JP2012168850A - Parking lot managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save costs by reducing costly equipment, such as locking devices, and to alleviate the burden of parking fee collection on the management by facilitating on-the-spot payment of parking fees by users.SOLUTION: In a parking lot managing system 1 equipped with neither locking devices nor gate mechanisms and monitoring parked vehicles with a loop coil 8 installed in each parking partition 6 and cameras 16 installed in a parking lot 2, it is made possible for the parking fee to be paid during a limited length of time even after the pertinent vehicle leaves the parking partition 6 (post-exit payment) though the regular practice is to pay the parking fee before the parked vehicle leaves the parking partition 6 (pre-exit payment). If a parked vehicle leaves the parking partition 6 without pre-exit payment, parking information on that parked vehicle is deleted, temporary unpaid-for exit information is generated and, if post-exit payment is made subsequently, the parking fee is calculated among other procedures on the basis of the temporary unpaid-for exit information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot management system that manages the use of a parking lot, and more specifically, a lock device that does not provide a gate device at the entrance and exit of a parking lot and prevents an unsettled vehicle from leaving in each parking space in the parking lot. It is related with the parking lot management system which can perform use management of a time rental parking lot unattended without providing.

  The parking lot management system can realize unmanned management of parking lots, which can reduce management costs by saving labor costs, etc., so it may be applied to time rental parking lots near cities. Many. In a relatively small parking lot, a lock device type parking lot management system in which a lock device for preventing the vehicle from leaving is provided for each parking space is often applied. On the other hand, a gate-type parking lot management system that installs a gate device at the entrance and exit, issues a parking ticket with a parking ticket issuing machine at the entrance, and receives and settles the parking ticket with a fee settlement machine at the exit. It is often applied to large-scale parking lots. The gate-type parking lot management system requires space in the lane where the gate device is installed. If this is applied to a small-scale parking lot, it will not be possible to secure a sufficient number of parking spaces. It is not so much applied in the parking lot.

  By the way, in the area where parking lots are forested, competition for lower parking fees has intensified, which is particularly pressing down on the management of relatively small parking lots. Moreover, since the lock device type parking lot management system used in a relatively small parking lot installs a lock device for each parking space, for each lock device, the cost of the device itself and the installation cost are required. Overall cost is high. In order to reduce costs, etc., in recent years, a locking device is not used, and it is not a gate type as described above. A parking management system has emerged.

  For example, Patent Document 1 aims to enable management of vehicle entry / exit and parking charges for each vehicle compartment without installing expensive vehicle lock devices for each vehicle compartment. A checkout machine is installed for each parking area, and each checkout machine manages vehicles parked in a plurality of passenger compartments, and a vehicle sensor is installed in each passenger compartment to detect whether a vehicle has entered the passenger compartment. A parking lot management system is disclosed in which when a user leaves a vehicle compartment without paying it properly, the exit gate is considered to be illegal, and the vehicle is prevented from leaving the public road.

  In addition, for example, Patent Document 2 describes a site installed in a plurality of parking lots for the purpose of being able to centrally manage vehicles entering and leaving a plurality of parking lots that are geographically separated by vehicle number. The control device is connected to the central management device via the Internet network, the vehicle entering the parking space is photographed by the camera, the vehicle number is extracted from the image information by the site control device, and the vehicle number is transmitted to the central management device. When a vehicle that has been recorded in the database and delivered without payment has been received again, it is recognized from the database, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the parking fee is charged together with the previous unpaid portion. A management system and a management method thereof are disclosed.

JP 2008-129677 A JP 2007-317098 A

  However, in the parking lot management system described in Patent Document 1, although it is not necessary to install a lock device for each parking space (vehicle compartment), an exit gate device is necessary. And installation costs. In addition, as long as the exit gate device is installed, it is necessary to provide an exit lane, and the area where the parking space is provided is reduced. For this reason, the merit of introducing a system is scarce in a small parking lot with a small number of parking spaces.

  Moreover, in the parking lot management system and its management method described in Patent Document 2, it is not necessary to install a lock device, but a camera is required for each parking space, so a large number of cameras must be installed. For this reason, it does not lead to a reduction in cost as a whole.

  Therefore, in order to secure as many parking spaces as possible in a small parking lot and to effectively reduce the cost of introducing or maintaining a parking lot management system, it was installed for each of the multiple parking spaces in the parking lot. For example, a vehicle detection device (vehicle sensor) such as a loop coil, a fee settlement machine that settles a parking fee for a vehicle parked in each parking space, and easy discovery of a vehicle that leaves the vehicle without settlement Therefore, there is a need for a new parking lot management system that includes a small number of cameras that monitor the inside of the parking lot (no camera is required for each parking space) and that eliminates the lock device and the gate device.

  However, the following problems may occur in such a new parking management system. That is, the new parking lot management system lacks a means for physically blocking the exit of a vehicle whose parking fee is not settled, such as a lock device and a gate device, on the spot. For this reason, in case such unpaid withdrawal is performed, the parking fee can be collected later from the user who has made the unpaid withdrawal, and the user who has made the unpaid withdrawal intentionally. It is necessary to take measures so that the responsibility can be pursued. The following methods can be considered as such measures. That is, it is recognized for each parked vehicle whether or not the settlement is performed by the fee settlement machine, and the parking vehicle is detected for each parking space by the vehicle detection device provided for each parking space. An unsettled leaving vehicle is identified by matching two recognition results. In addition, each parked vehicle is photographed with a camera, and the number printed on the license plate of the unpaid exit vehicle is known from the images and videos obtained by the capture, thereby identifying the user who made the unpaid exit To do. Then, the user is charged a parking fee at an appropriate opportunity.

  However, when such a method is adopted, the user intended to settle the parking fee and remove the vehicle from the parking lot, but accidentally withdraws the vehicle from the parking space before the settlement and parks the vehicle. There may be a situation where the parking lot management treats it as an unpaid exit. That is, many users are accustomed to the use of a lock device type or gate type parking lot management system in which the vehicle cannot be moved out of the parking space or the parking lot exit until it is settled. When such a user uses a new parking management system, physically, the vehicle can be moved out of the parking space or parking lot exit at any time, so the timing of settlement is not known, so It is fully conceivable to make a mistake such as causing the vehicle to leave the parking space before.

  In this way, if a user who has accidentally withdrawn the vehicle from the parking space before settlement is treated as an unsettled exit, and the user is not given any opportunity for settlement on the spot, the user There is a problem that it is inconvenient for. In addition, such users usually make inquiries to the parking lot management company (for example, the service center) using a mobile phone or an interphone provided in the fee adjustment machine. There is a problem that the burden increases, and as a result, it is necessary to take measures such as increasing the number of operators, and there is a possibility that the operation cost related to the settlement of the parking fee may increase. In addition, if it is not possible to collect the parking fee from the user who has lost the timing of such settlement, there are frequent cases where the parking fee is subsequently collected from the user. There is a problem that the burden on the manager may increase.

  The present invention has been made in view of, for example, the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the cost by reducing the number of devices such as a lock device, a gate device, and the like that are expensive to install. In addition, it provides a parking lot management system that can make it easier for users to settle parking fees on the spot, and reduce the burden or cost on the side of the managers regarding the settlement and collection of parking fees. There is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a first parking lot management system of the present invention is provided in each of a plurality of parking spaces in a parking lot, and detects entry and exit of a vehicle to the parking space in which the parking lot is provided. A plurality of vehicle detection devices, and a fee settlement machine that settles a parking fee for a vehicle parked in each of the parking spaces, and the fee settlement machine is provided by one vehicle detection device of the plurality of vehicle detection devices. The time when the first vehicle enters the one parking space among the plurality of parking spaces is detected as the warehousing time of the first vehicle, and the first parking information including the warehousing time is generated, The parking information generating means for storing the first parking information in a storage device provided in the fee settlement machine, and the one vehicle detection device leaving the first vehicle from the one parking space. When the fee settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the one parking space while it is not detected, the first time is referred to the warehousing time included in the first parking information. The pre-shipment settlement means for settlement of the parking fee for one vehicle, and the first vehicle detection device while the parking fee for the first vehicle is not settled by the pre-shipment settlement means. When the exit of the one vehicle from the one parking space is detected, the time at which the first vehicle detection device detects the exit of the first vehicle from the one parking space is defined as a shipping time, Temporary immature calculation warehouse information that includes an unloading time and the warehousing time is generated, and the temporary immature calculation warehouse information generation means that stores the temporary immature calculation warehouse information in the storage device, From the time point when the first vehicle detection device detects that the first vehicle has left the one parking space while the parking fee for the first vehicle is not being settled The receipt time included in the temporary unpaid calculation warehouse information when the charge settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the one parking space within the settlement allowance period until the time has elapsed. And the post-ships settlement unit that settles the parking fee for the first vehicle, and the post-ships settlement unit does not settle the parking fee for the first vehicle within the settlement allowance period. When the first vehicle is parked, it generates identification immature calculation storage information including the identification information of the one parking space where the first vehicle is parked, the warehousing time and the warehousing time, and the determined immature calculation It is characterized by comprising a final uncalculated calculation storage information generating means for storing storage information in the storage device.

  According to the first parking lot management system of the present invention, even when the user has withdrawn the vehicle from the parking space before the parking fee is settled, the user can settle the parking fee by the settlement means after leaving. Can do. In addition, after the settlement allowance period has elapsed, the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information generation means generates and stores the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information, so that the vehicle has been withdrawn from the parking space before the parking fee is settled. It is possible to reliably record information for subsequent charges such as a parking fee for a user who does not deliberately pay the parking fee while ensuring the opportunity for the user to pay. When the vehicle leaves the parking space before the parking fee is settled, the temporary immature calculation warehouse information is generated by the temporary immature calculation warehouse information generation means separately from the parking information. As a result, after settlement for the user who has left the vehicle from the parking space before the parking fee is settled based on the temporary uncalculated warehouse information, immediately after the user leaves the vehicle from the parking space, Pre-shipment settlement for other users who parked the vehicle in the parking space can be performed based on the parking information, and even when such a complicated case occurs, the settlement process can be performed efficiently and reliably. .

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the second parking lot management system of the present invention is the above-described first parking lot management system of the present invention, wherein the one vehicle detection device performs the one parking detection within the settlement allowable period. The second vehicle entry into the parking space is detected, and in response to this, the parking information generation means generates the second parking information including the storage time of the second vehicle and stores it in the storage device. After that, when the fee settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the one parking space within the settlement allowance period, the settlement of the parking fee for the first vehicle and the first Selection request means for outputting a message requesting selection of which of the payment of the parking fee for the two vehicles is performed, and after the output of the message by the selection request means, When the gold settlement machine receives an input of an instruction to settle the parking fee for the first vehicle, the post-ship settlement means settles the parking fee for the first vehicle, and the fee settlement machine When receiving an instruction to settle the parking fee for the second vehicle, the pre-shipment settlement means settles the parking fee for the second vehicle.

  In the second parking lot management system of the present invention, for example, the user A leaves the vehicle a from the parking space before the parking fee is settled, and immediately after that, the other user B enters the parking space with another vehicle. When parking b, for the same parking space, the user A is given an opportunity to perform settlement after leaving for the vehicle a, and the user B is settled before leaving for the vehicle b. Give an opportunity. In this case, in the second parking lot management system of the present invention, when the user A or B inputs an instruction to settle the parking fee for the parking space, the parking fee for the vehicle a is notified to the user. A message is output requesting selection of whether to perform post-shipment check-out or pre-shipment check-out of the parking fee for the vehicle b. As described above, according to the second parking lot management system of the present invention, the user is confused even when a complicated case occurs in which the settlement after delivery and the settlement before delivery overlap for the same parking space. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly perform the check-out to be performed by the self.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the third parking lot management system of the present invention is the above-described second parking lot management system of the present invention, wherein the selection requesting unit is configured to provide a parking fee for the first vehicle. First, a message requesting the settlement is output, and when the fee settlement machine receives a predetermined instruction after the message is output, the parking fee is settled for the second vehicle. It is characterized by outputting a message requesting this.

  In the third parking lot management system of the present invention, as described above, in the case where a case occurs in which the post-shipment settlement for the vehicle a and the pre-shipment settlement for the vehicle b overlap for the same parking space. When the person inputs an instruction to settle the parking fee for the parking space, a message is first issued requesting the settlement of the vehicle a after leaving. That is, for the same parking space, the period in which the settlement after the delivery and the settlement before the delivery can occur is limited to the above settlement allowance period (for example, about 3 to 10 minutes). Also, considering the practical usage of a general parking lot, the frequency of settlement is low within a short period of about 3 to 10 minutes since the user started parking the vehicle. . Therefore, in the above case, when comparing the user A who has continued to park with the user B who has just started parking, the user A is more likely to settle. Therefore, when the user inputs an instruction to settle the parking fee for the parking space, since the user is likely to be the user A, first, the parking fee for the vehicle a is settled after delivery. Issue a message requesting that As a result, the settlement process (that is, settlement for the user A) that matches the situation can be performed smoothly with high probability, and the danger that the user A erroneously responds to the settlement for the user B may occur. Can be reduced.

  In order to solve the above problem, a fourth parking lot management system of the present invention is the above-described second or third parking lot management system of the present invention, further comprising a camera that captures a vehicle in the parking lot, The selection requesting means outputs the message requesting selection of whether to settle the parking fee for the first vehicle or the parking fee for the second vehicle, and at the camera The photographed image or video of the first vehicle and the image or video of the second vehicle photographed by the camera are displayed on a display device provided in the fee settlement machine.

  According to the fourth parking lot management system of the present invention, as described above, in the case where a case where the post-shipment settlement and the pre-shipment settlement overlap for the same parking space occurs, the user A or B By looking at the image or video, it is possible to easily and accurately select the settlement to be performed by the user.

  In order to solve the above problems, a fifth parking lot management system according to the present invention is the above-described parking lot management system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention. Communication means comprising a microphone, a speaker, and a connection control means for switching and controlling connection and disconnection of a communication line with the service center, the communication means comprising: The communication line with the service center is automatically connected when the parking fee for the first vehicle is settled by the post-ship settlement settlement means.

  According to the fifth parking lot management system of the present invention, a user who is not used to the parking lot management system of the present invention, which is different from the locking device type and the gate type described above, has an opportunity to talk with the operator at the time of payment. By providing the above, it is possible to assist the user so that the user can easily make a payment or the user does not make a wrong payment.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the cost of the device itself or the installation device such as the lock device, the gate device, etc., and the user can easily settle the parking fee on the spot. It is possible to reduce the burden or cost on the side of the administrator related to the settlement and collection of the parking fee.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention, and the parking lot to which it was applied. It is an external view which shows the fee settlement machine in the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the communication connection of the parking lot management system and maintenance service center by embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the parking information in the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention, temporary immature calculation warehouse information, fixed immature calculation warehouse information, etc. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of vehicle receipt in the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of vehicle leaving in the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the adjustment process in the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention. In the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention, it is explanatory drawing which shows the screen of the fee settlement machine at the time of the settlement before leaving. In the parking lot management system by embodiment of this invention, it is explanatory drawing which shows the screen of the fee settlement machine at the time of settlement after leaving.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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FIG. 1 shows a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention and a parking lot to which the parking lot management system is applied. In FIG. 1, in a parking lot 2 to which a parking lot management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, an entrance / exit 3 is in contact with a public road 4 and a portion other than the entrance / exit 3 is partitioned by a boundary fence 5. The parking lot 2 is provided with a plurality of (for example, 13) parking spaces 6. The parking space 6 is partitioned by painting a frame line on the road surface, and has an area enough to park one vehicle. In addition, a parking space number is marked on the road surface by painting on the front side of each parking space 6, and a tire stopper 7 is installed on the back side of each parking space 6. Further, in each parking space 6, a loop coil 8 is embedded as a vehicle detection device that detects the vehicle entering and leaving the parking space 6 in which the parking space 6 is provided. In addition, a fee settlement machine 9 is installed in the vicinity of the entrance 3 of the parking lot 2 to settle a parking fee for a vehicle parked in each parking space 6. The charge settlement machine 9 is arranged in consideration of its orientation so that the display 22 and the input key unit 23 (see FIG. 2) provided on the panel 21 on the front face thereof are easy to operate for the user. Has been. In addition, a guide sign 10 is installed above the boundary fence 5 immediately next to the fee settlement machine 9. The signboard 10 is arranged so that one surface thereof is easy to see from the public road 4 side outside the parking lot 2 and the other surface is easy to see from the inside of the parking lot 2, and is a surface facing the public road 4 side. In addition to the parking fee per hour and the maximum charge, it is stated that this parking lot 2 is a time rental parking lot without a locking device (for example, “time rental parking lot without a locking device” is clearly stated. ing). On the other hand, on the side facing the parking lot 2 of the information signboard 10, the usage method of the parking lot 2 for users who use the fee settlement machine 9 and users who leave the parking lot 2 on foot after parking. And how to use the fee settlement machine 9, terms and conditions. In addition, a full vehicle display signboard 11 for displaying the availability of the parking lot 2 is installed near the entrance 3 of the parking lot 2 and at the boundary with the public road 4. The loop coil 8 and the control line of the full indicator lamp (not shown) of the full vehicle display sign 11 are connected to the relay device 12 by wiring, and the relay device 12 is further connected to the fee settlement machine 9. In addition, the relay device 12 stores therein a vehicle recognition device 54, a video recording device 55, and the like (see FIG. 3) which will be described later. The control device 13 is a switchboard or the like into which commercial power is drawn.

  In addition, a pole for exclusive use or combined with night illumination is erected in the center of the parking lot 2 in the vicinity of the boundary fence 5 on the back side, and a first camera 15 is installed above the pole. Furthermore, in the parking lot 2 shown in FIG. 1, poles for exclusive use or combined with night illumination are erected at the left front, right back, and left back corners as seen from the entrance 3 to the inside of the parking lot 2. A second camera 16, a third camera 17, and a fourth camera 18 are respectively installed above. The direction of the first camera 15 is set so that the entrance / exit 3 is in its field of view, and the direction of the second camera 16 is set so that the fee settlement machine 9 is in its field of view. Each of the third camera 17 and the fourth camera 18 has a relatively wide-angle lens, and the third camera 17 is disposed on the left side in the parking lot 2 as viewed from the entrance 3 to the parking lot 2. The direction is set so that all the parking spaces 6 entered into the field of view, and the fourth camera 18 looks at the inside of the parking lot 2 from the entrance 3 and all the parking spaces arranged on the right side in the parking lot 2 The direction is set so that 6 enters the field of view.

  FIG. 2 shows the fee settlement machine 9. In FIG. 2, the panel unit 21 on the front surface of the fee settlement machine 9 displays a parking fee, other messages, and the like, for example, a display 22 as a display device composed of a liquid crystal display, and the user An input key unit 23 for inputting instructions and the like is provided. The input key unit 23 includes a numeric key 23A, a settlement key 23B, and a cancel key 23C (see FIGS. 3 and 9). Further, the panel portion 21 has a card insertion slot 24 for inserting a discount ticket, a prepaid card or the like, a banknote insertion slot 25 for inserting a banknote, a coin insertion slot 26 for inserting a coin, a change / receipt outlet 27, and a speaker 28. Etc. are provided. Further, an interphone 29 capable of making a call with an operator of the maintenance service center 61 (see FIG. 4) is provided on the front surface of the fee settlement machine 9, and the interphone 29 includes a call button 30 for calling the operator and the like. A call unit 33 having a microphone and a speaker for calling with the operator or the like is provided. In addition, a communication device 31 that communicates with the maintenance service center 61 is attached to an upper portion of the fee settlement machine 9, and a settlement machine camera 32 is provided in the communication device 31.

  FIG. 3 shows an electrical configuration of the parking lot management system 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit provided in the fee settlement machine 9 is provided with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 41 and a memory 42, and both are connected via a bus 43. Further, the CPU 41 and the memory 42 are connected to the panel unit 21 of the fee settlement machine 9 or the card reader 45 provided in the fee settlement machine 9 via the bus 43 and the interface 44, the display 22, the input key unit 23, A receipt printer 46, a coin selector 47, a coin dispenser 48, a bill reader 49, a speaker 28, and a door opening sensor 50 are connected.

  Further, the communication device 31 is connected to the interface 44 via the first external communication unit 51. The communication device 31 is a device that communicates with the maintenance service center 61 located at a remote location, enables a call between the user of the parking lot 2 and the operator of the maintenance service center 61, and charge settlement by the maintenance service center 61. Allows remote control of the machine 9. An interface 56 in the communication device 31 includes, for example, a settlement machine camera 32 that captures the head including the face of the user standing in front of the fee settlement machine 9 for settlement, and an interphone for talking with the user. 29 and a data terminal equipment (DCE: Data Circuit Terminating Equipment) 52 are connected. The data terminal device 52 is, for example, a modem or a terminal adapter, and functions as a connection control means for controlling switching between connection and non-connection to a wide area communication line, and a signal output from the charge settlement machine 9 is used for the wide area communication line. It has a function of converting to a signal. The fee settlement machine 9 is connected to a wide area communication line network 62 such as a public PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) network or a FOMA (registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc.) network via the data terminal device 52. (See FIG. 4). Thereby, call connection and data transmission / reception are realized between the fee settlement machine 9 and the maintenance service center 61.

  In addition, the relay device 12 is connected to the fee settlement machine 9 via the second external communication unit 53. A vehicle recognition device 54 and a video recording device 55 are provided inside the relay device 12. A plurality of loop coils 8 embedded in a plurality of parking spaces 6 in the parking lot 2 are connected to the vehicle recognition device 54. The vehicle recognition device 54 monitors the frequency fluctuation (high-frequency oscillation state) of each loop coil 8 for each loop coil 8, and enters and exits each parking space 6, and whether there is a vehicle in each parking space 6. 6 is recognized, and a signal indicating the recognized result is output to the fee settlement machine 9. The video recording device 55 is connected with first to fourth cameras 15, 16, 17, and 18. The video recording device 55 is equipped with a large-capacity hard disk (HDD) capable of recording videos from the cameras 15, 16, 17 and 18 for several days. Further, the relay device 12 is provided with a camera control device (not shown), a full indicator light control device, and the like.

  FIG. 4 shows the connection between the fee settlement machine 9 and the maintenance service center 61 in a plurality of parking lots including the parking lot 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the fee settlement machines 9 provided in each of a plurality of parking lots including the parking lot 2 (for example, parking lot numbers: No. 001, No. 002, No. 003, No. 004, etc.) It is connected to the maintenance service center 61 via the wide area communication network 62 and the Internet 63. The maintenance service center 61 is a parking lot management organization that supervises and manages a plurality of parking lots including the parking lot 2 at different locations. The maintenance service center 61 includes a management personal computer (management PC) 64 and a server 65 for centrally storing various data. Although not shown, the management PC 64 is connected to an operator headset (headphone and microphone). The management PC 64 is connected to the Internet via a general Internet connection adapter (not shown). An operator is resident in the maintenance service center 61, and the operator operates the management PC 64 while wearing the headset. When the user of the parking lot makes an inquiry by pressing the call button 30 of the interphone 29 provided in the fee settlement machine 9, the operator can make a call with the user accordingly. As a result of such management by the maintenance service center 61, unmanned management without management personnel in the parking lot is realized in each parking lot.

  FIG. 5 shows parking information, temporary immature calculation warehouse information, and confirmed immature calculation warehouse information handled in the parking lot management system 1. In FIG. 5, the parking information 71 is information mainly used for the settlement of the parking fee before leaving the parked vehicle, as will be described later, and is generated for each parking space 6 by the fee settlement machine 9. It is stored in the parking information storage area 72 of the memory 42. As will be described later, the temporary unpaid calculation storage information 73 is information used mainly for the adjustment of the parking fee after the parked vehicle is issued, and is generated for each parking space 6 by the fee adjustment machine 9, and is stored in the memory of the fee adjustment machine 9. 42 is stored in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74. As will be described later, the confirmed unpaid calculation storage information 75 is information used when a parking fee is subsequently collected from a user whose parking fee has not been settled, and is generated by the fee settlement machine 9. After being stored in the fixed unpaid calculation storage information storage area 76 of the memory 42 of the fee settlement machine 9, it is transmitted from the fee settlement machine 9 to the maintenance service center 61 and provided in the server 65 of the maintenance service center 61 (not shown). It is memorize | stored in a fixed immature calculation warehouse information database.

  As described above, the operation of the parking lot management system 1 having the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is as follows. That is, when the vehicle enters the parking lot 2 from the entrance 3 and enters any vacant parking space 6, the loop coil 8 embedded in the parking space 6 enters the parking space 6. Based on the detection result, the fee settlement machine 9 uses the current time as the warehousing time, generates parking information 71 including the warehousing time, and stores this as parking information 71 for the parking space 6. 42.

  In the parking lot management system 1, as indicated on the guide sign 10, in principle, the user of the parking lot 2 has to settle the parking fee before taking the parked vehicle out of the parking space 6. Hereinafter, the settlement of the parking fee before taking out the parked vehicle from the parking space 6 is referred to as “settlement before leaving”. The user can adjust the parking fee by operating the keys in the input key unit 23 of the fee adjusting machine 9. In the case of settlement before leaving, the fee settlement machine 9 obtains a parking time based on the warehousing time included in the parking information 71 and the time at the settlement, calculates a parking fee according to the parking time, and performs a settlement process. When the user withdraws the parked vehicle from the parking space 6 after the settlement before leaving, the loop coil 8 embedded in the parking space 6 detects the exit of the vehicle from the parking space 6, and the detection result is Based on this, the fee settlement machine 9 deletes the parking information 71 for the parking space 6 from the memory 42.

  In addition, the user may forget to settle the parking fee and may leave the parking vehicle from the parking space 6 before the parking fee is settled. Also, the parking lot 2 is crowded and the parking space When there is a vehicle waiting for 6 to be vacant, there is a case where the vehicle is forced to leave quickly and there is no room for paying the parking fee, and the parked vehicle is withdrawn from the parking space 6 without being settled. Therefore, in the parking lot management system 1, it is a rule to settle the vehicle before leaving the vehicle. However, before the parking fee is settled in this way, the parking vehicle is removed from the user who has left the parking space 6. An opportunity to pay the parking fee after leaving the parking space 6 is given. Hereinafter, the settlement of the parking fee after the parked vehicle is withdrawn from the parking space 6 is referred to as “settlement after leaving”. However, the settlement after the shipment must be performed within a predetermined settlement allowable period ta. After the departure, the payment is made immediately after the parked vehicle is withdrawn from the parking space 6, and a user who notices that he / she forgot to settle the parking fee stops the vehicle in the parking lot or near the parking lot. It is assumed that the payment will be made. Therefore, the settlement allowance period ta is, for example, about 3 to 10 minutes, more specifically about 5 minutes. When the user withdraws the parked vehicle from the parking space 6 before the parking fee is settled, the loop coil 8 embedded in the parking space 6 detects the exit of the vehicle from the parking space 6, and the detection result The fee settlement machine 9 reads out the warehousing time and the like included in the parking information 71 for the parking space 6, and the warehousing time read out and the evacuation time of the parked vehicle (exit time from the parking space 6), etc. Temporary immature calculation storage information 73 is generated and stored in the memory 42, and the parking information 71 for the parking space 6 is deleted from the memory 42. Further, when the user operates a key in the input key unit 23 of the fee settlement machine 9 to perform the settlement after the delivery, the fee settlement machine 9 responds to the entry time included in the temporary unsettled calculation warehouse information 73 accordingly. The parking time is determined based on the time after settlement and the settlement time, and the parking fee corresponding to the parking time is calculated to perform the settlement process.

  On the other hand, the parking lot management system 1 has means for physically preventing the vehicle from leaving the parking lot 2, such as a lock device and a gate device, as in the above-described lock device type and gate type parking lot management system. Not. For this reason, the parking lot management system 1 identifies the user who has left the parked vehicle from the parking lot 2 without performing the settlement before leaving or after the leaving, and collects the parking fee and the like later from the user. Have a thorough mechanism for That is, after the user leaves the parking space 6 without paying out before leaving, and when the payment allowance period ta has passed without paying out after leaving, this user pays off before leaving. It hits the user who has left the parked vehicle from the parking lot 2 without paying out after leaving the store. In this case, the fee settlement machine 9 reads the warehousing time and the warehousing time from the temporary unsatisfactory calculation warehousing information for the parking space 6 where the parked vehicle is parked, Confirmed immature calculation storage information 75 including a number and the like is generated and stored in the memory 42, and the temporary immature calculation storage information 73 for the parking space 6 is deleted from the memory 42. Then, the fee settlement machine 9 transmits the determined unpaid calculation storage information 75 together with the image information or video information of the parked vehicle to the maintenance service center 61 in a predetermined time zone such as midnight. The manager of the parking lot 2 identifies an unsettled user based on the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information 75 and the image information or video information of the parked vehicle transmitted to the maintenance service center 61, and later the user Collect parking fees etc.

  Here, the image information or the video information of the parked vehicle in which the immature calculation warehouse is confirmed, which is transmitted to the maintenance service center 61 together with the confirmed immature calculation warehouse information 75, is obtained as follows. That is, the parked vehicle in the parking lot 2 is photographed at any time or at a timing suitable for photographing by any one of the first, third, and fourth cameras 15, 17, and 18, and is displayed on the license plate of each parked vehicle. Image or video information having a definition that can read the written number is recorded in the video recording device 55. For example, when transmitting the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information 75 to the maintenance service center 61, the fee settlement machine 9 determines the unsettled calculation warehouse by referring to the warehousing time or the leaving time included in the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information 75. Image information or video information of the parked vehicle targeted is extracted from the video recording device 55. In this way, image information or video information of the parked vehicle in which the immature calculation warehouse is determined is obtained.

(Process at the time of warehousing)
FIG. 6 shows processing at the time of vehicle entry in the parking lot management system 1. In FIG. 6, when a vehicle enters the parking lot 2 through the entrance 3 and enters any vacant parking space 6, the high-frequency oscillation state of the loop coil 8 embedded in the parking space 6 is a metal part of the vehicle. Changes in response to. The high frequency signal of the loop coil is input to the vehicle recognition device 54 provided in the relay device 12. The vehicle recognition device 54 detects the change in the oscillation state of the high-frequency signal, turns on upon recognizing that the vehicle has entered the parking space 6 in which the loop coil 8 outputting the high-frequency signal is embedded, A vehicle recognition signal indicating this is output to the fee settlement machine 9 (step S1: YES). The vehicle recognition signal is input to the CPU 41 via the second external communication unit 53 in the fee settlement machine 9. In response to this, the CPU 41 generates parking information 71 for the parking space 6 into which the vehicle has entered, and stores the generated parking information 71 in the parking information storage area 72 of the memory 42 (steps S2 and S3).

  Here, the generation of the parking information 71 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 5, the parking information is generated for each parking space 6, and each parking information 71 includes a status, a warehousing time, a password, and a settlement time. And settlement amount. In addition, the status includes an in-vehicle status, a parking status, a paid status, and the like. The CPU 41 uses the current date and time, for example, the year, month, and date when the vehicle recognition signal output from the vehicle recognition device 54 is received as the warehousing time, and adds this warehousing time to the parking information 71. Further, the CPU 41 adds the in-vehicle status to the parking information 71 when the parking information 71 is generated in response to the vehicle entering the parking space 6. Further, the user can input the personal identification number by operating the numeric keypad 23A in the input key unit 23 of the fee settlement machine 9 at the time of warehousing. However, this is optional and can be omitted. When the user inputs a password, the CPU 41 adds the password to the parking information 71. Since the settlement time and the settlement amount are not yet determined at the time when the parking information 71 is generated in response to the vehicle entering the parking space 6, it is not added to the parking information 71 at this time.

  After generating the parking information 71 and storing it in the parking information storage area 72 in this way, the CPU 41 starts measuring time. When the predetermined time tb has elapsed after storing the parking information 71 (step S4: YES), the CPU 41 rewrites the in-vehicle status included in the parking information 71 to the parking status (step S5). Finish the process when the vehicle is received.

  On the other hand, the vehicle leaves the parking space 6 corresponding to the parking information 71 before the predetermined time tb elapses after the parking information 71 is stored, and the high-frequency oscillation state of the loop coil 8 changes due to the leaving of the vehicle. Thus, when the vehicle recognition device 54 recognizes that the vehicle has left the parking space 6 and is turned off (step S6: YES), the CPU 41 changes the parking information 71 into the parking information. The data is erased from the storage area 72 (step S7), and the process at the time of entering the vehicle is finished. This is a process for not handling the vehicle as parking when it has entered the parking space 6 but has left in a very short time. The predetermined time tb is, for example, about 3 to 5 minutes.

  Although not shown, the CPU 41 stores the change in the state of the vehicle recognition device 54 and its time as history information, for example, in the history storage area of the memory 42. The history information is appropriately transmitted to the maintenance service center 61 and stored in the server 65 of the maintenance service center 61 so as to be used for surveying the usage status of the parking lot 2 and the like.

(Processing when leaving the vehicle)
FIG. 7 shows processing at the time of vehicle delivery in the parking lot management system 1. In FIG. 7, the vehicle recognition device 54 always recognizes vehicle entry, exit, and presence / absence in each parking space 6 based on the high-frequency oscillation state output from the loop coil 8 embedded in each parking space 6. A vehicle recognition signal for the space 6 is output to the fee settlement machine 9, and the CPU 41 of the fee settlement machine 9 constantly monitors the entry, exit, and presence of vehicles in each parking space 6. When the parked vehicle leaves the parking space 6, the high-frequency oscillation state of the loop coil 8 embedded in the parking space 6 changes. The vehicle recognition device 54 detects this change, recognizes that the vehicle has left the parking space 6 in which the loop coil 8 outputting the high-frequency signal is embedded, and is turned OFF. A recognition signal is output to the fee settlement machine 9 (step S11: YES). The CPU 41 of the fee settlement machine 9 receives the vehicle recognition signal via the second external communication unit 53. Subsequently, the CPU 41 reads out the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 from which the parked vehicle has left from the parking information storage area 72 of the memory 42, and determines whether or not the status included in the parking information 71 is the adjusted status. Judgment is made (step S12). As will be described later, when the user settles the parking vehicle before leaving, the CPU 41 of the fee settlement machine 9 displays the status included in the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 where the parked vehicle is parked as the parking status. To the settled status (see step S31 in FIG. 8). Therefore, at the time when the determination in step S12 is performed, if the status included in the parking information 71 is the adjusted status, it means that the pre-shipment settlement has been performed, and the status included in the parking information 71 is parked. If it is in the status, it means that the pre-shipment settlement is not performed. As a result of the determination in step S12, when the status included in the parking information 71 that is the object of determination is the adjusted status (step S12: YES), the CPU 41 stores the parking information 71 in the parking information storage area 72. (Step S13), and the process at the time of leaving the vehicle is completed.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S12, when the status included in the parking information 71 that is the object of determination is not the adjusted status (step S12: NO), the CPU 41 determines the parking space 6 corresponding to the parking information. Temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is generated, and the generated temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is stored in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 of the memory 42 (steps S14 and S15).

  Here, the generation of the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 5, the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is generated for each parking space 6. The status, the warehousing time, the personal identification number (the personal identification number may not be included), and the delivery time are included. When the vehicle recognition device 54 recognizes that the parked vehicle has left the parking space 6 and outputs a vehicle recognition signal indicating that, the CPU 41 stores the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 from the parking information storage area 72. The status and the warehousing time included in the parking information 71 are added to the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73. If the parking information 71 includes a personal identification number, the personal identification number is also added to the temporary immature calculation warehouse information. Then, the CPU 41 deletes the parking information 71 from the parking information storage area 72. Subsequently, the CPU 41 sets the current date and time, for example, the year, month and date at the time of receiving the vehicle recognition signal as the shipping time, and adds this shipping time to the temporary immature calculation warehouse information. The temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 can be generated by moving the parking information 71 from the parking information storage area 72 to the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 and adding the leaving time to the moved parking information 71. .

  Thus, after generating temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 and memorizing it in temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74, CPU41 starts measurement of time. As described above, the user can place the vehicle in the parking lot 2 as long as the settlement allowable period ta has elapsed even after the parked vehicle is withdrawn from the parking space 6 without performing the settlement before leaving. Or it stops in the parking lot 2 vicinity and can perform payment after leaving. The CPU 41 stores the temporary unsettled calculation warehouse information 73 in steps S14 and S15 before the settlement allowance period ta elapses, so that the user can perform settlement after delivery in the input key unit 23 of the fee settlement machine 9. When the settlement key 23B or the like is operated (step S16: NO, step S17: YES), the CPU 41 performs post-shipout settlement processing described later (step S18). The temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is erased from the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 in the post-shipment settlement process (see step S38 in FIG. 8).

  On the other hand, when CPU 41 stores the temporary unsettled calculation warehouse information 73 in steps S14 and S15 and the settlement allowance period ta has elapsed without performing settlement after delivery (step S16: YES), CPU 41 Confirmed immature calculation chamber information 75 is generated, this determined immature calculation chamber information 75 is stored in the determined immature calculation chamber information storage area 76 of the memory 42, and the temporary immature calculation chamber information 73 is further stored in the temporary immature calculation chamber information storage area. It deletes from 74 (step S19), and the process at the time of vehicle leaving is finished.

  Here, the generation of the determined unsettled calculation warehouse information 75 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 5, the confirmed unsettled calculation warehouse information 75 is generated for each outgoing vehicle (determined unsettled calculation case) for which unsettled payment has been confirmed. Is done. The confirmed immature calculation warehouse information 75 includes a parking lot number that is identification information of the parking lot 2, a parking space number that is identification information of the parking space 6, an entry time, an exit time, an uncollected amount, and a handling status. When a parked vehicle that has not been settled before leaving the vehicle leaves the parking space 6 and the settlement allowance period ta has passed without the settlement after leaving, the CPU 41 determines the parking lot number of the parking lot 2 and the parking space 6 concerned. The parking space number is added to the final uncalculated calculation warehouse information 75. Further, the CPU 41 reads the entry time and the exit time from the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 and adds the entry time and the delivery time to the determined immature calculation warehouse information 75. Moreover, CPU41 calculates | requires parking time based on the said warehousing time and the said leaving time, calculates a parking fee further based on this parking time, and adds this parking fee to the said undecided calculation calculation warehouse information 75 as an uncollected amount. Further, the CPU 41 adds a predetermined handling status to the determined immature calculation warehouse information 75. The temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 for the vehicle for which the unpaid exit is confirmed is moved from the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 to the confirmed immature calculation warehouse information storage area 76, and the moved temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is confirmed. You may make it handle as immature calculation warehouse information 75. FIG. Further, as described above, the confirmed unsatisfactory calculation warehouse information 75 together with the image information or video information of the parked vehicle is sent from the fee settlement machine 9 to the maintenance service center 61 via the communication device 31 in a predetermined time zone such as midnight. Sent.

(Processing before checkout)
FIG. 8 shows the process of the settlement before leaving and the settlement after leaving in the parking lot management system 1. FIG. 9 shows a screen of the fee settlement machine 9 at the time of settlement before shipping, and FIG. 10 shows a screen of the price settlement machine 9 at the time of settlement after delivery. Hereafter, the process about the pre-shipment settlement and the post-shipment settlement will be described using FIG. 8, FIG. 9, and FIG. First, the pre-shipment settlement process will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9 (1), the fee settlement machine 9 includes a message such as “If you want to settle, press the settlement key” until the user operates the settlement key 23B in the input key unit 23 or the like. It waits in the state which displayed the guidance screen on the indicator 22 (step S21: NO). When the user depresses the settlement key 23B in the input key unit 23 before leaving the parking vehicle 6 from the parking space 6 (step S21: YES), the CPU 41 of the fee settlement machine 9 responds to this by, for example, FIG. As shown in 2), a guidance screen including a message such as “Please enter the passenger compartment number” is displayed, and the voice of the message is output from the speaker 28 to inform the user of the parking space number (vehicle compartment number). An input is requested (step S22). In response to this, when the user presses the numeric keypad 23A in the input key unit 23 and inputs the parking space number, the CPU 41 indicates that the input parking space number is the parking space 6 in which the vehicle is parked at this time. Then, it is determined whether or not the parking space number is one of the parking spaces 6 for which the settlement allowance period ta has not elapsed since the vehicle left (step S23). For example, this determination is made by checking whether or not the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number is stored in the parking information storage area 72 of the memory 42. This can be done by checking whether or not temporary immature calculation storage information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number is stored in the temporary immature calculation storage information storage area 74 of the memory 42.

  The parking space number entered by the user is not the parking space number of the parking space 6 in which the vehicle is parked, and the parking period in which the settlement allowance period ta has not elapsed since the vehicle exited without performing the settlement before leaving the vehicle. When it is not the parking space number of the space 6 (step S23: NO), the CPU 41 displays a guidance screen including an error message on the display 22 and outputs the error message voice from the speaker 28 (step S24). , Request the user again to enter the parking space number.

  On the other hand, the parking space number input by the user is the parking space 6 in which the vehicle is parked and the parking space 6 in which the settlement allowance period ta has not elapsed since the vehicle exited without performing settlement before departure. If it is any parking space number (step S23: YES), the CPU 41 outputs a guidance screen including a message such as “Are you sure you want to confirm the parking space number?” To the display 22 (step S25). . In response to this, when the user presses the cancel key 23C in the input key unit 23 (step S26: NO, step S27: YES), the CPU 41 returns the process to step S21. On the other hand, when the user presses the settlement key 23B in the input key unit 23 (step S26: YES), the CPU 41 advances the process to step S28.

  In step S <b> 28, the CPU 41 determines whether there is a possibility that the settlement by the user is a settlement after leaving the store. This determination is performed as follows, for example. That is, when the user leaves the parked vehicle 6 without performing the pre-shipment settlement, temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 for the parking space 6 is generated and stored in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74. (See steps S14 and S15 in FIG. 7). Therefore, the CPU 41 checks whether or not the temporary immature calculation storage information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user is stored in the temporary immature calculation storage information storage area 74. It is determined whether there is a possibility that the settlement by the user is a settlement after leaving the store.

  When there is no possibility that the payment by the user is a payment after the delivery (step S28: YES), the CPU 41 performs a settlement process before the delivery. Specifically, the CPU 41 reads the warehousing time included in the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user from the parking information storage area 72, and the warehousing time and the current time ( The parking time is calculated by calculating the difference from the year / month / day / hour), and the parking fee is calculated based on the parking time and the fee system stored in the memory 42 in advance. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 9 (3), the CPU 41 outputs a parking fee guidance screen to the display 22 and outputs a voice of a message requesting payment of the parking fee from the speaker 28 (step S 29). The CPU 41 settles the parking fee according to the payment mode of the user's money (such as bill insertion, coin insertion, discount ticket insertion, electronic money settlement, etc.), and pays out change, issues a receipt, etc. as necessary. (Step S30). After the settlement, the CPU 41 outputs a guidance screen as shown in FIG. 9 (4), for example, to the display 22 and informs the user that the parked vehicle should be removed from the parking lot 2 within 5 minutes, for example. Subsequently, the CPU 41 rewrites the status included in the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user from the parking status to the settled status (step S31), and the settlement processing before leaving Finish. When the user leaves the parked vehicle from the parking space 6, as described above, the parking information 71 corresponding to the parking space 6 is erased from the parking information storage area 72 (see step S13 in FIG. 7). Further, the CPU 41 stores the settlement time, the settlement amount, the leaving time of the parked vehicle, and the like as the history information in, for example, a history storage area of the memory 42.

  In addition, when the user does not leave the parked vehicle from the parking space 6 even after a predetermined time (for example, about 5 minutes) has passed since the settlement before leaving, the fact is indicated by the loop coil 8 and the vehicle recognition device 54. Recognized and treated as having arrived again. Specifically, the vehicle warehousing process shown in FIG. 6 is performed for the vehicle that does not leave.

(Processing of settlement after delivery)
Next, the post-shipment settlement process will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 10. This post-shipment settlement process corresponds to the specific contents of steps S17 and S18 in FIG. The CPU 41 of the fee settlement machine 9 performs the processing from step S21 to step S27 in FIG. 8 according to the operation of the key in the input key unit 23 by the user. Subsequently, in step S <b> 28, the CPU 41 determines whether there is a possibility that the settlement by the user is a settlement after leaving the store. That is, the CPU 41 checks whether or not the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user is stored in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74.

  Temporary unsatisfactory calculation storage information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user is stored in the temporary unsatisfactory calculation storage information storage area 74, and the settlement by the user may be settlement after leaving the store. When there is a property (step S28: NO), the CPU 41 determines whether or not the vehicles to be adjusted overlap for the parking space 6 (step S32). That is, in the parking lot management system 1, for example, the user A leaves the vehicle a from the parking space 6 without performing settlement before leaving, and immediately after that, another user B enters the same parking space 6 with another When the vehicle b is parked, for the same parking space 6, the user A is given an opportunity to perform settlement after leaving for the vehicle a, and the user B is settled before leaving for the vehicle b. Give you the opportunity to do. For this reason, duplication of vehicles that should be settled for the same parking space 6 may occur. If the vehicles that should be settled for the same parking space 6 do not overlap, it is sufficient to perform settlement after leaving for the vehicle a, but if the vehicles that should be settled for the same parking space 6 overlap In this case, it is necessary to allow the user to select whether to perform settlement after delivery for the vehicle a or to perform settlement before delivery for the vehicle b, and then perform settlement processing according to the selection. Therefore, in step S32, the CPU 41 determines whether or not there are overlapping vehicles to be settled for the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user. In this determination, the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user is stored in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 and corresponds to the same parking space 6. This is done by checking whether the parking information 71 to be stored is stored in the parking information storage area 72.

  When there are no overlapping vehicles to be settled for the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user (step S32: NO), the CPU 41, as shown in FIG. Check out after leaving the car in the space.Please check out before you leave the car next time. If you like, please press the check key again. At the same time, the voice of the message is output from the speaker 28 (step S33). In response to this, when the user presses the cancel key 23C in the input key unit 23 (step S34: NO, step S35: YES), the CPU 41 returns the process to step S21. On the other hand, when the user presses the settlement key 23B in the input key unit 23 (step S34: YES), the CPU 41 advances the process to step S36.

  When the process proceeds to step S36, the CPU 41 performs a settlement process after leaving the store. Specifically, the CPU 41 reads the warehousing time included in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user from the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74, and this warehousing time. The parking time is obtained by calculating the difference between the current time and the current time (year / month / day / hour / minute), and the parking fee is calculated based on the parking time and the fee system stored in the memory 42 in advance. And CPU41 outputs the message which requests | requires the payment of a parking fee from the display 22 and the speaker 28 (step S36) similarly to the case of the check-out before leaving (step S36), and payment of a user's money. The parking fee is settled according to the mode (step S37). After the settlement, the CPU 41 deletes the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user from the temporary immature calculation warehouse information storage area 74 (step S38), as necessary. The settlement time, the settlement amount, the delivery time of the parked vehicle, etc. are stored in the history storage area of the memory 42 as the history information, and the settlement after delivery is completed.

  Here, in calculating the parking time in the post-delivery settlement process, the difference between the warehousing time included in the temporary unsettled calculation warehouse information 73 and the time at the present time (the settlement process time after exit) is calculated. That is, the difference between the warehousing time included in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 and the leaving time included in the temporary immature calculation warehouse information 73 is not calculated. As a result, the parking fee is calculated by adding the time from when the user leaves the parking space 6 to the parking space 6 without performing the pre-shipment settlement until the post-shipment settlement is performed. Prevents a person from deliberately performing a pre-departure checkout and making the unpaid calculation store a little earlier, resulting in a shorter parking time, resulting in a lower parking fee. it can.

  In step S 33, the communication device 31 automatically connects the communication line with the maintenance service center 61, thereby enabling a call between the user and the operator of the maintenance service center 61 through the intercom 29. Also good. As a result, the user can be instructed by the operator about the payment method, and the payment can be easily and reliably performed.

(Choose between pre-shipment checkout and post-shipment checkout)
Next, with reference to FIG. 8 and FIG. 10, selection of pre-shipment settlement and post-shipment settlement will be described. As described above, in the parking management system 1, for example, the user A takes out the vehicle a from the parking space 6 without performing settlement before leaving, and immediately after that, another user B enters the same parking space 6. When another vehicle b is parked, for the same parking space 6, the user A is given an opportunity to perform settlement after leaving the vehicle a, and the user B is issued a vehicle b. Gives you the opportunity to pre-pay. Specifically, in step S32 in FIG. 8, the CPU 41 determines whether or not the vehicles to be settled overlap for the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user, and the same parking is performed. If there are overlapping vehicles to be settled for space 6, let the user choose whether to settle after shipping for vehicle a or to settle for vehicle b before leaving. Perform the checkout process accordingly.

  That is, in step S32, temporary immature calculation storage information 73 corresponding to the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user is stored in the temporary immature calculation storage information storage area 74, and the same parking space 6 When the parking information 71 corresponding to is stored in the parking information storage area 72, the CPU 41 determines that the vehicles to be settled for the parking space 6 indicated by the parking space number input by the user are duplicated. (Step S32: YES). Subsequently, for example, as shown in FIG. 10 (2), the CPU 41 determines whether the settlement after exiting the vehicle that has left the parking space 6 or the settlement before exiting the vehicle currently parked in the parking space 6. A guidance screen for causing the vehicle to be selected is output to the display 22 and, for example, “in the adjustment of a vehicle parked in the parking space of No. XX from W month W day W hour W minute to X month X day X hour X minute”. If there is, press the 1 key, and if the payment of the vehicle parked from the Y month Y day Y hour Y minute to the Z month Z day Z hour Z minute in the XX parking space, press the 2 key. If there is no message, press the cancel key "is output from the speaker 28 (step S39).

  In response to this, when the user presses the “1” key of the numeric keypad 23A, the CPU 41 shifts the process from step S40 to step S33, and performs the post-shipment settlement process as described above and the related process. Processing is performed (steps S33 to S38). On the other hand, when the user presses the “2” key of the numeric keypad 23A, the CPU 41 shifts the process from step S40 to step S29, and performs the pre-shipment settlement process and the related process as described above. Performed (steps S29 to S31).

  Here, in step S39 and step S40, as described below, several methods are conceivable as a method for causing the user to select either post-shipment settlement or pre-shipment settlement. It may be adopted. That is, the first method is the method described above, and as shown in FIG. 10 (2), the warehousing time for the vehicle related to post-shipment settlement, and the warehousing time for the vehicle related to pre-shipment settlement, etc. In this method, a guidance screen described in characters is displayed on the display 22 and a message according to the explanation in the guidance screen is output by voice. According to this method, the user can select either post-ship checkout or pre-ship checkout by reading the explanation on the guidance screen or listening to the message voice.

  In the second method, as shown in FIG. 10 (3), in the guidance screen displayed on the display 22, the warehousing time for the vehicle related to post-shipment settlement and the warehousing time for the vehicle related to pre-shipment settlement. In addition to the characters described above, an image obtained by photographing a vehicle related to post-shipment settlement and an image obtained by photographing a vehicle related to post-shipment settlement are displayed. Also in this method, a message according to the explanation on the guidance screen is output by voice. According to this method, the user can perform the selection of the post-ship checkout and the pre-shipment checkout more easily, quickly, and accurately than the first method by looking at the vehicle image on the guidance screen. . In addition, the image which each vehicle image | photographed while parking with the cameras 15, 17, and 18 installed in the parking lot 2 is used for the image of each vehicle. The image of each vehicle is preferably an image of a characteristic portion of each vehicle, for example, a front portion of the vehicle including a license plate. Also, instead of the image of each vehicle, a video of each vehicle may be used.

  In the third method, in step S39, first, a guidance image requesting to perform settlement for vehicles related to post-shipment settlement is output to the display 22, and a message to that effect is output from the speaker 28. If the user performs an operation to select post-shipment settlement, for example, by pressing the settlement key, the process proceeds to the shipping settlement processing, while the user does not select post-shipment settlement, for example, by pressing the cancel key. In that case, the display on the display 22 is then switched to a guide image that requires the settlement of the vehicle related to the pre-shipment settlement and the parking fee for the vehicle related to the pre-shipment settlement is settled. This is a method of outputting a message requesting that from the speaker 28. This method has the following advantages. In other words, the period during which overlapping of vehicles to be settled for the same parking space 6 can occur is limited to the above-described settlement allowable period ta (for example, about 3 to 10 minutes). Also, considering the practical usage of a general parking lot, the frequency of settlement is low within a short period of about 3 to 10 minutes since the user started parking the vehicle. . Therefore, when there is a duplication of vehicles to be settled for the same parking space 6, the user who first pays for the use of the parking space causes the vehicle to leave the parking space 6 without performing settlement before leaving. There is a high probability of being a person who has gone out, that is, a person who performs settlement after leaving the store. Therefore, in step S39, by first performing the guidance requesting the settlement of the vehicle related to the settlement after the delivery, it is possible to smoothly proceed to the settlement after the delivery according to the user's intention with a high probability. In addition, it is possible to reduce user selection error.

  As described above, according to the parking lot management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, even when the user causes the parked vehicle to leave the parking space 6 before the parking fee is settled, the form of settlement after delivery is used. You can check out the parking fee. Accordingly, it is possible to make it easier for the user to settle the parking fee on the spot while reducing the cost by reducing the cost of the device itself or the device such as the lock device and the gate device. In addition, it is possible to prevent a situation in which a user who has failed to perform the settlement before leaving the store frequently inquires about the settlement of the parking fee to the maintenance service center 61 and the maintenance service center 61 increases the work load for answering the inquiry. it can. In addition, users who have lost the opportunity to settle their parking fees on the spot can reduce the frequency of subsequent charges for parking fees and reduce the burden of subsequent collection of parking fees. Can do.

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the parking lot management system 1 is applied to a relatively small parking lot 2 having 13 parking spaces 6 as shown in FIG. 1 is described as an example. The parking lot management system 1 may be applied to a medium-scale or large-scale parking lot. On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the plurality of parking lots 2 are collectively managed by the maintenance service center has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. A form in which individual parking lots are managed completely independently can also be adopted.

  Further, the present invention can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist or concept of the invention that can be read from the claims and the entire specification, and a parking lot management system with such a change is also a technique of the present invention. Included in thought.

1 Parking lot management system 2 Parking lot 6 Parking space 8 Loop coil (vehicle detector)
9 Charge settlement machine 12 Relay device 15 1st camera 16 2nd camera 17 3rd camera 18 4th camera 22 Display (display device)
23 Input Key Unit 28 Speaker 29 Interphone 31 Communication Device (Communication Means)
33 Communication unit (microphone, speaker)
41 CPU (parking information storage means, pre-shipment settlement means, temporary unsettled calculation room information storage means, post-shipment settlement means, confirmed unsettled calculation room information storage means, selection request means)
42 Memory (storage device)
51 First external communication unit 52 Data terminal device (connection control circuit)
53 Second external communication unit 54 Vehicle recognition device 55 Video recording device 61 Maintenance service center 62 Wide area communication network 63 Internet 64 Management PC
65 Server 71 Parking information 73 Temporary immature calculation warehouse information 75 Confirmed immature calculation warehouse information ta Settling allowance period

Claims (5)

A plurality of vehicle detection devices that are respectively provided in a plurality of parking spaces in a parking lot, and that detect entry and exit of the vehicle to the parking space in which the vehicles are provided;
A fee settlement machine that settles the parking fee for vehicles parked in each of the parking spaces,
The fee settlement machine
The time when the first vehicle enters the one parking space of the plurality of parking spaces by one vehicle detection device among the plurality of vehicle detection devices is defined as the warehousing time of the first vehicle. Parking information generation means for generating first parking information including the entry time and storing the first parking information in a storage device provided in the fee settlement machine;
While the one vehicle detection device does not detect the first vehicle leaving the one parking space, the charge settlement machine inputs an instruction to pay the parking fee for the one parking space. When received, the pre-shipment settlement means for performing the settlement of the parking fee for the first vehicle with reference to the warehousing time included in the first parking information;
When the first vehicle detection device detects that the first vehicle has left the one parking space while the parking fee for the first vehicle is not being settled by the pre-shipment settlement means. The time at which the exit of the first vehicle from the one parking space is detected by the one vehicle detection device is used as a delivery time, and temporary immature calculation storage information including the delivery time and the entry time is generated. , Temporary immature calculation warehouse information generating means for storing the temporary immature calculation warehouse information in the storage device;
When the first vehicle detection device detects that the first vehicle has left the one parking space while the parking fee for the first vehicle is not being settled by the pre-shipment settlement means. When the fee settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the one parking space within a settlement allowance period until a predetermined time has elapsed from that time, the temporary unsettled calculation warehouse information A post-shipment settlement means for performing settlement of the parking fee for the first vehicle with reference to the warehousing time included;
When the settlement fee for the first vehicle is not settled by the post-ship settlement means within the settlement allowance period, the identification information of the one parking space in which the first vehicle is parked, A parking lot management comprising: a confirmed immature calculated warehouse information including a warehousing time and the outgoing time, and a confirmed immature calculated warehouse information generating means for storing the confirmed immature calculated warehouse information in the storage device system. Within the payment allowance period, the one vehicle detection device detects the entry of the second vehicle into the one parking space, and accordingly, the parking information generation means includes the warehousing time of the second vehicle. Second parking information is generated and stored in the storage device, and then the charge settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the one parking space within the settlement allowance period. And a selection requesting means for outputting a message requesting selection of whether to perform the settlement of the parking fee for the first vehicle and the settlement of the parking fee for the second vehicle,
After the output of the message by the selection requesting means, when the fee settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the first vehicle, the post-ship settlement means parks the first vehicle. When the fee settlement machine receives an instruction to settle the parking fee for the second vehicle, the pre-ships settlement unit settles the parking fee for the second vehicle. The parking lot management system according to claim 1.   The selection requesting unit first outputs a message requesting to settle the parking fee for the first vehicle, and after the message is output, the fee settlement machine receives a predetermined instruction. 3. The parking lot management system according to claim 2, wherein a message requesting to settle a parking fee for the second vehicle is output. A camera for photographing the vehicle in the parking lot;
The selection requesting means outputs the message requesting selection of whether to perform a parking fee settlement for the first vehicle or a parking fee settlement for the second vehicle, and the camera The image or video of the first vehicle captured by the camera and the image or video of the second vehicle captured by the camera are displayed on a display device provided in the fee settlement machine. The parking lot management system according to 2 or 3. Connection control means capable of performing at least voice communication between an operator and a user of an external service center, and switching and controlling connection and disconnection of a communication line between the microphone and the speaker and the service center Comprising communication means having
2. The communication unit automatically connects a communication line with the service center when the parking fee for the first vehicle is settled by the post-ship settlement unit. The parking lot management system according to any one of 4 to 4.

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