DE102017007121A1 - Method for operating an automatic parking garage - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an automatic parking garage (2), in which - at least one vehicle (1) to be parked in the parking garage (2) is detected by a park-own data processing unit (2.1), - the at least one of the parking-owned data processing unit ( 2.1) detected vehicle (1) is automatically guided to a predetermined parking area and - the predetermined parking area is determined based on certain criteria by means of the park's own data processing unit (2.1). According to the invention, the predetermined parking area is determined on the basis of a predicted parking duration of the at least one vehicle (1), the parking duration of the at least one vehicle (1) being based on a previously recorded number of parking events of the at least one vehicle (1) and a parking duration recorded for the respective parking event is predicated.

Description

The invention relates to a method for operating an automatic parking garage according to the preamble of claim 1.

Automatic parking garages are well known in the art. In this case, a vehicle is transferred from a driver to the parking garage and automatically transferred for a predetermined parking time in a predetermined parking area.

Furthermore, in the DE 10 2015 212 689 A1 describes a method for driver-independent transfer of a motor vehicle on a route between a transfer point and a parking space of a parking lot.

The invention is based on the object to provide a comparison with the prior art improved method for operating an automatic parking garage.

The object is achieved with the features specified in claim 1.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

In a method for operating an automatic parking garage, at least one vehicle to be parked in the parking garage is detected by a parking-owned data processing unit, wherein the at least one vehicle detected by the park's own data processing unit is automatically guided to a predetermined parking area and wherein the predetermined parking area based on certain criteria by means of parkhouse own data processing unit is determined.

According to the invention, the predefined parking area is determined on the basis of a predicted parking duration of the at least one vehicle, wherein the parking duration of the at least one vehicle is predicted on the basis of a previously recorded number of parking events of the at least one vehicle and a parking duration recorded for the respective parking event.

By means of the method, an allocation strategy of the parking garage is optimized for users of the parking garage. This increases convenience for users, since a waiting time for the user in a pick-up of his vehicle after expiration of an individual parking time due to the optimized allocation strategy over the prior art can be shortened. In addition, a larger number of vehicles in the parking garage can be accommodated, as is possible with conventional methods for operating an automatic parking garage.

Embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to a drawing.

Showing:

1 schematically a vehicle, parkhouse own components of a parking garage and an external data processing unit.

The only 1 shows a block diagram with one in a parking garage 2 to parked vehicle 1 , park-house components 2.1 . 2.2 and with an external data processing unit 3 , To the vehicle 1 in the parking garage 2 To park it, it is first of a park own data processing unit 2.1 , which is designed in particular as a parking garage server detected. This can be done, for example, automatically or by a manual login, for example in a known manner by solving a parking ticket.

Is the vehicle 1 For example, an automatically operable motor vehicle and includes a non-illustrated communication interface for wireless communication with the park's own data processing unit 2.1 of the parking garage 2 so can the detection of the vehicle 1 , ie the registration at the park's own data processing unit 2.1 , also done this way.

Alternatively, the vehicle 1 also a conventional, in particular manually operable vehicle 1 be which of the park's own data processing unit 2.1 is detected in other ways, for example, as mentioned above, by manual login.

Is the vehicle 1 an automated vehicle 1 , wireless communication between the vehicle 1 and the park's own data processing unit 2.1 For example, by means of a vehicle-specific radio connection, z. B. Bluetooth or WLAN, are produced. The production of the vehicle-specific radio connection is made at a transfer area, which in particular an entrance area of the parking garage 2 includes. For example, drives a driver of the vehicle 1 in the transfer area and provides the wireless communication of the vehicle 1 with the park's own data processing unit 2.1 manually. Alternatively, the wireless communication may also be automatically between the vehicle 1 and the park's own data processing unit 2.1 be prepared as soon as the vehicle 1 located in the transfer area. In the conventional, in particular manually operable vehicle 1 The registration at the parking lot's own data processing unit also takes place in this transfer area 2.1 For example, in the manual manner described above or otherwise. In the transfer area, the driver can drive the vehicle 1 leave and the parking garage 2 to hand over.

The park's own data processing unit 2.1 contains a digital map of the parking garage 2 as well as information regarding an occupancy of parking areas of the parking garage 2 , As a parking area here is one for a single vehicle 1 intended parking understood. After establishing the wireless communication between the vehicle 1 and the park's own data processing unit 2.1 determines the parkhouse's own data processing unit 2.1 based on the information on the occupancy of the parking areas and on the basis of at least one vehicle and / or user-based criterion, which will be described in more detail below, one for the vehicle 1 provided parking area.

The vehicle and / or user based criterion includes one for the vehicle 1 predicted parking duration, which is based on a previously recorded number of parking events of the vehicle 1 and a parking duration of a respective parking event of the vehicle 1 is predicated. The number of parking events as well as the parking duration associated with each parking event are in the park's own data processing unit 2.1 deposited. To obtain this information, the parking events of the vehicle 1 and the assigned parking duration.

For detecting the parking events and the parking duration is an identification of the vehicle 1 required. For example, the vehicle 1 by means of a parking-house-own detection system 2.2 which z. B. a camera in the transition area and / or in other areas of the parking garage 2 includes, optically detected. The park's own registration system 2.2 is with the park's own data processing unit 2.1 coupled, so that by the optical detection of the vehicle 1 an identification of the vehicle 1 , z. B. based on a vehicle license plate recognition, is possible. Alternatively or additionally, the vehicle 1 on the basis of the vehicle-specific radio connection and / or on the basis of a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication from the parking lot-own data processing unit 2.1 identified.

The park's own data processing unit 2.1 stores the acquired information and transmits it to the external data processing unit 3 which represents, for example, a central processing unit which is connected or connectable to further parking garages (not shown). The other multi-storey car parks can thus use the park's own data processing unit 2.1 collected information about the vehicle 1 be made available so that is available when for the vehicle 1 a parking event is provided in one of the further parking garages. It is also conceivable that the park's own data processing unit 2.1 this information is not collected by itself, but by the external data processing unit 3 retrieves, since this already detected by another, not shown here, parking garage and in the external data processing unit 3 were deposited.

The prediction of a parking duration of the vehicle 1 for the upcoming parking event is thus based on the in-park data processing unit 2.1 deposited or from the park's own data processing unit 2.1 retrieved information. That is, based on a statistical distribution of past park events and their respective parking duration, it is estimated which parking duration is to be expected for the next parking event. If the parking duration is predicted, the parking area in the parking garage is then based on the information on the occupancy of the parking areas and on the basis of the predicted parking duration 2 for the vehicle 1 certainly. The vehicle 1 can then be performed automatically, in particular without the presence of the driver, the intended parking area. This can be done, for example, by the vehicle itself automatically drives to the intended parking area. This is the assistance system of the vehicle 1 via the communication interface the digital map of the parking garage 2 and the location of the designated parking area from the parking lot's own data processing unit 2.1 made available. Alternatively, the vehicle 1 For example, on a transport platform on which the vehicle 1 is parked, transported to the parking area.

Has the vehicle 1 reaches the parking area, this remains there for a desired parking duration, which the driver at the transfer of the vehicle 1 to the parking garage 2 has specified or until the driver of the vehicle 1 request again.

A current parking event and its parking duration are provided by the park's own data processing unit 2.1 stored and sent to the external data processing unit 3 transmitted. Thus, a database can be improved and a quality of the prediction of the parking duration can be increased. By this prediction of the parking duration and the allocation of the intended parking area in dependence thereon may be a waiting time for picking up the vehicle 1 be minimized as the vehicle 1 in this way in time, ie, for example, at the expiration or shortly before expiry of the predicted parking time, transported to the transfer area and provided for collection which can significantly shorten the waiting time.

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vehicle

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car park

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in-house data processing unit

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park house detection system

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external data processing unit

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Cited patent literature

• DE 102015212689 A1 [0003]

Claims (6)

Method for operating an automatic parking garage ( 2 ), in which - at least one in the parking garage ( 2 ) to be parked ( 1 ) of a parking-owned data processing unit ( 2.1 ), - the at least one of the parking lot's own data processing unit ( 2.1 ) detected vehicle ( 1 ) is automatically guided to a predetermined parking area and - the predetermined parking area based on certain criteria by means of the park's own data processing unit ( 2.1 ), characterized in that the predetermined parking area is determined on the basis of a predicted parking duration of the at least one vehicle ( 1 ), the parking duration of the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) based on a previously recorded number of parking events of the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) as well as a parking duration recorded for the respective parking event. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) by means of an in-vehicle registration system ( 2.2 ) is optically detected and based on the optical detection of the park's own data processing unit ( 2.1 ) is identified. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) based on a vehicle-specific radio link from the park's own data processing unit ( 2.1 ) is identified. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) by means of the vehicle-specific radio link with the parking lot's own data processing unit ( 2.1 ) is coupled. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) based on vehicle-to-infrastructure communication from the park-own data processing unit ( 2.1 ) is identified. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the detected number of parking events and the respective parking event associated, detected parking duration of the at least one vehicle ( 1 ) to an external data processing unit ( 3 ), which is connected or connectable with at least one further parking garage.

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