JP7143123B2 - parking device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a parking device having a function of storing a parked automobile and a function of receiving baggage from an unmanned airplane or delivering baggage to the unmanned airplane.

A parking device is provided with a plurality of carriers (for example, pallets) on which automobiles can be loaded. Each carrier is moved, for example, between a storage position and a loading/unloading position. An automobile can get into the conveying body at the entering/leaving position from the outside of the parking device, and the conveying body in which the automobile has boarded is moved to the storage position and waits at the storage position until the automobile leaves the parking lot. At the time of unloading, the conveying body on which the vehicle to be unloaded is loaded is moved from the storage position to the entering/exiting position, and the automobile moves out of the parking device from the conveying body at the entering/exiting position. Such a parking device is described, for example, in US Pat.

JP 2015-090044 A JP 2016-153337 A International publication WO2017/099058

By the way, Patent Documents 2 and 3 propose transporting articles using an unmanned airplane (drone).

In Patent Document 2, an unmanned airplane receives a package on a delivery vehicle, takes off from the delivery vehicle, and delivers the package.

In Patent Document 3, when a package is transported from a shipping source to a delivery destination by an unmanned airplane, the unmanned airplane delivers a container containing the package at a relay station.

There are cases where it is difficult to secure a safe place where people do not come around as a place (hereinafter also referred to as a delivery place) where the unmanned airplane delivers the luggage. For example, it may be difficult to secure a safe place where people do not come around as a place to arrange the above-mentioned delivery vehicles and relay stations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that enables an unmanned airplane to receive or deliver a package in a safe place where no one is around.

A device according to the present invention is a parking device having a function of storing a parked automobile and a function of receiving luggage from an unmanned airplane on a rooftop or delivering luggage to the unmanned airplane on a rooftop,
a luggage carrier including a carrier for carrying luggage to be received from or transferred to the unmanned aerial vehicle;
The luggage carrier is transported between a rooftop arrangement position where the loading platform is located on the roof of the parking device and the interior space of the parking device.

According to the present invention, an unmanned airplane can receive or deliver a package in a safe place where people do not come around.

1 shows a configuration of a parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 shows a state in which the loading platform is located on the roof. FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2; FIG. 3 shows a state in which the load carrier has been transported to the standby position. FIG. 5 is a view taken along line VV in FIG. 4; FIG. 5 is a view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4; FIG. 3 is a diagram corresponding to the VII-VII arrow view of FIG. 2; 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3; FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In addition, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected to the part which is common in each figure, and the overlapping description is abbreviate|omitted.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a parking device 10 according to an embodiment of the invention. The parking device 10 has a parking function for storing the entered automobile 1 and a delivery function for receiving luggage from the unmanned airplane 2 on the roof and delivering the luggage to the unmanned airplane 2 on the roof. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the parking device 10. As shown in FIG.

[Configuration related to parking function]
The parking device 10 has a vehicle transport body 5 that is transported between a parking position where the vehicle 1 enters or a parking exit position where the vehicle exits, and a position on the far side of the parking device 10, in order to realize the above parking function. .

In the example of FIG. 1, the position P1 surrounded by the dashed line is the warehousing position or the warehousing position. In this case, the position P1 may be a warehousing/delivery position serving as both a warehousing position and a warehousing position. The automobile 1 can get into the vehicle carrier 5 from the outside of the parking device 10 while the vehicle carrier 5 is in the storage position. The vehicle 1 can be driven out of the parking device 10 from the vehicle carrier 5 in a state where the vehicle carrier 5 is in the unloading position.

Further, the back position may be the storage position 3 where the automobile 1 is stored. However, the back position where the vehicle transport body 5 is transported may be an intermediate position between the warehousing position or the warehousing position and the storage position 3 . In this case, for example, in an intermediate position, the motor vehicle 1 is transferred between the vehicle carriage 5 and another vehicle carriage, which is transported between the intermediate position and the storage position 3. be.

In the example of FIG. 1, a plurality of vehicle transport bodies 5 are provided corresponding to the storage positions 3, respectively. In this case, each vehicle carrier 5 may be transported between the corresponding storage position 3 and the warehousing position P1 or the warehousing position P1. In addition, in FIG. 1, a storage shelf is provided as the storage position 3 .

The parking device 10 comprises, in the example of FIG.

The lift 7 can ascend and descend the hoistway 9 . A plurality of storage racks 3 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction on one side or both sides (both sides in FIG. 1) of the hoistway 9 in the horizontal direction. Each storage shelf 3 is attached to the stationary structure of the parking device 10 .

The lift driving device 11 raises and lowers the lift 7 within the hoistway 9 . The lift drive device 11 includes a plurality of linear bodies 17 , a drum 19 , a rotary drive device 21 and a plurality of guide members 23 . A plurality of linear bodies 17 extend upward from a connection point Pc with the lift 7 and suspend the lift 7 so as to be able to move up and down. Each linear body 17 may be, for example, a wire or a chain. The plurality of linear bodies 17 may be four linear bodies 17 coupled to the four corners of the rectangular lift 7 when viewed from the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. 5 to be described later. In FIG. 1, only two linear bodies 17 on the front side of the paper are shown.

A plurality of linear bodies 17 extending upward from the lift 7 are hung on a plurality of guide members 23 and extend to the drum 19 . When the linear body 17 is a wire, the guide member 23 is a pulley, and when the linear body 17 is a chain, the guide member 23 is a sprocket. A plurality of linear bodies 17 extending upward from the lift 7 via the guide member 23 are wound around the drum 19 . The rotary drive device 21 rotates the drum 19 to unwind the linear body 17 from the drum 19 to the lift 7 side, or to wind the linear body 17 from the lift 7 . Thereby, the lift 7 is raised and lowered.

A plurality of drive rollers 13 are provided on the lift 7 and a plurality of drive rollers 15 are provided on each storage shelf 3 . With the lift driving device 11 positioning the lift 7 at the height of one of the storage shelves 3, the drive roller 15 of the storage shelf 3 and the drive roller 13 of the lift 7 are rotationally driven to move the storage shelf. Between 3 and lift 7, vehicle carrier 5 is moved horizontally. Each driving roller 13 , 15 supports the vehicle carrier 5 in contact with the lower surface of the vehicle carrier 5 . Note that the vehicle carrier 5 may be moved horizontally between the storage shelf 3 and the lift 7 by a configuration other than the drive rollers 13 and 15 .

[Configuration related to delivery function]
FIG. 2 shows a state in which the luggage carrier 27 has moved to the roof of the parking device 10 in order to receive luggage from the unmanned airplane 2 or deliver the luggage to the unmanned airplane 2 in FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2. FIG. The parking device 10 comprises a load carrier 29 in order to realize its transfer function.

The luggage carrier 29 includes a carrier 27 on which the luggage 4 to be received from the unmanned airplane 2 or the luggage 4 to be transferred to the unmanned airplane 2 is placed. The luggage conveying body 29 is conveyed between the rooftop arrangement position P2 where the loading platform 27 is positioned on the roof of the parking device 10 and the internal space S of the parking device 10 . In the present embodiment, the luggage carrier 29 has a rooftop position P2 and an operation of picking up the luggage 4 received from the unmanned airplane 2 from the loading platform 27 or placing the luggage 4 to be delivered to the unmanned airplane 2 onto the loading platform 27. It is transported to and from a working position (hereinafter simply referred to as working position). The working position may be in the interior space S.

As shown in FIG. 3, the loading platform 27 can be located on the roof while the cargo carrier 29 is located at the rooftop arrangement position P2. With the loading platform 27 located on the roof, the unmanned airplane 2 puts the luggage 4 on the loading platform 27 or receives the luggage 4 from the loading platform 27 outside the parking device 10 .

The working position may be the entry position or the exit position described above. In this case, in the example of FIGS. 1 and 2, the working position is position P1 in FIGS. A person or a robot performs the above-described work while the load carrier 29 is in the working position. In the following description, the work position is assumed to be the position P1, but the position is not limited to this.

As in the example of FIGS. 1 and 2, the load carrier 29 may also be transported to a standby position 31 separate from the working position P1. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the load carrier 29 has been transported to the standby position 31 in FIG. The standby position 31 may be a position where the load carrier 29 is kept on standby. For example, when the unmanned airplane 2 does not come to the roof of the parking device 10 to pick up or pick up the luggage 4, or when the automobile 1 enters or leaves the garage, the luggage carrier 29 can be operated by using the carrier device 37 described later. can not be transported to the work position P1 or the rooftop arrangement position P2, or for some other reason, the load transporter 29 is kept waiting at the standby position 31.例文帳に追加

An opening 33a is formed in the roof 33 of the parking device 10 so that the loading platform 27 can be moved to the roof. As shown in FIG. 3, the loading platform 27 is moved from the internal space S of the parking device 10 to the roof through this opening 33a. Further, an opening/closing member 35 that is moved by an opening/closing driving device (not shown) between a position for closing the opening 33a and a position for opening the opening 33a may be provided. When the loading platform 27 is moved to the roof, the opening/closing member 35 is moved to the position where the opening 33a is opened, and when the load carrier 29 is positioned in the internal space S (for example, the working position P1 or the standby position 31), The opening/closing member 35 is moved to a position to close the opening 33a.

The luggage carrier 29 can be transported to any of the rooftop position P2 (FIG. 2), the work position P1 and the standby position 31 by the transport device 37 (FIG. 4) of the parking device 10. FIG. In the example of FIGS. 2 to 4, the transport device 37 is configured by the lift 7, the lift drive device 11, the drive roller 13 provided on the lift 7, and the drive roller 39 provided at the standby position 31 (waiting shelf 31). Configured. In addition, the transport device 37 may further have a function of transporting the vehicle transport body 5 to both the storage racks 3 and the storage position P1. In this case, the conveying device 37 has a configuration (drive rollers 13 and 15 in FIG. 1) for horizontally moving the vehicle conveying body 5 between each storage shelf 3 and the lift 7 . As in the example of FIGS. 2 to 4, the load carrier 29 and the vehicle carrier 5 may be configured to be transported by the same transport device 37. FIG.

In the example of FIG. 4, standby racks are provided as standby positions 31 on one side or both sides (both sides in FIG. 4) of the hoistway 9 in the horizontal direction. The number of waiting racks 31 may be one or plural (two in FIG. 2). A plurality of standby racks 31 may be provided on one side of the hoistway 9 in the horizontal direction at intervals in the vertical direction. The parking shelf 31 may be connected to the stationary structure of the parking device 10 . When a plurality of waiting racks 31 are provided, a baggage carrier 29 is provided for each waiting rack 31 . Although one package carrier 29 will be described below, the configuration of the other package carriers 29 is the same as the configuration described below.

When the lift 7 is positioned at the height of the standby shelf 31, the drive roller 39 of the standby shelf 31 and the drive roller 13 of the lift 7 are driven to rotate, thereby conveying the load between the standby shelf 31 and the lift 7. Body 29 is moved horizontally. Each of the drive rollers 39 and 13 is in contact with the lower surface of the cargo conveying body 29 (base 41 described later) to support the cargo conveying body 29, and is rotationally driven to convey the cargo between the standby shelf 31 and the lift 7. Move the body 29.

The load conveying body 29 placed on the lift 7 is moved to any of the working position P1, the rooftop arrangement position P2, and the height of the waiting shelf 31 as the lift 7 moves up and down. 5 is a view taken along line VV in FIG. 4. FIG. When viewed in the vertical direction, the plurality of linear bodies 17 extending from the lift 7 extend vertically from the area R occupied by the load carrier 29 placed on the lift 7 (the area surrounded by the dashed line in FIG. 5). It is guided to the drum 19 by a plurality of guide members 23 so as not to overlap. With this configuration, the cargo carrier 29 that has moved to the rooftop arrangement position P2 does not interfere with the linear body 17. As shown in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 4 , the load carrier 29 has a base 41 , an elevating section 43 , an elevating device 45 , a loading shelf 47 and drive rollers 49 and 51 . 6 is a view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4. FIG. A lifting part 43 is attached to the base part 41 so as to be able to move up and down. The elevating device 45 elevates the elevating section 43 with respect to the base section 41 . A plurality of stacking racks 47 are attached to the base 41 so as to be vertically spaced apart on one side or both sides (both sides in FIG. 4) of the lifting section 43 in the horizontal direction. The lifting device 45 may be a device that can lift and lower the lifting section 43 by being driven by electric power. For example, the lifting device 45 may be composed of an electric jack. In the example of FIG. 4, a plurality of loading platforms 27 are provided corresponding to a plurality of loading racks 47, respectively.

A plurality of drive rollers 49 are provided on each stacking shelf 47 , and a plurality of drive rollers 51 are provided on the lifting section 43 . The lifting device 45 can position the lifting section 43 at the height of any stacking shelf 47 . With the lifting device 45 positioning the lifting unit 43 at the height of one of the stacking shelves 47, the driving roller 49 of the stacking shelf 47 and the driving roller 51 of the lifting unit 43 are driven to rotate. The loading platform 27 is horizontally moved between the loading shelf 47 and the lifting section 43 . Each of the drive rollers 49 and 51 is in contact with the lower surface of the loading platform 27 to support the loading platform 27 . Note that the loading platform 27 may be horizontally moved between the loading shelf 47 and the lifting section 43 by a configuration other than the driving rollers 49 and 51 .

When the load carrier 29 (base 41) is positioned at the rooftop arrangement position P2 (FIG. 2) and the lifting unit 43 is lifted by the lifting device 45, the loading platform 27 is positioned above the parking device 10 as shown in FIG. Located on the roof. In the example of FIG. 3, since the loading platform 27 on the uppermost loading shelf 47 of the load carrier 29 located at the rooftop arrangement position P2 is located on the roof, the loading platform 27 is located on the uppermost loading shelf 47 , and the driving roller 49 need not be provided on the uppermost stacking shelf 47 .

FIG. 7, which is a view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 2, shows a state in which the load carrier 29 is at the working position P1. As shown in FIG. 7, in the parking device 10, an entrance 8 is formed between the outside of the parking device 10 and the work position P1 through which a load 4 and a person can move. In the example of FIG. 7, the doorway 8 is through which the automobile 1 can also pass for entering or exiting. The work position P1 is located in the internal space S of the parking device 10, and a person needs to pass through the doorway 8 provided in the parking device 10 to go to the work position P1 from the outside of the parking device 10. - 特許庁A door 12 for opening and closing the doorway 8 is provided. The door 12 is locked at the position where the doorway 8 is closed (the position of the door 12 indicated by the solid line in FIG. 7), and a person can enter a password in a predetermined manner (for example, enter a password for the operation panel provided on the door 12). ) to release the lock and move the door 12 to the position where the doorway 8 is opened (the position of the door 12 indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 7).

<Example of power path>
The lift 7 may, in one example, be powered as follows. Stationary electrodes (not shown) are provided that extend vertically along the hoistway 9 . The lift 7 moves up and down while a lift-side electrode (not shown) provided on the lift 7 is in contact with the stationary-side electrode. The lift-side electrode receives power from the stationary-side electrode, and the drive roller 13 of the lift 7 is rotationally driven by the power.

Further, as an example, electric power may be supplied to the lifting device 45 and the drive rollers 49 and 51 of the load carrier 29 as follows. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lift 7 is provided with power supply electrodes 57 connected to the lift-side electrodes, and the load carrier 29 is provided with power reception electrodes 59 . In a state in which the load carrier 29 is placed at a fixed position on the lift 7 (the state in FIG. 3), the power feeding electrode 57 and the power receiving electrode 59 face each other (in the vertical direction in FIG. 4). is detected by an appropriate sensor, the power feeding electrode 57 may be pressed against the power receiving electrode 59 by a driving device (not shown). As a result, the power receiving electrode 59 receives power from the power feeding electrode 57 , and the power is used to drive the lifting device 45 and the driving rollers 49 and 51 of the loading shelves 47 and the lifting section 43 .

In this case, the lifting section 43 is lifted and lowered by the lifting device 45 in a state in which the load conveying body 29 is placed on the lift 7 , and the driving rollers 49 and 51 cause the lifting section 43 and the loading shelf 47 to move horizontally. be moved in the direction When the load carrier 29 is moved to the standby shelf 31, the lifting section 43 is no longer driven by electric power, so that it may move to the lowered position (the position shown in FIG. 4) by its own weight.

However, the method of supplying power to the lift 7 and the load carrier 29 is not limited to the above example, and other methods may be used. For example, power may be supplied to the lift 7 or the load carrier 29 by a cable that follows the lifting and lowering of the lift 7 or the movement of the load carrier 29. Alternatively, power may be supplied to the lift 7 or the load carrier 29 by contactless power supply. may be supplied.

<Specific example of baggage delivery>
Configuration of Unmanned Airplane The unmanned airplane 2 is configured, for example, to fly autonomously. In this case, the unmanned airplane 2 includes a position detection device (for example, a GPS device) for detecting its own position, a storage device storing the position of the opening 33a on the roof of the parking device 10, and the detected position of itself. and a flight control device for flying the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to the position of the opening 33a based on the position of the opening 33a.

8 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3. FIG. A marker (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the loading platform 27 so that the parking device 10 receives the luggage 4 from the unmanned airplane 2 . On the other hand, the unmanned airplane 2 is equipped with a camera 63 and automatically operates to recognize the marker by the camera 63 and place the luggage 4 at the position of the marker by autonomous flight. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 has a pair of arms 65 that are rotationally driven about an axis C, and the pair of arms 65 are positioned as shown by solid lines in FIG. is grasped, and the load 4 is released in the state indicated by the broken line in FIG. Therefore, the unmanned airplane 2 recognizes the marker as described above, moves the pair of arms 65 to the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. put 4 luggage on

In addition, in the example of FIG. 8, projecting portions 65a projecting toward each other in the horizontal direction are provided at the tips of the pair of arms 65. As shown in FIG. The pair of arms 65 grip the load 4 by supporting the horizontal protrusion 4a at the upper end of the load 4 from below with the protrusions 65a thereof. In FIG. 8, the parcel 4 may be a container in which an object to be delivered is placed and the horizontal projecting portion 4a is formed.

A marker (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the luggage 4 so that the parking device 10 hands over the luggage 4 to the unmanned airplane 2 . The unmanned airplane 2 recognizes the marker by the camera 63, flies autonomously to a position directly above the marker, and carries the baggage 4 provided with the marker (for example, a pair of It automatically operates to grip (by operating the arm 65). Assuming that the plurality of packages 4 are moved to the rooftop by the package carrier 29, the plurality of markers provided for each of the plurality of packages 4 may be identifiably different from each other. In this case, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is configured to recognize a predetermined specific marker with the camera 63 as described above.

Note that the unmanned airplane 2 may grip and release the load 4 using a configuration other than the arm 65 .

- Receiving Package from Unmanned Airplane The unmanned airplane 2 flies to the parking device 10 (the position of the opening 33a) in order to deliver the package 4 to the parking device 10 . When the unmanned airplane 2 flies to the vicinity of the roof of the parking device 10, it wirelessly transmits a handover signal for handing over the luggage 4 to the control device 61 of the parking device 10.例文帳に追加Upon receiving the handover signal, the control device 61 of the parking device 10 controls driving of the opening/closing member 35 so as to open the opening 33 a of the roof 33 .

Further, when receiving the delivery signal, the control device 61 controls the transport device 37, the lifting device 45, and the drive rollers so as to move the loading platform 27 on which the cargo 4 can be placed (hereinafter referred to as the target loading platform) to the roof of the parking device 10. 49 and 51 are controlled as follows. The control device 61 controls the conveying device 37 so as to convey the cargo conveying body 29 to the rooftop arrangement position P2. Further, the control device 61 controls the lifting device 45 and the driving rollers 49 and 51 so as to move the target loading platform 27 from the loading shelf 47 to the lifting section 43 in the load carrier 29, and moves the lifting section 43 to the raised position (uppermost stage). (height of the loading shelf 47) (However, when the target loading platform 27 is the loading platform 27 of the uppermost loading shelf 47, the control for moving the target loading platform 27 is Not performed).

In addition, the above-mentioned marker is provided on the upper surface of each loading platform 27 at a position where the load 4 is placed. The marker is recognized by the unmanned airplane 2 as described above and indicates the position where the unmanned airplane 2 puts the cargo 4 . When the load 4 can be placed at a plurality of positions on the upper surface of one loading platform 27, markers are provided at the plurality of positions. Appropriate sensors are provided on the carrier 27 to detect whether or not the cargo 4 is placed at the position of each marker. Based on the detection result of the sensor, the control device 61 recognizes the loading platform 27 having a marker on which no cargo 4 is placed as the target loading platform 27, and drives the lifting device 45 to move the target loading platform 27 to the roof. Rollers 49 and 51 are controlled as described above.

When a plurality of cargo transport bodies 29 are provided, the control device 61 selects one of the cargo transport bodies 29 and transports the selected cargo transport body 29 to the rooftop arrangement position P2. Control the device 37 . The control device 61 may make the selection according to a predetermined priority. That is, the control device 61 may select the cargo carrier 29 with the highest priority among the cargo carriers 29 including the carrier 27 on which the marker on which the cargo 4 is not placed exists. A cargo carrier 29 dedicated to receiving the cargo 4 from the unmanned airplane 2 (called a carrier 29 dedicated to receiving) and a cargo carrier 29 dedicated to delivering the cargo 4 to the unmanned airplane 2 (a carrier 29 dedicated to delivery) ) is provided, the controller 61 selects the carrier 29 dedicated to receiving. If multiple receive-only transports 29 are provided, selection may be made according to a predetermined priority as described above.

When the target loading platform 27 reaches the rooftop under the control of the control device 61, the unmanned airplane 2 recognizes the marker with the camera and releases the gripped load 4 so as to place the load 4 at the position of the marker. When the unmanned airplane 2 recognizes a plurality of markers, the unmanned airplane 2 places the cargo 4 at the position of any of the markers. After that, the unmanned airplane 2 may wirelessly transmit a delivery completion signal indicating that the baggage 4 has been delivered to the control device 61 of the parking device 10 . The control device 61 that has received the transfer completion signal controls the conveying device 37, the lifting device 45, the drive rollers 49 and 51, and the opening/closing member 35 so as to perform the operations opposite to those described above.

- Delivery of package to unmanned airplane The unmanned airplane 2 flies to the parking device 10 (the position of the opening 33a) in order to receive the package 4 to be delivered from the parking device 10 by autonomous flight. When the unmanned airplane 2 flies to the vicinity of the roof of the parking device 10, it wirelessly transmits a reception signal to the control device 61 of the parking device 10 to receive the baggage 4. - 特許庁Upon receiving the reception signal, the control device 61 of the parking device 10 controls driving of the opening/closing member 35 so as to open the opening 33 a of the roof 33 .

Further, when receiving the reception signal, the control device 61 moves the cargo platform 27 (hereinafter referred to as the target cargo platform) carrying the cargo 4 to be handed over to the roof of the parking device 10 in the same manner as in the case of receiving the cargo 4 from the unmanned airplane 2. The conveying device 37, the lifting device 45 and the drive rollers 49, 51 are controlled so as to move.

The reception signal includes identification information of the parcel 4 to be delivered, and the control device 61 may recognize the target carrier 27 on which the parcel 4 to be delivered is placed based on this identification information. For example, when a plurality of baggage carriers 29 are provided, first information indicating the baggage carrier 29 containing the baggage 4 to be delivered (for example, information indicating the standby position 31 where the baggage carrier 29 stands by) are stored in the control device 61 in advance. In addition, when the cargo carrier 29 includes a plurality of cargo beds 27, second information indicating the cargo 4 to be delivered (for example, information indicating the loading shelf 47 corresponding to the cargo 4) is also stored in the control device 61 in advance. Let me remember. Based on the first information (or both the first information and the second information) and the identification information, the control device 61 performs the above control to move the target loading platform 27 to the roof of the parking device 10 .

When the target loading platform 27 reaches the rooftop under the control of the control device 61 , the unmanned airplane 2 recognizes the marker of the package 4 to be handed over with the camera and grips the package 4 . After that, the unmanned airplane 2 may wirelessly transmit a reception completion signal indicating that the package 4 has been received to the control device 61 of the parking device 10 . Upon receiving the reception completion signal, the control device 61 controls the conveying device 37, the lifting device 45, the driving rollers 49 and 51, and the opening/closing member 35 so as to perform the operations opposite to those described above.

(Effects of this embodiment)
According to the present embodiment described above, the loading platform 27 is positioned on the roof of the parking device 10 , and the unmanned airplane 2 can place the luggage 4 on the loading platform 27 or receive the luggage 4 from the loading platform 27 . Since the rooftop of the parking device 10 is a place where people do not come, it is possible to deliver the luggage 4 by the unmanned airplane 2 in a safe place where there are no people around.

In addition, since it is difficult for a person to enter the roof of the parking device 10, it is possible to prevent the luggage 4 from being stolen when the luggage 4 is delivered on the roof.

Furthermore, the luggage carrier 29 is located in the internal space S (for example, the standby position 31) of the parking device 10 except when it is located at the rooftop arrangement position P2. Since the internal space S is surrounded on all sides by the outer walls 6 (see FIGS. 2 and 7) of the parking device 10, a person can enter the internal space S from the outside of the parking device 10, for example, from other than the doorway 8. Cannot enter. The doorway 8 can be closed by a door 12 . Therefore, theft of the luggage 4 on the luggage carrier 29 in the internal space S is prevented.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, any one of Modifications 1 to 4 below may be adopted alone, or two or more of Modifications 1 to 4 may be arbitrarily combined and adopted. In this case, the configuration and operation of the parking device 10, which are not described below, are the same as described above.

(Modification 1)
The loading platform 27 may be positioned on the roof of the parking device 10 by transporting the load carrier 29 to the rooftop arrangement position P2. In this case, the loading racks 47 other than the uppermost loading rack 47, the lifting section 43, and the lifting device 45 may be omitted from the load carrier 29. FIG. Also, in this case, the upper surface of one loading platform 27 attached to the uppermost loading shelf 47 may extend over the entire area R in FIG. A plurality of packages 4 may be placed on the upper surface of the loading platform 27, or one package 4 (for example, a large package 4) may be placed.

Alternatively, in the luggage carrier 29 , each loading rack 47 may be omitted and the loading platform 27 may be attached to the lifting section 43 . In this case, the lifting unit 43 is lifted by the lifting device 45 while the load carrier 29 is at the rooftop arrangement position P2, so that the loading platform 27 can pass through the opening 33a and be positioned on the roof. .

(Modification 2)
The parking device 10 may have at least one of a function of receiving the cargo 4 from the unmanned airplane 2 and a function of delivering the cargo 4 to the unmanned airplane 2. - 特許庁

(Modification 3)
The work position may be a position different from the above-described position P1 (the warehousing position or the warehousing position). The other position may be the standby position 31 described above. In this case, the working position P1 is replaced with the working position 31 in the above description. Even in this case, the baggage carrier 29 may be adapted to be transported to the warehousing position or the warehousing position (position P1). That is, the transport device 37 can transport the cargo transport body 29 not only to the work position 31 and the rooftop arrangement position P2, but also to the warehousing position or the warehousing position.

(Modification 4)
Although the parking device 10 is an elevator parking device in the example of FIG. 1, it may be another type of parking device (for example, a fork parking device, a plane reciprocating parking device, etc.).

When the parking device 10 is a fork-type parking device, the comb-shaped vehicle tray is horizontally moved between the hoistway 9 and the storage shelf 3 . A comb-shaped lift 7 vertically passes through a comb-shaped vehicle tray positioned in a hoistway 9, whereby the automobile 1 is transferred between them. In this case, the load carrier 29 forms the carrier 27 . Further, a comb-teeth-shaped carrier tray that can be horizontally moved between the hoistway 9 and the waiting shelf 31 is provided. The comb-teeth-shaped lift 7 passes vertically through the comb-teeth-shaped carrier tray positioned in the hoistway 9, so that the load conveying body 29 is transferred between them. As the lift 7 rises, the cargo carrier 29 on the lift 7 moves to the rooftop arrangement position P2.

1 automobile, 2 unmanned airplane, 3 storage position (storage shelf), 4 luggage, 4a horizontal protrusion, 5 vehicle carrier, 6 outer wall, 7 lift, 8 doorway, 9 hoistway, 10 parking device, 11 lift drive device, 12 door, 13 drive roller of lift, 15 drive roller of storage rack, 17 linear body, 19 drum, 21 rotary drive device, 23 guide member, 27 loading platform, 29 baggage carrier, 31 standby position (standby rack), 33 Roof 33a Opening 35 Opening/closing member 37 Conveying device 39 Waiting shelf drive roller 41 Base 43 Lifting unit 45 Lifting device 47 Loading shelf 49 Loading shelf drive roller 51 Lifting unit drive roller 57 Feeding electrode 59 Power receiving electrode 61 Control device 63 Camera 65 Arm 65a Protruding portion P1 Entry position, exit position, or entry/exit position P2 Rooftop arrangement position S Internal space S

Claims (6)

A parking device having a function of storing a parked vehicle and a function of receiving luggage from an unmanned airplane on a rooftop or delivering luggage to the unmanned airplane on a rooftop,
a load carrier including a carrier for receiving load from or passing to the unmanned aerial vehicle ;
a hoistway;
a storage shelf arranged on one side or both sides of the hoistway in the horizontal direction;
a waiting shelf provided on one side or both sides of the hoistway in the horizontal direction;
A vehicle carrier that is transported between an entry position where an automobile enters or an exit position where an automobile exits, and the storage rack, and on which the entered or exited automobile is loaded;
The storage shelf and a transport device capable of transporting the vehicle transport to either the storage position or the delivery position,
The transport device has a lift that lifts and lowers the vehicle transport body on the hoistway,
With the lift positioned at the height of the storage shelf, the vehicle carrier is moved horizontally between the storage shelf and the lift,
With the lift positioned at the height of the waiting shelf, the luggage carrier is moved horizontally between the waiting shelf and the lift,
As the lift moves up and down, the luggage carrier placed on the lift is divided into a rooftop arrangement position where the loading platform is positioned on the roof of the parking device, and a height of the waiting shelf in the inner space of the parking device. A parking device that can be moved to any location . The cargo carrier is
a base;
an elevating unit capable of elevating with respect to the base;
A lifting device for lifting and lowering the lifting unit ,
3. The loading platform resting on or attached to the elevating section is positioned on the roof when the load carrier is positioned at the rooftop arrangement position and the elevating section is raised. 1. Parking device according to claim 1. A parking device having a function of storing a parked vehicle and a function of receiving luggage from an unmanned airplane on a rooftop or delivering luggage to the unmanned airplane on a rooftop,
a cargo carrier including a carrier for receiving cargo from or passing to the unmanned aerial vehicle;
The luggage carrier is transported between a rooftop arrangement position where the loading platform is located on the roof of the parking device and an internal space of the parking device,
The cargo carrier is
a base;
an elevating unit capable of elevating with respect to the base;
an elevating device for elevating the elevating unit;
a loading shelf positioned on one side or both sides of the lifting section in the horizontal direction and attached to the base;
A plurality of said loading platforms are provided on said plurality of loading racks,
For each of the loading shelves, the loading platform of the loading shelf is movable in the horizontal direction between the loading shelf and the lifting part in a state where the lifting part is positioned at the height of the loading shelf . parking device. 2. The parking device according to claim 1, wherein said luggage carrier is transported to said rooftop arrangement position so that said loading platform is located on said rooftop. The load carrier can be transported to a work position where a work of loading a load to be delivered to the unmanned aircraft onto the loading platform or an operation of picking up a load received from the unmanned aircraft from the loading platform is carried out. 5. A parking device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 4, in an interior space. The parking device according to claim 5, wherein the working position is the entering position or the leaving position.

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