JPS6240760B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicle management device in a parking lot.

In a parking lot that stores a large number of vehicles, it is preferable that the parked vehicles be managed by a central processing unit (referred to as a CPU). This CPU is equipped with a storage device, and this storage device stores the numbers of a large number of vehicle storage locations and the corresponding identification numbers of the vehicles stored in each storage location. Then, the location where the vehicle is stored can be searched based on the vehicle identification number, or conversely, the vehicle stored there can be searched based on the vehicle storage location number. It is also possible to instantly search for empty storage locations.

By the way, if the purpose of such a parking lot is to store vehicles for a short period of time, such as a few hours or one or two days, if some vehicles are left unattended for a long period of time, other vehicles may be Therefore, there is a problem that the storage space in the parking lot cannot be used effectively.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for managing vehicles in a parking lot, which allows effective use of storage space. This invention is particularly suitable for parking lots that are operated in such a way that vehicles enter and leave the parking lot repeatedly in short cycles.

In this invention, vehicles include bicycles, cars, and other vehicles, and the invention is applied to parking lots for these vehicles.

Hereinafter, a case in which the present invention is applied to a bicycle parking lot will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The parking lot is provided with a bicycle hangar, and a bicycle entrance and exit. The storage entrance and the storage exit may also be used as the storage entrance and exit. Although an appropriate number of entrances and exits are provided depending on the number of bicycles accommodated in the hangar, in this embodiment, for convenience, it is assumed that there is one entrance and exit. The hangar may be a one-story flat type or a multi-layered three-dimensional type, but the hangar is provided with many bicycle storage areas, and each of these storage areas has a unique design in advance. numbered. In this example, the storage location numbers of the hangar are (No. 1) to (No.
up to n). The parking lot is also equipped with automatic bicycle transport equipment. This transportation device transports the bicycle at the entrance/exit to a designated storage location when entering the garage, and transports the bicycle from the designated storage location to the entrance/exit when exiting the garage. Consists of crane equipment. Of course, multiple transportation devices will be installed as needed.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a warehouse entrance. There is a bicycle stopping position 51 at the entrance/exit, and a bicycle detector (62 in Fig. 3) is provided here. This bicycle detector is composed of a mat switch or a photoelectric switch. Bicycle stop position 5
1, there is a hanger holding device 52, and a number of hangers 54 are held on a holding rod 53 of this holding device 52. As shown in FIG. 2, each of these hangers 54 is equipped with a unique key 56, and the key 56 is tied to a card 57 by a chain or the like. Each hanger 54 is assigned a hanger number (Nr.1) to (Nr.n) in order from the one at the tip. The card 57 is provided with a magnetic stripe,
This magnetic stripe has the key 5 of that card 57.
The number of the hanger to which 6 fits is magnetically recorded. Also, for each hanger 54, a key detector (63 in Fig. 3) detects whether the key 56 is removed or inserted.
is provided.

When the tip of the holding rod 53 is lowered and the hook 55 of the hanger 54 at the tip is hung on the center of the handlebar of the bicycle, the key 56 is removed and the hook 5 is released.
5 is locked. Furthermore, when the key 56 is removed, the detector 63 outputs a key removal signal. This makes the bicycle ready for transportation. As will be described later, the crane device is activated, and after the hanger 54 is grasped and extracted from the holding rod 53, the bicycle is transported to a designated storage location by the crane. When the hanger 54 at the most extreme position is pulled out, the hangers 54 remaining on the holding rod 53 are moved up one by one, and the hanger at the second position moves to the most extreme position. The key 56 and card 57 removed from the hanger 54 are retained by the customer who has deposited the bicycle. In addition, a gate device (not shown) is provided at the entry/exit entrance to prohibit or permit bicycles to be carried in and out, people to enter and exit, etc.

A bicycle calling machine (FIG. 3, 64) is installed at the entrance or other suitable location. This calling machine 64 is equipped with at least a card reader for reading the contents recorded on the card 57. If necessary, this calling machine should be equipped with a function to receive the bicycle deposit fee (coin slot, etc.), and a function to read and verify the commuter pass if it is possible to use the parking lot with a commuter pass.

Referring to FIG. 3, the entry and exit of bicycles in the parking lot is managed by a CPU 61. this
The CPU 61 has a bicycle detector 6 as an input/output device.
2. Key detector 63, bicycle caller 64, clock 6
5, a crane control circuit 66, a printer 67 and a key input device 68. Bicycle calling machine 6
The hanger number read by the card reader No. 4 is temporarily stored in the register 71. A clock 65 keeps track of the date and, if necessary, the time. The crane 70 has a crane control circuit 66
controlled by. The printer 67 and the key input device 68 are installed in a place where a parking lot manager is always present, such as an attendant's office. As will be described later, the printer 67 outputs data on bicycles for which a predetermined number of days (D) (for example, 3 or 5 days) have passed since the date of storage. The printer 67 is provided with a print command switch. Key input device 68
is used by the staff member to input the storage location number of the bicycle to be transferred based on the data printed by the printer 67, and includes a numeric keypad. Data input by key input device 68 is temporarily stored in register 72.

The CPU 61 is also equipped with a storage device 69. This storage device 69 includes a hanger holding device 5.
Area M1 stores the hanger number corresponding to the hanger No. 2, and corresponding to each storage location in the hangar, the area M1 stores the number of the storage location, the hanger number of the bicycle stored in that storage location, and the number of the bicycle stored in the storage location. An area M2 for storing the date, an area M3 for storing the total number of storage locations, and an area M4 for storing the maximum number of days D (the above-mentioned predetermined number of days) for which the same bicycle can be continuously stored in the same storage location are provided. There is.

Parking lot management by the CPU 61 is executed according to the following procedure. Referring to FIG. 4, it is checked whether a calling signal is output from the bicycle calling device 64 (step (1)). The call signal is output when the bicycle is taken out from the storage area, so if this signal is output, step (11) is performed for the removal process.
Move to. If there is no call signal, the output state of the bicycle detector 62 is checked to see if there is a request for warehousing (step (2)). If a bicycle detection signal is output from the bicycle detector 62, it means that a bicycle has been carried into the entrance/exit, and the process proceeds to the warehousing process from step (3). If the bicycle detection signal is not output, check whether a print command has been input from the printer 67 (step (25)) and whether a key input has been made from the key input device 68 (step (31)). If also NO, return to step (1).

When the customer brings the bicycle into the parking lot and brings it to the parking position, a bicycle detection signal is output (YES in step (2)). Then, when the hook 55 of the hanger 54 is hung on the bicycle and the key 56 is removed, the key detection signal stops (NO at step (3)), and the crane becomes ready for warehousing work. CPU6
1 searches area M2 of the storage device 69 to see if there is an empty storage location (step (4)).
Area M2 has numbers (No. 1) to (No. 1) for each storage location.
n), and if a bicycle is stored in the storage location of these numbers, the hanger number and storage date of the bicycle are stored. No bicycle is stored in a location where a hanger number is not stored, so search for this location, and if there is an empty location (YES in step (5)), read out the storage location number for that location and use the crane. sent to the control circuit 66,
Activate the crane to transport the bicycle to its storage location (step
(6)), stores the hanger number in the storage location corresponding to the storage location (step (7)), and reads the date from the clock 65 to store the storage date (step (7)).
(8)). When storing a bicycle, the hanger 54 at the leading edge of the holding device 52 is always used. Since the number of this hanger 54 is stored in the first memory location of the storage area M1, in step (7), the first hanger number (in this example, (Nr.1)) is
It is stored in the empty storage location found in step (4) in storage area M2. When the most advanced hanger 54 is removed from the hanger holding device 52, the subsequent hangers are moved up one by one as described above, so the hanger number in the storage area M1 is also shifted one storage location at a time in accordance with this. (9)). Due to this,
There is a hanger number (Nr.2) at the beginning of Elijah M1.
is memorized.

As a result of searching for locations where bicycles are not stored in step (4), if bicycles are stored in all storage locations and there are no empty locations, (step 4)
If the answer to step (5) is NO, the display installed at the entrance/exit will indicate that the vehicle is full (step (10)), and the process will end.

To retrieve a bicycle, the customer inserts the card 57 into the card slot of the bicycle calling machine 64, or scans the card 57 into a card reader in the case of a manual scanning system. By this, card 57
The hanger number recorded on is read. When the calling device 64 correctly reads the card data, it outputs a calling signal, so the result in step (1) is YES and the process moves to step (11). First, the CPU 61 checks whether the read hanger number is stored in the storage area M2 and searches for a storage location for the corresponding bicycle. If there is a corresponding hanger number in the area M2 (YES in step (12)), the storage location number corresponding to the location where that hanger number is stored is read out. Then, it is checked whether there is a bicycle at the entrance/exit where the bicycle should be taken out (step (13)). If there is a bicycle at the entrance/exit, it will not be possible to use a crane to transport the bicycle from the storage area, and it will be dangerous, so if there is a bicycle, a sign will be displayed asking you to leave (Step (14)). Then, the unloading process is started only after confirming that there are no bicycles at the entrance.

First, the entrance/exit gate is closed (step (15)), and the storage location number retrieved in step (11) is sent to the crane control circuit 66 to start the crane (step (16)). This allows the crane to transport the bicycle from the designated storage location and bring it to the entrance. When the bicycle is transported to the storage entrance, the hanger 54 hanging on the bicycle is returned to the most extreme position of the holding rod 53, and the position of each hanger is moved down one by one. Correspondingly, the hanger numbers at each storage location in storage area M1 are sequentially shifted in the backward direction (step (17)). Then, the paging machine 64 is placed in the first memory location of area M1.
Memorize the hanger number read in (step (18)). Furthermore, since the bicycle has been returned, the hanger number and storage date of Elijah M2's returned bicycle are deleted (step (19)).

When the crane carries the bicycle to the entrance/exit, the bicycle detector 62 outputs a detection signal.
Check the output status of the bicycle detection signal (step (20)), and if there is a bicycle, open the gate (step (21)). When you open the gate, a customer comes in and presses key 5.
6 is inserted, and if it is detected (step (22)), the presence or absence of a bicycle is checked again (step (23)). All processing ends when the bicycle is carried away by the customer.

As a result of searching for the hanger number read by the bicycle calling device 64 in area M2 of the storage device 69, if the same hanger number is not found (NO in step (12)), a message indicating that there is no matching vehicle is displayed. (Step (24)), the process ends.

When investigating a bicycle that has not been taken out of the warehouse even after the predetermined number of days (D) or more have passed since the bicycle was entered, the clerk inputs a print instruction from the printer 67. As a result, the answer in step 25 is YES, so first specify the storage location (No. 1), which is the first address of area M2 of the storage device 69 (step (26)), and select the storage location stored there. The date is read and the difference from the current date indicated by the clock 65 is calculated. Then, the number of days (D) of Elijah M4 is read out, and the magnitude relationship between this number of days (D) and the above difference is examined. If the above difference exceeds the number of days (D) (YES in step (27)), the storage location number, hanger number and storage date are read out and printed out by the printer 67 (step (28)). The difference between the above is the number of days (D)
or less than the number of days (D), it will not be printed out. If no bicycle is stored in that storage location, the storage date is not stored, so the judgment in step (27) is
The answer will be NO.

When the inspection of one storage location is completed,
Check whether the inspection has been completed for all storage locations (step (29)), and if there are any remaining storage locations, specify the next storage location (step (30)), and do the same. Reads the stock receipt date stored in , and the difference from the current date is the specified number of days
Check whether it exceeds (D) (step (27)). Since the number of storage locations is stored in area M3, by comparing this number of storage locations with the number of storage locations where testing has been completed, it can be checked whether testing has been completed for all storage locations.

In this way, the printer 67 prints and outputs a list of bicycles that remain in the storage area without being taken out even after a predetermined number of days (D) or more have passed since the storage date. In step (28), data is printed for each search, but the data to be printed is stored in the buffer memory and printed after all inspections are completed (YES in step (29)). You can do it like this.

If there is a bicycle that has been parked for more than a predetermined number of days (D), new parking for that bicycle will not be allowed, and the efficiency of parking lot usage will deteriorate. Therefore,
For such bicycles, it is preferable that the staff forcibly remove them from the warehouse and transfer them to another location. In the process of forcedly leaving the bicycle, the clerk looks at the list printed out by the printer 67 and inputs the storage location number of the bicycle to be left by using the key input device 68. As a result, the answer at step (31) is YES, so the key-input storage location number is read (step (32)), and the shipping process from step (13) to step (23) is executed. As a result, the bicycle is forcibly carried out to the entrance. Prepare identical spare keys 56 and cards 57 to be inserted into the hanger 54, and perform step (22) for forced exit.
It is a good idea to insert this spare key and card into the hanger of the bicycle being transported. Furthermore, if the bicycle does not exist at the storage location input using the key input device 68, it is preferable to display an error message.

In the above embodiment, only one entrance is provided for convenience, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied even if there are multiple entrances and exits. Furthermore, in the above example, the period during which the same vehicle can be continuously stored in the same storage location is determined by the number of days, but it may also be determined by time. In this case, the time of warehousing is stored as the warehousing date. Also,
The output device is not limited to a printer, but can also be a CRT or other display device.

As described above, the vehicle management device in a parking lot according to the present invention includes a vehicle transport device that transports vehicles at a designated vehicle storage location to a parking exit, and a vehicle transportation device that transports vehicles at a designated vehicle storage location to a parking lot. a storage device for storing the identification number of the vehicle stored in the storage device and the storage date of the vehicle, a timing device, a device for outputting visible information about the overage vehicle, and a first input for inputting an overage vehicle output command. a second input device for inputting data regarding the vehicle to be forced out of the garage; and the first input device.
When a time-exceeding vehicle output command is received from the input device, the storage device is searched and if the difference between the output of the timing device and the warehousing date stored in the storage device exceeds a predetermined period. Then, information regarding the vehicle is outputted by the output device, and when vehicle data is inputted by the second input device, the vehicle transport device is operated to move the vehicle from the corresponding vehicle storage location to the exit. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control device that controls the vehicle to be carried out and also erases data related to the vehicle in the storage device.

Therefore, by simply inputting an output command from the first input device, data on vehicles remaining in the parking lot without being taken out after a predetermined period of time can be output as visible information by a printer or other output device. can be done. Then, by looking at this output data and, if necessary, inputting data regarding the vehicle to be forced out of the warehouse from the second input device, the vehicle transportation device will not force the vehicle out of the warehouse even if the period exceeds a predetermined period. Vehicles remaining in the parking lot can be forcibly taken out to the exit without leaving the parking lot. In addition, since the vehicle data of the forced vehicle is deleted from the storage device, it becomes possible to park another vehicle in the parking space, which improves the efficiency of using the vehicle storage space in the parking lot. It is possible to increase it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an entrance/exit, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a hanger in detail, Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a parking lot management device, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a vehicle entry/exit management system. This is a flow chart showing the steps. 61...CPU, 65...Clock, 67...Printer, 68...Key input device, 69...Storage device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A vehicle transport device that transports a vehicle from a designated vehicle storage location to an exit, and an identification number of a vehicle stored in each vehicle storage location in correspondence with the number of a large number of vehicle storage locations. and a storage device that stores the storage date of the vehicle, a timing device, a device that outputs visible information about vehicles that have exceeded the period, a first input device that inputs an output command for vehicles that have exceeded the period, and data regarding vehicles that should be forced to leave the parking lot. and a second input device for inputting the output of the timing device, and when a time-exceeding vehicle output command is received from the first input device, the storage device is searched and the output of the timing device and the output command are stored in the storage device. If the difference between the stock receipt date and the stock receipt date exceeds the specified period,
Information regarding the vehicle is output by the output device, and when vehicle data is input by the second input device, the vehicle transport device is operated to transport the vehicle from the corresponding vehicle storage location to the exit. A control device for managing vehicles in a parking lot, comprising: a control device for controlling the vehicle and erasing data related to the vehicle in the storage device.