JPH01217698A - Parking position instructing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the labor of a human by informing a driver to enter a parking area by a sound output after a parking rate exceeds a preset value except a block which cannot be temporarily used since a signal from a sensor and an input by a keyboard are signal processed. CONSTITUTION:The number of the block inputted from the keyboard 8 is excluded as the block incapable of being temporarily used. The parking status of the respective parking blocks are constantly monitored by the signal from the respective sensors and the input from the keyboard 8 in a signal processing means 7. Then, when the parking rate conveniently indicated by a circular graph G exceeds the preset value, a plane outlook in the parking area seems to be considerably bad, so that a voice is outputted from a speaker 4 so as to recognize an idle space except the block incapable being used temporarily by the driver. Thereby, the driver may move a car to the parking block of the number of the voice output.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to parking lots, excluding areas that cannot be used temporarily due to construction, etc., after the parking rate exceeds a preset value. At the parking lot entrance, the driver of a car trying to enter will be notified by voice of the temporarily unavailable parking lot and the vacant parking lot number excluding the temporary unusable lot.

Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method for indicating a parking position in which notification is given by sound and display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots of supermarkets and the like, 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 to be solved by the invention]

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 to solve the problem]

A sensor is installed in each parking lot to detect whether or not a car is parked, and an audio output device (the main component is a speaker) is installed at the entrance of the parking lot.In addition, if there is a section that is temporarily unavailable due to construction etc. Provide a keyboard to input it, and
The signal from the above sensor and the number of the unusable parking lot entered from the keyboard are processed by a signal processing means installed adjacent to the voice output device or at an appropriate location away from the voice output device, and the parking lot is always parked in each parking lot. In addition to monitoring the situation, after the parking rate exceeds a preset value excluding temporarily unusable spaces, temporarily unusable spaces and
To notify a driver by voice of the number of an empty parking lot excluding temporarily unavailable spaces.

[For production]

As a result of signal processing of the signal from the sensor and the input from the keyboard by the signal processing means, after the parking rate exceeds a preset value excluding the temporarily unusable compartment, the parking rate becomes temporarily unusable. The number of a vacant lot is notified to a driver attempting to enter a parking lot by voice output.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 schematically shows a parking lot, where P1 to Pn are parking bays, and 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. C, , C2 are cars, C1 is a car already parked in the parking lot, and C2 is a car that has arrived at the entrance Il+ of the parking lot. (2) is the parking lot exit, (3
) is an audio output device installed near the entrance (1).

Figure 2 [a] shows the relationship between the audio output device (3) and its ancillary devices, where (4) is the speaker and (5) is the AMP.
.

(6) is a voice synthesis output device, and (7) is a signal processing means connected to the plurality of sensors S1 to Sn. (8) is a keyboard that is used to enter a section that is temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., and the section number entered from this keyboard (8) is excluded as a section that is temporarily unavailable. Ru. 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 (8), and the parking rate (temporary (excluding areas that cannot be used for
If it exceeds a preset value of 9, for example 7596 (as indicated by the diagonal lines in Figure 2), the two-dimensional visibility within the parking lot will be considerably poor, so it is considered a section that cannot be used temporarily.

For vacant sections excluding temporarily unusable sections, 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 (51). The speaker (4) outputs audio for the driver to confirm.
All the driver has to do is move the car to the parking lot with the number that is output by voice. For example, if P9 to Pn are temporarily unavailable, use keyboard (8) to P9.
~Pn is input, and the signal processing means (7) takes exclusion action as a temporarily unusable partition.

FIG. 3 (a) shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the voice synthesis output device (6) is used after a preset parking rate is exceeded.
The output of is displayed on the display device (8).
This display device +81 is located near the entrance 11).

Figure 3 [bl] is an example of the display on the display (8), where the (a) part of the second screen shows the numbers of vacant sections, and the (b) part of the screen is temporarily unavailable. The partition number is displayed. That is, for example, if P9 to Pn are temporarily unusable sections, P9 to Pn will be displayed in (b). If there are no temporarily unusable sections, (
No plot number is displayed in the section b).

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 the vacant lot by voice output, because as the parking rate approaches 100%, it becomes difficult to find a parking lot in the parking lot. This is to become.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is as follows, it is possible to improve the conventional problems. In addition, the parking lot can be managed accurately because the parking lot can be entered using the keyboard.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a parking lot to which this invention is applied. Fig. 2 [a] is a diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, Fig. 2 (bl is a diagram for explaining the parking rate, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the main part of this invention. FIG. 3(b) is a diagram showing an example of display on the display, in which 111 is the entrance, (2) is the exit, (3) is the audio output device, (4) is the speaker, (51) is the exit, (3) is the audio output device, (4) is the speaker,
is an AMP, f61 is a voice synthesis output device, and (7) is a signal processing means. (8) is the keyboard, P1-Pn are the parking spaces, S, ~S
n is a sensor and G is a graph. In FIG. 9, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Each parking lot is equipped with a sensor that detects whether a car is parked or not, an audio output device is installed at the entrance to the parking lot, and a keyboard is installed to input the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable. As a result of processing the signal from the sensor installed in the parking lot and the lot number entered using the above-mentioned keyboard using the signal processing means, the parking rate is set to a preset value, excluding temporarily unavailable spots. After crossing the parking lot, the voice output device outputs the numbers of the temporarily unavailable spaces and the numbers of vacant parking spaces excluding the temporarily unavailable spaces to the driver of the car that has reached the entrance of the parking lot. A method for indicating a parking position, characterized by informing of temporarily unusable sections and available parking sections. (2) A sensor to detect whether a car is parked in each parking lot, and a temporary display at the parking lot entrance that simultaneously displays an audio output device and the output content of the audio output device. A keyboard is provided to input the number of the parking lot that cannot be used, and as a result of processing the signal from the sensor installed in each parking lot and the lot number input by the keyboard using the signal processing means, it is possible to identify the parking lot that is temporarily unusable. After the parking rate exceeds a preset value, the audio output device will say the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable and the number of the vacant parking lot other than the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable. The parking position instruction method is characterized in that the parking position is outputted and also displayed on the above-mentioned display to inform the driver of the car that has reached the entrance of the parking lot of temporarily unavailable spaces and available spaces.