US 12,345,072 B2
Parking facility and parking system
Masayuki Itoh, Nagoya (JP); Iwao Maeda, Nagoya (JP); Tatsuya Sugano, Susono (JP); Norinao Watanabe, Susono (JP); Yutaka Nakamura, Susono (JP); Yoshikazu Jikuhara, Susono (JP); and Yuki Nishikawa, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,392.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-082255 (JP), filed on May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0374808 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 6/36 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 6/36 (2013.01) [B66F 9/063 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking facility for carrying a vehicle into a parking stall or carrying the vehicle out of the parking stall, the parking facility comprising:
a transport vehicle configured to enter a lower space under the vehicle and pick up the vehicle; and
a restricting member configured to move between
a restricting position in which entry of the transport vehicle into the parking stall for carrying the vehicle into the parking stall or carrying the vehicle out of the parking stall is restricted, and
an allowable position in which the entry of the transport vehicle into the parking stall for carrying the vehicle into the parking stall or carrying the vehicle out of the parking stall is allowed, wherein
the restricting member in the restricting position is configured to allow the vehicle to move into the parking stall or move out of the parking stall by self-propulsion,
the restricting member is configured to
protrude from a road surface in the restricting position, and
retract to the road surface in the allowable position, and
the restricting member is configured to
be controlled by a restricting member control device connected to an input/output interface included in a management server, and
be positioned (i) in the restricting position when the vehicle is parked in the parking stall, and (ii) in the allowable position when the transport vehicle carries the vehicle into the parking stall and when the transport vehicle carries the vehicle out of the parking stall.