Parking system and parking facility

Abstract

To provide a parking system capable of preventing forgetting to close an opening / closing an entrance / exit door.SOLUTION: A parking system comprises a parking facility for housing a plurality of vehicles and a mobile communication device capable of communicating with the parking facility. The parking facility includes an entrance / exit door to be closed by manual operation after entrance / exit of the vehicles and a beacon transmitter for transmitting a radio signal around the parking facility. The mobile communication device includes a beacon receiver capable of receiving the radio signal transmitted from the beacon transmitter and an output apparatus for outputting a notification signal which a user can recognize. When the entrance / exit door is open and a state of an intensity of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver has changed from a state of being equal to or higher than a threshold to a state of being lower than the threshold, the mobile communication device outputs the notification signal from the output apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present application relates to parking systems and parking facilities. [Background technology]

[0002] The following Patent Document 1 describes that when a vehicle enters or leaves a parking facility, the user calls up a pallet for loading the vehicle to the entry / exit section, and after entry and exit is complete, the user operates the operating panel to close the door. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-108227 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In parking facilities such as the one described in Patent Document 1, where a user manually operates an operation panel to close the entrance / exit doors when entering and leaving the facility, there are cases where the user forgets to close the entrance / exit doors. If the entrance / exit doors are forgotten to be closed, the next user may not be able to operate the parking facility, and may not be able to enter or exit the vehicle.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present application is to provide a parking system and parking facility that can prevent a vehicle from forgetting to close the entrance / exit doors. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A parking system according to one embodiment of the present application comprises a parking facility for accommodating a plurality of automobiles, and a mobile communication device capable of communicating with the parking facility, wherein the parking facility has an entrance / exit door that is manually closed after the automobile enters and leaves the parking facility, and a beacon transmitter that transmits radio signals in the vicinity of the parking facility, and the mobile communication device has a beacon receiver that can receive the radio signals transmitted from the beacon transmitter, and an output device that outputs a notification signal that can be recognized by a user, and the mobile communication device outputs the notification signal from the output device when the entrance / exit door is open and the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver changes from a state above a threshold to a state below the threshold.

[0007] With this configuration, when a user carrying a mobile communication device moves away from the parking facility while the entrance / exit door is left open, the strength of the radio signal received by the mobile communication device falls below a threshold, and a notification signal is output from the output device of the mobile communication device. This allows the user to realize that the entrance / exit door has not been closed, preventing them from forgetting to close the door.

[0008] In addition, in the above parking system, the mobile communication device may receive a status signal from the parking facility that includes information on whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed, and determine whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed based on the received status signal.

[0009] With this configuration, the mobile communication device can easily determine whether the entrance / exit door is open or not.

[0010] A parking facility according to one aspect of the present application is a parking facility that can accommodate multiple automobiles, and is equipped with an entrance / exit door that closes manually after the automobiles enter and exit the parking facility, and a beacon transmitter that emits radio signals in the vicinity of the parking facility, wherein the parking facility is capable of communicating with a mobile communication device, and the mobile communication device is configured to output a notification signal that can be recognized by a user when the entrance / exit door is open and the strength of the radio signal received by the mobile communication device changes from a state above a threshold to a state below the threshold, and the parking facility transmits a status signal to the mobile communication device that includes information on whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed so that the mobile communication device can determine whether the entrance / exit door is open.

[0011] With this configuration, when a user carrying a mobile communication device moves away from the parking facility with the entrance / exit door left open, the strength of the radio signal received by the mobile communication device falls below a threshold, and a notification signal is output from the mobile communication device. This allows the user to realize that the entrance / exit door has not been closed, preventing them from forgetting to close it. Moreover, because the parking facility transmits a status signal to the mobile communication device that includes information on whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed, the mobile communication device can easily determine whether to output a notification signal. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to the present application, it is possible to prevent forgetting to close the loading / unloading door. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a parking system. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the release notification program. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] (Overall configuration of the parking system) The parking system 100 according to the embodiment will be described below. First, the overall configuration of the parking system 100 will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the parking system 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the parking system 100 according to the embodiment includes a parking facility 10 and a mobile communication device 20.

[0015] <Parking facilities> The parking facility 10 is a facility that can accommodate multiple vehicles. The parking facility 10 of this embodiment is a mechanical facility, and is an elevator-type facility among mechanical facilities. However, the parking facility 10 is not limited to the elevator-type facility, and may be a box-type circulation facility, a horizontal circulation facility, a horizontal shuttle facility, a puzzle-type facility that moves vertically and horizontally, or other types.

[0016] As shown in Fig. 1, the parking facility 10 has an entrance / exit door 11, an operation panel 12, a beacon transmitter 13, and a control device 14. These components will be described below in order.

[0017] The entrance / exit door 11 is a door provided in the parking facility 10. The entrance / exit door 11 is opened when a user enters a vehicle into the parking facility 10, and is closed when the vehicle has been parked. The entrance / exit door 11 is also opened when a user exits the parking facility 10, and is closed when the vehicle has been parked. In preparation for leaving or entering (calling), the parking facility 10 moves the parked vehicle within the parking facility 10, and this movement is performed with the entrance / exit door 11 closed.

[0018] The operation panel 12 is an input device for operating the parking facility 10. The operation panel 12 of this embodiment is provided in the parking facility 10. However, a mobile communication device 20, which will be described later, may also function as the operation panel 12. In the parking facility 10 of this embodiment, after the user has parked the car in the parking facility 10 and after the user has taken the car out of the parking facility 10, the user closes the entrance / exit door 11 by manually operating the operation panel 12.

[0019] The beacon transmitter 13 is a device that transmits a radio signal in the vicinity of the parking facility 10. The radio signal transmitted by the beacon transmitter 13 includes information of the unique ID of the beacon transmitter 13. The beacon transmitter 13 may transmit a radio signal at all times, or may transmit a radio signal only when the vehicle is located near the parking facility 10. In addition, the beacon transmitter 13 is, for example, a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacon that is capable of communication with extremely low power.

[0020] The control device 14 is a device that controls the equipment that makes up the parking facility 10. The control device 14 in this embodiment is provided in the parking facility 10. However, all or part of the control device 14 may be located on a network. The control device 14 has, for example, a processor, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and an I / O interface. Various programs are stored in the non-volatile memory of the control device 14, and the processor performs arithmetic processing using the volatile memory based on each program.

[0021] The control device 14 is communicably connected to the operation panel 12. Therefore, the control device 14 can receive an input signal transmitted from the operation panel 12. The control device 14 is also communicably connected to the loading / unloading door 11. Therefore, the control device 14 can open and close the loading / unloading door 11 by transmitting a control signal to the loading / unloading door 11. For example, when a user operates the operation panel 12 to close the loading / unloading door 11, an input signal is transmitted from the operation panel 12 to the control device 14, and the control device 14, having received the input signal, transmits a control signal to the loading / unloading door 11 to close it. However, the operation panel 12 may transmit a control signal directly to the loading / unloading door 11 without going through the control device 14.

[0022] Furthermore, the control device 14 is connected to a mobile communication device 20 (described later) via a network so as to be able to communicate wirelessly. However, the control device 14 may also communicate wirelessly directly with the mobile communication device 20 without going through a network. In this embodiment, the control device 14 (parking facility 10) transmits a status signal including information on whether the entrance / exit door 11 is open or closed to the mobile communication device 20. The control device 14 can determine whether the entrance / exit door 11 is closed or not based on the control history of the entrance / exit door 11. However, the control device 14 may also receive a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects the opening and closing of the entrance / exit door 11 and determine whether the entrance / exit door 11 is closed or not.

[0023] <Mobile communication device> The mobile communication device 20 is a device operated by a user of the parking facility 10. The user can move around while carrying the mobile communication device 20. The mobile communication device 20 in this embodiment is, for example, a smartphone. However, the mobile communication device 20 may also be a tablet computer or the like.

[0024] 1, the mobile communication device 20 has a beacon receiver 21, an output device 22, and a processing device 23. These components will be described below in order.

[0025] The beacon receiver 21 is a device capable of receiving radio signals transmitted from the beacon transmitter 13 of the parking facility 10. When the mobile communication device 20 is located near the parking facility 10, the strength of the radio signals received by the beacon receiver 21 from the beacon transmitter 13 is high. On the other hand, as the mobile communication device 20 moves away from the parking facility 10, the strength of the radio signals received by the beacon receiver 21 from the beacon transmitter 13 decreases.

[0026] The output device 22 is a device that outputs a notification signal. The output device 22 is, for example, a speaker, a display, a vibration device that vibrates the mobile communication device 20, or the like. The output device 22 may include multiple types of devices. The notification signal is a signal that can be recognized by a user. For example, if the output device 22 is a speaker, the notification signal is sound; if the output device 22 is a display, the notification signal is an image such as a character string; and if the output device 22 is a vibration device, the notification signal is vibration.

[0027] The processing device 23 is a device that performs arithmetic processing. The processing device 23 is, for example, a processor such as a CPU. The processing device 23 performs arithmetic processing using a volatile memory based on each program stored in a non-volatile memory not shown. The opening notification program executed by the processing device 23 will be described later. As described above, the mobile communication device 20 is communicatively connected to the parking facility 10, and can receive a signal from the parking facility 10 that includes information used for arithmetic processing by the processing device 23. In this embodiment, the mobile communication device 20 receives a status signal (a signal that includes open / close information for the entrance / exit door 11) from the parking facility 10, and the processing device 23 can determine whether the entrance / exit door 11 is open or not.

[0028] The processing device 23 is communicatively connected to the beacon receiver 21, and can acquire the unique ID and radio signal strength of the beacon transmitter 13 via the beacon receiver 21. The processing device 23 is also communicatively connected to the output device 22, and can transmit a control signal to the output device 22, causing the output device 22 to output a predetermined notification signal.

[0029] (Open Notification Program) Next, we will explain the open notification program executed by the processing device 23 of the mobile communication device 20. Figure 2 is a flow diagram of the open notification program. The open notification program is a program for notifying the user when the loading / unloading door 11 is left open.

[0030] 2, when the release notification program is started, the processing device 23 first determines whether the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is equal to or greater than a threshold (step S1). The radio signal here refers to a radio signal transmitted from the beacon transmitter 13 of the parking facility 10. Whether the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is a radio signal transmitted from the beacon transmitter 13 can be determined from the unique ID information included in the radio signal.

[0031] In step S1, if it is determined that the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is not equal to or greater than the threshold (NO in step S1), that is, if the mobile communication device 20 is not located within a certain distance from the parking facility 10, the processing device 23 repeats step S1. Note that the "certain distance" may be, for example, about 5 to 10 meters. In this way, the reason why the next step cannot be proceeded to unless the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is equal to or greater than the threshold is because the release notification program is intended to be executed when entering or leaving the parking facility, when the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is equal to or greater than the threshold.

[0032] On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1 that the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is equal to or greater than the threshold value (YES in step S1), that is, when the mobile communication device 20 is located within a certain distance from the parking facility 10, the processing device 23 determines whether the entrance / exit door 11 of the parking facility 10 is open (step S2). Note that the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 being equal to or greater than the threshold value, that is, when the mobile communication device 20 is located within a certain distance from the parking facility 10, may be set as a start condition for the opening notification program.

[0033] If it is determined in step S2 that the entrance / exit door 11 is not open (NO in step S2), that is, if the entrance / exit door 11 remains closed before the vehicle is entered or exited, or if the entrance / exit door 11 has already been closed after the vehicle has entered or exited, the processing device 23 returns to step S1 and repeats step S1 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the entrance / exit door 11 is open (YES in step S2), the processing device 23 determines whether the strength of the radio signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is less than a threshold value (step S3). The threshold value in step S3 is the same as the threshold value in step S1.

[0034] In step S3, if it is determined that the strength of the radio wave signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is not less than the threshold value (NO in step S3), that is, if it is determined that the entrance / exit door 11 is open but the mobile communication device 20 is located within a certain distance from the parking facility 10, the processing device 23 returns to step S2 and repeats step S2 and subsequent steps.

[0035] On the other hand, in step S3, if it is determined that the strength of the radio wave signal received by the beacon receiver 21 is less than the threshold value (YES in step S3), that is, if it is determined that the entrance / exit door 11 is open and the mobile communication device 20 is not located within a certain distance from the parking facility 10, it is assumed that the user has moved away from the parking facility 10 with the entrance / exit door 11 open, and so the processing device 23 outputs a notification signal from the output device 22 (step S4). This allows the user to realize that the entrance / exit door 11 has not been closed.

[0036] After step S4, the processor 23 returns to step S1 and repeats step S1 and subsequent steps. However, after step S4, the release notification program may be terminated.

[0037] As described above, according to the parking system 100 of this embodiment, when the entrance / exit door 11 is open and the strength of the radio wave signal received by the beacon receiver 21 changes from a state equal to or greater than the threshold to a state below the threshold, a notification signal is output from the output device 22. In other words, when a user carrying the mobile communication device 20 moves away from the parking facility 10 with the entrance / exit door 11 open, a notification signal is output from the output device 22 of the mobile communication device 20. This allows the user to realize that the entrance / exit door 11 has not been closed, and prevents the user from forgetting to close the entrance / exit door 11. [Explanation of symbols]

[0038] 10 Parking facilities 11 Storage door 12 Control panel 13 Beacon transmitter 14 Control device 20 Mobile communication devices 21 Beacon Receiver 22 Output Devices 23 Processing equipment 100 Parking System

Claims

1. Parking facilities for accommodating multiple automobiles; a mobile communication device capable of communicating with the parking facility; The parking facility includes: a loading / unloading door that is manually closed after the vehicle enters or leaves the garage; a beacon transmitter that transmits a radio signal around the parking facility, the mobile communication device, a beacon receiver capable of receiving the radio wave signal transmitted from the beacon transmitter; an output device that outputs a notification signal that can be recognized by a user; A parking system in which the mobile communication device outputs the notification signal from the output device when the entrance / exit door is open and the strength of the radio wave signal received by the beacon receiver changes from a state above a threshold to a state below the threshold.

2. 2. The parking system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device receives a status signal from the parking facility, the status signal including information on whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed, and determines whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed based on the received status signal.

3. A parking facility that accommodates multiple automobiles, a loading / unloading door that is manually closed after the vehicle enters or leaves the garage; a beacon transmitter that transmits a radio signal around the parking facility; the parking facility is capable of communicating with a mobile communication device; the mobile communication device is configured to output a notification signal that can be recognized by a user when the loading / unloading door is in an open state and the strength of the radio wave signal received by the mobile communication device changes from a state equal to or greater than a threshold to a state below the threshold, The parking facility transmits a status signal including information on whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed to the mobile communication device so that the mobile communication device can determine whether the entrance / exit door is open or closed.

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