DE19527064A1 - Detection of user driving into and out of paying parking place - involving detecting vehicle specific data and monitoring data with respect to tariff allocation - Google Patents

Abstract

The method controls access to and exit from a paying parking place. The parking place has a controlled entry device. It also has a device for determining or controlling parking charges and a controlled exit device. The entry device has a first data recording device. This detects vehicle specific data and transmits this to the device for determining or controlling the parking rates or charges. The exit device has a data recording device. This detects the vehicle specific data and monitors the data with respect to the tariff or rate allocation. The entry and exit devices may have a voice recognition device. The rate determining device may be controlled by magnetic card.

Description

The present invention relates to an access device control of vehicles in a park according to the generic term of Claim 1 and in principle in conjunction with this invention illustrative drawings explained in more detail below.

Description of Fig. 1st

A car drives into a park. The vehicle drives up to the barrier ( Fig. 1 / No. 2). If the vehicle has stopped briefly, it is recognized by a ground loop, other metal detectors or visually as such.

After detection as a vehicle, vehicle-specific data, such as the contour of the front view of the vehicle and the license plate, are recorded with the first data acquisition device ( FIG. 1 / No. 3).

The data is recorded on the license plate. They are sorted and with additional data, such as B. Entry number and Entry time, stored in a customer file of the computer system.

If this detection is successfully completed, the barrier ( Fig. 1 / No. 2) opens and thus releases the entry into the parking area for the vehicle.

There is an intercom ( Fig. 1 / No. 1) at the entrance for any inquiries by the parker to the supervisory staff.

After the vehicle has passed, the barrier closes auto matically.

The recorded data are stored and monitored in the computer system ( Fig. 1 / No. 5) as special files. The storage takes place z. B. in the file short-term parkers, long-term parkers or special parkers.

Before the short-term parker wants to leave the parking facility again, he goes to the pay machine ( Fig. 1 / No. 4) to pay his parking fee.

For this purpose, the parker indicates his license plate number either via a keyboard ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.1) or via a microphone ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.2). This indicator is then displayed on the monitor ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.3). The corresponding parking fee for this indicator is determined via the computer system ( Fig. 1 / No. 5) and is also shown on the monitor ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.3) as the amount to be paid.

The parker can now pay the parking fee with hard or paper money ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.4). In the event of overpayment, the excess amount will be returned as change ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.6).

Furthermore, the parking fee can also be paid by magnetic cards or chip cards ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.5).

The ticket machine can create a receipt ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.7) for the amount paid and issue it to the parker.

After completion of the payment process, this is displayed on the monitor ( Fig. 1 / No. 4.3) and forwarded to the computer system ( Fig. 1 / No. 5) so that this data is included in the file for this license plate number.

If the parker wants to leave the park again, he drives his car to the barrier ( Fig. 1 / No. 7) of the exit. Here the vehicle is recognized as such by a ground loop, other metal detectors or visually. The motor vehicle-specific data, such as the contour of the front view of the vehicle and the license plate, are then recorded with the second data acquisition device ( FIG. 1 / No. 8).

Via the license plate, the computer system ( Fig. 5 / No. 5) asks what the current status is for this vehicle. Is it a short-term parker - paid or unpaid - a long-term parker or a special parker.

Has z. B. the short-stay parker does not pay, appears on the display of the exit terminal ( Fig. 1 / No. 6) that the parking fee still has to be paid. Once the short-stay car park has paid, the barrier ( Fig. 1 / No. 8) is opened. B. "Thank you and have a good trip" so that the parker can leave the park. After the passage, the barrier is closed again.

Description of Fig. 2nd

With this embodiment, when a vehicle enters a parking facility ( FIG. 2 / No. 1), voice recognition is carried out in addition to the embodiment as described in FIG. 1. This is done by the driver saying his license plate into a microphone. This data is compared with the data of the first data acquisition device and stored together. The additional voice recognition of the license plate controls and facilitates visual recognition of the license plate. An additional security aspect is thus set up.

If all short-term parking z. B. are in possession of a chip card can on one separate cash machines can be dispensed with. Payment can then be made on Exit terminal can be made.

If the parker wants to leave the park, he drives his car to the barrier ( Fig. 2 / No. 7) at the exit. Here the vehicle is recognized as such by a ground loop, other metal detectors or visually. It is made by the external data acquisition device ( Fig. 2 / No. 8) the vehicle-specific data such as contour of the vehicle front view and the number plate. The driver must now say his license plate via a microphone in the exit terminal ( Fig. 2 / No. 6). The motor vehicle-specific data and the voice recognition data are now compared and checked in the computer system with the data of the entrance. If the data match, the parking fee is calculated and displayed to the parker on a monitor. For payment, he pushes his chip card into a special slot in the exit terminal ( Fig. 2 / No. 6), where the parking fee is then debited. After debiting, the display shows z. B. "Parking fee paid, thank you and have a good trip". After this process, the chip card is released again and the barrier ( Fig. 2 / No. 7) is opened for exit. The short-term parker can leave the park.

Description of FIG. 3

The procedure and the procedure is described as in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

The difference is that mechanical barriers No. 2 and No. 7 be replaced by clearly visible light barriers.

These light barriers are divided into two red and two white light beams.

If the parker drives to the light barrier in a justified manner - recognition of the vehicle, payment of the parking fee - the light barrier disappears and enables entry and exit. This was accomplished in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 by the opening of the barrier.

If the parker passes the light barrier without authorization, this will solve the problem an acoustic alarm and a visual recording - through the data Detection device - from the illegal actions of the parker saved.

Claims (4)

1. Procedure for entering and leaving a paid parking facility
with a controlled access facility,
a device for determining or checking the parking fees and a controlled exit device
characterized,
that the access device has a first data acquisition device that recognizes motor vehicle-specific data and transmits it to a device for determining or checking the parking fees, and
that the output device has a second data acquisition device, via which the motor vehicle-specific data is recorded and monitored with respect to the charge allocation. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized, that the access device, payment device and the exit direction has a speech recognition device. 3. The method according to claim 1 and 2, characterized, that the facility for determining or checking the parking fee Magnetic card controlled (chip card controlled) is by this to Billing or payment can be used. 4. The method according to claim 1 to 3, characterized, that access to the access facility and exit at the end aisle device each via a particularly clearly visible light barrier is monitored.