JP2019105974A - Parking fee adjustment system at parking lot without adjustment device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method of facilitating an adjustment of the parking fee of a small-scale parking lot in view of the problem in which: it is often necessary to give up opening a small-scale parking lot in an open space where several cars can be parked, due to the burden of collecting the cost of the adjustment device occupying most of the equipment cost; but it is considered to be a good idea to allow the parking fee to be adjusted by the adjustment device installed in a nearby parking lot without installing the adjustment device in the small-scale parking lot; but it would still be inconvenient for a user to go to the parking lot a bit away for the parking fee adjustment.SOLUTION: In the present invention, an adjustment device is not provided in a small-scale parking lot, but a parking detection sensor is provided in a cabin, and the information is wirelessly sent to the adjustment device of a parking lot at a distant place, thereby allowing a user to adjust the parking fee calculated by the adjustment device using an electronic payment system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention uses a checkout machine in a nearby coin parking lot (hereinafter referred to as a parking lot) to set up a checkout machine that enables the establishment of a small-scale parking lot where installation of the checkout machine can not be economically achieved. Not related to the parking fee settlement system in the parking lot.

In urban areas, by utilizing idle land as a parking lot, landowners have a cash income and have the effect of being pleased with the users of the parking lot, and many parking lots are installed. However, in the case of a narrow land where the idle site can only park a few cars, opening a conventional parking lot that requires the installation of a checkout machine narrows the vehicle compartment width and lengthens recovery of the installation cost. Because it takes a long time, it has been considered that it is not business-friendly.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-175900

On the other hand, as described in Patent Document 1, a system (hereinafter referred to as an electronic payment settlement system) is introduced in recent years that does not settle the parking fee in the parking lot with cash but uses a communication terminal such as a smartphone. There is. In this case, the user of the parking lot searches the parked parking lot using the dedicated application of the smartphone and transmits the parked car room number to the server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system, the operating company Communicate with the checkout machine of the parking lot being used, receive the calculation result of the parking fee, display it on the smartphone of the parking lot user, and promote electronic payment by credit card or the like. If the user approves the electronic payment, the operating company of the electronic payment settlement system notifies the settlement machine of the parking lot of the completion of payment, thereby unlocking the flap device which is the evacuation prevention device of the vehicle compartment, Users can leave the parking lot.

However, in the above-mentioned electronic payment method being put into practical use, the server of the operating company of the electronic payment settlement system reads the data inside the settlement machine installed in the parking lot and displays the parking fee on the smartphone of the user It is obvious that smartphone payment can not be performed in a parking lot without a payment machine in principle because it is a thing.

In the present invention, if the settlement machine is installed, the room width becomes narrow and the installation cost increases, and a system capable of operating a small-scale parking lot establishment without management of the parking lot without operating the parking lot can be operated. It is intended to be provided.

In the present invention, a small parking lot (hereinafter referred to as a child parking lot) to be opened does not have a settlement machine, and a parking lot having a settlement machine at a distance at which wireless communication is possible from that parking lot We made it possible to use the mobile phone terminal to settle the parking fee by utilizing the settlement machine (abbreviated as parking lot).

In order to realize this method, in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot, a part of the room management portion is allocated to the car room of the child parking lot (or a plurality of) where no checkout machine capable of wireless communication can be placed. In the child parking lot, a wireless device that performs data communication with the checkout machine of the parent parking lot and a vehicle detection sensor installed in a vehicle compartment to be parked, preferably a lock device for preventing unauthorized leaving, a fullness display device , Parking signboard, vehicle interior surveillance camera will also be installed. Then, the checkout machine of the parent parking lot receives the detection signal of the vehicle detection sensor of the vehicle compartment of the child parking lot by wireless communication, and can transmit the unlocking signal of the lock device and the signal of fullness indication.

When the user parks in the child parking lot, the vehicle detection sensor provided in the passenger compartment detects parking and wirelessly communicates the detection signal to the checkout machine of the parent parking lot. Thus, the vehicle detection date and time indicating the vehicle interior number and the storage date and time is stored in the vehicle compartment management portion of the child parking lot provided in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot. Then, when the user leaves the child parking lot, the parking fee adjustment application is activated on the portable terminal, the child parking lot is designated, the parking fee adjustment screen is displayed, and the parked room number is displayed. Enter and send it to the server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system. Thereby, the server of the operating company communicates with the checkout machine of the parent parking lot, and is sent from the vehicle detection date and time of the vehicle room of the child parking lot stored in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot and the parking fee checkout application The parking time is calculated from the settlement date and time, the parking fee is calculated, and the result is requested to be returned to the server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system. The server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system, which has received the result, displays a parking fee bill on the parking fee settlement application of the parking lot user and requests approval. If the user approves this, the electronic settlement of the charge by the smartphone will be performed (claim 1).

When the user who has parked in the child parking lot by the above method completes the payment of the parking fee by electronic payment, the server of the operating company of the electronic payment settlement system notifies the settlement machine of the parent parking lot that the parking fee payment is complete. In response to this, the checkout machine of the parent parking lot sends a release signal of the lock device of the compartment of the child parking lot where the user is parked by wireless communication. As a result, the lock device for unauthorized leaving prevention is released, and the user can leave the child parking lot (claim 2).

In the present invention, when the vehicle detection signal from the vehicle detection sensor in the car room of the child parking lot reaches the settlement machine of the parent parking lot, and when the user completes the settlement of the parking fee, the inside of the parent parking lot By determining the fullness or empty car of the car room management part of a certain child parking lot, and transmitting the information to the fullness indicator installed in the child parking lot by the wireless communication device, the full car or empty car in the child parking lot It has also been made possible to display (claim 3).

When a user who does not have a mobile phone terminal such as a smartphone parks in a child parking lot, as a general rule, it goes to the parent parking lot and calculates the room number where the child parking lot name and parking number were parked by the checkout machine there Sometimes it is necessary to have the settlement machine input and perform the settlement. Therefore, in the child parking lot, the position of the parent parking lot where cash settlement is performed, and the vehicle room number that has been parked are also remembered using a note or the like, and a display for enabling cash settlement in parent parking , It was stated on the display signboard of the parking fee list.

However, if the parent parking lot is slightly away from the child parking lot, or if you go to the child parking lot after performing cash settlement in the parent parking lot in advance, the child parking will be required when you settle in the parent parking lot. It may happen that the user does not know the compartment where the user parked at the parking lot. Therefore, a board for displaying a layout drawing of a compartment of a child parking lot or a display device for displaying an image of a camera installed in the child parking lot is installed at or around the checkout machine of the parent parking lot. As a result, even users who can not make electronic payments with smartphones can make cash settlements without fail at the parent parking lot (claim 4).

According to the present invention, at least a vehicle detection sensor and a wireless communication device are installed even in a small vacant area where the width of a compartment narrows or parking management becomes impossible as a usual parking lot in which a checkout machine is placed. By transmitting the fact that parked in the car room to the parent parking lot by wireless communication and enabling calculation of the parking fee, it is possible to open a small-scale parking lot without a settlement machine, and for landowners, it is idle. The use of the land has the effect of increasing the convenience of using the parking lot for parking lot users.

These are the figures which showed the example of arrangement | positioning in the town of the parent parking lot which installed the child parking lot which does not put the settlement machine of this invention, and the settlement machine which can also settle the parking fee of a child parking lot. These are the figures which showed the main installation installed in the parent parking lot and child parking lot of this invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a checkout machine such as a car room management data area of a parent parking lot of the present invention, a data communication control program between parent and child as a main program of the checkout machine, and an electronic payment program by a smartphone. These are the figures which showed the mechanism of the electronic payment in a child parking lot. These are the figures which showed the example of the settlement machine of the parent parking lot of this invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of a child parking lot without a checkout machine targeted by the present invention and a parent parking lot having a checkout machine capable of managing the parking space of the child parking lot and calculating the parking fee. 1 is a road in the city, and the child parking lots 2 and 3 are separated from the parent parking lot 4 but provided at a place where wireless communication is possible as indicated by 5.

The child parking lots 2 and 3 do not place a checkout machine in a small parking lot compared to the parent parking lot 4, but as shown in FIG. 2, a cabin, a sensor for detecting parking (hereinafter referred to as vehicle detection sensor) In accordance with this, a lock device, a full sky display device, a wireless communication device, a parking signboard, a surveillance camera in the parking lot, and a power receiving board are installed to prevent unauthorized leaving of the vehicle.

The wireless communication device exchanges the output of the vehicle detection sensor, the activation and release signals of the lock device, the fullness information, and the image of the child parking lot with each other between the parent and child parking lots.

In the parent parking lot, as shown in FIG. 2, as equipment to be installed in a normal parking lot, a settlement machine, a cabin, a vehicle detection sensor, a lock device, a full sky display device, a parking lot signboard, a parking lot management company and A communication terminal for communicating with the operating company for electronic payment is provided, but in the present invention, a wireless communication device capable of newly communicating data with a child parking lot, and an image of a monitoring camera of a car room surveillance camera of the child parking lot if necessary. A display device is provided.

Generally, in a checkout machine of a parking lot, a room number is assigned to all car rooms in the hall, and a data file for storing and managing the presence / absence of parking and the storage time by a vehicle detection sensor for each car room is prepared. As a result, when the user leaves the parking lot, when the room number and the charge settlement button parked by the settlement machine are pressed, the storage time is obtained from the data file, and based on the time when the settlement button is pressed. Calculate the parking time, and from the parking charge system, the parking charge is displayed on the display screen of the adjustment machine. When the billed parking fee is paid using a bill or coin slot, the lock device is released and it is possible to leave the parking lot.

In the present invention, the settlement machine of the parent parking lot has a function of enabling electronic settlement from a portable terminal, and the parking lot must be a parking lot that has exchanged the contract for electronic settlement with the management company of the electronic settlement system. In such a parking lot, the user specifies the parking lot by a method of entering the parking lot name parked using a dedicated electronic payment application at the time of settlement of the parking fee, or searching for the parked parking lot and parking When the selected room number is sent to the server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system, the server of the operating company communicates with the settlement machine of the parking lot, and the room number and date when the user requested electronic settlement Is notified to the settlement machine of the parking lot, the parking time is calculated from the storage date and time of the vehicle room stored by the same settlement machine, and the parking fee is calculated based on the parking fee system of the parking lot. Do. The server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system displays the settlement amount obtained from the settlement machine of the parking lot on the smartphone of the user and promotes electronic settlement by credit card or the like. If the user approves the electronic payment, the operating company of the electronic payment settlement system notifies the settlement machine of the parking lot of the completion of payment, so the lock device of the passenger compartment of the user is released and the user is the parking lot It is possible to leave from.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, parking in the passenger compartment of a child parking lot (a plurality of child parking lots may be present as in child parking lots 2 and 3) in the settlement machine of the parent parking lot where such electronic settlement can be performed. Allocate a data area to manage The parking in the car room of the child parking lot can be stored as car room management data of the child parking lot by receiving the output of the vehicle detection sensor installed in the child parking lot by the settlement machine of the parent parking lot by wireless communication. It is By doing this, the data area allocated for the child parking lot functions as if there is a checkout machine in the child parking lot. The time at which the child parking lot is parked in this way is stored in the settlement machine of the parent parking lot.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user 22 parked in such a child parking lot 21 without a checkout machine settles the parking fee and exits from the child parking lot, since there is no checkout machine, it is parked by cash I can not pay a fee. Therefore, in the present invention, electronic settlement using a portable communication terminal is performed. The user activates a dedicated electronic payment application and selects a parked child parking lot or inputs a parking lot name. This selection operation can be specified by searching a parking lot on the application, or a child parking lot that is automatically used can be specified from GPS information.

When the parked child parking lot 21 can be specified, the room number parked next is input and transmitted to the server of the operating company 23 of the electronic settlement system as shown by T1 in FIG. The server of the operating company of the electronic payment settlement system uses the received child parking lot name, the parked vehicle room number, and the received time as the settlement date and time, as shown by T2 in FIG. Transmit to the parking lot 24. The parent parking lot calculates the parking time based on the received data and the storage date and time of the vehicle room of the child parking lot 21 managed, and calculates the parking fee from the charge system of the child parking lot, The result is sent to the server of the operating company 23 of the electronic settlement system as shown by T3 in FIG. The date and time when the user 22 warehousing in the car room of the child parking lot is stored in the child parking lot management data area of the parent parking lot 24 by the wireless communication device as shown by A in FIG. 4.

In response to this, as indicated by T4 in FIG. 4, the server receives the parking start date and time, the date and time when the settlement is requested, the parking time and the parking fee in the dedicated application of the user 22 parked in the child parking lot 21 as shown in T4 of FIG. Display and ask for electronic payment approval. If it is sent to the server of the operating company 23 of the electronic settlement system as shown by T5 in FIG. 4 that the user 22 approves this, the server of the operating company 23 of the electronic settlement system is in T6 of FIG. As shown, the parent parking lot 24 is signaled to release the lock device of the corresponding car room of the child parking lot 21.

When the settlement machine of the parent parking lot 24 receives an unlocking command from the server of the operating company of the electronic settlement system, it sends a locking device unlocking instruction to the child parking lot by wireless communication B shown in FIG. As a result, the lock device drive device of the child parking lot that has received the command unlocks the lock device. In this manner, the parking fee can be electronically paid even at the child parking lot 21 without a checkout machine, and the user 22 can safely leave the child parking lot 21.

  According to the present invention, the parking fee can be paid by electronic settlement even in a child parking lot which does not have a settlement machine basically by the above mechanism. However, it is possible that the user parks without knowing that the payment is made with the smartphone. In this case, the parking fee can not be settled, so it can not leave the parking lot. Such a user can call the call center and inquire about the method of leaving, but in principle, it is necessary to go to the parent parking lot and settle the parking fee with the settlement machine of the parent parking lot. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a signboard clearly stating that the parking lot is dedicated to electronic settlement. On the signboard, the parking lot name and management number, a map showing the location of the parent parking lot, the telephone number of the call center of the parking lot operating company, the display about the parking fee, and cash in the parent parking lot Indicate that you must pay at.

  By the way, when cash settlement (or payment by card) is made in the parent parking lot, the settlement machine of the parent parking lot must definitely be able to pay the parking fee in the child parking lot. FIG. 5 shows an example of the appearance of a checkout machine of a parent parking lot that can pay parking fees in a child parking lot of the present invention. 31 is a settlement machine, 32 is a display for displaying a car number and a parking fee, 33 is a button for inputting the car number to the checkout with a ten key, 34 is a bill slot, 35 is a coin slot, 36 is a coin slot Change and receipt discharge port, 37 is a diagram (or a photo) showing the room arrangement of the child parking lot.

In the present invention, the room number of the child parking lot managed in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot must be made to not overlap with the room number of the parent parking lot. For example, when the number of vehicles in the parent parking lot is 25, the room number of the child parking lot may start from 31. When the parent parking lot manages a plurality of child parking lots, it is necessary to make sure that the vehicle room numbers do not overlap among the child parking lots.

If you make the room number of the child parking lot a large number as mentioned above, when going to do the checkout with cash to the place a little away from the parent parking lot, you will know the room number of the child parking lot you stopped It is possible that the situation disappears. In the present invention, in order to avoid such a situation, as shown in FIG. 5, the arrangement and room number of the compartment of the child parking lot are written on the side of the checkout machine of the parent parking lot as indicated by 37. .

Such a layout is not limited to the side of the settlement machine but may be the front or may be provided with a separate display plate. Furthermore, in the case of using a display device using a touch panel, it may be a method of showing the layout of the cabin of the child parking lot on the screen display. In addition, when the child parking lot user pays in the parent parking lot, the car room number of the child parking lot parked with 33 ten keys without a mistake by looking at the room layout of the child parking lot It is a cautionary note that it is done by pressing the settlement button after pressing.

As another method, a smart method is also possible in which an image of a surveillance camera of a child parking lot is displayed on a display panel with a touch panel, and a parked car room is touched and selected. By such a method, a user who can not make electronic payment can definitely make cash settlement at the parent parking lot.

The small parking lot without the checkout machine of the present invention is usually a small-scale parking lot, but even if it is medium-sized or larger, the capacity of the cabin management data file of the parent parking lot is simply increased. It is clear that a response is possible. And, if the size of the child parking lot is large, the display of full space will also be necessary. Also in this case, the checkout machine of the parent parking lot discriminates a full or vacant room from the data of the child parking lot management part, and notifies the result to the fullness display signboard of the child parking lot by the wireless device. It is also possible to display the space fully.

The settlement method of the parking fee in the child parking lot without the settlement machine of the present invention is as described above.

As described above, the present invention provides a parking lot system capable of settling a parking fee with a smartphone using a settlement machine of a parent parking lot with a settlement machine in a parking lot without a settlement machine. There is a feature that enables the establishment of a small parking lot where it is difficult to manage with a checkout machine, and the industrial applicability is sufficient.

1 road 2, 3 child parking lot 4 parent parking lot 5 wireless communication 21 child parking lot 22 user of child parking lot 23 management company of electronic payment settlement system 24 parent parking lot

Communication between T2, T3 and T6 Electronic Settlement System Operating Company and Parent Parking Lot
Communication between T1, T4 and T5 electronic payment settlement system operating company and users of child parking lot
Wireless communication of data and control signals between A and B parent parking lot and child parking lot

31 Parent parking lot checkout machine 32 Indicators for charges etc. 33 Buttons for entering room number 34 Bill insertion slot 35 Coin insertion slot, 36 Change, receipt discharge outlet
37 Layout of the car room of the child parking lot 38 Cautionary explanation panel when adjusting the child parking lot

Claims (4)

A parking lot (hereinafter referred to as a parent parking lot) installed with a checkout machine capable of performing electronic settlement of a parking fee from a mobile terminal, and a plurality of parking lots (not installed with a checkout machine) The following is composed of a child parking lot) and an electronic settlement management company that communicates electronically with the settlement machine of the parent parking lot to make an electronic settlement of the parking fee, and manages the car room of the parking lot to the settlement machine of the parent parking lot. In addition to the area, an area for car room management of the child parking lot was provided, and a wireless device was provided in the parent and child parking lot, and the vehicle detection sensor detected that the user parked in the car room of the child parking lot At the time, the radio number and the vehicle detection date are transmitted by the wireless device to the settlement machine of the parent parking lot, and the settlement machine stores the data in a parking management file in the compartment management area of the child parking lot. When a user parked in a child parking lot leaves the parking lot, it is portable The electronic payment operating company is specified by using the dedicated parking fee settlement application on the server of the electronic payment operating company from the communication terminal to specify the parking lot name and the vehicle compartment number and performing electronic payment for the parking fee. The server communicates with the settlement machine of the parent parking lot, reads the vehicle detection date and time of the compartment of the child parking lot from the compartment management file of the child parking lot managed by the settlement machine, and the settlement request from the server Calculate the parking time based on the received date and time, calculate the parking fee based on the parking fee system of the child parking lot concerned, return the result to the server of the electronic payment operating company, and based on the data, Display parking name, parking time, related data mainly for parking fee and request for approval of electronic payment on the parking fee settlement application of the user of the child parking lot, and the electronic payment is accepted when the user approves it To be able to pay Parking system that features that were In the parking lot system according to claim 1, when a lock device for preventing unauthorized leaving is installed in the cabin of the child parking lot in addition to the vehicle detection sensor, and the vehicle detection sensor for the child parking lot detects parking, The number of the vehicle compartment parked in the compartment management part of the child parking lot provided to the checkout machine of the parent parking lot and the detection date and time of the vehicle detection sensor are stored by wireless communication when the elapsed time set in advance has passed In the case where payment by electronic payment is made according to the method of claim 1 when the lock device of the cabin is operated and the user leaves the child parking lot, the electronic payment operating company settles the parent parking lot A notification of payment completion by electronic payment is sent to the communication terminal of the machine, and the master settlement machine that has received the notification releases the lock device of the corresponding car room of the child parking lot by wireless communication. Parking system In the parking lot system according to claims 1 and 2, the child parking lot is provided with a fullness display device, and the car room management portion of the child parking lot in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot always counts the number of vacant car rooms. A parking lot system characterized by displaying a full parking space of the child parking lot by wireless communication according to the presence or absence of a cabin   In the parking lot system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, it is possible to confirm a display state indicating a room layout of a child parking lot to be managed, or a parking state provided in the child parking lot, in the checkout machine of the parent parking lot Parking lot system characterized by providing a display device for displaying an image of a camera

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