JPH01220096A - Parking place instruction method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make unnecessary the instruction and guidance of a custodian by indicating on an indicator a temporarily unavailable parking area and a parking area number vacant at the time point except the temporarily unavailable parking area and instructing the parking place to the driver of a car going to enter. CONSTITUTION:A temporarily unavailable area, and when only one parking area is vacant except a temporarily unavailable area, the vacant parking area are selected and when plural parking areas are vacant, one of the vacant parking areas are selected. The temporarily unavailable area at the point of when an entering car C2 is detected by an entering car detection means CS1 and CS2 and one of the number of the parking areas able to park except the temporarily unavailable areas are indicated on an indicator 3 with synchronizing with the detection signal 4 of the detection means CS1 and CS2 and the temporarily unavailable area and the area able to park are informed to the driver of the car C2 going to enter into the parking place. Thus, the arrangement of the custodian is made unnecessary.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention provides a display at the entrance of a parking lot, and the display indicates which parking spaces are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., and which spaces are temporarily unavailable. This invention relates to a method of displaying the numbers of vacant parking spaces at any given time and instructing the driver of a car about to enter the parking location.

[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 a parking lot with multiple floors, and the method of assigning a manager has the disadvantage that it requires 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 a table is parked, and a display is installed at the entrance of the parking lot.

Entry vehicle detection means that detects vehicles attempting to enter.

In addition, a keyboard is provided for inputting the number of a parking lot that is temporarily unavailable in the parking lot 4, etc., and the signals from the above-mentioned sensors and the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable, entered by the keyboard, are processed by a signal processing means, and the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable is processed by the signal processing means. Monitor the parking situation in each parking lot.

Displaying on a display the numbers of temporarily unavailable parking spaces and vacant parking spaces excluding temporarily unavailable spaces at the time when the entering vehicle detection means detects an entering vehicle to inform the driver of the vehicle attempting to enter. Inform.

[Effect]

The parking lot status is constantly monitored by processing the sensor signal and the lot number entered via the keyboard using the signal processing means to ensure that only one parking lot is vacant, excluding temporarily unavailable spots and temporarily unusable spots. Sometimes that one empty parking lot.

Further, when a plurality of parking lots are vacant, one of the parking lots is selected and the number of the one available parking lot is displayed on the display in synchronization with the entering vehicle detection signal.

〔Example〕

Figure 1 schematically shows a parking lot, where P1 to Pn are parking bays, and 81 to S are sensors (for example, metal detectors) installed in each parking bay to check whether a car is parked. It detects whether or not it is present and provides it to the signal processing means.

cl and C2 are cars, C1 is a car already parked in the parking lot, and C2 is a car that has reached the parking lot population (1). (2) is the exit of the parking lot, (3) is the display installed near the entrance +1), asl is the light source, C8
2 is a light receiver that faces the light source C8j between the entrance ill, and when a car about to enter is detected, it sends a loading/unloading signal (4)
occurs.

Figure 2 (c)) shows the relationship between the display device (3) and its ancillary devices, and (5) constantly monitors the parking status of each parking lot based on the signals from sensors 1 to Sn. The signal processing means (8) is a keyboard for inputting the number of a section when the signal processing means has a section that cannot be used temporarily due to construction or the like. The signal processing means shown in FIG.
In addition, when a plurality of parking spaces are vacant as shown in Fig. 2 (C), excluding temporarily unavailable spaces, one of the parking spaces is selected, and its output is sent to the gate (61), the display control means ( 7) to the display device (3) together with the temporarily unusable section.For example, P9 to Pn
When it is temporarily unavailable due to construction or delivery, enter P9 to Pn on the keyboard (8) to exclude it.

Figure 2 (d) is an example of the display on the display (3), where part (a) of one screen shows the number of the vacant section, and part (b) of the screen shows the number of the vacant section. Displays the number of the partition that cannot be accessed. That is, for example, if P9 to Pn are temporarily unavailable sections, P9 to Pn will be displayed in the section (b). Note that if there are no temporarily unavailable sections, no section number will be displayed in the (b) section.

In such a configuration, when the entering vehicle reaches the entrance +1+,
When detected, the gate (6) opens, and the display (3) accordingly displays the temporarily unavailable stall and the number of one available parking stall excluding the temporarily unavailable stall. .

Therefore, the driver of a car attempting to enter can move his car to one available parking lot by looking at the displayed content.

Furthermore, when multiple compartments are vacant, selecting one is difficult because even if all vacant compartments are displayed, the driver will not be able to remember them all.
This is because it is actually sufficient to know one vacant partition.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to improve the conventional problems, and the driver of a car attempting to enter the parking lot can know the latest parking situation. Eta. Accurate parking lot management, including temporarily unavailable spaces, can be performed using the keyboard.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a parking lot to which this invention is applied. fIJ2 (a) is a diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, Figures 2 (b) and (e) are diagrams showing the vacant state of the parking lot, and Figure 2 (d) is a diagram showing the display (3). (1) is the entrance, (2) is the exit, (3) is the display, (4) is a diagram showing an example of the display.
) is an entering vehicle detection signal, (5) is a signal processing means, (6) is a gate, t71 is a display control means, (8) is a keyboard e, and P1 to Pn are parking sections. 81 to Sn are sensors e, C11'2 is a desk, 08
1 and 082 are a light source and a light receiver. Note that the same or corresponding parts in FIG. 9 are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A sensor is installed in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, and an indicator is installed at the entrance of the parking lot.
An entering vehicle detection means is provided at the entrance of the parking lot and detects when a vehicle arrives at the entrance of the parking lot and activates the display, and a keyboard is used to enter the number of a parking lot that is temporarily unavailable. The signal processing means processes the signals from sensors installed in each parking lot and the number of the temporarily unavailable lot entered using the keyboard, and identifies the temporarily unavailable lot. If only one parking lot is vacant other than the parking lot, select that vacant parking lot, or if multiple parking lots are vacant, select any one parking lot, and enter by the entering vehicle detection means. Displays on the display the number of a parking lot that is available for parking, excluding the temporarily unavailable space at the time the table is detected and the temporarily unavailable space, on the display in synchronization with the detection signal of the detection means. , a section that is temporarily unavailable to motorists attempting to enter the parking lot;
A method for indicating a parking position, characterized in that a parking lot is notified.