JPH11167697A - Parking facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely and speedily guide a vehicle to a vacant space by judging the individual parking space of vacancy state based on the detected result of an entering vehicle detection means and parking vehicle detection means, giving an instruction for urging parking to the individual parking space in the vacancy state to the information reception reporting means of the entering vehicle. SOLUTION: A vehicle detection device 5 judges the parking situation of the individual parking space 1a and the entering situation of the vehicle to a pertinent floor 1 based on detection signals inputted from the respective parking vehicle detection sensors 2 and the entering vehicle detection sensor 3 and outputs judgment information to a guiding instruction device 6 as a vehicle detection signal. The identification number of the individual parking space 1a in the vacant state, the presence or absence of the entering vehicle 4 and the number are contained in the vehicle detection signal. The guiding instruction device 6 transmits a parking guiding instruction to the entering vehicle 4 through a radiated radio wave from an antenna 7 based on the vehicle detection signal. In such a case, a guiding instruction report device reporting the parking guiding instruction to a driver is provided for the entering vehicle 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking facility for parking a car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, parking facilities include a building-type parking lot and a flat-land parking lot. Of these, a building-type parking lot is a building that consists of multiple floors and is used as a parking lot. The user finds an empty space while checking the usage status (full / vacant) of each floor by himself / herself. Will be parked. In this case, each floor is provided with a sensor for detecting the entry of a car and a sensor for detecting the exit of a car. This is done at the entrance. In addition, a flat-land parking lot is for parking a car outdoors, for example, using a relatively large land, and often parks a car in an empty space by a staff member.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned building type parking lot, since the user has to find an empty space by himself / herself, it takes time to find the empty space when it is crowded, There is a problem that roads in the hall and near the entrance are congested.
In addition, in a flat-land parking lot, there is a problem that a staff member is required to guide the vehicle, so that a labor cost is required. In particular, in the case of a large-scale parking lot having a large parking space, many staff members are required.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has the following objects. A parking facility capable of reliably and quickly guiding a vehicle to an empty space. Provide parking facilities that allow users to easily confirm empty space. To provide a parking facility capable of reducing congestion. Provided is a parking facility capable of reducing labor costs related to vehicle guidance.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, as a first means, in a parking facility provided with a plurality of individual parking spaces for vehicles provided with information reception notifying means, each parking space is individually provided. A parking vehicle detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a parked vehicle in the individual parking space; an approaching vehicle detecting means for detecting an approaching vehicle; and an empty space based on detection results of the approaching vehicle detecting means and the parked vehicle detecting means. A means for determining a state of the individual parking space, and guiding the vehicle to an information receiving and notifying means of an approaching vehicle by instructing a parking guidance instruction for prompting parking in the empty state individual parking space is adopted. Further, in the above-mentioned means, when the individual parking spaces are dispersedly arranged on a plurality of floors, a means of arranging an entering vehicle detecting means, a parked vehicle detecting means, and a guiding instruction means for each floor is adopted. It is possible. Further, an in-vehicle FM receiver is used as the information reception notifying means, and the guidance instructing means adopts means for transmitting a parking guidance instruction to the information receiving notifying means of the approaching vehicle via the FM wave.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a parking facility according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition,
This embodiment relates to a building-type parking facility having a plurality of floors.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram functionally showing a floor configuration of a certain floor in the present embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a floor, on which a plurality of individual parking spaces 1a,... Are provided. Reference numerals 2,... Denote parked vehicle detection sensors, which are provided for the individual parking spaces 1a,. The parked vehicle detection sensors 2,... Are parked vehicles 4A in each individual parking space 1a,.
... Are detected.

The parked vehicle detection sensors 2,... Are, for example, optical sensors provided on the ceiling of each individual parking space 1a, or contact type sensors provided on the floor of each individual parking space 1a,. A sensor or the like is applied. In the case of an optical sensor, the parked vehicle 4 in the individual parking space 1a
.. Are detected by an infrared laser or the like, and in the case of a contact type sensor, contact of wheels of parked vehicles 4A,... Entering the individual parking space 1a is detected.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an approaching vehicle detection sensor, which detects an approaching vehicle 4 entering the floor 1 by using an infrared laser and an image recognition method, and detects the detection result by a vehicle detecting device 5.
Is output to For example, the approaching vehicle detection sensor 3 detects the approaching vehicle 4 by detecting interruption of the infrared laser, and reads the display of the license plate of the approaching vehicle 4 using an image recognition method. The detection information from the approaching vehicle detection sensor 3 and the detection information from each of the parked vehicle detection sensors 2,... Are input to the vehicle detection device 5 as detection signals.

The vehicle detection device 5 determines the parking status of each of the individual parking spaces 1a,... Based on the detection signals input from the respective parked vehicle detection sensors 2,. 1a,... Are empty) and the status of the vehicle entering the floor 1 is determined.
The determination information is output to the guidance instruction device 6 as a vehicle detection signal. This vehicle detection signal includes at least the identification number of the empty individual parking space 1a,..., The presence or absence of the approaching vehicle 4, and the number thereof. Guidance indicating device 6
Transmits a parking guidance instruction to the approaching vehicle 4 via a radio wave radiated from the antenna 7 based on the vehicle detection signal.

Here, the electric wave radiated from the antenna 7 is set to an electric field intensity enough to cover only the floor 1, and is not received by the other floors with a sufficient reception intensity. That is, in the present embodiment,
The above-described vehicle guidance devices are provided for each floor of the building-type parking facility, and vehicles entering each floor are guided using radio waves of the same frequency. Note that the vehicle detection device 5, the guidance instruction device 6, and the antenna 7
It constitutes guidance instruction means.

FIG. 2 shows the functional configuration of the approaching vehicle 4. As shown in FIG. The approaching vehicle 4 is provided with a guidance instruction receiving device 4a for receiving the radiated radio wave of the antenna 7, and a guidance instruction notification device 4b for notifying the driver of a parking guidance instruction based on an output signal of the guidance instruction receiving device 4a. ing.
The guidance instruction receiving device 4a and the guidance instruction notification device 4b constitute information reception notification means.

Here, as the guidance instruction device 6 and the guidance instruction receiving device 4a, those using various communication forms can be applied. For example, a device that uses FM waves in the frequency band of an existing FM (frequency modulation) broadcast can be considered as the guidance instruction device 6. In this case, the parking guidance instruction is a voice instruction, is FM-modulated by the guidance instruction device 6, and is emitted from the antenna 7 as an FM wave. Then, this FM wave is received by the guidance instruction receiving device 4a, that is, the existing in-vehicle FM receiver, and the driver is notified of the parking guidance instruction from the guidance instruction notifying device 4b, that is, the speaker.

In addition to the above, the guidance instruction device 6 uses a car navigation system, or
It is conceivable to use ICS. In this case, a car navigation terminal or a VICS terminal is used as the guidance instruction receiving device 4a. Further, an image display device such as a liquid crystal display is used as the guidance instruction notification device 4b. When a car navigation system is used, a sketch of the building parking facility is stored in advance on a CD-ROM or the like of a car navigation terminal mounted on a vehicle, and a parking guidance instruction is displayed on the sketch.

In the case of using the VICS, a guide (simple diagram such as a diagram) of the building parking facility is transmitted from the guidance instructing device 6 to the guidance instruction receiving device 4a together with the parking guidance instruction, so that the guidance instruction is notified. A sketch and a parking guidance instruction are displayed on the device 4b. That is, in these cases, the parking guidance instruction is displayed as an image on the guidance instruction notification device 4b and is notified to the driver.

Next, a description will be given of car parking guidance in the thus constructed building parking facility. When the building parking facility is in a driving state, the guidance instructing device 6 determines the parking status of each individual parking space 1a,... Know the situation. For example, when a plurality of individual parking spaces 1a are empty as shown in FIG.
The vehicle detection device 5 selects the individual parking space 1a closest to the approaching vehicle 4 (for example, the individual parking space 1a at the lower left corner) and outputs the identification number of the selected individual parking space 1a to the guidance instruction device 6.

In this state, when the presence of the approaching vehicle 4 and its number are detected by the approaching vehicle detection sensor 3, a vehicle detection signal indicating the detection is output from the vehicle detection device 5 to the guidance instruction device 6. As a result, the guidance indicating device 6
Causes the antenna 7 to radiate a parking guidance instruction radio wave that guides the approaching vehicle 4 to the individual parking space 1a at the lower left corner. This parking guidance instruction specifies the number of the approaching vehicle 4.

The radio wave radiated from the antenna 7 is received by the guidance instruction receiving device 4a of the approaching vehicle 4 so that the guidance instruction notification device 4b parks the vehicle in the individual parking space 1a at the lower left corner. The prompting guidance for parking guidance is sounded together with the designation of the number of the approaching vehicle 4. When the driver of the approaching vehicle 4 confirms that the voice is the guidance instruction for the vehicle (number) by the parking guidance instruction, the driver moves within the floor 1 and places the vehicle in the individual parking space 1a at the lower left corner. Park. Thereafter, each time a newly entering vehicle 4 is detected, the above-described operation is repeated.

According to the present embodiment, a parking guidance instruction is reliably transmitted to each approaching vehicle by using an existing in-vehicle FM receiver that is widely used and by recognizing the number of the approaching vehicle by image recognition. be able to. Therefore, it can be widely applied to parking of general vehicles. In addition, a car navigation system or VIC is used as a guidance indicating device.
When S is used, the parking guidance instruction can be visually transmitted to each approaching vehicle, so that the approaching vehicle can be more reliably guided to the empty individual parking space.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a building-type parking facility having a plurality of floors. However, the present invention can be applied to the above-mentioned flat-land parking lot. In this case, personnel for guiding the vehicle is not required, so that labor costs can be reduced.

[0021]

As described above, the parking facility according to the present invention has the following effects. (1) In a parking facility provided with a plurality of individual parking spaces for vehicles provided with an information reception notifying unit, a parking vehicle detecting unit is provided for each individual parking space, and detects the presence or absence of a parked vehicle in the individual parking space. Entering vehicle detecting means for detecting an approaching vehicle, determining an empty individual parking space based on the detection results of the approaching vehicle detecting means and the parked vehicle detecting means, and performing parking in the empty individual parking space. Since the vehicle includes the guidance instruction means for transmitting the prompting parking guidance instruction to the information reception notifying means of the entering vehicle, the vehicle can be reliably and quickly guided to the empty individual parking space. (2) Since the user does not have to search for an empty individual parking space by himself / herself, the convenience is greatly improved. (3) It is extremely easy to check the empty individual parking space, and the vehicle can be parked in a shorter time than in the past, so that congestion in the parking facility or the road leading to the parking facility can be reduced. Can be. (4) Since no person is required to guide the vehicle, it is possible to reduce personnel costs related to guiding the vehicle as compared with the case where the vehicle is guided by a person as in the related art. (5) When the individual parking spaces are distributed on a plurality of floors, the approaching vehicle detecting means, the parked vehicle detecting means, and the guidance instructing means are arranged for each floor, that is, the approaching vehicles are arranged for each floor. Are sequentially guided, and the approaching vehicle on each floor is promptly guided to the empty individual parking space. (6) An in-vehicle FM receiver is used as the information reception notifying means.
That is, since the in-vehicle FM receiver, which is generally widely used, is used, the parking facility is easily spread widely.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a parking facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an approaching vehicle in one embodiment of the parking facility according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Floor 1a ... Individual parking space 2 ... Parked vehicle detection sensor 3 ... Entry vehicle detection sensor 4 ... Entry vehicle 4a ... Guidance instruction | indication receiving device (information reception alerting | reporting means) 4b ... Guidance instruction | indication alerting device ( Information reception notifying means) 4A ... parked vehicle 5 ... vehicle detection device (guidance instructing means) 6 ... guidance instructing device (guidance instructing means) 7 ... antenna

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A parking facility provided with a plurality of individual parking spaces for vehicles provided with information receiving and notifying means, provided for each individual parking space, and detecting the presence or absence of a parked vehicle in the individual parking space. Vehicle detecting means; approaching vehicle detecting means for detecting an approaching vehicle; determining an empty individual parking space based on the detection results of the approaching vehicle detecting means and the parked vehicle detecting means; And a guidance instructing means for transmitting a parking guidance instruction for prompting parking to a vehicle to the information reception notifying means of the approaching vehicle. 2. In a case where the individual parking spaces are dispersedly arranged on a plurality of floors, an entering vehicle detecting means, a parked vehicle detecting means, and a guidance instructing means are provided for each floor. The parking facility according to claim 1. 3. The information receiving and notifying means is an on-vehicle FM receiver, and the guidance instructing means transmits a parking guidance instruction to the information receiving and notifying means of the entering vehicle via an FM wave. The parking facility described in 2.