KR102404547B1 - An operating platform for controlling the street parking and a system comprising the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A street parking management operation center 100 is provided. The horizontal parking management operation center 100 is a center operation server configured to identify a vehicle parked in the parking area 250 or exiting from the parking area 250 based on the image taken by the CCTV camera 210 . (110); and a center operating terminal 120 that is communicatively coupled to the center operating server 110 and configured to support the management of the center operating server 110 .

Description

A horizontal parking management operating platform and a horizontal parking management system including the same

The present invention relates to a street parking management operating platform and a street parking management system including the same, and more specifically, recognition of the vehicle number of a paid parking area provided on the roadside, automatic detection of parking area, provision of parking information, It is an invention related to a street parking management operating platform and a street parking management system including the same that can improve both user convenience and convenience of city parking management by unmanned automation of a series of processes related to parking management and fee settlement.

The automobile is recognized as an indispensable item in life by modern people, and the number of registered automobiles is also increasing every year. In a city with a high population density, there is not enough space for car parking, and there are many illegal parking and long-term abandoned vehicles on major roads in downtown, making it difficult for vehicles or people to move.

In order to solve the problem of parking shortage and improve user convenience, there are many systems that allow parking on the road within the range that does not impede vehicle traffic and manage it to revitalize the surrounding commercial area and maintain parking order at the same time. is being implemented

However, since it is impossible to control access to these roadside parking spaces on the side of the road where a large number of vehicles pass freely, it is a situation that depends only on manpower for tasks such as parking confirmation, issuance of parking tickets, and collection of parking fees. In addition, due to the nature of roadside parking space management that has no choice but to rely on manpower, loopholes and difficulties in management become more evident at night or early in the morning.

Recently, a service for managing and operating a vehicle parked in an on-street parking area is provided to citizens by using a photographing device, etc., rather than a manpower. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a roadside parking management method based on such a photographing device, and (a) of FIG. 1 is a configuration in which a plurality of parking areas are arranged horizontally side by side and the photographing device 1 is disposed for each parking area. , and (b) of FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which a plurality of parking zones are vertically arranged side by side and the imaging device 1 is disposed for each parking zone.

However, by taking a close-up shot of a vehicle parked in the parking area as described above, the method of identifying the number of the vehicle and collecting a parking fee is (i) an obstacle (eg, illegal) between the photographing device 1 and the parking vehicle. When there is a parked bicycle, oversized food waste bag, etc.) or abnormal parking occurs, such as when the vehicle is parked outside the prescribed parking area or parked at an angle, it is difficult to accurately identify the number of the vehicle. (ii) it is necessary to provide a photographing device (1) for each parking surface, so the financial burden is significant, and (iii) for each photographing device (1), it is necessary to additionally provide a parking fee calculator. The financial burden to build will increase further.

Therefore, in order to solve the problems of the unmanned roadside parking management method, there is a need for a new type of street parking management operating platform that improves the reliability of vehicle recognition and further improves user convenience and a street parking management system including the same is gradually increasing.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a street parking management operating platform capable of further improving the recognition and identification reliability of parked vehicles and a street parking management system including the same do it with

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a street parking management operating platform that can significantly reduce management and maintenance costs by further improving user convenience and implementing unmanned parking management operation, and a street parking management system including the same.

In addition, the present invention allows a series of procedures including parking recognition, exit recognition, and payment of fees to be automatically performed without user intervention, thereby significantly improving user convenience and significantly reducing costs. An object of the present invention is to provide an operating platform and a street parking management system including the same.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The street parking management operation center according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem is configured to identify a vehicle parked in a parking area or exiting from the parking area based on an image captured by a CCTV camera being a center operating server; and a center operating terminal communicatively coupled to the center operating server and configured to support the management of the center operating server.

In addition, the CCTV camera is configured to simultaneously track a plurality of moving vehicles, and the center operation server is a vehicle number for each of the plurality of vehicles from the captured images for the plurality of vehicles simultaneously tracked by the CCTV camera. It may be further configured to recognize

In addition, the CCTV camera has a built-in distance measuring sensor configured to measure the distance between the CCTV camera and the vehicle, and the center operation server is based on the distance information measured by the distance measuring sensor and the recognized vehicle number. It may be further configured to determine the information of the vehicle parked in the parking area.

In addition, the parking zone may be provided with a parking zone sensor, and the center operation server may be further configured to determine information of a vehicle parked in the parking zone based on a value detected by the parking zone sensor.

In addition, the parking zone sensor, each having a unique IP address may include two parking zone sensors embedded in the floor of the parking zone.

In addition, the CCTV camera is composed of a first CCTV camera disposed in a first direction with respect to the parking area and a second CCTV camera disposed in a second direction with respect to the parking area, and the center operation server includes the Based on the distance information measured by the distance measuring sensor built in 1 CCTV camera and the distance measuring sensor built in the second CCTV camera, and the vehicle number recognized by the first CCTV camera and the second CCTV camera, the It may be further configured to determine the information of the vehicle parked in the parking area.

In addition, the street parking management system according to another embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, the street parking management operation center; And it may include a street parking management device including a CCTV camera configured to photograph the vehicle parked in the parking area or exiting from the parking area to the street parking management operation center.

In addition, the street parking management device, disposed in the parking area may further include a parking area sensor configured to detect a vehicle parked in the parking area.

In addition, the CCTV camera may be further provided with a distance measuring sensor configured to measure the distance between the vehicle from the CCTV camera.

In addition, in a computer-readable recording medium according to an additional embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, a vehicle parked in a parking area or exiting from the parking area based on an image captured by a CCTV camera identifying; and calculating a parking fee of the vehicle for the parking area based on the parking or exiting of the identified vehicle.

According to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reliability of vehicle recognition and identification can be further improved.

In addition, according to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce management and maintenance costs by further improving user convenience and implementing unmanned parking management operation. .

In addition, according to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, a series of procedures including parking recognition, exit recognition, and fee payment are automatically performed without user intervention at all. By doing so, user convenience can be significantly improved.

In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the Detailed Description, a brief description of each drawing is provided.
1 shows a photographing device 1 for general on-street parking detection.
2A and 2B respectively show schematic block diagrams of the street parking management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example in which the CCTV camera 210, the parking area sensor 220, and the parking fee adjuster 230 are disposed in the parking area 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A and 4B are exemplary views for explaining a configuration for detecting whether the vehicle 500 is parked by the parking area sensor 220 embedded in the parking area 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5A to 5C are exemplary diagrams for explaining a configuration for multi-tracking a plurality of moving vehicles by using a CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention, recognizing a vehicle number, and calculating a distance from a vehicle to be.
6 is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment of providing a member subscription service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B are exemplary views for explaining an embodiment of providing a nearby street parking information inquiry service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment of providing my information management service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is an exemplary diagram for explaining an embodiment of providing my parking information inquiry and payment service to the user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto and may be variously implemented by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected" but also the case where it is "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated. In addition, in describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the elements from other elements, and the essence, order, or order of the elements are not limited by the terms.

2A shows a schematic block diagram of a street parking management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2A , the street parking management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a street parking management operation center 100 , a street parking management device 200 , and a user terminal 300 . have. For reference, the horizontal parking management operation center 100, the horizontal parking management device 200 and the user terminal 300 shown in FIG. 2A may be coupled to each other in a wired or wireless communication manner, and such a communication possible combination is a plurality of It is expressed as a line that interconnects elements.

For reference, the communication between the street parking management operation center 100, the street parking management device 200 and the user terminal 300 shown in FIG. 2A may be based on any wired and/or wireless communication, for example, For example, LAN, WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), WiBro (Wireless Broadband Internet), RF (Radio Frequency) communication, Wireless LAN, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), NFC Communication may be performed through (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth, infrared communication, etc., but this is merely exemplary, and various wired and wireless communication technologies applicable in the art may be used according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The street parking management operation center 100 may include a center operation server 110 and a center operation terminal 120 . Although not shown in FIG. 2A, the center operation server 110 may have a center operation software (SW) for operation of the street parking management operation center 100 built-in, and store various information and data related to street parking. A storage unit may be provided separately.

For reference, the storage unit provided in the center operation server 110, as known to those skilled in the art, HDD (Hard Disk Drive), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable) Read Only Memory), flash memory, CF (Compact Flash) card, SD (Secure Digital) card, SM (Smart Media) card, MMC (Multimedia) card, or memory stick It may be implemented in various possible types of storage devices.

In the storage unit of the center operation server 110, the location of the street parking lot (for example, it may be provided in the form of a 2D or 3D map), the total number of parking spaces, the number of currently available parking spaces, the parking fee (for example, For example, data such as basic fee, additional fee, maximum daily fee, etc.), topography (slope, etc.), user reviews, etc. may be stored, and in response to a search request from the user terminal 300 , the related horizontality in the storage unit The parking lot information may be retrieved and provided to the user terminal 300 .

The center operation server 110 receives the image taken by the CCTV camera 210, and by analyzing the received image and the detection signal of the parking area sensor 220, park in the parking area (250, see FIG. 3) or It is possible to identify a vehicle taking out from the parking area 250 . In addition, the center operation server 110 can register and manage the CCTV camera 210, the parking area sensor 220, the parking fee adjuster 230, etc. installed in the street parking lot, and monitor the real-time status information. In the specification, the CCTV camera 210 , the parking area sensor 220 , the parking fee adjuster 230 , etc. installed in the street parking lot site will be collectively referred to as the term 'street parking management device 200 '.

In addition, the center operation server 110 detects a vehicle parked in a parking area 250 provided in plurality at the street parking lot site, and the vehicle image received from the CCTV camera 210, the vehicle distance obtained from the CCTV camera 210 It is possible to analyze and process information such as information or vehicle coordinate information (detailed below), a vehicle detection value detected by the parking area sensor 220, and as a result of such analysis and processing, each parking area 250 You can inquire the parking status of , parking history by parking area, parking time, and parking fee settlement status.

The center operation terminal 120 may be communicatively coupled with the center operation server 110 to support the management of the center operation server 110 .

The horizontal parking management device 200 may include any facilities disposed on the street parking lot site in order to implement the horizontal parking management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 2A . As shown, the street parking management device 200 may include a CCTV camera 210 , a parking area sensor 220 , a parking fee calculator 230 , a field manager terminal 240 , and the like.

One or more CCTV cameras 210 may be installed on the roadside to track a moving vehicle while photographing it. More preferably, the CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention can track a plurality of moving vehicles at the same time, and the center operation server 110 is a plurality of vehicles that are simultaneously tracked by the CCTV camera 210 . It is possible to recognize the vehicle number of each of the plurality of vehicles from the captured image. Alternatively, a predetermined image analysis algorithm may be pre-programmed in the CCTV camera 210 itself according to another embodiment of the present invention, and a vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles from the captured images for a plurality of vehicles being tracked at the same time The number may be recognized, and the recognized vehicle number may be transmitted to the center operation server 110 through the communication unit.

As such, according to the present invention, the CCTV camera 210 when the vehicle enters the monitoring range until it passes out of the monitoring range, enters the monitoring range, enters the parking area 250, and completes parking. Since it is based on the method of continuously tracking the movement of the vehicle until The multi-vehicle tracking and vehicle number recognition by the CCTV camera 210 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B below.

For reference, a single or multiple CCTV cameras 210 installed in the street parking lot site may have a unique identifier, and when the image captured by the CCTV camera 210 is transmitted to the street parking management operation center 100 side The unique identifier of the CCTV camera 210 may be delivered together with the captured image, and accordingly, the center operation server 110 transmits the received captured image to the properties of the CCTV camera 210 (eg, location information, etc.) can be clearly identified.

In addition, the CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided singly at the street parking lot site, but in another embodiment of the present invention, the CCTV camera 210 may be provided in plurality at the street parking lot site. . For example, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention is a first CCTV camera disposed in a first direction with respect to the parking area 250 , and a second direction different from the first direction with respect to the parking area 250 . It may be configured as a second CCTV camera disposed, for example, the first direction and the second direction may be mutually opposite directions.

In this way, when a plurality of, for example, two CCTV cameras 210 are combined and operated, tracking continuity for a specific vehicle is continuously maintained even in a situation where a plurality of vehicles enter at the same time and a simple moving vehicle and a parking attempt vehicle are mixed. It is possible to further improve the tracking accuracy of a vehicle moving in both directions along a lane.

In addition, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention may further have a built-in distance measuring sensor, and the distance measuring sensor may be configured to measure the distance between the CCTV camera 210 and the vehicle. For reference, the distance measuring sensor may be installed integrally with the CCTV camera 210 or may be additionally installed separately from the CCTV camera 210 .

Here, the center operation server 110 looks at the parking area 250 where the vehicle is parked based on the distance information between the CCTV camera 210 and the vehicle measured by the distance measuring sensor built into the CCTV camera 210 . It can be determined clearly, which will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5C below.

In addition, a parking zone sensor 220 may be additionally installed in the parking zone 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the center operation server 110 is based on the vehicle detection value by the parking zone sensor 220 . Based on whether the vehicle is parked in the parking area 250 may be additionally determined. The parking zone sensor 220 may be composed of two parking zone sensors that each have a unique IP address and are installed buried in the floor of the parking zone 250. The configuration and functions of the parking zone sensor 220 are described below. 4A and 4B will be described in more detail.

The site manager terminal 240 corresponds to a terminal owned by the manager in the case of monitoring the parking related matters of the street parking lot on the spot, and having a manager to prepare for situations such as failures and civil complaints, and the site manager terminal 240 ) may be implemented as a tablet or the like, and street parking-related information may be provided from the center operation server 110 . Accordingly, information of the parking area 250 can be displayed through the site manager terminal 240, and the information about the parking area 250 includes information held and managed by the operator of the street parking management operation center 100 and It may be substantially the same, for example, through the site manager terminal 240, the parking space layout, real-time parking status, history inquiry by parking area, parking time by vehicle, parking fee settlement status, etc. can be inquired. To this end, the site manager terminal 240 according to an additional embodiment of the present invention may be interlocked with the center operation server 110 in real time.

The parking rate calculator 230 to be described below may be implemented to enable a call function. When a user activates the call function through the parking rate adjuster 230, a call signal is received and a call is made to the site manager terminal 240 The received location of the parking fee calculator 230 is displayed, and in some cases, it is possible to additionally provide a function to call the person who called. For reference, in a parking lot environment in which an operation manager is excluded from the street parking lot site, the site manager terminal 240 may not be included in the street parking management apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 2A .

In addition, the street parking management service according to the present invention may be provided to the user in the form of an application, if the user is unable to pay the parking fee by the application (eg, a user who does not install the application, a user terminal) A parking fee calculator 230 may be additionally provided for on-site payment to users who do not have

The parking fee adjuster 230 may be fixedly installed on site or installed in a kiosk type mobile. vehicle number, parking location, parking time, parking fee, etc.) may be displayed visually, and the user may perform payment of the parking fee after confirming such information. For reference, the payment methods available in the parking fee calculator 230 may include cash, credit card, debit card, transportation card, NFC-based smartphone payment, and the like.

The user terminal 300 is a terminal owned by a member of an individual or group who wants to use the street parking management service according to the present invention, and the user terminal 300 is communicatively coupled with the street parking management operation center 100 to provide Various street parking management systems may be provided from the parking management operation center 100 .

For reference, the street parking management service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided to the user in the form of an application, for example, a “street parking management application”. For this purpose, the user terminal 300 operates the application market. You can receive street parking management service by downloading, installing, and registering as a member through the street parking management application.

The user of the user terminal 300 provides information on the street parking lot through the street parking management application (for example, the location of the street parking lot, the total number of parking areas, the number of currently available parking spaces, parking fees, topography (slope, etc.), user reviews, etc.), and the parking location, parking time, fee, etc. can be automatically calculated and provided for the vehicle registered at the time of subscribing to the street parking management application, and the parking fee is automatically calculated when the payment method is registered in advance. User convenience can be significantly improved by allowing payment to be made with The user interface (UI) of the street parking management application will be described in more detail in FIGS. 6 to 9 below.

For reference, the user terminal 300 is referred to as a subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile terminal, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, access terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, user device, or user equipment (UE). may be referred to. An access terminal is a cellular phone, cordless phone, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, wireless local loop (WLL) station, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld device with wireless connectivity capability, computing device or wireless modem connected to It may be another processing device.

For reference, the street parking management operation center 100 shown in FIG. 2A may be a center that manages all street parking lots installed throughout the country, and thus the user terminal ( 300) may communicate with the street parking management operation center 100.

In this regard, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the street parking management operation center 100 may be implemented as a center managed and operated by a local government. In this case, street parking managed and operated by each local government, respectively. A street parking management operation platform 10 that integrates and manages and operates the management operation center 100 nationwide may be additionally built, and a block diagram showing such a configuration is exemplarily shown in FIG. 2B .

As shown in Fig. 2b, the nationwide street parking management operation platform 10 may be communicatively coupled with the local government unit street parking management operation center 100 and the user terminal 300, and Fig. 2b Although only one horizontal parking management operation center 100 is illustrated as an example, it may include a plurality of horizontal parking management operation centers 100 , and the horizontal parking management operation platform 10 is a platform operation server 11 and It may be configured as a platform operating terminal (12).

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 2b , the platform operation software (SW) for the operation of the street parking management operation platform 10 may be built in the platform operation server 11, and to the local government that manages and operates the street parking lot A storage unit for storing information, street parking-related information, data, etc. may be additionally provided.

In the street parking management system 1000 as shown in Fig. 2a, the user terminal 300 directly communicates with the street parking management operation center 100, while the street parking management system 100 as shown in Fig. 2b. ), parking-related information is delivered in real time from the street parking management operation center 100 of the local government unit that manages and operates the street parking lot to the nationwide street parking management operation platform 10 (for example, local government). The group unit street parking management operation center 100 is interlocked with the nationwide street parking management operation platform 10 in real time), based on this, the user terminal 300 communicates with the street parking management operation platform 10 There are some differences in this respect.

However, in the latter case as well, since the user terminal 300 receives parking-related information from the street parking management operation center 100 in the end, in this specification, the user terminal 300 communicates with the street parking management operation platform 10 . It should be interpreted that the user terminal 300 includes communicating with the street parking management operation center 100, and therefore, in the following specification, communication between the street parking management operation center 100 and the user terminal 300 It will be described as a representative.

3 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example in which the CCTV camera 210, the parking area sensor 220, and the parking fee adjuster 230 are disposed in the parking area 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Based on the direction of the drawing shown in FIG. 3 , six parking areas 250 in the horizontal direction and three parking areas 250 in the vertical direction, a total of nine parking areas 250 are provided, and a corner in the middle A parking fee calculator 230 may be installed in the area.

In addition, the first CCTV camera 210-1 is installed at the other end in the horizontal direction, the second CCTV camera 210-2 is installed at one end in the horizontal direction and one end in the vertical direction, and the third CCTV camera 210-2 is installed at the other end in the vertical direction. A CCTV camera 210-3 may be installed. In this combination, the six parking areas 250 in the horizontal direction can be monitored in both directions by the first CCTV camera 210-1 and the second CCTV camera 210-2, and the three parking areas in the vertical direction ( 250 can also be monitored in both directions by the second CCTV camera 210 - 2 and the third CCTV camera 210 - 3 .

However, this arrangement of the CCTV cameras (210-1, 210-2, 210-3) is only an example for easy understanding of the present invention, (i) three CCTV cameras (210-1, 210-) 2 and 210-3), only one CCTV camera is provided to monitor all nine parking areas 250 (eg, vehicle photographing and number identification), and (ii) a second CCTV camera ( It will also be possible to monitor the nine parking areas 250 in which the first CCTV camera 210-1 and the third CCTV camera 210-3 are arranged bent without 210-2).

In addition, although FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration in which one parking fee adjuster 230 is disposed between the horizontal parking area 250 and the vertical parking area 250 as an example, the It will be apparent that the arrangement location and number may vary according to the implementation environment of the street parking management system 1000 and the service according thereto according to the present invention.

In addition, although FIG. 3 shows a configuration in which a plurality of parking areas 250 are arranged in a straight line as an example, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention continuously tracks a plurality of moving vehicles to identify the vehicle number. The distance between the CCTV camera 210 and the vehicle is measured in real time through the distance measuring sensor built into the CCTV camera 210, and the location of the CCTV camera 210 and the location of each parking area 250 are pre-center Since this street parking management system and service are operated and provided by being stored in the operation server 110, a plurality of parking areas 250 are not formed in a straight line, but a curved parking lot and a plurality of parking areas 250 are continuous. The street parking management system 1000 according to the present invention may also be applied to a street parking lot formed apart without being formed as a street parking lot.

4A and 4B are exemplary views for explaining the configuration of determining whether the vehicle 500 is parked by the parking zone sensor 220 embedded in the parking zone 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a parking zone sensor 220 may be provided in each of a plurality of parking zones 250 constituting a street parking lot, and as shown in FIG. 2A , the parking zone sensor 220 is a parking lot. It may include two parking area sensors buried in the floor of the area 250 , and each parking area sensor 220 may have a unique IP address.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4 , urban facilities adjacent to each parking area 250 , for example, a boundary stone 400 , have an identification code of the corresponding parking area 250 , for example, in the example of FIG. 4 . 'P-1' may be displayed as the parking zone indication number 410, and this parking zone indication number 410 may also be additionally displayed on the bottom surface of the parking zone 250. By displaying and also providing the identification code of the parking area 250 as such, the user can determine whether the area displayed as being parked by the user through the street parking management application of the user terminal 300 matches the area in which he or she has actually parked can be checked intuitively.

According to the present invention, the CCTV camera 210 continuously tracks the movement of the vehicle and identifies the vehicle number to determine which parking area 250 the vehicle enters and exits from the parking area 250. , by additionally detecting and judging whether to park or exit the vehicle through the parking area sensor 220, the recognition accuracy can be further improved, and thus the recognition error can be minimized (preferably, there is no recognition error).

As shown in Fig. 4a, the two parking zone sensors can be positioned so as to be disposed at the center in the width direction of each parking zone 250 and disposed inside the vehicle in the longitudinal direction, as shown in Fig. 4b. When 500 enters the parking area 250 and parks, the vehicle 500 is detected by both of the two parking area sensors, so that it can be determined that the vehicle 500 is parked in the corresponding parking area 250. have.

For example, the parking area sensor 220 may be implemented as a sensor that determines whether or not the vehicle 500 is parked based on the time when a predetermined light is emitted and the emitted light is reflected and returned. ) is only one method of the parking area sensor 220 for detecting the state that the vehicle is parked in the parking area 250, and it can also be detected that the vehicle is parked in the parking area 250 by other methods, functions, and principles. .

Here, when only one parking area sensor 220 is buried in each parking area 250 and installed, a detection error may occur due to pedestrians, motorcycles, other obstacles, etc., according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, two It is preferable to install the parking zone sensor 220 buried in the floor of each parking zone 250 at a predetermined interval, where the predetermined interval is an interval (for example, positions corresponding to the middle area of the front seat and the middle area of the rear seat, etc.) can be set in advance.

The center operation server 110 may determine whether the vehicle is parked in the parking area 250 based on the detection value of the parking area sensor 220, where the center operation server 110 includes two parking area sensors ( 220) is maintained in an ON state for a preset period (eg, 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc.), it can be determined that the vehicle is parked in the parking area 250, and the detected value and The location of the corresponding parking area 250 can be more clearly identified through the IP address value of each parking area sensor 220 transmitted together.

Therefore, when vehicle parking is detected only for a very short time (eg, 5 seconds) by the two parking zone sensors 220 (eg, the user enters the parking zone 250 to park, but suddenly other business , etc.), the corresponding parking may not be judged as normal parking, or if a detection value is received from only one parking zone sensor among the two parking zone sensors 220, it is recognized as abnormal parking (for example, For example, when garbage is disposed on the parking area sensor 220, etc.), it may be recognized and notified to the manager to request subsequent processing.

5a to 5c illustrate a configuration for multi-tracking a plurality of moving vehicles using a CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention, recognizing a vehicle number, and calculating a distance from the vehicle 500 It is an example diagram for

One or more CCTV cameras 210 according to the present invention are installed on the side of the road, and can be tracked while photographing a moving vehicle. More preferably, as shown in Figure 5a, the CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention can recognize a vehicle number while simultaneously tracking a plurality of moving vehicles.

For example, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention may be implemented as a device in which the functions of a vehicle detection system (VDS) and automatic vehicle identification (AVI) are integrated. For reference, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention has an identification range of about 30 to 50 meters and is installed at the height of the 5th to 8th floors of the building and can be configured to simultaneously track vehicles moving within the shooting range, but It will be apparent that the identification range, and installation height, of the camera 210 may vary according to or according to various implementations of the present invention.

In the example of Figure 5a, the CCTV camera 210 according to the present invention shoots while continuously tracking three moving vehicles within the shooting range, and at the same time the vehicle number of the vehicle (eg, 12 is 3456, 78 or 9012, 344 5678, etc.) can be recognized. For reference, it is also possible to identify the vehicle number by analyzing the captured image through a predetermined image analysis algorithm in the CCTV camera 210 itself, and the CCTV camera 210 transmits the captured image to the center operation server 110 and the center It is also possible to identify the vehicle number by analyzing the vehicle photographed image received from the operation server 110 . If the resolution, performance, etc. of the CCTV camera 210 is high, it is possible to recognize the vehicle number while continuously tracking a plurality of moving vehicles even in a weather environment with a lot of snow/rain and in a night environment.

And, as shown in Figure 5b, the CCTV camera 210 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a CCTV camera disposed in the first direction with respect to the parking area 200, and the second with respect to the parking area 200 It may consist of a CCTV camera disposed in the direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction may be opposite directions with respect to the plurality of parking areas 250 as shown in FIG. 5B .

A plurality of, for example, two CCTV cameras 210 each can identify a vehicle number while continuously tracking a plurality of moving vehicles. Therefore, in the case of implementing image shooting and number identification with the CCTV camera 210 disposed in the front and rear direction as described above, it is possible to prevent in advance the problem that the vehicle number identification becomes difficult because the vehicle is concealed by other obstacles. However, it is possible to maintain tracking continuity for a specific vehicle even in a rather complicated situation where multiple vehicles enter simultaneously and a simple moving vehicle and a parking attempt vehicle are mixed, and in particular, it is possible to further improve the tracking accuracy of vehicles moving in both directions along a lane. can

In addition, the CCTV camera 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be additionally provided with a distance measuring sensor. An embodiment of determining the exact location of a parked vehicle using such a distance measuring sensor is exemplified in FIG. 5C . is shown as

As shown in Fig. 5c, the CCTV camera 210 can measure the distance between the CCTV camera 210 and the vehicle by using a distance measuring sensor built therein. For example, the distance measuring sensor according to the present invention may be configured to measure a distance based on the center position of a range set based on the size of the vehicle 500 recognized through the CCTV camera 210 .

The storage unit (not shown) of the center operation server 110 contains unique identifier (eg, IP, etc.) information and location information of the CCTV camera 210 constituting the street parking lot, and the location information of the parking area 250 . All are stored, and therefore, the center operation server 110 can easily determine in which parking area the vehicle is parked from the vehicle image transmitted from the specific CCTV camera 210 .

For reference, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a coordinate measuring sensor may be built in the CCTV camera 210, and the coordinate measuring sensor may calculate the coordinate value of the vehicle 500 based on the CCTV camera 210, , therefore, it is possible to further improve the parking recognition accuracy by accurately grasping the position of the vehicle not only in a straight direction with respect to the parking area 250 but also in a direction perpendicular to the parking area 250 .

6 is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment of providing a membership service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention. The street parking service according to the present invention may be provided to the user terminal 300 as an application, among which the service of membership is exemplarily shown in FIG. 6 .

A user may download and install a street parking management application through an application market, etc., and may provide an interface for membership registration to the user terminal 300 . As shown in Fig. 6, the downloaded street parking management application can be stored and executed in the user terminal 300 in the form of a specific icon (see Fig. 6 (a)), and when the user touches an item of membership registration (See Fig. 6 (b)), a plurality of items for membership subscription of the street parking management application service may be displayed (see Fig. 6 (c)).

As shown in (c) of FIG. 6 for registering as a member of the street parking management application service, it is possible to register a vehicle number, a vehicle model, whether or not to receive a discount, a payment method, and the like. Although not explicitly shown in FIG. 6 , according to an additional embodiment of the present invention, a process of confirming whether the user for membership registration is an individual or a member of a group may be additionally included, and the user is a member of the group In the case of registration, (i) verifying whether the user is a member of the organization, (ii) verifying whether the input vehicle is a registered vehicle of the organization, (iii) the input payment method is A step of verifying whether it corresponds to a payment method, etc. may be additionally performed.

In addition, an interface for inquiring whether to go through a process of checking parking fees, etc. may be additionally provided to the user at the time of membership registration. For example, the street parking management operation center 100, which operates and manages the street parking management application service, checks the parking area, parking time, parking fee, etc. at the actual street parking lot site when the user signs up for this service. Allows the user to select whether final payment is made through a preset payment method or whether to automatically make payment through a preset payment method without checking the parking area, parking time, parking fee, etc. You may.

7A and 7B are exemplary views for explaining an embodiment of providing a nearby street parking information inquiry service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the street parking management operation center 100 according to the present invention can manage and operate all unmanned street parking lots nationwide without being limited to a specific area. Therefore, when the user executes the street parking management application (see (a) of Fig. 7a) and requests to confirm the information of the street parking area (see (b) of Fig. 7a), matching the information requested by the user Street parking information may be displayed on the user terminal 300 as shown in FIG. 7A (c).

In (c) of FIG. 7a, a screen provided by searching for a nearby street parking lot based on the user's current location is merely shown by way of example, and information on a destination-based street parking lot, information on a keyword-based street parking lot, and evaluation It is also possible to search for a street parking lot according to various search conditions, such as information on the base street parking lot, and provide it to the user terminal 300 .

As shown in (c) of Figure 7a, the user's current location is displayed and at the same time a single or a plurality of street parking lots closest to it are displayed. The user can check detailed information of a specific street parking lot, which is shown in Figure 7b. As shown in FIG. 7B , when a user clicks an icon of a specific street parking lot, detailed information of the corresponding street parking lot may be provided. The detailed information of the street parking lot includes, for example, a zone name, the total number of parking spaces, and the number of currently available parking spaces. , parking fees (base rate, surcharge, maximum daily rate, etc.), terrain (slope, etc.), user reviews, etc.

In addition, although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the street parking management application service according to the present invention can provide real-time parking information of a specific parking area 250 , and also provides parking history information for each parking area 250 . and can provide parking history information for each vehicle.

8 is an exemplary diagram for explaining an embodiment of providing my information management service to a user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Fig. 6, the user membership registration for the street parking management application service is described, and when it is necessary to modify the registered information as necessary, according to the present invention, an interface for modifying user information is provided to the user terminal 300. and such an interface is exemplarily shown in FIG. 8 .

The user executes the downloaded street parking management application (see Fig. 8 (a)), and by executing my information management item (see Fig. 8 (b)), at least one of the personal information registered in the street parking management application It may be modified and stored (refer to (c) of FIG. 8 ), and the modified member information may be updated together with the storage unit of the center operation server 110 . For example, the user may change the vehicle registered in the application (that is, in the center operation server 110) to another vehicle, change the payment method, and select automatic payment without payment/confirmation after checking on-site parking information You can also change items.

9 is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment of providing my parking information inquiry and payment service to the user among the services of the street parking management application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A user who parks the vehicle 500 in the parking area 250 of the horizontal main window according to an embodiment of the present invention can check 'my parking information' (refer to FIG. 9 (a)), and in response to that, operate the center The server 110 may provide parking information of the user's vehicle to the user terminal 300 (refer to (b) of FIG. 9). For example, as exemplarily shown in FIG. 9B , the location where the user's vehicle is currently parked may be displayed as a specific color, and the number of the parked vehicle, the parked parking area, the parking start time, etc. Information may be provided to the user.

The user can click the OK button if the provided information matches, and if a preset time (for example, 30 minutes) has elapsed since vehicle parking started, but there is no confirmation from the user, the parking area/parking start time will be deactivated. It may be possible (ie, it may be determined by the value, see FIG. 9(c)).

As shown in (c) of FIG. 9 , when the user leaves the street parking lot, the parking end time is checked, and the parking fee is paid accordingly by paying the parking fee through a pre-registered payment means.

The example of FIG. 9 is a service corresponding to a case in which the user selects the process of confirming the parking area, confirming the parking start time, confirming the parking end time, and then proceeding to the final fee payment at the time of membership registration. If you choose to automatically pay the fee without checking the parking-related information, when the user parks and exits the vehicle after a certain period of time, the fee is automatically calculated through the pre-registered payment method without such verification process This street parking management system 1000 may be implemented as much as possible.

As described above, according to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reliability of vehicle recognition and identification can be further improved.

In addition, according to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce management and maintenance costs by further improving user convenience and implementing unmanned parking management operation. .

In addition, according to the street parking management operating platform and the street parking management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, a series of procedures including parking recognition, exit recognition, and fee payment are automatically performed without user intervention at all. By doing so, user convenience can be significantly improved.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms are used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention, and are not used to limit the meaning or scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

10: Street parking management operation platform
11: Platform Operation Server
12: platform operating terminal
100: Street parking management operation center
110: center operation server
120: center operating terminal
200: street parking management device
210: CCTV camera
220: parking area sensor
230: parking fee calculator
240: field manager terminal
250: parking area
300: user terminal
1000: street parking management system

Claims (10)

As a street parking management operation center 100,
A center operation server 110 configured to identify a vehicle parked in the parking area 250 or exiting from the parking area 250 based on the image taken by the CCTV camera 210 having a built-in distance measurement sensor; and
Doedoe communicatively coupled to the center operation server 110, including a center operation terminal 120 configured to support the management of the center operation server 110,
The center operation server 110 recognizes the vehicle number for the vehicle from the image taken by the CCTV camera 210, and based on the distance information measured by the distance measuring sensor and the recognized vehicle number Further configured to determine the information of the vehicle parked in the parking area (250),
Street parking management operation center (100). The method of claim 1,
The CCTV camera 210 is configured to simultaneously track a plurality of moving vehicles,
The center operation server 110 is further configured to recognize the vehicle number for each of the plurality of vehicles from the captured images for the plurality of vehicles simultaneously tracked by the CCTV camera 210,
Street parking management operation center (100). delete The method of claim 1,
The parking area 250 is provided with a parking area sensor 220,
The center operation server 110 is further configured to determine information of a vehicle parked in the parking area 250 based on a value detected by the parking area sensor 220,
Street parking management operation center (100). 5. The method of claim 4,
The parking area sensor 220 includes two parking area sensors each having a unique IP address and installed in the floor of the parking area 250,
Street parking management operation center (100). The method of claim 1,
The CCTV camera 210 is composed of a first CCTV camera disposed in a first direction with respect to the parking area 250 and a second CCTV camera disposed in a second direction with respect to the parking area 250,
The center operation server 110, the distance information measured by the distance measuring sensor built in the first CCTV camera and the distance measuring sensor built in the second CCTV camera, and the first CCTV camera and the second CCTV Further configured to determine information of the vehicle parked in the parking area 250 based on the vehicle number recognized by the camera,
Street parking management operation center (100). The street parking management operation center 100 according to claim 1; and
A street parking management device 200 including a CCTV camera 210 configured to photograph a vehicle parked in the parking area 250 or exiting from the parking area 250 and transmit it to the street parking management operation center 100 . )
containing,
Street parking management system (1000). 8. The method of claim 7,
The horizontal parking management device 200 further includes a parking zone sensor 220 disposed in the parking zone 250 and configured to detect a vehicle parked in the parking zone 250 ,
Street parking management system (1000). delete Identifying a vehicle parked in a parking area or exiting from the parking area based on an image captured by a CCTV camera having a built-in distance measuring sensor - The identifying step is performed from the image captured by the CCTV camera. Recognizing a vehicle number for a vehicle, and determining information of a vehicle parked in the parking area based on the recognized vehicle number and distance information measured by the distance measuring sensor; and
Calculating a parking fee of the vehicle for the parking area based on the parking or exiting of the identified vehicle;
A computer program for carrying out is recorded,
computer readable recording medium.

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