TWI667631B - Parking lot management system and implementing method thereof for curb parking - Google Patents

Abstract

A roadside parking management system and an implementation method thereof are mainly provided with a charging column at each end of a parking space, and the charging column can continuously capture an image information of a parking space and a vehicle information, and the image is And the vehicle information is transmitted to a management server, wherein the vehicle information includes a front license plate information and a rear license plate information, and the management server can start calculating a parking time of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, and the charging column can be passive or active. Posting an abort timing message to the management server, causing the management server to generate a parking bill and transmitting it to the user's mobile information device for the mobile information device to generate a payment certificate based on the parking bill and to pay the payment The voucher is paid for by the billing column.

Description

Roadside parking management system and implementation method thereof

The invention relates to a roadside parking management system and an implementation method thereof. The invention particularly relates to a roadside parking management system and a method for implementing the same, which are used to identify a front and rear license plate information of a vehicle.

Press, the general roadside parking management process is usually after the vehicle is parked on a roadside parking space, and the toll collector assigned by the parking management party goes to the billing. Because the parking management party manages the parking area according to the area, according to this, The toll collectors must constantly inspect the parking conditions of the vehicles in the designated area and confirm the parking time of the vehicles. However, this practice is not only inefficient, but there may be human errors in which the toll collectors may open the toll documents or repeat the tolls, and according to the area. The scope may require a lot of manpower, and traffic safety is a major concern for the toll collectors. Moreover, when paying the parking fee, the owner must bring the bill to the payment office to pay the fee. If the bill is lost, the owner will be bothered. Therefore, the method of artificial charging is extremely inconvenient; another method is to set up a self-service billing column on the roadside. The self-service billing column needs to pay the parking fee by the owner. However, this practice is still common. Some owners did not report the number of parking hours, which caused the parking management to short-term parking. The issue of fees, according to this, how to automatically record the parking time of the vehicle and to facilitate the collection of payment, this is a problem to be solved.

In view of the above problems, the present inventors have researched and analyzed roadside parking systems and processes based on years of experience in the development of roadside parking management systems, and have been able to develop physical products that solve the above problems; The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an on-street parking management system capable of automatically detecting roadside parking time and electronic payment, and an implementation method thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the roadside parking management system and the implementation method thereof are mainly provided with a charging column at each end of a parking space, and the charging column can continuously capture an image information of the parking space and a vehicle information, and transmitting the image and vehicle information to a management server for the management server to obtain the vehicle information, may further start calculating a parking time of the vehicle, and a stop timing button of the charging column is triggered. After releasing an abort timing message, or actively detecting the suspension of the timing information by detecting the image information change (driving away from the parking space), the management server can receive a parking time and generate a parking bill after receiving the suspension timing message, and then parking the parking. The bill is transmitted to the user's mobile information device for the mobile information device to generate a payment voucher based on the parking bill, and the payment voucher is scanned on the charging column to complete the payment; thereby, the roadside parking through the present invention Management system, which can realize the management of unmanned management roadside parking spaces. The billing column of Ming Ming mainly starts the parking time by capturing image information. It does not need to sense the vehicle through other sensors, which can reduce the manufacturing cost and system burden.

In order for your review board to have a clear understanding of the purpose, technical features and effects of the present invention, the following description will be used in conjunction with the illustrations, please refer to it.

10‧‧‧ On-street parking system

101‧‧‧Management Server

102‧‧‧First billing column

1011‧‧‧Processing module

1021‧‧‧Charge Management Module

1012‧‧‧Parking action judgment module

1021'‧‧‧Second Charge Management Module

1013‧‧‧Time Module

1022‧‧‧Processing unit

1014‧‧‧Database

1023‧‧‧ camera unit

1015‧‧‧Image Storage Module

1024‧‧‧ scanning unit

1016‧‧‧Payment module

1025‧‧‧Stop timing button

1026‧‧‧Network Module

1027‧‧‧Emergency notification module

1028‧‧‧ charging stand

1029‧‧‧ Positioning Module

103‧‧‧Second billing column

104‧‧‧Mobile Information Device

1031‧‧‧Charge Management Module

1031'‧‧‧Second Charge Management Module

1032‧‧‧Processing unit

1033‧‧‧ camera unit

1034‧‧‧Scan unit

1035‧‧‧Stop timing button

1036‧‧‧Connected network module

S1‧‧‧ Roadside parking management method

S11‧‧‧Monitoring parking image

S12‧‧‧Determining parking action

S13‧‧‧ starts counting parking time

S14‧‧‧Stop calculation of parking time and settlement of parking fees

S15‧‧‧ draw payment voucher

C‧‧‧Vehicles

C1‧‧‧Pre-license information

C2‧‧‧After license plate information

P‧‧‧Parking

P’‧‧‧Parking

Q‧‧‧payment voucher

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the composition of the system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the composition of the billing column (1).

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the composition of the billing column (2).

Figure 4 is a schematic view (I) of the implementation of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a roadside parking management method of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view (2) of the implementation of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic view (3) of the implementation of the present invention.

Figure 8 is another embodiment (1) of the present invention.

Figure 9 is another embodiment (2) of the present invention.

Figure 10 is another embodiment (3) of the present invention.

Figure 11 is another embodiment (4) of the present invention.

Please refer to "Figure 1", which shows the system composition of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the roadside parking system 10 of the present invention includes a management server 101, a first charging column 102, a second charging column 103, and at least one mobile information device 104, wherein The management server 101 is connected to each charging column (102, 103) for monitoring the parking status of each charging column (102, 103), and calculating the charging column (102, 103) corresponding to the vehicle. a parking fee paid; the billing column (102, 103) is disposed immediately adjacent to a parking space, and the charging column (102, 103) can capture image information of the parking space and a vehicle information. The vehicle information includes a license plate information for the management server 101 to receive the information to start calculating the parking fee and for the user to pay the parking fee; the mobile information device 104 is provided with a parking application for parking. After the user operates, the user can generate a payment voucher after obtaining the parking fee through the mobile information device 104, and then scan the payment voucher through any charging column (102, 103) to complete the payment of the parking fee.

Please refer to FIG. 1 again. The management server 101 has a processing module 1011, another parking action determining module 1012, a timing module 1013, a database 1014, and an image storage module 1015. And the payment module 1016 and the processing module 1011 complete the information connection, wherein: (1) the processing module 1011 is provided by the operation management server 101, which can calculate the parking fee for one parking time, and is based on the parking fee. An electronic bill is generated; (2) the parking action determining module 1012 is configured to determine that the vehicle is a parking action after obtaining the vehicle information; (3) The chronograph module 1013 is configured to start calculating the parking time after the parking sign determination module 1012 before and after the license plate information; (4) the database 1014 stores a user information, the The user information includes a license plate number information, a parking record information, and a payment record information. (5) The image storage module 1015 is configured to store image information captured by each charging column 102; (6) The payment module 1016 can retrieve a payment certificate sent by the user and connect to a payment terminal for payment.

Please refer to "Fig. 2" to "3rd figure". The figure shows the schematic diagram of the composition of the billing column (1)~(2), as shown in the figure, the billing column (102, 103) shown in the figure. A charging management module (1021, 1031) is provided on one side, and the charging management module (1021, 1031) has a processing unit (1022, 1032), another imaging unit (1023, 1033), and a scanning unit ( 1024, 1034), a stop timing button (1025, 1035), and a network module (1026, 1036) complete the information connection with the processing unit (1022, 1032), wherein: (1) the processing unit (1022) , 1032), for running the billing column (102, 103), and analyzing the vehicle information from the image information, the vehicle information includes a front license plate information, and a rear license plate information; (2) the camera The unit (1023, 1033) is configured to continuously capture the image of the parking space and generate image information in the normal state; (3) the scanning unit (1024, 1034), for scanning the payment certificate, which may be one-dimensional Barcode scanner, a 2D barcode scanner, a The NFC reader, an RFID reader, or a biometric scanner; (4) the stop timing button (1025, 1035), when pressed, generates an abort timing message, which will abort the timing message. After being transmitted to the management server 101, the management server 101 can stop calculating the parking time of the parking space and settle the parking fee; (5) the networking module (1026, 1036) and the processing unit (1022); 1032) Complete the information connection to connect to an internet network, so that the charging column (102, 103) can complete the information connection with the management server 101 and transmit information to each other.

Please refer to FIG. 4 again. The figure shows a schematic diagram (1) of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the implementation of the present invention, the first billing column 102 is disposed at one end of a parking space P, The second charging column 103 is disposed at the other end of the parking space P, so that the imaging ranges of the imaging units (1023, 1033) of the two charging columns (102, 103) can respectively correspond to the parking space P, and the two charging columns are respectively enabled. The camera units (1023, 1033) of (102, 103) may correspond to the front and rear license plate positions of the parked vehicle to capture the front license plate information and the rear license plate information of the vehicle.

Please refer to "figure 5", which shows the roadside parking management method of the present invention, and please refer to "1st to 3rd", as shown in the figure, the roadside parking management method S1 of the present invention, As follows: (1) Monitor the parking space image S11: Please refer to "Figure 6" for matching. The figure shows the implementation of the invention (2), as shown in the figure, the startup setting After the two charging columns (102, 103) at the two ends of the parking compartment P, a processing unit 1022 of the charging column 102 can drive an imaging unit 1023, so that the imaging unit 1023 can monitor the corresponding parking space P and capture the corresponding parking space P. a first view image information of the parking space P, the first view image information is transmitted to a management server 101, and the image information is stored to an image storage module 1015 of the management server 101, and the second charging column A processing unit 1032 of the 103 also drives an imaging unit 1033, so that the camera unit 1033 can monitor the corresponding parking space P, and capture a second perspective image information of the parking space P, and transmit the second perspective image information to the management servo. (1) determining the parking action S12: please refer to "FIG. 6", after the first charging column 102 (or the second charging column 103) obtains the first viewing angle image information and the second viewing angle image information, The processing unit 1022 of the first billing column 102 can perform a license plate recognition program on the image information (the first view image information and the second view image information), for example, when a vehicle C enters the parking space P, the first billing Column 102 can be viewed from the first perspective image And the second view image information, respectively, identifying a vehicle information, the vehicle information includes a front license plate information C1 and a rear license plate information C2, and further, the first billing column 102 can display the front license plate information C1 And the license plate information C2 is transmitted to the management server 101, so that the parking operation determination module 1012 of the management server 101 can retrieve the front and rear license plate information (C1, C2), and can determine a parking action, for example, when the processing module When the front license plate information C1 and the rear license plate information C2 are obtained, the processing module 1011 can determine that the vehicle C is in a parking state, and proceeds to the next step, and when the processing module 1011 If only one of the preceding license plate information C1 or the rear license plate information C2 is obtained, the processing module 1011 can determine that the parking mode is not stopped, and continue to perform the monitoring of the parking space image step S11 until the processing module 1011 obtains the front and rear license plate information. (C1, C2), the next step is performed; (3) the calculation of the parking time S13 is started: when the parking action determining module 1012 determines that the parking state is determined, the processing module 1011 drives the timing module 1013 to start calculating the vehicle C. a parking time; wherein, the processing module 1011 can further generate a parking form, the parking form can record the parking time, license plate information, and user information of the vehicle C; (4) suspend the calculation of the parking time and settle the parking fee S14: After the user triggers the stop timing button 1025 (or the stop timing button 1035), the charging column 102 (or the charging column 103) sends a stop timing message to the management server 101, so that the processing module 1011 can command the timing. The module 1013 suspends the timing action of the license plate information, and the processing module 1011 can calculate a parking fee based on the parking time, and generate an electronic device with parking fee information. The electronic bill is transmitted to a mobile information device 104 of the user, wherein the processing module 1011 searches the database 1014, and compares the corresponding mobile information device 104 according to the license information of the vehicle C to make the electronic The bill can be transmitted to the designated mobile information device 104; (5) the payment certificate S15: please refer to "Figure 7", which is shown in the figure (3), as shown in the figure, when the action information After the device 104 receives the electronic bill, the mobile information device 104 can generate a payment voucher Q based on the electronic bill, and the payment voucher Q can be used. The electronic bill is paid. Further, after the payment voucher Q is scanned on the scanning unit 1024 of the charging column 102, the scanning unit 1024 can retrieve the payment voucher Q and transmit the payment voucher Q to the management server 101 to make the payment mode. The group 1016 can pay the voucher Q, and collect the payment of the electronic bill from a payment terminal, thereby completing the payment of the parking fee, wherein the user can scan the payment voucher Q to the charging column 102 of the parking space, or the charging column. 103. After the billing column 102 or the billing column 103 scans the payment voucher Q, the management server 101 can receive the payment voucher Q.

According to the "figure 5", after the user completes the payment of the parking fee, the parking action determining module 1012 of the management server 101 can continuously monitor the front and rear license plate information of the parking vehicle within an departure time. After the end of the field time, the parking action determining module 1012 can still detect and recognize the front and rear license plate information of the original parking vehicle, and the timing module 1013 will recalculate the parking time, and after the stop timing button 1025 is operated, the processing is processed. The module 1011 can generate a new electronic bill, thereby avoiding the problem of the user falsely reporting the parking time and occupying the parking space.

Please refer to the "figure 5", in which the calculation of the parking time and the settlement of the parking fee are suspended. In step S14, the user can also suspend the timing through the mobile information device 104. When the user wants to leave the parking space, the user can act on the information device. 104 executing the parking application, generating a stop timing message through the parking application, and transmitting the suspension timing message to the management server 101, so that the processing module 1011 can command the timing module 1013 to stop the parking. And, the processing module 1011 can calculate the parking fee based on the parking time, and generate an electronic bill with the parking fee, and transmit the electronic bill to the mobile information device 104 of the user. The user can operate inside the vehicle.

In the present invention, in addition to the passive waiting operation stop timing button 1025, the suspension timing information is issued to the management server 101, and the present invention can also pass through the charging column (102, 103). Detecting the image information, and actively issuing the suspension timing message to the management server 101; when the charging column 102 (or the charging column 103) detects the change of the vehicle information in the image information, it determines whether it meets the determination of the departure behavior. The condition that, if the departure action determination condition is met, the charging column 102 can actively issue the suspension timing message to the management server 101, so that the management server 101 can generate an electronic bill, wherein the departure action determination condition is The setting is "Failed to recognize the vehicle information from the image information". For example, after the vehicle C leaves the parking space P, the charging column 102 cannot recognize the vehicle information in the image information, and the charging column 102 can The suspension timing message is issued, whereby the driver forgets to operate the stop timing button 1025 or suspends the timing through the mobile information device 104, so that the management server 101 cannot be correctly settled. Car time.

Please refer to "Figure 8", which shows another embodiment (1) of the present invention, and please refer to "Figure 3". As shown in the figure, the billing column (102, 103) further includes an emergency notification. Module 1027, the emergency notification module 1027 The emergency communication module 1027 includes a notification button, a speaker unit, and a microphone unit. When the emergency notification module 1027 is triggered, the emergency notification module 1027 can send an emergency notification message to the information connection. The management server 101 can manage the server 101 to communicate with the user through the speaker unit and the microphone unit of the emergency notification module 1027, thereby solving the sudden problem of the user's vehicle.

Please refer to "FIG. 9", which shows another embodiment (2) of the present invention, and please refer to "FIG. 3". As shown in the figure, the charging column (102, 103) further includes a charging stand. 1028, the charging stand 1028 and the processing unit 1022 are electrically connected, and the charging stand 1028 can output power externally. When the vehicle is in a state where the battery is exhausted, the user can draw power through the charging stand 1028, and The vehicle battery is charged urgently.

Please refer to FIG. 10, which shows another embodiment (3) of the present invention, and please refer to "FIG. 3". As shown in the figure, the charging column (102, 103) further includes a positioning module. The group 1029, the positioning module 1029 and the processing unit 1022 complete the information connection, the positioning module 1029 can be a Global Positioning System (GPS), after the charging column (102, 103) is installed, the management server 101 can perform location management based on the location of each billing column (102, 103), and store the location information of each billing column (102, 103) in the database 1014. Further, the database 1014 can be based on each billing column. The location information of the 102 (or the charging column 103) sets a charging price, so that the processing module 1011 can receive the location according to the area set by each charging column 102 (or the charging column 103). The corresponding parking fee is taken; in addition, the user can also send a generation driving demand message to the management server 101 through the parking application, so that the management server 101 can park the charging column 102 (or the charging column 103) of the vehicle. The location information is transmitted to the generation driver system, so that the driver system can dispatch the driver based on the location information.

Please refer to FIG. 11 , which shows another embodiment (4) of the present invention. As shown in the figure, each billing column (102, 103) has a second charging management module (1021). ', 1031'), so that the first billing column 102 (or the second billing column 103) can simultaneously monitor two parking spaces (P, P') in the immediate vicinity, whereby the single billing column 102 can simultaneously monitor Two parking spaces (P, P') reduce the establishment of the charging column (102, 103), and after the management server 101 receives the image information of the parking space (P, P'), the identification can be further differentiated by identifying the license plate. When the vehicle is parked in the parking space P or the parking is P', when the charging column 102 simultaneously monitors two parking spaces (P, P'), the management server 101 can still be correct when the user pays the parking fee. The settlement fee for the parking space P (or parking space P').

As can be seen from the above, the roadside parking management system and the method for implementing the same according to the present invention are mainly provided with a charging column at each end of a parking space, and the charging column can continuously capture the parking space. And a video information of the rear view, after the management server receives the image information, a parking action judgment module of the management server identifies a front license plate information and a rear license plate information from the image information, and manages one of the server Processing module can start calculation When the management server receives a stop timing message, the management server can settle the parking time and generate a parking bill, and the user's mobile information device can generate a payment after receiving the parking bill. After the voucher scans the payment voucher on any billing column, the management server can complete the payment of the parking bill. The stop timing message can be generated by the driver operating a stop timing button of the billing column and driving. The human action information device or the billing column is actively released by detecting the change of the image information; accordingly, the present invention can be implemented to provide a way to automatically detect the on-street parking time and the electronic payment. The purpose of the side parking management system and its implementation method.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention; any changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention All should be covered by the patent of the present invention.

In summary, the effects of the present invention are patents such as "industry availability," "novelty," and "progressiveness" of the invention; the applicant filed an invention patent with the bureau in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law. Application.

Claims (14)

An on-street parking management system for monitoring a parking time of a vehicle parked in a parking space, and generating an electronic bill for payment according to the parking time, comprising: two charging columns, respectively disposed in the parking space Each of the billing columns has a processing unit, and a scanning unit, a camera unit, and a stop timing button are connected to the processing unit, wherein the two camera units of the billing column are respectively Obtaining an image information of different viewing angles, and analyzing the vehicle information from the image information, the scanning unit may scan a payment voucher, and the stop timing button is triggered to generate a stop timing message; a management server, and each The charging column completes the information connection, and the management server can determine a parking state of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, in the parking state, the management server starts to calculate the parking time; a mobile information device, and the management servo Complete the information link, the mobile information device can generate a payment voucher for the electronic bill; and when the stop timing message is transmitted to After managing the server, the management server suspends calculating the parking time and generates the electronic bill, and transmits the electronic bill to the mobile information device to generate the payment certificate, and the scanning unit scans the payment certificate to complete the Payment of electronic bills. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the scanning unit is a one-dimensional barcode scanner and a two-dimensional barcode scanner. Kind. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the charging column further comprises an emergency notification module, and the emergency notification module completes an information connection with the processing unit. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the charging column further comprises a charging base, and the charging base is electrically connected to the processing unit. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the charging column further comprises a positioning module, wherein the positioning module completes an information connection with the processing unit, and the positioning module can locate the charging. One position information of the column. The roadside parking management system of claim 5, wherein the management server sets a toll price of the charging column based on the location information. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the payment voucher is a two-dimensional bar code. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the mobile information device generates the suspension timing message by executing a parking application and issues the suspension timing message to the management server. The roadside parking management system of claim 1, wherein the charging column determines an departure action determination condition based on the image information, and when the departure action determination condition is met, the charging column will The abort timing message is posted to the management server. Roadside parking management method for monitoring a vehicle parked in a parking space A parking time, and an electronic bill is generated for payment according to the parking time, which includes: a monitoring parking image step: two charging columns capture an image information of different viewing angles; a determining parking action step: the meter The fee column performs a license plate recognition program on the image information to analyze a vehicle information, and the charging column transmits the vehicle information to a management server, so that the management server determines a parking state of the vehicle; Time step: in the parking state, the management server starts to calculate a parking time; a stop calculating the parking time and clearing the parking fee step: after the one stop timing button of the charging column is triggered, the charging column sends an abort Timing the message to the management server, causing the management server to suspend the timing action, and calculating a parking fee based on the parking time, thereby generating an electronic bill transfer to the designated mobile information device; and a step of collecting the payment certificate After receiving the electronic bill, the mobile information device generates a payment certificate based on the electronic bill, and the charging column sweeps After the payment voucher, which transfers the charge column token payment to the management server, complete the payment of the operation of the electronic bill. The roadside parking management method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle information includes a front license plate information and a rear license plate information, so that the management server can be based on the front license plate information and the subsequent license plate information. Judge The parking state or a non-parking state. The roadside parking management method according to claim 10, wherein the management server sets an departure time after the billing column scans the payment voucher, and when the departure time ends, the management server still If the vehicle is judged to be in the parking state, the management server recalculates another parking time. The roadside parking management method of claim 10, wherein the mobile information device executes a parking application, generates a suspension timing message through the parking application, and transmits the suspension timing message to the management servo The server causes the management server to abort the parking time. The roadside parking management method according to claim 10, wherein the charging column determines an departure action determination condition based on the image information, and when the departure action determination condition is satisfied, the charging column will The abort timing message is posted to the management server.