JPH051561Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a parking device that facilitates entry onto a parking pallet in a mechanical parking lot and improves safety in the parking lot.

[Prior Art] A guide mirror is fixed to the front wall of an entrance to a mechanical parking lot such as a tower parking lot, which reflects the vehicle so that the driver can easily drive the vehicle onto the parking pallet.

This guide mirror is arranged so that the driver can identify the position of the tires of the car being parked.While looking at the guide mirror, the driver can check whether the tires are along the grooves of the pallet or not. Check to see if the front wheels have accurately reached the parking position.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, since the guidance mirror is fixed and the mounting angle is constant, as the incoming vehicle approaches the guidance mirror, the driver's line of sight angle changes. One drawback was that depending on the position of the car, the tires would not be reflected in the mirror at all.

Furthermore, in the case of a vehicle with a high seating position, such as a high-roof vehicle, the viewpoint is raised, making it impossible to check the position of the tires using a normal passenger car mirror angle.

In such cases, the driver must rely on his or her intuition to enter the parking lot or stick his head out the window to take a closer look. There was a risk that it would cause

This invention was created in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and detects the position of the parked vehicle and, if necessary, the model of the parked vehicle, and automatically adjusts the angle of the guidance mirror so that the driver can always visually check the tire position. The aim is to prevent accidents and troubles and improve safety by providing a parking device that adjusts to the maximum speed.

[Means for solving the problem] The present invention rotates a guidance mirror of a required size around either the upper end or the lower end so that it faces the entering vehicle on the front wall of the entrance of a mechanical parking lot. A mirror driving device is provided which is freely disposed and engages with the guiding mirror and tilts the guiding mirror sequentially at a predetermined angle about the axis, and further includes a mirror driving device which is arranged at the left and right walls forming a right angle to the front wall at the warehousing vehicle position. Multiple pairs of detection phototubes are provided,
This parking device is characterized in that the drive device and each phototube are connected to each other by wiring a cable or the like via a control device provided at a predetermined location.

[Function] When an incoming car enters the mechanical parking lot entrance, the mirror drive device operates every time the incoming car blocks the optical axis of the incoming car position detection phototube installed on both the left and right walls, and the guiding mirror is activated. Tilt the vehicle in sequence so that the angle is set according to the position of the vehicle.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a pallet 2 having two parallel tire guiding grooves 1 in the longitudinal direction, a cage frame 3 that suspends and supports the squares of the pallet 2, and A guide mirror 5 of a required size is placed in front of the pallet 2 on the wall in front of the entrance 4 among the walls surrounding the entrance/exit section of the parking device from three sides. mirror 5
The lower end is tiltably attached to a horizontal axis 16 parallel to the front wall, and a mirror drive device 7 equipped with a cylinder 6 is buried in the back wall of the guidance mirror 5, and the position is set at the upper part of the back surface of the guidance mirror 5. It is rotatably connected to the tip of the cylinder 6.

On the other hand, on the left and right side wall entrance sides when viewed from the entrance 4,
A first sensor for detecting the high roof vehicle 8 is located at a position lower than the vehicle height of the high roof vehicle 8 and higher than the vehicle height of the normal passenger vehicle 10.
A second phototube 11 for detecting the position of a parked vehicle is installed at a position lower than the vehicle height of an ordinary passenger car 10, and a third phototube 11 is installed at the same height as the second phototube 11 at a required distance in front of the second phototube 11. A pair of left and right phototubes 12 are provided, and a control device 13 provided at a predetermined location is connected to each phototube 9, 11, 12 by a cable 14,
Further, the control device 13 and the mirror drive device 7 are connected by a cable 14.

The action will be explained below.

Normally, the tilting angle of the guiding mirror 5 is set to match the driver's line of sight when the regular passenger car 10 enters the parking lot entrance. By sequentially blocking the optical axes 15 of the second phototube 11 and the third phototube 12 without blocking the optical axis 15 of the second phototube 11 and the third phototube 12, the intrusion position of the regular passenger car 10 is detected, and the control device 13 sends a control signal according to the intrusion position. The information is transmitted to the mirror drive device 7, and the mirror drive device 7 moves the guiding mirror 5 at an angle set for each intrusion position, that is, an optimal angle at which the driver can see the tires.
Tilt. After the parking of the ordinary passenger car 10 is completed, when the entrance/exit section for the next empty car moves, the guiding mirror 5 is automatically reset by the control device 13 to the angle at which the ordinary ordinary passenger car 10 enters.

In addition, if the incoming vehicle is a high roof vehicle 8,
First, the optical axis 15 of the first phototube 9 is blocked, so it is immediately detected that the vehicle is a high-roof vehicle 8 and the mirror angle is automatically adjusted to be suitable for the high-roof vehicle 8. The guiding mirror 5 is automatically tilted to a tilting angle suitable for the high roof vehicle 8 at the same position. after that,
When parking is completed and the next vacant vehicle entry/exit section moves, the guidance mirror 5 is moved to the normal passenger car 1 as described above.
It will be reset to the entry angle for 0.

Therefore, according to the above, no matter where the vehicle enters the warehouse or where it is in the warehouse, or even if it is a high vehicle,
Since the driver can always reliably visually check the position of the tires, it becomes easier to drive onto the pallet 2, and safety can be significantly improved.

In addition, phototubes have traditionally been installed for safety control in parking lots, such as detecting obstacles and people in parking lots, detecting cars protruding from the parking lot, and checking inventory. A high signal may be sent to the mirror drive device 7 via the control device 13.

Furthermore, in a parking lot exclusively for ordinary passenger cars or a parking lot exclusively for high-roof vehicles, it is not necessary to provide the above-mentioned phototube for detecting high-roof vehicles.

Note that the parking device of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and that four or more pairs of phototubes are used, and the mirror drive device tilts the guiding mirror at a predetermined angle based on the detection signal from the control device. It goes without saying that various methods may be adopted if possible, and that various other changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the parking device of the present invention can achieve the following excellent effects.

The guiding mirror automatically tilts sequentially according to the position of the incoming vehicle, allowing the driver to park the vehicle on the pallet while always visually checking the tire position, thereby preventing accidents and troubles. This can improve safety in the parking lot.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a pallet, 4 is an entrance, 5 is a guidance mirror,
6 is a cylinder, 7 is a mirror drive device, 8 is a high roof car, 9 is a first photocell, 10 is a regular passenger car,
11 is a second phototube, 12 is a third phototube, 13 is a control device, 14 is a cable, 15 is an optical axis, and 16 is an axis.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A guiding mirror of a required size is provided on the front wall of the entrance of the mechanical parking lot so as to face the incoming vehicle, and is rotatable around either the upper end or the lower end, and is engaged with the guiding mirror. A mirror driving device is provided to sequentially tilt the guiding mirror at a predetermined angle about the axis, and a plurality of pairs of phototubes for detecting the position of the incoming vehicle are provided on both left and right walls forming a right angle to the front wall, and the phototubes are installed at predetermined locations. A parking device characterized in that the drive device and each phototube are connected to each other by wiring a cable or the like via a control device.