JPH0290398A - Parking position instructing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the management of a parking place by informing a vacant state of a parking block except a block which cannot be used by a radio and a display to a driver of a car which is entering into the parking place. CONSTITUTION:When a car C2 reaches an entrance of a parking place, it is detected by an entering car detecting means CS consisting of a light source 4 and a photodetector 5, and a detecting signal 6 is inputted to a voice output device 3 and a transmitter 16 through a gate 12. On the other hand, from sensors S1 - Sn installed in parking blocks P1 - Pn, whether a car C1 which is parking exists or not is inputted to a signal processing means 10. Also, from a keyboard 15, a block which cannot be used temporarily due to a construction work, etc., is inputted to the processing means 10. The means 10 processes an input signal, converts its result to a voice by a voice synthesizing device 9, inputs it to the device 3 and the transmitter 16, and informs by a voice and a radio 19 a vacant state of the parking block except the block which cannot be used through a loudspeaker 7 and antennas 17, 18.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention is used in a parking lot, and when entering the parking lot, the driver is informed of vacant parking lot numbers by radio, excluding parking spots that are temporarily unavailable. , or a method of indicating a parking position by notifying the user by radio and display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots of supermarkets and the like, vehicles entering the parking lot either search for an empty parking lot on their own or are guided to an empty parking lot according to instructions from the parking lot manager.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

It is not easy to find an empty parking lot in a crowded parking lot or in a parking lot with multiple floors, and the method of assigning a manager requires more manpower.

Party B's invention improves problems similar to Party B's.

[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 (the main components are speakers), a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna are installed at predetermined positions in the parking lot. At the entrance, there is a means to detect entering vehicles, and the driver of the vehicle attempting to enter is informed of the empty status of the parking lot, excluding spaces that are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., by radio or by radio and display. Please let me know.

[For production]

As a result of processing the sensor signals with a signal processing means, if it is determined that a parking lot is temporarily unavailable due to construction or delivery, or a vacant parking lot, the number of the lot is sent to the driver of the car about to enter by radio. Alternatively, the parking lot number that is available for parking is notified by radio and display, and the parking lot number that is output by voice is not treated as an empty lot even if it is vacant until a predetermined time has elapsed after the voice output.

Avoid having two or more cars in one area.

〔Example〕

Figure 1 schematically shows a parking lot, where p Pl to Pn are parking bays p, Sl to Sn are sensors (for example, metal detection type) installed in each parking bay, and detect whether a car is parked or not. detects whether the signal is present and provides it to the signal processing means. C,
, C, is a car, CI indicates a car that is already parked in the parking lot, and C1l indicates a car that is at the entrance (1) of the parking lot and is about to enter. (2) is an exit of the parking lot, and (3) is an audio output device provided at a predetermined position in the parking lot. CS is an entering vehicle detection means, and a light source (4) and a light receiver (5) are arranged facing each other with the entrance (11) in between.Therefore, if the car C2 blocks the light generated from the light source (4), If so, it is determined that there is an entering vehicle at the entrance.The detection signal (6) from the light receiver (5) should be given to the gate circuit and transmitter, which will be described later.

In FIG. 1, a transmitter and a transmitting antenna are omitted. Figure 2 shows the relationship between the audio output device (3) and its ancillary devices, where (7) is the speaker, (8) is the AMP, and (
91 is a voice synthesis output device, QO)1. ? Signal processing means connected to the plurality of sensors S□ to Sn and a keyboard (15) for inputting a section that is temporarily unavailable due to construction or the like.

(14) a timer; (1B) a transmitter that transmits audio output;

(J7) The transmitting antenna transmits weak FM radio waves.

(18) l is the car's receiving antenna; (19) is the car's radio. The parking status of each parking lot is constantly monitored by the signal processing means αO) based on the signals from each sensor and the signal from the keyboard (15).2. - If there is an empty section other than a section that cannot be used temporarily, the speech synthesis output device (9) outputs a signal (11) for converting the number of the section into speech. (12) is a gate provided between the voice output device (3) and the voice synthesis output device (9), which receives the entrance vehicle detection signal (6) generated from the voice synthesis output device (9) and the light receiver (5). ) is input. In addition.

The detection signal (6) is also given to the transmission fa (16) as a drive signal.

Therefore, when a vehicle attempting to enter reaches the entrance and is detected by the entering vehicle detection means CS, the number of the vacant parking bay excluding the bays that are temporarily unavailable at that time is outputted by voice.

That is, when there is no vehicle attempting to enter, there is no audio output and the transmitter does not operate. If a car attempts to enter, an audio output will occur. When a driver hears about an empty parking lot on the radio, he or she can drive straight to that lot without having to search around the lot.

2. For example, if sections P, -Pn are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., they can be entered using the keyboard (15).

By the way, the car does not arrive at the parking lot immediately after passing through the entrance, but it takes some time. Therefore, until the vehicle reaches the parking lot, the parking lot remains vacant even though the parking location is instructed to the entering vehicle. That t
If you instruct the next car to use the same parking area, the two cars will end up heading to the same area, which is undesirable. Therefore, a predetermined time is set using a timer (14), and the signal processing means is controlled so that the section is not treated as an empty section until the predetermined time has elapsed. If the area remains empty after a predetermined period of time, the area will be output as an empty area again and the audio will be sent to the radio via the transmitter.

FIG. 3 is another embodiment of Yoto's invention, in which the output of the speech synthesis output device (9) is displayed on a display device (13), and this display device (13) is connected to the entrance ( It is placed near 1). If you do the same thing as O, you can prevent listening only to the radio.

Note that although the speakers and display devices 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.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since this invention is as described above, it is possible to improve the conventional problems.

Furthermore, it is possible to accurately manage parking lots, including sections that are sometimes unavailable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows 1. applying this invention. - Schematic diagram of the parking lot. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the main part of the invention. (1) is the entrance, (2) is the exit, (3) is the audio output device,
(4) is a light source, (5) is a light receiver, (6) is an entering vehicle detection signal, (7) is a speaker, (8) is an AMP, (91 is a voice synthesis output device, QOl is a signal processing means, (12) ) is the game) p (131 is the display device. (14) is the timer, (15) is the keyboard, (1B
) is a transmitter. (17) is the transmitting antenna, (18) is the receiving antenna, (19) is the radio p, Pi to Pn are the parking spaces, S□
~Sn is a sensor. C8 is an entrance vehicle detection means. Note that the same or corresponding parts in the two figures are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A sensor installed in each parking lot to detect whether or not a car is parked, an audio output device installed at a predetermined position in the parking lot, a transmitter that transmits the audio output, and a sensor that detects whether a car is parked. An antenna that transmits weak radio waves of connected FM, and an entering vehicle detection means that is installed at the entrance of the parking lot, detects when a car arrives at the entrance of the parking lot, and activates the audio output device and transmitter. The signals from the sensors provided in each parking lot and the signal from the keyboard for inputting the number of the temporarily unavailable lot are processed by the signal processing means and sent to the audio output device, and the entering vehicle detection means At the time when an entering vehicle is detected, the numbers of vacant parking bays excluding unusable bays are outputted as a voice from the above-mentioned voice output device and transmitted to the driver of the vehicle attempting to enter the parking lot. The parking system is characterized in that the number of a parking lot where parking is possible is notified through a radio, and the number of the available parking lot is not treated as a vacant lot until a predetermined time has elapsed after the voice output, even if the lot is vacant. Position indication method. (2) A sensor installed in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device installed at a predetermined position in the parking lot, a transmitter that transmits the audio output, and a connection to the transmitter. An antenna that transmits weak FM radio waves and a display that simultaneously displays the output contents of the audio output device, and a display that detects when a car arrives at the entrance of the parking lot and activates the audio output device transmitter and display. an entering vehicle detection means, and the signal processing means processes signals from a sensor provided in each parking lot and a signal from a keyboard for inputting the number of a temporarily unavailable lot, and the audio output device and the display unit and output the number of the vacant parking lot excluding temporarily unusable spaces at the time when the entering vehicle is detected by the entering vehicle detection means from the audio output device and transmit it via the transmitter and antenna. At the same time, it is also displayed on the above-mentioned display to notify the driver of a car attempting to enter the parking lot on the radio and display, and the number of the parking lot where the car can be parked is displayed aloud after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the voice output. A method for indicating a parking position, characterized in that the parking lot is not treated as a vacant lot even if it is in a vacant state until the parking lot is cleared.