JPH01112499A - Method for instructing parking position - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute efficient parking lot control by selecting only one idle parking block or one of the plural parking blocks, executing a sound-output and informing the driver of an incoming vehicle of the idle parking block when a parking rate goes to be over a prescribed value except for the block to be temporarily unusable. CONSTITUTION:The outputs of sensors S1-Sn of parking blocks P1-Pn are received by a signal processor 7 and a keyboard 9 output to show the block to be temporarily unusable is removed and processed. Then, the obtained parking rate goes to be over the prescribed value of 75%, for example. In such a case, here, when the idle block is only one, the block is informed and when the number of the idle blocks is plural, one of them is selected. Then, the idle block is informed from a sound output device 3 through an amplifier 5 and a speaker 4 to the driver of the vehicle, which arrives at the entrance of a parking lot, with a sound. Thus, the position of the block can be efficiently informed in the parking lot which is considered to have bad foresight.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention is applicable to parking lots where parking rates exceed a preset value, excluding sections that are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc. To provide a method for indicating a parking position by notifying a driver of a car attempting to enter at an entrance of an available parking lot number by voice or by voice and display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots such as supermarkets, visitors either search for an empty parking lot on their own or are guided to an empty parking lot according to instructions from a parking lot manager.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

It is not easy to find an empty parking lot during busy times or in multi-story parking lots, and the method of assigning a manager has the drawback of requiring a lot of manpower.

This invention is intended to improve these problems.

[Means for solving problems]

We installed a sensor to detect whether a car is parked in each parking lot, an audio output device (the main component is a speaker) at the entrance of the parking lot, and some sections are temporarily unavailable due to construction etc. In such cases, a keyboard is provided to input the information, and the signal from the sensor and the number of the unusable section inputted using the keyboard are processed by a signal processing means provided adjacent to the audio output device or at an appropriate location away from the audio output device. In addition to constantly monitoring the parking status of each parking lot, it also tells the driver by voice the number of an empty parking lot after the parking rate exceeds a preset value, excluding temporarily unavailable spaces. Inform.

[Effect]

As a result of processing the signals from the sensor and the input from the keyboard using the signal processing means, only one parking space becomes vacant after the parking rate exceeds a preset value, excluding temporarily unusable spaces. If there is no vacant parking lot, select that vacant parking lot, or if multiple parking lots are vacant, select one of the parking lots, and try to enter the parking lot by voice outputting the number of that one lot. [Example] Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a parking lot, P1 to Pn are parking bays, 81 to Sn are sensors (for example, metal detectors) installed in each parking bay, It detects whether a car is parked or not and provides it to a signal processing means. CI, C2
II′i cars, CI represents a car already parked in the parking lot, and C2 represents a car that has reached the entrance (1) of the parking lot. (2) is the exit of the parking lot, and (3) is the audio output device installed near the entrance +11.

Figure 2 (a) shows the relationship between the audio output device (3) and its ancillary devices, where (4) is a speaker and (5) is an AMP.
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(6) A voice synthesis output device, (7) a signal processing means connected to the plurality of sensors 81 to So, and (9) a keyboard for inputting information when a section is temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc. Therefore, the partition number entered using this keyboard (9) is excluded as a partition that is temporarily unavailable. The parking status of each parking lot is constantly monitored by the signal processing means (7) based on the signals from each sensor and the input from the keyboard (9), and the parking rate (temporarily used) is conveniently shown in the circular graph G. For example, as shown in Fig. 2(b) with diagonal lines (75%
If you go beyond the parking lot, the two-dimensional visibility of the parking lot will be quite poor, so instruct drivers who are attempting to enter the parking lot to an empty lot as follows. That is, Fig. 2(b)
When only one parking lot is vacant, as in Figure 2 (,), if multiple parking lots (Pl, Ps, Plo) are vacant, use any one of them. After selecting a section, a signal for converting the number of the section into voice is output from the speech synthesis output device, and is given to the speaker (4) via the AMP (51t-).Then, the driver confirms the signal from the speaker (4). Therefore, the driver only has to move the car to the parking lot corresponding to the number that is output by voice.

The reason for selecting one of the sections when multiple sections are vacant is that if you output audio for all vacant sections, it would not only take time, but also the driver would not be able to memorize them all. This is because it is actually sufficient to know one vacant partition.

Note that, for example, if P9 to pn are temporarily unavailable, input P9 to Pn ft using the keyboard (9), and the signal processing means (7) takes an exclusion action as a temporarily unavailable section.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the output of the speech synthesis output device (6) is displayed on the display device (8) after a preset parking rate is exceeded. This display device (8) is placed near the entrance (1).

In this way, it is possible to prevent listening to sounds caused only by voice.

Note that although the speaker (4) and display device (8) need to be placed at the entrance of the parking lot, it goes without saying that other signal processing means and the like may be placed at other appropriate locations.

By the way, in this invention, when the parking rate exceeds a preset parking rate, the driver is informed of vacant lots by audio output, except for the areas that are temporarily unavailable. Although the visibility inside the lot is good, this is not a problem, but if the parking rate increases, it will be difficult to find an empty lot on your own.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to improve the conventional trend.

In addition, the system allows you to enter and exclude temporarily unavailable spaces using the keyboard, allowing accurate parking management.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a parking lot to which this invention is applied. Figure 2 (,) is a diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, Figure 2 (b) is a diagram for explaining the parking rate, and Figures 2 (C) and (d) are diagrams showing the number of vacant parking spaces. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the essential parts of the present invention, in which (1) is an entrance, (2) is an exit, (3) is an audio output device, and (4) is a speaker. , (5) is AMP, (6) is a speech synthesis output device, (7) is a signal processing means, (8) is a display device, (
9) Keyboards aP1 to Pn are parking areas, S1 to an
is a sensor, and G is a graph. Note that the same or corresponding parts in FIG. 6 are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A sensor is installed in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device is installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and a keyboard is installed in each parking lot to input which sections are temporarily unavailable due to construction. As a result of processing the signal from the sensor installed in the parking lot and the lot number entered on the keyboard by the signal processing means, the parking rate exceeds a preset value, except for temporarily unusable spaces. If only one parking lot is vacant, select that vacant parking lot, or if multiple parking lots are vacant, select any one parking lot and use the voice output device to select the number of the one parking lot where you can park. A method for instructing a parking position, characterized in that the driver of a car that has reached the entrance of a parking lot is notified by outputting the message audibly. (2) Sensors to detect whether or not a car is parked in each parking lot, and an audio output device and a display that simultaneously displays the output content of the audio output device at the parking lot entrance. A keyboard is provided to enter temporarily unavailable spaces, and a signal processing means processes signals from sensors installed in each parking space and the number of the spaces entered using the keyboard.As a result, the parking rate is calculated excluding spaces that are temporarily unavailable. exceeds a preset value, and if only one parking lot is vacant, select that vacant parking lot, or if multiple parking lots are vacant, select any one of the parking lots. The parking position is characterized in that the number of one parking lot in which the car can be parked is outputted by voice from the voice output device and also displayed on the display to inform the driver of the car that has reached the entrance of the parking lot. Instruction method.