JP7429075B2 - Parking management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technology for remotely managing a parking lot using a user's communication device.

Parking lots with multiple parking positions for vehicles are already widespread. This type of parking lot can be classified from the perspective of the method of transporting the vehicle to the parking location: the user drives the vehicle himself and transports the vehicle to the parking location, and the other method involves mechanically moving pallets or cages to transport the vehicle. It is classified into mechanical type, which transports the car directly to the parking position. Further, the parking lot may be lent to the user free of charge or may be lent to the user for a fee. Paid parking lots are classified into monthly parking lots and hourly parking lots (including "daily parking lots") based on the length of time they are rented to users.

Hourly parking lots can be categorized from the perspective of payment methods, such as prepaid parking where the user pays the parking fee before parking starts (however, there is a possibility of paying the shortfall in the parking fee when leaving the parking lot). and deferred payment type, in which the user pays the parking fee at the end of parking.

In addition, hourly parking lots can be classified from the perspective of management methods: manned parking lots, where a person in charge of managing and monitoring the parking lot is permanently stationed on-site, and parking lots where such a person is not permanently stationed. , unmanned systems that are dispatched sporadically to the field.

For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known documents that disclose this type of parking lot and the equipment (including ticket issuing machines) installed in the parking lot.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for managing a parking lot for bicycles that requires no equipment cost, is easy to manage, and is sufficiently profitable. According to this technology, there is no need to install a device to prevent illegally parked bicycles from leaving the parking lot, thereby reducing the cost of parking lot equipment.

Specifically, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user parks the bicycle in an empty parking position, moves to a ticket issuing machine, and inputs his or her registration number into the ticket issuing machine. , and then add the necessary parking fee. The ticket issuing machine records the input registration number as the registration number for the bicycle for which the parking fee has been paid.

Furthermore, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, a management worker who manages a parking lot reads a registration number from a label affixed to a parked bicycle using his/her own mobile terminal. On the other hand, the management worker retrieves from the ticket issuing machine the registration number recorded in the ticket issuing machine, that is, the registration number of the bicycle for which the parking fee has already been paid.

After that, the management worker checks the registration number read from the parked bicycle with the registration number taken from the ticket issuing machine, and based on the results of the check, determines whether the parking fee has been paid for the parked bicycle. In other words, it is checked whether the bicycle is illegally parked. A management worker attaches a sticker urging payment of the parking fee to a bicycle for which the parking fee has not been paid, thereby notifying the user who owns the bicycle that the parking fee has not been paid.

Patent Document 2 discloses a prepaid unmanned parking lot. This parking lot has a card issuing machine that issues a parking card for a fee that records the time you are allowed to park, an entrance gate that is always closed, and a parking machine installed at the entrance that allows parking cards to be inserted. , and a warehousing management device that opens the warehousing gate on the condition that the parking card is appropriate. Furthermore, this parking lot has an exit gate that is always closed, and an exit management device that is installed at the exit and opens the exit gate when a parking card is inserted, provided that the parking card is appropriate. will be installed.

According to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2, when leaving the parking lot, the user inserts the parking card into the exit management device. The exit management device reads information from the inserted parking card, and if the read information indicates that the actual length of parking time exceeds the estimated parking time, the exit management device reads information from the inserted parking card. However, additional parking fees will be charged. When the user pays the additional parking fee to the exit management device in response to the request, the exit gate is opened. Since the exit gate will not be opened unless the user pays the necessary additional parking fee, fraudulent acts in which the user exits the parking lot without paying the additional parking fee are prevented.

Therefore, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2, although it is a prepaid unmanned parking lot, it is essential for the parking lot manager to regularly visit the parking lot to detect illegal parking. Therefore, illegal parking can be prevented.

JP2003-242537A Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-146325

According to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, a work manager can discover illegally parked bicycles and stop the illegal parking from continuing. However, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to discover illegally parked bicycles, the work manager personally visits the parking lot and individually checks all the parked bicycles. It is necessary to perform verification using a mobile terminal. Furthermore, in order to stop the continuation of illegal parking, the work manager needs to affix the aforementioned stickers to each illegally parked bicycle.

As described above, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 imposes a large burden on the work manager in order to prevent illegal parking, and therefore it is difficult to reduce management costs, including personnel costs, for parking lots. It was difficult.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a ticket issuing machine for a parking lot that can easily reduce the management cost of a parking lot.

Furthermore, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user has to input the user identification number into the ticket issuing machine in order to pay the parking fee before parking the vehicle, which is troublesome. Additionally, ticket issuing machines are designed to have a function for inputting a user identification number, a function for recording data representing the input user identification number, and a function for outputting the recorded data to the outside. Therefore, there was a limit to reducing the equipment cost of ticket issuing machines.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a ticket issuing machine for a parking lot that can easily reduce the burden on users who use the parking lot and reduce the equipment cost of the ticket issuing machine or payment machine.

Further, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is necessary to install a card issuing machine, an entry gate, an entry management device, an exit gate, and an exit management device in a parking lot. This becomes a factor that increases the equipment cost (including equipment cost and installation work cost) for the parking lot compared to the case where only a ticket issuing machine is required to be installed in the parking lot. Further, according to this technology, both the warehousing management device and the warehousing management device need to have a function of reading information from a parking card. This results in an increase in equipment costs for the warehousing management device and the warehousing management device, which also causes an increase in the equipment cost for the parking lot.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a parking lot ticket issuing machine that can easily reduce the cost of parking lot equipment.

Based on the above knowledge, the present invention is a technology for remotely managing a parking lot using a user's communication device, which facilitates reducing the equipment cost and/or management cost of a parking lot. This was done with the goal of providing something.

In order to solve the problem , one aspect of the present invention provides a parking lot management system that remotely manages a parking lot,
On-site equipment installed in the parking lot, which has a function of outputting encrypted data to users in the parking lot;
An off-site facility installed in a remote location from the parking lot, which receives the output encrypted data from a communication device of a user in the parking lot, and uses the received encrypted data to use the parking lot. shall obtain information regarding parking or parking fees for users who do so, and manage said parking lot based on that information.
A parking lot management system including:
Further, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for remotely managing a parking lot, comprising:
Parking-related data representing information related to parking or parking fees related to users using the parking lot is an on-site facility installed in the parking lot, and is an image of parking-related data in an encrypted state. One that has the function of outputting to the user,
An off-site facility installed in a remote location from the parking lot, which receives information represented by the output image from a communication device of the user in the parking lot, and based on the received information, A parking lot management system is provided that includes: one for managing a parking lot;

Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system that remotely manages a parking lot,
On-site equipment installed in the parking lot as equipment related to parking fee settlement, which includes parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for users using the parking lot as an image in an encrypted state. having a function of outputting to the user who is in the parking lot;
An off-site facility installed at a remote location to the parking lot, which receives the encrypted parking-related data from the user's communication device and decrypts the received parking-related data using a decryptor. , and one that manages the parking lot based on the decoded parking-related data.

Further, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for remotely managing a parking lot, comprising:
Related equipment installed in association with the parking lot that outputs parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for users of the parking lot in an encrypted state;
A remote facility installed in a remote location from the parking lot and having a code decoder;
A communication device of a user of the parking lot functions as a relay between the related equipment and the remote equipment, and transmits the encrypted parking-related data to the remote equipment without decrypting it. death,
A parking lot management system is provided in which the decryptor at the remote facility decodes parking related data received from the user's communication device.

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system in which a parking lot is managed by a parking lot management center located in a remote location,
an output device that outputs parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for users of the parking lot as encrypted information;
and a code decryptor installed in the parking lot management center,
the user's communication device transmits the output parking-related data to the decryptor without decoding it;
The decryptor decrypts parking-related data received from the user's communication device;
The decoded parking related data is provided to a parking lot management system used by the parking lot management center to manage the parking lot.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method in which a parking lot is managed by a parking lot management center located in a remote location, comprising:
an output step in which the output device outputs parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for the user of the parking lot as encrypted information;
a transmission step in which the user's communication device transmits the output parking-related data to a decryptor installed in the parking lot management center without decoding it;
the decryptor decrypts parking-related data received from the user's communication device;
The parking lot management center is provided with a parking lot management method for managing the parking lot based on the decoded parking-related data.

Further, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
an output device that outputs parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for users of the parking lot as encrypted information;
a code decryptor located at a remote location of the parking lot;
the user's communication device transmits the output parking-related data to the decryptor without decoding it;
The decryptor is provided with a parking management system that decrypts parking related data received from the user's communication device.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
an output step in which the output device outputs parking-related data related to parking or parking fees for the user of the parking lot as encrypted information;
a transmission step in which the user's communication device transmits the output parking-related data to a decryptor located at a remote location in the parking lot without decoding it;
A decoding step in which the decryptor decrypts parking-related data received from the user's communication device is provided.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticket issuing machine that encrypts parking-related data related to parking for a user of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a management center located in a remote location of the parking lot;
the user's communication device transmits parking-related data printed on the slip to the management center without decoding;
The management center includes a decryptor that decrypts parking-related data received from the user's communication device;
The encrypted parking related data is expressed as an image,
A parking lot management system is provided in which the user's communication device has an image reader that reads and inputs the image, and the input image is transmitted to the management center without being decoded.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticketing step in which the ticketing machine encrypts parking-related data related to parking for the user of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a transmission step in which the user's communication device transmits the parking-related data printed on the slip to a management center located at a remote location of the parking lot without decoding it;
a decoding step in which a decryptor installed in the management center decrypts parking-related data received by the management center from the user's communication device;
The encrypted parking related data is expressed as an image,
The user's communication device has an image reader that reads and inputs the image,
The sending step includes:
The user's communication device reads and inputs the image using the image reader;
A parking lot management method is provided, comprising: the user's communication device transmitting the input image to the management center without decoding it.

Further, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticket issuing machine that encrypts parking-related data related to parking fees for users of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a payment machine installed in the parking lot that allows the user to pay the parking fee after parking;
a management center located in a remote location of the parking lot;
a communication device of a user transmits parking-related data printed on the slip to the management center without decoding it;
The management center is provided with a parking lot management system that includes a decryptor that decrypts parking-related data received from users' communication devices.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticketing step in which the ticketing machine encrypts parking-related data related to parking fees for users of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a transmission step in which the user's communication device transmits the parking-related data printed on the slip to a management center located at a remote location of the parking lot without decoding it;
a decoding step in which a decryptor installed in the management center decrypts parking-related data received by the management center from a user's communication device;
A payment machine installed in the parking lot allows a user to pay the parking fee after parking, and a payment method is provided.

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticket issuing machine that encrypts parking-related data related to parking fees for users of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a management center located in a remote location of the parking lot;
a communication device of a user transmits parking-related data printed on the slip to the management center without decoding it;
The management center is provided with a parking lot management system that includes a decryptor that decrypts parking-related data received from users' communication devices.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticketing step in which the ticketing machine encrypts parking-related data related to parking fees for users of the parking lot, prints the encrypted parking-related data on a slip, and issues the slip;
a transmission step in which the user's communication device transmits the parking-related data printed on the slip to a management center located at a remote location of the parking lot without decoding it;
A parking lot management method is provided, including a decoding step in which a decryptor installed in the management center decrypts parking-related data received by the management center from a user's communication device.

Further, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
Parking-related data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time for a user of the parking lot, which is equipment installed in the parking lot. The one that outputs the encrypted one,
A communication device of the user in the parking lot, which transmits the output parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot without decoding it. ,
A parking lot management system is provided, including: a receiving unit installed in the management center and receiving the parking-related data from the communication device.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
The equipment installed in the parking lot is encrypted parking-related data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of a parking fee or parking time for a user of the parking lot. an output process that outputs the
The user in the parking lot transmits the output parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot, without decoding, via a communication device. process and
A receiving step is provided in which, in the management center, a receiving unit receives the parking-related data from the communication device.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
Encrypted parking-related data that is installed in the parking lot and represents at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fees or parking time for users of the parking lot. a ticket issuing machine or a payment machine that provides the user in the parking lot with
a communication device of the user in the parking lot, which transmits the parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot without decoding;
A receiving unit installed in the management center and receiving parking-related data transmitted from the communication device is provided.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot generates parking-related data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time for the user of the parking lot. a provision step of providing the encrypted information to the user in the parking lot;
a transmission step in which the user in the parking lot transmits the parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot without decoding it via a communication device;
A receiving step is provided in which, in the management center, a receiving unit receives parking-related data from the communication device.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot and providing encrypted parking-related data representing parking conditions of the parking lot by the user to the user in the parking lot;
a communication device for the user in the parking lot, which transmits the parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot;
A parking lot management system is provided, including a receiving unit installed in the management center and configured to receive and decode parking-related data transmitted from the communication device.

Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a provision step in which a ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot provides encrypted parking-related data representing parking conditions of the parking lot by the user to the user in the parking lot;
a transmission step in which the user in the parking lot transmits the parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot via a communication device;
A receiving step is provided in which, in the management center, a receiving unit receives and decodes parking-related data from the communication device.

Further, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
The parking-related data installed in the parking lot and representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time for the user of the parking lot is transmitted to the user in the parking lot. A ticket issuing machine or payment machine provided to
a communication device of the user in the parking lot, which transmits the provided parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot;
A receiving unit installed in the management center and receiving parking-related data transmitted from the communication device is provided.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot receives parking-related data representing at least one of the date and time, the amount, and the length of the parking time regarding the payment of the parking fee or parking time for the user of the parking lot. a providing step of providing the user in the parking lot;
a transmission step in which the user in the parking lot transmits the provided parking-related data from the parking lot to a management center that remotely manages the parking lot via a communication device;
a receiving step of receiving parking-related data from the communication device in the management center;
A parking lot management method is provided, including: a management step of managing the parking lot in the management center using the received parking-related data.

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
Actual data that is installed in a ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot and represents at least one of the date and time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fees or parking time for users of the parking lot. an encryption unit that encrypts data that can be decoded by a user into encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user, and visually provides the encrypted data to the user;
a decryptor that decrypts the encrypted data received from the user via a communication device and restores the encrypted data to the real data in a management center that remotely manages the parking lot. is provided.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine or a payment machine installed in the parking lot generates actual data representing at least one of the date and time, the amount, and the length of the parking time regarding the parking fee payment or parking time for the user of the parking lot. an encryption step of encrypting data that can be decoded by a user into encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user, and visually providing the encrypted data to the user;
a decryption step in which, in a management center that remotely manages the parking lot, a decryption device decrypts the encrypted data received from the user via a communication device and restores the encrypted data to the real data; A parking lot management method is provided.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
a ticket issuing machine installed in the parking lot;
Prior to the start of parking by the user, when the user pays a prepaid parking fee via the ticket issuing machine, the time at which the user enters the parking lot or another act substantially simultaneously with that act; By referring to a preset encryption table, the first real data representing the amount of the prepaid parking fee or the length of the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee are obtained. a first encryption unit that encrypts the data into encrypted data;
Upon termination of extended parking by the user, the user pays an additional parking fee via the ticketing machine, and the user performs an act of paying the additional parking fee or another act substantially simultaneously with that act. a second cipher that encrypts the third actual data representing the time and the fourth actual data representing the amount of the additional parking fee into encrypted data for the additional parking fee by referring to a preset encryption table; Kabe and
After the ticket issuing machine issues a receipt for the additional parking fee that includes the encrypted data for the additional parking fee, the user requests a receipt for the prepaid parking fee issued by the ticket issuing machine prior to the start of parking. receive the encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and the encrypted data for the additional parking fee on the receipt for the additional parking fee, decode the received encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and the encrypted data for the additional parking fee, and A parking lot management system is provided, comprising: a decryptor for restoring first and second real data and the third and fourth real data.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket machine will be installed in the parking lot,
The parking lot management method is
Prior to the start of parking by the user, when the user pays a prepaid parking fee via the ticket issuing machine, the time at which the user enters the parking lot or another act substantially simultaneously with that act; By referring to a preset encryption table, the first real data representing the amount of the prepaid parking fee or the length of the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee are obtained. a first encryption step of encrypting into encrypted data;
Upon termination of extended parking by the user, the user pays an additional parking fee via the ticketing machine, and the user performs an act of paying the additional parking fee or another act substantially simultaneously with that act. a second cipher that encrypts the third actual data representing the time and the fourth actual data representing the amount of the additional parking fee into encrypted data for the additional parking fee by referring to a preset encryption table; oxidation process,
After the ticket issuing machine issues a receipt for the additional parking fee that includes the encrypted data for the additional parking fee, the user requests a receipt for the prepaid parking fee issued by the ticket issuing machine prior to the start of parking. receives the encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and the encrypted data for the additional parking fee on the receipt for the additional parking fee, and passes the received encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and the encrypted data for the additional parking fee to a decryptor. and decrypting the first and second real data and the third and fourth real data by using the decryption method.

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine installed in the parking lot that prints and issues a receipt for the prepaid parking fee before the user starts parking, and allows the user to receive the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid. Those with a printer that prints and issues a receipt for additional parking fees after extended parking beyond the limit;
Prior to the start of parking by the user, when the user pays a prepaid parking fee via the ticket issuing machine, the time at which the user enters the parking lot or another act substantially simultaneously with that act; By referring to a preset encryption table, the first real data representing the amount of the prepaid parking fee or the length of the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee are obtained. a first encryption unit that encrypts the data into encrypted data;
Upon termination of extended parking by the user, the user pays an additional parking fee via the ticketing machine, and the user performs an act of paying the additional parking fee or another act substantially simultaneously with that act. a second cipher that encrypts the third actual data representing the time and the fourth actual data representing the amount of the additional parking fee into encrypted data for the additional parking fee by referring to a preset encryption table; Kabe and
After the user pays the prepaid parking fee, the printer prints the first and second real data and the prepaid parking fee encrypted data together on the prepaid parking fee receipt; a first printer control unit that controls the printer;
After the user pays the additional parking fee, the printer prints the third and fourth actual data and the additional parking fee encrypted data together on a receipt for the additional parking fee; a second printer control unit that controls the printer;
After the printer issues the receipt for the additional parking fee, the user sends the encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee on the receipt for the prepaid parking fee and the additional parking fee on the receipt for the additional parking fee. receiving encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and decrypting the received encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and the received encrypted data for the additional parking fee to obtain the first and second real data on the receipt for the prepaid parking fee and the encrypted data for the additional parking fee; a decryptor for restoring the third and fourth real data on the receipt;
A first time specified by the restored first actual data and a second time specified by the restored third actual data are used to calculate the length of the actual parking time by the user as the difference between the two. used to
The first amount specified by the restored second actual data and the second amount specified by the fourth actual data are used to calculate the total amount of parking fees paid by the user as the sum of the two. used for
The calculated total amount of parking fees and the calculated actual length of parking time determine whether the total amount of parking fees is insufficient in relation to the length of the actual parking time. A parking lot management system used for this purpose is provided.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
A ticket machine will be installed in the parking lot,
The ticketing machine prints and issues a receipt for the prepaid parking fee prior to the user starting parking, and after the user has extended parking beyond the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid. It has a printer that prints and issues receipts for additional parking fees.
The parking lot management method is
Prior to the start of parking by the user, when the user pays a prepaid parking fee via the ticket issuing machine, the time at which the user enters the parking lot or another act substantially simultaneously with that act; By referring to a preset encryption table, the first real data representing the amount of the prepaid parking fee or the length of the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee are obtained. a first encryption step of encrypting into encrypted data;
Upon termination of extended parking by the user, the user pays an additional parking fee via the ticketing machine, and the user performs an act of paying the additional parking fee or another act substantially simultaneously with that act. a second cipher that encrypts the third actual data representing the time and the fourth actual data representing the amount of the additional parking fee into encrypted data for the additional parking fee by referring to a preset encryption table; oxidation process,
After the user pays the prepaid parking fee, the printer prints the first and second real data and the prepaid parking fee encrypted data together on the prepaid parking fee receipt; a first printer control step of controlling the printer;
After the user pays the additional parking fee, the printer prints the third and fourth actual data and the additional parking fee encrypted data together on a receipt for the additional parking fee; a second printer control step of controlling the printer;
After the printer issues the receipt for the additional parking fee, the user sends the encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee on the receipt for the prepaid parking fee and the additional parking fee on the receipt for the additional parking fee. receive encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee and decrypt the received encrypted data for the prepaid parking fee using a decoder to obtain the first and second actual data on the receipt for the prepaid parking fee and the actual data for the additional parking fee. a decryption step of restoring the third and fourth actual data on the receipt;
calculating the length of the actual parking time by the user as a difference between a first time specified by the restored first actual data and a second time specified by the restored third actual data; Calculate the total amount of parking fees paid by the user as the sum of the first amount specified by the restored second actual data and the second amount specified by the fourth actual data, and A parking lot management method is provided, comprising: a step of determining whether the total amount of parking fees is insufficient in relation to the calculated actual parking time length.

Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot, comprising:
Converting real data representing at least one of the date and time of parking fee payment or parking time, amount, and length of parking time, which can be decoded by a user, into encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user. an encryption unit for encrypting;
a decryption unit that decrypts the encrypted data received from the user and restores the real data;
The actual data includes multiple types of information,
The encryption unit individually encrypts each of the plurality of types of information by referring to a corresponding encryption table,
The decryption unit decrypts the encrypted data individually for each type of information by referring to the corresponding encryption table, thereby individually restoring the plurality of types of information. A management system is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot, comprising:
Actual data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to parking fee payment or parking time, which is readable by the user, cannot be deciphered by the user. an encryption step of encrypting the encrypted data;
a decryption step of decrypting the encrypted data received from the user by a processor and restoring the real data;
The actual data includes multiple types of information,
In the encryption step, each of the plurality of types of information is individually encrypted by referring to a corresponding encryption table,
In the decryption step, the encrypted data is individually decrypted for each type of information by referring to the respective corresponding encryption tables, thereby restoring the plurality of types of information individually. A management method is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system in which a parking lot is managed by a remote management center, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine installed in the parking lot, which is real data that is readable by the user and represents at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time. an encryption unit that encrypts the actual data and the encrypted data into encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user, and prints the actual data and the encrypted data on a parking ticket, and issues the printed parking ticket to the user. and a printer that
a decryptor installed in the management center, which decrypts the encrypted data transmitted from the user via a communication device and received at the management center, and restores the actual data; A parking lot management system is provided that includes:

Furthermore, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management method in which a parking lot is managed by a remote management center, comprising:
A ticket issuing machine installed in the parking lot generates actual data that can be read by the user and represents at least one of the date and time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time; encrypting the actual data and the encrypted data into encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user, printing the actual data and the encrypted data on a parking ticket, and issuing the printed parking ticket to the user;
decrypting the encrypted data transmitted from the user via a communication device and received at the management center by a decryptor installed in the management center, and restoring the real data. A parking lot management method is provided.

The following aspects can be obtained by the present invention. Each aspect is divided into sections, each section is numbered, and the numbers of other sections are cited as necessary. This is to facilitate understanding of some of the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention and their combinations, and the technical features that can be adopted by the present invention and their combinations are limited to the following aspects. It should not be interpreted as such. That is, it should be interpreted that technical features not described in the following embodiments but described in this specification may be appropriately extracted and adopted as technical features of the present invention.

Furthermore, it should be noted that the description of each section in the form of quoting the numbers of other sections does not necessarily prevent the technical features described in each section from being separated and independent from the technical features described in other sections. It should be interpreted that the technical features described in each section can be made independent as appropriate depending on the nature of the technical features described in each section.

(1) A ticket issuing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be used commonly for the plurality of parking positions,
A printer that prints and issues a parking ticket when the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine;
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the user directly receives actual data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of the parking time regarding the parking fee payment or parking time. an encryption unit that converts decryptable data into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely by referring to a preset encryption table;
a printer control unit that controls the printer so that when the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on the parking ticket that the printer is about to issue; including;
If the user reads out the encrypted data on the parking ticket and sends the voice emitted to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager can A parking lot ticket issuing machine capable of decoding the encrypted data from the voice and restoring the actual data.

According to this ticket issuing machine, after the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the parking ticket issued by the ticket issuing machine includes the date and time, amount, and length of parking time related to the payment of the parking fee or parking time. Regarding at least one of the above, encrypted data is printed together with the actual data. That is, the same information regarding at least one of the date and time of parking fee payment or parking time, amount, and length of parking time is the same as both real data that can be decoded by the user and encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user. It will be printed on your parking ticket. The fact that the user cannot decode the encrypted data means that the user cannot forge the encrypted data.

The encrypted data is neither for identifying the user who owns the parking ticket nor for identifying the parking ticket, but for at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of the parking fee payment or parking time. For example, the authenticity of a user's statement regarding information regarding the user's actions such as ``The user paid a parking fee corresponding to a parking time of a certain length to the ticket issuing machine at a certain date and time.'' It will be printed on the parking ticket for verification.

The encrypted data is data that cannot be decoded by the user but can be pronounced uniquely, such as numbers, alphabets, kana characters, etc. As long as the encrypted data is the same, even if the person pronouncing the encrypted data is different, as long as they have normal literacy, the same voice will be generated.

Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the voice emitted by the user while reading out the encrypted data on the parking ticket is transmitted to the ticket issuing machine using a communication device (for example, a mobile phone, a landline telephone, a public telephone, etc. available to the user). This makes it possible to send information to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device not installed on the machine. The parking lot manager can decode the encrypted data from the received user's voice and restore the actual data. This is because there is a one-to-one relationship between the encrypted data and the real data, and the real data can be restored from the encrypted data.

Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the ticket issuing machine also has a function of communicating with other devices (for example, a communication device of a parking lot manager), and also has a function of automatically transmitting the encrypted data printed on the parking ticket. In addition, the user does not have to bring or send the parking ticket to the parking lot manager or send it by facsimile, and the payment of the parking fee or the parking time A parking lot manager at a remote location can confirm at least one of the date and time, amount, and length of parking time. As a result, the user can prove to the parking lot manager that his or her actions are not fraudulent, while reducing the burden on the user.

Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, even if the above-mentioned exit prevention device is not installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot, when the user should pay the additional parking fee, the user actually does not pay the additional parking fee at all. Even if you claim to the administrator at a remote location via a communication device that you have paid the requested amount even though you have not paid the requested amount or have paid an insufficient amount of the requested amount, is discovered by the administrator to be false. Therefore, even though it is a prepaid unmanned parking lot, it is possible to prevent fraudulent behavior in which the user leaves the parking lot even though he or she has not paid any additional parking fee or has paid an amount that is insufficient to the requested amount. This makes it easier.

In this section, regarding the term ``at least one of the date and time related to parking fee payment or parking time, and the length of parking time'' that actual data directly represents, ``date and time'' means, for example, when the user parked their car. It means the date and time when the user paid the fee, the start time or end time of the parking time, the time when the user entered the parking lot, etc., and "amount" means, for example, the amount of the parking fee paid by the user, and The "length of parking time" refers to the effective parking time (maximum parking time) commensurate with the amount of the prepaid parking fee described below, the extended parking time commensurate with the amount of additional parking fee described below, etc.

Throughout this specification, the term "parking ticket" includes all slips issued by ticket machines installed in parking lots, including, but not limited to, parking tickets, receipts, etc. .

(2) A ticket issuing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be used commonly for the plurality of parking positions,
Ticketing button and
Charge payment button and
When the user operates the ticket issuing button after paying the prepaid parking fee to the ticket issuing machine prior to starting parking, a parking ticket indicating that parking is permitted and a message indicating that the parking fee has been paid will be issued. a printer that prints and issues a receipt, and also prints and issues the receipt when the user operates the fee settlement button after paying an additional parking fee to the ticket issuing machine after parking;
When the user pays the prepaid parking fee or additional parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, actual data representing at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of the parking time regarding the payment of the parking fee or parking time; an encryption unit that converts what can be directly decrypted by the user into encrypted data that the user cannot decrypt but can uniquely pronounce by referring to a preset encryption table; ,
Prior to the start of parking by the user, the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine as the prepaid parking fee in an amount commensurate with the length of the valid parking time that the user wishes to park continuously in the unmanned parking lot. After making the payment, when the user operates the ticket issuing button, the printer is configured to print the real data and the encrypted data corresponding to the prepaid parking fee on the receipt that the printer is about to issue. a first printer control unit that controls;
When the user finishes parking, if the length of the actual parking time the user actually parked exceeds the valid parking time, the user will pay a parking fee commensurate with the excess length as the additional parking fee. When the user operates the fee settlement button after paying to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the encrypted data corresponding to the additional parking fee are printed on the receipt that the printer is about to issue. a second printer control unit that controls the printer so as to
If the user reads out the encrypted data on the receipt and sends the voice to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager can A parking lot ticket issuing machine capable of decoding the encrypted data from the voice and restoring the actual data.

According to this ticket issuing machine, it is possible to distinguish whether the parking fee that the user is about to pay is a prepaid parking fee or an additional parking fee, depending on the user's specific action. Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the same effects as the ticket issuing machine according to item (1) above can be obtained.

(3) The ticket issuing machine does not have the function of mechanically reading the information recorded on the parking ticket or the function of communicating with other devices,
In the parking lot, even though the parking fee paid by the user to the ticket issuing machine is insufficient, the user does not pay the insufficient amount to the ticket issuing machine and the user drives his/her vehicle to the parking lot. The ticket issuing machine for a parking lot according to item (1), which is not equipped with a device to mechanically prevent the parking lot from leaving the parking lot.

(4) Furthermore,
a coin slot into which coins are inserted;
a display device that displays information on the screen;
an input amount calculation unit that calculates the total amount of coins that the user has inserted so far as the input amount each time the user inserts a coin into the coin slot;
a parking time calculation unit that calculates a parking time commensurate with the input amount from the calculated input amount each time the user inserts a coin into the coin slot;
a display controller that controls the display so that each time a user inserts a coin into the coin slot, the calculated input amount and the calculated parking time are displayed on the screen; The parking lot ticket issuing machine according to any of paragraphs (1) to (3), which includes and.

(5) A ticket issuing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be used commonly for the plurality of parking positions,
If the user pays the parking fee to the machine as a prepaid parking fee prior to parking, or as an additional parking fee after parking beyond the scheduled parking time, the parking ticket is a printer that prints and issues the corresponding one of the prepaid parking ticket and the additional parking fee parking ticket;
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the parking ticket represents at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of the parking time related to the payment of the parking fee or the parking time, and the parking ticket is used for the prepaid parking. The user can decrypt the actual data that identifies whether it is a parking ticket or a parking ticket for the additional parking fee, which the user can directly decode, by referring to a preset encryption table. an encryption unit that converts the data into encrypted data that cannot be pronounced but can be pronounced uniquely;
a printer control unit that controls the printer so that when the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on the parking ticket that the printer is about to issue; including;
If the user reads out the encrypted data on the parking ticket and sends the voice emitted to the parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager can use the code decoder. A parking lot ticket issuing machine capable of decoding the encrypted data from the received user's voice and restoring the actual data.

According to this ticket issuing machine, the parking lot manager can determine whether the parking ticket is a prepaid parking ticket or whether there is an additional parking fee based solely on the user's comments regarding the parking ticket, without visually inspecting the actual parking ticket or a copy. This makes it possible to correctly identify whether the parking ticket is a private parking ticket or not.

(6) A ticket issuing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be used commonly for the plurality of parking positions,
Ticketing button and
Charge payment button and
When the user operates the ticket issuing button after paying the prepaid parking fee to the ticket issuing machine prior to starting parking, a parking ticket indicating that parking is permitted and that the prepaid parking fee has been paid is issued. On the other hand, if the user operates the fee settlement button after paying the additional parking fee to the ticket issuing machine after parking, the additional parking fee receipt will be printed and issued. A printer to print and issue,
When the user pays the prepaid parking fee or the additional parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the ticket issuing machine displays at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of the parking time regarding the parking fee payment or parking time, and Actual data indicating whether the receipt issued by the machine is the prepayment receipt or the additional parking fee receipt, which can be visually deciphered by the user, is encoded in a preset code. an encryption unit that encrypts encrypted data that cannot be decoded by a user but can be uniquely pronounced by referring to an encryption table;
Prior to the start of parking by the user, the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine as the prepaid parking fee in an amount commensurate with the length of the valid parking time that the user wishes to park continuously in the unmanned parking lot. After paying, when the user operates the ticket issuing button, the real data and the encrypted data corresponding to the prepaid parking fee are printed on the prepaid receipt that the printer is about to issue. a first printer control unit that controls the printer;
When the user finishes parking, if the length of the actual parking time the user actually parked exceeds the valid parking time, the user will pay a parking fee commensurate with the excess length as the additional parking fee. When the user operates the fee settlement button after paying to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the code corresponding to the additional parking fee are added to the receipt for the additional parking fee that the printer is about to issue. a second printer controller that controls the printer so that data is printed;
After the issuance of the additional parking fee receipt, the voice emitted by the user reading out the encrypted data on the prepayment receipt and the additional parking fee receipt is transmitted to the parking lot at a remote location via the communication device. If the information is sent to the parking lot manager, the parking lot manager uses a code decryptor to decrypt the encrypted data received as voice and generate the prepayment receipt and the additional parking fee receipt. For a parking lot, it is possible to restore the actual data above and, based on the restored actual data, determine whether the amount already paid by the user as the additional parking fee is insufficient. Ticket machine.

(7) A ticket issuing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be used commonly for the plurality of parking positions,
To select one of a plurality of parking time slots, including a parking time slot that covers only nighttime and a parking time slot that covers at least part of the daytime, as the time slot in which the user wants to use the parking lot. an operation unit operated by a user;
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine in accordance with the type of parking time slot selected by the user, the date and time the user entered the parking lot and the parking time selected by the user are displayed. A ticket issuing machine for a parking lot, comprising: a printer that prints the type of band and the amount of parking fee paid to the ticket issuing machine by a user on a parking ticket, and issues the printed parking ticket to the user.

(8) After the parking ticket is issued by the ticket issuing machine, the user places it inside the parked vehicle so that the printed content of the parking ticket can be viewed from outside the vehicle through the window glass of the parked vehicle. The parking lot ticket issuing machine according to any one of paragraphs (1) to (7).

The parking ticket issued by this ticket issuing machine prior to parking is placed by the user inside the vehicle of the user intending to park in the prepaid unmanned parking lot so as to be visible from outside the vehicle. Therefore, the parking lot manager can easily determine whether or not the vehicle falls under the category of illegally parked vehicle by simply observing the parking ticket inside the parked vehicle from outside the vehicle. When a parking lot manager discovers an illegally parked vehicle, the parking lot manager can warn the user who parked the vehicle by, for example, attaching a warning slip to the vehicle.

As a result, this ticket issuing machine makes it possible to prevent unauthorized parking without installing exit prevention devices such as the aforementioned exit gate, flap type, retractable wheel chocks, etc. in prepaid unmanned parking lots. Become. Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, although it is a prepaid unmanned parking lot, it is easy to prevent illegal parking while reducing the equipment cost and management cost of the parking lot.

Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the ticket issuing machine does not need to perform data processing to detect illegal parking, so the function of the ticket issuing machine can be easily simplified, and as a result, the equipment of the ticket issuing machine It becomes easy to reduce costs.

Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, a user who wishes to use a parking lot must input both a user identification number and vehicle identification information for the user's vehicle in order to issue a parking ticket prior to parking. This eliminates the burden on the user.

Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the parking ticket is placed inside the parked vehicle, so it will not be damaged or lost due to weather.

(9) In a prepaid or postpaid unmanned or manned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles, a user operates a ticket issuing machine installed for common use with respect to said plurality of parking positions. A parking ticket printed and issued by the ticket issuing machine upon payment of a parking fee,
Actual data that can be directly read by the user and that represents at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to the payment of parking fees or parking time, and the actual data on the parking slip. A parking ticket is printed with encrypted data that cannot be deciphered by the user but can be pronounced uniquely.

By using this parking ticket, the parking lot manager can determine the authenticity of the user's comments regarding the items written on the parking ticket based solely on the user's comments regarding the items written on the parking ticket, without having to visually inspect the actual parking ticket or a copy. It becomes possible to judge objectively.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an unmanned parking lot in which a ticket issuing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention is installed. FIG. 2 is a front view of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 2 with the door open. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the component configuration of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a flowchart conceptually representing the ticket issuing/settlement program executed by the computer shown in FIG. 6(a) to 6(d) are front views showing a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the display device shown in FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 7(a) is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket and receipt issued by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 2 after payment of a prepaid parking fee, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a receipt issued by the parking lot after payment of an additional parking fee. FIG. 8(a) is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the parking ticket shown in FIG. 7(a) immediately after it is issued, and FIG. 8(b) is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the parking ticket shown in FIG. FIG. FIG. 9(a) is a side sectional view showing the parking ticket shown in FIG. 7(a) attached to the back of the windshield of a parked vehicle, and FIG. 9(b) is a side sectional view showing the parking ticket shown in FIG. , is a perspective view showing a part of the display sheet peeled off from the separator and folded. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing how the parking ticket shown in FIG. 7(a) is attached to the back surface of the windshield of a parked vehicle. 11(a) to (c) show the structure of an example of the encrypted data printed on the receipt shown in FIGS. 7(a) and (b), the corresponding real data, and the conversion from the real data to the encrypted data. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a conversion process. FIG. 12 shows how a user uses his or her mobile phone to communicate the encrypted data printed on the receipt shown in FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) to a parking lot manager located in a remote location. FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining how the parking lot manager converts received encrypted data into real data. FIG. 13 is a front view showing a ticket issuing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the component configuration of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 13. FIG. 15 is a flowchart conceptually representing the ticket issuing/settlement program executed by the computer shown in FIG. FIG. 16(a) is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket and receipt issued by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 13 after payment of a prepaid parking fee, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a receipt issued by the parking lot after payment of an additional parking fee. 17(a) to (c) show the structure of an example of the encrypted data printed on the receipt shown in FIGS. 16(a) and (b), the corresponding real data, and the conversion from the real data to the encrypted data. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a conversion process. FIG. 18 is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket for night parking issued by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 13.

Hereinafter, the parking lot ticket issuing machine 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a parking lot 10 in which the ticket issuing machine 20 is installed and used. The parking lot 10 has a plurality of parking positions (parking spaces) that allow simultaneous parking of a plurality of cars. A single ticket issuing machine (generally referred to as a "settlement machine") 20 is installed near the only entrance 12 (both an entrance and an exit) of this parking lot 10 for multiple parking lots. Commonly located at all locations, these machines are installed as centralized ticket issuing machines. This parking lot 10 is an unmanned type where there is no full-time worker and the user, who is the driver, pays the parking fee at the ticket issuing machine 20. This ticket issuing machine 20 is configured according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Additionally, regarding the definition of the term "vehicle", in this "Detailed Description of the Invention" section, the term "vehicle" only means an automobile; , the term "vehicle" should be interpreted to include not only automobiles but also all types of moving objects such as bicycles and motorcycles.

There are two types of parking sections on the site of the parking lot 10. There is a section for renting parking spaces (temporary storage section or daily rental section) to each vehicle user on a daily basis, and a monthly parking section for each vehicle user, subject to a prior agreement. This is a section for renting out parking spaces (monthly section). The ticket issuing machine 20 is used for the temporary storage section. Hereinafter, when the parking lot 10 is simply referred to as the parking lot 10, it means only the temporary storage section, that is, the area where the ticket issuing machine 20 is used.

In order to use the parking lot 10, a driver who is a user drives his/her own vehicle, enters the entrance/exit 12 from an adjacent road, continues driving, passes the ticket issuing machine 20, and then enters the parking lot 10. drive the vehicle to one of the parking spaces (parking positions) of your choice and park there. After that, the user gets out of his/her vehicle, walks to the ticket issuing machine 20 located at the entrance/exit 12, and pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine 20 there.

2 shows the ticket issuing machine 20 in a front view, FIG. 3 shows the ticket issuing machine 20 in a perspective view with the door 24 open, and FIG. 4 shows the ticket issuing machine 20 in a front view. The configuration of 20 parts is shown in a block diagram. FIG. 5 conceptually shows a flowchart of the ticket issuing/settlement program executed by the computer 100 in the control board 34 shown in FIG. 6(a) to 6(d) show front views of a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the display device 36 shown in FIG. 2.

The user receives a parking ticket 80 shown in FIGS. 7A and 8 from the ticket issuing machine 20 in exchange for payment of the parking fee. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the user transfers the parking ticket 80 to the windshield 110 of his or her vehicle (which is an example of the "window glass" in section (1) above). (not limited to the windshield 110). Since the parking ticket 80 is placed inside the parked vehicle, it is not exposed to the rain or wind and cannot be lost.

The parking lot 10 is a prepaid unmanned parking lot with a plurality of parking positions, and is equipped with devices (for example, an exit gate device, a wheel drive system, etc.) for preventing vehicles from leaving the parking lot (preventing exit from the parking lot 10). The vehicle does not have a stopping device (for example, a flap type or a retractable type), and the user can freely select any one of the plurality of parking positions to park his/her vehicle (selection). (The parked parking location is not monitored by the ticket issuing machine 20). The ticket issuing machine 20 is used for the parking lot 10 configured in this manner.

Here, the ticket issuing machine 20 will be explained in more detail. This ticket issuing machine 20 has a fee settlement function, but does not have a change function or a communication function. This ticket issuing machine 20 requires the user to pay the parking fee only in coins rather than banknotes. The ticket issuing machine 20 also allows the user to input a user identification number, input vehicle identification information (for example, vehicle number) about the user's vehicle, and specify which parking location the user selects from among a plurality of parking locations. , do not request.

The ticket issuing machine 20 has a ticket issuing button 70 and a fee settlement button 74, as shown in FIG. When the user presses the ticket issuing button 70 after paying the prepaid parking fee prior to starting parking, the ticket issuing machine 20 issues a parking ticket 80 indicating that parking is permitted (see FIG. 7(a)) and a prepaid parking ticket. It has a ticket issuing function that issues a receipt 81a (see FIG. 7(a)) indicating that the fee has been settled in two sheets. Furthermore, when the user presses the fee settlement button 74 after completing parking and paying the additional parking fee, the ticket issuing machine 20 generates a receipt 81b (see FIG. 7(b)) indicating that the additional parking fee has been paid. ) has a fee settlement function that issues a fee.

In this embodiment, the receipt 81a constitutes an example of the "prepayment receipt" in the above paragraph (7), and the receipt (hereinafter also referred to as "settlement receipt") 81b constitutes an example of the "prepayment receipt" in the above paragraph (7). This constitutes an example of the "receipt for additional parking fee". That is, in this embodiment, there are prepayment receipts and additional parking fee receipts as categories of receipts 81a and 81b, and receipt 81a is classified into the category of prepayment receipts. , the receipt 81b is classified into the category of additional parking fee receipt.

In this embodiment, the two-page parking ticket issued after payment of the prepaid parking fee consists of the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a. Separated from each other, only the parking ticket 80 can be left in the parked vehicle, and the receipt 81a can be carried. As will be described later, the receipt 81a has the end time of the valid parking time (the time period during which the user is permitted to park) printed thereon, and the user can cancel the end of the valid parking time at any time when he or she is away from the parked vehicle. It is convenient for the user to carry this receipt 81a with him so that he can refer to the time.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing machine 20 includes a vertically long box-shaped casing 22 and a door 24 attached to one side of the casing 22 so as to be openable and closable. FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the ticket issuing machine 20 in a perspective view with the door 24 open. FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the component configuration of this ticket issuing machine 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, this ticket issuing machine 20 includes a coin processing unit 30, a safe 32, a control board 34, a display 36, and a printer 40 that prints and issues a parking ticket 80 and receipts 81a and 81b. It is configured to have the following. Among these parts, only the coin processing unit 30 is attached to the back of the door 24, and the remaining parts are attached inside the casing 22.

As shown in FIG. 3, the printer 40 is equipped with a roller 42 on which a continuous sheet before printing is wound and stored. The printer 40 prints on continuous sheets that are fed from the roller 42 one sheet at a time. After the printer 40 finishes printing, the printer 40 cuts the continuous sheet with a cutter (not shown) at any time, and after the prepaid parking fee is paid, the printer 40 cuts the continuous sheet into two sheets, a parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a, for additional parking. After paying the fee, one receipt 81b is cut off. However, as shown in FIG. 7(a), a tear line 89 is formed between the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a, which are bound in two sheets, and the user can cut them out along the tear line 89. Parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a can be easily separated from each other.

The cutter has a cutting blade (not shown), and cuts the continuous sheet in the width direction by moving the cutting blade in the width direction of the continuous sheet. Further, the cutter can adopt a method of completely cutting the continuous sheet in the width direction, or a method of cutting the continuous sheet in the width direction leaving only a part in the width direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the coin processing unit 30 includes a coin input slot 50, a return lever 52, and a coin selector (which determines the type of coin inserted and determines whether the inserted coin is a counterfeit coin). 54 and a coin return slot 56. Among the inserted coins, those that are not returned to the user through the coin return port 56 are stored in the safe 32. As shown in FIG. 4, a control board 34 is connected to the coin selector 54 for data communication. A signal indicating the number of sheets (including information as to whether or not there are sheets) and the number of sheets are received.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front surface of the door 24 includes a transmission window 60 through which display light from the screen of the display 36 (for example, a liquid crystal display) passes, a coin slot 50, a return lever 52, and a coin return slot 56. and a discharge port 64 for discharging the parking ticket 80 and receipts 81a, 81b printed and discharged by the printer 40. The transparent window 60 also has the function of mechanically protecting the display 36 by preventing direct access to the display 36 from the outside.

The ticket issuing machine 20 is further configured to include the aforementioned ticket issuing button 70 that is pressed after the user has paid the prepaid parking fee, and the aforementioned fee settlement button 74 that is pressed after the user has paid the additional parking fee. There is. The ticket issuing button 70 and the fare settlement button 74 are mounted on the front surface of the door 24 of the ticket issuing machine 20, as shown in FIG. The ticket issuing button 70 and the fee settlement button 74 are electrically connected to the control board 34, as shown in FIG.

Both the ticket issuing button 70 and the fee settlement button 74 are configured as real physical switches, but are not limited to this, and for example, virtual switches ( For example, it may be configured as a button, key, icon).

The control board 34 is mainly configured with a computer 100. This control board 34 has a built-in clock 102, and can always obtain the current date and time (for example, the date and time when the ticket issue button 70 was pressed, and the date and time when the fee settlement button 74 was pressed). This control board 34 further has a built-in memory 104. An encrypted table, which will be described later, is stored in the memory 104 in a state where it can be rewritten only by an authorized person.

It should be noted that the control board 34 can have a format in which the same functions as the computer 100 are realized by a sequencer (sequence control).

When the ticket issuing/settlement program shown in FIG. 5 is executed by the computer 100, first, in step S1, an initial screen shown in FIG. 6(a) is displayed on the screen of the display 36. Next, in step S2, it is determined based on the signal from the coin selector 54 whether or not the user has inserted a coin. If no coins have been inserted, the process returns to step S2, but if a coin has been inserted, in step S3, the total amount of coins that have been inserted by the user up to that point is calculated as the inserted amount.

Next, in step S4, from the calculated input amount, the parking time corresponding to the input amount is calculated as the parking time (if the parking fee paid this time is a prepaid parking fee, it means the valid parking time). , if the parking fee paid this time is an additional parking fee, it is calculated as an extended parking time). Since the relationship between the input amount and the length of the parking time, that is, the hourly rate setting is known to the computer 100, the computer 100 can calculate the parking time from the input amount according to the rate setting. Regarding the fee setting, for example, the parking lot manager can input it individually for each hour by operating the touch panel of the display 36.

According to an example of the above price setting, continuous parking time is 300 yen for up to 2 hours, 400 yen for up to 4 hours, 500 yen for up to 6 hours, 1000 yen for up to 12 hours, and 1500 yen for up to 24 hours. be. Under the fee settings in this example, if the user pays 400 yen as a prepaid parking fee, for example, as in the example shown in FIG. 7, the computer 100 will calculate 4 hours as the valid parking time. Furthermore, if the user pays 300 yen as an additional parking fee, two hours will be calculated as the extended parking time.

Thereafter, in step S5, a coin insertion screen shown in FIG. 6(b) is displayed on the screen of the display 36. At this time, the calculated input amount and length of parking time (valid parking time or extended parking time) are displayed.

Subsequently, in step S6, it is determined whether the ticket issue button 70 has been pressed. If the ticket issue button 70 has not been pressed yet, it is determined in step S7 whether or not the fee settlement button 74 has been pressed. If the fee settlement button 74 has not been pressed yet, the process returns to step S2.

After coin insertion is started, steps S2 to S7 are repeated until either the ticket issuing button 70 or the fee settlement button 74 is pressed. As a result, each time the user inserts a coin into the coin slot 50, the total amount of coins inserted by the user from the start of insertion to the present time is calculated as the input amount, and from the calculated input amount, The parking time commensurate with the input amount is calculated, and the calculated input amount and parking time (valid parking time or extended parking time) are displayed on the screen of the display 36.

When the ticket issue button 70 is pressed, a parking ticket/receipt issue screen shown in FIG. 6(c) is displayed on the display 36 in step S8. At this time, the parking fee amount determined by the user's operation of the ticket issuing button 70 is displayed as the prepaid parking fee amount. In this case, the parking time calculated in the preceding step S4 means the valid parking time.

Subsequently, in step S9, the entry time when the user entered the parking lot 10 (or the date and time when the user paid the prepaid parking fee, the time when the parking ticket 80 was issued, the parking time start time, etc.) and the valid parking time are determined. Actual data representing length (or amount of prepaid parking fee paid by the user, etc.) that can be decrypted directly by the user cannot be decrypted by the user by referring to the encryption table. It is converted into encrypted data 130 that cannot be pronounced but can be uniquely pronounced. Encryption is performed, and as a result, encrypted data 130 is created.

In this embodiment, the encrypted data 130 is defined by a nine-digit symbol arranged in a row (the number of digits may be more or less than that), as shown in FIG. 11(a). has been done. The symbol of each digit is selected, for example, as one of ten numbers from 0 to 9 and a plurality of alphabets. The multi-digit symbol is divided into multiple groups and printed on the receipt 81a, and adjacent groups are connected with a hyphen, allowing the user to pronounce the multiple-digit symbol at once in one breath. Instead of ``,'', some breaks are added to make it easier and more accurate to pronounce the pronunciation.

An example of the general structure of the actual data (in order to reduce the number of digits in the actual data, the notation of the Western calendar is omitted) is as shown in Figure 11(b). However, the length of the valid parking time is TT time.'' As shown in FIG. 11(c), this actual data includes a number MM representing the month, a number DD representing the day, a number hh representing the hour of the time, and a number mm representing the minute of the time. , the length of the parking time (if the applicable receipt is for a prepaid parking fee, it means the valid parking time; if the applicable receipt is for an additional parking fee, it means the extended parking time); It has five elements, the number TT representing.

As shown in FIG. 11(c), the encryption table includes a monthly encryption table that is referenced to encrypt the number MM representing the month, and a monthly encryption table that is referenced to encrypt the number DD representing the day. a daily encryption table that is referenced to encrypt the number hh representing the hour of the time, and a time unit encryption table that is referenced to encrypt the number mm that represents the minute of the time. The parking lot has a minute-by-minute encryption table, and a time-based encryption table, which is referred to in order to encrypt the number TT representing the length of the parking time. The above five elements are each encrypted by referring to the corresponding encryption table, thereby creating nine-digit encrypted data 130.

In this embodiment, the encryption table is updated every day, but it is updated every time a period longer than 24 hours has passed (the encryption table is not updated within the same period). A method in which the encryption table is updated every day within the same cycle, with a period longer than 24 hours as one cycle (the encryption table is updated daily between the period within one cycle and the period within another cycle). It is possible to adopt a common pattern).

In one example, if the encryption table is updated every day in the memory 104, the encryption table set, which is one month's worth of encryption tables, is updated every month. In this case, the encryption table set is updated by the administrator, for example, every month when the administrator visits the parking lot 10.

In one example, for each of the five elements MM, DD, hh, mm, and TT, the relationship between the actual data and the encrypted data in the encryption table, that is, the number before encryption (for example, "2 The correspondence between "2" representing the month" and the code after encryption is generated by generating a random number for each number before encryption and using that random number as the code after encryption. be done.

When the encryption is completed in step S9 shown in FIG. 5, the parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a are printed and issued by the printer 40 in step S10. As shown in FIG. 7(a), the receipt 81a contains the same information regarding at least one of the date and time of parking fee payment or parking time, amount, and length of parking time, as actual data that can be deciphered by the user. and encrypted data 130 that cannot be decoded by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticket issuing/settlement program.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the parking ticket 80 includes information for specifying the end time of the valid parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user and the location of the parking lot 10. is printed. Furthermore, the receipt 81a is printed with the parking time, the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user, the end time of the valid parking time, and a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10. Encrypted data 130 exemplified as "ABC-DEF-ABC" is also printed on the receipt 81a. This encrypted data 130, as shown in text in FIG. (This is equivalent to the time when the ticket was issued.) and the length of the valid parking time (This is equivalent to the amount of prepaid parking fee paid.) is encrypted.

On the other hand, when the fare settlement button 74 is pressed instead of the ticket issue button 70, a settlement receipt issuance screen shown in FIG. 6(d) is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S11. At this time, the amount of the parking fee determined by the user's operation of the fee settlement button 74 is displayed as the amount of the additional parking fee. In this case, the parking time calculated in the preceding step S4 means the extended parking time.

Subsequently, in step S12, similarly to step S9, the time when the receipt 81b was issued because the user paid the additional parking fee (this is equivalent to the time when the user paid the additional parking fee) and the above-mentioned Actual data representing the length of the extended parking time (which is equivalent to the amount of additional parking fee paid) is converted to encrypted data 140 by referring to the encrypted table.

Thereafter, in step S13, the receipt 81b is printed and issued by the printer 40. As shown in FIG. 7(b), the receipt 81b contains the same information regarding at least one of the date and time, amount, and length of parking time regarding payment of parking fee or parking time, but is real data that can be deciphered by the user. and encrypted data 140 that cannot be decoded by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticket issuing/settlement program.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7(b), the receipt 81b includes an indication for specifying the date and time when the receipt 81b was issued, the amount of the additional parking fee, and the location of the parking lot 10. is printed.

Furthermore, encrypted data 140 exemplified as "123-456-789" is also printed on the receipt 81b. This encrypted data 140 is encrypted actual data representing the date and time when the receipt 81b was issued and the length of the extended parking time.

FIG. 7A shows a front view of a two-page parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a, while FIG. 7B shows a front view of a receipt 81b. The two parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a correspond to two parking tickets 80, and in the two parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a, the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a have the same size and structure. Further, the receipt 81b corresponds to one parking ticket 80, and has the same size and configuration as the parking ticket 80. Hereinafter, in order to simplify the explanation, only the configuration of the parking ticket 80 will be representatively explained.

The parking ticket 80 includes a display sheet (printed paper) 82 as a surface layer, an adhesive layer 83 (glue layer) as an intermediate layer, and a separator (separation sheet, release paper) 84 as a back layer, which are laminated in this order. has been configured. The adhesive layer 83 is applied to the back surface of the display sheet 82 so as not to be easily peeled off. When the display sheet 82 is peeled off from the surface of the separator 84, the adhesive of the adhesive layer 83 is applied to the surface of the separator 84. It does not adhere to.

As shown in FIG. 7A, in one parking ticket 80, the outer periphery of the display sheet 82 is located inside the outer periphery of the separator 84. The original fabric to be wound around the roller 42 is composed of a continuous separator 84 and a plurality of display sheets 82 (blank) arranged in a row with gaps between them and adhered to each other.

The continuous sheet (continuous separator 84) in the printer 40 is cut by the cutter, and the cutting is performed at the position of the gap between the display sheets 82, and the display sheets 82 are not cut. On the other hand, no glue is attached to the surface of the portion of the separator 84 that is exposed in the gap between the display sheets 82 .

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the adhesive of the adhesive layer 83 does not adhere to the cutting blade when cutting a continuous sheet, and a manager dispatched to the site once or several times a day (for example, The frequency of maintenance of the cutter by service personnel, workers who patrol multiple parking lots, and patrolling supervisors is reduced, and as a result, the personnel costs incurred by the administrator are reduced.

However, in this embodiment, for the receipt 81b, the separator 84 is completely cut by the cutter to the length of one sheet, whereas for the receipt 81b, the separator 84 is cut for the length of two sheets. completely cut to length. However, as described above, for the two-sheet binding, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the separator 84 is partially cut between the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a by the cutter, Thereby, a perforation line 89 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the display sheet 82 of the parking ticket 80 further includes a cutting line 90 having both ends (not closed) immediately above the character string "Parking Ticket". The cut line 90 exists to allow a user to peel a portion of the display sheet 82 from the separator 84 while the remaining portion remains adhered to the separator 84. As shown in FIG. 8(b), when the user peels off a part of the display sheet 82 (the area surrounded by the cutting line 90) from the separator 84 and bends it along the straight line connecting both ends of the cutting line 90, The surface of the bent portion 92 formed as a result (the portion of the adhesive layer 83 that is coated on the back surface of the bent portion 92) is exposed as a glue surface. FIG. 9(a) shows the bent portion 92 in a perspective view.

In this embodiment, in order to prove that the parking by the user is not illegal parking, the user places the parking ticket 80 received in exchange for coin insertion at the front desk of the parked vehicle, as shown in FIG. 9(b). It is required to attach it to the back side of the glass 110. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9(a), the user locally cuts a designated part of the parking ticket 80 (the area surrounded by the cutting line 90 and which will eventually become the folded part 92). After peeling it off and bending it, the surface of the bent portion 92 is attached to the back surface of the windshield 110 of the parked vehicle, as shown in FIG. 9(b). As a result, as shown in FIG. display for identifying the location of the vehicle) can be visually observed from the outside at any time.

The user is required to pay an additional parking fee if the actual parking time exceeds the valid parking time. However, as described above, the parking lot 10 is unmanned and does not have a device that prevents parked vehicles from leaving the parking lot unless the necessary additional parking fee is paid. , the fact that the necessary additional parking fee has been paid is notified from a location such as the parking lot 10, inside the car, or at home to a parking lot manager located at a remote management center using a communication device such as a mobile phone or landline phone. required.

At this time, the user reads out both the encrypted data 130 printed on the receipt 81a issued at the time of storage and the encrypted data 140 printed on the receipt 81b issued at the time of exit, and utters a voice, The voice is requested to be transmitted to the parking lot manager using the communication device.

Upon receiving the voice representing the encrypted data 130, 140 uttered by the user, the parking lot manager located at the management center operates the input device (for example, keyboard, touch screen, mouse, etc.) of the decryptor 180. , enter the symbol that corresponds to the user's voice. The encrypted data 130, 140 are input, and the decryptor 180 converts the input encrypted data 130, 140 into a decryption table that is compatible with the encryption table and is installed in the decryptor 180. Restore to real data according to the information given.

As a result, the parking lot manager can determine the length of the actual parking time (for example, , the length of elapsed time from the parking time specified by the encrypted data 130 to the time when the additional parking fee was paid, specified by the encrypted data 140), and furthermore, it is possible to know the length of time elapsed from the parking time specified by the encrypted data 130 to the time when the additional parking fee was paid, which is specified by the encrypted data 140. It is also possible to know the total amount (for example, the sum of the amount of the prepaid parking fee specified by the encrypted data 130 and the amount of the additional parking fee specified by the encrypted data 140), and by extension, the total amount of the parking fee is , it is possible to correctly judge whether or not the parking time is insufficient in relation to the length of the actual parking time.

Since the decryption table stored in the decryptor 180 cannot be known by anyone, even the parking lot manager, unless he has authority, the security of the decryption table is high.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, at the time of issuing the receipts 81a and 81b, the encrypted data 130 and 140 are written in symbols that can be pronounced by the user on each of the receipts 81a and 81b. By simply requesting the user to print the encrypted data 130, 140 and to transmit the encrypted data 130, 140 to the parking lot manager by voice, the parking manager can correctly determine whether there is a shortage of parking fees. Therefore, the user is able to safely park the vehicle beyond the valid parking time without being burdened with a large burden, and the usability of the parking lot 10 and thus the operating rate are improved.

By the way, regardless of whether the parking lot is prepaid or deferred payment, and regardless of whether the parking lot is unmanned or manned, the parking ticket issued to the user by the ticket machine in the parking lot is There are cases where it is necessary for the user and the parking lot manager located at a remote location to confirm the contents of the parking ticket.

In this case, the user can bring the parking ticket or send it by facsimile in order to present the parking ticket itself to the parking lot manager, but this is cumbersome. Therefore, if the user and the parking lot manager at a remote location can confirm the contents of the parking ticket using a communication device such as a telephone, the burden on the user will be reduced. However, in this case, the parking lot manager cannot visually inspect the parking ticket itself, and has no choice but to rely solely on comments from the user to confirm the entries on the parking ticket.

Therefore, it is desirable for a parking lot manager in a remote location to be able to objectively judge the authenticity of a user's statement, even from only the user's statement regarding the items written on the parking slip. Satisfying this demand is particularly effective in preventing unauthorized parking, for example, in prepaid unmanned parking lots where the above-mentioned exit prevention device is not installed.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the user transmits the encrypted data 130 and 140 by voice input, but for example, instead of the voice input, data input (for example, real or virtual This can be done by key input using a key or image input using an image reader).

As is clear from the above description, in this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the portion of the control board 34 that executes steps S9 and S12 shown in FIG. ), and the part of the control board 34 that executes steps S10 and S13 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the part of the control board 34 that executes steps S6 and S9 shown in FIG. 5 constitutes an example of the "first printer control section" in the above (2), and The portion of the control board 34 that executes steps S7 and S12 shown in FIG. 5 can be considered to constitute an example of the "second printer control section" in the same section.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the part of the control board 34 that executes steps S2 and S3 shown in FIG. Further, the part of the control board 34 that executes steps S2 and S4 shown in FIG. 5 constitutes an example of the "parking time calculation section" in the same section, and The part that executes S2 and S5 constitutes an example of the "display control unit" in the same section, and the receipts 81a and 81b both constitute an example of the "parking ticket" in the above (6). It is possible to think that

Next, a ticket issuing machine 190 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, since this embodiment has many elements in common with the first embodiment, common elements will be cited with the same reference numerals or names to omit redundant explanations, and only different elements will be referred to. , will be explained in detail.

Unlike the ticket issuing machine 20 according to the first embodiment, the ticket issuing machine 190 according to the present embodiment is different from the ticket issuing machine 20 according to the first embodiment when the user wishes to park in the parking lot 10 during a parking time period that covers only nighttime (for example, from 6:00 p.m. (until 8:00 a.m. the next day) and a parking time period that covers at least part of the daytime (for example, a time period in which the parking date and time is before sunset, and a parking period in which the parking date and time is after sunrise) It is configured such that it is possible to select either one of the parking time slots (time slots).

In other words, the ticket issuing machine 190 allows the user to select two types of parking ("parking mode"): night parking ("night parking mode") in which the user parks during a parking time period that covers only nighttime, and night parking ("night parking mode") that covers at least part of the daytime. The system is structured so that it is possible to select one of the following parking options: ``Normal Parking (Normal Parking Mode)'' and prepay the amount of parking fee depending on the selection result. There is.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the ticket issuing machine 190, as an additional component to the ticket issuing machine 20 according to the first embodiment, is used to switch the parking mode desired by the user from the default normal parking mode to the night parking mode. The vehicle is configured to include a night parking button 200 that is pressed and operated by the user, and a night parking lamp 202 that is turned on to indicate that the night parking mode is currently selected.

The night parking button 200 is configured as an actual physical switch, but is not limited to this; for example, it can be configured as a virtual switch (e.g., key, icon) displayed on the screen of the display 36. You may. Night parking button 200 is arranged on the front side of door 24. The night parking button 200 can be accessed from the outside even when the door 24 is closed. Therefore, the night parking button 200 can be operated by the user at all times.

In summary, in the present embodiment, the night parking button 200 allows the user to choose between a parking time period that covers only nighttime and a parking time period that covers at least part of the daytime as the time period in which the user wants to use the parking lot. This constitutes an example of a "real or virtual operating section operated by a user to select any one of a plurality of parking time slots including:".

FIG. 15 conceptually shows a ticket issuing/settlement program executed by the computer 100 in the control board 34 in the ticket issuing machine 190 in the form of a flowchart. The computer 100 repeatedly executes the ticket issuing/settlement program while the ticket issuing machine 190 is powered on.

This ticketing/settlement program will be explained in more detail below. Since this ticketing/settlement program has many steps in common with the ticketing/settlement program shown in FIG. Duplicate explanations will be omitted by quoting them, and only the different steps will be explained in detail.

When this ticket issuance/settlement program is executed each time, first, in step S101, the default parking mode is set, that is, the amount of parking fee that the user needs to pay for normal parking (see the example of fee setting described above). ) is displayed on the screen of the display 36. In this step S101, the initial screen shown in FIG. 6(a) is also displayed.

Next, in step S102, based on the output signal of the night parking button 200, it is determined whether the user has pressed the night parking button 200 to switch the effective parking mode from the normal parking mode to the night parking mode.

If the night parking button 200 is not pressed, the determination in step S102 is NO, and steps S2-S5 are thereafter executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Thereafter, when the ticket issue button 70 is pressed, the determination in step S6 becomes YES, and then step S8 is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

Subsequently, in step S106, the entry time when the user entered the parking lot 10 (or the date and time when the user paid the prepaid parking fee, the time when the parking ticket 80 was issued, the parking time start time, etc.) and the valid parking time are determined. Actual data indicating the length (or amount of prepaid parking fee paid by the user, etc.) and indicating that the current receipt 81a is classified into the category of prepaid receipt, and can be directly deciphered by the user. is converted into encrypted data 210 that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be uniquely pronounced by referring to the encryption table, as shown in FIG. 16(a). Encryption is performed, and as a result, encrypted data 210 is created.

In the example shown in FIG. 16(a), the actual data specifically indicates that the parking time is 13:20 on February 13, 2011, and the valid parking time is February 13, 2011. 17:20, and the receipt 81a is classified into the category of advance payment receipt (the title of the receipt 81a is simply printed as "receipt"). This is data that represents that. Here, "the valid parking time is until 17:20 on February 13, 2011" is equivalent to "the length of the valid parking time is 4 hours".

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 17(b), an example of the general structure of this actual data (in order to reduce the number of digits in the actual data, the notation of the Western calendar is omitted) is as shown in FIG. 17(b). hh hours mm minutes, the length of the valid parking time is TT hours, and the receipt category is classified into category XX (receipt for advance payment or receipt for additional parking fee). This is data that represents

In this embodiment, the encrypted data 210 is defined by symbols of 11 digits (more or fewer digits may be used) arranged in a row, as shown in FIG. 17(a). has been done. The symbol of each digit is selected, for example, as one of ten numbers from 0 to 9 and a plurality of alphabets. The multi-digit symbol is divided into multiple groups and printed on the receipt 81a, and adjacent groups are connected with a hyphen, allowing the user to pronounce the multi-digit symbol at once in one breath. Instead of ``,'', several punctuation marks are added to make it easier and more accurate to pronounce the pronunciation.

To explain the general structure of this real data, as shown in FIG. 17(c), this real data consists of a number MM representing the month, a number DD representing the day, and a number representing the time. hh, the number mm that represents the minute of the time, and the parking time (if the parking fee paid this time is a prepaid parking fee, it means the valid parking time, while the parking fee paid this time is an additional parking fee) In the case of a fee, it has six elements: a number TT representing the length (meaning extended parking time) and a number XX representing the receipt category.

As shown in FIG. 17(c), the encryption table in this embodiment includes a monthly encryption table that is referred to for encrypting the number MM representing the month, and a monthly encryption table for encrypting the number DD representing the day. A daily encryption table referenced to the time unit encryption table, a time unit encryption table referenced to encrypt the number hh representing the hour of the time, and a number mm representing the minute of the time a minute-by-minute encryption table referenced in , a time encryption table referenced to encrypt the number TT representing the length of parking time, and a number XX representing the receipt category. The category encryption table is referenced by the category encryption table. The above six elements are each encrypted by referring to the corresponding encryption table, thereby creating 11-digit encrypted data 210.

When the encryption is completed in step S106 shown in FIG. 15, the parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a are printed and issued by the printer 40 in step S10, similarly to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 16(a), the receipt 81a includes at least one of the date, time, amount, and length of parking time related to parking fee payment or parking time, and the receipt category (this time, prepaid receipt). The same information regarding documents (belonging to the category of books) is printed both as real data that the user can decipher, and as encrypted data 210 that the user cannot decipher.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16(a), the parking ticket 80 includes information for specifying the end time of the valid parking time commensurate with the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user and the location of the parking lot 10. is printed.

The receipt 81a also includes the entry time, the amount of prepaid parking fee paid by the user, the end time of the valid parking time, a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10, and the category of the receipt 81a. (In this example, the title "Receipt" means that the receipt 81a is classified into the category of advance payment receipt) is printed. Encrypted data 210 exemplified as "ABC-DEF-ABC-XX" is also printed on the receipt 81a.

Thereafter, the printed parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a are discharged through the discharge port 64, and the parking ticket 80 and receipt 81a are received by the user. Subsequently, in step S107, an extinguishing command is issued to the night parking lamp 202, so that if the night parking lamp 202 is on, the night parking lamp 202 is extinguished. This completes the current execution of this ticket issuing/settlement program.

On the other hand, when the fare settlement button 74 is pressed instead of the ticket issue button 70, the settlement receipt issuance screen shown in FIG. 6(d) is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S11 of FIG. At this time, the amount of the parking fee determined by the user's operation of the fee settlement button 74 is displayed as the amount of the additional parking fee.

Subsequently, in step S108, the time when the receipt 81b was issued because the user paid the additional parking fee (this is equivalent to the time when the user paid the additional parking fee) and the length of the extended parking time ( This is equivalent to the amount of the additional parking fee paid.) and the category of the receipt 81b (this time, it belongs to the category of additional parking fee receipt), referring to the encrypted table. By doing so, it is converted into encrypted data 140.

Thereafter, in step S13, the receipt 81b is printed and issued by the printer 40. As shown in FIG. 16(b), the receipt 81b includes the same information regarding at least one of the date and time of parking fee payment or parking time, the amount, and the length of parking time, and the category of the receipt. The information is printed as both real data that can be decoded and encrypted data 140 that cannot be decoded by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticket issuing/settlement program.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16(b), the receipt 81b includes an indication for specifying the date and time when the receipt 81b was issued, the amount of the additional parking fee, and the location of the parking lot 10. Then, the category of the receipt 81b (in this example, the title "Settlement Receipt" means that the receipt 81b is classified into the category "Additional Parking Fee Receipt") is printed. Furthermore, encrypted data 140 exemplified as "123-456-789-YY" is also printed on the receipt 81b. This encrypted data 140 is encrypted actual data representing the date and time when the receipt 81b was issued, the length of the extended parking time, and the category of the receipt 81b.

Thereafter, the printed receipt 81b passes through the discharge port 64 and is discharged, and the receipt 81b is received by the user. Subsequently, in step S107, an extinguishing command is issued to the night parking lamp 202, so that if the night parking lamp 202 is on, the night parking lamp 202 is extinguished. This completes the current execution of this ticket issuing/settlement program.

The execution contents of the ticket issuing/settlement program shown in FIG. 15 have been described above for the case where a coin is inserted into the ticket issuing machine 190 without the night parking button 200 being pressed. If the user presses the night parking button 200 before inserting coins in order to switch to the parking lot, the determination in step S102 becomes YES and the process moves to step S103.

In this step S103, by referring to the current time indicated by the clock 102, it is determined whether or not it is currently nighttime, specifically, the time period from 6:00 pm to 8:00 am of the next day. It is determined whether or not. If it is currently nighttime, the determination in step S103 is YES, and in step S104, the night parking lamp 202 is turned on to indicate that the night parking mode is selected. Subsequently, in step S105, the content displayed on the screen of the display 36 is switched from the parking fee amount for normal parking to the parking fee amount for night parking.

According to an example of pricing for night parking, the fee is 100 yen from 6:00 pm on the same day until 8:00 am the next day, regardless of the length of the parking time. Under the rate setting in this example, for example, as shown in the example shown in FIG. 18, when the user pays 100 yen as a prepaid parking fee, the computer 100 The time will be calculated as the effective parking time.

However, the amount of the additional parking fee is determined based on the above-mentioned normal parking fee setting. Therefore, for example, if the user pays 300 yen as an additional parking fee, two hours will be calculated as the extended parking time.

Thereafter, the process moves to step S2, and the user waits for the insertion of coins of the same amount as the currently displayed night parking fee.

On the other hand, if the night parking button 200 is pressed but it is not currently nighttime, that is, if the night parking button 200 is pressed during a time period when operation is not permitted, the determination in step S103 is NO. Therefore, steps S104 and S105 are skipped, and the process moves to step S2. In this case, since the current operation of the night parking button 200 is an error, it is disabled, and as a result, the displayed parking fee amount is maintained at the parking fee amount for normal parking. At the same time, the nighttime parking lamp 202 remains off. Therefore, in step S2, the user is awaited to insert coins of the same amount as the currently displayed parking fee for normal parking.

When a coin is inserted after the night parking mode is selected and the ticket issuing button 70 is then pressed, steps S3-S6, S8, S106 and S10 are executed, and as a result, as shown in FIG. prints and issues a parking ticket 80 for overnight parking. This parking ticket 80 is different from the parking ticket 80 for normal parking shown in FIG. 16(a) only in part of the printed content, and other elements are the same.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18, on a parking ticket 80 for night parking, the characters "Night" are printed to indicate that this parking ticket 80 is for night parking. Furthermore, this parking ticket 80 also prints that the end time of the parking time zone permitted to the user, that is, the end time of the valid parking time, is 8:00 pm the next day.

In addition, encrypted data 210 is printed on the receipt 81a, and the encrypted data 210 is data related to the length of valid parking time, unlike the case of normal parking, and is not data representing the length of time, but is used during night parking. It has data indicating that the vehicle is parked. In the case of night parking, the end time of the valid parking time is fixed regardless of the exit time, so the length of the valid parking time for each night parking is an integral multiple of exactly one hour. However, in the example of normal parking shown in FIG. 17, the parking time TT is calculated in units of hours.

When the manager goes to the parking lot 10 and notices that the parking ticket 80 for night parking is placed inside the parked vehicle, the current time is the valid parking time printed on the parking ticket 80. Determine whether it is before the end time of. If the current time is before the end time of the valid parking time, the administrator determines that the parking of the parked vehicle is not illegal parking.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, the encrypted codes 130 and 140 are assigned to the receipts 81a and 81b, respectively, to indicate whether the category of the corresponding receipt is a prepaid receipt or an additional parking fee receipt. It is generated and printed in such a way that it can be distinguished. The background and effects of such measures will be explained below.

If the actual parking time exceeds the valid parking time, the user pays the additional parking fee to the ticket issuing machine 20 when exiting the parking lot, and then presses the fee settlement button 74 instead of the ticket issuing button 70. required. This time, the purpose is to have the ticket issuing machine 20 issue an additional parking fee receipt 81b instead of a prepayment receipt 81a.

However, due to the performance of the ticket issuing machine 20, even if the user presses the ticket issuing button 70 by mistake, the ticket issuing machine 20 cannot cancel the erroneous operation.

In contrast, according to the present embodiment, the encrypted codes 130 and 140 are provided in the receipts 81a and 81b, respectively, to distinguish whether the category of the corresponding receipt is a prepayment receipt or an additional parking fee receipt. Generated and printed as possible.

In response to the user's payment of the additional parking fee, the ticket issuing machine 20 prints and issues a parking ticket belonging to one of the categories, and then the user enters the encrypted data printed on the parking ticket at the time of parking. By pronouncing the encrypted data 130 printed on the obtained prepayment receipt 81a, the encrypted data is transmitted to the parking lot manager via the communication device.

The parking lot manager decodes the voice received from the user, and based on the decoding result, the parking ticket issued to the user this time (the parking ticket purchased by the user this time) is the receipt 81b for additional parking money. It can be determined whether the amount of additional parking fee paid by the user at the time of leaving the parking lot was appropriate. In other words, the parking lot manager can determine whether or not a user has purchased the wrong parking ticket and whether or not the user has paid an inappropriate amount of additional parking fees without looking at the parking ticket itself. , can be judged accurately.

Furthermore, if the parking lot manager determines that the user has purchased the wrong parking ticket, he or she can point out to the user the fact that the parking ticket purchased by the user is incorrect. Thereby, the parking lot manager can make the user realize that there was an error in the current purchase operation, and can prevent the user from repeating the same mistake. Additionally, the parking lot manager can warn the user to prevent the user from illegally parking by fraudulently using the parking ticket 80 that was issued together with the prepaid receipt 81a purchased by mistake. .

Several embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail based on the drawings, but these are merely illustrative, and based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, including the aspects described in the above [Summary of the Invention] column. It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with various modifications and improvements.

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A parking lot management system that remotely manages a parking lot,
On-site equipment installed in the parking lot, which has a function of outputting encrypted data to users in the parking lot;
An off-site facility installed in a remote location from the parking lot, which receives the output encrypted data from a communication device of a user in the parking lot, and uses the received encrypted data to use the parking lot. 1. A parking lot management system comprising : acquiring information regarding parking or parking fees for users who do so, and managing the parking lot based on the information. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted data represents information regarding the payment of a parking fee or the amount of a parking fee. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted data represents information regarding at least one of a parking time start time, a parking time end time, and a parking time length.

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