JPH06346618A - Parking direction control device and car stopper - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To guide cars so that they may enter smoothly by the structure comprising a car detector installed at a parking spot and a control circuit which outputs a signal which instructs where to park and a gate ticket selling device which prints the parking spot on a control ticket. CONSTITUTION:When a car gate arrival detector 3 detects a car at a gate, its output signal 1b is transmitted to a control circuit 2 which selects one signal out of vacant parking spots stored in a memory circuit in the control circuit 2 or more specifically outputs a signal IC which instructs one parking spot at random to a gate ticket selling device 4 and prints the vacant parking spot on a control ticket, and then displays the parking spot printed on the ticket 5 on a destination display board 8 by lightning or the like, interlocking with the device 4. Then, the control circuit 2 transmits an instruction signal 1d to a car stop light display 10 and lights up a car stop light at the parking spot. When the car enters the parking spot, a detector installed to the parking spot detects the car and transmits a signal 1a to the circuit 2 and spots the lighting of the display board 8 and the display 10. This construction makes it possible to allow cars to enter the parking lot smoothly.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking instruction management device and a car stop used for the parking instruction management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional parking lot, a parking lot entrance is provided with an indication that the parking lot is full (lamp), and a ticket issuing and issuing device is provided.

[0003]

However, since there is no device for designating the position of the parking place in the past, there is still an inconvenience of searching around the parking place in a large parking lot or parking lots on upper and lower floors. . And, there were times when confusion occurred with the following cars.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience of parking lot users, and to smoothly guide the garage entry to reduce the number of organizers required in the parking lot.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a vehicle detector provided at each of a plurality of parking places, and a vehicle arriving at a gate by discriminating the presence or absence of a vehicle at each of the parking places based on a detection signal from the detector. A control circuit that outputs a signal instructing a predetermined parking place from among the vacant parking places, and a gate ticket issuing device that prints the parking place on the management ticket by numbers or symbols by the signal from the control circuit, It is a parking instruction management device equipped with.

The present invention also provides a car stop body made of plastic, a car detector provided on a front wall of the car stop body,
A car stop having a light indicator that blinks or lights when a vehicle is guided and a management identification plate provided on the front wall to identify a parking place.

[0007]

The presence or absence of parking is detected by the car detectors at a plurality of parking places, and a signal is sent to the control circuit. When a car enters the parking gate, this control circuit outputs a command signal indicating which vacant parking place to park, and the gate ticket issuing device specifies the management ticket (in addition to the storage time). The parking place is printed with numbers and symbols.

By advancing the vehicle to the designated parking place printed on the management ticket issued in this way, the driver can immediately enter and park in a smoothly vacant parking place.

A light indicator is provided at the car stop, and the light is turned on when the car is approaching, so that the driver can quickly know the position. When approaching the parking lot, the management identification plate can be used to confirm that the parking lot is printed on the management ticket that one has, and finally park.

Since the car stop body is made of plastic,
It is easy to install the vehicle detector and the light indicator, and to wire them.

[0011]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 ... Denote vehicle detectors provided at a large number of parking places, and signals Ia ... From the detectors 1 ... Are wired so as to be sent to the control circuit 2. ing.

In the control circuit 2, it is possible to determine the presence or absence of a vehicle at each parking place by the signal Ia ... And store the vacant parking place in the storage circuit.

Reference numeral 3 is a gate arrival detector of a vehicle provided near the gate of the parking lot, and reference numeral 4 is a gate ticket issuing device.

When the car gate arrival detector 3 detects a car, the output signal Ib is sent to the control circuit 2 and the gate ticket issuing device 4 is issued so as to issue the management ticket 5 (see FIG. 2). The command signal Ic is issued.

An example of the management ticket 5 is shown in FIG. 2. In addition to the entering time and the like, the "vacant parking place" where the vehicle should be parked is printed by numbers and symbols.

This printing is performed as follows. When the signal Ib from the gate arrival detector 3 of the vehicle is sent to the control circuit 2, for example, one parking place is randomly selected from the empty parking places stored in the storage circuit in the control circuit 2.
The commanding signal is included in the signal Ic.

That is, the control circuit 2 includes the gate ticket issuing device 4
To a predetermined parking place.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 1, it is desirable to additionally provide a destination desired input means 6. That is, a push-button type operation panel that can be operated from the driver's seat is provided near the parking lot gate, and an empty parking place list display panel is also displayed by the output signal from the storage circuit in the control circuit. Installed at the position, the driver looks at the empty parking place list display board,
Select one parking place you want to go (closest to you) and press the push button on the operation panel
On (see FIG. 2), a desired one is printed out in an empty parking place. It is also desirable to additionally provide such destination desired input means 6.

Alternatively, as the destination desired input means 6, a method of allowing the driver to select a rough parking zone, or a method of allowing the driver to selectively input the target building, sales floor, floor, etc., is free. In that case, the control circuit 2 comprehensively judges the input signal from the destination desired input means 6 and the empty parking lot information signal from the storage circuit, and outputs the command signal Ic.

It is also preferable that the control circuit 2 is programmed so that the parking place is designated in the order of being closer to the entrance of the parking lot.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a fullness indicator 7 is provided near the gate, and in the control circuit 2,
The occupancy rate is calculated and the result is displayed on the occupancy rate indicator 7.

A destination place display plate 8 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 1 is preferably installed at an appropriate position on the approach road in the parking lot. The parking place printed on the management ticket 5 is displayed on the display plate 8 by blinking or lighting, which is linked with the gate ticket issuing device 4. The driver may follow the display on the display plate 8. In addition, it is desirable that the destination place display plate 8 is drawn by a map or a perspective view, and a light for blinking or lighting the destination parking place is arranged therein as a point therein.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 1, it is also desirable to dispose the branch guide plate 9 on an appropriate branch path. In addition, in response to a command from the control circuit 2, the driver (in conjunction with the ticket issuing device 4) displays an empty parking place (which should be advanced) by lighting or the like.

Further, in response to a command from the control circuit 2, a car stop light in an empty parking place where the driver should enter (blinking with the ticket issuing device 4) blinks or lights up. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the command signal Id is sent from the control circuit 2 to the vehicle stop light indicator 10.

In this way, the driver is smoothly guided to an empty parking place printed on the management ticket 5 received at the gate. When the vehicle safely enters the designated parking place, the detector 1 provided at the parking place detects the vehicle and sends the signal Ia to the control circuit 2.
Immediately, lighting of the destination place display plate 8, the branch guidance display plate 9 and the car stop light display device 10 is stopped.

It is desirable that the calculation of the display of the occupancy rate display 7 is performed immediately at the time of ticketing. In this way, the occupancy rate information can be promptly provided to the vehicle waiting near the gate.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and its design can be freely changed. For example, the vehicle detector 1
Other than the car stop (described later), it may be provided on a pole set up at each parking place, or may be hung from a ceiling or a beam. Moreover, in order to prevent incorrect parking of the preceding vehicle and troubles, it is possible to specify multiple empty parking places. In addition, if the number of empty parking places is increased or decreased according to the vacant rate, it will be 1 It is good to place it. In other words, the control circuit 2 is programmed in advance so that the designated number is narrowed down and the final point is designated by printing one location in response to an increase in the fullness rate.

In addition, the control circuit 2 is programmed in advance so that the selection by the destination desired input means 6 is rejected when the occupancy rate increases, or the destination desired input means 6, for example, "currently selected" is selected. The display of "impossible" should be performed.

Next, FIGS. 5 to 8 show an example of the vehicle stop 12 used in the parking instruction management device described above.

In the figure, reference numeral 13 denotes a plastic car stop body, which has a mountain-shaped cross section and a downward opening-shaped protruding ridge.
14 and a mounting plate 15 that covers the lower opening thereof downward, and is integrated with, for example, fasteners 17 such as self-tapping screws or bolts.

It is also preferable that the strip-shaped metal brackets 18 are fixed to the mounting plate 15 in order to firmly mount them on the floor surface. Reinforcing ribs 19 are provided inside the protrusion 14 to reinforce the plastic body 13.

The vehicle detector 1 described above is provided on the front wall 14a of the car stop body 13. In the illustrated example, this car detector 1
A light reflection type or ultrasonic reflection type sensor that includes a detector case 20 provided in the car stop main body 13 and a transmission unit and a reception unit exposed on the front wall 14a can be used.

Further, the front wall 14a is provided with a light indicator 10 which blinks or lights up when the vehicle is guided, and a high brightness LED lamp is particularly preferable. Also, on the front wall 14a,
A management identification plate 21 for identifying the parking place is attached, and for example, "A16" or the like is displayed corresponding to FIG.

Further, in FIG. 6, the plate 21 is attached so as to be replaceable by a fixture, but it may be attached (or adhered) to the front wall 14a as shown in FIG.

[0036]

According to the parking instruction management device of the present invention, the driver receives the management ticket at the gate and looks at the display, so that the driver can immediately know the parking place where he / she should enter. You can enter the warehouse smoothly and quickly.

Therefore, unlike the conventional parking lot, it is not necessary to search for an empty parking place, and labor of the guide organizer can be saved.

Further, according to the car stop according to the present invention, it is possible to mass-produce inexpensively with plastic, and most of the car detector and the light display can be housed therein and the electric wiring thereof can be housed easily. As a result, there are no obstructive protrusions or attachments in the parking area. The vehicle can be detected most reliably, and the vehicle can be guided by the light display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a parking instruction management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a management ticket.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a destination place display plate.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a branch guidance display plate.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a car stop.

FIG. 6 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 7 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 8 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the car stop.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car Detector 2 Control Circuit 4 Gate Ticketing Device 5 Management Ticket 10 Light Display 12 Car Stop 13 Car Stop Main Body 14a Front Wall 21 Management Identification Plate Ia Signal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A car detector provided at each of a plurality of parking places, and the presence or absence of a car at each of the parking places is discriminated based on a detection signal from the detector to select from among the parking places vacant for a vehicle arriving at a gate. A parking instruction management device comprising: a control circuit that outputs a signal for instructing a predetermined parking place; and a gate ticket issuing device that prints the parking place on a management ticket by numbers, symbols, or the like by the signal from the control circuit. 2. A plastic car stop main body, a car detector provided on a front wall of the car stop main body, a light indicator that blinks or lights when the car is guided, and the front wall for identifying a parking place. A car stop with a management identification plate provided on the.