CN104966411A

CN104966411A - Method, apparatus and system for determining idle parking stalls

Info

Publication number: CN104966411A
Application number: CN201410425582.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘伟; 苏海霞; 洪桃李; 施明
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-08-26
Filing date: 2014-08-26
Publication date: 2015-10-07

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, apparatus and system for determining idle parking stalls, and belongs to the Internet technology field. The method comprises receiving the idle parking stall information sent from management equipment for at least one parking lot and storing the idle parking stall information for the at least one parking lot; acquiring the idle parking stall information for the target parking lot from the stored idle parking stall information of the at least one parking lot according to the target location when a parking stall query request for the target location is received from a terminal; and sending the idle parking stall information for the target parking lot to the terminal. The method, apparatus and system for determining idle parking stalls of the invention can improve the efficiency for parking.

Description

Method, device and system for determining free parking space

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of internet, in particular to a method, a device and a system for determining an idle parking space.

Background

With the rapid development of socio-economy, the automobile holding amount is continuously and rapidly increasing. The automobile brings great convenience to work and life of people, people can drive to quickly reach a destination, convenience is achieved, time is saved, and efficiency is improved.

With the increase of the number of automobiles, in order to facilitate the travel of people, public places such as shopping malls, restaurants, supermarkets, hospitals, schools, recreation places, entertainment places and the like are provided with parking lots. When a user parks in a parking lot, the user generally drives the vehicle into the parking lot firstly, then looks through eyes to find a free parking space in the driving process, and then parks the vehicle driven by the user in the corresponding parking space after finding the free parking space.

In the process of implementing the invention, the inventor finds that the prior art has at least the following problems:

in busy hours, the parking spaces of commercial places and public service institution parking places are often in the state of fully parking vehicles, when a vehicle owner wants to park, the vehicle owner needs to drive to the parking place to find a circle to know that no free parking space exists in the place, and then the vehicle owner needs to additionally search other parking places to park, so that the parking efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a system for determining an idle parking space. The technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, a method for determining an idle parking space is provided, the method comprising:

receiving free parking space information sent by management equipment of at least one parking lot, and storing the free parking space information of the at least one parking lot;

when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, acquiring free parking space information of a target parking lot from stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location;

and sending the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal.

In a second aspect, a method for determining an empty parking space is provided, the method comprising:

sending a parking space query request of a target place to a server, so that the server acquires free parking space information of a target parking lot from stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target place;

receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server;

and displaying the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

In a third aspect, a method for determining an idle parking space is provided, where the method includes:

acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot;

determining the free parking space information of the parking lot according to the using state information of each parking space;

and sending the free parking space information to a server, so that when the server receives a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal, the server acquires the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location, and sends the free parking space information to the terminal.

In a fourth aspect, a server is provided, the server comprising:

the system comprises a receiving module, a storage module and a control module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving the free parking space information sent by the management equipment of at least one parking lot and storing the free parking space information of the at least one parking lot;

the system comprises an acquisition module, a storage module and a processing module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring the free parking space information of a target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to a target place when receiving a parking space query request of the target place sent by a terminal;

and the sending module is used for sending the information of the free parking spaces of the target parking lot to the terminal.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, where the terminal includes:

the system comprises a sending module, a storage module and a processing module, wherein the sending module is used for sending a parking space query request of a target place to a server so that the server can obtain the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target place;

the receiving module is used for receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot, which is sent by the server;

and the display module is used for displaying the information of the idle parking spaces of the target parking lot.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a management apparatus for a parking lot, comprising:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot;

the determining module is used for determining the free parking space information of the parking lot according to the using state information of each parking space;

and the sending module is used for sending the free parking space information to a server so that the server acquires the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location and sends the free parking space information to the terminal when receiving a parking space inquiry request of the target location sent by the terminal.

In a seventh aspect, a system for determining an empty parking space is provided, where the system includes: management equipment in server, terminal and parking area, wherein:

the management equipment of the parking lot is used for acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot; determining the free parking space information of the parking lot according to the using state information of each parking space; sending the free parking space information to the server;

the server is used for receiving the free parking space information sent by the management equipment of at least one parking lot and storing the free parking space information of the at least one parking lot; when a parking space query request of a target location sent by the terminal is received, acquiring free parking space information of a target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of the at least one parking lot according to the target location; sending the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal;

the terminal is used for sending a parking space query request of a target place to the server; receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server; and displaying the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the invention, the free parking space information sent by the management equipment of at least one parking lot is received, the free parking space information of at least one parking lot is stored, and when the parking space query request of the target location sent by the terminal is received, the free parking space information of the target parking lot is obtained from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location and is sent to the terminal.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for determining an empty parking space according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for determining an empty parking space according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for determining an empty parking space according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a system architecture diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for determining an empty parking space according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interface display provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an interface display provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for parking space reservation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a method for vehicle docking matching provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method for indicating a parking position according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a management device of a parking lot according to an embodiment of the present invention

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a management device for a parking lot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example one

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining an idle parking space, which can be realized by a server, a terminal and management equipment of a parking lot.

As shown in fig. 1, the server-side processing flow in the method may include the following steps:

step 101, receiving the free parking space information sent by the management equipment of at least one parking lot, and storing the free parking space information of at least one parking lot.

102, when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, according to the target location, obtaining free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot.

And 103, sending the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal.

As shown in fig. 2, the processing flow at the terminal side in the method may include the following steps:

step 201, sending a parking space query request of a target location to a server, so that the server obtains free parking space information of the target parking lot from stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location.

And step 202, receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server.

And step 203, displaying the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

As shown in fig. 3, the process flow of managing devices in the method may include the following steps:

and 301, acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot.

And step 302, determining the free parking space information of the parking lot according to the use state information of each parking space.

And 303, sending the free parking space information to a server, so that when receiving a parking space query request of a target location sent by the terminal, the server acquires the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location, and sends the free parking space information to the terminal.

Example two

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining an idle parking space, which can be realized by a server, a terminal and management equipment of a parking lot. The terminal can be any mobile terminal or fixed terminal, such as a mobile phone, a computer and the like, the terminal can be provided with an application program for uniformly inquiring the free parking spaces, the server can be a parking space information management platform server and a background server of the application program, and the management equipment of the parking lot can be a terminal for managing the parking space information in the parking lot. As shown in fig. 4, a system framework of an embodiment of the present invention is schematically illustrated.

As shown in fig. 5, a processing flow of the method for determining an empty parking space according to the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

step 501, the management equipment of the parking lot acquires the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot.

In implementation, a sensor may be disposed at each parking space in the parking lot for detecting whether a vehicle is parked in the parking space, and the sensor may communicate with the management device of the parking lot in a wired or wireless manner, so that the management device may determine that the usage status information of the corresponding parking space is an idle status or a usage status (i.e., a non-idle status), and if the management device further supports parking space reservation, the recorded vehicle status information may also be a reservation status, and the reservation status may also belong to a non-idle status. The management equipment can detect whether the use state information of each parking space changes in real time, and updates the stored use state information of each parking space.

Step 502, the management device of the parking lot determines the free parking space information of the parking lot according to the use state information of each parking space.

In implementation, the content of the free parking space information can be set arbitrarily according to requirements, and the content can be the number of the free parking spaces, identification information of each free parking space, the total number of the parking spaces, the number of the non-free parking spaces and the like. The management equipment can determine corresponding free parking space information according to the stored use state information of all parking spaces.

Step 503, the management device of the parking lot sends the free parking space information to the server.

In implementation, the management device may report the free parking space information to the server when the use state information of the parking space changes, or report the free parking space information to the server according to a certain period.

Step 504, the server receives the free parking space information sent by the management device of at least one parking lot, and stores the free parking space information of at least one parking lot.

In implementation, the server may establish a communication relationship with one or more management devices of the parking lot, receive the free parking space information of the parking lot sent by the management devices of each parking lot, and store and continuously update the free parking space information.

And 505, the terminal sends a parking space inquiry request of a target place to the server.

The target location may be any designated location, may also be the current location of the terminal, and may also be a designated parking lot.

In implementation, an application program for unified free parking space query may be installed in the terminal, and when a user needs to perform free parking space query, the application program may be started, and a parking space query request for sending a certain designated location (i.e., a target location) is sent to the server through the application program.

Optionally, according to different requirements of the user, different parking space query requests may be sent, and several feasible processing manners of step 505 are given as follows:

the first mode is to acquire the local position and send a parking space query request of the local position to the server.

In implementation, a nearby parking space query key may be set in an interface of the application program, and when a user clicks the nearby parking space query key, the terminal may receive a corresponding click instruction, and at this time, the terminal may acquire a local position, that is, a current position of the terminal, generate a parking space query request, and carry information of the local position in the parking space query request and send the information to the server.

And in the second mode, the target location input by the user is obtained, and the parking space inquiry request of the target location is sent to the server.

In implementation, a map query interface may be set in the application program, in which a city map is displayed, and a user may click to select a destination (i.e., a target location) of his trip, and the terminal may receive a click instruction, and at this time, the terminal may generate a parking space query request, and carry position information of a clicked position of the user in the parking space query request, and send the parking space query request to the server.

And a third mode is that the target parking lot input by the user is obtained, and the parking space query request of the target parking lot is sent to the server.

In implementation, a map query interface may be set in the application program, and an icon of a parking lot may be displayed in a position where the parking lot exists in the map, as shown in fig. 6, a user may click to select a parking lot (i.e., a target parking lot) in which the user wants to park, and the terminal may receive a click instruction, at this time, the terminal may generate a parking space query request, carry identification information of the parking lot clicked by the user in the parking space query request, and send the parking space query request to the server.

Step 506, when receiving a parking space query request of a target location sent by the terminal, the server obtains the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot according to the target location.

In implementation, the processing method for acquiring the free parking space information of the target parking lot by the server can be various, and several feasible processing methods are provided as follows:

in the first mode, when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, a target parking space meeting a preset distance condition with the target location is selected from the at least one parking space, and the free parking space information of the target parking space is obtained.

In implementation, the server may store the position information of each parking lot in advance. The server may further store a preset distance condition, which may be set arbitrarily according to actual needs, for example, the distance may be smaller than a preset threshold. For the cases of the first and second ways in step 505, the parking space inquiry request may carry location information, where the location information may be location information of a current location of the terminal or location information of a location selected by the user, and the server may obtain the location information in the parking space inquiry request, determine, according to the stored location information of each parking lot, one or more parking lots whose distance from the target location is smaller than a preset threshold value, as a target parking lot, and further obtain free parking space information of the target parking lot stored by the device.

And secondly, when a parking space inquiry request of the target parking lot sent by the terminal is received, acquiring the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the free parking space information of the at least one parking lot.

In implementation, for the case of the third method in step 505, the parking space inquiry request may carry identification information of the target parking lot, and the server may obtain the identification information and use the identification information to search the free parking space information of the target parking lot in the stored free parking space information of each parking lot.

And step 507, the server sends the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal.

Optionally, the server may send the map of the target parking lot and the free parking space information to the terminal.

In implementation, the server may acquire the maps of the parking lots from the management apparatuses of the parking lots, respectively, in advance. After the target parking lot is determined, the server can acquire a map of the target parking lot and send the map and the free parking space information to the terminal. In addition, the server can also transmit the position information of the target parking lot and the distance information between the target parking lot and the terminal to the terminal.

And step 508, the terminal receives the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server.

Optionally, for the case that the server further sends the map of the target parking lot to the terminal, the terminal may receive the map of the target parking lot and the free parking space information sent by the server.

In step 509, the terminal displays the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

In implementation, the terminal may display the target parking lots and the corresponding free parking space information provided by the server in various ways, for example, as shown in fig. 7, the terminal may display a parking lot list in which one or more target parking lots are displayed, and correspondingly display the free parking space information of each target parking lot, such as the number of free parking spaces, and in addition, may display the position information of the target parking lots and the distance information between the target parking lots and the terminal.

Optionally, for the above case where the terminal further receives the map of the target parking lot, the processing of step 509 may be: and displaying a map of the target parking lot, and marking the parking spaces in an idle state in the map according to the idle parking space information of the target parking lot.

In implementation, after receiving the map of the target parking lot and the free parking space information sent by the server, the terminal may display the map of the target parking lot, where the map may display all parking spaces of the target parking lot and may record identification information of each parking space, and in addition, the terminal may also obtain identification information of a parking space in a free state from the free parking space information, and further, the terminal may display special marks, such as flashing, highlighting, and the like, for the parking space in the free state in the map.

In addition, as shown in the system framework shown in fig. 4, the server may also obtain traffic information (such as road conditions) from the traffic information server, further extract traffic information related to the terminal position and the target location (for the case that the target location is not the terminal position), and send the traffic information to the terminal. The terminal can display a road traffic map containing its own position and a target point and display therein traffic information transmitted from the server.

In addition, for the case that the target location is not the terminal location, in the process that the user of the terminal drives to the target location, the server can also send the terminal location and the target location to the navigation server to obtain the navigation information (such as a driving route, voice guidance and the like) sent by the navigation server and send the navigation information to the terminal, and the terminal can display or play the navigation information.

In addition, the server can also acquire activity information near the target place, such as business activity information such as discount information and the like from the activity information server and then send the activity information to the terminal. The terminal may display the received event information in a road traffic map, or may display the event information in a list form.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a method for parking space reservation is further provided, as shown in fig. 8, the method may include the following steps:

step 801, the terminal displays a parking space reservation key corresponding to the target parking lot.

In implementation, when the terminal displays the parking space in the idle state in the map of the target parking lot, the terminal may further display a parking space reservation key for providing a parking space reservation function for the user.

Step 802, when receiving a click command corresponding to a parking space reservation key, the terminal acquires a target parking space selected by a user, and sends a parking space reservation request corresponding to the target parking space of a target parking lot to the server.

In implementation, a user may click and select a parking space to be reserved (i.e., a target parking space) in a map of a target parking lot, then click a parking space reservation key, and the terminal may receive a corresponding click instruction, at this time, the terminal may generate a parking space reservation request, and send the parking space reservation request to the server, where the parking space reservation request carries identification information of the target parking lot and identification information of a parking space selected by the user. In addition, the user can register an account with the server through the application program, and the parking space reservation request can also carry an account identifier of a terminal login account.

And step 803, the server receives a parking space reservation request of a target parking space corresponding to the target parking lot, which is sent by the terminal.

In implementation, after receiving the parking space reservation request sent by the terminal, the server may obtain the identification information of the target parking lot and the identification information of the target parking space.

Step 804, the server generates the subscription verification information and sends the subscription verification information to the terminal.

In implementation, after receiving a parking space reservation request sent by a terminal, a server may generate reservation authentication information, where the reservation authentication information may be a string of random codes. Then, the server may send the subscription authentication information to the terminal by means of a short message, an application message, or a mail.

In step 805, the terminal receives the subscription authentication information sent by the server.

It should be noted that the steps 804-805 and the step 806 have no necessary sequence relationship in terms of time sequence.

Step 806, the server determines a first vehicle identifier corresponding to the first account logged in by the terminal according to the pre-stored correspondence between the account and the vehicle identifier.

The vehicle identifier may be a license plate number.

In implementation, a user can register an account with the server through the application program and register own license plate number, and the server can store the corresponding relation between the account and the license plate number in the database. After receiving the parking space reservation request sent by the terminal, the server can acquire the account identifier (namely the account identifier of the first account) carried in the parking space reservation request, and further search the corresponding license plate number (namely the first vehicle identifier) in the corresponding relationship.

In step 807, the server sends a parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information and the first vehicle identifier to the management device of the target parking lot.

Step 808, the management device of the target parking lot receives a parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information and the first vehicle identifier sent by the server.

In implementation, after receiving the parking space reservation notification, the management device may store the target parking space, the reservation verification information, and the first vehicle identifier therein.

Step 809, the management device of the target parking lot sets the use state information of the target parking space to a reservation state.

In implementation, after receiving the parking space reservation notification, the management device of the target parking lot may record the parking space state information of the target parking space as a reservation state, and may lock the parking space for a preset time period (e.g., 10 minutes). When a user of the terminal parks in a parking lot, the reservation verification information and the license plate number of the user presented by the user can be verified based on the reservation verification information and the first vehicle identifier. When the vehicle of the user of the terminal enters and parks, the management device may send an entrance notification carrying the first vehicle identifier to the server.

Optionally, the server may further record a time for receiving the parking space reservation request as a reservation time, and start timing from the reservation time, when the timing reaches a preset time (e.g., 10 minutes), send an overtime notification to the terminal, the terminal may display a prompt message indicating whether to delay the time, if the user selects to delay, the terminal sends a delay confirmation message to the server, and the server notifies the management device to delay the reservation of the target parking space, and if the user selects not to delay, the terminal sends a delay refusing message to the server, and the server notifies the management device to cancel the reservation of the target parking space.

By the method, the parking space of the parking lot can be prevented from being full when the user drives to the parking lot, and therefore the parking efficiency can be improved.

Based on the processing of the parking space reservation, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing procedure for matching vehicle parking spaces, as shown in fig. 9, the processing procedure may include the following steps:

step 901, when it is detected that a vehicle with a first vehicle identifier enters a first parking space, if the first parking space is not a target parking space, the management device in the parking lot sends a parking space entering error message carrying the first vehicle identifier to the server.

In implementation, cameras can be installed at parking spaces in a parking lot, license plates of vehicles entering the parking spaces are photographed, image information is transmitted to the management equipment, and after the management equipment performs image processing, license plate numbers (namely vehicle identifications) of the vehicles entering the corresponding parking spaces can be acquired. When detecting that the vehicle with the first vehicle identifier enters the first parking space, the management device may determine whether the first parking space entered by the management device is a predetermined target parking space, if not, the management device may send a parking space entering error message carrying the first vehicle identifier to the server, and if so, the management device may modify the parking space state information of the first parking space into a use state.

Step 902, when the server receives a parking space entering error message carrying a first vehicle identifier sent by the management device of the target parking lot, the server determines a first account corresponding to the first vehicle identifier according to a pre-stored correspondence relationship between the account and the vehicle identifier.

In implementation, after receiving the parking space entering error message, the server may obtain the first vehicle identifier carried therein, and search the corresponding first account in the correspondence by using the first vehicle identifier.

Step 903, the server sends a parking space entering error notification to the terminal logged in by the first account.

In implementation, after receiving the parking space entering error notification, the terminal can send alarm information to prompt a user to stop the vehicle in a correct parking space (namely, a target parking space).

By the method, the influence on the parking efficiency of other users due to the fact that the users park the wrong parking spaces can be prevented, and therefore the parking efficiency can be improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a method for prompting a user of a parking position after the user parks in the parking position is further provided, as shown in fig. 10, the method may include the following steps:

step 1001, when it is detected that the vehicle with the second vehicle identifier enters the second parking space, the management device in the second parking lot sends a parking position message carrying the second vehicle identifier and the position information of the second parking space to the server.

The second parking lot may be a target parking lot or any other parking lot. The second vehicle identification may be the same as or different from the first vehicle identification. The second parking space can be a target parking space or any other parking space.

In implementation, when a user drives his/her vehicle to enter a certain parking space (i.e., a second parking space), the management device may acquire a license plate number (i.e., a second vehicle identifier) of the vehicle through the camera, and determine the parking space where the vehicle enters. At this time, the management device may generate a parking position message carrying the license plate number and the position information of the parking space, where the position information may be identification information of the parking space, and then the management device may transmit the parking position message to the server.

Step 1002, when receiving a parking position message carrying a second vehicle identifier and position information of a second parking space sent by a management device of a second parking lot, a server determines a second account corresponding to the second vehicle identifier according to a pre-stored correspondence relationship between an account and the vehicle identifier.

In implementation, after receiving the parking position message, the server may obtain the second vehicle identifier carried therein, and search the corresponding second account in the correspondence using the second vehicle identifier. This second account is the account of the user who parked in the slot in step 1001.

In step 1003, the server sends a parking position notification carrying the position information of the second parking space to the terminal logged in by the second account. The parking position notification may also carry identification information of the second parking lot.

And step 1004, the terminal receives the parking position notification carrying the position information of the second parking space sent by the server.

And 1005, displaying a parking position prompt by the terminal according to the position information of the second parking space.

In implementation, after receiving the parking position notification, the terminal may obtain the position information of the second parking space carried therein, where the position information may be identification information of the second parking space, and then the terminal may determine the display position of the second parking space in the map of the corresponding parking lot according to the identification information of the second parking space, so as to display a special mark on the second parking space and prompt the user that the second parking space is the parking space where the user parks.

By the method, a user can conveniently find the position of the vehicle when taking the vehicle, and the vehicle taking efficiency can be improved.

EXAMPLE III

Based on the same technical concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a server, as shown in fig. 11, where the server includes:

the receiving module 1110 is configured to receive the free parking space information sent by the management device of at least one parking lot, and store the free parking space information of the at least one parking lot;

an obtaining module 1120, configured to, when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, obtain, according to the target location, free parking space information of a target parking lot from stored free parking space information of the at least one parking lot;

a sending module 1130, configured to send the information of the free parking spaces in the target parking lot to the terminal.

Optionally, the obtaining module 1120 is configured to:

when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, selecting a target parking space meeting a preset distance condition with the target location from the at least one parking space, and acquiring free parking space information of the target parking space; or,

and when a parking space query request of a target parking lot sent by a terminal is received, acquiring the free parking space information of the target parking lot from the free parking space information of at least one parking lot.

Optionally, the sending module 1130 is configured to:

and sending the map of the target parking lot and the information of the free parking spaces to the terminal.

Optionally, the server further comprises a subscription module configured to:

receiving a parking space reservation request corresponding to a target parking space of the target parking lot, which is sent by the terminal;

generating reservation verification information and sending the reservation verification information to the terminal;

determining a first vehicle identifier corresponding to a first account logged in by the terminal according to a pre-stored corresponding relationship between the account and the vehicle identifier;

and sending a parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information and the first vehicle identifier to management equipment of the target parking lot.

Optionally, the reservation module is further configured to:

when receiving a parking space entering error message carrying the first vehicle identifier sent by the management equipment of the target parking lot, determining a first account corresponding to the first vehicle identifier according to a pre-stored corresponding relationship between the account and the vehicle identifier;

and sending a parking space entering error notification to the terminal logged in by the first account.

Optionally, the server further comprises a parking position notification module, configured to:

when a parking position message which is sent by a management device of a second parking lot and carries a second vehicle identifier and position information of a second parking space is received, determining a second account corresponding to the second vehicle identifier according to a pre-stored corresponding relation between the account and the vehicle identifier;

and sending a parking position notification carrying the position information of the second parking space to a terminal logged in by the second account.

Based on the same technical concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, as shown in fig. 12, where the terminal includes:

a sending module 1210, configured to send a parking space query request of a target location to a server, so that the server obtains, according to the target location, free parking space information of a target parking lot from stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot;

a receiving module 1220, configured to receive the information of the vacant parking spaces in the target parking lot, which is sent by the server;

and the display module 1230 is configured to display the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

Optionally, the sending module 1210 is configured to:

acquiring a local position, and sending a parking space query request of the local position to a server; or,

acquiring a target place input by a user, and sending a parking space query request of the target place to a server; or,

the method comprises the steps of obtaining a target parking lot input by a user, and sending a parking space query request of the target parking lot to a server.

Optionally, the receiving module 1220 is configured to:

receiving the map of the target parking lot and the information of the idle parking spaces sent by the server;

the display module is used for:

and displaying a map of the target parking lot, and marking the parking spaces in an idle state in the map according to the idle parking space information of the target parking lot.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a subscription module, configured to:

displaying a parking space reservation key corresponding to the target parking lot;

when a click instruction corresponding to the parking space booking key is received, acquiring a target parking space selected by a user, and sending a parking space booking request corresponding to the target parking space of the target parking lot to the server;

and receiving the subscription verification information sent by the server.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a parking position notification module, configured to:

receiving a parking position notification which is sent by the server and carries position information of a second parking space;

and displaying a parking position prompt according to the position information of the second parking space.

Based on the same technical concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a management device for a parking lot, as shown in fig. 13, the management device includes:

an obtaining module 1310, configured to obtain use state information of each parking space in the parking lot;

a determining module 1320, configured to determine, according to the usage status information of each parking space, free parking space information of the parking lot;

the sending module 1330 is configured to send the free parking space information to a server, so that when receiving a parking space query request sent by a terminal from a target location, the server obtains, according to the target location, free parking space information of a target parking lot from stored free parking space information of at least one parking lot, and sends the obtained free parking space information to the terminal.

Optionally, the management device further includes a setting module, configured to:

receiving a parking space reservation notification which is sent by the server and carries a target parking space, reservation verification information and a first vehicle identifier;

and setting the use state information of the target parking space as a reservation state.

Optionally, the management device further includes a detection module:

the detection module is used for sending a parking space entering error message carrying a first vehicle identifier to the server if the first parking space is not the target parking space when the vehicle with the first vehicle identifier enters the first parking space.

Optionally, the management device further includes a detection module, configured to:

and when the vehicle with the second vehicle identification enters a second parking space, sending a parking position message carrying the second vehicle identification and the position information of the second parking space to the server.

Example four

Based on the same technical concept, the embodiment of the invention also provides a system for determining the free parking space, which comprises the following steps: management equipment in server, terminal and parking area, wherein:

EXAMPLE five

Please refer to fig. 14, which is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the server may be used to implement the method for determining a free space provided in the foregoing embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

server 1400 may vary widely by configuration or performance, and may include one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) 1422 (e.g., one or more processors) and memory 1432, one or more storage media 1430 (e.g., one or more mass storage devices) that store applications 1442 or data 1444. Memory 1432 and storage media 1430, among other things, may be transient or persistent storage. The program stored in the storage medium 1430 may include one or more modules (not shown), each of which may include a series of instruction operations for the server. Still further, a central processor 1422 may be disposed in communication with storage medium 1430 for executing a series of instruction operations on storage medium 1430 on server 1400. The server 1400 may also include one or more power supplies 1426, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1450, one or more input-output interfaces 1458, one or more keyboards 1456, and/or one or more operating systems 1441, such as Windows Server, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, etc. In particular, in this embodiment, the server includes a memory and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, and the one or more programs may include one or more modules, and each module may include a series of instructions for the server, and the one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors include instructions for:

Optionally, when a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal is received, according to the target location, obtaining free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of the at least one parking lot, including:

Optionally, the sending the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal includes:

Optionally, the method further comprises:

Optionally, after sending, to the management device of the target parking lot, a parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information, and the first vehicle identifier, the method further includes:

Optionally, the method further comprises:

EXAMPLE six

Please refer to fig. 15, which illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the terminal may be used to implement the method for determining an empty space provided in the foregoing embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

terminal 1500 can include one or more of the following components: processing components 1502, memory 1504, power components 1506, multimedia components 1508, audio components 1510, input/output (I/O) interfaces 1512, sensor components 1514, and communication components 1516.

The processing component 1502 generally controls overall operation of the terminal 1500, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing elements 1502 may include one or more processors 1520 executing instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, processing component 1502 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 1502 and other components. For example, the processing component 1502 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1508 and the processing component 1502.

Memory 1504 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at terminal 1500. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on terminal 1500, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1504 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power component 1506 provides power to the various components of the terminal 1500. Power components 1506 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for terminal 1500.

The multimedia component 1508 includes a screen providing an output interface between the terminal 1500 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, multimedia component 1508 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1500 is in an operational mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1510 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1510 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 1500 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 1504 or transmitted via the communication component 1516. In some embodiments, audio component 1510 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1512 provides an interface between the processing component 1502 and peripheral interface modules, which can be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 1514 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the terminal 1500. For example, sensor assembly 1514 can detect an open/closed state of device 1500, the relative positioning of components such as a display and keypad of terminal 1500, sensor assembly 1514 can also detect a change in position of terminal 1500 or a component of terminal 1500, the presence or absence of user contact with terminal 1500, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of terminal 1500, and a change in temperature of terminal 1500. The sensor assembly 1514 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1514 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1514 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1516 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal 1500 and other devices. The terminal 1500 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication part 1516 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1516 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 1500 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided that includes instructions, such as the memory 1504 that includes instructions, which are executable by the processor 1520 of the terminal 1500 to perform the above-described methods. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a processor of a terminal, enable the terminal to perform a method of determining a free slot, the method comprising:

and displaying the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

Optionally, the sending the parking space inquiry request of the target location to the server includes:

Optionally, the receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server includes:

the display of the free parking space information of the target parking lot comprises the following steps:

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and receiving the subscription verification information sent by the server.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

EXAMPLE seven

Referring to fig. 16, a schematic structural diagram of a management device of a parking lot according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the management device of the parking lot can be used to implement the method for determining a vacant parking space provided in the foregoing embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

the management device 1600 of the parking lot may include one or more of the following components: processing component 1602, memory 1604, power component 1606, multimedia component 1608, audio component 1610, input/output (I/O) interface 1612, sensor component 1614, and communications component 1616.

The processing component 1602 generally controls the overall operation of the management device 1600 for a parking lot, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing element 1602 may include one or more processors 1620 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 1602 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 1602 and other components. For example, the processing component 1602 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1608 and the processing component 1602.

The memory 1504 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the management device 1600 at the parking lot. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the management device 1600 for the parking lot, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 1604 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile memory device or combination thereof, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The power component 1606 provides power to the various components of the management device 1600 of the parking lot. The power components 1606 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the management device 1600 of the parking lot.

The multimedia component 1608 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the management device 1600 of the parking lot and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1608 comprises a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the back-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when device 1600 is in an operational mode, such as a capture mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1610 is configured to output and/or input an audio signal. For example, the audio component 1610 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive an external audio signal when the management device 1600 of the parking lot is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 1604 or transmitted via the communications component 1616. In some embodiments, audio component 1610 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1612 provides an interface between the processing component 1602 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, and the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 1614 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the management device 1600 of the parking lot. For example, sensor component 1614 may detect an open/closed state of device 1600, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of parking lot management device 1600, sensor component 1614 may also detect a change in position of parking lot management device 1600 or one component of parking lot management device 1600, the presence or absence of user contact with parking lot management device 1600, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of parking lot management device 1600, and a change in temperature of parking lot management device 1600. The sensor assembly 1614 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1614 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1614 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communications component 1616 is configured to facilitate communications between the management device 1600 of the parking lot and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The management device 1600 of the parking lot may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication unit 1616 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1616 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the management device 1600 of the parking lot may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 1604 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 1620 of the parking lot management device 1600 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, instructions in which, when executed by a processor of a management device of a parking lot, enable the management device of the parking lot to perform a method of determining free slots, the method comprising:

acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot;

Optionally, the method further comprises:

Optionally, after receiving the parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information, and the first vehicle identifier sent by the server, the method further includes:

when the fact that a vehicle with a first vehicle identification enters a first parking space is detected, if the first parking space is not the target parking space, a parking space entering error message carrying the first vehicle identification is sent to the server.

Optionally, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims

1. A method for determining an empty parking space, the method comprising:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when receiving a parking space query request of a target location sent by a terminal, acquiring free parking space information of the target parking lot from the stored free parking space information of the at least one parking lot according to the target location, comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the free parking space information of the target parking lot to the terminal comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after sending the parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation verification information, and the first vehicle identifier to the management device of the target parking lot, the method further comprises:

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

7. A method for determining an empty parking space, the method comprising:

and displaying the free parking space information of the target parking lot.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein sending the parking space inquiry request of the target location to the server comprises:

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiving the free parking space information of the target parking lot sent by the server comprises:

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

and receiving the subscription verification information sent by the server.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

12. A method for determining an empty parking space, the method comprising:

acquiring the use state information of each parking space in the parking lot;

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein after receiving the parking space reservation notification carrying the target parking space, the reservation validation information, and the first vehicle identifier sent by the server, the method further comprises:

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

16. A server, characterized in that the server comprises:

17. The server according to claim 16, wherein the obtaining module is configured to:

18. The server according to claim 16, wherein the sending module is configured to:

19. The server of claim 16, further comprising a subscription module to:

20. The server of claim 19, wherein the subscription module is further configured to:

21. The server of claim 16, further comprising a parking location notification module configured to:

22. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises:

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the sending module is configured to:

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the receiving module is configured to:

the display module is used for:

25. The terminal of claim 22, further comprising a subscription module configured to:

and receiving the subscription verification information sent by the server.

26. The terminal of claim 22, further comprising a parking location notification module configured to:

27. A management apparatus of a parking lot, characterized by comprising:

28. The management apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the management apparatus of the parking lot further comprises a setting module configured to:

29. The management device of claim 28, further comprising a detection module configured to:

30. The management device of claim 27, further comprising a detection module configured to:

31. A system for determining free parking spaces is characterized by comprising a server, a terminal and a management device of a parking lot, wherein: