Dual-Frame Pickup Machine for Automated Parking Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatic parking systems with loading boards experience slow parking and unparking speeds due to the need for the lifting device to move up and down twice and the pickup machine to get and store loading boards twice, resulting in wasted time.
Innovation Solution
The automatic parking system incorporates a pickup machine with a first and second frame, each equipped with a pickup device, and a lifting device that conveys the machine up and down in a lifting tunnel, allowing the loading board to be moved efficiently between frames, reducing the need for repeated up-down movements and waiting times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the automatic parking system uses a single frame with loading boards, then the structure is simple, but the parking and unparking speed is slow due to repeated up-down movements
Solution Approach 1:
The pickup machine is divided into a first frame and a second frame, where the first frame carries the vehicle and the second frame carries the loading board. This segmentation allows the loading board to be pre-positioned on the second frame, eliminating the need for repeated up-down movements during parking operations and thereby improving speed while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a horizontal dimension for the loading board transfer mechanism. Instead of moving the loading board vertically up and down multiple times, the system transfers the loading board horizontally between the first and second frames, reducing the number of vertical lifting operations and improving overall efficiency.
2Reliability
If the lifting device moves the pickup machine up and down twice for each parking operation, then the loading board can be transferred, but the time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The loading board is pre-positioned on the second frame before the vehicle arrives. This preliminary action ensures that when the vehicle needs to be parked, the loading board is already in place and ready for transfer, eliminating waiting time and ensuring reliable transfer operations without requiring repeated up-down movements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful action by having the loading board continuously positioned on the second frame, ready for immediate transfer. This eliminates idle waiting time and ensures that the parking operation can proceed without interruption, improving both speed and reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration significantly reduces parking and unparking times by minimizing the lifting device's movement and waiting time, enhancing the overall efficiency of the automatic parking system while maintaining a stable and reliable structure.
Implementation Method 1
a friction driving mechanism for driving the two friction wheels rotate in opposite directions so as to move the friction board clamped in the two friction wheels
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses an automatic parking system including an in-out space, a plurality of parking spaces arranged at multiple parking levels, a pickup machine, and a lifting tunnel with a lifting device disposed therein. The pickup machine includes a frame which includes a first frame and a second frame, a first pickup device and a second pickup device. The first pickup device is configured to move a loading board onto the first frame or out from the first frame. The second pickup device is configured to move the loading board onto the second frame or out from the second frame. The lifting device is configured to convey the pickup machine up and down in the lifting tunnel. The present invention also discloses a parking and unparking method of the automatic parking system. The parking and unparking efficiency of the automatic parking system of the present invention is greatly improved.