JPH10124719A - Parking device with charging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain pay charging during pay parking in a parking area, and to attain exact fee collection even in a charging in advance/payment afterward system. SOLUTION: When a vehicle enters a parking area, a vehicle sensing part 18b senses it, a vehicle entering and leaving preventing machine 20 prevents the entering and leaving of a vehicle by a lock operation, and a parking fee corresponding to the parking time or an uniform parking fee are displayed. When the battery of a vehicle is connected through a charging cable with a power source, the battery is charged until a specified capacity, and a charging fee is displayed. When the total sum of the displayed parking fee and charging fee is paid, the lock of the vehicle entering and leaving preventing machine 20 is released, and the entering and leaving of the vehicle is made possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a parking device with a charging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-123488 discloses a prior art relating to a charging device for an electric vehicle. And that the parking time from the point of completion of the power supply is calculated, and the parking fee for this is collectively displayed and collected. In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
Japanese Patent No. 93796 discloses that when a battery of a portable electric product is discharged, the battery is removed and inserted into a battery insertion slot, the battery detection means detects the rated capacity of the battery, and the arithmetic control means charges the battery. There is disclosed an automatic charging apparatus in which a required time and a charge are calculated and displayed, and a user inputs a display charge to supply power to a battery for a predetermined time.

[0003]

In the case of an electric vehicle,
In a parking lot, there may be a case where only parking is performed and a case where charging is performed during parking. In any case, it is desired that the parking fee or the parking fee and the charging fee can be reliably collected from the user. However, in the case of any of the above-described prior arts, the charging fee indicates the amount of money obtained based on the calculation of the required charging time and the fee calculation, and the charging is started based on the input of the displayed fee. is there. That is, the parking fee and the charging fee are collected on a prepaid basis.
Therefore, if the required money is not possessed at the time of parking start, parking and charging can be performed even if the required money can be made by shopping or the like until parking and returning to the parking lot. The inconvenience of not being able to do so occurs. In order to solve this problem, it is only necessary to adopt a charge advance / charge postpaid system which enables the payment of a fee after parking and charging are completed, that is, after completing the business and leaving the parking lot. In this case, the collation management between the user and the payer is complicated, and there is a possibility that the user will not leave the parking lot without paying the charging fee, and the collection of the fee is lacking. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-123488 does not disclose any specific method for reliably realizing charge collection.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to charge only during parking or to charge during parking. An object of the present invention is to provide a parking device with a charging device that can reliably collect a fee from a user.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a parking device with a charging device according to the present invention is operated by a vehicle sensor for detecting a vehicle in a predetermined parking area, and a driving unit for a blocker to be described later. The vehicle exit preventing device that prevents the vehicle from escaping from the parking area when the operation is canceled, and that allows the vehicle to escape from the parking area when the operation is released, based on a lock command from the control unit described later. The vehicle exit preventing device is operated to release the operation of the vehicle exit inhibiting device based on a lock release command from the control unit, and a parking time based on a sensing signal from the vehicle sensing unit. A parking time measurement unit that measures the parking time, a parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking fee corresponding to the parking time, or reads and displays a uniform parking fee regardless of the parking time, a power supply unit, and a power supply unit thereof A connection unit that connects the battery of the vehicle via the charge control unit and the cable, a connection detection unit that detects a connection between the power supply unit and the battery by the cable, and an electric power of the battery of the vehicle connected by the cable A capacity detecting unit for detecting a capacity, a charging time measuring unit for measuring a charging time by the charging driving unit, a charging fee calculating unit for calculating and displaying a charging fee according to the charging time, and A fee collection unit that performs a reading / writing process on a discriminated, accepted, or inserted card;
When the output time of the sensing signal from the vehicle sensing unit continues for a predetermined time or more, a lock command is output to the blocking device driving unit, and the charging drive described below is performed until the predetermined capacity is reached based on the detection value of the capacity detecting unit. The charge command signal is output to the charge unit, and the charge X received by the charge collection unit and the calculated charge Y
Is connected to the control unit that outputs the unlock command signal to the blocking unit drive unit when the condition of X ≧ Y is satisfied, and from the power supply unit via the cable based on a charge command signal from the control unit. And a charging drive unit that charges a battery of the vehicle.

According to the above configuration, when the vehicle enters a predetermined parking area, the vehicle detector outputs a sensing signal, and the parking time measuring unit measures the parking time based on the signal. When the parking time has passed the initial free time, the control unit issues a lock command signal to the blocking device driving unit, so that the vehicle exit prevention device prevents the vehicle from leaving the parking area,
The parking fee calculation unit calculates the parking fee corresponding to the parking time, or reads out and displays a uniform parking fee regardless of the parking time. When the connection detection unit detects the connection of the connection unit to the battery of the vehicle, the capacity detection unit detects the capacity of the battery of the vehicle, and charges the charging drive unit until it reaches the rated capacity. The charging fee calculating unit calculates and displays a charging fee corresponding to the charging time measured by the charging time measuring unit. When the fee collection unit receives the displayed parking fee or the fee corresponding to the parking fee and the charging fee using money or a card, the control unit outputs an unlocking command signal to the blocking unit driving unit. It is advantageous for the user to issue an alarm notifying the disconnection of the charging cable together with the full payment of the parking fee and the charging fee.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an installation example of the apparatus,
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 2, this charging device has a housing 2 at the upper end of a pillar 1 rising from the road surface, and a commercial power cable 3 is drawn into the housing 2 through the pillar. It is connected to the power supply unit 3A. In the power supply unit 3A,
A charging drive unit 4 including a switch is connected,
One end of a cable 5 for supplying power to the electric vehicle is connected to the charging drive unit 4. The charging drive unit 4 is configured to operate the power supply unit 3
A supplies power to the cable 5. The cable 5 is provided by being wound around an automatic take-up reel 7 housed in the support 1 or the housing 2 and is extendable and retractable outside the support or the housing. A connection portion 8, for example, a plug, which is detachably connected to a battery of the electric vehicle, is provided at a distal end portion of the cable 5. This connection has a negative pole and a positive pole,
Each is connected to a corresponding electrode of a vehicle battery. A connection detecting unit 9 is attached to the connection unit, and when the connection is properly connected to the battery of the vehicle, the connection detection unit 9 detects the connection mechanically and electrically. The connection detection unit 9 outputs a connection detection signal to detect the connection and supplies the connection detection signal to the control unit 6.

When the electric vehicle is provided with a cable detachably connected to the battery, the connecting portion of the charging device is constituted by a plug or a socket which can be connected to a socket or a plug attached to the other end of the cable. The plug or socket is mounted so that the cable socket or plug can be inserted into a hole (not shown) provided on the side surface of the column 1 or the housing 2 and joined.

The cable 5 includes a reel 7 and a charging drive unit 4.
The capacitance detection unit 10 is connected between the two. This capacity detection unit is for checking the capacity of the connected vehicle battery at the beginning of connection, and the detected analog value is converted into a digital value by the A / D conversion unit 11 and transmitted to the control unit 6. Given.

The control section 6 has an input / output interface (I /
F) 61, an arithmetic processing unit (CPU) 62, and a storage unit (R
OM, RAM) 63, 64, and the CPU 62
Is based on the operation flow shown in the flowchart of FIG.
Various kinds of control driving that perform the functions of the present embodiment are performed. The connection detection signal from the connection detection section 9 is input / output 61
, The capacity detection value output from the A / D converter 11 is taken in, and the capacity of the battery of the connected automobile is checked.

The control section 6 is provided with a charging fee calculating means. The charge charge calculating means calls up a charge from a charge table in the storage unit 63 that stores charge charges corresponding to each charge time, or charges based on the charge charge per unit time and the charge time. Calculate the fee amount,
Can be used.

When the charging fee calculating means calls or calculates the charging amount, the CPU of the control unit 6 causes the display unit 12
And request payment of the same amount.

The housing 2 is further provided with a toll collection unit 14. The toll collection unit 14 is provided so that it can be used for both payment by cash and settlement by card, and a money slot 14 for inserting bills and / or coins.
1, a card insertion slot 142, and provided inside the housing.
It comprises a currency discriminator 143 connected to the currency slot 141 and a card reader / writer 144. The money discriminator 143 gives the money signal of the money inserted into the money insertion slot 141 to the control unit 6, and the card reader / writer 144
Like the known card reader / writer, the control unit 6 has a read head and a write head for the card and reads personal identification information (in the case of a credit card) or balance information read from the card inserted into the card insertion slot 142. Give to. The card writer 144 also writes the new balance information after receiving the charging fee and returns it from the return port 15 as described later.

If the connection detecting section 9 does not output the connection detection signal even when the charge amount is received by money or a card, the indicator light 16 installed on the upper surface of the housing 2 is lit, for example, in blue. Because it does not, it is known that it will not be charged. Alternatively, when the charge command signal and the connection detection signal satisfy the condition of exclusive OR, for example, the indicator lamp 1
6 may blink, or an alarm may sound, to notify a poor connection or no connection of the connecting portion. In this case, if the connection is not separated from the vehicle battery after the charging is completed, the connection detection signal is still input even if the charge command signal disappears. Is satisfied, the disconnection of the connection part can be prompted by the blinking of the indicator light or the sounding of the alarm. This can prevent the risk of forgetting to disconnect the cable, for example, when the connection of the cable to the automobile is possible at the cable connection portion provided on the side of the vehicle body without opening the trunk or the like. It has advantages and is effective for ensuring safety. When the process proceeds to the step of calculating and displaying the charge rate, if the money remaining or the remaining amount of the card is insufficient and the payment cannot be completed, the user presses the cancel button 17 and jumps to the step of prompting separation to prompt separation. As in the case after charging is completed, when the connection detecting unit 9 detects separation, the process returns to the initial step and waits for the next use.

The present invention is used, for example, in a location corresponding to each parking area of a multilevel parking lot or an underground parking lot.

Further, the cable prepared on the charging device side is extended, and the connection portion at the end of the cable is connected to the battery of the vehicle. Conversely, the cable is provided on the vehicle side. Alternatively, the cable may be extended from the vehicle to the charging device and connected to a connection end provided on the device side.

In the present invention, in addition to the above-described components for realizing the charging function, a vehicle sensing unit 18, a blocking device driving unit 19, and a vehicle leaving prevention device 20 are provided for realizing the parking function. Is provided.

The means 18 to 20 for realizing the parking function are similar to the parking device known under the trademark "Parlock". As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle sensing unit 18 is an ultrasonic type and photoelectric type 18a attached to the housing 2 connected to the upper end of the stand-alone type column 1, or a dotted line in FIG. As shown, any known device may be used, such as a device using a metal detector 18b for detecting a change in impedance caused by the presence of a vehicle in a parking area. In addition, the blocking device driving unit 19 includes a vehicle leaving blocking device 20.
And a power mechanism such as a reversible motor and a reduction and transmission mechanism such as gears. The vehicle exit prevention device 20 includes a rotation shaft connected to the transmission mechanism and a rotation shaft around the rotation shaft. It comprises a blocking plate 201 which rotates and can be raised and lowered from the road surface. When a lock command signal is given from the control unit 6, the stopping device driving unit 19 rotates the power mechanism forward and rotates the rotation shaft of the vehicle exit preventing device in a predetermined direction via the deceleration and transmission mechanism. The blocking plate 201 rises from the road surface to prevent the vehicle from leaving the parking area. Also, when a lock release command signal is given from the control unit, the power mechanism of the blocking device drive unit 19 is reversed, so that the blocking plate 201 of the vehicle exit blocking device rotates around the rotation axis and is parallel to the road surface. As a result, the parked vehicle in the parking area can exit.

The vehicle exit preventing device 20 shown in FIG. 2 is of a type that stands up in front of the vehicle exiting direction and prevents exit from the parking area, or stands up between the front wheels and the rear wheels to inhibit exit. It may be of the type.

The control unit 6 performs the following arithmetic control in order to perform calculation and display of the parking fee, toll collection, and exit control of the parked vehicle, as the charging function and the parking function are combined. That is, as shown in an example in FIG. 3, the presence / absence of a sensing signal from the vehicle sensing unit 18 is constantly checked, and when the sensing signal is input via the input / output interface 61, the first time measuring means measures the parking time. Then, check whether the first time for free treatment has passed, and if it has not,
Check if you have left. If the predetermined time has elapsed without exiting, the lock command signal is output to the blocking device driving unit 19.
, The vehicle departure prevention device 20 is driven to erect the prevention plate 201 to prevent the parked vehicle from leaving the parking area.

In addition, since the parking fee is generally set for each unit time, the storage unit (ROM) stores a parking fee table storing the parking fee corresponding to a predetermined parking time. At the same time as the output of the lock command signal, the control unit calls the parking fee corresponding to the measured parking time from the parking fee table, and displays it on the display unit 12 separately from the charging fee.

When the vehicle detector 18 detects that the vehicle is parked in the parking area, the connection detector 9 monitors whether the cable 5 is connected to the battery of the vehicle. Then, when the connection is detected, the detection value from the capacity detector 10 is read, and whether or not the battery of the vehicle can be charged, that is, even if the battery is charged for the minimum charging time for calculating the charging fee, overcharging is performed. Check if the status does not occur.
If charging is not possible, a message indicating that charging is unnecessary is displayed on the display unit 12 to notify the driver.

If it is determined from the detected capacity value that charging is possible, the control unit outputs a charging command signal to the charging driving unit 4 to start charging the battery of the vehicle. At the same time, the second time measuring means of the control unit measures the charging time, and always checks the detection value from the capacity detecting unit to check whether the battery has reached the rated capacity immediately before overcharge. When the rated capacity is reached, charging is terminated. Then, based on the elapsed charging time, the charging fee is read from the charging fee table, or the charging fee is calculated using the charging fee and the charging time per unit time, and is displayed on the display unit 12. Has become.

The control unit adds the parking fee and the charging fee displayed individually. If desired, as shown in the example of FIG. 3, the control unit may be configured to display the total amount of the parking fee and the charging fee on the display unit. This total amount is used to determine whether or not the toll collection section conditions and the vehicle unlocking device 20 unlock condition are satisfied. More specifically, upon receipt of cash from the fee collection unit 14,
When the input amount X and the total amount Y of the money satisfy the condition of X ≧ Y, the control unit transmits the lock release command signal to the blocking device driving unit 19.
Give to. When the credit balance of the inserted credit card or the remaining amount X of the prepaid card, the total amount Y of the parking fee and the charging fee satisfies the condition of X ≧ Y, an unlock command signal is given.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, when the battery of the parked vehicle is connected to the charging device, the battery is automatically charged to a state immediately before overcharging according to the capacity of the battery. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a known receipt issuing unit, which is issued when a user requests receipt issuance at the time of full payment of a charging fee or at the time of parking fee or parking fee and charging fee. It is configured.

[0027]

According to the parking device with a charging device according to the present invention, it is possible to enter a parking area, park without charging, and exit only by paying a predetermined parking fee.
Since it has a capacity detection unit, check the capacity of the battery at the start of parking, and if the capacity is low, while parking and doing errands, until the rated capacity is reached, that is, in the overcharge state, It can be charged without becoming. When the parking fee and the charging fee are completely paid, the lock of the vehicle exit prevention device is released, so that the toll collection can be reliably performed even with the charging advance / post-payment method.
Since it is possible to charge while parking, for example, after returning to work or returning home from home or after work, there is no need to go to a predetermined charging station and charge, which is very convenient and saves time. The effect is significant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of an installation state of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 support 2 housing 3 power cable 3 A power supply unit 4 charging drive unit 5 charging cable 6 control unit 8 connection unit 9 connection detection unit 10 capacity detector 12 display unit 14 toll collection unit 18 vehicle detection unit 19 blocker drive unit 20 vehicle Evacuation device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle detection unit for detecting a vehicle in a predetermined parking area, and when the vehicle is operated by a blocking unit driving unit, the vehicle is prevented from leaving the parking area and the operation is released. In the case, a vehicle exit prevention device that allows the vehicle to exit from the parking area, and causes the vehicle exit prevention device to perform a blocking operation based on a lock command from a control unit described below,
A blocking device driving unit that releases the blocking operation of the vehicle exit blocking device based on a lock release command from the control unit, a parking time measuring unit that measures a parking time based on a sensing signal from the vehicle sensing unit, A parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking fee corresponding to the parking time, or reads out and displays a uniform parking fee regardless of the parking time, a power supply unit, and a power supply unit and a vehicle parked in the parking area. A connection unit that connects the battery via a charging drive unit and a charging cable, a connection detection unit that detects connection between the power supply unit and the battery by the charging cable, and a connection unit that connects the battery by the charging cable. A capacity detection unit for detecting electric capacity, a charging time measurement unit for measuring a charging time by a charging driving unit described later, and a charging fee for calculating and displaying a charging fee according to the charging time. A calculation unit, a toll collection unit that performs a payment process for a total amount of the toll amounts calculated by the parking fee calculation unit and the charging fee calculation unit, and an output time of a sensing signal from the vehicle sensing unit continues for a predetermined time or more. In this case, a lock command signal is output to the blocking device drive unit, and a charge command signal is output to a charge drive unit described later until the rated capacity is reached based on the detection value of the capacity detection unit. When the amount X to be paid and the total amount Y of the toll amounts calculated by the parking fee calculation unit and the charging fee calculation unit satisfy the condition of X ≧ Y, the lock release command signal is output to the throttling device driving unit. A charging device comprising: the control unit; and a charging drive unit that charges the battery connected from the power supply unit via the charging cable based on a charging command signal from the control unit. Per parking system.