JPH0822598A - Parking lot management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively use parking lots all over a town, to reduce vehicles illegally parking on roods and prevent traffic congestion and to bring profits to owners of the parking lots by collectively managing by a management center parking lots which are usually used exclusively on monthly but open for general users only on a specific data and time such as on a holiday. CONSTITUTION:When private parking lots A and B are not used in a holiday or when commuter users does not use the monthly parking lots X and Y near the station, the information that the parking lot is released in general and the information of the idle parking space are sent to a management center 1. The management center controller which accepts the idle parking space information from parking lots A, B, X and Y sends the parking information to road display plate controllers 2a to 2d and the parking guidance is performed for users. When a car is stopped in the idle parking space, the lock mechanism of the parking machine prevents the movement of the vehicle. A lock release means unlocks the lock mechanism when the prescribed parking charge is get in the main body of the parking machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to centrally manage each parking lot in one city or an entire city, to effectively utilize the parking lot, reduce illegal on-street parking, and to facilitate transportation. The present invention relates to a parking lot management device that can help alleviate traffic congestion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are many public parking lots, private parking lots such as banks, and monthly parking lots for private use in the city.

Of these parking lots, a dedicated parking lot is used for customers to institutions (for example, banks) related to the parking lot, and a gate device is provided at the entrance / exit of the parking lot, or each parking space is locked. There is a parking machine that raises and lowers the boards.

In the monthly parking lot, a parking space dedicated to the contract vehicle is secured so that the vehicle of a third party cannot be parked.

[0005]

By the way, in the city,
There are many public parking lots, private parking lots, or monthly parking lots, but when we look at the usage situation of the parking lots as a whole city, the effective use of the parking lots is not planned. Is not being used effectively, resulting in an increase in illegal road parking and traffic congestion.

That is, the private parking lot is not used at all when an institution (for example, a bank) related to the private parking lot is on a holiday, and the private parking lot is also used in a monthly parking lot. , Except the monthly parking lot as a storage place near home or office, it is rarely parked at all times and is often not used in an empty state at a specific time.

Therefore, when viewed as a whole city, the parking lots existing in the city have not been effectively utilized, and illegal road parking has increased, causing traffic congestion.

In order to solve such an inconvenience, it is possible to unconditionally open an empty private parking lot or a monthly parking lot, but in this case, the parking is disorderly and the original user cannot park. There is a fear.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object thereof is to effectively use a private parking lot and a monthly parking lot to increase the capacity of the parking lot in the whole city, An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management device capable of reducing illegal on-street parking, eliminating traffic congestion, and bringing profits to owners of private parking lots and monthly parking lots.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot management apparatus according to the present invention has a dedicated parking lot for one institution such as a bank or a monthly parking lot for parking a specific contract vehicle. Detecting means for detecting an empty parking space when the parking lot is released, guidance display means for guiding the empty parking space to the parking lot when the empty parking space is detected, and When a vehicle is parked in the parking space of the parking machine, the parking machine has a lock mechanism for preventing the movement of the vehicle, and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the lock mechanism when a predetermined parking fee is applied to the main body of the parking machine. It is characterized by having a locking means.

[0011]

In the above structure, the guiding means guides the empty parking space to the parking lot when there is an empty parking space in the parking lot such as a private parking lot. Then, when the vehicle is parked in the empty parking space, the lock mechanism of the parking machine prevents the vehicle from moving. Further, the unlocking means unlocks the lock mechanism when a predetermined parking fee is put into the main body of the parking machine.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The city shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a plurality of parking lots including a public parking lot a, private parking lots A and B, and monthly parking lots X and Y. It should be noted that although more dedicated parking lots and the like are provided in this town, only the above-mentioned parking lots are shown in order to simplify the drawing.

Here, the public parking lot is a parking lot operated by a local public organization such as a city or a city, and the private parking lot is a dedicated parking lot for one institution such as a bank or a company. Furthermore, the monthly parking lot refers to a parking lot where contracted vehicles can be parked.

The main purpose of the device of the present invention is to effectively use the private parking lot and the monthly parking lot.
Hereinafter, the description will be made focusing on the private parking lot and the monthly parking lot.

The management center 1 is connected to the public parking lot A, the dedicated parking lots A and B, and the monthly parking lots X and Y via a communication line to form a kind of LAN, and the device of this embodiment is used. It has the function of comprehensive control. Further, the management center 1 is also connected to road display boards 2a, 2b ... Provided on the road for guiding a plurality of parking lots.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical construction of the apparatus of this embodiment. In addition, the structure of each dedicated parking lot A, B,
Since the monthly parking lots X, Y and the roadside display boards 2a, 2b ... Have the same configuration, the dedicated parking lot A, the monthly parking lot X and the roadside display boards 2a are shown here as an example. Therefore, the management center controller 10 of the management center 5 includes the other dedicated parking lot B, the monthly parking lot Y, and the road display board 2.
Although the controllers b, 2c ... Are connected, they are omitted.

The management center controller 10 is mainly composed of a host computer 10a and is connected to a roadside display board controller 11, a dedicated parking lot controller 12 and a monthly parking lot controller 13 via a communication controller 10b. ing.

The roadside display board controller 11 includes a communication control section 11a for communicating with the management center controller 10 side, a terminal 11b composed of a microcomputer, and a display drive for controlling the display on the roadside display board 2a. It is composed of a part 11c.

The dedicated parking lot controller 12 and the monthly parking lot controller 13 both have the same structure, and the management center controller 1
Communication control units 12a and 13a for communicating with the 0 side,
Terminals 12b and 13b composed of microcomputers
And display panel control units 12c and 12d that perform a predetermined display on a guide plate described later by the output of the terminal 12b, and a parking machine control unit that drives and controls a parking machine described below.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the private parking lot A,
Since the monthly parking lot X has the same structure, the exclusive parking lot A will be described below as an example. The guide board 20 and the management machine 21 are provided at the entrance and exit of the private parking lot, and the lock board type parking machine 2 is provided at each of the parking spaces 22a, 22b ... Of the private parking lot A.
3a, 23b ... Are installed respectively.

The management machine 21 corresponds to the main body of the parking machine of the present invention, and its customer service panel 24 is used for displaying a parking fee, a display section 25, and data exchange with the management center 1 side. Numeric keypad 26 and coin for settlement
There are provided an inlet 27 for carrying out the payment, a loading port 28 for carrying out the settlement with a bill or a card, and a change exit 15 for change. And the above-mentioned exclusive parking lot controller 12 is provided inside.

The parking machines 23a, 23b ... Are provided at the central portions of the parking spaces 22a, 22b ... On one side of the ground, respectively, and are well-known lock plate type liftable between the front and rear wheels W, W on one side of the parked vehicle. Parking machine.

Although not shown, each of the parking machines 23a, 23b ... Is provided with a sensor composed of a photoelectric element between one end side (parking space side) of the parking machines 23a, 23b. It is configured so that the presence or absence of a vehicle can be detected, that is, a detection signal can be output to the dedicated parking controller 12 as to whether or not there is an empty parking space.

The parking control operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

The management center 1 uses the dedicated parking lots A and B and the monthly parking lots X and Y when the parking lots may be released to the public, that is, on the holidays. When there is no parking lot or when commuting users do not use the monthly parking lots X and Y near the station, information indicating that the parking lot is open to the public and the empty parking space state at that time is transmitted (step 100). Affirmative, hereinafter, the step is referred to as S).

Of course, the usage pattern of each parking area A, B, X, Y at the date and time when the parking areas are not open to the public is carried out according to the usage pattern of each parking area.

For example, the private parking lot A of the bank A is constructed so that a card issued to a user of the bank can be inserted into the insertion slot 28 for free parking.

Further, for example, a monthly parking lot X near the X station
Operates parking machines 23a, 23b ... Monday-Friday OF
Controlled to F, the contractor can freely park in a predetermined parking space.

The management center controller 10 which has received empty parking space information from each parking lot A, B, X, Y sends the parking information to each roadside display board controller 2a, 2b ... Parking lot guidance is performed (S102).

FIG. 5 shows an example of parking guidance for the road display boards 2a, 2b .... In this figure, the entertainment information is
Using the LAN of the apparatus of this embodiment, the management center controller 1
Various entertainment data are entered in 0 to provide entertainment information to users. Therefore, by inputting various kinds of data such as shopping information in addition to the entertainment information to the management center controller 10, the various kinds of information are displayed on the road display boards 2a, 2b ...
Can be displayed on. Further, by making the terminal device 11b on the road display board that can be stopped temporarily into a user-operated type, the user can obtain necessary information.

Since information from the public parking lot B is also input to the management center controller 10, the road display boards 2a, 2
In b ..., the parking status of the public parking lot a is also displayed (see FIG. 5).

Now, there is an empty parking space in the private parking lot A, the fact and the usage method are displayed on the guide plate 20 of the private parking lot A, and the user will park according to the guidance. (S104). FIG. 6 is an example of the guidance of the guide plate 20, and there is a guidance that there is a charge and that parking is forced after a predetermined time (for example, after 24:00).

While the vehicle is parked, the sensor detects the parking, and the charge corresponding to the parking time is calculated. A user who wants to leave the parking lot can enter the parking space No. with the numeric keypad 26.
When the money is input from the display unit 25 and money corresponding to the charge is inserted from the insertion port 27 or the insertion port 28, the lock plate of the parking machine 23a descends and the parking can be carried out (S106 affirmative, S108, S110 is positive).

The above parking control operation is an example of the dedicated parking lot A, but the dedicated parking lot B, the monthly parking lot X or the monthly parking lot Y is used.
The same is done in.

As described above, the device of the present embodiment can park in the parking spaces A and B or the monthly parking spaces X and Y, which are open to the public, if an empty parking space exists. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the illegal parking on the road, and thus to solve the traffic congestion. In addition, a parking lot owner can effectively utilize an empty parking space to obtain a profit.

In the above embodiment, the parking machines 23a,
23b ... uses a type in which a lock plate is raised and lowered, but a gate for opening and closing a pole may be provided at the entrance of a parking lot. Therefore, the term "parking machine" used in the present invention includes various types of parking machines that can be delivered when a predetermined parking fee is charged to the main body of the parking machine (the management machine in the above example).

[0038]

The parking lot management device according to the present invention is an empty parking lot when an exclusive parking lot for one institution such as a bank or a monthly parking lot for parking a specific contract vehicle releases the parking lot. A detection means for detecting a parking space, a guidance display means for guiding an empty parking space to a parking lot when the empty parking space is detected, and a vehicle when the vehicle is parked in the empty parking space. Since it is composed of a parking machine having a lock mechanism for preventing movement of the vehicle and an unlocking means for unlocking the lock mechanism when a predetermined parking fee is applied to the main body of the parking machine, a dedicated parking lot or monthly pole is provided. When the parking lot is open to the public, if there is an empty parking space, the parking space can be parked and illegal parking on the road can be reduced. Therefore, the traffic congestion can be eliminated, and the parking lot owner can effectively utilize the empty parking space to obtain a profit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a private parking lot.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a parking control operation.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a road display board.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a guide plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 management center 2a, 2b ... Roadside display board 10 Management center controller 11 Roadside display board controller 12 Dedicated parking lot controller 13 Monthly parking lot controller 21 Management machine (main body of parking machine) 23a, 23b ... Parking machine A, B Private parking X, Y Monthly parking

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A detection means for detecting an empty parking space when a private parking lot related to an organization such as a bank or a monthly parking lot for parking a specific contract vehicle releases the parking lot, and an empty parking space. Has a guide display means for guiding the empty parking space to the parking lot when it detects the parking space, and a lock mechanism for blocking the movement of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked in the empty parking space. A parking lot management device comprising: a parking machine; and unlocking means for unlocking the lock mechanism when a predetermined parking fee is charged to the main body of the parking machine.