CN113379934A

CN113379934A - Roadside parking management system

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Publication number: CN113379934A
Application number: CN202110520906.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄荣堂
Original assignee: Qiyi Platform Co ltd
Current assignee: Qiyi Platform Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-13
Filing date: 2021-05-13
Publication date: 2021-09-10
Also published as: TWM610111U

Abstract

The invention discloses a roadside parking management system, which comprises a parking space and license plate number detecting device and a server; the parking space and license plate number detection device is arranged between the first parking space and the second parking space, a first camera and a second camera which is arranged in parallel with the first camera are arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device, the first camera and the second camera detect the parking space and the license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space and the second parking space at regular time, and the shooting time and the shooting image are uploaded to the server; the server is provided with a database of first parking grid information and second parking grid information, receives parking space images uploaded by the parking space and license plate number detection device at regular time, and updates the database information of the first parking grid information and the second parking grid information so that other vehicle owners can judge whether the first parking grid and the second parking grid have vehicles or not. The invention can improve the convenience, timeliness and correctness of roadside parking management.

Description

Roadside parking management system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of parking, in particular to a roadside parking management system.

Background

The traditional parking space charging still stays in a manual charging stage, and most roadside parking lot charging still adopts a mode that a car patrol toll collector regularly arrives at the place to drive a bill. Therefore, the traditional parking space charging not only wastes manpower and material resources, but also is very inefficient. Most of the traditional parking charging and paying modes still place a paying bill on a vehicle in a parking grid, and when a vehicle owner leaves the vehicle, the paying bill is taken down and the vehicle is taken to a charging mechanism in a specific place for paying, so that inconvenience in paying is caused, and time cost is increased.

The traditional inquiry of parking spaces is mostly limited to large department stores, shopping malls or large parking lots, and the management system can only inform the number of the parking spaces at present, so that a vehicle owner who wants to park on the roadside cannot know where the empty parking spaces exist in advance, so that a lot of time is spent for detouring to search whether the empty parking spaces exist, and the use is quite inefficient.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the art described above. Therefore, the invention aims to provide a roadside parking management system which can improve the convenience, timeliness and accuracy of roadside parking management.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a roadside parking management system, including a parking space and license plate number detecting device and a server;

the parking space and license plate number detection device is arranged between a first parking space and a second parking space, a first camera and a second camera arranged side by side with the first camera are arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device, a lens of the first camera is close to the second camera, the first camera is used for detecting a front license plate number of a vehicle on the second parking space, a lens of the second camera is close to the first camera, the second camera is used for detecting a rear license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space, the first camera and the second camera detect the parking space and the license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space and the second parking space at regular time, and shooting time and shooting images are uploaded to the server;

the server is provided with a database of first parking space information and second parking space information, receives parking space images regularly uploaded by the parking space and license plate number detection device to judge whether a vehicle is parked in the first parking space or the second parking space, records the license plate number of the vehicle on the parking space if the vehicle is parked in the first parking space or the second parking space, records parking fee of the license plate number of the parking space according to parking rate, and transmits the parking fee to the action device of the vehicle owner through network communication, so that the action device of the vehicle owner pays money, and meanwhile updates the database information of the first parking space information and the second parking space information, so that other vehicle owners can judge whether the first parking space and the second parking space have vehicles.

According to the roadside parking management system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first camera and the second camera arranged in parallel with the first camera are arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device, so that whether a vehicle exists in the first parking space and the second parking space can be detected in real time, and the parking time of the vehicle on the first parking space or the second parking space can be recorded, so that the parking fee can be calculated conveniently, and the payment of a vehicle owner can be facilitated. Meanwhile, the car owner can remotely inquire parking information such as the using state of a parking space, parking time, parking cost and the like in a wired mode. Therefore, the invention can improve the convenience, timeliness and accuracy of roadside parking management.

In addition, the roadside parking management system proposed by the above embodiment of the invention may further have the following additional technical features:

furthermore, the parking space and license plate number detecting devices are arranged in a plurality of numbers, and a parking space and license plate number detecting device is arranged between every two adjacent parking grids.

Furthermore, the parking space and license plate number detecting device is arranged under the ground, and the top end of the shell of the parking space and license plate number detecting device is flush with the ground.

Further, parking stall and license plate number detection device include upper cover, base, support frame, battery, solar panel and processing module, and the upper cover is connected with the base, and the support frame sets up on the upper cover, and the battery is connected with solar panel, and solar panel sets up between support frame and upper cover to supply power to the battery, processing module sets up between support frame and upper cover, and processing module is connected with first camera and second camera.

Furthermore, the upper cover is provided with a concave part, and the concave part is arranged in front of the lens of the first camera and the lens of the second camera.

Further, the lens detection angle of the first camera is 30-50 degrees from the ground horizontal line; the lens detection angle of the second camera is 40-65 degrees from the ground horizontal line.

Furthermore, the parking space and license plate number detecting device is arranged on the pile.

Furthermore, the parking space and license plate number detection device has the communication function of Bluetooth, WIFI, LPWA, 3G, 4G or 5G, and can be communicated with a mobile phone of a vehicle owner.

Further, the lens of the first camera and the lens of the second camera are wide-angle lenses, standard lenses, ultra-wide-angle lenses or fisheye lenses.

Further, the server is a cloud server or a block server.

And the vehicle owner operates the application program to enable the application program to be connected with the parking space and license plate number detection device so as to display the information of the first parking space and the information of the second parking space on the mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a roadside parking management system, including a parking space and license plate number detecting device and a server;

the parking space and license plate number detection device is arranged between the first parking space and the second parking space, a first camera is arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device and is used for simultaneously detecting a front license plate number of a vehicle on the second parking space and detecting a rear license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space, the first camera detects the parking space and the license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space and the second parking space at regular time and uploads shooting time and a shooting image to the server;

According to the roadside parking management system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first camera is arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device, so that whether the first parking space and the second parking space have a vehicle or not can be detected in real time, and the parking time of the vehicle on the first parking space or the second parking space can be recorded, so that the parking fee can be calculated conveniently, and the payment of a vehicle owner can be facilitated. Meanwhile, the car owner can remotely inquire parking information such as the using state of a parking space, parking time, parking cost and the like in a wired mode. Therefore, the invention can improve the convenience, timeliness and accuracy of roadside parking management.

Furthermore, the first camera is embedded in the ground, the lens of the first camera is a wide-angle lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens, and the lens of the first camera protrudes out of the ground to detect the rear license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space and the front license plate number of the vehicle on the second parking space.

Furthermore, still set up another embedded ground formula parking stall sensor in the parking stall and license plate number detection device, embedded ground formula parking stall sensor is located in the middle of every car check, and embedded ground formula parking stall sensor is used for detecting car check occupy-place or vacancy to get for instance through the first camera of shooting the license plate number behind the vehicle and another first camera of shooting the license plate number before the vehicle of wireless signal notice corresponding to the car check in view of the above.

Furthermore, the parking space and license plate number detecting device comprises an upper cover, a base, a support frame, a battery, a solar panel and a processing module, wherein the upper cover is connected with the base, the support frame is arranged on the upper cover, the battery is connected with the solar panel, the solar panel is arranged between the support frame and the upper cover and supplies power to the battery, the processing module is arranged between the support frame and the upper cover, and the processing module is connected with the first camera; the upper cover is provided with a convex part, and the lens of the first camera is arranged on the convex part.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a roadside parking management system in which a parking space and license plate number detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed on the ground;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a parking space and license plate number detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a processing module according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a parking space and license plate number detecting device installed in a parking space according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a parking space and license plate number detecting device installed on a pile according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a parking space and license plate number detecting device installed on another pile according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a roadside parking management system in which the parking space and license plate number detecting device is installed on a pile according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a roadside parking management system with a parking space and license plate number detection device installed on the ground near a curb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another roadside parking management system with a parking space and license plate number detection device installed on the ground near a curb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a top view of a roadside parking management system with a parking space and license plate number detection device installed on the ground near a curb according to an embodiment of the invention.

Description of the reference symbols

Parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 first camera 11

Second camera 12 upper cover 13

Base 14 with recessed portion 131

Support 15 battery 16

Solar panel 17 processing module 18

Image capturing module 181 identification module 182

Memory module 183 communication module 184

Server 2 database 21

First parking space 3 and second parking space 4

Number plate 51 in front of first vehicle 5

Number plate 61 of second vehicle 6

Pile 7 road edge stone 8

The fisheye camera 9 and the camera 10.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

As shown in fig. 1-7. The invention discloses a roadside parking management system, which comprises a parking space and license plate number detection device 1 and a server 2; the parking space and license plate number detection device 1 is arranged between a first parking space 3 and a second parking space 4, a first camera 11 and a second camera 12 which is arranged in parallel with the first camera 11 are arranged in the parking space and license plate number detection device 1, a lens of the first camera 11 is close to the second camera 12, the first camera 11 is used for detecting a front license plate number of a vehicle on the second parking space 4, a lens of the second camera 12 is close to the first camera 11, the second camera 12 is used for detecting a rear license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space 3, the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 detect the parking space and the license plate number of the vehicle on the first parking space 3 and the second parking space 4 at regular time, and shoot time and shoot images are uploaded to the server 2. In this example, as shown in fig. 4, the first camera 11 detects the front license plate 51 of the first vehicle 5 on the second parking space 4, and the second camera 12 detects the rear license plate 61 of the second vehicle 6 on the first parking space 3.

The server 2 is provided with a database of information of a first parking space 3 and information of a second parking space 4, the server 2 receives parking space images uploaded by the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 at regular time to judge whether a vehicle is parked in the first parking space 3 or the second parking space 4, if so, the license plate number of the vehicle on the parking space is recorded, the images are continued to record the parking time and the driving time of the vehicle, the parking fee of the license plate number of the parking space is calculated according to the parking rate, and the parking fee is transmitted to the action device of the vehicle owner through network communication, so that the action device of the vehicle owner pays the fee, and meanwhile, the database information of the first parking space 3 and the information of the second parking space 4 is updated, so that other vehicle owners can judge whether the first parking space 3 and the second parking space 4 have vehicles. The server 2 may be a cloud server or a block server.

Because the parking space and license plate number detection device 1 is internally provided with the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 arranged side by side with the first camera 11, whether the first parking space 3 and the second parking space 4 have a vehicle can be detected in real time, and the parking time of the vehicle on the first parking space 3 or the second parking space 4 can be recorded, so that the parking fee can be calculated conveniently, and the payment of the vehicle owner can be facilitated. Meanwhile, the car owner can remotely inquire parking information such as the using state of a parking space, parking time, parking cost and the like in a wired mode. Therefore, the invention can improve the convenience, timeliness and accuracy of roadside parking management.

Optionally, the parking space and license plate number detecting devices 1 are arranged in a plurality of numbers, and a parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is arranged between two adjacent parking spaces. Usually, there are a plurality of roadside parking spaces, and a parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is disposed between two adjacent parking spaces, that is, the same parking space is detected by the left and right parking space and license plate number detecting devices 1, so as to further improve the accuracy of detection. The shooting directions of the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 are reversed in this embodiment, so that the vehicle can shoot the license plate at a large distance even if the vehicle is close to the grid lines of the parking space, for example, the distance between the first camera 11 or the second camera 12 and the grid lines is 5-10cm, so that the field of view of capturing the front license plate and the field of view of capturing the rear license plate can be increased.

In some examples, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is disposed under the ground, and the top end of the housing of the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is flush with the ground. When this parking stall and license plate number detection device 1 installation promptly, can excavate an holding tank on the road surface, then with pre-buried box put into this holding tank in, arrange this parking stall and license plate number detection device 1 in this pre-buried box at last.

In this example, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 includes an upper cover 13, a base 14, a support frame 15, a battery 16, a solar panel 17 and a processing module 18, the upper cover 13 is connected to the base 14, the support frame 15 is disposed on the upper cover 13, the battery 16 is connected to the solar panel 17, the solar panel 17 is disposed between the support frame 15 and the upper cover 13 and supplies power to the battery 16, the processing module 18 is disposed between the support frame 15 and the upper cover 13, and the processing module 18 is connected to the first camera 11 and the second camera 12.

Because the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is installed on the ground, it is easy to be rolled by tires to cause the transparency of the housing to be affected, and further the shooting definition of the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 is affected, so that the cleaning measure of the housing is performed regularly. Therefore, the concave portion 131 may be disposed on the upper cover 13 in the view direction in front of the lenses of the first camera 11 and the second camera 12, and the concave portion 131 may ensure that the captured image is not distorted, and may prevent the shoes from directly pressing or rubbing against the tires, thereby causing the view range in front of the lenses to be blurred. However, since the recess may easily accumulate dust, if the image obtained from the cloud is not clear, it indicates that the cover 13 needs to be cleaned.

Of course, the protective sticker may be attached to the front of the lens of the first camera 11 and the second camera 12, and the protective sticker may be replaced at regular time, so that the surface of the protective sticker is bright and clean. Meanwhile, the periphery of the high-convex-particle annular cloth protective paste can be arranged to prevent the shoes and the tires from directly pressing or rubbing the protective paste.

In order to avoid the situation that rain falls to cause the shell in front of the lens to be covered by raindrops and possibly be shielded by leaves, a rain-proof cover can be adopted, the rain-proof cover not only prevents raindrops from being attached to the shell in front of the lens, but also shields light rays from getting into the sky to cause excessive light reflection of the license plate, and the license plate number is partially whitened and unclear. The ground-embedded camera is shot from the ground obliquely to the sky, the upper half part of the picture almost contains bright sky, and the backlight effect is caused, so that the longer the rain cover can be extended, the better the rain shielding effect is, and the better the sky shielding effect is. Regarding the effect of the backlight, the upper half of the lens can be shielded, or the effect can be reduced by image processing, such as adjusting the aperture.

In some embodiments, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is installed in the middle of 30-40 cm, if the first vehicle and the second vehicle stop at the same time and approach the gridlines in front or at the back, the bumper will not cover the bottom camera due to the arc design, and the central axis of the camera is rotated outward by 20-25 degrees.

As shown in fig. 3, the processing module 18 may include a processor CPU, an image capturing module 181, an identifying module 182, a memory module 183, and a communication module 184. The CPU is electrically connected to the image capturing module 181, the identifying module 182, the memory module 183, and the communication module 184 for controlling the modules, performing operations, and transmitting data, and the structures and functions of the modules are described as follows: the image capturing module 181 may be a commonly known camera or a photographing module, so the detailed structure thereof is not described herein, and the image capturing module 181 is used to obtain an image of the license plate number of the vehicle on the parking space 1.

The recognition module 182 may be a known image recognition module or an edge computing AI chip, for example, but not limited to, performing recognition processes including image preprocessing, target position detection and acquisition, target area element segmentation, target area element feature extraction, etc.; further, shadow processing, color conversion, homogenization processing, etc. may be further included to further improve the recognition rate. Further, image recognition (such as recognition algorithm of object classifier such as SVM, Adaboost, Neural Network, PCA, Deep learning, etc. or OCR) may be further included to directly recognize the license plate number, but the above recognition method is well known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

After the identification is completed, the image is converted into corresponding license plate information and vehicle lattice information, and then the license plate information and the vehicle lattice information are transmitted to the processor CPU, and the license plate information and the vehicle lattice information can be directly or indirectly transmitted to the memory module 183 through the processor CPU to be stored. The car space information here refers to the position of the car space where the parking sensor is located, for example, the longitude and latitude, or the longitude and latitude height, and when the car space information is installed in the car space, the car space information can be set directly by using a map, or the number of the car space can be added.

In other embodiments, the recognition module 182 may be integrated into the processor CPU, i.e., the processor itself has built-in recognition function module.

In other embodiments, the identification module 182 may be omitted, and instead, an identification module (not shown) is installed in the server 2, or an image processing server (not shown) with an identification module is additionally installed, and the server 2 identifies itself or the image processing server returns the identified information to the server 2, so that it is not necessary to modify the existing camera on the street or additionally install a new camera with an identification module.

Further, the lens detection angle of the first camera 11 is 30-50 degrees from the ground horizontal line; the lens detection angle of the second camera 12 is 40-65 degrees from the ground horizontal line. It should be noted that the angle of the camera for shooting the front license plate is inclined by about 30-50 degrees (the included angle with the horizontal), and the angle of the camera for shooting the rear license plate is inclined by about 40-65 degrees (the included angle with the horizontal). The front license plate is more stable and closer to the ground than the general installation height, and the rear license plate is more variable and farther from the ground than the general installation height.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 may also be disposed on the stake 7. The corresponding stake 7, the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 of the boundary line of the two parking spaces can photograph the license plates of the front and the rear parking spaces at the same time. The camera lens angles of the license plate numbers before being shot by the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 can be adjusted according to field installation, in this example, the angle of the license plate numbers before being shot by the first camera 11 can be 10-30 degrees from the horizontal line, and the angle of the license plate numbers after being shot by the second camera 12 can be 15-45 degrees from the horizontal line.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, 9 and 10, a comprehensive design is adopted, a round hole is directly dug on the road surface close to the curb stone 8, the embedded camera is embedded, one fisheye camera or ultra-wide-angle camera 9 can exceed the ground, one camera obtains the front license plate and the rear license plate, or two cameras 10 respectively shoot the front license plate and the rear license plate from different visual angles, so that the shooting angle is improved, and the cleaning can be effectively achieved. Since the portion protruding from the ground is directly stuck to the curb 8, it is impossible for all vehicles or pedestrians to fall down due to the embedded camera.

In this example, whether the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is started or not can be controlled remotely, and the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 can be started to detect the parking space and the license plate number every a fixed time, for example, 3-5 minutes. As shown in fig. 4, when the vehicle stops, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is started to detect the parking space and the license plate number within 3-5 minutes. The purpose of the first camera 11 and the second camera 12 simultaneously capturing the front and rear license plates of the parking space parked in the vehicle is to avoid that the license plate images cannot be obtained, because the parked vehicle may be located at a front or rear position, which may cause insufficient viewing angle of the camera installed on the ground, thereby causing the license plate images not to be obtained.

The first camera 11 and the second camera 12 may stagger the shooting time, so that the error between the time for confirming the stop and the time for leaving and the actual time is within 1.5-2.5 minutes. The two cameras shooting the same parking space can identify the license plate number only by one camera, and then the parked vehicle and the license plate number can be confirmed by comparing the color with the vehicle type, and the earliest parking or leaving time of the vehicle is judged according to the color. Therefore, the system can charge by time, only takes a picture as a check angle, and does not cause disputes, and the cost of the parking person is only less charged for 1.5-2.5 minutes, and further does not cause disputes.

Further, the parking space and license plate number detection device 1 has the communication function of bluetooth, WIFI, LPWA, 3G, 4G or 5G, and can communicate with a mobile phone of a vehicle owner.

In one embodiment, the geomagnetic sensor AMR may be further installed in the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1, and as a whole, AMR changes when a vehicle enters or exits, and may be used to start a photo taking, thereby reducing the possibility of high power consumption of the camera. Further, also can start the bluetooth module of parking stall and license plate number detection device 1, let bluetooth module around the car check pass each other, through the judgement of RSSI power, if there is the car to park, RSSI can diminish, if there is not the car to park, RSSI can grow, utilizes RSSI to confirm like this, starts to shoot, can reduce the high power consumptive possibility of camera. The AMR can be directly used for the car entering and exiting, and the photographing is started when the AMR is changed, so that the possibility of high power consumption of the camera can be reduced.

For the situation that the parking spaces are too small or the vehicles are too long, the scheme of disposal is to start a multi-shooting mode, only when AMR changes, one shooting is carried out, then if RSSI confirms again, another shooting is carried out, if the two pieces of uploading cloud cannot obtain the recognizable license plates, a single person is required to go to shoot, or when the vehicles drive away, continuous shooting is carried out, and the recognizable license plates are ensured to be obtained. In case of failure or damage to the camera, the RSSI and AMR can still be used to determine whether there is a car in the parking space.

In this example, the lens of the first camera 11 and the lens of the second camera 12 may be standard lenses, and the view angle is between 55 degrees and 45 degrees, or wide-angle lenses, and the view angle is between 76 degrees and 64 degrees; or an ultra-wide angle lens, and the visual angle is between 110 and 84 degrees. Since the fisheye lens is close to an angle even larger than 180 degrees, in some embodiments, a single lens can be used to simultaneously acquire images of the vehicle license plate of the first parking space 3 and the vehicle license plate of the second parking space 4.

In addition, the upper cover 13 of the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 is an arc-shaped curved surface which is 2cm higher than the ground, the elevation angle of the lens is about 35 degrees, the center of the lens is 1cm away from the ground or is parallel to the ground, and if a wide-angle lens is selected, the visual angle is 70 degrees. If the license plate is located at Xcm, the image can be shot when the Xtan (70deg) above the ground is 2.747X, and if X is 30 cm-100 cm, the image with the height limit range from the ground to 81 cm-274 cm can be obtained. If a standard lens is used, the angle of view is 50 degrees, giving the lens an angle of elevation of about 45 degrees. If the license plate is located at Xcm from the camera, the observation range Xtan (20deg) is 0.363X to Xtan (70deg) is 2.74X, and similarly, if X is 30 cm-100 cm, the height limit of the license plate is from 11cm to 81 cm-36 cm to 274 cm.

The parking management system can also comprise an application program for the owner to report, and the owner operates the application program to connect the application program with the parking space and license plate number detection device 1 so as to display the information of the first parking space 3 and the second parking space 4 on the mobile terminal. The application may be referred to as APP for short.

If the owner reports voluntarily, just need not shoot, if do not report voluntarily, just shoot, can reach high power saving like this, shoot the equipment, as long as the bluetooth is ready can. The owner of the vehicle autonomously reports the parking lot by using the owner of the vehicle to execute APP confirmation, after the vehicle is parked in the parking space, the mobile phone Bluetooth of the owner of the vehicle can be connected with the Bluetooth of the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 on the ground in a wired or broadcast mode, a parking space code is obtained, the longitude and latitude height of the position of the parking space is uploaded to the server 2, or the mobile phone Bluetooth of the owner of the vehicle is connected with a network to report, and the server 2 obtains the license plate number of the vehicle parked in the parking space. In addition, the parking space and license plate number detection device 1 can be connected with a mobile phone of a vehicle owner to obtain a license plate number, and then the license plate number is uploaded to the server 2, so that the parking position of the license plate number can be determined by 100%.

APP can provide the following advantages: 1. the owner can directly deduct money by pressing the key which is automatically reported on the APP, can share the charge, pay the account by discount, and does not need to go to an over-the-counter to pay the fee or get off the vehicle to pay the fee at the POS machine. 2. Easy reverse car of seeking, as long as open car owner APP, usable GPS, cell-phone can fix a position self, shows the map in parking area simultaneously to and the position of love car, therefore the car owner can accept the navigation, except GPS, in addition every parking stall and the longitude and latitude height broadcast message that license plate number detection device 1 sent through the bluetooth, car owner APP can clearly indicate the position of going to the vehicle.

In other embodiments, since the parking space and license plate detecting device 1 is installed on the ground and may be influenced by rain or slightly shielded by dust, the parking space and license plate detecting device may use an arc-shaped curved surface as the upper cover 13, and the height of the curved surface is 2cm, so that the influence of water or dust is reduced. Meanwhile, if the image is not clear enough, the recognition module 182 may also perform only pre-processing on the image, cut the image of the license plate portion, directly upload the image to the server 2, and perform manual recognition.

In other embodiments, since the license plate number detection device 1 is installed on the ground and is powered by a battery, not a commercial power line, in order to reduce power consumption, the recognition module 182 only performs image preprocessing, cuts out an image of the license plate portion, directly uploads the image to the server 2, and adopts manual recognition. For example, the image of the license plate may fall on 100x50 pixels, and if gray scale processing is used and compression is performed, the data amount will only remain 500bytes, so that low power consumption wide area communication (LPWA) such as NB-IOT, CAT-M1, etc. can be used to upload to the cloud with low power consumption.

This example can not use extra parking stall sensor such as sensors such as earth magnetism, infrared ray, ultrasonic wave, microwave, radar wave, only lets the camera every fixed time shoot, for example every five minutes, shoots a photo, then uploads to the high in the clouds, carries out manual identification or AI automatic identification. Therefore, two conditions exist, namely the first condition, the camera is the parking space sensor, even if the shell is influenced by dust and the like, the license plate cannot be clearly identified, whether a vehicle is parked or not can be effectively identified, and the color and the shape of the parking space sensor can be effectively identified, so that the embodiment can not need an additional parking space sensor. At most, a five-minute delay may be incurred to determine that the vehicle is parked, but no complaints are made. If the image can not identify the license plate, a person needs to be sent to shoot the license plate, and the shell of the license plate detector can be cleaned and eliminated. In the second situation, the license plate is clearly recognizable, so the registration and deduction are directly performed. The advantage of using a camera for photography reduces the likelihood of theft, since a photograph is taken every five minutes, and if someone is stolen, the person may also be in the mirror. The built-in Bluetooth communication device provides autonomous report for the owner, and if the owner uses the built-in Bluetooth communication device, the image is only stored for future reference. The shooting time can also be half an hour and then the shooting is resumed every five minutes.

In some embodiments, a ground embedded parking space sensor may be used, that is, the camera is removed from the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 containing the bluetooth communication module, but the geomagnetic sensor is additionally installed. The ground embedded type parking space sensor is arranged in the middle of each parking space and used for detecting the occupation or vacancy of the parking space. When the A car lattice occupies the space, the embedded parking space sensor immediately starts Bluetooth broadcasting for a period of time, such as 90 seconds, and a Bluetooth communication module of the parking space and license plate number detection device corresponding to the front and the back of the A car lattice fixedly scans for a short period of time, such as 10 seconds, and when the scanning result shows that the A car lattice occupies the space, photographing is immediately carried out; similarly, when the A car frame generates a vacancy, the A car frame is also triggered by Bluetooth to take a picture.

In some examples, the parking space and license plate number detecting device 1 includes an upper cover 13, a base 14, a support frame 15, a battery 16, a solar panel 17 and a processing module 18, the upper cover 13 is connected to the base 14, the support frame 15 is disposed on the upper cover 13, the battery 16 is connected to the solar panel 17, the solar panel 17 is disposed between the support frame 15 and the upper cover 13 and supplies power to the battery 16, the processing module 18 is disposed between the support frame 15 and the upper cover 13, and the processing module 18 is connected to the first camera 11. The upper cover 13 is provided with a projection on which the lens of the first camera 11 is disposed.

In other embodiments, the camera of the parking space and license plate detecting device 1 may also be replaced by an RFID reader, which utilizes the existing ETC data tag (e.g., RFID tag) on the vehicle to detect the parking space usage status, so as to obtain the information of the vehicle, including but not limited to the license plate number.

The communication module 184 can be any wireless transmission method such as WiFi, LPWAN, Zigbee, bluetooth, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc. for transmitting the data processed (e.g., encrypted) by the CPU, including but not limited to license plate information, vehicle information, date, time, etc., to the server 2; in addition, in other embodiments, the communication module 184 may include a first communication module and a second communication module, which are respectively used for wirelessly connecting with the server 2 or communicating between the parking space and the license plate number detecting device 1. The following continues with the description of the system of the collocation server 2.

The server 2 may be located near the parking space 1, for example, one or more road segments with a server, or may be located at a specific location at a remote location. The server 2 has a database 21 for managing parking information including, but not limited to, parking space usage status, parking time, parking section, parking fee, etc.

If only the parking space information is returned and the license plate information is indistinguishable or is a specific code, it represents that the vehicle on the parking space has left, and is now vacant, and at this time, the server 2 can calculate the parking cost of the vehicle that has left, and update the parking space usage status of the parking space in the database 21. Specifically, if the server 2 has received the corresponding data of two adjacent parking spaces of a specific parking space or the front and rear parking spaces but has not received the data of the specific parking space, it represents that the specific parking space is empty, and the parking fee can be settled accordingly.

As can be seen from the above, the database 21 is dynamically adjusted in real time; the user (including but not limited to the owner of the car) can connect with the server 2 through a remote device (computer or mobile phone) to inquire the parking information, including but not limited to the usage status of the parking space, the parking time, the parking fee, etc.

Similarly, the server 2 can also output information including, but not limited to, license plate information, parking space information, parking date, parking time, parking section, etc. to the mobile device of the vehicle owner for the vehicle owner to refer to and pay for.

Still further, in another derivative embodiment, the scheme may be, for example:

firstly, the vehicle owner can connect with the server 2 through the App, the mobile wallet, the third party payment or the existing payment site to obtain the parking information and pay on-line or physically after confirming the right.

Secondly, the server 2 actively informs the owner; the server 2 can know the contact information of the vehicle owner through the parking information comparison database 21 or the external database, and then inform the vehicle owner through the modes such as short message, e-mail, APP and the like, so that the vehicle owner can pay fees to a related site or hold a bar code in the APP to a specific place according to the information; alternatively, the server 2 may notify the third party payment provider, and the provider confirms or obtains the authorization of the owner in advance, so as to perform online payment. In addition, the anti-theft function is achieved; in detail, when the vehicle owner receives the parking fee notified by the server 2 after the vehicle is settled, the parking management system judges that the vehicle of the vehicle owner has driven away, and if the vehicle owner does not actually drive away from the vehicle, the vehicle owner indicates that the vehicle may be stolen or mistakenly dragged.

The server 2 in the present embodiment is a server of an existing transportation facility or an independent server connected to a server of a transportation facility, but the present embodiment is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the server 2 may further connect with other information servers (not shown) for data sharing; in this way, the server 2 can provide the service of inquiring and informing the parking information, and can also provide the service of inquiring and informing other additional information; the traffic information includes but is not limited to ticket information, periodic vehicle inspection information, vehicle tax payment information, ETC information and the like; other additional information includes, but is not limited to, the vehicle to which the license plate belongs and all other information under the owner's name.

Of course, the server 2 may also actively or passively share related information to other authorities, such as stolen vehicles, abnormal license plates (for example, vehicles with multiple same license plates are logged in at the same time), and the like.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above should not be understood to necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by those skilled in the art.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A curb parking management system which characterized in that: comprises a parking space and license plate number detecting device and a server;

2. The system of claim 1, wherein: the parking space and license plate number detecting devices are arranged in a plurality of numbers, and a parking space and license plate number detecting device is arranged between every two adjacent parking grids.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein: the parking space and license plate number detecting device is arranged under the ground.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein: parking stall and license plate number detection device include upper cover, base, support frame, battery, solar panel and processing module, and the upper cover is connected with the base, and the support frame setting is covered last, and the battery is connected with solar panel, and solar panel sets up between support frame and upper cover to supply power to the battery, processing module sets up between support frame and upper cover, and processing module is connected with first camera and second camera.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein: the upper cover is provided with a sunken part, and the front parts of the lens of the first camera and the lens of the second camera are the sunken parts.

6. The system according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein: the parking space and license plate number detecting device has the communication function of Bluetooth, WIFI, LPWA, 3G, 4G or 5G and can be communicated with a mobile phone of a vehicle owner.

7. A curb parking management system which characterized in that: comprises a parking space and license plate number detecting device and a server;

8. The system of claim 7, wherein: the first camera is embedded in the ground, the lens of the first camera is a wide-angle lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens, and the lens of the first camera protrudes out of the ground to detect the number of a rear license plate of the vehicle on the first parking space and detect the number of a front license plate of the vehicle on the second parking space.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein: still set up another and inlay ground formula parking stall sensor in parking stall and license plate number detection device, inlay ground formula parking stall sensor and be located every car check middle, inlay ground formula parking stall sensor and be used for detecting the car check occupy-place or vacancy to in view of the above through wireless signal notice corresponding car check shoot the first camera of license plate number behind the vehicle and shoot another first camera of license plate number before the vehicle and get for the picture.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein: the parking space and license plate number detecting device comprises an upper cover, a base, a support frame, a battery, a solar panel and a processing module, wherein the upper cover is connected with the base; the upper cover is provided with a convex part, and the lens of the first camera is arranged on the convex part.