JPH0592898U - Parking management equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] Sensors 7 that detect whether or not a vehicle exists are provided in each of the parking areas in the parking lot. The sensor 7 ... Is a host computer 8
The information (parking status) of the current empty parking space is fetched by the host computer 8. Based on this information, the host computer 8 controls the operation of the ticket issuing machine 4 and the display 9 provided in the vicinity of the vehicle entrance of the parking lot, and the parking ticket issued from the ticket issuing machine 4 has information on the current empty parking space. Is printed, and the information of the current empty parking space is also displayed on the display 9. [Effect] From the parking ticket and the information displayed on the display 9, an empty parking space can be easily found, smooth parking is possible, and congestion in the parking lot is avoided. There is no need to assign a parking guard to the parking lot, and unmanned parking lot management becomes possible.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a parking lot management facility that automates parking lot management.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In a conventional parking lot, usually, a parking ticket with the entry time etc. is received at the entrance of the vehicle and enters the parking lot, the parking lot user searches for a parking space and parks at that place, and when the parking lot exits the parking lot. By presenting the parking ticket to the staff at the exit and paying a predetermined fee (or inserting the parking ticket into the payment machine and inserting the displayed amount into the payment machine) Is becoming

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the following inconveniences occur when using the above conventional parking lot.

That is, in a large parking lot, it takes time for a parking lot user to search for a parking space, and smooth parking cannot be performed. In particular, in recent parking lots, there are many parking lots that are distributed in the form of large stores, and there are many parking spaces that are three-dimensionally distributed above and below the ground. Parking spaces are connected by aisles. In such a parking lot, when there are few empty parking spaces (substantially full), many vehicles looking into the parking space run on many aisles in the narrow parking lot, and some vehicles try to leave the parking lot. You cannot exit smoothly, and congestion in the parking lot cannot be avoided.

In order to avoid such congestion in the parking lot, it has conventionally been necessary to arrange some guards in the parking lot to take measures such as guiding a vehicle searching for the parking space. ..

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a parking lot management facility capable of avoiding congestion in the parking lot and unmanned parking lot management without requiring a parking lot monitor. Is to provide.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the parking lot management equipment of the present invention is a parking lot management equipment provided in a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas. A vehicle detection means (for example, an red line sensor) for detecting whether or not the vehicle exists, and a display means (for example, a CRT, a ticket issuing machine capable of printing a parking ticket, etc.) provided at least near the vehicle entrance of the parking lot, It is characterized by further comprising: control means for monitoring the parking condition of the parking area based on the output of the vehicle detection means and controlling the display means to display information on the parking area where parking is possible.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the above configuration, the vehicle detection means for detecting whether or not the vehicle exists in each parking area is provided, and the parking status of the parking area is constantly monitored by the control means. Then, the control means causes the display means provided at least near the vehicle entrance of the parking lot to display the information of the current parking area (vacant parking space), and the parking lot which is about to enter the parking lot from now on. Garage users are notified of parking areas where they can park.

Therefore, the user can easily find a parking area that can be parked based on the current parking area information displayed on the display means, which enables smooth parking and enables parking in the parking lot. Congestion is avoided. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to assign a parking guard to the parking lot.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, the parking lot of this embodiment is provided with a plurality of parking areas 1, ..., A vehicle entrance 2, and a vehicle exit 3. The vehicle entrance 2 has a parking ticket to be described later. 5, a ticket issuing machine (display means) 4 and a display (display means) 9 are provided, and the vehicle exit 3 is provided with a fee payment machine 6 which will be described later.

Each of the parking areas 1 ... Is provided with a sensor (vehicle detection means) 7 for detecting whether or not a vehicle is present in the parking area 1. For the sensor 7, for example, an infrared sensor including a light emitting section that emits infrared rays and a light receiving section that detects the infrared rays from the light emitting section is used. As shown in FIG. 1, these sensors 7 ... Are connected to a host computer 8 as control means, and if the presence of a vehicle is confirmed by the sensors 7, ... The signal is transmitted to the host computer 8. As a result, the information of the current empty parking space (parking area 1 in which parking is possible) is loaded into the host computer 8 (the parking situation of the parking area 1 is monitored).

As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing machine 4 prints (displays) the entry time of the vehicle, a schematic diagram in the parking lot, and the current position of the empty parking space on the schematic diagram in the parking lot. The parking ticket 5 is issued. As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket issuing machine 4 is connected to a host computer 8, and the host computer 8 uses the information obtained from the sensors 7 ... The operation of printing (displaying) the entrance time and the current position of the empty parking space on the parking ticket 5 is controlled. That is, the ticket issuing machine 4 (and the parking ticket 5 issued by the ticket issuing machine 4) constitute the display means described in the scope of utility model registration.

A display 9 such as a CRT (see FIG. 2) arranged on the side of the ticket issuing machine 4 is also connected to the host computer 8, and the host computer 8 uses the sensors 7 ... The display operation of the display 9 is controlled so as to display the current position of the empty parking space based on the information obtained from.

Further, in front of the ticket issuing machine 4, as shown in FIG. 2, a rotatable entrance gate 10 is provided. This entrance gate 10 is normally located at the lowest position to prevent entry of vehicles. When the parking ticket is taken out by the parking lot user from the ticket issuing port (not shown) of the ticket issuing machine 4, the entrance gate 10 turns upward. It will move and allow vehicles to enter.

The parking ticket 5 is a so-called magnetic card, and as shown in FIG. 3, a recording area 5a (hatched portion) in which information can be magnetically recorded is formed in a part thereof. Then, in the recording area 5a of the parking ticket 5, the ticket issuing machine 4 records the entry time of the vehicle.

The fee payment machine 6 (see FIG. 2) has a parking ticket insertion opening (not shown) for the parking ticket 5 and information recorded in the recording area 5 a of the inserted parking ticket 5 ( The parking time is calculated by reading the vehicle entry time), and the parking charge corresponding to this parking time is displayed on the charge display section (not shown). Further, the toll payment machine 6 is provided with a toll entrance (not shown), and when a predetermined parking fee is put into the above toll entrance, an exit gate 11 provided in front of the toll entrance is provided. It is supposed to open.

The exit gate 11 is rotatably provided, and is normally at the lowest position to prevent the vehicle from proceeding (leaving from the parking lot), and the fee payment machine 6 collects a predetermined parking fee. At this time, the toll payment machine 6 turns the vehicle upward to allow the vehicle to travel.

In the above structure, the parking lot of this embodiment is used as follows.

First, the parking lot user receives the parking ticket 5 issued by the ticket issuing machine 4 at the vehicle entrance 2 (pulling it out from the ticket issuing machine 4). At this time, the entrance gate 10 is rotated upward so that the entrance can be entered. The entrance gate 10 returns to the original position (the lowest position to prevent entry) after passing the vehicle.

The parking ticket 5 received by the user, together with the entry time of the vehicle, is printed by the ticket issuing machine 4 according to an instruction from the host computer 8 based on the input from the sensor 7 ... The location (the preprinted schematic of the parking lot with additional free parking space) is shown. Further, on the display 9 arranged beside the ticket issuing machine 4, a schematic diagram in the parking lot and the positions of empty parking spaces are also displayed according to an instruction from the host computer 8.

It should be noted that the parking ticket 5 and the display 9 may display all of the present empty parking spaces, or one of the plurality of empty parking spaces may be the most suitable parking space (eg, the closest parking space). Only may be displayed. In particular, when vehicles are continuously entering or there are multiple vehicle entrances 2, there is a possibility that another vehicle will be parked in the parking space before the parking space arrives. It is desirable to display only one parking space. When only one optimal parking space is displayed, displaying the optimal road order to reach it (see Fig. 3) enables smoother parking.

Then, the user finds a parking space according to the current empty parking space information displayed on the parking ticket 5 and the display 9 and parks the parking space there. Specifically, the user first checks the information displayed on the display 9 to check the position of the optimum parking space and enters the parking lot. At the parking lot, the user looks at the information displayed on the parking ticket 5 and parks. You will find space.

Further, when leaving the parking lot, the parking ticket 5 is inserted into the parking ticket insertion opening of the fee payment machine 6 and the parking fee displayed on the fee display section is inserted into the fee insertion slot. At this time, the exit gate 11 turns upward, and the exit from the parking lot becomes possible.

As described above, the parking lot management facility according to the present embodiment is provided with the sensor 7 that detects whether or not a vehicle exists in each parking area 1, and always maintains the current empty parking space. The space information is taken into the host computer 8 and the parking situation is monitored. Then, the host computer 8 displays the collected present empty parking space information on the parking ticket 5 or the display 9 to inform the parking lot user.

Therefore, the user can easily find a vacant parking space from the parking ticket 5 and the current vacant parking space information displayed on the display 9 and can smoothly park. Congestion in the venue is avoided. Therefore, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary to assign a parking lot monitor to the parking lot, and unmanned parking lot management is possible.

In the present embodiment, the display 9 is arranged only at the vehicle entrance 2, but it goes without saying that a plurality of displays for displaying empty parking space information may be installed in the parking lot.

[0028]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, the parking lot management equipment of the present invention is provided in a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas, and is provided in each of the above parking areas to determine whether or not a vehicle exists in the parking area. The vehicle detection means for detecting, the display means provided at least near the vehicle entrance of the parking lot, and the parking situation of the parking area is monitored based on the output of the vehicle detection means, and the information of the parking area where parking is possible is displayed. And a control means for controlling the display means to display.

Therefore, when entering the parking lot, the parking lot user can know the information on the parking area at which the parking area can be parked, and the parking area can be easily parked even after entering the parking area. Since it is possible to find a parking lot, smooth parking is possible, congestion in the parking lot is avoided, and it is not necessary to assign a parking guard to the parking lot. The effect that it can be achieved is produced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a parking lot management facility.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a parking lot using the parking lot management facility.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a parking ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine of the parking lot management facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Parking Area 2 Vehicle Entrance 3 Vehicle Exit 4 Ticketing Machine (Display Means) 5 Parking Ticket (Display Means) 7 Sensor (Vehicle Detection Means) 8 Host Computer (Control Means) 9 Display (Display Means)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A parking lot management facility provided in a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas, the vehicle detection means being provided in each of the parking areas and detecting whether or not a vehicle exists in the parking area. At least the display means provided near the vehicle entrance of the parking lot and the parking condition of the parking area are monitored based on the output of the vehicle detection means, and the display means displays the information of the parking area where parking is possible. A parking lot management facility comprising: a control means for controlling the parking lot.