JPH02194500A - Parking position indicating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent two automobiles from going to the same area by devising a method such that the number of parking area available for parking outputted in voice is not handled as an idle area even when it is idle till a prescribed time elapses after the voice output. CONSTITUTION:Signals from sensors S1 - Sn and an area not tentatively usable and inputted by a keyboard 10 are processed by a signal processing means 7, and when an entry car sensing means 5 senses a car going to enter the parking place, the area not tentatively used due to a work or delivery of goods and the idle number area except the area not tentatively usable are discriminated, the number of the area not tentatively usable and the number of idle area available for parking are informed to the driver by means of a car radio broadcast 14 and the display. Moreover, the parking area number for available parking place indicated by voice output and display is not handled as an idle area even when it is idle by a timer 9 till a prescribed time elapses after the voice output. Thus, 2 automobiles or above are not going to park at the same point of time to one area.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention provides a parking lot with a section that is temporarily unusable for drivers at the entrance of the parking lot when entering the parking lot, and a section that is temporarily unusable. This invention relates to a method for indicating a parking position in which the number of a vacant parking lot that has been removed is notified by an in-vehicle radio and a display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in parking lots such as supermarkets, visitors either search for an empty parking lot on their own or are guided to an empty parking lot according to instructions from a parking lot manager.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

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.

The present invention aims to improve these problems.

[Means to solve the problem]

A sensor is installed in each parking lot to detect whether or not a book is parked, and an audio output device (the main component is a speaker), a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna are installed at predetermined positions in the parking lot. In addition to installing a display at the entrance, the signal from the above sensor and the signal from the keyboard for inputting sections that are temporarily unavailable due to construction etc. should be connected to the audio output device or at an appropriate location away from the audio output device. The parking status of each parking lot is constantly monitored by a signal processing means installed in the parking lot, and the number of an empty parking lot is notified to the driver by an in-vehicle radio and a display installed at the entrance, for example.

[Effect]

As a result of signal processing by the signal processing means, if it is found that there are parking spaces that are temporarily unusable due to construction or delivery, and parking spaces that are vacant except for spaces that cannot be used temporarily, The number of unusable parking spaces and the number of available parking spaces are notified to the driver via radio and display.

Voice output and displayed parking lot number where parking is possible.

Until a predetermined time has elapsed after the output, the lot is not treated as a vacant lot even if it is in an empty state, and two or more cars are prevented from being duplicated in one lot at the same time.

〔Example〕

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a parking lot, where P1 to Pn are parking bays, and si to 8n are sensors installed in each parking bay (for example, metal detectors) to detect whether or not a Shimajiri car is parked. detect it and provide it to the signal processing means. (,
+, C211 car, 01 indicates a car already parked in the parking lot, and 02 indicates a car that has reached the entrance fil of the parking lot. (2) is the exit of the parking lot, and (3) is nine audio output devices installed at predetermined positions within the parking lot.

Figure 2 shows the relationship between the audio output device f(3) and its ancillary devices, where (4) is the speaker, (5) is the AMP, and (6) is the speaker.
1 is a voice synthesis output device, and C71 is the plurality of sensors s1 mentioned above.
Signal processing means connected to ~8n and the keyboard αIK for inputting sections that are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc.

(91 is a timer, α0 is a transmitter that transmits the output of the audio output device (3), α3 is an antenna connected to the transmitter aυ and transmits weak radio waves of j, vM, (I3 is the car's receiving antenna.

aaFi car radio. The parking situation of each parking lot is constantly monitored by the signal processing means [7] based on the signals from each sensor and the t signal inputted from the keyboard 81.

- If there are spaces that are temporarily unavailable, and - vacant spaces other than the spaces that are temporarily unavailable.

The voice synthesis output device outputs a signal for converting the number of the section that cannot be used due to construction time and the number of the vacant section into voice, and is given to the speaker (4) via the AMPf51. The output of the speaker (4) is then transmitted via the transmitter and the transmitting antenna, and the output of the speaker (4) is transmitted via the transmitter and the transmitting antenna.
It will be done. Therefore, the driver only has to move the car to the vacant parking lot that is broadcast on the radio.

Note that, for example, if P9 to Pn are temporarily unavailable due to construction, etc., P9 to Pn may be input using the keyboard 01.

By the way, the car does not arrive at the parking lot immediately after passing through the entrance, but it takes some time. Therefore, the opening until the car reaches the parking lot is in an empty state even though the parking lot is indicated. Therefore, if you instruct the next car to use the same parking lot, the two cars will end up heading to the same lot, which is not desirable. Therefore, a predetermined time is set using a timer (9), and the signal processing means is controlled so that the section where the audio is output is treated as an empty section until the predetermined time has elapsed. If the block remains empty after a predetermined period of time, it outputs the sound again as a vacant block. ＠3 (a) is an embodiment of the present invention, in which the output of the speech synthesis output device (6) is transmitted and the display device (81 is also displayed, and this display device (81 is, for example, the entrance (1)
Figure 3 (b) shows the number of the empty section in the display (81, which is a display example of 2 screens), and the @) part of the screen. displays the number of the partition that is temporarily unavailable. i.e. for example'
If 99~Pn cannot be used sometimes (b)
The part includes P9~. Pn is displayed. Note that if there is no section that cannot be used at the time, any section number will be displayed in the ←) section and it will be 0. In this way, it is possible to prevent listening only to the radio.

Note that it is particularly preferable that one display device (81) be placed at the entrance of the parking lot, but 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 configured as described above, it is possible to improve the υ problem caused by conventional methods.

Furthermore, it is possible to accurately manage parking lots, including sections that are sometimes unavailable.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a parking lot to which your invention is applied. Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the main part of this invention, Figure 3 (a)
and (b) are diagrams for explaining the present invention in detail, in which (1) is an entrance, (2) is an exit, and (31 is an audio output device f).
. (4) d speaker, (5) AMP,! 61 is a voice synthesis output device a, m is a signal processing means, f811'' is a display device, (91 is a tie'', a [Itl--M-do, α11F
i transmitter, α2 is the transmitting antenna, αj is the receiving antenna,
(14) is a radio, P1 to pn are parking lots, S1
~It is a snorkel sensor. What? 1. Corresponding parts of the same LnJ- in FIG. 1 are indicated with the same reference numerals.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A sensor detects whether a car is parked in each parking lot, and an audio output device is installed at a predetermined position in the parking lot, a transmitter that transmits audio output, and an FM
A transmitting antenna that transmits weak radio waves and a display that simultaneously displays audio output are installed, and the system receives signals from sensors installed in each parking lot and a signal from a keyboard to enter the number of the parking lot that is temporarily unavailable. Processing is performed by the signal processing means, and based on the processing result, the temporarily unusable bays and the numbers of vacant parking bays excluding the temporarily unusable bays are outputted as a voice from the audio output device and transmitted. In addition to transmitting by FM radio waves via the machine and transmitting antenna,
At the same time, the output of the audio output device is also sent to the display to notify the driver of the car that has arrived at the parking lot entrance, through the in-car radio and the display, which spaces are temporarily unavailable and which spaces are available for parking. This parking position instruction method is characterized in that the output number of a parking lot where parking is available is not treated as an empty lot until a predetermined time has elapsed after the voice output, even if the number is in an empty state.