EP2833329B1 - Method and system for improved performance of a chargeable vehicle parking procedure in a parking facility, computer program and a computer program product - Google Patents

Description

State of the art

The invention relates to a method for the improved implementation of a chargeable vehicle parking process in a parking facility, the parking facility having a plurality of parking spaces for vehicles as well as a retraction device and an extension device.

Methods for performing chargeable vehicle parking processes are generally known. For example, from the publication DE 602 22 631 T2 ( EP 1 358 636 B1 ) a method for paying for a parking space is known, wherein a mobile phone is used to identify a parking column connected to a parking server by dialing a certain number specific to the parking column, the parking server on the one hand informing the user based on the calling telephone number and on the other hand identifies the parking column on the basis of the called number and sends a message to the parking column, the message being an access authorization message which has parameters associated with the user.

With such a method it is disadvantageous that the use of the cell phone is absolutely necessary; ie carrying out a chargeable vehicle parking process in accordance with such a known method, in which, for example, a specific call number has to be dialed, requires the presence of the mobile phone, which can reduce the acceptance of such a method. Further disclosures can be found in the publications EP 1 353 298 A1 , WO 01/88855 A1 , WO 01/90514 A1 , US 6 816 085 B1 , WO 00/46068 A1 , US 2013/117078 A1 , Rainer W During: "Parking garage collects via mobile phone", Der Tagesspiegel, October 13, 2012, XP055073407 , US 2007/057817 A1 emerged.

The invention is based on the object of providing a method for the improved implementation of a chargeable vehicle parking process in a parking facility, whereby on the one hand a simplification and / or acceleration of the parking process or at least partial aspects of the parking process is made possible - such as, for example, the payment or the exit of vehicles from the parking facility - and also better information for a user of the parking facility about the course of the vehicle parking process is possible.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a method for the improved implementation of a chargeable vehicle parking process in a parking facility according to claim 1.

According to the present invention, information relating to the parking process - namely the parking process information - is stored in the mobile telecommunication terminal so that this parking process information can be called up or viewed or processed at any time by the user of the mobile telecommunication terminal can. According to the present invention it is provided that the parking process information is used to pay for the parking process. When entering the parking facility - i.e. when or after passing the entry device of the parking facility - the parking process information is transmitted to the mobile telecommunication terminal. According to the invention, the parking process information is printed on a physically present parking ticket and is recorded by the telecommunication terminal (by means of a camera device or other reading device present in the telecommunication terminal).

According to the invention it is provided that when driving into the parking facility - i. when or after passing the entry device of the parking facility - a parking ticket is created - in particular printed out -.

According to the invention, the parking process information printed or detectable on the physically present parking ticket is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code (in the manner of a (one-dimensional) bar code or in the Type of a (multi-dimensional, in particular two-dimensional) single-color or multi-color bar or point code, in particular a QR code). Such a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal in that the one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code is recorded by means of a camera device or some other detection device of the telecommunication terminal and the information encoded therein is stored and / or processed.

The case of a physically present object or parking ticket is currently the standard case, i.e. the user removes (or pulls) a physically existing parking ticket when passing the entry device of the parking facility (for example after pressing a button or even without pressing a button), typically from a slot in the entry device. According to the invention, it is possible and preferred that such a physically present parking ticket is designed, for example, as a physical object with a magnetic strip in addition to the imprint and / or with other information or devices or features - in particular security features. Such a physical object is according to the invention, for example, as a paper or cardboard card (essentially rectangular) and / or as a plastic card (also essentially rectangular) or as a chip (for example essentially round or oval), in particular made of one suitable for multiple use Plastic material.

According to the invention, at least one payment process for paying for the chargeable vehicle parking process is initiated or carried out with the parking process information located in the mobile telecommunications terminal - after the vehicle has been parked.

• -- Entweder wird eine Zahlung des Parkvorgangs und somit eine Verrechnung über einen (insbesondere mit dem Telekommunikationsendgerät gekoppelten bzw. mit der SIM-Karte innerhalb des Telekommunikationsendgeräts gekoppelten) Mobilfunkvertrag verbucht.
• -- Alternativ wird per Online-Bankverbindung gezahlt oder unter Benutzung eines Online-Bezahldienstes wie etwa "PayPal", unter Benutzung einer Kreditkarte oder über eine Guthabenvorrichtung, insbesondere eine Micropayment-Vorrichtung, wobei ein Geld-Guthaben bis zu einem gewissen Maximalbetrag - entsprechend etwa der Geldkarte - auf einem Medium im mobilen Telekommunikationsendgerät für kleinere Beträge gespeichert wird.

In particular, it is provided that the telecommunications terminal is a programmable telecommunications terminal, in particular in the form of a so-called intelligent telephone (smart phone). An alternative to this is the use of another computer system, something of a portable computer or a tablet computer, as a telecommunications terminal. According to the invention, the telecommunication terminal communicates with a server device of the parking facility (ie a server device that is either only assigned to the parking facility or that of the Parking facility is included) according to the Internet Protocol Standard (TCP / IP). In particular, according to the invention, the billing or payment takes place via the communication between the telecommunications terminal and the server device of the parking facility (or parking facility) and the user can leave the parking facility (in particular a parking garage or parking facility) without using a payment machine. For this purpose, the telecommunication terminal offers the following options for transfer in particular:

• - Either a payment for the parking process and thus an offset is booked via a mobile phone contract (in particular linked to the telecommunications terminal or linked to the SIM card within the telecommunications terminal).
• - Alternatively, payment is made via online bank details or using an online payment service such as "PayPal", using a credit card or a credit device, in particular a micropayment device, with a cash credit up to a certain maximum amount - corresponding to about the cash card - is stored on a medium in the mobile telecommunication terminal for smaller amounts.

With all payment methods, where the scanned data of the parking ticket contains all relevant data, the user is informed about the parking time and the associated costs. The costs can ultimately be requested as an invoice and confirmed after an examination, whereby the payment has been made. In particular, it is preferably possible according to the invention for an invoice for the parking fees incurred to be sent, for example as an Internet file or as an Adobe Reader (PDF) file - in particular by sending it by e-mail. The corresponding required e-mail address is transmitted to the server facility of the parking facility or parking facility with the invoice request.

Following the payment process, a user of the parking facility (from the server facility, ie a server of the parking facility management) receives a code - or an exit authorization information - transmitted into the telecommunication terminal, ie into the user's terminal, which (or . which) entitles them to leave the parking facility. The code or the exit authorization information is preferably transmitted via, in particular, a short-range wireless data transmission connection - in particular via NFC or via Bluetooth or via ZigBee / SRWN - if the user is at a comparatively small distance - typically a few decimeters to a few meters - from the extension device or . to whose housing with the conventional card slot (or to the receiver in front of the cabinet) is or is positioned. In this case, the extension device (or the housing / device of the parking facility) transmits the request to establish a connection (for example a NFC connection task or a Bluetooth connection establishment or a ZigBee / SRWN connection establishment) and receives the code (or the exit authorization information) from the payment after the data transmission connection has been established. The exit authorization information is then checked and a time limit (as part of the exit authorization information or assigned to it) is compared with the current time. If the data or values are within all tolerances, the respective barrier goes up, for example (ie the exit blocking device goes from its second state to its first setting state) and the user can leave the parking facility or the parking facility or the parking garage including the vehicle.

To locate the parked vehicle or the parking facility, location information of the parking facility (such as a GPS coordinate) is transmitted as part of the parking process information (for example as a bar code or as a QR code). Here, the GPS position coordinates in the aforementioned parking process information (for example as the code of the parking ticket) communicate with the customer's mobile device, for example after the customer's GPS request. With GPS and / or radio cell location, routing (direction and relatively precise distance) from the current position of the customer to the parking facility (ie to the position of the vehicle being searched for) can be carried out, for example as a (walking) route or as public transport -Connection or a taxi can be called. For these last two options, the telecommunication terminal recognizes where it is located and suggests the options available on the basis of this information and corresponding network inquiries (including location and available public transport options or local taxi center).

• -- Mängel bei der Übertragung der Parkvorgangs-Information zum Telekommunikationsendgerät (beispielsweise in Folge einer qualitativ schlechten (insbesondere optischen) Erfassung der Parkvorgangs-Information) oder
• -- der nach der Übertragung der Parkvorgangs-Information erfolgende Ausfall des Telekommunikationsendgeräts (etwa durch unzureichende Leistungsfähigkeit der Stromversorgung ("leerer Akku") des Telekommunikationsendgeräts oder wegen Ausfall des Telekommunikationsendgeräts aufgrund eines Softwareproblems ("Absturz")) oder
• -- der Verlust des physischen Objekts durch den Benutzer.

According to the invention, it is provided that a physical object (for example in the form of a parking ticket) is generated or made available in connection with the use of the parking facility and the parking process information is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal registering the parking ticket. This enables, on the one hand, a highly intuitive parking process for a user and, on the other hand, greater alignment with previous experience values when using parking facilities. Furthermore, according to the invention, it is also possible to specify a parking process that is highly secure or robust to disruptive events, or a method for carrying out the parking process. Examples of such disturbance events relate to, for example

• Defects in the transmission of the parking process information to the telecommunication terminal (for example as a result of poor quality (especially optical) detection of the parking process information) or
• - the failure of the telecommunications terminal that occurs after the parking process information has been transmitted (e.g. due to insufficient performance of the Power supply ("empty battery") of the telecommunication terminal or due to failure of the telecommunication terminal due to a software problem ("crash")) or
• - the loss of the physical object by the user.

In the event that, for example, the transmission of the parking process information to the telecommunication terminal was not carried out or was not carried out successfully, it is usually still possible to complete the parking process properly when using the physical object; in particular, it can be demonstrated with the aid of the physical object When, for example, the parking process was started (also in cases in which, for example, the transmission of the parking process information to the mobile telecommunications terminal has failed or the functionality of the telecommunications terminal is not available due to an empty battery or a crash of a software component. Conversely, the transmission of the parking process information into the telecommunication terminal and its use by the telecommunication terminal has the advantage that with the help of the parking process stored in the telecommunication terminal or retrievable by the telecommunication terminal s information, when the parking process was started (also in cases in which the physical object was lost, for example) can be clearly explained. This is a problem with conventional methods in parking processes, in which a physical object must be used, when the physical object has been lost by the user; in this case, an increased parking fee is generally to be paid to the parking facility or its operator.

According to the invention, it is provided that a payment process for the parking process in the parking facility can be carried out by transmitting the parking process information to the telecommunications terminal. According to the invention, it is preferably either provided that the parking process information represents information that by itself enables the user of the telecommunication terminal to initiate and carry out the payment for the parking process and / or additional information regarding the duration and / or the amount so far display the costs incurred for the parking process. This is particularly the case in the situation in which - in time before the initiation of the parking process - a software component (to pay for the parking process and / or to display additional information regarding the duration and / or the costs incurred up to now), in particular in the form a so-called application or "app" was stored in the telecommunication terminal. Alternatively, according to the invention, it is also possible and preferred that the parking process information represents information that does not enable the user of the telecommunication terminal to initiate and carry out the payment for the parking process, but communication with a server device the parking facility (or with a server facility at least assigned to the parking facility). For this alternative scenario, the invention provides that a communication connection between the telecommunication terminal on the one hand and the server device assigned to the parking facility is set up at least once.

According to the invention, it is provided that in a fourth process step following the first process step, information about the duration and / or the costs of the parking process incurred to date is displayed on a display device of the telecommunication terminal based on the parking process information.

This makes it possible according to the invention that even during the parking process, i. In particular in the situation in which a user is away from the parking facility or the vehicle, information from the user regarding the duration and / or the costs incurred to date is possible for the parking process, which is possible when using only a physical object with a static one Imprint (which indicates the start of the parking process) would not be possible or would only be possible with considerably greater effort - especially in the event that, for example, different parking rates have to be taken into account at different times of the day and / or days of the week.

According to the invention, it is also provided that during the first method step, the parking process information is printed on a physically available parking ticket, in particular in the form of a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code, in particular a QR code, it being provided in particular that the parking ticket for Leaving the parking facility is usable. In this way, it is advantageously possible in a simple manner that a higher degree of functional reliability is brought about when the parking process is carried out, because in addition to wireless transmission of information to the telecommunications terminal (which can be faulty under certain circumstances), the parking ticket is also available for carrying out the parking process . This advantageously creates a higher degree of redundancy. According to the invention, a physical object (in the form of a parking ticket) is generated or made available in connection with the use of the parking facility and the parking process information is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal. This enables, on the one hand, a highly intuitive parking process for a user and, on the other hand, greater alignment with previous experience values when using parking facilities. Furthermore, it is also possible according to the invention to provide a highly secure or opposite Indicate disruptive events robust parking process or a method for carrying out the parking process.

Furthermore, it is also preferably provided that a list of free parking spaces, in particular based on their numbers and in particular with associated location information of these free spaces, is automatically displayed or transmitted - in particular to the telecommunications terminal - during the first method step, in particular while driving into the parking facility .

This advantageously makes it possible for targeted information to take place about currently free parking spaces and thus the parking process can also be carried out more efficiently. In particular, it is provided that a list of free parking spaces (e.g. parking numbers) with the location information of these free spaces - or a graphic representation of the free parking spaces and / or a graphic representation of the locations of the free parking spaces - is automatically transmitted when entering the parking facility / parking garage or - if nothing is free - corresponding information about the nearest parking garage with free spaces is displayed or transmitted. It is optionally provided to transmit navigation information so that the route to the next parking garage is displayed or transmitted. In particular, it is preferably provided that - in the event that no parking space is free in the parking facility, information about another parking facility with free spaces, in particular the closest parking garage, is displayed or transmitted to the telecommunication terminal. Optionally, navigation information is also transmitted so that the route there is displayed or transmitted.

• -- entweder zum Telekommunikationsendgerät übertragen wird und anschließend von dem Telekommunikationsendgerät zu der Ausfahrvorrichtung übertragen wird
• -- oder zu der Ausfahrvorrichtung
  übertragen wird,
  wobei die Ausfahrvorrichtung eine Ausfahrblockiervorrichtung aufweist, wobei die Ausfahrblockiervorrichtung das Verlassen der Parkeinrichtung durch das Fahrzeug zu erschweren oder zu verhindern in der Lage ist, wobei die Ausfahrblockiervorrichtung wenigstens in einen ersten Zustand und in einen zweiten Zustand einstellbar ist, wobei der ersten Zustand einem geöffneten, die Ausfahrt des Fahrzeugs ermöglichenden Zustand entspricht und der zweite Zustand einem geschlossenen, die Ausfahrt des Fahrzeugs nicht ermöglichenden Zustand entspricht, wobei in einem dem fünften Verfahrensschritt nachfolgenden sechsten Verfahrensschritt das Verlassen der Parkeinrichtung durch das Fahrzeug durch Einstellung des ersten Zustands der Ausfahrblockiervorrichtung ermöglicht wird.

Furthermore, it is also preferably provided according to the invention that in a fifth method step following the third method step after payment for the vehicle parking process, exit authorization information is provided

• - is either transmitted to the telecommunications terminal and then transmitted from the telecommunications terminal to the extension device
• - or to the extension device
  is transmitted,
  wherein the extension device has an extension blocking device, the extension blocking device being able to make it difficult or impossible for the vehicle to leave the parking facility, the extension blocking device being adjustable at least in a first state and in a second state, the first state being an open, corresponds to the state enabling the vehicle to exit, and the second state corresponds to a closed state which does not enable the vehicle to exit, wherein in one the fifth method step following sixth method step, leaving the parking facility by the vehicle is made possible by setting the first state of the exit blocking device.

This advantageously means that no physical object (for example through an open window of the vehicle) has to be transferred to the withdrawable device, but rather that without transferring a physical object to the withdrawable device and exclusively by transferring the - after payment of the vehicle- Parking process generated - exit authorization information for the exit device (either by generating the exit authorization information in the telecommunication terminal as a result of the processing of the payment process and or by generating the exit authorization information outside the telecommunication terminal and transmitting it first to the telecommunication terminal and then to the exit device) leaving the parking facility is made possible by the vehicle.

• -- NFC-Standard (Near Field Communication Standard),
• -- Bluetooth-Standard,
• -- WLAN-Standard (Wirless Local Area Network Standard).

According to the invention, it is also particularly preferably provided that the transmission of the exit authorization information to the extension device takes place wirelessly in the fifth method step, in particular using at least one protocol according to one of the following standards for wireless data transmission:

• - NFC standard (Near Field Communication Standard),
• - Bluetooth standard,
• - WLAN standard (Wireless Local Area Network Standard).

In this way, according to the invention, it is advantageously possible for a large number of common telecommunication terminals to be used, since established and common standard transmission methods are used. In particular, it is preferably possible according to the invention that the transmission of the exit authorization information to the extension device in the fifth method step can take place via more than one standard for wireless data transmission, whereby a prioritization or ranking of different transmission standards is preferably observed, ie if available with regard to the device functionality, a certain predefined standard for wireless data transmission is preferred over other standards for wireless data transmission. In this way, according to the invention, it is advantageously possible that different functionality profiles of different telecommunication terminals can be used flexibly; Bluetooth-enabled telecommunications terminal (which for example can also be WLAN-capable) the exit authorization information is transmitted via Bluetooth.

According to the invention, it is also particularly preferred that a vehicle detection is carried out in a seventh method step, in particular a license plate detection of the vehicle, the seventh method step being carried out before the first method step, during the first method step or after the first method step.

In this way, according to the invention, it is advantageously possible for the vehicle to be unambiguously recognized and thus for a parking process to be assigned to a vehicle. The identification or the recognition (and assignment) of a parking process does not take place exclusively on the basis of the parking process information (which in the general case (i.e. without the recognition of the vehicle, in particular through a license plate recognition or license plate recognition) would have to take place independently of the vehicle due to the lack of a clear assignment criterion ), but it becomes possible to couple the parking process information with a detection information uniquely assigned to a vehicle.

According to the invention, this has the further advantage that a vehicle detection or vehicle detection is not only possible with the retraction device (or the extension device) (ie only at the beginning and / or end of the vehicle parking process), but also during the vehicle parking process, in particular while the vehicle is parked. Thus, according to the invention, it is possible, for example, that automated (via the use of further vehicle detection devices, for example in different levels or areas of the parking facility) - i.e. without further user interaction - at least the approximate spatial parking location (ie the level or the area within the parking facility) of the parked vehicle can be determined individually for each vehicle, so that when the user returns to the parking facility, information about where can be made available to the user in a simple manner the vehicle is (at least approximately) spatially. It is clear that, given the presence of a vehicle registration for a specific parking space, it is even possible to guide the user within the parking facility to the parked vehicle in a way that is specific to the parking space or is precise to the parking space.

The registration of the registration number of the vehicle is also advantageously possible according to the invention for the registration of the registration number of vehicles which have visited the parking facility (or the parking facility) and possibly still remain there. This would mean that car thefts from vehicles from toll parking facilities would be strong to restrict. The present invention thus offers increased security against car theft, in particular through detection devices in the form of cameras at the entrance and exit barriers, which are attached to positions from where a license plate would be easy to read, and using software on one or more server devices of the Parking facility or parking facility that evaluates the image representations of the detection device (for example at the barriers of the entry and exit devices) and can therefore read license plates. This makes it possible, according to the invention, that a parking process that was associated with a specific vehicle (or license plate) can also only be ended again with this specific vehicle (or license plate), with the acquisition of further vehicle-specific variables (in particular the approximate Vehicle weight and / or the lane width, for example by means of measuring plates for the vehicle weight and the track width on the entry and exit device) the success rate of attempts at fraud (such as changing the license plate number of one or more vehicles) can be reduced. According to the invention, license plate detection or generally vehicle detection has the further advantage that all license plates of vehicles are registered in the parking facility, including further information such as when a vehicle entered the parking facility or when the vehicle left the parking facility. In this respect, very quick and important search successes are also possible; Police searches for such vehicles could be successfully completed within a few seconds if the police are looking for a vehicle with a known number plate. As soon as a stolen vehicle is parked in such a parking facility, the license plate would be registered and corresponding data would be available at least very promptly (for example "real time"), also for certain authorities.

The vehicle detection or the license plate detection can be optimized even further by detecting the vehicle weight and / or the vehicle lane width (i.e. in particular with measuring plates for the vehicle weight and possibly measuring devices for the lane width). Except for vehicles of the same type or the same category that are stolen, the vehicle readings and license plates could be checked in particular when entering the parking facility and when driving out of the parking facility. Thus, according to the invention, it is advantageously also possible that police searches for vehicles can be ended very efficiently, in particular within a very short period of time, when a vehicle with the desired license number is in a parking facility according to the invention.

According to the invention, it is also preferably provided that at least the first, second and third method step is carried out by a plurality of different vehicles, wherein the sixth method step is carried out in direct succession for the plurality of different vehicles in such a way that the extension blocking device is continuously in its first state during the respective execution of the sixth method step for the plurality of different vehicles. This advantageously makes it possible for a plurality of vehicles to exit the parking facility in an accelerated manner and still be certain that none of the vehicles can exit the parking facility without properly carrying out the associated payment process. In conventional parking facilities, provision is typically made for the entry device and / or the extension device to have only a limited - and in many situations insufficient - capacity for handling vehicles entering or leaving. One way to reduce this problem is to set up several retraction devices and / or extension devices that can be operated in parallel, with the disadvantage, however, that the provision of several retraction devices and / or extension devices that can be operated in parallel requires a considerable amount of additional space and costs (in particular Several lanes that can be used in parallel are required that take up considerable space that can normally also be used for other purposes, for example to increase the number of parking spaces and thus the capacity of the parking facility; furthermore, an entry device or an extension device is usually included for each of the lanes that can be used in parallel associated entry blocking devices and / or exit blocking devices required). It is possible with a comparatively little additional effort that at least the exit from the parking facility can be significantly accelerated because the exit blocking device can permanently remain in its first state (ie enabling the vehicle to exit) and does not have to be closed after each vehicle. In conventional known parking facilities, when a physical object is used, it is generally necessary that the physical object must be introduced into a receiving device of the extension device when it is being moved out of the parking device - typically into a slot in the extension device. Here, the vehicle must be positioned in relation to the extension device in such a way that the physical object can be introduced into the receiving device of the extension device through the (side) window of the vehicle, which is usually openable. The comparatively precise positioning of the vehicle is associated with additional expenditure of time and coordination effort on the part of the vehicle driver. After positioning the vehicle relative to the Extension device, the physical object must be introduced into the receiving device of the extension device, which can usually only be done when the vehicle is stationary (relative to the extension device) in order to reduce contact between the vehicle and the extension device. After the physical object has been brought into the receiving device of the extension device, the processing and release of the extension device (i.e. the checking of the exit authorization information as well as the setting of the first (open or allowing the vehicle to exit) state of the extension blocking device starting from the second (closed or closed) . The exit of the vehicle blocking) state of the exit blocking device) associated with a further time delay. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in which the sixth method step is carried out in direct succession for the plurality of different vehicles in such a way that the exit blocking device is continuously in its first state during the respective execution of the sixth method step for the plurality of different vehicles It is therefore provided that the sixth method step for a vehicle and the fifth method step for a (subsequent) further vehicle are at least partially temporally superimposed, ie while the sixth method step is being carried out for the vehicle in front (ie the vehicle is moving out of the parking facility) the fifth method step is carried out simultaneously for the following vehicle or even for a plurality of following vehicles (in each case), whereby overall the handling capacity or throughput capacity of the exit device Increased attention to the parking facility, the waiting time, especially in situations in which a large number of users of the parking facility want to leave the parking facility more or less at the same time, e.g. after a concert or theater performance, can be reduced and the convenience of using the parking facility can be increased. For how many following vehicles the fifth method step is carried out or can be carried out at least partially overlapping in time, while the sixth method step is carried out for the vehicle ahead, results according to the invention, for example, from the average time required to carry out the fifth or sixth method step in each case.

• -- eine Bezahlung unter Nutzung eines Mobilfunkvertrags des Telekommunikationsendgeräts,
• -- eine Bezahlung unter Nutzung einer Online-Bankverbindung,
• -- eine Bezahlung unter Nutzung eines Micropayment-Dienstes,
• -- eine Bezahlung unter Nutzung einer Guthabenvorrichtung wie etwa eine Geldkarte.

Furthermore, it is preferred according to the invention that at least one of the following payment methods is used to pay for the vehicle parking process:

• - a payment using a mobile phone contract for the telecommunications terminal,
• - a payment using an online bank account,
• - a payment using a micropayment service,
• - Payment using a credit device such as a cash card.

In this way, according to the invention, a particularly simple and convenient payment for the parking process is possible.

• -- eine Datumsinformation des Fahrzeug-Parkvorgangs und
• -- eine Anfangszeit und eine Endzeit des Fahrzeug-Parkvorgangs,

wobei insbesondere wenigstens eine der nachfolgend genannten Informationen zum Telekommunikationsendgerät übertragen werden:

• -- das amtliche Kennzeichen des Fahrzeugs,
• -- der Name des Benutzers des Telekommunikationsendgeräts und/oder des Fahrzeugs,
• -- die Adressangaben des Benutzers des Telekommunikationsendgeräts und/oder des Fahrzeugs.

Furthermore, it is provided according to the invention that the following information must be transmitted to the telecommunications terminal during payment processing:

• - a date information of the vehicle parking process and
• - a start time and an end time of the vehicle parking process,

whereby in particular at least one of the following information is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal:

• - the vehicle's registration number,
• - the name of the user of the telecommunication terminal and / or the vehicle,
• - The address details of the user of the telecommunications terminal and / or the vehicle.

This particularly facilitates the subsequent checking and invoicing of the parking process.

Further details, features and advantages of the invention emerge from the drawings and from the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. The drawings merely illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention, which do not restrict the essential inventive concept.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1

shows a schematic view (in plan view) of a parking facility with a plurality of parking spaces for parking vehicles, with a plurality of - in the illustrated example three - vehicles and with an entry device and an extension device of the parking facility.

Figure 2

shows a schematic view of a parking ticket for use in or with a method according to the invention or with a system for the improved implementation of a chargeable parking process in the parking facility, and a telecommunications terminal for use in or in a method according to the invention.

Figure 3

shows a schematic view of a flow chart for implementing the method according to the invention for use in a system.

Figure 4

shows a schematic view of a system of a parking facility with a telecommunication terminal, the parking facility according to FIG Figure 1 as designed with a plurality of parking spaces for the parking of vehicles, with a plurality of vehicles and with a retraction device and an extension device, wherein the system of the parking facility further comprises server devices and databases.

Embodiments of the invention

In the various figures, the same parts are always provided with the same reference numerals and are therefore usually only named or mentioned once.

In Figure 1 is a schematic view (in plan view) of a parking facility with a plurality of parking spaces for parking vehicles. The parking facility as a whole is denoted by the reference number 10 and has, for example, a rectangular base area. In the example shown, the Figure 1 three vehicles 21, 22, 23 are shown schematically, which are intended to represent a plurality of vehicles parked in the parking facility.

The parking facility 10 also has a retraction device 11 and an extension device 12. In both the retraction device 11 and the extension device 12, it is typically provided that a lane or a lane area or a lane section (lane length section) is present, which for exactly one vehicle when passing the entry device 11 or the extension device 12 is provided or on which or on which there is typically exactly one vehicle 21, 22, 23 during the entry into the parking facility 10 or the exit from the parking facility 10. The lane or the lane area or the lane section (lane length section) of the entry device 11 is shown schematically with an arrow in the direction of the parking facility 10, while the lane or the lane section. the lane area or the lane section (lane length section) of the extension device 12 is shown with an arrow pointing away from the parking facility. Typically, the entry device 11 has an entry-blocking device and / or the extension device 12 has an exit-blocking device, the entry-blocking device being able to block the entry of vehicles into the parking facility 10 and the exit-blocking device blocking the entry or exit of vehicles from the parking facility 10 is able to block. Typically, the exit blocking device is designed as a barrier or a barrier device and / or the entry blocking device is designed as a further barrier or as a further barrier device (or one and the same barrier device is provided for use both with the entry device 11 and with the extension device 12 ).

The retraction device 11 and the extension device 12 are shown formed side by side by way of example only; According to alternative embodiments of the parking facility according to the invention, it is also possible and preferred that the retraction device 11 is arranged remotely from the extension device 12 or that an integrated retraction and extension device is provided, with such an integrated retraction and extension device the functionalities of both the retraction device as well as the extension device is able to take over.

In the exemplary representation according to Figure 1 a first vehicle - denoted by the reference number 21 - is shown in such a way that the entry device 11 has just been passed, ie the first vehicle 21 has just entered the parking facility 10. Furthermore, in the representation according to FIG Figure 1 a second vehicle - denoted by the reference number 22 - and a third vehicle - denoted by the reference number 23 - shown as being parked in one of the parking spaces of the parking facility 10.

In Figure 2 is a schematic view of a parking ticket 15 for use in or in a method according to the invention or with a system for the improved implementation of a chargeable parking process in the parking facility. Also shows Figure 2 a telecommunication terminal 25 for use in or in a method according to the invention. According to the present invention, the parking ticket 15 has parking process information 30. According to the invention, the parking process information 30 is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal 25. In principle, the parking process information 30 can also be transmitted directly to the telecommunication terminal 25 (ie the parking process information is transmitted to the mobile telecommunication terminal 25 without a physically present object, ie directly, in particular by means of a wireless data transmission medium such as, in particular, a Radio transmission); however, the parking process information 30 may also be present on the parking ticket 15 in this case (in the event that, for example, there is a situation in which the parking process information 30 cannot be transmitted directly to the telecommunication terminal 25, or for one case that there was a transmission error in the direct transmission of the parking process information to the telecommunication terminal 25 and the transmission of the parking process information 30 should take place from the parking ticket 15 to the telecommunication terminal 25). According to the invention, a parking ticket 15 is present on which the parking process information 30 is present in a printed form or in a visible form or in a detectable form.

According to the invention it is provided that (in the case of a transfer of the parking process information 30 from the parking ticket 15 to the telecommunication terminal 25) that is done by means of a camera device present in the telecommunication terminal 25 (not shown and not explicitly shown by means of a reference symbol) or by means of another reading device the parking information 30 is detected. The parking process information 30 printed or detectable on the physically present parking ticket 15 is a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code (in the form of a (one-dimensional) bar code or in the form of a (multi-dimensional, in particular two-dimensional) monochrome or multi-color bar code. or point codes, especially a QR code). Such a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code is transmitted to telecommunication terminal 25 in particular by capturing the one-dimensional or multi-dimensional code by means of the camera device or some other detection device of telecommunication terminal 25 and storing and / or processing the information encoded therein.

The in Figure 2 The QR code shown is only intended to be an example of a two-dimensional code. Furthermore, the conventional magnetic stripe can still be present on such a parking ticket, so that users can also use the parking facility 10 entirely without a telecommunications terminal or at least without a telecommunications terminal in the form of an intelligent telecommunications terminal (smart phone or tablet). All conventionally used accounting data are stored on the magnetic strip, if present. The presence of the parking ticket represents a fallback solution in the event that the mobile communication of the telecommunications terminal (for whatever reason, i.e. internal to the telecommunications terminal (e.g. power failure or crash) or external to the telecommunications terminal (e.g. no network coverage or the like)) does not works or it took too long to drive out of the park. In such cases, if you have a parking ticket or a parking ticket, you can still pay at a machine or in the park office.

Figure 3 shows a schematic view of a flow chart for implementing the method according to the invention for use in a system. In a first process step 401, the method is started after the user has arrived at the parking facility 10; a branch is then made to a second process step 402. In the second process step 402, the user releases the parking ticket 15 from the entry device 11. A one-dimensional or two-dimensional code is printed on the parking ticket 15; a branch is then made to a third process step 403. In the third process step 403, the printed one-dimensional or two-dimensional code is scanned by means of the telecommunication terminal 25. This means that all important information relating to the parking process, in particular the registered start time of the parking process, is stored in the telecommunication terminal 25, in particular in the form of a so-called smart phone, ie a programmable telecommunication terminal 25, or at least via the telecommunication terminal 25 (namely using one initiated by the telecommunication terminal 25 Data transmission connection to the server device of the parking facility 10) accessible. The user can leave the vehicle 21, 22, 23 parked. At any point in time, the user has the option of viewing or consulting the elapsed parking time and the costs associated therewith via a query using the telecommunication terminal 25; a branch is then made to a fourth process step 404. In the fourth process step 404, the user returns to the vehicle 21, 22, 23; a branch is then made to a fifth process step 405. In the fifth process step 405, it is checked whether the amount to be paid for the parking service should be paid by means of the telecommunication terminal 25 or not. In the first case, a branch is made to a sixth process step 406; in the second case a branch is made to a twelfth process step 412. In the sixth process step 406 it is checked whether the date and / or the amount to be paid is correct or not. In the first case, a branch is made to a seventh process step 407; in the second case a branch is made to an eleventh process step 411. In the seventh process step 407, the payment process is carried out and exit authorization information is transmitted to the telecommunication terminal 25, in particular using the server device of the parking facility 10; a branch is then made to an eighth sequence step 408. In the eighth process step 408, the user returns to the vehicle 21, 22, 23, starts it and begins to leave the parking facility 10 or moves the vehicle 21, 22, 23 in the direction of the exit or the extension device 12. In the eighth process step 408 also the exit authorization information from telecommunication terminal 25 transmitted to the extension device 12, in particular by means of wireless communication according to an NFC standard (Near Field Communication); a branch is then made to a ninth sequence step 409. In the ninth sequence step 409, it is checked whether the date and the duration of the parking process are correct and whether an exit tolerance time interval has not yet been exceeded or has been exceeded. In the first case, a branch is made to a tenth process step 410; otherwise a branch is made to the eleventh process step 411. In the tenth sequence step 410, the extension blocking device belonging to the extension device 12 is set in its first (open) state so that the vehicle 21, 22, 23 is able to drive out of the parking facility 10. The parking process is thus ended. In the eleventh process step 411, the parking ticket or the parking process is paid for in accordance with conventional methods, in particular at a counter, and the parking ticket is coded accordingly (ie the exit authorization information is coded on the parking ticket), for example in a magnetizable area; a branch is then made to a fourteenth process step 414. In the fourteenth process step 414, the user returns to the vehicle 21, 22, 23, starts it and begins to leave the parking facility 10 or moves the vehicle 21, 22, 23 in the direction of the exit or the exit device 12. The parking ticket 15 is in a receiving device, in particular a slot, introduced into the extension device 12; a branch is then made to the ninth sequence step 409. In the twelfth process step 412 it is checked whether the parking ticket 15 is to be paid for at a counter or at a machine; in the first case a branch is made to the eleventh process step 411; otherwise a branch is made to a thirteenth process step 413. In the thirteenth process step 413, the parking ticket 15 is paid for at a machine; a branch is then made to the fourteenth process step 414.

In the communication between the telecommunication terminal 25 and the server device of the parking facility 10, in addition to the scanning of the parking ticket 15 and the request for exit authorization information, the date of the parking process, the start time and the end time of the parking process are also specified. To this end, the license plate number of the vehicle 21, 22, 23 can optionally be specified in a mask. Furthermore, in connection with the respective network operator, it is also possible to transfer personal data such as name, address, postcode and place of residence for invoicing. For all payment types, the user is informed about the parking duration and the associated costs for payments, whereby the scanned data of the parking ticket contains all relevant data. Finally, an invoice can be requested for the costs and confirmed after an examination. What is not claimed is the possibility that the parking facility 10 and / or the vehicle 21, 22, 23 will be located within the parking facility 10. The information is here at which point or at which coordinates of a satellite navigation system, for example the GPS system (Global Positioning System), the parking facility 10 is located or at which point the vehicle 21, 22, 23 is located within the parking facility 10 , stored in the telecommunication terminal 25. The information about the position of the vehicle 21, 22, 23 within the parking facility 10 can also be stored, for example, by means of a one-dimensional bar code if such a bar code is attached to the floor or in the area of the parking facility.

Using the stored location information, it is thus possible for a user of the parking facility 10 to return to the parking facility 10 and, within the parking facility 10, to return to the vehicle 21, 22, 23.

In Figure 4 a system of a parking facility 10 with a telecommunications terminal 25 is shown schematically, the parking facility 10 (based on the representation according to FIG Figure 1 ) as designed with a plurality of parking spaces for the parking of vehicles, with a plurality of vehicles and with an entry device 11 and an extension device 12, the system of the parking facility 10 also having at least one server device 16 or a plurality of server devices 16 and / or databases 16. The system also has a billing system 13 and billing devices 14, the billing devices, billing system 13 and server device 16 or the plurality of server devices 16 being connected to one another via network connections by wire or wireless. The parking facility 10 - and thus also the system - has, in particular as part of the drive-in device 11 (as in FIG Figure 4 represented by a summarizing dashed line) one or a plurality of optical sensors 17, in particular video cameras 17, furthermore further detection devices 18 and further sensors 19 (in particular other optical sensors (such as light barriers or the like), NFC sensors, etc.) and possibly additional sensors 17 '(such as weight sensors, pressure sensors, optical sensors for detecting the track width and / or the center distance of vehicles). The example in Figure 4 The illustrated vehicle 21 (or first vehicle 21) has a license plate 24 (or a front license plate and a rear license plate) and possibly an RFID chip 26 for identifying the vehicle.

• -- einen Sensor oder
• -- Nahfeldtechnologie unter Nutzung des Telekommunikationsendgeräts 25, d.h. das Telekommunikationsendgerät wird an eine bestimmte Stelle (bzw. in einer gewissen Entfernung von einer bestimmten Stelle) des Erfassungsgeräts 18 gehalten, etwa im Bereich von 10 cm bis 200 cm, besonders bevorzugt von max. 100 cm (damit keine Erfassung bzw. Aktivierung durch andere vorbeifahrende Fahrzeuge erfolgen kann, aber dennoch der Vorgang aus dem Innenraum des Fahrzeugs heraus (d.h. erfindungsgemäß insbesondere ohn2e geöffnete Fenster) durchgeführt werden kann; oder
• -- manuell (d.h. insbesondere durch (physische) Betätigung beispielsweise einer Taste oder eines berührungsempfindlichen Bildschirms).

An exemplary sequence of the method according to the invention with identification number detection is shown below. With the vehicle 21, the user approaches the entry device 11 of the parking facility 10, ie in particular the parking barriers or the barrier system where a detection device 18 is located, in particular as part of the entry device 11. For example, the acquisition device 18 is a ticket issuing machine. According to the invention, the detection device 18 is activated, for example, by:

• - a sensor or
• - Near field technology using the telecommunications terminal 25, ie the telecommunications terminal is held at a certain point (or at a certain distance from a certain point) of the detection device 18, for example in the range of 10 cm to 200 cm, particularly preferably from max. 100 cm (so that no detection or activation by other passing vehicles can take place, but the process can still be carried out from the interior of the vehicle (ie according to the invention in particular without open windows); or
• - manually (ie in particular by (physical) actuation of a button or a touch-sensitive screen, for example).

In the further course of the transfer of the detection by means of video camera 17 of the car license number to the recording device 18 or a transfer of the detection by means of an RFID reader of the car license plate to the recording device 18. This last possibility assumes that the vehicle has a license plate in the form of one or more readable RFID chips 26 is equipped. According to the invention, however, alternative operation is also possible without detecting the identifier. In this case, an identification code generated during the generation of charge data can be used for later identification.

The video cameras 17 (or the further sensors 17 ') or the RFID reader should be located in the immediate vicinity of the detection device 18, namely at positions at which the license plate number can be clearly assigned. Ideally, when the detection device 18 is activated, the license plate is also read.

The video camera 17 (or the plurality of video cameras 17 or further sensors 17 ') and detection device 18 should be synchronized in time. The license plate transmitted to the registration device 18 should also contain the time information. This allows the time information of the recording device 18 to be compared with the time information of the recording of the license plate. According to the invention, this forms an additional security mechanism and enables an unambiguous assignment of identifiers on the one hand and the charge data generated by the recording device on the other. This counteracts incorrect detection of other passing cars, for example in the case of reading in the license plate by means of RFID, and thus increases the functional reliability of the method or system according to the invention.

Subsequently, a code or parking process information is generated by the acquisition device 18, which contains the charge data and / or a corresponding reference (in particular as a so-called URL link, universal resource locator). The code or the parking process information can preferably be a QR code, but also a barcode or other electronically / machine-readable codes.

• -- Name und Adresse der Parkanlage,
• -- Datum und Uhrzeit,
• -- GPS Positionskoordinaten,
• -- angepassten URL für die Infos zu Öffnungszeiten und Parkgebühren,
• -- Kennzeichen des parkenden Fahrzeugs, wofür die Parkvorgangs-Information angefordert wurde.

According to the invention, the information contained therein relates at least to:

• - name and address of the park,
• -- Date and Time,
• - GPS position coordinates,
• - adapted URL for information on opening times and parking fees,
• - License plate number of the parked vehicle, for which the parking process information was requested.

• -- über optische oder mechanische Sensoren die Spurweite des Fahrzeugs,
• -- über Drucksensoren bzw. Kraftsensoren das Gewicht des Fahrzeugs,
• -- über magnetische Sensoren das Magnetfeld des Fahrzeugs bzw. die Störung des vorhandenen (Erd)Magnetfeldes) durch das Vorhandensein des Fahrzeugs.

Furthermore, such additional data for the control and identification of the vehicle can be recorded via various sensor systems 17, 17 ', 7, such as:

• - the track width of the vehicle via optical or mechanical sensors,
• - the weight of the vehicle via pressure sensors or force sensors,
• - the magnetic field of the vehicle or the disturbance of the existing (earth) magnetic field) by the presence of the vehicle via magnetic sensors.

On the one hand, the recording device outputs the generated parking process information (or charge data) to the user and, on the other hand, also transmits this to the accounting system 13. The parking process information can be output, for example, via the ticket printout (if a ticket is available) but also via near field technology the telecommunication terminal 25 (e.g. transmission to the telecommunication terminal 25 by means of "holding out" or behind closed windows via "aligning" with near-field technology, with a maximum distance in the range of approx. Activation can be carried out by other passing vehicles, but you can still carry out the process in the vehicle without an open window.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, a parking ticket is issued in each case, whereupon the conventional data (start date of the parking process and start time) of the parking process are recorded. A bar or QR code is required for this printed on the parking ticket, which can be scanned with the corresponding electronic devices, ie the telecommunication terminal 25 with corresponding functionalities. The retraction device can now transfer into the first (open) state, so that the vehicle can drive into the parking facility 10.

Each time the electronically readable charge data (bar or QR code, etc.) is read in / scanned in by means of a telecommunication terminal 25, a parking application preinstalled on the telecommunication terminal 25 connects the telecommunication terminal 25 to the accounting system 13. The identification takes place in particular by means of the car registration number, otherwise by means of an identification code generated during the generation of the charge data (or the parking process information).

• -- die Uhrzeit,
• -- die GPS Positionskoordinaten der Parkeinrichtung und/oder des Fahrzeugs innerhalb der Parkeinrichtung,
• -- das Autokennzeichnen,
• -- die aufgelaufenen Gebühren.

The user receives the parking process information or the charge data on the telecommunication terminal 25, so at least:

• -- the time of day,
• - the GPS position coordinates of the parking facility and / or the vehicle within the parking facility,
• - car registration,
• - the accrued fees.

In a further embodiment, the user can also get the future parking costs displayed, such as. B. how much each additional hour or half hour costs.

In a further embodiment, the user can also see the future parking costs by entering a certain period of time, e.g. B. how much each additional day costs.

In a further embodiment, the user can be suggested a route to the parking facility based on the GPS position coordinates of the parking facility and his current position.

In an alternative embodiment, the parking process information or the fee data are transmitted as a code (QR code, barcode, etc ...) to the mobile device using near-field technology and stored there, so that the connection of the telecommunications terminal 25 with the Billing system 13 takes place.

When the electronically readable parking process information or charge data (QR code, barcode, etc.) is read in or scanned in at a charge accounting device 14 - which is connected to the accounting system 13 - the payment process is started. In an alternative embodiment, the parking process information or the charge data are already stored as a code (QR code, barcode ... etc ...) on the telecommunication terminal 25, so that by activating a preinstalled application the Connection of the telecommunication terminal 25 to the accounting system 13 takes place and the user can indicate there that the payment should be made.

1. a) die Bezahlungsbestätigungsdaten auf das Ticket gedruckt (vom Gebührenabrechnungssystem) oder
2. b) die Bezahlungsbestätigungsdaten auf das Telekommunikationsendgerät 25 übertragen oder
3. c) im Abrechnungssystem 13 für diese bestimmte Parkvorgangs-Information bzw. für diese bestimmten Gebührendaten abgespeichert oder
4. d) nur im Abrechnungssystem für diesen bestimmten, mittels Autokennzeichnen identifizierten Benutzer die Information über die erfolgte Bezahlung abgespeichert.

All possible payment alternatives are conceivable, such as B. via credit card, PayPal, (mobile) telephone bill, etc. When payment has been made, depending on the alternative

1. a) the payment confirmation data is printed on the ticket (from the billing system) or
2. b) transmit the payment confirmation data to telecommunication terminal 25 or
3. c) stored or in the accounting system 13 for this specific parking process information or for this specific charge data
4. d) the information about the payment made is only stored in the accounting system for this specific user identified by means of the car identification.

Furthermore, it is provided according to the invention that the payment is initiated via the telecommunication terminal 25 and the associated invoice is then requested via a functionality, which is then sent as z. B. PDF or Internet file is sent to the email address provided. In particular, under the two last-mentioned cases - cases c) and d) - the payment confirmation or the exit authorization information is transmitted to the extension device 12 or to all extension devices 12 (or all detection devices) and stored there for a certain predetermined period of time, z. B. for 15 minutes or 20 minutes. This is to avoid a timeout being recognized when the user transmits the payment confirmation (or the exit authorization information) to the recording device and a longer waiting time arises by comparing the data with the accounting system.

1. a) ein Parkticket (falls vorhanden) wird an das Erfassungsgerät gehalten oder in typischerweise einen Schlitz hineingesteckt; das Erfassungsgerät liest die Ausfahrberechtigungs-Information aus, oder
2. b) das Telekommunikationsendgerät 25 wird an das Erfassungsgerät gehalten und dieses liest die Ausfahrberechtigungs-Information aus, oder
3. c) die Videokameras erfassen das Autokennzeichnen bei der Ausfahrt aus der Parkeinrichtung 10 und bringen das erfasste Kennzeichen in Verbindung mit der erfolgten Bezahlung im Abrechnungssystem (nach einer Verifizierung).

According to the invention, when the vehicle 21, 22, 23 leaves the parking facility 10, depending on the alternative, the following should take place:

1. a) a parking ticket (if any) is held up to the registration device or typically inserted into a slot; the detection device reads the exit authorization information, or
2. b) the telecommunication terminal 25 is held up to the detection device and this reads out the exit authorization information, or
3. c) the video cameras record the car registration number when exiting the parking facility 10 and link the registered registration number to the payment made in the accounting system (after verification).

After the payment confirmation data have been recorded and verified with respect to the accounting device or accounting system, the exit blocking device can be set in the first state, ie opened. Due to the Payment confirmation data, which also contain the license plate number, time, GPS coordinates, etc., can easily be called up by the user at any time. This can be done, for example, by scanning or reading in the payment confirmation data.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the application, which is located on the telecommunication terminal, contains an area in which all parking facility accounts can be saved and called up again at any time. For example, the total costs can also be displayed over several times.

Claims (8)

1. Method for improved performance of a fee-based vehicle parking process in a parking facility (10), the parking facility (10) comprising a plurality of parking spaces for vehicles (21, 22, 23) and an entry device (11) and an exit device (12), wherein the method comprises the following method steps:

   - in a first method step, upon or after passing the entry device (11), the fee-based vehicle parking process is introduced, and during this or subsequently a piece of parking process information (30) is transmitted to a mobile telecommunications terminal (25) of a user of the parking device (10), a parking ticket (15) which is physically present and issued by the entry device and which comprises the piece of parking process information (30) being present with the user upon passing the entry device (11), the parking process information (30) being printed on the parking ticket (15) as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code and being scanned by means of the telecommunications terminal (25),

   - in a second method step following the first method step, the vehicle (21, 22, 23) is parked in one of the parking spaces of the parking facility,

   - in a third method step following the second method step, the piece of parking process information (30) is used to pay for the vehicle parking process by means of the telecommunications terminal (25),

   - in a fourth method step following the first method step, a piece of information concerning the duration and/or the costs accrued so far of the parking process is displayed on a display device of the telecommunications terminal (25) on the basis of the piece of parking process information (30), a piece of location information of the parking device (10) being transmitted to the telecommunications terminal (25) as part of the piece of parking process information (30), a current position of the customer being routed to the parking facility by means of the piece of location information using a GPS and/or radio cell tracking system in the telecommunications terminal (25).
2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that during the first method step, in particular during entry into the parking facility (10), a list of free parking spaces, in particular based on the numbers thereof and in particular together with an associated piece of site information of these free spaces - or else a graphical representation of the free parking spaces and/or a graphical representation of the locations of the free parking spaces - is automatically displayed or transmitted.
3. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that, in a fifth step following the third method step, after the vehicle parking process is paid for, a piece of exit authorisation information is either

   - transmitted to the telecommunications terminal (25) and subsequently transmitted from the telecommunications terminal (25) to the exit device (12), or

   - transmitted to the exit device (12),
   the exit device (12) comprising an exit blocking device, the exit blocking device being capable of impeding or preventing departure of the vehicle (21, 22, 23) from the parking facility (10), the exit blocking device being adjustable at least into a first state and into a second state, the first state corresponding to an open state allowing the vehicle (21, 22, 23) to exit and the second state corresponding to a closed state not allowing the vehicle to exit, and, in a sixth method step following the fifth method step, the departure of the vehicle (21, 22, 23) from the parking facility (10) being allowed by setting the first state of the exit blocking device.
4. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the piece of exit authorisation information is transmitted to the exit device (12) wirelessly in the fifth method step, in particular using at least one protocol in accordance with one of the following wireless data transmission standards:

   - NFC standard (near-field communication standard),

   - Bluetooth standard,

   - WLAN standard (wireless local area network standard).
5. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that, in a seventh method step, a registration of the vehicle (21, 22, 23) is recorded, the seventh method step taking place temporally before the first method step, during the first method step or temporally after the first method step.
6. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least the first, second and third method step are carried out by a plurality of different vehicles (21, 22, 23), the sixth method step being carried out for each of the plurality of different vehicles (21, 22, 23) in direct succession in such a way that the exit blocking device is constantly in the first state thereof while the sixth method step is carried out for each of the plurality of different vehicles (21, 22, 23).
7. Method according to each of the preceding claims, characterised in that, to pay for the vehicle parking process, at least one of the following payment methods is used:

   - payment using a mobile contract of the telecommunications terminal (25),

   - payment using an online banking connection,

   - payment using a micropayment service,

   - payment using a credit device such as a payment card.
8. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that during the payment processing it is compulsory for the following information to be transmitted to the telecommunications terminal (25):

   - a piece of date information of the vehicle parking process and

   - a start time and end time of the vehicle parking process,
   in particular at least one of the following pieces of information being transmitted to the telecommunications terminal (25):

   - the official registration number of the vehicle,

   - the name of the user of the telecommunication terminal and/or vehicle (21, 22, 23),

   - the address details of the user of the telecommunications terminal (25) and/or vehicle (21, 22, 23).

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