Vehicle guidance device for mechanical parking device and repair method thereof

Abstract

To prevent tires and wheels from coming into contact with a tray by allowing users to recognize a position of an outer surface of tires relative to raised portions on both sides of the tray by using illumination emitted from the side of the tray before entering an entry / exit room.SOLUTION: In a mechanical parking device comprising an entrance / exit room 2 having an entrance / exit door 6 through which a vehicle 50 can enter and exit, and a floor 3 on which a tray 40 for loading the vehicle 50 is movably arranged, and a driveway 10 formed outside the entrance / exit door 6 in continuation with the floor 3, the tray 40 has a shape with rising portions 44 on both sides of a loading surface 42 for loading the vehicle 50, and on the floor 3 near an end of the rising portion 44 on a side close to the entrance / exit door 6, a tire guide 20 is provided, which has an illumination body 26 that emits illumination 28 from sides of the raised portions 44 toward the floor 3 and driveway 10 in a direction where the vehicle 50 before entry is positioned, from the sides of the raised portions 44 on both sides, respectively.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking system and a method for modifying the same. [Background technology]

[0002] In mechanical parking devices, the vehicle is generally parked in front of the entrance door of the loading / unloading room, and the user gets off the vehicle and operates the parking operation on the operation panel. There are also mechanical parking devices in which the user holds a remote control and operates the parking operation without getting off the vehicle, but in either case, the position where the user stops the vehicle in front of the entrance door is not constant, and since the vehicle is parked in front of the entrance door when the entrance door is closed, the vehicle is stopped without knowing the position of the tray located inside the loading / unloading room. In other words, the position and stopping angle of the vehicle relative to the tray are not constant each time.

[0003] In addition, recent vehicles are not only designed with a wider passenger compartment to improve passenger comfort, but also have thicker doors to improve side collision safety, which leads to an increase in vehicle width.In addition, to improve driving stability and braking performance, the treads are wider and the tires fitted to them are wider, resulting in an increase in vehicles with larger outer tire dimensions. When parking such a vehicle in a mechanical parking device, the user must take great care not to allow the outer surface of the tire to come into contact with the raised portion of the tray.

[0004] In view of such circumstances, Patent Document 1 describes a pair of left and right support members 23 provided on a platform 9 inside an entrance / exit 3 of a building 2, corresponding to the left and right end positions of a vehicle loading pallet 7 arranged at a vehicle transfer position. Nylon rolls 22 are rotatably attached to support shafts 24a on each support member 23 to form left and right entrance guides 21. The left and right position of a vehicle 17 is adjusted so that the vehicle 17 can pass inside the left and right entrance guides 21, and the vehicle is guided to an appropriate position for entering the vehicle loading pallet 7. In the unlikely event that the tire or wheel of the vehicle 17 comes into contact with the entrance guide 21, the contact point is made into a nylon roller 22, thereby preventing damage to the wheel or tire, and dissipating the load acting on the nylon roller 22 itself by rotating the nylon roller 22.

[0005] Furthermore, Patent Document 2 describes a tire guide that is placed at the entrance opening of a parking lot to prevent contact with erected members. The tire guide is fixedly placed on the left and right sides of the lower part of the opening, and has inclined surfaces that extend to the left and right from the ground surface upward, and when an incoming vehicle gets too close to the left or right of the entrance, the tires of the vehicle slide along the inclined surfaces to guide the vehicle to the center of the opening. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2008-150905 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2013-096222 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] The storage guide described in Patent Document 1 adjusts the left-right position of the vehicle so that it can pass inside the left and right storage guides, thereby guiding it to an appropriate position for entering onto the vehicle loading pallet. However, when the tires or wheels of the vehicle come into contact with the storage guide, the nylon roll is rotatably attached to the support shaft on each support member, and the nylon roll is damaged by the physical impact of the tire or wheel, requiring the nylon roll to be replaced within a short period of time. Furthermore, if a large force is applied to the support shaft on which the nylon roll is rotatably attached and damaged, the support shaft must be replaced as well.

[0008] In addition, the tire guiding member described in Patent Document 2 has an inclined surface that extends from the ground surface upward to the left and right, and when a vehicle entering the vehicle gets too close to the left or right of the entrance, the tires of the vehicle slide on the inclined surface, but the tires may ride on the inclined surface and be unable to slide. Also, in the case of a vehicle that is wide and has a large distance between the left and right tires (tread), the left and right tires ride on the tire guiding member, and the tires cannot slide left and right.

[0009] The present invention aims to provide a vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device that prevents tires and wheels from coming into contact with the tray by allowing a user to recognize the position of the outer surface of the tire between the left and right raised portions of the tray by using illumination emitted from the side of the tray before the user enters the loading / unloading room. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] The vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the first embodiment is a mechanical parking device having an entry / exit room including an entrance / exit door through which a vehicle can enter and exit, a floor on which a tray for placing the vehicle is movably positioned, and a driveway formed outside the entrance / exit door and continuous with the floor, the tray is shaped to have raised portions on both the left and right outside of the loading surface on which the vehicle is placed, and a tire guide is provided on the floor close to the end of the raised portion on the side closer to the entrance / exit door, the tire guide having an illuminator that emits light from the side of the raised portion on both the left and right sides toward the floor and the driveway in the direction in which the vehicle is positioned before entering the parking lot.

[0011] The second aspect of the vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device is the vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device of the first aspect, wherein the tire guide includes a tire guide main body shaped to hide the end of the raised portion, an illumination body built into the tire guide main body, and an illumination port opening on the opposite side of the raised portion of the tire guide main body.

[0012] The vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device of the third aspect is the vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device of the first or second aspect, in which the illuminating element built into the tire guide is turned on when the entrance door begins to open and is turned off when the entrance door begins to close or is closed.

[0013] The vehicle guidance device of a mechanical parking device of the fourth aspect is a vehicle guidance device of a mechanical parking device of the first or second aspect, in which the entry / exit room has a mirror that reflects the entering and exiting vehicle, and when the vehicle before entry is shifted in the width direction of the tray, light emitted from the light guide of the tire guide hits the tire on the shifted side, and the user can recognize the position of the tire reflected in the mirror, allowing the user to adjust the entry position of the vehicle so that the tire is positioned inside the raised portion.

[0014] A method for modifying a vehicle guidance device of a mechanical parking device according to a fifth aspect includes, in a mechanical parking device having an entry / exit room including an entrance / exit door through which a vehicle can enter and exit, and a floor on which a tray for placing the vehicle is movably positioned, installing a tire guide with a built-in light on the floor close to the end of the raised portions on both sides of the tray, which has a shape with raised portions on both the left and right outside of the loading surface on which the vehicle is placed, on the side closer to the entrance / exit door, connecting wiring that supplies power to the light to a control panel, and adding a control program to the control panel that turns the light of the tire guide on and off. Effect of the Invention

[0015] According to the vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the first aspect, when a vehicle enters the tray, the position of the vehicle's tires can be recognized while remaining in the vehicle, thereby preventing the tires or wheels from coming into contact with the raised portion of the tray.

[0016] According to the vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the second aspect, a tire guide having an illuminating body can be created with a simple structure compared to tire guides with complex structures, and can be installed in accordance with the raised portion of the tray.

[0017] According to the vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the third aspect, compared to a tire guide having an illumination element that is always lit, the device can be lit only for the time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot, thereby reducing electricity charges.

[0018] According to the vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the fourth aspect, the user can easily recognize the left-right deviation of the vehicle reflected in the mirror, compared to a case where the tires are not illuminated.

[0019] According to the method of modifying a vehicle guide device of a mechanical parking device relating to the fifth aspect, a tire guide having an illumination body can be added with a simple modification, compared to making major modifications to an existing mechanical parking device. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the loading / unloading room in one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing a state in which illumination is emitted from a tire guide in one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the periphery of a tire guide according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a tire guide according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] 2 is a plan cross-sectional view of a tire guide according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 6] 1 is a front view showing a state in which light from an illuminator of a tire guide according to an embodiment of the present invention is irradiated onto a misaligned tire as reflected in a mirror; FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] An example of a vehicle guide device of a mechanical parking device according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The direction in which the operation panel is provided with respect to the tray is expressed as "right", the opposite side is expressed as "left", the side of the entrance door 6 is expressed as "front", and the side of the mirror 9 is expressed as "rear". Vehicle 50 is also expressed as "own vehicle 50".

[0022] [Embodiment] <Overall configuration of the entrance and exit room of a mechanical parking device> Fig. 1 shows an example of the periphery of an entrance / exit room of a mechanical parking device of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, an entrance / exit room 2 of a mechanical parking device 1 is a building 1A formed of a substantially rectangular framework, and is configured to include an entrance / exit door 6 that allows vehicles to enter and exit the room, and a floor 3 on which a tray 40 for placing a vehicle 50 is movably arranged. In addition, on the outside of the entrance / exit room 2, there is a vehicle path 10 that is formed in front of the entrance / exit door 6 and continues to the floor 3.

[0023] Further, to the right of the entrance / exit door 6, an operation panel 7 is installed for operating the entrance / exit of the vehicle 50, and the operation panel 7 includes a touch panel type display unit that guides the user through the entrance / exit operation and gives instructions for entrance / exit, and an open button and a close button for opening and closing the entrance / exit door 6. Further, on the rear side of the tray 40, there are installed an entrance guide light 8 that informs the user of the location of the vehicle when entering or leaving the parking lot, and a mirror 9 that reflects the vehicle's position.

[0024] 〔tray〕 1 and 2, the tray 40 is configured to include a pair of left and right support surfaces 42 on which the tires of a vehicle 50 run and are placed, raised portions 44 that rise continuously from the left and right outer sides of each support surface 42, and side surfaces 46 of the raised portions 44 that face the inner surface of the tray 40. The support surfaces 42, raised portions 44, and side surfaces 46 of the tray 40 are generally each formed of a steel plate.

[0025] <Main components> Here, the configuration of the main part will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

[0026] [Tire Guide] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the tire guide 20 has built-in lighting elements 26 in the floor 3 of the loading / unloading room 2, close to the end of the raised portion 44 of the tray 40 on the side closer to the entrance / exit door 6, which emit light 28 from both the left and right sides of the raised portion 44 toward the floor 3 and the roadway 10 in the direction in which the vehicle 50 is located before entering the warehouse.

[0027] Specifically, tire guide 20 includes tire guide main body 22 shaped to hide the end of raised portion 44 of tray 40, illuminator 26 built into tire guide main body 22, and illumination port 24 opening on the opposite side of raised portion 44 of tire guide main body 22. Tire guide main body 22 has a strong steel structure and is firmly fixed to floor 3, and will not be damaged even if tire 52 comes into contact with it. Tire guide main body 22 may be made of strong casting.

[0028] As shown in Figures 3 to 5, in this embodiment, the tire guide 20 has an illumination port 24 opened in the direction facing the vehicle 50 of the tire guide main body 22, which is formed into an approximately rectangular parallelepiped, i.e., on the front side of the tire guide 22, and an illumination body 26 is fixed to a back plate 23 inside the tire guide 22, and the back plate 23 is fixed by a fixing member 32 in the direction facing the raised portion 44 of the tray 40 of the tire guide main body 22, i.e., on the back side of the tire guide 22.

[0029] The illuminating body 26 is provided with wiring 30 for supplying power, and the wiring 30 is led to the outside through a hole opened in the side of the tire guide body 22 and connected to a terminal of a control panel (not shown) through the decks 4 arranged on both sides of the tray 40. The control panel stores a program for controlling the operation of the mechanical parking device 1, and controls the turning on and off of the illuminating body 26 in accordance with the operation of the mechanical parking device 1. Specifically, the illuminating body 26 built into the tire guide 20 is controlled to turn on when the entrance door 6 starts to open, and to turn off when the entrance door 6 starts to close or is closed. The turning on and off of the illuminating body 26 may be manually operated by providing a turning on and off button (not shown) on the operation panel 7 for turning on and off the light.

[0030] [Function of main parts] Here, the operation of the main parts will be described with reference to FIGS.

[0031] First, a vehicle 50 to be parked stops in front of the entrance door 6 shown in Fig. 1. The user of the vehicle 50 gets out of the vehicle 50 and performs a parking operation on the operation panel 7. As shown in Fig. 2, when an empty tray 40 lands in the entrance / exit room 2, the entrance door 6 opens, the illuminator 26 of the tire guide 20 is turned on, and the illuminator 28 illuminates the floor 3 and the road 10 (open space in front).

[0032] 6 is a front view showing a state in which the light 28 from the illuminator 26 of the tire guide 20 in this embodiment is illuminating the misaligned tire 52, as reflected in the mirror 9. When the vehicle 50 is stopped at a position misaligned with respect to the left-right direction of the tray 40, the portion where the light 28 is illuminating the tread surface 54 of the tire 52 on the misaligned side, i.e., the illuminated surface 56, is reflected in the mirror 9, and the state in which the vehicle 50 is misaligned to the left or right with respect to the tray 40 is also reflected in the mirror 9, so that the user can recognize that the vehicle 50 is misaligned to the left or right with respect to the tray 40. In this case, the user can adjust the entrance position of the vehicle 50 so that the tire 52 is located inside the left and right rising portions 44.

[0033] The above describes the configuration and function of the main parts. Naturally, the tire guide 20 described in this embodiment can be installed in a newly installed mechanical parking device 1, but it can also be newly added to an existing mechanical parking device 1.

[0034] Specifically, the tire guide 20 with the built-in illuminator 26 is installed on the floor 3 close to the end of the rising portion 44 on both sides of the tray 40, which has a shape with rising portions 44 on both left and right outer sides of the loading surface 42 on which the vehicle 50 is placed, on the side closer to the entrance door 6, and the wiring 30 for supplying power to the illuminator 26 is connected to a control panel (not shown), and a control program for turning on and off the illuminator 26 of the tire guide 20 is added to the control panel, thereby completing the renovation work of the existing mechanical parking device 1. This renovation method does not require major modifications to the existing mechanical parking device 1, and can be easily renovated. Note that, in order to manually turn on and off the illuminator 26, a light on / off button is added to the existing operation panel 7, and the wiring 30 for transmitting the operation signal is connected to the control panel.

[0035] In this way, the vehicle guidance device of the mechanical parking device of the present invention is a mechanical parking device 1 having an entrance / exit door 6 through which a vehicle 50 can enter and exit, a floor 3 on which a tray 40 for placing the vehicle 50 is movably arranged, and a vehicle path 10 formed outside the entrance / exit door 6 and continuous with the floor 3, the tray 40 is shaped to have raised portions 44 on both the left and right outsides of the loading surface 42 on which the vehicle 50 is placed, and a tire guide 20 having an illuminator 26 that irradiates light 28 from the side of the raised portion 44 on both the left and right sides toward the floor 3 and the vehicle path 10 in the direction in which the vehicle 50 is located before entering the parking lot is provided on the floor 3 adjacent to the end of the raised portion 44 on the side closer to the entrance / exit door 6.

[0036] This allows the user to recognize the position of the vehicle's tires while remaining in the vehicle when the vehicle enters the tray, thereby preventing the tires or wheels from coming into contact with the raised portion of the tray.

[0037] The tire guide 20 is also composed of a tire guide main body 22 shaped to hide the end of the raised portion 44, an illuminating body 26 built into the tire guide main body 22, and an illumination port 24 opening on the opposite side of the raised portion 44 of the tire guide main body 22.

[0038] As a result, compared to tire guides with complex structures, the tire guide 20 having the illuminator 26 can be created with a simple structure and can be installed corresponding to the raised portion 44 of the tray 40.

[0039] Further, the illuminator 26 built into the tire guide 20 is turned on when the entrance door 6 starts to open, and is turned off when the entrance door 6 starts to close or is closed.

[0040] This allows the light to be turned on only for the time required for the vehicle to enter the garage, compared to a tire guide that has a light that is always on, thereby reducing electricity costs.

[0041] In addition, the entrance / exit room 2 has a mirror 9 that reflects the entering / exiting vehicle 50, and when the vehicle 50 before entering is shifted in the width direction of the tray 40, the light 28 emitted from the light source 26 of the tire guide 20 hits the tire 52 on the shifted side, and the user can recognize the position of the tire 52 reflected in the mirror 9, and adjust the entrance position of the vehicle 50 so that the tire 52 is located inside the raised portion 44.

[0042] This allows the user to easily recognize any left-right deviation of the vehicle 50 reflected in the mirror 9, compared to a case where the tires are not illuminated.

[0043] In addition, in a method of modifying a vehicle guidance device of a mechanical parking device, in a mechanical parking device 1 having an entry / exit room 2 comprising an entrance / exit door 6 through which a vehicle 50 can enter and exit, and a floor 3 on which a tray 40 for placing the vehicle 50 is movably positioned, a tire guide 20 having a built-in light 26 is installed on the floor 3 adjacent to the end portion on the side closer to the entrance / exit door 6 of the raised portions on both sides of the tray 40, which has a shape with raised portions 44 on both left and right outer sides of a loading surface 42 on which the vehicle 50 is placed, and wiring 30 that supplies power to the light 26 is connected to a control panel, and a control program that turns the light 26 of the tire guide 20 on and off is added to the control panel.

[0044] This allows the tire guide 20 having the light source 26 to be added with a simple modification, compared to a case where a major modification is required for an existing mechanical parking device.

[0045] Although one embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it goes without saying that other aspects, modifications, or improvements of the present invention are included within the technical scope.

[0046] For example, on the floor 3 of the loading / unloading room 2, the front and rear sides in the loading direction of the tray 40 may be a deck made of steel plate instead of a structural floor (slab). Depending on the model of the mechanical parking device, this position may be a deck made of steel plate, in which case the tire guide 20 will be fixed to the deck. Even in this case, the effect of the present invention is fully exhibited.

[0047] Also, while it has been explained that the decks 4 are arranged on both sides of the tray 40 in the loading / unloading room 2, this is not limiting, and depending on the model of the mechanical parking device 1, the deck 4 may not be necessary. In this case, the tray 40 is surrounded by the structure, and only an opening is left where the tray 40 can land. In such a case, the wiring 30 of the lighting body 26 can be simply led to the control panel by drilling a thin hole in the floor 3 of the structure.

[0048] Also, while tire guide main body 22 has been described as being formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, the present invention is not limited to this, and other shapes are possible as long as illuminator 26 can be built in and illumination port 24 can be provided through which illumination light 28 can be emitted. For example, the side of tire guide main body 22 where illumination port 24 is opened, i.e., the front side of tire guide main body 22, may be curved and convex, and tire guide main body 22 may have any shape as long as it can exhibit the functions of the present invention.

[0049] In addition, although it has been explained that the wiring 30 of the illumination body 26 is led to and connected to a control panel not shown, this is not limited to the above, and it is of course possible for the wiring 30 of the illumination body 26 to be led to and connected to an operation panel 7 to supply power. [Explanation of symbols]

[0050] 1. Mechanical parking system 1A Building (structure) 2. Storage room 3 Beds 4 Decks 5 aperture 6 Entrance door 7 Control panel 8. Entry guide light 9 mirror 10 Roadway (open space in front) 12 beds 20 Tire Guide 22 Tire guide body 23 Back plate 24 Illuminated Port 26 Illumination body 28 Illumination 30 Wiring 32 Fixing member 40 Tray 42 Placement surface 44 Rising part 46 Side 50 vehicles 52 Tires 54 Tread surface 56 Illuminated Surface

Claims

1. A mechanical parking device having an entrance / exit room including an entrance door through which a vehicle can enter and exit the parking lot, and a floor on which a tray for placing the vehicle is movably disposed, and a vehicle lane formed outside the entrance / exit door and continuing from the floor, The tray has a shape having raised portions on both the left and right outer sides of a loading surface on which the vehicle is loaded, a tire guide having an illumination body that illuminates from the left and right sides of the rising portion toward the floor and the road in a direction in which the vehicle is located before entering the parking lot from the rising portion side on the floor adjacent to the end of the rising portion on the side close to the entrance door; A vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking facility.

2. 2. A vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device as described in claim 1, wherein the tire guide is composed of a tire guide main body shaped to hide the end of the raised portion, an illumination body built into the tire guide main body, and an illumination port opening on the opposite side of the raised portion of the tire guide main body.

3. 3. The vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the illuminating element incorporated in the tire guide is turned on when the entrance door starts to open and is turned off when the entrance door starts to close or is closed.

4. 3. A vehicle guidance device for a mechanical parking device as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the entrance / exit room has a mirror that reflects the entering / exiting vehicle, and when the vehicle before entering is shifted in the width direction of the tray, light emitted from the tire guide illuminator hits the tire on the shifted side, and the user can recognize the position of the tire reflected in the mirror, allowing the user to adjust the entrance position of the vehicle so that the tire is positioned inside the raised portion.

5. A mechanical parking device having an entrance / exit room including an entrance door through which a vehicle can enter and exit the parking lot, and a floor on which a tray for placing the vehicle is movably disposed, a tire guide having a built-in illuminator is installed on the floor adjacent to an end portion of the raised portion on both sides of a tray having a shape with raised portions on both left and right outer sides of a loading surface on which the vehicle is loaded, the end portion being closer to the entrance door; A wiring for supplying power to the illuminator is connected to a control panel; A control program is added to the control panel to turn on or off the lighting element of the tire guide. A method for modifying a vehicle guidance device of a mechanical parking device.

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