JPH03277095A - Parking lot information service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a subscriber to easily obtain parking lot information by registering idle information for each parking lot by each service area into an automobile telephone exchange with update based on report and informing the idle state of all parking lots in the service area resident in the subscriber in voice with respect to a special number dial from the automobile telephone subscriber. CONSTITUTION:Parking lot information representing occupied or idle state is sent from each parking lot via a parking lot information transmission terminal equipment, a repeater provided to an automobile telephone radio base station transfers the parking lot information to an automobile telephone exchange 4 via a line and the automobile telephone exchange 4 stores the parking place information into a parking place information memory. On the other hand, when an automobile telephone subscriber 10 dials a special number of the parking lot information service, the automobile telephone exchange 4 connects the subscriber to an information notice device in charge of the service area from which the special number is sent and the information notice device detects and informs an address and a name of an idle parking lot in the service area from the parking lot information memory, then the automobile telephone subscriber recognizes the information of all nearby idle parking lots by only dialing the specific number.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a service for car phone subscribers;
Especially regarding parking information services.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when a car phone subscriber wants to use a parking lot, he or she obtains information by calling the parking lot and verbally inquiring about the availability of the parking lot to the manager or the like.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

In the conventional manual method of parking lot vacancy information mentioned above, the user obtains information by calling the parking lot and making a verbal inquiry. If a parking lot or a ditch is used, the user must call another parking lot again to obtain information, and there is a drawback that it takes a lot of effort and a long time to obtain information about multiple parking lots.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot information service system in which a car phone subscriber can be notified of information about all vacant parking lots nearby with a single phone call.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The parking lot information service system of the present invention is provided in a parking lot, and provides parking lot information indicating whether the parking lot is full or vacant at a predetermined location including a court in the own parking lot. a parking lot information transmitting terminal that transmits the parking lot information in the following format; a relay means that, upon receiving the parking lot information, transfers the parking lot information to the car telephone exchange via a line; and a relay means that stores the parking lot information for each parking lot. It receives the parking lot information sent from the parking lot and stores it in the parking lot information memory, and when it receives a special number requesting parking lot information from the car phone subscriber terminal, it analyzes the request. and a car telephone exchange having an information notifying device that detects from a parking lot information memory and notifies the address and name of a vacant parking lot within the service area from which the request was issued.

[For production]

Parking lot information indicating whether the parking lot is full or vacant is transmitted from each parking lot via a parking lot information transmission terminal, and a relay device installed in a car telephone wireless base station transmits the parking lot information via a line to a car telephone exchange. The car telephone exchange stores the parking lot information in a parking lot information memory. On the other hand, when a car phone subscriber dials a special number for the parking lot information service, the car phone exchange connects the subscriber to the information notification device in charge of the service area from which the special number was sent, and the information notification device The address and name of a vacant parking lot within the service area is detected from the parking lot information memory and notified to the connected subscriber. You can get information about all available parking lots nearby.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the parking lot information service system of the present invention.

This parking lot information service system includes each parking lot 211,
~, Parking information transmission terminal 31□ installed at 233,~
, 333, car telephone radio base stations 51° to 53, and line 123. ~, 123 and a car telephone exchange 4, and when the car phone subscriber 10 dials a special number for the parking lot information service, the address and name of all vacant parking lots in the service area are notified by voice. It is a system. Parking information transmission terminal 311. ~, 333 are parking lots 211. to 333, respectively. ~, 233, and the parking lot information (hereinafter referred to as vacancy information) that indicates that there is a vacancy when the vacancy is full or when a vacancy becomes available is registered by the parking lot administrator's special registration number and the court of the parking lot. Send with. The car telephone radio base stations 5.9 to 53 have service areas 1, . 12. Radio channels and lines 12+, 12a, 123 for telephone communication of the mobile telephone subscribers 10 installed in 12 and 13 and within their respective service areas.
In addition to relaying with service area 1112.
The wireless channel of vacant information from all parking lot information transmitting terminals in 13 is sent to the car telephone exchange 4 through lines 12+, 122.
Connect via 123. Service area 11. 2.
13 is a service area divided corresponding to the small zone car phone system, each of which has a car phone wireless base station 5.
I52.53 and parking lot 2□1,2゜2+213.22
．． .

22□, 223.231+ 23□, 233 are included.

The car phone subscriber 4 has a central processing unit 6, a switching network 7, a storage device 8, an information notification device 9+,
92.93, car telephone radio base station 5+, 52
．． 53 and interconnection with the telephone network, registration of vacant parking lot information from the parking lot information transmission terminal, and address and name of vacant parking lot in response to a request for parking lot information service from the car phone subscriber 10. Notification will be given. Storage device 8 is located in service area 1. ．． 12,13. Separate parking information memory 8. ．． 82.83, parking information memory 8I
, 8□, and 83 have their respective service areas 1. ．． 12
．． For each pre-contracted parking lot in 13, an area is provided in which vacancy information is registered. Information bag @9. ,9
2.93 is the service area 1. ．． 12. Registration of vacant information for each parking lot in parking lot information memory 8□, 82.83 in 13 Detect all vacant parking lots from parking lot information memory 81, 8□, 83 and connect the connected line A voice report of the address and name will be made to the address. In addition to controlling the known car telephone exchange, the central processing unit 6 analyzes the special number and parking lot court of the received vacancy information registration and sends the information to the information notification device sharing the service area of the parking lot. line through the switching network 7, and instructs the information notification device to register, and receives a special number for parking information service from the car phone subscriber 10, the service request call is sent. The service area is analyzed, the service request call is connected to the information notification device sharing the service area via the switching network 7, and the information notification device is instructed to announce the parking lot information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Parking lot 21. If there is a vacant space at
．． Set it to 1 to take transmission measures. Parking information transmission terminal 3
11 transmits availability information along with a special number for registration and a parking lot code via an available wireless channel. A mobile telephone radio base station 5° relays the radio channel to line 12. When the car telephone exchange 4 receives this call,
The central processing unit 6 knows that it is a registered call based on the special number for registering vacant information, and stores it in the parking lot information memory 8. It is determined that the registered call is connected to the corresponding information communication device 91 via the switching network 7 together with the parking lot code, and the information communication device 9. instruct the person to register. Information communication device9. In response to instructions from the central processing unit, the vacancy information is updated and registered in the areas of parking lots 2 and 1 in the parking lot information memory 81 using the parking lot code and vacancy information indicated by the registered call.

Thereafter, when a special number for a parking information service request is dialed from the car phone subscriber 10, the car phone exchange 4 receives the special number via the car phone radio base station 5□ and the line 121, and the central processing unit 6 analyzes the special number call, learns the service area 1 from which the call was made, and determines the service area 1.6 from which the call originated. The service request call is connected via the switching network 7 to the information notification device 9□ that is responsible for the information notification device 9I, and the information notification device 9I is instructed to notify the information. The information notification device 91 stores parking lot information memory 8. The system reads out the names of all parking lots showing "vacancy" and notifies the connected service request call of the addresses and names of the read parking lots in audible form.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention updates and registers vacancy information for each parking lot by service area in a car telephone exchange by reporting, and allows car phone subscribers to use a special number for parking lot information service. When dialing , the mobile phone subscriber dials a special number for requesting parking information service by voice notification of the addresses and names of all parking lots showing availability in the service area where the subscriber is located. It has the effect of allowing you to know the addresses and names of all vacant parking lots nearby.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the parking lot information service system of the present invention. 1. 12.13 ・・・Service area, 211・
212・ 213・ 221・ 222・ 223・
231, 232, 233...Parking lot, 311, 312, 313+ 321 + 32
2. 323. 33332+ 333... Parking information transmission terminal, 4... Car telephone exchange, 51.5□, 53... Car telephone wireless base station, 6...
-Central processing unit, 7...Switching network, 8...Storage device, 8,. 82.83 . . . Parking information memory, 9, . 9
2.93...Information notification device, 10...Car phone subscriber, 12+, 122.123...Line.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A parking lot information service system that reports the vacant/occupied status of a parking lot in response to an inquiry from a small zone car phone subscriber, the system being installed in a parking lot, and configured to notify when the parking lot is full. a parking lot information transmitting terminal that transmits parking lot information indicating whether or not the parking lot is vacant in a predetermined format including a code of the own parking lot; A relay means for transferring parking lot information, a parking lot information memory in which parking lot information for each parking lot is stored, and a parking lot information sent from the parking lot is received and registered in the parking lot information memory, and a car phone is connected to the parking lot information. When a special number requesting parking lot information is received from a subscriber terminal, the request is analyzed, and the address and name of a vacant parking lot within the service area from which the request was sent is detected from the parking lot information memory. A parking lot information service system comprising a car telephone exchange having an information notification device.