Parking facility, and control method of parking facility

Abstract

To provide a parking facility and a control method of a parking facility capable of shortening a waiting time for unloading without lowering parking efficiency.SOLUTION: A parking facility 1 comprises a loading guide device 3 guiding a unit number of a mechanical parking device 2 to be loaded when loading. The loading guide device 3 comprises: a storage portion 31 storing unloading history; a vehicle determination portion 32 determining a vehicle 4 to be loaded when the vehicle is loaded; a calculation portion 33 calculating an estimation time of next unloading of the vehicle 4 to be loaded from the unloading history; a processing portion 34 determining the unit number of the mechanical parking device 2 so that the estimation time of unloading of the vehicle 4 to be loaded is not overlapped with an estimation time of unloading of an already loaded vehicle; and an instruction portion 35 instructing the determined unit number of the mechanical parking device 2 to the vehicle 4 to be loaded.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a parking facility and a control method for the parking facility, and more particularly to a parking facility and a control method for the parking facility that can shorten the waiting time for leaving a parking facility in which multiple mechanical parking devices are installed in series. [Background technology]

[0002] Multi-level mechanical parking systems are known as parking facilities for parking as many vehicles as possible within a limited space. For example, in high-rise apartment buildings and large commercial facilities, elevator-type parking systems, which raise and lower pallets carrying vehicles and store them on shelves on the left and right sides of an elevator shaft, are widely used as mechanical parking systems.

[0003] In addition, parking facilities with many users often have multiple mechanical parking devices installed in series. In such parking facilities, if users want to exit from one mechanical parking device at the same time, waiting times for exiting the parking facility will occur. Several methods have already been proposed to shorten such waiting times.

[0004] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for transferring a reserved vehicle from a parking space where it is stored to a waiting parking space in advance. Patent Document 2 also discloses a method for rearranging the order of reservations indicated by reservation information so that vehicles are not continuously removed from the same multi-story parking device, but are removed alternately from multiple multi-story parking devices. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2004-360418 A [Patent Document 2] Patent No. 5457539 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, the invention described in Patent Document 1 requires the installation of a waiting parking space, which reduces parking efficiency in parking facilities that must be installed in a limited space. Furthermore, the invention described in Patent Document 2 requires the reservation time for leaving the parking lot to be changed, which means that users cannot leave the parking lot at the time they want to leave, resulting in a substantial waiting time for leaving the parking lot.

[0007] The present invention was devised in consideration of these problems, and aims to provide a parking facility and a method for controlling the parking facility that can shorten the waiting time for vehicles to leave the facility without reducing parking efficiency. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] According to the present invention, a parking facility is provided in which mechanical parking devices having multiple devices assigned different device numbers are installed, the parking facility comprising an entrance guidance device that provides the device number of the mechanical parking device to be parked when entering the facility, the mechanical parking devices being configured to allow vehicles to enter and exit the facility individually, the entrance guidance device comprising: a memory unit that stores the vehicle's exit history; a calculation unit that calculates the next predicted exit time of the vehicle to be parked from the exit history stored in the memory unit; a processing unit that determines the device number to guide the vehicle to be parked; and an instruction unit that instructs the vehicle to be parked of the determined device number of the mechanical parking device, based on the calculation by the calculation unit,

[0009] The memory unit may store the entry history of the vehicle that is the subject of the entry guidance, and the processing unit may be configured to calculate the predicted departure time by referring to the entry history stored in the memory unit.

[0010] The processing unit may be configured to determine the parking number to which the vehicle to be guided for parking entry guidance should be guided, when the mechanical parking device with the parking number to which the vehicle to be guided for parking entry guidance is to be guided, by prioritizing avoiding overlap between the predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered and the predicted exit time of the vehicle already in the parking lot.

[0011] Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is provided a control method for a parking facility in which a mechanical parking device having a plurality of parking units assigned different parking unit numbers is installed, wherein the mechanical parking device is configured to allow vehicles to enter and exit the facility individually, and the control method includes an exit information storage process for storing the exit history of the vehicles, a predicted exit time calculation process for calculating the next predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered from the stored exit history, a parking unit number determination process for determining the parking unit number to guide the vehicle to be entered, and an instruction process for instructing the determined parking unit number to the vehicle to be entered, wherein the parking unit number determination process, after the exit information storage process and the predicted exit time calculation process, determines the parking unit number to guide the vehicle to be guided to entry so that the predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered does not overlap with the predicted exit time of a vehicle already entered.

[0012] The parking facility control method may include an entry information storage step for storing the entry time of the vehicle to be guided to enter the parking facility, and the predicted exit time calculation step may calculate the predicted exit time by referring to the entry history stored in the entry information storage step.

[0013] The parking number determination process may be configured to determine the parking number to guide the vehicle to which entry guidance is to be provided, giving priority to avoiding overlap between the predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered and the predicted exit time of the vehicle already in the parking lot, when the mechanical parking device with the parking number to which entry guidance is to be provided is in operation. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] According to the parking facility and parking facility control method of the present invention, the next predicted departure time of the vehicle to be entered is calculated, and the vehicle number to be guided to the vehicle to be guided to the parking facility is determined so that the predicted departure time of the vehicle to be entered does not overlap with the predicted departure time of the vehicle already entered, thereby distributing the entering vehicles and shortening the waiting time for leaving the facility. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is no need to install a waiting parking space, so parking efficiency is not reduced. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a parking facility according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a parking facility control method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the control method shown in FIG. 2, in which (A) shows the predicted delivery time calculation process, and (B) shows the car number determination process. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a parking facility control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the control method shown in FIG. 4, where (A) shows a preliminary calculation step and (B) shows a resolution determination step. [Figure 6] 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a car number determination step in the control method shown in FIG. 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 6. Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a parking facility according to one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a flow diagram showing a method for controlling a parking facility according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the control method shown in Fig. 2, in which (A) shows the predicted exit time calculation step and (B) shows the car number determination step.

[0017] A parking facility 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is a parking facility in which a plurality of mechanical parking devices 2 (devices 1 21 to 4 24) are arranged in series, and is equipped with an entry guidance device 3 that provides information on the device number of the mechanical parking device 2 into which the vehicle should be parked when entering the facility.The entry guidance device 3 is equipped with a memory unit 31 that stores the vehicle's exit history, a vehicle discrimination unit 32 that identifies the vehicle 4 to be parked when the vehicle enters the facility, a calculation unit 33 that calculates the next predicted exit time of the vehicle 4 to be parked from the exit history, a processing unit 34 that determines the device number of the mechanical parking device 2 so that the predicted exit time of the vehicle 4 to be parked does not overlap with the predicted exit time of a vehicle that has already entered the facility, and an instruction unit 35 that instructs the vehicle 4 to be parked of the determined device number of the mechanical parking device 2.

[0018] The parking facility 1 includes, for example, four mechanical parking devices 2. The mechanical parking devices 2 are, for example, elevator-type parking devices that raise and lower pallets carrying vehicles and store them on shelves on the left and right sides of an elevator shaft. The four mechanical parking devices 2 are arranged in series from the left in the figure as No. 1 device 21, No. 2 device 22, No. 3 device 23, and No. 4 device 24. In this specification, "device number" refers to the numbers No. 1 device 21 to No. 4 device 24.

[0019] The entrance guidance device 3 is arranged, for example, near the entrance / exit 5 of the parking facility 1. It is also possible to arrange only the instruction unit 35 near the entrance / exit 5, and arrange the parts from the memory unit 31 to the processing unit 34 in a machine room or the like located away from the entrance / exit 5. The entrance guidance device 3 is also configured by a so-called computer (electronic calculator). The entrance guidance device 3 performs processing, for example, based on the flow diagram shown in FIG.

[0020] The control method of the parking facility 1 according to the first embodiment shown in Figure 1 includes an exit process (Step 1) in which a vehicle that has been parked exits the parking facility; an exit information storage process (Step 2) in which the vehicle's exit history is stored; an entry waiting process (Step 3) in which the vehicle 4 to be parked waits at the entrance / exit 5 of the parking facility 1; a vehicle discrimination process (Step 4) in which the vehicle 4 to be parked is identified; an exit predicted time calculation process (Step 5) in which the next predicted exit time of the vehicle to be parked is calculated from the stored exit history; a confirmation process (Step 6) in which the operating status of the mechanical parking device 2 is confirmed; a parking number determination process (Step 7) in which the parking number of the mechanical parking device 2 is determined so that the predicted exit time of the vehicle 4 to be parked does not overlap with the predicted exit time of a vehicle that has already entered the parking facility; an instruction process (Step 8) in which the determined parking number of the mechanical parking device 2 is instructed to the vehicle 4 to be parked; an entry process (Step 9) in which the vehicle 4 to be parked enters the mechanical parking device 2 with the instructed parking number; and an entry information storage process (Step 10) in which the vehicle's entry history is stored.

[0021] For example, in a large apartment building such as a high-rise housing complex, the users of the parking facility 1 are fixed, so vehicles can be identified by assigning an ID number to each vehicle. Also, in such facilities, many vehicles often enter and exit the parking facility at fixed times, and this history can be recorded as data.

[0022] The unloading step Step 1 is a step in which a vehicle to which an ID number has been assigned is unloaded from the mechanical parking device 2 in which it has been parked through the entrance / exit 5 of the parking facility 1 to the outside.

[0023] The leaving information storage step, Step 2, is a step of storing data by associating the ID number of the leaving vehicle with the leaving time. This step is processed by the storage unit 31 of the entrance guidance device 3. The leaving time may be measured when the vehicle passes through the entrance / exit 5, or it may be measured based on the leaving reservation time entered from a room or a smartphone. The stored data also includes data such as the month, date, and day of the week.

[0024] The waiting for entry step Step 3 is a step in which the exiting vehicle waits at the entrance / exit 5 of the parking facility 1 to enter the parking facility 1. In this embodiment, the vehicle waiting at the entrance / exit 5 is referred to as the vehicle 4 to be entered.

[0025] The vehicle identification step, Step 4, is a step of identifying the ID number of the vehicle 4 to be stored. This step is performed by the vehicle identification unit 32 of the storage guidance device 3. Since large-scale condominiums generally have a system for identifying contracted vehicles, the vehicle identification unit 32 may be configured to use the built-in system. Note that a new ID number may be assigned in order to implement this control method.

[0026] The predicted departure time calculation step Step 5 is a step of calculating the predicted departure time at which the target vehicle 4 is predicted to leave the warehouse after entering the warehouse. This step is processed by the calculation unit 33 of the entrance guidance device 3. The calculation unit 33 may include a program using artificial intelligence (AI).

[0027] The calculation unit 33 calculates the predicted delivery time using the data (delivery history) stored in the storage unit 31. The program that calculates the predicted delivery time has a learning function, and the more data there is, the more accurate the predicted delivery time can be calculated. Note that the calculation program may be written in a programmable logic controller (PLC) without using artificial intelligence (AI).

[0028] The calculation unit 33 is configured to calculate the predicted delivery time in units of minutes with a predetermined range. Since the accuracy of the predicted delivery time varies depending on the size of this range of minutes, the range of minutes of the predicted delivery time will hereinafter be referred to as the "resolution" in this specification.

[0029] Here, Figure 3(A) is a list of predicted delivery times for each ID number. As shown in the figure, the predicted delivery time is calculated in 5-minute increments, for example. If the predicted delivery time is "8:20," this means that the predicted delivery time has a 5-minute range of "8:18 to 8:22."

[0030] The confirmation step Step 6 is a step of confirming the operating status of the mechanical parking device 2 to determine whether it is processing the entry and exit of another vehicle. This step is processed, for example, by the processing unit 34 of the entry guidance device 3. By providing this confirmation step Step 6, when the mechanical parking device 2 into which the target vehicle 4 is to be entered determines its parking number, it can select from among the mechanical parking devices 2 that are not currently in operation.

[0031] The parking number determination step Step 7 is a step of determining the parking number of the mechanical parking device 2 into which the target vehicle 4 to be parked will be parked. This step is processed by the processing unit 34 of the parking guidance device 3. Specifically, the parking number is selected so that the predicted exit time of the target vehicle 4 to be parked does not overlap with the predicted exit time of a vehicle that has already parked in the mechanical parking device 2 (hereinafter referred to as an "already parked vehicle").

[0032] Here, Figure 3(B) is a table showing the machine numbers of the mechanical parking devices 2 that will be parked assuming that the vehicles with the ID numbers shown in Figure 3(A) will park in the parking facility 1 in order from top to bottom. Note that blank spaces in the table indicate a state where no vehicles have parked.

[0033] For ease of explanation, assume that during the time period from 8:00 to 8:50 when the predicted departure time is, no vehicles have already entered the depot and that vehicles 1 21 to 4 24 are empty. If vehicle ID 001 were to enter the depot, its predicted departure time would be 8:20. During the 8:20 time frame in Figure 3(B), vehicles 1 21 to 4 24 are all empty, so vehicle ID 001 is to be entered into vehicle 1 21, which has the lowest number.

[0034] Next, when a vehicle with ID 002 attempts to enter the parking lot, its predicted departure time is 8:45. In the time slot of 8:45 in Figure 3(B), since all of parking units 1 21 to 4 24 are empty, the vehicle with ID 002 is allowed to enter parking unit 1 21, which has the lowest number. Normally, when there are multiple mechanical parking units 2 available for entry, the mechanical parking unit 2 with the lowest unit number is selected.

[0035] Next, when vehicle ID003 attempts to enter the depot, its predicted departure time is 8:25. In the time slot of 8:25 in Figure 3(B), vehicle No. 1 21 to vehicle No. 4 24 are all empty, so vehicle ID003 is depoted in vehicle No. 1 21, which has the lowest number.

[0036] Next, when vehicle ID004 attempts to enter the depot, its predicted departure time is 8:10. In the time slot of 8:10 in Figure 3(B), vehicle No. 1 21 to vehicle No. 4 24 are all empty, so vehicle ID004 is depoted in vehicle No. 1 21, which has the lowest number.

[0037] Next, when vehicle ID005 attempts to enter the parking lot, its predicted departure time is 8:25. In the time slot of 8:25 in Figure 3(B), vehicle ID003 has already entered parking lot No. 1 21, so parking lots No. 2 22 to No. 4 24 are selected as candidates for mechanical parking devices 2 that can enter the parking lot. If parking lot No. 2 22 is currently in operation, the mechanical parking device 2 into which vehicle ID005 should enter is determined to be parking lot No. 3 23, which has the smaller parking lot number, out of parking lots No. 23 and No. 4 24.

[0038] Next, when vehicle ID006 attempts to enter the parking lot, its predicted departure time is 8:20. In the 8:20 time slot in Figure 3(B), vehicle ID001 has already entered parking lot No. 1 21, so parking lots No. 2 22 to No. 4 24 are selected as candidates for mechanical parking devices 2 that can enter the parking lot. If parking lot No. 2 22 is not currently in operation, the mechanical parking device 2 into which vehicle ID006 should enter is determined to be parking lot No. 2 22, which has the lowest parking lot number.

[0039] Next, when vehicle ID007 attempts to enter the parking lot, its predicted departure time is 8:25. In the time slot of 8:25 in Figure 3(B), since vehicles have already entered parking lot No. 1 21 and parking lot No. 3 23, parking lot No. 2 22 or parking lot No. 4 24 are selected as candidates for mechanical parking devices 2 that can enter the parking lot. If parking lot No. 2 22 is not currently in operation, the mechanical parking device 2 into which vehicle ID007 should enter is determined to be parking lot No. 2 22, which has the lower parking lot number.

[0040] Finally, when vehicle ID008 attempts to enter the parking lot, its predicted exit time is 8:25. In the time slot of 8:25 in FIG. 3(B), since vehicles have already entered parking lot No. 1 21 to No. 3 23, the mechanical parking device 2 into which vehicle ID008 will enter is determined to be No. 4 24. At this time, if No. 4 24 is in operation, priority is given to avoiding overlaps in predicted exit times, and vehicle ID008 can be made to wait until No. 4 24 becomes available.

[0041] The instruction step Step 8 is a step of instructing the target vehicle 4 as to which mechanical parking device 2 it should park in. This step is processed by the instruction unit 35 of the parking guide device 3. The instruction unit 35 is, for example, a display that visually conveys the parking device number to the user. The instruction unit 35 may guide the user to the mechanical parking device 2 to park in by voice or light, or may convey the parking device number to the user's mobile terminal (smartphone, etc.).

[0042] The entry process Step 9 is a process in which the vehicle 4 to be entered enters the mechanical parking device 2 with the parking number indicated by the entry guidance device 3. If the vehicle 4 to be entered enters a mechanical parking device 2 with a different parking number from the indicated parking number, the vehicle may be prevented from entering, or a message may be displayed indicating that the parking number is incorrect.

[0043] The entry information storage step (Step 10) is a step of storing the entry history of the entry target vehicle 4, taking the time when the entry target vehicle 4 started waiting at the entrance / exit 5 of the parking facility 1, i.e., the time when the ID number was identified in the vehicle identification step (Step 4), as the entry time of the entry target vehicle 4. This step is processed by, for example, the storage unit 31 of the entry guidance device 3.

[0044] For example, if a vehicle enters the warehouse early, the next departure time may be earlier, and if it enters the warehouse late, the next departure time may be later, and there may be some correlation between the entry time and the departure time. Therefore, by referring to the entry history, the accuracy of the estimated departure time can be improved. Note that storing data on entry times is not a required item and can be omitted at will.

[0045] The control method according to the present embodiment described above may be applied only to a time period when there are many vehicles leaving the depot. For example, the control method according to the present embodiment is applied only when the predicted departure time falls in the time period from 7:00 to 9:00, which corresponds to the morning rush hour.

[0046] According to the parking facility 1 and its control method of the present embodiment described above, the next predicted time of departure of the vehicle 4 to be parked is calculated and the number of the mechanical parking device 2 into which the vehicle will park is determined. This prevents vehicles with the same departure time from parking at the same mechanical parking device 2, distributing the entering vehicles and shortening the waiting time for exiting the vehicle. Furthermore, according to this embodiment, there is no need to install a waiting parking space, so parking efficiency is not reduced.

[0047] Next, a control method for a parking facility 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 4 to 6. Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing the control method for a parking facility according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the control method shown in Fig. 4, where (A) shows the preliminary calculation step and (B) shows the resolution determination step. Fig. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the car number determination step in the control method shown in Fig. 4.

[0048] The configuration of the parking facility 1 is substantially the same as that shown in Fig. 1, and therefore a duplicated description will be omitted. Also, a duplicated description will be omitted for the same steps as those in the control method for the parking facility 1 according to the first embodiment described above.

[0049] As shown in Figure 4, the control method for parking facility 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a preliminary calculation step Step 11 for pre-calculating the predicted exit times of all vehicles scheduled to enter the parking facility, and a resolution determination step Step 12 for determining the range (resolution) in minutes of the predicted exit times based on the relationship between the number of overlapping predicted exit times and the number of mechanical parking devices 2.

[0050] The preliminary calculation step Step 11 and the resolution determination step Step 12 are inserted, for example, between the delivery information storage step Step 2 and the entry standby step Step 3. Specifically, the preliminary calculation step Step 11 and the resolution determination step Step 12 are executed after a certain time has passed since the morning rush hour when predicted delivery times are likely to overlap, and before the vehicles that left during the rush hour start entering the warehouse (for example, between 12:00 and 15:00, etc.).

[0051] For example, as shown in Figure 5(A), when the predicted departure times of vehicles ID001 to ID008 are calculated in 5-minute increments (resolution: 5 minutes), the predicted departure times of vehicles ID002 to ID007 are assumed to be 8:15. In this case, the predicted departure times of vehicles ID002 to ID007 are included in the time slot from 8:13 to 8:17.

[0052] If the resolution is set to 1 minute, the predicted departure times for vehicles ID002 to ID007 will be 8:15, 8:17, 8:14, 8:15, 8:13, and 8:17, as shown in Figure 5(A). If the resolution of the predicted departure times for the time period from 8:08 to 8:28 is set to 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 3 minutes, the results will be displayed as shown in Figure 5(B).

[0053] Therefore, if the resolution of the predicted departure time is set to 3 minutes, the predicted departure time for vehicle ID002 will be 8:15, the predicted departure time for vehicle ID003 will be 8:18, the predicted departure time for vehicle ID004 will be 8:15, the predicted departure time for vehicle ID005 will be 8:15, the predicted departure time for vehicle ID006 will be 8:12, and the predicted departure time for vehicle ID007 will be 8:18.

[0054] When the resolution of the predicted exit time is 5 minutes, the predicted exit times of six vehicles ID002 to ID007 overlap at 8:15, which exceeds the number of vehicles (4) in the mechanical parking device 2, as shown in the upper diagram of Figure 6, and two vehicles (for example, vehicles ID006 and ID007) cannot be parked in the 8:15 slot.

[0055] Therefore, in this embodiment, by changing the resolution of the predicted departure time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes, the accuracy of the predicted departure time can be improved and vehicles with overlapping predicted departure times can be dispersed. Specifically, as shown in the lower diagram of Figure 6, vehicle ID006 can be allocated to the predicted departure time of 8:12, and vehicles ID003 and ID007 can be allocated to the predicted departure time of 8:18.

[0056] In this way, by setting the resolution of the predicted exit time in 3-minute increments, the number of overlapping predicted exit times can be kept below the number (4) of mechanical parking devices 2. Furthermore, when the resolution of the predicted exit time is set in 3-minute increments, if the number of overlapping predicted exit times exceeds the number of mechanical parking devices 2, the resolution of the predicted exit time can be changed to 2 minutes or 1 minute.

[0057] The resolution of the predicted delivery time is merely an example and is not limited to 5 minutes or 3 minutes. The resolution of the predicted delivery time can be set arbitrarily within the range of, for example, about 1 minute to 10 minutes.

[0058] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0059] 1. Parking facilities 2. Mechanical parking devices 3. Storage guide device 4 Vehicles eligible for storage 5 Entrance / exit 21 Unit 1 22 Unit 2 23 Unit 3 24 Unit 4 31 Storage section 32 Vehicle Identification Unit 33 Arithmetic section 34 Processing section 35 Instruction section Step1 Shipping process Step2 Output information storage process Step3 Warehouse waiting process Step 4: Vehicle identification process Step 5: Calculation of estimated delivery time Step6 Confirmation process Step 7: Unit number determination process Step8 Instruction process Step9 Warehousing process Step10 Stocking information storage process Step 11 Preliminary calculation process Step12 Resolution determination process

Claims

1. A parking facility in which a mechanical parking device having a plurality of units each having a different unit number is installed, a parking entry guidance device that provides information about the parking number of the mechanical parking device to be entered when entering the parking lot; The mechanical parking device is configured to allow vehicles to enter and exit individually, The entrance guidance device includes a storage unit that stores the exit history of the vehicle, a calculation unit that calculates the next predicted exit time of the entry target vehicle from the exit history stored in the storage unit, a processing unit that determines the parking number of the mechanical parking device to be guided to the entry target vehicle, and an instruction unit that indicates the determined parking number of the mechanical parking device to the entry target vehicle, The processing unit is configured to determine a vehicle number for guiding the vehicle to be guided to the vehicle to be guided to the warehouse based on the calculation by the calculation unit so that the predicted departure time of the vehicle to be brought into the warehouse does not overlap with the predicted departure time of a vehicle that has already entered the warehouse. A parking facility characterized by:

2. The parking facility of claim 1, wherein the memory unit stores the entry history of the vehicle to be guided to entry, and the processing unit is configured to calculate the predicted exit time by referring to the entry history stored in the memory unit.

3. The parking facility of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine the parking number to which the vehicle to be guided for entry guidance should be guided when the mechanical parking device with the parking number to which the vehicle to be guided for entry guidance is to be guided, giving priority to avoiding overlap between the predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered and the predicted exit time of the vehicle already in the parking facility.

4. A method for controlling a parking facility in which a plurality of mechanical parking devices having different parking device numbers are installed, comprising: The mechanical parking device is configured to allow vehicles to enter and exit individually, a delivery information storage step for storing a delivery history of the vehicle; a predicted departure time calculation step of calculating a next predicted departure time of the vehicle to be stored from the stored departure history; a vehicle number determination step of determining the vehicle number for guiding the vehicle to be stored; an instruction step of instructing the determined vehicle number to the vehicle to be stored, The vehicle number determination step determines a vehicle number for guiding the vehicle to be guided to the vehicle to be guided to the warehouse so that the predicted time of departure of the vehicle to be brought into the warehouse does not overlap with the predicted time of departure of the vehicle that has already entered the warehouse, after the delivery information storage step and the delivery predicted time calculation step. A parking facility control method comprising:

5. 5. The parking facility control method of claim 4, further comprising a storage step of storing the entry time of the vehicle to be guided to enter the parking facility, and wherein the predicted exit time calculation step calculates the predicted exit time by referring to the entry history stored in the storage step of the entry information.

6. 5. The parking facility control method of claim 4, wherein the parking facility number determination step determines the parking facility number to guide the vehicle to which entry guidance is to be provided, giving priority to avoiding overlap between the predicted exit time of the vehicle to be entered and the predicted exit time of the vehicle already entered, when the mechanical parking facility with the parking facility number to which the vehicle to be guided is to be guided is in operation.

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