JPS6239898A - Calling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a calling device that does not call a car by voice in a parking lot.

(Summary of the Invention) The calling device according to the present invention is installed in a parking lot, etc., and stores individual identification information (for example, voice of a company name, etc.) input into a voice input unit in a storage unit, and then The control section is configured to read out the identification information stored in the storage section as needed, and cause the audio output section to output the identification information in the form of audio.

(Prior Art) Many parking lots are equipped with devices such as parking management devices in order to save labor. The parking management device is configured to read the current time from a built-in calendar circuit, print (or stamp, etc.) on a parking ticket, and issue it when an attendant or the like presses a ticket issue key. Give this parking ticket to the driver of the vehicle that entered the parking lot, etc. when exiting the bath (I
When the attendant takes this from the driver, etc. and inserts it into the parking lot management device (when exiting the parking lot), this device reads the current time from the calendar circuit and records it on the parking ticket. The parking time is determined from the difference from the current entry time, and the parking fee corresponding to this parking time is displayed on the display. The attendant or the like collects the parking fee from the driver based on the displayed parking fee.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) By the way, such conventional parking management devices only perform processing such as reduction of parking interest, and when a person who has come for some entertainment, etc. When summoning a vehicle (vehicle with a driver) that a person had boarded, the staff member would ask the person's name, etc., and then call the person. For this reason, there have been cases where an announcement has been made incorrectly due to a misunderstanding, or when the vehicle has left the parking lot for some reason, the announcement has been made without being aware of this fact.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a calling device that can always easily call a driver-driven vehicle with correct information in a parking lot or the like.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the calling device according to the present invention includes a voice input section that converts individual identification information vocally uttered in a parking lot into an electrical signal, and a a storage section that stores the electrical signal output by the input section; a control section that selectively reads out the electrical signal stored in the storage section; and outputs the electrical signal read out by the control section as a sound. The device is characterized by being equipped with an audio output section.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing an embodiment of a calling device according to the present invention. The circuit shown in this figure is installed at a parking lot gate, quantizes the company name said by the driver of a vehicle attempting to park at the gate, stores it in memory, and quantizes and stores in memory the company name said by the driver of the vehicle attempting to park at the gate. When a company executive (such as a company executive) wants to call a vehicle, the company name is automatically read from the memory and outputted as a voice along with a predetermined message to call the vehicle. , a sampling circuit 2, an A/D conversion circuit (analog/digital converter) 3, and a CPU
(Central processing unit) 4, a keyboard input/output section 5, a parking ticket input/output section 6, a memory 7, a floppy disk device 8, a voice synthesis circuit 9, and a speaker 10.

Microphone 1 is used to listen to sounds such as when a parking lot attendant at a gate or the like asks the driver of a vehicle, "What is the name of your company?" and the driver answers, "It's XX." It is configured to convert this into an electrical audio signal (analog signal), and this audio signal is supplied to the sampling circuit 2.

The sampling circuit 2 samples and holds the audio signal every time a clock signal is supplied to its clock terminal CK, and the sampling and holding result is supplied to the A/D conversion circuit 3.

The A/D conversion circuit 3 converts the sampling and holding result into A every time a clock signal is supplied to its clock terminal CK.
The A/D conversion result (audio data) is supplied to the CPU 4.

Further, the keyboard input/output section 5 includes a CRT (not shown) for displaying the output of the CPU 4, a numeric keypad 11 for inputting numbers as shown in FIG. Parking ticket issue key 12 and issue number entry key that is pressed when entering the number of parking tickets issued.
13, a company name key 14 that is pressed when inputting the company name by voice, and a registration button that is pressed when registering the company name input from the microphone 1 by operating this company name key 14. key 15, and an automatic registration key 16 which, once pressed, automatically registers the company name obtained when the company name key is operated, even if the registration key 15 is not pressed until pressed again. A call number input key 17 is pressed to manually read out and announce the registered company name, and a hot water exit key 2 is pressed when a vehicle temporarily exits the parking lot after entering the parking lot.
8 and a re-entry key 29 that is pressed when the vehicle re-enters the vehicle.The output of this keyboard input/output section 5 is supplied to the CPU 4.

Further, the parking ticket input/output section 6 includes the keyboard input/output section 5.
It is installed in the vicinity (for example, next door) of
As shown in FIG. 3, the front side is provided with a parking ticket issuing slot 17, a first parking ticket insertion slot 18, and a second parking ticket insertion slot 19, and a third parking ticket insertion slot is provided on the gate side. 30 are provided.

The parking ticket issuing port 17 is a part that issues a parking ticket 20 as shown in FIG. 4 when the parking ticket issuing key 12 and the number of issued tickets key 13 are operated. When U 4 outputs each data such as issue number data and entry time data, these data are written to the magnetic stripe 21, and the print area 2
The entry time 9 issue number is printed in the 22 issue number area 23, respectively.

In addition, the first parking ticket insertion slot 18 is used when a vehicle that has once entered exits temporarily and when this vehicle re-enters.
This is the part where the attendant receives the parking ticket 20 from the driver of the vehicle and inserts it. When the parking ticket 20 is inserted here, each data written on the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket 20 is read. is read out, and based on this data, the CPU 4 performs temporary hot water tapping processing or re-entry processing.

Further, the second parking ticket insertion slot 19 is a part into which the combination ticket 20 is inserted, and when the parking ticket 20 is inserted here, each data of the magnetic stripe 21 is read out and based on this data. Then, the CPU 4 performs payment processing for the parking ticket 20 (parking fee payment processing).

Further, the third parking ticket insertion slot 30 is a part where the person calling the vehicle inserts the parking ticket 20, and the parking ticket 20 is inserted into the third parking ticket insertion slot 30.
If 0 is inserted, the magnetic stripe 2 of this parking ticket 20
Each data written in the parking ticket 20 is read out, and based on this data, the CPU 4 performs an operation to call a driver-equipped vehicle corresponding to the parking ticket 20.

The memory 7 is a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area of the CPLI 4, and as shown in FIG. 2
7-1 to 27-N.

The setting area 24 includes an automatic registration flag M1 that is set to 1'' when the automatic registration key 16 is pressed once, and set to ii O++ when the automatic registration key 16 is suppressed, and A previous number area M2 is provided in which the issuance number of the parking ticket 20 is written.

The input buffer 25 is a part that temporarily stores information necessary for issuing the parking ticket 20, and includes an issue number area M3 into which the issue number data inputted from the keyboard input/output section 5 is entered. An issue number area M4 in which the current issue number obtained from the previous issue number stored in the previous number area M2 is written, and the CPtJ
4, and an entrance time area M5 in which the current time outputted by a calendar circuit provided in the entrance time area M5 is written.

The audio data area 26 is a part where audio data obtained by quantizing audio is stored, and there is also a company name audio data area M6 where the company name audio data obtained by the microphone 1 is written, and a company name audio data area M6 where the company name audio data obtained by the microphone 1 is written. It is configured to include a predetermined calling voice data area M7 to be combined with voice data.

In addition, check areas 27-1 to 27-N are areas provided corresponding to vehicles that have entered the parking lot, and issue number area M8 where the issue number of the parking ticket 20 is written.
When the driver's vehicle with this parking ticket 20 leaves the parking lot, the hot water completion flag M9 is set to 1111+.
The payment completed flag MIO is set to 1'' when the driver of this vehicle pays the parking fee, and the issued number area M is where the number of parking tickets 20 issued for this vehicle is written.
11, a hot water discharge time area M12 in which the time when the hot water supply completed flag M9 is set to "1" (bath water supply time) is written, and the time when the said payment completed flag MIO is set to "1" (settlement time) is written. ) is written in the settlement time area M13.

Further, in the floppy disk device @8, the CPU 4 reads out the issue number 9, number of copies issued, entry time, and company name voice data stored in the input buffer 25 and the company name voice data area M6 of the memory 7, respectively, and transfers these. When the issue number 1 issue number, entrance time, and company name voice data are captured and stored on a diskette (storage medium), or when a transfer request command is supplied from the CPL 14 together with the issue number, the issue number is Corresponding data, that is, issue number 9, number of copies issued, entry time, 1 company name, and voice data are drawn to be read from the diskette, and each data obtained by this read operation is supplied to the CPU 4.

The voice synthesis circuit 9 has a ladder resistor or a plurality of constant current sources, and converts the call voice data and company name voice data into voice signals (analog signals) when supplied from the CPU 4. This audio signal is converted into audio by the speaker 10 and output to the outside.

The CPU 4 also includes a microprocessor, a ROM in which a program for controlling the microprocessor is stored, a calendar circuit that outputs the current time, and various interfaces, such as the above-mentioned A
/D conversion circuit 3. Keyboard person output section 5. Parking ticket turnout department 6. Memory 7° Floppy disk device 8. It has various interfaces and the like for connecting to the speech synthesis circuit 9 and the like, and operates as described below based on the program.

First, when the circuit is powered on, the CPU4
is the output of the keyboard input/output section 5 and the parking ticket input/output section 6.
Constantly check the output of

Here, if the parking ticket issue key 12 of the keyboard input/output section 5 is pressed by the attendant, the CPU 4 determines in step ST1 that there is a new vehicle to be parked, and proceeds to step ST2. Then, in step ST2, the CPU 4 checks whether numerical data (issue number data) is input from the numeric keypad 11 and the issue number input key 13 is pressed.
If each of these keys is pressed, the numerical data input from the numeric keypad 11 is entered into the issue number area M3 as issue number data.

Next, the CPU 4 selects the previous number area M in step ST3.
Read the previous issue number data (data indicating the issue number of the parking ticket issued last time) stored in 2, increment it by 1'', and issue this increment number as the issue number data of the parking ticket to be issued this time. After writing into the number area M4, the current time is read from the calendar circuit and stored in the entry time area M5 as entry time data.

Next, the CPU 4 selects the issue number area M in step ST4.
3. Transfer each data stored in the issue number area M4 and the entry time area M5 to the parking ticket counter 6. The parking ticket turnout unit 6 issues parking tickets 20 based on these data.
After writing the issue number data, entry time data, etc. on the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket, and printing the entry time and issue number on the print area 22 and issue number area 23, respectively, the parking tickets are sent out from the parking ticket issuing slot 17 for the number of issued parking tickets ( issue.

Then, the attendant takes out the parking ticket 20 from the parking ticket issuing slot 17 and hands it to the driver, passenger, etc. of the vehicle, while asking the question "What is the name of your company?" If you press -14, the CPU 4 will step S.
Proceed to step ST6 via T5, and this step ST
6 and step ST7, the audio received by the microphone 1 is received via the sampling circuit 2 and the A/D conversion circuit 3, and is stored in the company name data area M6 of the memory 7.
Write in chronological order.

Then, while the driver was saying the company name "XX desu", when he finished saying "XX", the staff member said,
4, the CPU 4 stops capturing audio input. In other words, by this voice input operation,
Only the "XX" part of the answer "XX" answered by the driver or the like is stored in the company name voice data area M6 as the company name voice data.

Next, the CPU 4 proceeds to step ST8, where it checks whether the automatic registration flag M1 in the memory 7 is set to 1'', and if ``1'' is set here, the process proceeds to step ST11, Otherwise, the process returns to step STI.

Then, when returning to this step ST1, after this,
If the clerk checks the input result of the company name and thinks it is better to input the company name again, he presses the company name key 14 on the keyboard input/output section 5. Thereby, the CPU 4 branches to step ST6 via step ST9, and executes the company name input operation again.

Also, if the staff member checks the input result of one person and thinks that it is OK, presses the registration key 15 of the keyboard input/output section 5,
The cpui detects this in step 5T10 and proceeds to step 5T11. Here, CPtJ4 checks whether the parking ticket issuing operation shown in steps ST2 to ST7 has been completed.

If it is determined that this parking ticket issuing operation has not been performed, the CPU 4 sends an error message to the keyboard input/output unit 5 in step 5T12, and performs one parking ticket issuing operation to the CRT of the keyboard input/output unit 5. After displaying the sentence ``Please give me 1st place'', the process returns to step ST1. If it is determined in step 5T11 that the parking ticket issuing operation has been completed, the CPU 4 proceeds to step ST13, and searches for an empty area on the diskette loaded in the floppy disk drive 8 in step 5T13.

Next, if this empty area is detected, the CPU 4 proceeds to step 5T14, where the issue number area M3. Issue number area M4. Entry time area M5. The issued number data, issue number data, entry time data, and company name voice data stored in the company name voice data area M6 are sequentially read out, and each of these data is serialized as shown in Fig. 7, and the data is started before and after that. EQ the code and end code and transfer these data to the floppy disk drive 8.
The data is sequentially sent out and stored in the empty area of the diskette.

Next, CPtJ4 proceeds to step 5T15, where it selects the next previously used check area from check areas 27-1 to 27-N, and sets the issue number area M8 and issue number area M11 of this check area. M4, issue number data and issue number data read from issue number area M3 are written respectively. Also, at this time, the CPU 4 reads out the issue number data stored in the issue number area M4 and writes it into the previous number area M2.

Next, the CPU 4 clears the input buffer 25 of the memory 7, and then returns to step ST1.

The operations described above are repeated each time a new vehicle enters the parking lot.

In addition, when a person who has a parking ticket 20 issued by the above-mentioned 1 ticket issuing operation wants to summon the vehicle he or she has boarded (a vehicle with a driver), he or she must go to the gate of the parking lot and pick up the parking ticket 20 that he/she has. The parking ticket 20 is inserted into the third parking ticket insertion slot 3o of the parking ticket exit section 6. This allows the CPU
4 detects this in step 5T17 and returns to step 5T1.
Proceed to step 8, where the parking ticket counter 6 reads each data recorded on the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket 20, selects the issue number data from each of these data, and stores the issue number in the memory 7. Write to area M4.

Next, in step 5T19, the CPU 4 selects a check area in which the same issue number data as the issue number data stored in the issue number area M4 is stored from among the check areas 27-1 to 27-N, and executes the process in step 5T.
At step 20, it is checked whether the hot water outlet flow flag M9 and the settled flag M10 of this check area are set to 1''.Here, it is checked whether either the hot water outlet flow flag M9 or the settled flag MIO is set to "1". If it is set to , the CPU 4 branches to step 5T21, sends an error message to the keyboard input/output unit 5, and displays [[
This vehicle is now out of the parking lot. A message such as "This vehicle has already paid the bill and left the parking lot" is displayed and the process returns to step ST1.

The staff member sees this message and tells the person who requested the call the reason why the call cannot be made.

Further, in step 5T20, the tapping flow flag M9
, if neither of the settled flags MIO is set to "1", the CPU 4 proceeds to step 5T22, where the CPU 4 selects the issue number corresponding to the issue number stored in the issue number area M4 from the disk controller 1 of the floppy disk drive 8. The entry time data and company name audio data are read out and stored in the entry time area M5 and company name audio data area M6, respectively.

Next, in step 5T23, the CPU 4 selects audio data (time audio data) at the time indicated by the entry time data stored in the entrance time area M5, for example, data such as "○O hour ΔΔ minute" from the call audio data area M7. At the same time, call voice data such as "Please enter" and "For those picking up the car, please come to the gate of the parking lot" are sequentially selected from the call voice data area M7, and each of these data is , and the company name audio data (XX) in the company name audio data area M6. Then, in step 5T24, the CPU 4 supplies the message ``Please come to the gate of the parking lot to pick up vehicle XX at OO hour △△ minute'' to the voice synthesis circuit 9, and sends it to the speaker 10. Output audio from.

After this, the CPU 4 returns to step ST1.

Furthermore, if a fellow passenger of a vehicle for which a parking ticket 20 has been issued by the above-mentioned parking ticket issuing operation requests the attendant to summon the vehicle without presenting the parking ticket 20, the attendant will ask this person to issue the parking ticket 20. Ask for the issue number printed on it. When this person says this issue number, the staff member presses the call number input key 17 on the keyboard input/output section 5. As a result, the CPU 4 branches from step 5T25 to step 26, where the process is held until issue number data is input from the numeric keypad 11.

-20= Then, the staff member inputs the issue number that he/she learned from this person using the numeric keypad.
If the data is entered from 1, the CPU 4 stores this issue number data in the issue number area M4 of the memory 7 in step 5T27. After this, the CPU 4 performs the steps 5T19 to 5T19 described above.
5 Execute the calling process shown in T2=1.

Furthermore, when the driver of the vehicle requests to leave the parking lot for a while while remaining in the vehicle, the attendant presses the hot water tap key 28 on the keyboard input/output section 5 and then receives the parking ticket 20 held by the driver. Remove it and insert it into the first parking ticket insertion slot 18. In response to this, the CPU 4 branches from step 5T28 to step 5T29, where it causes the parking ticket counter 6 to read the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket 20. The CPtJ4 then writes the issue number data obtained thereby into the issue number area M4 of the memory 7.

Next, in step 5T30, the CPLI4 selects a check area having the same issue number data as the issue number data written in the issue number area M4 from among the check areas 27-1 to 27-N, and determines the outlet flow of this check area. The flag MIO is set to 111 I+, and the current time data output by the calendar circuit is taken in and written in the hot water discharge time area M12. After this,
The CPU 4 ejects the parking ticket 20 from the parking ticket dispenser 6 and returns to step ST1. The attendant takes out this parking ticket 20 and hands it to the driver.

When this vehicle re-enters and the driver presents the parking ticket 20 to the staff, the staff will use the re-entry key 20.
Press to insert this parking ticket 20 into the first parking ticket insertion slot 18. Thereby, the CPU 4 branches from step 5T31 to step 5T32, and here causes the parking ticket turnout section 6 to read the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket 20. Then, the CPU 4 writes the issue number data obtained thereby into the issue number area M4 of the memory 7.

Next, in step 5T33, the CPU 4 selects a check area having the same issue number data as the issue number data written in the issue number 197M4 from among the check areas 27-1 to 27-N, and sets the outlet flow flag of this check area. Reset M10 to "O"] and,
Clear the bath time area M12.

Thereafter, the CPU 4 ejects the ticket combination 20 from the parking ticket dispenser 6 and returns to step ST1.

Furthermore, when a vehicle in the parking lot pays its parking fee and leaves the parking lot, it hands a parking ticket 20 for everyone to the attendant at the gate of the parking lot. Then, when the staff member inserts one of these parking tickets 20 into the second parking ticket insertion slot 19 of the keyboard input/output section 5, the CPLJ4 moves from step 5T34 to step 5T3.
5, where the parking ticket issuing section 6 reads the magnetic stripe 21 of the parking ticket 20 and writes the issued number data obtained thereby into the issued number area M4 of the memory 7.

Next, in step 5T36, the CPU 4 waits until the issue number data is input from the keyboard input/output section 5, and when this is input, in step 5T37, the CPU 4 writes this issue number data in the issue number area M3, and also writes the issue number data in the issue number area M3. 27-N, the issue number area M
Select the check area that has the same issue number data as the issue number data written in 4, read out the issue number data stored in issue number area M11 of this check area, and input this data and issue number data into issue number area M3. Compare with the stored issue number data.

Then, in step 5T37, the CPU 4 sends these comparison results to the keyboard input/output unit 5 and displays them on the CRT. In step 5T38, the CPU 4 reads the current time (settlement time data) from the calendar circuit and selects it as described above. In addition to writing in the settlement time area M13 of the check area selected by the operation, “
'1'' is set. After this, the CPU 4 goes to step 5T.
At step 39, entry time data corresponding to the issue number stored in the issue number area M4 is read from the diskette of the floppy disk device 8.

Then, the CPU 4 calculates the difference between the entry time data and the payment time data, calculates the parking fee from this difference, and displays this on the CRT of the keyboard input/output unit 5.

Next, in step 5T40, the CPU 4 clears the data in the area having the same issue number data as the issue number data stored in the issue number area M4 of the diskette loaded in the floppy disk device 8, and then returns to step ST1. .

Thus, in this embodiment, the driver's vehicle can be called by voice using the parking ticket 20.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the company name is extracted from the driver's answer, but when the attendant at the parking lot gate confirms the other party, the voice ``Mr. The audio part (audio data) of the company name x, 1 is extracted and stored in the memory 7 and floppy disk device 8, and then the company name audio data stored in these is read out and a message text is added to it. It may also be used for calling.

Note that although the above embodiment uses software processing by a microprocessor, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can also be implemented by, for example, a dedicated hardware A-hood logic circuit implemented as an LSI. Of course.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, a driver-driven vehicle can always be easily summoned with correct information without increasing the number of attendants.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the calling device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of the layout of the keyboard input/output section 5 used in the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of the parking ticket 20 used in the same embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an example of a memory map of the memory 7 used in the same embodiment. Explanatory diagrams showing FIGS. 6(A) and 6(B). (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) are flowcharts each showing an example of the operation of the same embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the format of a signal transmitted and received in the . 1... Audio input unit (microphone), 4... Control unit (CPLJ), 7... Storage unit (memory), 8... Storage unit (floppy disk device), 10... Audio output unit (speaker). Patent applicant: Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. agent Patent attorney: Tetsuji Iwakura (and one other person) Procedural official document (method) December 17, 1985

Claims (1)

[Claims] a voice input unit that converts individual identification information voiced in a parking lot into an electrical signal; a storage unit that stores the electrical signal output from the voice input unit; a control unit that selectively reads out signals;
A calling device comprising: a voice output section that outputs the electrical signal read out by the control section as a voice.