JPH0122052Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention aims to expand the parking area by making the parking lot three-dimensional, and also uses an automatic locking system for multi-level parking to unmanned toll collection and the restraint and release of vehicles during that time. Regarding equipment.

In recent years, with the development of motorization, the problem of parking lots has been brought into social focus. In particular, it is difficult to secure large open spaces in urban areas, and the expansion of parking areas and their rational use become a problem. By the way, while the management of parking lots by managers is reliable, there is a drawback that economic losses are large due to the rise in labor costs, and rational operation cannot be planned. On the other hand, while an unmanned parking lot would help reduce personnel costs, it would pose problems in collecting fees and restricting vehicles during that time.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the purpose of this invention was to expand the parking area by making use of a narrow space three-dimensionally, collect an appropriate fee according to the parking time unattended, and To provide an automatic locking type unmanned toll collection device for multi-tiered parking, which can securely restrain parking spaces and enable rational operation of a parking lot.

In order to achieve this purpose, this invention provides a vehicle restraint device having a locking plate that is rotatably supported in a vehicle parking section in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle, stands up, and comes into contact with the tires of the vehicle to restrain the vehicle. and a fee collection device for controlling the vehicle restraint device by paying a predetermined fee depending on the parking time at the vehicle parking section, and the vehicle parking section is multi-stage to form a three-dimensional multi-stage parking system. It is characterized by what it did.

Embodiments of this invention will be described in detail and specifically below based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a multi-story parking lot having vehicle parking sections 4 on two upper and lower levels, 6 a vehicle restraint device installed on the vehicle parking section 4, and 8 a toll collection device installed integrally with the vehicle parking section 4.

The vehicle parking section 4 is supported by a support member 10 so as to be movable up and down, and is controlled by the driving force of a drive source (not shown).

The vehicle restraint device 6 is installed on the vehicle parking section 4 in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the vehicle 12 and located between the front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle 12. Lock plate 14
stands upward, and the raised lock plate 14 comes into contact with the tires of the automobile 12 to restrain the automobile 12 and prevent the automobile 12 from leaving the vehicle parking section 4. The rising and falling of the lock plate 14 is controlled by the toll collection device 8. That is, the presence or absence of inventory is detected based on whether the light beam a emitted from the infrared transmitter 16 of the vehicle restraint device 6 is detected by the infrared receiver 18 provided in the toll collection device 8, and when the vehicle is out of stock, the lock plate is activated. 14 is lying down, and is standing up when the car is in the car. and,
When the vehicle is in the vehicle, when a proper toll according to the parking time is inserted into the toll slot 20 of the toll collection device 8, the lock plate 14 is brought down and the restraint of the vehicle 12 is released. This allows the vehicle to exit from the vehicle parking section 4. These series of operations are performed automatically. Further, since the lock plate 14 stands up in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the vehicle 12, the vehicle parking section 4
The automobile 12 can be securely restrained. Note that 22 is a fare return port.

In the above configuration, a case has been described in which the vehicle parking section 4 has two upper and lower stages, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is similarly applicable to a case where the vehicle parking section 4 has multiple stages, for example, three stages, four stages, and so on. Furthermore, it is also applicable to a parking type as shown in FIG. In short, any configuration that allows vehicles to be parked in multiple stages in the vertical direction is sufficient.

Incidentally, reference numeral 24 is a lift control device for the vehicle parking section 4, and this lift control device 24 uses the inventory information signal from the toll collection device 8 to determine the presence/absence of the vehicle.
The vehicle parking section 4 is moved up and down in response to the absence of the vehicle.

Further, the lift control device 24 can be manually operated to move the desired vehicle parking section 4 up and down.

Since this invention is constructed as described above, it operates as follows.

When the automobile 12 is absent from the vehicle parking section 4,
Since the lock plate 14 of the vehicle restraint device 6 is laid down, the vehicle 12 can be parked in the empty vehicle parking section 4. When the car 12 enters the vehicle parking section 4, the light beam a emitted from the infrared transmitter 16 is blocked by the car 12, so that the infrared receiver 18 cannot receive the light beam a. It disappears. When the infrared receiver 18 no longer receives the light beam a, the lock plate 14 is raised and a timer built into the toll collection device 8 is activated to measure the parking time.

On the other hand, when leaving the vehicle parking section 4, a predetermined fee is put into the fee slot according to the parking time, and the lock plate 14 is lowered to release the restraint of the car 12. However, unless a predetermined toll is paid, the lock plate 14 will not fall down and will continue to restrain the automobile 12, thereby preventing unpaid vehicles from leaving the garage. Furthermore, when the vehicle is parked underground as shown in FIG.
4, and the vehicle parking section 4 reaches a position where it can be directly connected to the entrance of the multi-story parking lot 2, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In this series of operations, the vehicle parking section 4 operates on the vehicle in response to the inventory information signal from the toll collection device 8, making it possible to make the parking lot unmanned.

As is clear from the detailed explanation above, according to the structure of this invention, the parking lot is multi-level and three-dimensional, so the vertical space of a narrow vacant lot can be used rationally, and the parking area can be expanded. In addition to this, each multi-level vehicle parking section is equipped with a toll collection device and a vehicle restraint device, so that appropriate tolls can be collected unmanned according to the parking time, and moreover, vehicles can be securely locked during that time. It is possible to prevent non-paying vehicles from leaving the garage. As a result, in addition to effective use of vertical space, it is possible to reduce labor costs due to the elimination of the need for a manager, and to operate an unmanned parking lot just as steadily as a manned parking lot. This has an extremely practical and beneficial effect, allowing rational operation of the parking lot.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing shows an embodiment of the automatic locking type unmanned toll collection device for multi-stage parking according to this invention.
The figure is a schematic overall perspective view, Figures 2 and 3 are front views,
Figure 4 is a side view, Figure 5 is a plan view, Figure 6A is a front view of the vehicle restraint device and toll collection device, Figure 6B is a side view of Figure A, and Figure 6C is Figure A. FIG. 7 is a side view showing another embodiment. In the figure, 2 is a multi-story parking lot, 4 is a vehicle parking section, 6 is a vehicle restraint device, 8 is a toll collection device, 10 is a support member, 12 is a car, 14 is a lock plate, 16 is an infrared transmitter, and 18 is a An infrared receiver, 20 a charge input slot, and 22 a charge return slot.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vehicle restraint device is provided in the vehicle parking section and has a locking plate that is rotatably supported in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the vehicle and that stands up and comes into contact with the tires of the vehicle to restrain the vehicle, and the vehicle is parked in the vehicle parking section. A multi-stage parking automatic, characterized in that a toll collection device is provided to control the vehicle restraint device by paying a predetermined toll according to time, and the vehicle parking section is multi-staged to form a three-dimensional multi-stage parking system. Lock-type unmanned toll collection device.