wheel guide groove 21c. The center guide convex portion 21a, the wheel guide wall 21b, and the wheel guide groove 21c are provided over substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the vehicle mounting pallet 21.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface 22a of the road-combined pallet 22 and the road-dedicated pallet 23 is formed on a flat surface. Further, convex portions 22b protruding downward are provided on the side edges on both sides of the lower surface. The convex portion 22b is provided over substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the road-combined pallet 22 (the front-rear direction of the vehicle 2 passing over the upper surface 22a). Further, the upper surface 22a of the road-combined pallet 22 may be provided with a display means (not shown) for guiding the vehicle 2 to the rear unit 5. The display means may be, for example, an arrow indicating the direction of the back side unit 5 by the LED light, or an arrow indicating the direction of the back side unit 5 with a reflective material that reflects the light emitted from the headlight of the vehicle 2. May be good.

The front side machine 4 is provided with three types of storage shelves 19 according to the pallets 18 to be accommodated. Specifically, a vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf (first storage shelf) 35 for accommodating the road-combined pallet 22 and a vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf (second storage shelf) 34 for accommodating the vehicle-mounted pallet 21. , A vehicle-dedicated pallet storage shelf 36 for accommodating the vehicle-dedicated pallet 23 is provided. The pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes and the pallet storage shelf 34 for mounting on a vehicle have substantially the same structure, and are arranged at a storage height (from the upper surface of the storage shelf 19 to one level above the storage shelf 19). The distance to the lower surface of the storage shelf 19) is about 2000 mm. The pallet storage shelf 36 for exclusive use of the lane is set to a storage height (in this embodiment, about 500 mm) that can accommodate the pallet 18 and does not excessively increase the occupied space.
In the front side machine 4, the pallet storage shelves 35 for both lanes are provided in a multi-layered manner, and are the lowest of the storage shelves 19 in a plurality of stages, and serve as the storage shelves 19 on the entry / exit port 3 side. There is. Further, all the storage shelves 19 other than the pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes and the pallet storage shelf 36 for exclusive use of the lane are vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelves 34.
Further, the pallet storage shelf 36 for exclusive use of the lane is located at the uppermost stage and above the pallet storage shelf 34 for mounting on a vehicle on the back side machine 5. In a normal elevator type parking device, there is some surplus space above the storage shelf 19 arranged at the uppermost stage, and by using this surplus space, a pallet storage shelf 36 dedicated to the lane is provided. .. In this way, by providing the surplus space, it is possible to provide the lane-dedicated pallet 23 and the lane-dedicated pallet storage shelf 36 without increasing the size of the front side machine 4.

Further, the parallel parking device 1 is provided with a control device 25. As shown in FIG. 5, the control device (vehicle storage shelf determining means) 25 mounts a plurality of vehicles, which are storage shelves 19 other than the pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes, when the vehicle 2 is stored in the front side machine 4. Among the pallet storage shelves 34 for use, the storage shelf determination unit 27 that performs the vehicle storage shelf determination process (determination process) for determining the storage shelf 19 capable of storing the vehicle 2 and the pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes are provided. It is provided with a storage unit 26 for storing.

The control device 25 is composed of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a computer-readable storage medium, and the like. As an example, a series of processes for realizing various functions are stored in a storage medium or the like in the form of a program, and the CPU reads this program into a RAM or the like to execute information processing / arithmetic processing. As a result, various functions are realized. The program is installed in a ROM or other storage medium in advance, is provided in a state of being stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or is distributed via a wired or wireless communication means. Etc. may be applied. The computer-readable storage medium is a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like.

Next, the vehicle storage shelf determination process performed by the control device 25 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the control device 25 acquires the position of the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 stored in the storage unit 26 (S1). Next, whether or not there is a storage shelf 19 in which the vehicle 2 is not stored in the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 (that is, the storage shelf 19 excluding the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 from the entire storage shelf 19). Judgment (S2).
If it is determined that there is a vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle 2 is not stored in the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34, the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle 2 is not stored is determined. , It is determined to store the vehicle 2 in the vehicle mounting pallet storage shelf 34 at the bottom (S3).
If it is determined that there is no vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 does not store the vehicle 2, it is decided to store the vehicle 2 in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35. (S4). When it is decided in S3 to store the vehicle 2 in the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 at the bottom, or in S4 it is decided to store the vehicle 2 in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35, this process ends. ..

It should be noted that this treatment is an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, among the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelves 34, whether or not the vehicle 2 is stored in order from the one closest to the road (that is, the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 at the bottom in the present embodiment). When the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle is not stored is detected, it may be decided to store the vehicle 2 in the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34. When the processing is performed in this way, the moving time of the pallet 18 when the vehicle is stored can be shortened, and the smoothness can be improved.

Next, the operation method of the parallel type elevator type parking device 1 will be described.
[When the front side unit is stored]
When the vehicle 2 is stored in the front side machine 4, the control device 25 first performs the above-mentioned vehicle storage shelf determination process to determine the vehicle mounting pallet storage shelf 34 for storing the vehicle 2.
When the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 for storing the vehicle 2 is determined, the vehicle-mounted pallet 21 is lowered from the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 to the boarding floor by the transport machine 14. Next, the vehicle 2 is placed on the vehicle mounting pallet 21 that has been unloaded on the boarding floor. Next, the vehicle mounting pallet 21 on which the vehicle 2 is placed is turned by the turntable 8 in the 90 ° direction. Then, the hoistway 13 is raised by the transport machine 14, and the vehicle 2 is stored in the vehicle mounting pallet storage shelf 34 together with the vehicle mounting pallet 21. When the vehicle 2 is discharged from the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34, the reverse operation is performed.

[When the back unit is stored]
When the vehicle 2 is stored in the back-side machine 5, first, in the front-side machine 4, the lane-combined pallet 22 is unloaded from the lane-combined pallet storage shelf 35 by the carrier 14 to the boarding floor. At this time, the road-combined pallet 22 closes the opening pit 9. At the same time, in the back-side machine 5, the vehicle-mounted pallet 21 on which the vehicle 2 is not mounted is unloaded from the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle 2 is mounted to the boarding floor by the transport machine 14. ..
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle 2 that has also received the front side machine 4 from the warehousing / delivery port 3 passes over the lane-combined pallet 22 and is stored in the back side machine 5. The vehicle 2 stored in the rear machine 5 is placed on the vehicle mounting pallet 21 that has been unloaded on the boarding floor. Next, the vehicle mounting pallet 21 on which the vehicle 2 is placed is turned by the turntable 8 in the 90 ° direction. Then, the hoistway 13 is raised by the transport machine 14, and the vehicle 2 is stored in the vehicle mounting pallet storage shelf 34 together with the vehicle mounting pallet 21. When the vehicle 2 is discharged from the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34, the reverse operation is performed.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are exhibited.
In the present embodiment, a pallet 18 for storing the vehicle 2 can be used to close the opening pit 9 when passing through the front side machine 4 in order to store in the back side machine 5. As a result, the vehicle 2 can be stored in the back side machine 5 without providing a special device (for example, a moving floor device or the like) for passing the front side machine 4. Therefore, the construction cost can be reduced and the space can be saved as compared with the configuration in which the special device is provided.

Further, when the control device 25 stores the vehicle 2 in the front side machine 4, a plurality of vehicle-mounted pallets are stored, which is a storage shelf 19 other than the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 in which the road-combined pallet 22 is stored. From the shelves 34, a vehicle storage shelf determination process for determining a storage shelf 19 capable of storing the vehicle 2 is performed. When the vehicle 2 is stored in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 in which the road-combined pallet 22 is stored, the road-combined pallet 22 cannot be used as a road while the vehicle 2 is stored. In the present embodiment, when the vehicle 2 is stored in the front side machine 4 by the vehicle storage shelf determination process, the vehicle 2 is not stored until the end of the road combined pallet storage shelf 35 for accommodating the road combined pallet 22. Remains in. Therefore, until the end, the road pallet 22 can be used as a road.
Further, since the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 in which the vehicle 2 is not stored until the end is arranged at the position closest to the road of the front side machine 4, the distance between the first storage shelf and the road is the shortest. .. As a result, the time for the road-combined pallet 22 to always move between the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 and the road can be shortened. Therefore, the smoothness of the parallel parking device 1 as a whole can be improved.

Further, the upper surface 22a of the road-combined pallet 22 housed in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 is flat. As a result, when the pallet 22 for both lanes is used as a lane, the vehicle 2 travels on the flat upper surface 22a, so that the vehicle 2 can easily travel. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user of the parallel parking system 1.
Further, in the present embodiment, the vehicle 2 can be mounted and the pallet 18 used as a lane is only the pallet 22 for both lanes. Therefore, it is possible to always improve the convenience of the user by simply rubbing the upper surface of the pallet 18 only on a flat surface. Therefore, when the aspect of the present embodiment is applied to the existing parallel parking system, the pallet 18 can be changed only by one pallet 18, so that the cost for remodeling can be reduced. Can be done.

Further, when the vehicle 2 is stored in all of the plurality of vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelves 34 and the storage shelf 19 capable of storing the vehicle 2 cannot be determined, the road in which the road-combined pallet 22 is housed. The vehicle 2 is stored in the combined pallet storage shelf 35. As a result, since the vehicle 2 can be stored in all the storage shelves 19 in all the front side machines 4, it is possible to prevent the number of vehicles accommodated in the parallel elevator type parking device 1 from decreasing.

Further, since the lane-dedicated pallet 23 is provided, even if the vehicle 2 is stored in the lane-combined pallet storage shelf 35 in the front side machine 4, the lane-dedicated pallet 23 can be used. A road can be formed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the gist thereof.
For example, in the above embodiment, the pallet storage shelves 35 for both lanes are provided in a multi-layered manner, and are the lowest of the storage shelves 19 having a plurality of stages, and are arranged on the entry / exit port 3 side. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be located at the bottom and on the back side machine 5. Further, the pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes does not have to be arranged at the bottom. However, the area where the distance from the roadway is less than half the distance between the roadway and the storage shelf 19 farthest from the roadway (that is, in the present embodiment, the stage below half of the storage rack 19 having a plurality of stages). It is preferable to provide the pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes on the storage shelf 19) from the viewpoint of smoothness because the transport time is relatively short.
Further, in the above embodiment, the example in which a single pallet storage shelf 35 for both lanes is provided has been described, but a plurality of pallet storage shelves 35 for lanes may be provided.

Further, in the above embodiment, when it is determined that there is no vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle 2 is not stored in the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34, the vehicle is placed on the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35. Although an example of determining to store 2 has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when it is determined that there is no vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 in which the vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf 34 does not store the vehicle 2, the vehicle 2 is not stored in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35. , The full vehicle determination unit 28 (see FIG. 5) provided in the control device 25 may determine that the vehicle is full.

With such a configuration, it is possible to keep the vehicle 2 in a state in which the vehicle 2 is not always stored in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35. As a result, the road-combined pallet 22 stored in the road-combined pallet storage shelf 35 can always be a part of the road. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a pallet dedicated to the road and a pallet storage shelf dedicated to the road, and the space can be saved and the installation cost can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the pallet dedicated to the road and the pallet storage shelf dedicated to the road are provided. It can be suppressed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the front side machine 4 is further provided with three lane-combined pallets in addition to the lane-combined pallet 22 housed in the lane-combined pallet storage shelf 35. The point and the point that the control device 25 performs the pallet determination process (change process) for determining the pallet 18 to be used as the lane based on the operation status such as the congestion status of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5. Mainly different from the first embodiment.
In the description of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the same configurations as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. Further, in order to distinguish between the road combined pallet 22 and the other three road combined pallets, the road combined pallet 22 in the first embodiment is set as the first lane combined pallet 22A, and the first lane combined pallet 22 is used. The storage shelf 19 in which the pallet 22A is housed will be described as a first lane-combined pallet storage shelf 35A.

As described above, in the front side machine 4 of the present embodiment, apart from the first lane combined pallet 22A, three lane combined pallets (second lane combined pallet 22B, third lane combined pallet 22C and It has a fourth lane combined pallet 22D). Further, the second lane combined pallet storage that stores the second lane combined pallet 22B, the third lane combined pallet 22C, and the fourth lane combined pallet 22D separately from the first lane combined pallet 22A storage shelf. It has a shelf (change storage shelf) 35B, a third lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf) 35C, and a fourth lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf) 35D.

The second lane combined pallet 22B, the third lane combined pallet 22C, and the fourth lane combined pallet 22D have the same shape as the first lane combined pallet 22A. That is, the upper surfaces of the second lane combined pallet 22B, the third lane combined pallet 22C, and the fourth lane combined pallet 22D are configured to be flat, and the shape improves the convenience of the user when used as a lane. It is said that. Further, the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B, the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C, and the fourth lane combined pallet storage shelf 35D have the same structure as the first lane combined pallet storage shelf 35A. ..
The second lane combined pallet 22B, the third lane combined pallet 22C, and the fourth lane combined pallet 22D are provided in the second, third, and fourth stages from the bottom of the storage shelf 19, respectively.

The control device 25 has a pallet determination unit (changing means; not shown) that performs pallet determination processing for determining the pallet 18 to be used as a lane based on the operation status such as the congestion status of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5. Have.

Next, the selection process performed by the control device 25 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the control device 25 determines whether or not there is reservation control (S11). If it is determined that there is reservation control, the process proceeds to S15. If it is determined that there is no reservation control, the process proceeds to S12, and it is determined from the past data whether or not it is a busy time zone (S12). If it is determined that it is a busy time zone, the process proceeds to S15. If it is determined that the vehicle is not in the busy time zone, the process proceeds to S13, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle 2 is stored in the first lane-combined pallet storage shelf 35A (S13). When it is determined that the vehicle 2 is not stored in the first lane combined pallet storage shelf 35A, the first lane combined pallet 22A housed in the first lane combined pallet storage shelf 35A is used for the lane. It is decided to use the pallet 18 (S14). That is, in S2 of the vehicle storage shelf determination process, it is determined that the storage shelf 19 excluded from the entire storage shelf 19 is the first lane combined pallet storage shelf 35A, and the other lane combined pallet storage shelves are mounted on the vehicle. It is regarded as the pallet storage shelf 34 for use, and it is determined that the vehicle 2 can be stored.
If it is determined in S13 that the vehicle 2 is stored in the first lane combined pallet storage shelf 35A, the process proceeds to S15.

In S15, the current inventory status is determined. When it is determined that the current inventory status is a large number of vacant spaces, it is determined whether or not the vehicle 2 is stored in the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B (S16). If it is determined that the current inventory status is in a congested state, the process proceeds to S18. When it is determined that the vehicle 2 is not stored in the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B, the second lane combined pallet 22B housed in the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B is used for the lane. It is decided to use the pallet 18 (S17). That is, in S2 of the vehicle storage shelf determination process, it is determined that the storage shelf 19 excluded from the entire storage shelf 19 is the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B, and the other lane combined pallet storage shelves are mounted on the vehicle. It is regarded as the pallet storage shelf 34 for use, and it is determined that the vehicle 2 can be stored.
If it is determined in S16 that the vehicle 2 is stored in the second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B, the process proceeds to S19.

In S18, the degree of congestion is determined (S18). When it is determined that the current degree of congestion is low, it is determined whether or not the vehicle 2 is stored in the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C (S19). If it is determined that the current degree of congestion is high, the process proceeds to S21. If it is determined that the vehicle 2 is not stored in the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C, the third lane combined pallet 22C housed in the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C is used for the lane. It is decided to use the pallet 18 (S20). That is, in S2 of the vehicle storage shelf determination process, it is determined that the storage shelf 19 excluded from the entire storage shelf 19 is the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C, and the other lane combined pallet storage shelves are mounted on the vehicle. It is regarded as the pallet storage shelf 34 for use, and it is determined that the vehicle 2 can be stored.
If it is determined in S19 that the vehicle 2 is stored in the third lane combined pallet storage shelf 35C, the process proceeds to S21.

In S21, it is determined whether or not the vehicle 2 is stored in the pallet storage shelf 35D also used for the fourth lane (S21). If it is determined that the vehicle 2 is not stored in the 4th lane combined pallet storage shelf 35D, the 4th lane combined pallet 22D housed in the 4th lane combined pallet storage shelf 35D is used for the lane. It is decided to use the pallet 18. That is, in S2 of the vehicle storage shelf determination process, it is determined that the storage shelf 19 excluded from the entire storage shelf 19 is the fourth lane combined pallet storage shelf 35D, and the other lane combined pallet storage shelves are mounted on the vehicle. It is regarded as a pallet storage shelf 34 for use, and it is determined that the vehicle 2 can be stored.
If it is determined in S21 that the vehicle 2 is stored in the pallet storage shelf 35D also used for the fourth lane, the process proceeds to S23.

In S23, it is decided to use it as a pallet road dedicated to the road (S23).
When it is decided to use it as a road in S14, S17, S20, S22 and S23, the control device 25 ends this process and shifts to the vehicle storage shelf determination process.

In S1 of the vehicle storage shelf determination process, the position of the storage shelf 19 in which the pallet 18 determined to be used as a roadway in the vehicle storage shelf determination process is housed is acquired.
Since the subsequent vehicle storage shelf determination process is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

In S12, the determination is made based on a database of the number of warehousing / delivery by time, the number of warehousing / delivery in the past fixed period, the number of warehousing / delivery vehicle types, the number of reservation control cases by time, and the like.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are exhibited.
In the above configuration, the pallet 18 used for a part of the lane is determined based on the operational status such as the congestion status of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5. As a result, the storage shelves 19 according to the operational status such as the congestion status of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5 can be used as the pallet 18 for the lane.

Specifically, when it is not a busy time zone from the past data (that is, a time zone in which the pallet 18 of the front side machine 4 is frequently used as a part of the lane), the pallet storage for the first lane at the bottom is stored. Since the first lane-combined pallet 22A housed in the shelf 35A is used as the lane, the transport time of the lane-combined pallet can be shortened. Therefore, the smoothness of the parallel parking device 1 as a whole can be improved.

Further, in the case of a busy time zone from the past data (a time zone in which the vehicle 2 is frequently stored and the vehicle 2 is frequently discharged from the storage shelf 19 in the front side machine 4), the second to fourth stages from the bottom are displayed. Any of the second lane combined pallet 22B to the fourth lane combined pallet 22D housed in the arranged second lane combined pallet storage shelf 35B to the fourth lane combined pallet storage shelf 35D, or the lane. The dedicated pallet 23 is used as a lane. By making it possible to store the vehicle 2 in the storage shelf 19 near the roadway in this way, it is possible to shorten the time required for storing the vehicle 2 and leaving the storage shelf 19, so that parallel parking can be performed. The smoothness of the entire device 1 can be improved.

Further, since the pallet 18 to be used as the lane is determined based on the degree of congestion, the operation can be more preferably adjusted to the operation status of the front side machine 4 and the back side machine 5, so that the parallel type elevator can be operated. The smoothness of the entire parallel parking device 1 can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the gist thereof.
For example, in the above embodiment, an example in which four pallets can be selected as the pallet for both lanes has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The number of pallets that can be selected as the pallet that also serves as a roadway may be multiple.
Further, in the above embodiment, the pallet 18 to be used as the road is determined depending on whether or not it is a busy time zone, but the data for determining the pallet 18 may be other data. It suffices if the past operation data can be calculated and the position of the pallet 18 used for the road can be set most efficiently.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, an example in which the present invention is applied to a parallel parking device 1 in which the orientation of the vehicle 2 when entering the boarding floor and the orientation of the stored vehicle 2 are different has been described. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the present invention may be applied to a parallel parking device 100 in which the orientation of the vehicle 2 when entering the boarding floor and the orientation of the stored vehicle 2 are the same. .. That is, the present invention is applicable as long as it is a parallel parking lot, and is not limited depending on the boarding method.

1 Parallel elevator parking device (parallel mechanical parking device)
2 Vehicle 3 Entry / exit port 4 Front side machine 5 Back side machine 6 Entry / exit door 7 Floor surface 8 Turntable 9 Opening pit 10 Swivel plate 11 Swivel drive unit 13 Hoistway 14 Conveyor 15 Winch 17 Motor 18 Pallet 19 Storage shelf 21 Vehicle-mounted pallet 22 Road-combined pallet 22A 1st lane-combined pallet 22B 2nd lane-combined pallet 22C 3rd lane-combined pallet 22D 4th lane-combined pallet 23 Road-dedicated pallet 25 Control device 26 Storage unit 27 Shelf determination unit (vehicle storage shelf determination means)
34 Vehicle-mounted pallet storage shelf (second storage shelf)
35 Car lane combined pallet storage shelf (first storage shelf)
35A 1st lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf)
35B 2nd lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf)
35C 3rd lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf)
35D 4th lane combined pallet storage shelf (change storage shelf)
36 Pallet storage shelf for exclusive use of lane 100 Parallel elevator type parking device

Claims (8)

A parallel type mechanical parking device in which a plurality of mechanical parking devices are lined up in the warehousing direction and a plurality of entrances / exits of the mechanical parking devices are shared.
The mechanical parking device includes a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted, a hoistway for raising and lowering a carrier for transporting the pallets, and a plurality of storage shelves for accommodating the plurality of the pallets transported by the transporter. By storing the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted in the storage shelf, the vehicle can be stored.
The plurality of pallets of the mechanical parking device provided with the warehousing / delivery port are used as a part of the road from the warehousing / delivery port to the mechanical parking device not provided with the warehousing / delivery port. Includes road-combined pallets,
Of the plurality of second storage shelves that are the storage shelves other than the first storage shelf in which the lane-combined pallet is stored when the vehicle is stored in the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port. The vehicle storage shelf determination means for determining the storage shelf capable of storing the vehicle is provided.
The first storage shelf is a parallel parking device arranged on the lane side of the entire mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port. The parallel mechanical parking device according to claim 1, wherein the storage shelf closest to the lane is the first storage shelf. The parallel type mechanical parking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lane-combined pallet housed in the first storage shelf has a flat upper surface. When the vehicle is stored in the mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port, the vehicle storage shelf determining means stores the vehicle in all of the plurality of second storage shelves, and the vehicle is stored in all of the second storage shelves. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, when it is not possible to determine the storage shelf in which the vehicle can be stored, it is determined to store the vehicle in the first storage shelf in which the road-combined pallet is housed. The parallel type mechanical parking device described. The parallel type mechanical parking device according to claim 4, wherein the mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port is provided with a pallet for exclusive use of a lane that can be conveyed by the carrier in addition to the pallet. .. The mechanical parking device provided with the entrance / exit port is provided in a state where the vehicle is stored in all of the plurality of second storage shelves and the vehicle is not stored in the first storage shelf. The parallel type mechanical parking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 for determining that the vehicle is full. The storage shelves to be excluded when the vehicle storage shelf determination means performs the determination process are excluded from the first storage shelf to the plurality of second storage shelves based on the operation status of each mechanical parking device. A change means for performing a change process for changing to the change storage shelf, which is one of the above storage shelves, is provided.
Any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the changing means performs the changing process, the pallet housed in the changing storage shelf is used as a pallet for both lanes and a part of the lane. Parallel mechanical parking device as described in. A plurality of mechanical parking devices are lined up in the warehousing direction, and a plurality of entrances / exits of the mechanical parking devices are shared. The pallet on which the vehicle is mounted is stored in the storage shelf by having a hoistway for raising and lowering the vehicle and a plurality of storage shelves for accommodating the plurality of the pallets transported by the transport machine. The plurality of pallets of the mechanical parking device that stores the vehicle and is provided with the entry / exit port are the roads from the entry / exit port to the mechanical parking device that is not provided with the entry / exit port. It is a control method of a columnar mechanical parking device including a pallet that also serves as a roadway used for a part.
When the vehicle is stored in the mechanical parking device provided with the entry / exit port, the inside of a plurality of second storage shelves which are the storage shelves other than the first storage shelf in which the lane-combined pallet is stored. A method for controlling a parallel mechanical parking device including a vehicle storage shelf determination step for determining the storage shelf capable of storing the vehicle.

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