JP2870617B2 - Multi-level parking - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle storage rack provided with a plurality of shelves for storing vehicles arranged in a vertical direction, an external communication portion for entering or leaving a vehicle, an external communication portion and a plurality of shelves. An elevator vehicle transport device that transports the vehicle between the vehicles, and a management device that controls the operation of the vehicle transport device and manages entry and exit of the vehicle is provided. When the management device enters the vehicle, the management device When issuing a parking ticket in which shelf information for identifying a shelf for storing the vehicle is issued and when leaving the vehicle, the shelf of the vehicle to be taken out is determined based on the shelf information recorded in the parking ticket. It relates to a multi-story parking lot that is configured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a multi-story parking garage of this type, when a vehicle is to be taken out of a car, the management apparatus is configured to determine a shelf of the vehicle to be taken out based on shelf information recorded in a parking ticket. I was

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, a situation has arisen in which a parking ticket cannot be provided to a management device when leaving a vehicle, for example, when a driver loses a parking ticket. In such a case, there is an inconvenience that a desired vehicle cannot be left. An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional disadvantages.

[0004]

According to a feature of a multi-story parking garage according to the present invention, a storage unit for storing a date and time when a vehicle is to be stored in association with shelf information and a storage information of the storage unit are displayed on a management device. Display means and shelf information designating means for designating shelf information to the management device when leaving the vehicle are provided, and when the management device leaves the vehicle, the shelf information specified by the shelf information designation means is provided. The configuration is such that the shelf of the vehicle to be taken out of the vehicle can be determined based on the information.

[0005]

According to the characteristic structure of the present invention, the driver first displays the storage information stored in the storage means on the display means to see the date and time when the vehicle stored in each shelf is stored. Can be . In general, for multi-level parking
The driver who parked the vehicle clearly notices the date and time of the parking.
If not, not so many and somewhat ambiguous
It is considered that most of the cases are remembered. Follow
And should be delivered only by such ambiguous memory
Although it is not easy to identify vehicles,
Even if you have memorized a little vague in the above display means
By looking at the specific warehousing date and time displayed in
The memory of the storage date and time, which was a little vague, became clear
Thus, from the storage date and time, it is possible to know on which shelf the vehicle that has been stored is stored. Then, the driver can specify the shelf information of the shelf in which the vehicle that he / she has entered is stored to the management device by the shelf information specifying means, and the management device determines the shelf of the vehicle to be taken out. be able to.

[0006]

According to the characteristic structure of the present invention, the management device can determine the shelf of the vehicle to be taken out from the shelf based on the shelf information designated by the shelf information designating means. Even in a case where a parking ticket cannot be provided to the device, it is possible to provide a multi-story parking lot that has solved the inconvenience that a desired vehicle cannot be taken out.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The multi-story parking lot shown in FIG. 1 has a vehicle storage rack A for storing vehicles G in a rack portion in which a plurality of shelves 1 are vertically arranged, and an external communication port 2 formed on the ground floor portion thereof, and a driver. The vehicle G is moved into and out of the vehicle G. The vehicle G is transported between the vehicle storage rack A and the external communication portion B including an external communication portion B from which the vehicle G exits and the vehicle G leaves. And a vehicle transport device C for performing the operation.

Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the direction facing the outside of the external communication section B from the external communication port 2 is defined as the depth direction of the multi-story parking lot, and the direction orthogonal to the depth direction and extending across the width of the opening of the external communication port 2 is defined. The width direction of the multi-story parking lot.

The vehicle storage rack A has a pair of rack portions on both sides in the depth direction inside the vehicle storage rack A, each of which has a plurality of shelves 1 arranged vertically. The shelf 1 includes a pallet P for mounting on a vehicle, and a pair of receiving frames 1 for supporting the pallets P on both ends in the longitudinal direction.
The vehicle G is housed in a state mounted on a pallet P. An elevating passage S is formed between the pair of rack portions so as to extend along the side of each rack portion and the lower end thereof projects into the external communication portion B.

The external communication portion B has an external communication port 2, and when the vehicle G enters and leaves the vehicle, the elevator portion 3 is located inside the external communication portion B. A pit 4 is provided so as to be connected to the pit 4, and a turntable 5 that can be raised and lowered and turned can be operated in the pit 4.
a turning device 5 provided with a. Pallet P
Means that the longitudinal direction of the external communication portion B is the external communication port 2
And is unloaded as the vehicle G runs by itself. The pallet P on which the vehicle G is loaded in the loading operation is carried on the turntable 5a by raising the turntable 5a of the turning device 5, and is turned 90 degrees.
Will be transferred above. In the unloading operation, the pallet P
As the elevating unit 3 descends, it is transferred onto the turntable 5a at the above-mentioned raised position, turned 90 degrees, and mounted on the external communication unit B. The external communication port 2 is provided with an external communication door 2a that is automatically opened and closed by an opening and closing drive device (not shown).

[0011] The vehicle transport device C is provided with the above-described turning device 5.
2, an elevating unit 3 for mounting and lowering the pallet P in the elevating passage S, and an elevating drive mechanism D for elevating the elevating unit 3. The elevating unit 3 includes a frame 3a, two telescopic forks 3b for mounting and supporting the pallet P and transferring the pallet P to and from the shelf 1, and vertically standing on both longitudinal ends of the frame 3a. Side plate 3c to be installed
, A shield 3d attached in a roof shape to the upper part of the side plate 3c, and a floor plate 3e. The lifting / lowering drive mechanism D connects the lifting / lowering unit 3 and the balance weight 7 with the two ropes 6, and connects the ropes 6 with the suspension pulleys 8.
a, 8b, 8c, 8d and the drive pulley 9a of the lifting drive device 9. Therefore, the elevating part 3 has its longitudinal direction oriented in the lateral width direction,
It is suspended and supported by the rope 6 in the elevating passage S, and is moved up and down by the operation of the elevating drive device 9.

FIG. 3 shows a management device H that controls the operation of the vehicle transport device C to manage the entry and exit of the vehicle G. The management device H includes a control unit 10 by a microcomputer as a main unit, a parking ticket processing device 11 that issues a parking ticket K, and reads information recorded on the parking ticket K, and includes an interface 12. The external communication door 2a, the lifting / lowering unit 3 and the turning device 5 are connected via an external communication door, and are configured to control automatic opening / closing of the external communication door 2a, processing of the parking ticket K, and conveyance of the vehicle G by the vehicle conveyance device C. Have been. The parking ticket K is recorded with, for example, magnetic means or the like, at least a shelf number N as shelf information for identifying the shelf 1 that stores the vehicle G, and the recorded shelf number N is read by the parking ticket processing device 11. It is configured to be free. Therefore, when entering the vehicle G, the management device H issues a parking ticket K in which the shelf number N is recorded, and
When the vehicle G is to be retrieved, the shelf 1 of the vehicle G to be retrieved is determined based on the shelf number N recorded on the parking ticket K provided to the parking ticket processing device 11, and the vehicle G is retrieved. Usually, the person who uses the multistory parking lot
In order to leave the parking lot, it is necessary to provide the parking ticket K issued at the time of entry to the parking ticket processing device 11.

The control unit 10 also stores a clock 13 with a calendar function, storage means 14 for storing the date and time of entry and exit of the vehicle G in association with shelf information N, and information stored in the storage means 14. A display means 15 for displaying and a shelf information designating means 16 for designating shelf information N to the management device H when leaving the vehicle G are connected. Control unit 10
Causes the storage unit 14 to store the storage date and time or the storage date and time measured by the clock 13 each time the vehicle G performs the storage and retrieval operations. Further, the control unit 10 can search and organize the information stored in the storage unit 14 to compose various screens and display them on the display unit 15. Further, the control unit 10 is configured to be able to determine the shelf 1 of the vehicle G to be taken out based on the shelf number N as the shelf information specified by the shelf information specifying means 16 when leaving the vehicle G. .

The control unit 10 includes a card processing device 17.
Is connected, and the member card 18 can be accessed. The member card 18 records a member number, a member name, and the like by, for example, magnetic means, and the recorded information is stored in the card processing device 1.
7 is configured to be readable. When the member card 18 is accessed during the entry and exit work of the vehicle G, the control unit 10 sets the entry date and time or exit date and time measured by the clock 13 and the member number read from the membership card 18 and The name of the member is stored in the storage means 14 in association with each shelf.

FIG. 4 shows an operation panel 19 of the management device H provided on the side of the external communication port 2. The operation panel 19 includes a display unit 20 on which various screens are displayed in order to show a procedure or usage information related to a parking operation or a parking operation to a person who uses the multi-story parking lot. A parking ticket slot 11a is provided. The display unit 20 also has a function as a so-called touch panel type input device, and is configured to input various information to the management device H by touching a switch portion displayed on the screen with a finger. Have been. The display means 15 and the shelf information designating means 16 are all configured as display screens of the display unit 20. Parking ticket slot 11a
Is configured to discharge the parking ticket K when the vehicle G enters the parking lot, and to insert the parking ticket K when leaving the parking lot. In the case of this embodiment, the parking ticket insertion slot 11a is
The card processing device 17 is configured to also function as a card insertion slot 17a.

The entry and exit operations of the vehicle G in the multi-story parking lot according to the present invention are performed as follows. The driver drives the vehicle G and comes in front of the external communication port 2 of the external communication section B. When the multi-story parking garage is in a state where vehicles G can be stored in, the elevating part 3 is located in the external communication part B, the pallet P is placed, and the external communication door 2a is opened. In a use mode in which the warehousing work is continuously performed (hereinafter, referred to as a “warehouse precedence mode”), this state is the home position. A usage pattern in which warehousing work is performed continuously (hereinafter,
This is referred to as “shipping priority mode”. ), The external communication door 2a is normally closed, and the driver can instruct the management device H to enter the storage so that the storage is possible. This instruction is also performed by the display unit 20 of the touch panel type described above. The vehicle G travels by itself, enters the external communication portion B, is mounted on the pallet P,
The engine is stopped and fixed by the side brake, and the driver gets off. The driver who has finished loading the vehicle G
Comes in front of the management device H. At this time, the screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 20 of the management device H. After confirming the safety inside the external communication portion B, the driver instructs the management device H to enter the vehicle G to the management device H by touching the switch portion 21 on the screen with a finger. At this time, if the driver has the membership card 18, the card processing device 17 accesses the membership card 18. The management device H controls the vehicle transport device C to control the vehicle G
Starts receiving operation of. At the same time, the control unit 10
Is stored in the storage means 14 in association with the shelf number N, and the parking ticket processing device 11 issues a parking ticket K. The driver receives the parking ticket K and ends the parking operation.

The unloading operation is performed as follows. The driver holds the parking ticket K received at the time of parking and holds the management device H
Come before The display screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 20. The driver instructs the start of the leaving work by the switch display part 22, and then inserts the parking ticket K into the parking ticket insertion slot 11a. , Vehicle G
Can be issued. At this time, if the driver has the membership card 18, the card processing device 17 accesses the membership card 18. When the multi-story parking lot is in a state of performing a parking operation or another parking operation, the display screen shown in FIG. 5 is not displayed on the display unit 20, and the driver waits until the display screen is displayed. . After the unloading operation is started, when the vehicle G is carried out to the external communication portion B by the vehicle transport device C, the external communication door 2
a is opened. At the same time, the control unit 10 stores the retrieval date and time of the vehicle G by the clock 13 in association with the shelf number N
To memorize. The driver gets into the vehicle G and
Is driven to drive away from the external communication section B, and the leaving operation of the vehicle G is completed.

For example, when the driver has lost the parking ticket K, the parking ticket
If is not provided, the delivery operation can be performed as follows. The driver who comes before the management device H presses the operation result key display portion 23 on the display screen shown in FIG. The display screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 20. When all the details key display part 24 in the figure is pressed,
The display unit 20 displays a display screen shown in FIG. 7 as the display unit 15 that displays information stored in the storage unit 14. In the display screen shown in FIG. 7, the date and time 25 of the warehousing work and the warehousing work performed by the management device H are shown with time along with the shelf number N relating to the work. The driver can know the shelf number N in which the vehicle G is stored from the display screen shown in FIG. 7 as long as the driver remembers the approximate date and time when the vehicle G was stored. Then, the display returns to the display screen shown in FIG. Next, the driver presses the designated delivery key display portion 27 in the figure. The display unit 20 displays a display screen shown in FIG. 8 as shelf information specifying means 16 for specifying the shelf information N to the management device H when leaving the vehicle G. The driver inputs the shelf number N using the numeric key display portion 28. The management device H determines the shelf 1 of the vehicle G to be left based on the input shelf number N, and leaves the vehicle G. Therefore, the driver can leave the vehicle G without providing the parking ticket K to the parking ticket processing device 11.

The display section 20 is operated by operating a shelf-by-shelf cumulative key display portion 29 of the display screen shown in FIG.
The display screen shown in FIG. 9 and the display screen shown in FIG. 10 can be displayed. The display screen shown in FIG.
The number of times of entry 30 and the number of exits 31 of each of the shelves 1 for storing are stored in correspondence with the shelf number N. Marker 32 hanging on the fifth shelf number in the shelf number column in the figure
(Shaded portion) can be moved in the shelf number column by using the up and down movement keys 33 and 34. Then, the display screen shown in FIG. 10 can be displayed by the set key 35. The display screen shown in FIG.
Vehicle G for the shelf with the shelf number 5 designated by 2
The record of entry and exit date and time 36 is shown over time.

Further, the display section 20 displays the display screen shown in FIG. 11 and the display screen shown in FIG. 12 by operating the member-specific cumulative key display portion 37 of the display screen shown in FIG. Can be. The display screen shown in FIG. 11 includes a member number 38 and a member name 3 for each member.
9, the number of uses 40 of the multi-story parking lot and the use time 41 are shown. Also in this display screen, the marker 42
Thus, the member number 38 can be selected, and the display screen shown in FIG. 12 can be displayed. The display screen shown in FIG. 12 shows a record of the entry and exit date and time 43 of the vehicle G for the member “Yamamoto Taro” designated by the above-described marker 42 with time.

[Alternative Embodiment] The configuration, type, and number of display screens are merely examples, and can be changed as appropriate.

In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the entire structure of a multistory parking lot.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of a vehicle transport device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management device.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an operation panel of the management device.

FIG. 5 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 6 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 7 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 8 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 9 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 10 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 11 is a display screen of a display unit.

FIG. 12 is a display screen of a display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A vehicle storage rack B external communication section C vehicle transport device G vehicle H management device K parking ticket N shelf information 1 shelf 14 storage means 15 display means 16 shelf information designation means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vehicle storage rack (A) having a plurality of shelves (1) for storing vehicles (G) arranged vertically and an external communication part (B) for entering or exiting the vehicles (G).
A lifting / lowering vehicle transport device (C) for transporting the vehicle (G) between the external communication portion (B) and the plurality of shelves (1); and an operation of the vehicle transport device (C). And a management device (H) for controlling the entry and exit of the vehicle (G) by controlling, and when the administration device (H) enters the vehicle (G), stores the vehicle (G). When issuing a parking ticket (K) on which shelf information (N) for identifying the shelf (1) is recorded and leaving the vehicle (G), the parking ticket (K) recorded on the parking ticket (K) is issued. A multistory parking garage configured to determine a shelf (1) of a vehicle (G) to be taken out based on shelf information (N), wherein the management device (H) stores the vehicle (G). Storage means (1) for storing the storage date and time in association with the shelf information (N)
4), display means (15) for displaying information stored in the storage means (14), and designation of the shelf information (N) to the management device (H) when leaving the vehicle (G). And a shelf information designating means (16) for determining whether the management device (H) leaves the vehicle (G) based on the shelf information (N) designated by the shelf information designating means (16). (G) shelves for vehicles (G) to be taken out
A multi-story parking lot configured to be able to determine