JPH01220100A - Parking place instruction method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make unnecessary the instruction and guidance of a custodian by informing in a voice the driver of a car going to enter after a parking rate except a temporarily unavailable area exceeds a setting value of the temporarily unavailable area and a vacant parking area number except the temporarily unavailable area. CONSTITUTION:The temporarily unavailable area and the area able to park are informed to the driver of the car going to enter the parking place by voice- outputting from a voice outputting device 3 the number of the temporarily unavailable area at the time point of when the entering car C2 is detected by an entering car detection means CS after the parking rate exceeds the previously setting value except the temporarily unavailable area and the vacant parking area number except the temporarily unavailable area. Thus, the arrangement of a custodian is made unnecessary.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to a parking lot after the parking rate exceeds a preset value, excluding sections that are temporarily unavailable due to construction, delivery, etc. At the parking lot entrance, the driver of a car attempting to enter the parking lot is informed by voice or by voice and display of temporarily unavailable bays and vacant parking bay numbers excluding temporarily unusable bays. This invention relates to a parking position instruction method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots such as supermarkets, entering vehicles 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.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] It is not easy to find a vacant parking lot in a crowded parking lot or in a parking lot with multiple floors, and the method of assigning a manager has the disadvantage that it takes time to obtain a parking lot.

This invention is intended to improve these problems.

[Failure 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 (main component of which is a speaker) is installed at the entrance of the parking lot.

Similarly, a means of detecting entering vehicles is installed at the entrance of the parking lot.

Furthermore, a keyboard is provided for inputting the number of a section that is temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., and the signal from the sensor and the number of the section that is unavailable that is input using the keyboard are processed by a signal processing means.

After the parking rate exceeds a preset value excluding temporarily unavailable spaces, the driver of the car attempting to enter will be notified of the temporarily unavailable spaces and the temporarily unavailable spaces at the time the driver attempts to enter. Parking spaces other than the parking lot are notified by voice or by voice and display.

[Effect]

As a result of processing the sensor signal and the number of unusable bays entered using the keyboard by the signal processing means, the parking rate is set to a preset value f-, excluding the temporarily unusable bays.
After that, the number of the temporarily unavailable parking area and the available parking area excluding the temporarily unusable area is notified to the driver of the car about to enter by voice or by voice and display.

〔Example〕

Figure 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 to determine whether a car is parked. detects whether the signal is present and provides it to the signal processing means. C1,C
2 is a car, C1 is a car already parked in the parking lot, and C2 is a car at the entrance (1) of the parking lot that is about to enter. (2) is the exit of the parking lot, (31 is the audio output i installed near the entrance +1'l)
It is ll. C8 is an entering vehicle detection means, and is an entrance (1
) A light source +41 and a light receiver (5) are arranged facing each other. Therefore, if the car C2 blocks the light generated from the light source +41, it is determined that an entering car is at the entrance. Note that a detection signal (6) from the light receiver (5) is applied to a gate circuit, which will be described later. Figure 2 (a) is a book showing the relationship between the audio output device (3) and its ancillary devices, so the following diagram shows the relationship between the (7) speaker, (8)
) is AMP, (9) is a voice synthesis output g position, αG is a signal processing means connected to the plurality of sensors S1 to Sn, and C4
This keyboard is used to enter a section that is temporarily unavailable due to construction work, etc., and the section number input to the signal processing means αG using this keyboard is excluded as a section that is temporarily unavailable. . The parking status of each parking lot is constantly monitored by the signal processing means αG based on the signals from each sensor and the input from the keyboard I, and the parking rate is conveniently shown in the circular graph G. ) is the preset value 1, for example in Figure 2 (b
), as shown by the diagonal line in the figure, if it exceeds 15%, the two-dimensional visibility within the parking lot will be considerably impaired, so after the pre-set parking rate is exceeded, the area will be temporarily unusable.

If there is an empty section other than a section that cannot be used temporarily, the speech synthesis output device (9) outputs a signal α11 for converting the number of the section into speech. a? is a gate provided between the voice output device 131 and the voice synthesis output device (9), into which an entering vehicle detection signal (6) generated from the voice synthesis output device +91 and the light receiver +51 is input.

Therefore, if a car attempting to enter reaches the entrance after the parking rate exceeds a preset value, excluding temporarily unusable spaces, and is detected by the entering vehicle detection means C8, the temporary parking rate at that point The numbers of vacant parking spaces, excluding those that cannot be used for the first time or those that cannot be used temporarily, are output by voice.

That is, when there is no car trying to enter, there is no audio output, and if there is a car trying to enter, audio output is output. When a driver hears an empty parking lot by voice, he or she can just head straight to that lot, and there is no need to search around the parking lot where visibility is poor even when the parking rate is high. Note 1: For example, if P9~Pn cannot be used temporarily, use keyboard α4 to select P9~Pn.
pn is input to the signal processing means, and α is treated as a temporarily unusable partition and excluded.

FIG. 3(a) Fi is another embodiment of the present invention, in which a voice synthesis output device (
The output of 91 is displayed on display device 0,
This display device fi3 is placed near the entrance (1).

FIG. 3(b) is an example of the display on the display 113, in which the number of vacant sections is shown in the section (A) of one screen, and the number of the section that is temporarily unavailable is shown in the section (CI) of the screen. For example, if P9 to Pn are sections that are temporarily unavailable, P9 to Pn will be displayed in the section.If there are no sections that are temporarily unavailable, No partition number is displayed.

In this way, it is possible to prevent the listener from hearing only the voice.

Note that although the speaker and display device 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, if the parking rate exceeds a preset parking rate, drivers of entering cars will be informed of vacant spaces. This is because it becomes difficult to find an empty plot.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, 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. f$2 Figure (a) II'i A diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, Figure 2 (b) is a diagram for explaining the parking rate, tIt3
Figure (a) is a diagram showing another embodiment of the main part of this invention, IF
FIG. 5(b) is a diagram showing an example of the display on the display device. Car detection signal, +71 is a speaker, (81 is an AMP. (9) is a voice synthesis output device, aO signal processing means, α
? is the gate, (13 display device, α41 is the keyboard,
P1 to Pn are parking sections, S1 to Sn are sensors, C8 is an entering vehicle detection means, and G is a graph. Note that the same or corresponding parts in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A sensor installed in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and a sensor installed at the entrance of the parking lot to detect whether a car is parked. It is equipped with an entering vehicle detection means that detects when a car arrives and activates the voice output device, and a keyboard that inputs the number of a temporarily unavailable parking lot, and receives signals from sensors installed in each parking lot. The signal processing means processes the lot number entered using the keyboard, and after the parking rate exceeds a preset value, excluding temporarily unavailable sections, the entering vehicle detection means Therefore, the number of the temporarily unavailable parking space at the time when the entering vehicle is detected and the number of the vacant parking space excluding the temporarily unavailable space are outputted from the above-mentioned audio output device to enter the parking lot. A method for instructing a parking position, characterized in that the driver of a car intending to park is informed of temporarily unavailable spaces and available spaces. (2) A sensor provided in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device provided at the entrance of the parking lot, and a display device that simultaneously displays the output content of the audio output device; Each parking lot is equipped with an entering vehicle detection means that detects when a vehicle arrives at the entrance of the parking lot and activates the above-mentioned audio output device and display, and a keyboard for inputting the number of a parking lot that is temporarily unavailable. The signal processing means processes the signal from the sensor installed in the section and the section number entered using the keyboard, and the parking rate is set to a preset value, excluding sections that are temporarily unavailable. The number of the temporarily unavailable parking space and the number of the vacant parking space excluding the temporarily unavailable space at the time when the entering vehicle is detected by the entering vehicle detection means after passing the vehicle are outputted in the above voice. The parking device is characterized in that it is outputted from the device and also displayed on the display to inform the driver of a car attempting to enter the parking lot of temporarily unavailable spaces and available spaces. Position indication method.