JPH0196797A - Parking position instructing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatize the management of a parking lot by processing sensor signals and the numbers of sections unable to use temporarily inputted manually from a key board for work and delivery and informing the effect by voice when empty parking sections except the sections unable to use are discriminated. CONSTITUTION:A CS is an entering vehicle detecting means and a light source 4 and a light receiver 5 are set oppositely with an entrance 1 between. The parking conditions of the respective parking sections are constantly supervised by a signal processing means 10 based on the signals from respective sensors S1-Sn and when there are empty sections except the sections unable to use temporarily, a signal 11 to change the numbers of applicable sections into the voice is outputted from a voice synthesizing output device 9. Consequently, when the entering vehicle reaches the entrance and it is detected by the entering car detecting means CS, a driver is informed of the numbers of empty parking sections at that time by the voice.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention provides a system in which, at the time of entering a parking lot, the driver is asked by voice to tell the driver the number of vacant parking bays, excluding the parking bays that cannot be used temporarily. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method for indicating a parking position in which notification is given by sound and display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots of supermarkets and the like, vehicles entering the parking lot either search for an empty parking lot on their own or are guided to an empty parking lot according to instructions from the parking lot manager.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

It is not easy to find an empty parking lot during busy times or in multi-story parking lots, and the method of assigning a manager has the drawback of requiring a lot of manpower.

This invention aims to improve these problems. ＠ [Means for solving the problems] Sensors that detect whether or not a car is parked in each parking lot are installed at the entrance of the parking lot. In addition to providing an audio output device (the main component is a speaker).

Similarly, an entrance vehicle detection means is installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and the driver of the vehicle attempting to enter is informed of the empty status of the parking lot, excluding temporarily unusable spaces, by audio or audio. It is now notified by display.

[Effect]

As a result of processing the sensor signal and the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable (due to construction, delivery, etc.) entered using the keyboard using the signal processing means, - the number of vacant parking spaces excluding the parking space that is temporarily unavailable is determined. If it is known, the number of the lot will be notified to the driver of the car about to enter by voice or by voice and display.

〔Example〕

Figure 1 schematically shows a parking lot. +P1 to Pn are parking bays, and 81 to an are sensors (for example, metal detectors) installed in each parking bay to detect whether a table is parked or not. is detected and provided to the signal processing means. '1e'
2 is a table, and ``e'2'' represents the army that is already parked in the parking lot, and the car that is about to enter at the entrance (1) of the parking lot. (2) is an audio output device installed near the exit of the parking lot, and (3) is an audio output device installed near the entrance 11). aS is an entrance vehicle detection means, and is an entrance (1
) A light source (4) and a light receiver (5) are arranged facing each other with a space between them. Therefore, the element f where the car C2 originates from the light source (4)
: If the light is emitted, it is determined that an entering vehicle is at the entrance. In addition,
A detection signal (6) from the photoreceiver (5) is given to a gate circuit, which will be described later. FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the audio output device (3) and its ancillary devices, where (7) is the speaker, (8) is the MP, (91 is the audio synthesis output device, and Ql is the plurality of sensors 81 mentioned above). This is a signal processing means connected to the keyboard I for inputting the area 1iIl which is temporarily unavailable due to construction or delivery.The parking status of each parking lot is determined by the signal processing means ill based on the signals from each sensor. It is constantly monitored, and if there is an empty section except for a section that cannot be used from time to time, a signal il+) for converting the number of the section into voice is output from the speech synthesis output device dl 19). 03 is a voice output device (3) and a voice synthesis output device (
9), the entrance vehicle detection signal (6) generated from the voice synthesis output device (9) and the light receiver 15)
is input.

Therefore, when a vehicle attempting to enter reaches the entrance and is detected by the entering vehicle detection means aS, the number of the vacant parking lot at that time is outputted by voice.

That is, when there is no car attempting to enter, there is no audio output, and if there is a car attempting to enter, audio output occurs. When a driver hears an empty parking lot by voice, he or she can head straight to that lot (there is no need to search around the parking lot).In addition, if one of the sections P9 to Pn is unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, the driver can proceed directly to that section. So P9~P
n't-Enter.

Take action to exclude this partition.

The third leapfrog is another embodiment of the present invention, in which the output of the speech synthesis output device (9) is displayed on display device 0, and this display device 0 is placed near the entrance +1). It is.

In this way, it is possible to prevent the listener from hearing only the voice.

Note that although the speaker and display device need to be placed at the entrance of the parking lot, it goes without saying that other signal processing means and the like may be placed at other appropriate locations.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is as described above, it is possible to solve the conventional problems. Moreover, it is possible to operate the snoring car compartment accurately, excluding sections that are temporarily unavailable.

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[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a military garrison field to which this invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the main part of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the main part of the invention. (1) is the entrance, (2) is the exit, (3) is the audio output device,
(4) is a light source, (5) is a light receiver, (6) is an entering vehicle detection signal, (7) is a speaker, (8) is AMP e +9
) is a speech synthesis output device, (11 is a signal processing means, (U
3 is goo), 03 is the display device, I is the keyboard eP1~
pn is a parking lot, Sl, 8n is a sensor, and aS is an entering vehicle detection means. In Figure 1, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A sensor installed in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and a sensor installed at the entrance of the parking lot to detect whether a car is parked. It is equipped with an entering vehicle detection means that detects when a car arrives and activates the above-mentioned voice output device, and a signal from a sensor installed in each parking lot and a number of an unusable lot inputted by a keyboard. The processing means processes it and gives it to the voice output device, and the voice output device also outputs the number of the vacant parking lot excluding the unusable lot at the time when the entering vehicle is detected by the entering vehicle detection means. A parking position instruction method characterized in that a voice is output from a driver to inform a driver of a car about to enter a parking lot. (2) A sensor provided in each parking lot to detect whether a car is parked, an audio output device provided at the entrance of the parking lot, and a display device that simultaneously displays the output content of the audio output device; It is equipped with an entering vehicle detection means that detects when a vehicle arrives at the entrance of the parking lot and activates the above-mentioned audio output device and display, and inputs signals from sensors installed in each parking lot and a keyboard. The number of the unusable compartment is processed by the signal processing means and given to the audio output device and the display, and the number of the unusable compartment is processed by the signal processing means and is provided to the audio output device and the display unit. A method for instructing a parking position, characterized in that the parking lot number is output from the audio output device and also displayed on the display to notify the driver of a car attempting to enter the parking lot.