JP7560977B2 - Multi-storey parking facilities - Google Patents

Description

Article 30, paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies. Interviewer: Nikkei Inc. Public Relations and Investor Relations Department, IHI Corporation Interview location: IHI Transport Machinery Co., Ltd., Numazu Factory (2440 Hara, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) Interview date: January 16, 2020 Publisher: Nikkei Inc. Publication name: Nikkei Shimbun Volume: Morning edition, page 12, dated February 13, 2020 Publication date: February 13, 2020 Publication address: https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO55546170S0A210C2TJ1000/

The present invention relates to a multi-level parking facility where self-driving cars with an automatic valet parking function and general vehicles can be parked.

The term "autonomous vehicle" refers to an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that travels autonomously on the ground without a driver.
An autonomous vehicle can carry passengers, drive automatically to a destination (such as a hotel) without human operation, and after the passengers get off at the destination, drive automatically to a designated parking lot and park in the parking lot. Furthermore, an autonomous vehicle can receive a command, drive automatically from a parking lot to a designated location without human operation, stop (wait) at the designated location to pick up passengers, and drive automatically to another destination without human operation.
In the following, the term "automated valet parking" refers to a vehicle that autonomously drives to a parking lot after a person gets out of the vehicle, parks there, and then autonomously drives from the parking lot unmanned to a designated location (waits). In the following, an autonomous vehicle is considered to have an automatic valet parking function.

On the other hand, "general vehicle" means a vehicle driven by a person (e.g., a passenger car).

For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a system for parking both self-driving cars with automatic valet parking functions and regular vehicles in the same parking lot.

The "vehicle control device" of Patent Document 1 includes a parking lot data acquisition unit, an image data acquisition unit, a position estimation unit, and a driving control unit.
The parking lot data acquisition unit acquires parking lot data capable of identifying the absolute positions of section identification characters installed on the road surface corresponding to each parking section in the parking lot. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of the surroundings of the vehicle.
The position estimation unit detects road surface character data related to the section identification characters from the image data, calculates a relative position of the section identification characters with respect to the vehicle on the image data, and estimates an actual position of the vehicle based on the calculated relative position and the absolute position of the parking lot data. The driving control unit automatically drives the vehicle in the parking lot based on the estimated actual position.

JP 2019-139322 A

The vehicle control device of Patent Document 1 can estimate the actual position of the vehicle using, for example, section identification characters (e.g., numbers, letters, etc.) that have traditionally been installed in correspondence with each parking section. As a result, automatic valet parking of self-driving vehicles becomes possible without adding new indicators to conventional parking lots.

However, when self-driving cars and regular vehicles use the same parking floor, confusion may arise because the driving operations for self-driving cars and regular vehicles are different when driving or parking.
For example, an autonomous vehicle observes the surroundings using, for example, a camera, radar, laser, etc., but cannot predict the behavior of people on the parking floor. In particular, when a person is hidden behind a parked vehicle, it is difficult to detect the person or predict their behavior. Therefore, the driving speed of an autonomous vehicle on the parking floor is slower than that of a conventional general vehicle.
On the other hand, regular vehicles cannot predict the behavior of self-driving cars. Therefore, when a self-driving car drives on the same parking floor, regular vehicles will follow its slow speed and drive slower than before, resulting in congestion and lower utilization of the parking facility.

Furthermore, as autonomous vehicles become more widespread, the ratio of autonomous vehicles to general vehicles is expected to increase after the installation of parking facilities. Therefore, it is desirable to maintain a high utilization rate of parking facilities even if the ratio of autonomous vehicles changes.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. That is, a first object of the present invention is to provide a parking facility where both self-driving cars and general vehicles can park, and where the self-driving cars and general vehicles can smoothly drive and park without affecting each other.
The second objective is to maintain a high utilization rate of parking facilities even if the ratio of self-driving cars changes.

According to the present invention, there is provided a multi-story parking facility having a general floor provided on an entrance/exit level or an adjacent floor, where general vehicles driven by humans are parked, and a general slope along which the general vehicles can travel from the entrance/exit level to the general floor,
An automatic floor provided above or below the general floor and on which an automatic driving vehicle having an automatic valet parking function parks;
a lifting device capable of directly transporting the autonomous vehicle from the entry/exit level to the automated floor;
A control device that communicates bidirectionally with the autonomous vehicle and controls the lifting device,
the lifting device has a vehicle cage that lifts and lowers the autonomous vehicle,
A multi-story parking facility is provided in which the control device raises and lowers the vehicle cage between the entrance/exit level and the automatic floor, and passes through the general floor without stopping.

According to the present invention, since there is a general floor and a general slope that allows general vehicles to drive from the entrance/exit level to the general floor, general vehicles can drive directly from the entrance/exit level to the general floor via the general slope without being affected by autonomous vehicles, and can be parked smoothly.

The facility also includes an automated floor where autonomous vehicles can park, and a lifting device that can transport autonomous vehicles directly from the entry/exit level to the automated floor, so that autonomous vehicles can park directly on the automated floor from the entry/exit level via the lifting device.
Therefore, both self-driving cars and general vehicles can be parked in the multi-story parking facility of the present invention.

The lifting device has a vehicle cage that rises and falls, and the control device raises and lowers the vehicle cage between the entry/exit level and the automated floor, and passes through the general floor without stopping. This allows an autonomous vehicle to be transported to an automated floor located above or below the general floor in a short time, and allows the autonomous vehicle to drive and park smoothly without being affected by general vehicles.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a multi-story parking facility according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the general floor of the 1st floor of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the general floors of 2F and 3F in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the automated floor of FIG. 1F, RF. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the intermediate floor of the 4th floor of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a front view of a multi-story parking facility according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the general floors of 2F and 3F in FIG. 6. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the intermediate floor of the 4th floor of FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is a plan view of the automated floor of FIG. 7F, RF.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. Note that common parts in each drawing are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate explanations will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a multi-level parking facility 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
In this figure, a multi-story parking facility 100 has parking floors 1F to 5F and RF.
In this example, 1F to 3F are floors exclusively for general vehicles (hereinafter referred to as general floors 10), 5F and RF are floors exclusively for self-driving vehicles (hereinafter referred to as automatic floors 20), and 4F is an intermediate floor 30.
The intermediate floor 30 can be switched to be used as a floor exclusively for general vehicles or as a floor exclusively for self-driving vehicles.
In the following, an autonomous vehicle A with an automatic valet parking function will be shown with "hatching", and a general vehicle B driven by a human will be shown with "no hatching".

The general floor 10 is a parking floor located on the entry/exit level FL or an adjacent floor, where general vehicles B are parked.

The loading/unloading level FL is located at ground level in this example.
Also in this example, "entry/exit level FL or an adjacent floor" means the parking floors 1F, 2F, and 3F.

Incidentally, the loading/unloading level FL is not limited to ground level, but may be another floor, for example, the basement.
In addition, the "floor adjacent thereto" may be an underground floor as long as it is adjacent to the loading/unloading level FL.
In addition, "adjacent" means a parking floor to which general vehicles B can move from the entrance/exit level FL via a general slope 12.

The multi-story parking facility 100 has ropes for general vehicles (hereinafter referred to as general ramps 12) between the 1st and 2nd floors and between the 2nd and 3rd floors.
The general slope 12 is an inclined running road on which general vehicles B can run from the loading/unloading level FL to the general floors 10 on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The gradient of the general slope 12 is set to an angle (e.g., 1/6 or less) at which general vehicles B can run.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the multi-story parking facility 100 has a general entrance/exit gate 14 for general vehicles on the entrance/exit level FL. The general entrance/exit gate 14 leads directly to the general floor 10 (the parking floor on the first floor in this example).

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the general floor 10 on the first floor of FIG.
In this figure, a plurality of parking areas 16 are defined by demarcation lines (e.g., white lines) on a general floor 10. It is preferable that each parking area 16 is assigned a location number (not shown) indicating the respective parking location. The location number is, for example, a combination of letters and numbers.

In addition, in FIG. 2, a general slope 12 is an inclined running path connecting the 1st floor and the 2nd floor.
With this configuration, a general vehicle B can enter the general floor 10 on the 1st floor through a general entrance/exit gate 14 and park in an available parking area 16, and can also drive up the general slope 12 to the 2nd floor and enter the general floor 10 on the 2nd floor.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the general floor 10 on the second and third floors of FIG.
In FIG. 3(A), the general floor 10 on the second floor does not have the general entrance/exit gate 14 described above, and differs from FIG. 2 (1F) in that it has a general slope 12 for both uphill and downhill directions.
With this configuration, a general vehicle B coming up from the 1st floor can enter the general floor 10 on the 2nd floor and park in an available parking area 16, and can also drive on a general slope 12 to enter the general floors 10 on the upper and lower floors.

In FIG. 3(B), the general floor 10 on the third floor differs from FIG. 3(A) in that in addition to the general slope 12 for descending, there is also an intermediate slope 32 for ascending.

In FIG. 3B, the intermediate slope 32 is configured to allow an ordinary vehicle B to travel from the ordinary floor 10 (3F in this example) to the intermediate floor 30 (4F).
Furthermore, a remote circuit breaker 34 is provided near the lower end of the intermediate slope 32 .

The remote circuit breaker 34 is designed to be able to open and close and prevent the travel of general vehicle B. In other words, when the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully open, general vehicle B can go up to the 4th floor via the intermediate slope 32 and park there, but when the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully closed, general vehicle B cannot go up to the 4th floor.

With the above-described configuration, a general vehicle B driven by a person can enter the general floors 10 on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors through the general entrance/exit 14 and park in an available parking area 16.
In addition, since the general floor 10 is provided on the loading/unloading level FL or a floor adjacent thereto, vehicles can enter or leave the warehouse in a short time through the general loading/unloading entrance 14.
Furthermore, since the elevator shaft 22 described later is separated from the general floor 10 by a partition wall 24, general vehicle B can smoothly drive and park without being affected by the automatically driven vehicle A.

In FIG. 1 , the automated floor 20 is provided above or below the general floor 10 and is a parking floor exclusively for automated vehicles where the automated vehicle A is parked.
In this example, the automated floor 20 is provided on the 5th floor and RF (rooftop). Therefore, in this example, the automated floor 20 is provided above the general floor 10, but it may be provided below the general floor 10, for example, in the basement.

The autonomous vehicle A is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that autonomously drives on the ground without a driver and has an automatic valet parking function. The autonomous vehicle A is preferably a passenger car that has substantially the same functions and size as the general vehicle B, except that it drives autonomously and has an automatic valet parking function.
The "automatic valet parking function" is a function that allows the vehicle to "autonomously drive to a parking lot and park unmanned after the person gets out of the vehicle, and then, upon receiving a command, drive unmanned from the parking lot to a designated location and stop (wait) at the designated location."

In FIG. 1, the multi-story parking facility 100 further includes a lifting device 40 and a control device 50.

The lifting device 40 is a vehicle elevator that can transport the autonomous vehicle A directly from the loading/unloading level FL to the automated floor 20.
The lifting device 40 has a vehicle cage 42 that carries the autonomous vehicle A and lifts and lowers it.
In this example, the vehicle cage 42 is suspended by a hoisting device 44 provided on the roof via a number of wires 46. With this configuration, the vehicle cage 42 can be raised and lowered between the loading/unloading level FL and the automated floor 20 by winding up or unwinding the wires 46 with the hoisting device 44.
It should be noted that the lifting device 40 is not limited to this example, and may have other configurations, such as a chain and sprocket type, or a hydraulic type.

In FIG. 1, a multi-storey parking facility 100 has a hoistway 22 through which a vehicle cage 42 moves up and down.
The elevator shaft 22 is an open space through which the vehicle cage 42 ascends and descends between the loading/unloading level FL and the automated floor 20. In this example, the elevator shaft 22 is separated by partition walls 24 from the general floors 10 on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors.
The partition 24 is a wall provided at the boundary between the elevator shaft 22 and the general floor 10, and prevents people and vehicles from passing through.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the multi-story parking facility 100 has an automatic entrance/exit gate 26A dedicated to automatically driven vehicles on the entrance/exit level FL. The automatic entrance/exit gate 26A leads directly to a vehicle cage 42 located on the entrance/exit level FL, and automatically driven vehicle A can enter the vehicle cage 42 directly from the outside through the automatic entrance/exit gate 26A, or automatically exit from there to the outside.

The multi-story parking facility 100 further has an automatic entrance/exit gate 26B on the automatic floor 20 of the 5th floor and RF, which is dedicated to automatically driven vehicles. The automatic entrance/exit gate 26B leads directly to a vehicle cage 42 located on the automatic floor 20. This allows an automatically driven vehicle A to automatically drive directly from the automatic floor 20 through the automatic entrance/exit gate 26B into the vehicle cage 42, or to automatically drive from there into the automatic floor 20.

Also, as shown in this figure, the automatic entrance/exit gate 26B is not provided on the general floor 10, and the automatic vehicle A cannot enter the general floor 10.

The control device 50 communicates bidirectionally with the autonomous vehicle A and controls the lifting device 40.
The control device 50 raises and lowers the vehicle cage 42 between the loading/unloading level FL and the automated floor 20, and also passes through the general floor 10 without stopping.

With the above-described configuration, the autonomous vehicle A can automatically drive directly from the automatic entry/exit entrance 26A into the vehicle cage 42 located at the entry/exit level FL, rise to the automatic floor 20 using the vehicle cage 42, and automatically drive into the automatic floor 20 from the automatic entry/exit entrance 26B.
Conversely, the vehicle can automatically enter the vehicle cage 42 located on the automatic floor 20 from the automatic loading/unloading entrance 26B, descend to the loading/unloading level FL using the vehicle cage 42, and automatically exit to the outside from the automatic loading/unloading entrance 26A.
Furthermore, the control device 50 can communicate bidirectionally with the autonomous vehicle A to control the lifting device 40 and to specify a parking area 16 for the autonomous vehicle A to park there.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the automated floor 20 of FIG. 1, 5F, RF.
In this figure, it is preferable that a plurality of parking areas 16 are set by demarcation lines (e.g., white lines) on the automated floor 20. It is also preferable that each parking area 16 is assigned a position number (not shown) indicating the respective parking position. The position number is, for example, a combination of letters and numbers.
It is preferable that the parking area 16 on the automated floor 20 and its position number are in a form that can be easily detected by the automated vehicle A (for example, reflective tape or letters that are easily recognizable as images).

In FIG. 4, the automated floor 20 does not have a slope like the general slope 12 of the general floor 10, and the automated vehicle A can enter the automated floor 20 or exit to the outside only through the vehicle cage 42.

With the above-described configuration, after the person gets out of the self-driving vehicle A, it can automatically drive to the multi-story parking facility 100 specified by the control device 50, and automatically enter the vehicle cage 42 located on the 1st floor from the automatic entry/exit entrance 26A.
Next, the autonomous vehicle A can enter the autonomous floor 20 via the lifting device 40 and park autonomously in the parking area 16 specified by the control device 50 (or in an empty parking area 16).
In addition, upon receiving instructions from the control device 50, the autonomous vehicle A can automatically drive unmanned from the automatic floor 20 to the loading/unloading level FL via the lifting device 40 and to the outside, and stop (wait) at a designated position.

In addition, with the above-mentioned configuration, the elevator 22 is separated from the general floor 10 by the partition wall 24, and the control device 50 allows the vehicle cage 42 to pass through the general floor 10 without stopping, so that the self-driving vehicle A can smoothly drive automatically and perform automatic valet parking without being affected by the general vehicle B.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the intermediate floor 30 on the 4th floor of FIG.
In this figure, the intermediate floor 30 has an intermediate slope 32 and an automatic loading/unloading entrance 26C.
The intermediate slope 32 is configured to allow general vehicles B to travel from the general floor 10 on the third floor. Therefore, when the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully open, the general vehicles B can travel up to the fourth floor via the intermediate slope 32.
The automatic loading/unloading entrance 26C leads directly to a vehicle cage 42 located on the intermediate floor 30, and differs from the automatic loading/unloading entrance 26B only in that it is provided on the intermediate floor 30. Therefore, the lifting device 40 is capable of transporting the automatically operated vehicle A from the loading/unloading level FL to the intermediate floor 30 without passing through the general floor 10.

It is preferable that the automatic entrance/exit gates 26A, 26B, and 26C are each provided with an automatic door 27. The opening and closing of the automatic door 27 is controlled by the control device 50.

The control device 50 has a general vehicle-only mode M1, in which the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully opened and the transport of the autonomous vehicle A to the intermediate floor 30 is prohibited.

FIG. 5 shows the state of the general vehicle only mode M1.
In the general vehicle only mode M1, the intermediate floor 30 is set to be used exclusively for general vehicles.
In this case, the automatic door 27 of the automatic loading/unloading entrance 26C on the intermediate floor 30 remains fully closed, and the control device 50 raises and lowers the vehicle cage 42 between the loading/unloading level FL and the automatic floor 20, and passes through the intermediate floor 30 without stopping.
In addition, in the general vehicle only mode M1, the above-mentioned remote circuit breaker 34 remains fully open, and general vehicles B can freely enter from the general floor 10 on the 3rd floor via the intermediate slope 32 to the intermediate floor 30 on the 4th floor.

With the above-described configuration, in general vehicle-only mode M1, a general vehicle B can enter the general floor 10 on the 3rd floor, and then freely enter the intermediate floor 30 via the intermediate slope 32, and park in an available parking area 16 on the intermediate floor 30.
In addition, since the automatic door 27 of the automatic entrance/exit 26C is fully closed, general vehicle B can smoothly drive and park without being affected by automatically driven vehicle A.
This allows the parking area for general vehicles B to be expanded to the intermediate floor 30.

On the other hand, the control device 50 has an autonomous vehicle-only mode M2, in which the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully closed and autonomous vehicle A is permitted to be transported to the intermediate floor 30.

In the autonomous vehicle dedicated mode M2, the intermediate floor 30 is set to be dedicated to autonomous vehicles.
In this case, the remote circuit breaker 34 shown in FIG. 3B remains fully closed, and general vehicle B cannot enter from the general floor 10 on the 3rd floor to the intermediate floor 30 on the 4th floor.
5 , on the intermediate floor 30, the automatic door 27 of the automatic entrance/exit gate 26C is controlled to open and close by the control device 50. The control device 50 raises and lowers the vehicle cage 42 between the entrance/exit level FL and the intermediate floor 30, and transports the autonomous vehicle A to the intermediate floor 30.

With the above-described configuration, in the autonomous vehicle-only mode M2, the intermediate floor 30 can be set as an area reserved exclusively for autonomous vehicles, thereby making it possible to park only autonomous vehicle A on the intermediate floor 30.
In addition, since the remote circuit breaker 34 is fully closed, the autonomous vehicle A can smoothly drive and park without being affected by the general vehicle B.
This allows the parking area for automatic valet parking of automatically driven vehicle A to be expanded to the intermediate floor 30.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a multi-storey parking facility 100 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
In this figure, 2F and 3F are general floors 10, 5F and RF are automatic floors 20, and 4F is an intermediate floor 30.
In this example, the first floor is, for example, a store and is not set as a general floor 10.

In Figure 6, the general entrance/exit gate 14 is located at the left end of the 1st floor, and a general slope 12 is provided between the 1st and 2nd floors, allowing a general vehicle B to enter directly from the general entrance/exit gate 14 via the general slope 12 to the general floor 10 on the 2nd floor.
In addition, the automatic entrance/exit gate 26A is provided adjacent to the general entrance/exit gate 14 on its right side, and allows passengers to enter directly into a vehicle cage 42 (not shown) provided at the back of the 1st floor.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the general floor 10 on the 2nd and 3rd floors of FIG.
In FIG. 7A, a plurality of parking areas 16 are defined by dividing lines (e.g., white lines).
In addition, in this figure, the general slope 12 is an inclined runway connecting the general entrance/exit 14 on the 1st floor to the general floor 10 on the 2nd floor, and an inclined runway between the 2nd and 3rd floors.
With this configuration, a general vehicle B can enter the general floor 10 on the second floor from the general entrance/exit entrance 14 via the general slope 12 and park in an available parking area 16.
The other configuration is similar to that shown in FIG.

FIG. 7B is a plan view of the general floor 10 on the 3rd floor of FIG.
This figure is similar to FIG. 3(B) except that the positions of the general slope 12, the intermediate slope 32, and the elevator shaft 22 are different.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the intermediate floor 30 of the 4th floor of FIG.
This figure is similar to FIG. 5, except that the positions of the intermediate slope 32 and the lifting device 40 are different.
FIG. 8 shows the state of the autonomous vehicle-only mode M2.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the automated floor 20 of FIG. 5F and RF.
This figure is similar to FIG. 4, except that the position of the lifting device 40 is different.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, there is a general floor 10 on which general vehicles B are parked, and a general slope 12 on which general vehicles B can travel from the entrance/exit level FL to the general floor 10. This allows general vehicles B to travel directly from the entrance/exit level FL to the general floor 10 via the general slope 12 without being affected by the autonomous vehicle A, allowing them to be parked smoothly.

In addition, the system is equipped with an automated floor 20 on which the autonomous vehicle A is parked, and a lifting device 40 that can transport the autonomous vehicle A directly from the entry/exit level FL to the automated floor 20, so that the autonomous vehicle A can be parked directly on the automated floor 20 from the entry/exit level FL via the lifting device 40.
Therefore, an autonomous vehicle A and a general vehicle B can be parked in the multi-story parking facility 100 of the present invention.

The lifting device 40 has a vehicle cage 42 that rises and falls, and the control device 50 raises and lowers the vehicle cage 42 between the loading/unloading level FL and the automated floor 20, and passes through the general floor 10 without stopping. This allows the autonomous vehicle A to be transported to the automated floor 20 located above or below the general floor 10 in a short time, and the autonomous vehicle A can be driven and parked smoothly without being affected by the general vehicle B.

Furthermore, in the general vehicle only mode M1, by setting the intermediate floor 30 as a general vehicle only parking area, the parking area for the general vehicle B can be expanded to the intermediate floor 30.
Conversely, in the autonomous vehicle-only mode M2, the intermediate floor 30 can be set as an area reserved exclusively for autonomous vehicles, thereby enabling the parking area for autonomous vehicle A to be expanded to the intermediate floor 30.
Therefore, when the ratio of self-driving vehicles A is low, the parking area for general vehicles B is expanded to the intermediate floor 30, and when the ratio of self-driving vehicles A is high, the parking area for self-driving vehicles A is expanded to the intermediate floor 30, thereby maintaining a high utilization rate of the entire parking facility.

In the above example, there is only one intermediate floor 30, but multiple intermediate floors 30 may be provided. In this case, the above-mentioned intermediate slope 32 and remote circuit breaker 34 are also provided between vertically adjacent intermediate floors 30. In addition, the control device 50 switches the upper floors to general vehicle-only mode M1 in order from the bottom, while keeping the upper floors in autonomous vehicle-only mode M2.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

A: Autonomous vehicle, B: General vehicle, FL: Entry/exit level,
10 General floor, 12 General slope, 14 General entrance/exit gate,
16 parking area, 20 automatic floor, 22 elevator shaft, 24 bulkhead,
26A, 26B, 26C Automatic entrance/exit, 27 Automatic door,
30 intermediate floor, 32 intermediate slope, 34 remote circuit breaker,
40 Lifting device (vehicle elevator), 42 Vehicle cage,
44 hoisting device, 46 wire, 50 control device,
100 Multi-storey parking facilities

Claims (3)

A multi-story parking facility having a general floor provided on an entrance/exit level or an adjacent floor where general vehicles driven by humans are parked, and a general slope through which the general vehicles can travel from the entrance/exit level to the general floor,
An automatic floor provided above or below the general floor and on which an automatic driving vehicle having an automatic valet parking function parks;
a lifting device capable of directly transporting the autonomous vehicle from the entry/exit level to the automated floor;
A control device that communicates bidirectionally with the autonomous vehicle and controls the lifting device,
the lifting device has a vehicle cage that lifts and lowers the autonomous vehicle,
the control device raises and lowers the vehicle cage between the entrance/exit level and the automated floor, and passes through the general floor without stopping ;
Vehicles can enter and exit the general floor only via the general slope,
A multi-story parking facility , wherein vehicles can enter and exit the automated floor only through the vehicle cage . an intermediate floor provided between the general floor and the automatic floor;
an intermediate slope along which the general vehicle can travel from the general floor to the intermediate floor;
a remote circuit breaker that is provided on the intermediate slope and can be opened and closed to prevent the passage of general vehicles and the intrusion of people ;
the lifting device is capable of transporting the autonomous vehicle from the loading/unloading level to the intermediate floor without passing through the general floor;
The control device includes:
a general vehicle only mode in which the remote circuit breaker is fully opened and the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being transported to the intermediate floor;
and an autonomous vehicle only mode in which the remote circuit breaker is fully closed and the autonomous vehicle is permitted to be transported to the intermediate floor. The entrance/exit level has an automatic entrance/exit gate exclusively for automatic driving vehicles and a general entrance/exit gate exclusively for general vehicles,
2. The multi-story parking facility according to claim 1, wherein the automatic entrance/exit opening is directly connected to the lifting device, and the general entrance/exit opening is directly connected to the general floor.

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