EP0484427A1 - Procede et dispositif pour gerer le coefficient d'occupation d'installations soumises au paiement d'une taxe. - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour gerer le coefficient d'occupation d'installations soumises au paiement d'une taxe.

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EP0484427A1
EP0484427A1 EP90912041A EP90912041A EP0484427A1 EP 0484427 A1 EP0484427 A1 EP 0484427A1 EP 90912041 A EP90912041 A EP 90912041A EP 90912041 A EP90912041 A EP 90912041A EP 0484427 A1 EP0484427 A1 EP 0484427A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
    • G07B15/02—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems
    • G07B15/04—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling the degree of occupancy of a predetermined number when occupying fee-based facilities.
  • parking lots especially parking lots e.g. in parking garages. It is known that, for example, parking spaces are in much greater demand at certain times than at others, for example parking spaces near theaters during theater seasons.
  • chargeable facilities is luggage lockers, cinema spaces, theater spaces, flight seats, etc. It is beyond doubt that in some cases users of such facilities, as in emergencies, would be quite willing to spend a significantly higher amount , as required, if they could prove such a facility, but that the specified number of these facilities has already been occupied or sold, at fixed fees.
  • the present invention now aims to remedy the above-mentioned problem, for which purpose a method according to the wording of claim 1 or an installation therefor according to the wording of claim 16 is proposed.
  • the present invention assumes that only by recording the degree of occupancy or an occupancy requirement and by automatically adjusting a fee as a function of the occupancy level or the occupancy requirement can a fee policy be flexibly adapted to the current conditions .
  • a tariff structure based on previously determined experience, does not take into account the current needs and supply conditions.
  • the fee for a particular facility is consequently targeted by automatic adaptation — in the sense of the automatic tracking of a fee model, the current occupancy or need relationships the law of "supply and demand" changed.
  • An instrument is thus created to strive for a desired degree of occupancy or occupancy rate range via fees to be paid r> whether this is a high occupancy, by lowering the fees from a certain occupancy in accordance with the wording of claim 3, or this is by ei ⁇ to avoid high occupancy, according to the wording of claim 2.
  • full occupancy can be sought in airplanes and public transport and container ships in that the fees for the last available places in such a vehicle are reduced.
  • a contingent of train or flight seats can always be kept free for densely occupied transport routes by correspondingly increasing the charges, for example for emergencies. The same applies to parking lots and the other facilities listed above, for example.
  • a degree of occupancy / time function is stored and the fee is changed based on this function, this function being corrected in accordance with the currently detected variables.
  • Such a degree of occupancy / time function can certainly be based on degrees of experience.
  • a system according to the invention is distinguished according to the wording of claim 16. Preferred embodiments of the system according to the invention are specified in claims 16 to 25.
  • the invention is particularly suitable and in particular for the determination of parking fees, but also for facilities according to claim 27.
  • FIG. 1 shows a simple signal flow diagram of a first embodiment variant of the method according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a system according to the invention operating according to the method of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows a signal flow / function block diagram of a further embodiment variant of a system according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a simplified functional block signal flow diagram of a system according to the invention, such as for parking garages, by means of which both the degree of occupancy of the parking garage and the occupancy time, i.e. the parking time,
  • FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of an inventive the system in a representation analogous to FIG. 4,
  • FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a system for a parking garage working according to the method according to the invention
  • FIG. 8 over time, a stored charge function and, by taking into account the current occupancy rate in the system according to FIG. 6, two further modified charges / time functions,
  • FIG. 10 shows four examples of the average hourly fees displayed, depending on the entry time indicated for a system according to FIG. 6, and a trend curve according to curve (a) of FIG. 8.
  • N the number of available facilities 1 which is represented by the facility offering block 3
  • N the number of available facilities 1
  • N - n the number of facilities already occupied
  • G as a function of the degree of occupancy (N - n (t)).
  • the degree of occupancy (N - n (t)) can vary in the range from zero to N.
  • G - n N), that is, towards 100% occupancy, chosen to be increasing, in extreme cases asymptotic, for example, starting from a constant charge in the lower occupancy levels.
  • Such a procedure is suitable, for example, when selling cinema, theater, etc. cards with a charge indicator 6.
  • FIG. 2 In which a simple construction of a setup device for the automatic execution of the signal processing according to FIG. 1 is shown.
  • a counter 7 is incremented each time a ticket is sold or when it is ordered by telephone.
  • a button 9 can be provided for this purpose, which is operated manually by the sales person, or the counting of sold or issued cards can be directly coupled to the cash register.
  • the respective current count S at the output of the counter 7 is used to enter a function generator unit 11, in which, as was explained with reference to FIG. 1, a charge factor F is assigned to each count or to each defined count range
  • the function generator is a
  • This function is previously entered into the function generator 11, as is shown schematically with the loading input 13, and can preferably be changed. It can be, for example, a ROM, PROM, EPROM memory.
  • a corresponding price appears after each allocation procedure for a cinema seat, which price is displayed, for example at the cinema box office, for people standing in line by means of a display 15.
  • anyone standing in line at the checkout can find out at what price the remaining seats are currently being offered and it is up to him or her to decide whether the intended visit is worth the displayed price or - 8th -
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment variant of the present invention which is modified with respect to the embodiment variant of FIGS. 1 and 2. It is based on the fact that in many cases, for example in parking garages, there is experience based on the occupancy rate (N - n), over 24 hours or on certain days. In these cases, an experience function (N - n) can be stored in a memory unit 17, which can be input through a memory input 19, and the memory unit e 17 can be controlled by means of a time and possibly date generator 21 for data output. The empirical values of the occupancy density now appear on the output side of the storage unit 17 as a function of the real time t '
  • the respective fixed fees appear at the output of the function generator unit 23.
  • the function in the functional unit 25 is also entered, as indicated by the loading input 25, and can be changed or changed (ROM) if necessary.
  • FIG. 4 shows a signal flow / function block diagram of a device according to the invention, as is provided, for example, in parking garages, where, in addition to the degree of occupancy or need, the parking time period is also reflected in the fee.
  • registration arrangements are provided, by means of which it is registered when a facility, such as a parking space in the parking garage, is occupied and when it is released again.
  • This can be done by means of parking tickets 27a, on which the time of entry is registered when entering the parking garage and by means of which the time of leaving is recorded.
  • sensors 27b such as light barriers, assigned to the individual devices, such as parking spaces, or this registration can be carried out, for example, with the aid of video cameras, as represented by 27c.
  • the registration unit 29 determines the degree of occupancy (N-n (t)) from the known number N of totally available devices, as a function of the time t.
  • This size is used in a function generator Unit 31 received, in which, depending on the degree of occupancy mentioned, the fee factor F is stored. If the occupancy rate (N - n (t)) approaches the value N, the fee factor F is increased,
  • the total occupancy requirement is determined, be it continuously or at fixed or variable time intervals, and it is displayed, for example, by parking space users at the entrance, with a display 33.
  • the fee factors F (t) thus determined are stored in a memory unit 35.
  • G 35 stored, depending on the requirement, for example for a week and then renewed cyclically or continuously.
  • Gx all of which are routed to a multiplexer unit 37.
  • an occupancy registration unit 39 is also provided, for example on a central parking meter, which, for example, if the vehicle has a parking ticket 27a, the parking garage leaves, on the one hand registers the exit time QUT and the entry time t from the parking ticket
  • a difference unit determines times t and t
  • the occupancy period ⁇ t of the respective user On the output side, the occupancy period ⁇ t determined in this way is entered into a further function generator unit 45, in which, as a function of the occupancy period ⁇ t, a further factor K is stored. Depending on the respective registered occupancy period ⁇ t, this factor K, for example multiplicative, is multiplied by the fee factor F, which is dependent on the occupancy rate, and
  • T appears on the output side of a multiplication unit
  • a modified concept is realized with the arrangement according to FIG. 5.
  • the user only pays the occupancy fee after the occupancy and does not know at the beginning how expensive the occupancy will be, but the current occupancy rate is also taken into account during the occupancy, the user pays in the embodiment variant of Fig. 5 at the beginning of the assignment.
  • the fee is based on an occupancy trend or need and takes into account the occupancy level or occupancy requirement at the moment of occupancy. This means that the user knows the "purchase price" for the intended occupancy from the start and pays this price when leaving.
  • the user pays the required fee G for the intended occupancy time.
  • buttons T To do this, he presses the buttons T to enter the desired occupancy at the start of occupancy.
  • the occupancy period-dependent fee factor K ( ⁇ t) is determined on the function generator 52 from the desired time period ⁇ , t 'x x and is combined with a fee factor F dependent on the occupancy rate.
  • G calculates, as multiplied, what the fee G, ie the purchase price, results from. This will be show 54 displayed. If the user decides to use a facility such as a parking lot, he pays the fee G. A device is thus considered occupied during the paid period
  • XIN ⁇ t stored in a memory unit 56.
  • the memory content of all t becomes a computing unit
  • XIN x 58 fed, which calculates the "paid" degree of occupancy (N - n (t)).
  • the real time t is fed to the computer b.
  • the result (N - n (t)) is entered into the function generator 60 b, at the output of which, depending on the degree of occupancy (N - n (t)), the fee factor F appears, which for the next user's charge calculation is used.
  • the charge factor function over time t is advantageously stored in a further memory unit 62 and the current trend in charge factor development is determined via a discriminator unit 64. This is displayed to the user at the paying agent 54 with a display 66, at most with the current fee factor F on a display 68. How
  • the determined trend can be used to correct the fee, ascertained on the basis of the situation at the start of occupancy.
  • a further possibility to take into account deviations of paid fees from fees which take account of the degree of occupancy during the occupancy period is to correct the fees subsequently required. rig.
  • the present invention can also be used to control occupancy levels in the opposite sense. Considering, for example, that it often occurs on railroads that there are many cars in a train composition that are only sparsely used and that it would be a good idea, for reasons of rationalization, to concentrate the passengers on fewer cars, the present invention can be used in this way that the prices of certain cars are lowered in order to achieve a higher occupancy rate and to be able to hang out empty cars if necessary. In parks, this can be used to ensure a full house.
  • a parking ticket issue and a billing unit or an exit ticket unit are also connected to the billing unit 86.
  • an occupancy-experience curve valid for the past is determined and stored as a trend curve (a) over the time of day (t).
  • the current occupancy of the parking garage is continuously determined by current evaluation of the current sensor output signals. If it is higher than given by the trend curve (a) at this time, the trend curve (a) is modified, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, in the curve (b), the current degree of occupancy is lower, then, accordingly, in the Trend curve (c). This will continuously, in In the extreme case with each new entry, an updated trend curve is determined and stored.
  • This current trend course is shown on the display 90 according to FIG. 6, for example symbolically with arrows or by means of numbers, to the new parking garage user.
  • FIG. 9 shows the fees that would theoretically result if the trend persisted in curve (a) of FIG. 8. In reality, this curve will continuously adjust upwards (curve b) or downwards (curve c) to the current needs, so that new numbers can appear for every further parking garage user.
  • the accounting unit 86 On the output side of the trendsetter unit 84, the accounting unit 86 is activated, a ticket is issued and, depending on the occupancy period and occupancy conditions, the fee for the occupancy period. For example, a parking garage user is now driving at 12.00 in the parking garage with a trend that corresponds to the first table in FIG. 9, and the current trend then moves beyond the stored long-term trend, the parking garage user who enters the parking garage after him is pay increased fee table. These new charges then take into account the charges for those who have driven in at 12 noon, which are currently under-charged in order to compensate for them.
  • the charge display 88 shows the parking garage user who is currently approaching which charges he has to pay, while a trend display 90 additionally shows him whether the current trend is in the process of rising or falling.
  • the fee display 88 can either display the total fee to be paid according to the parking time, as shown in FIG. 9, or the average hourly fee, as shown in FIG. 10. 10, it is also possible to charge the customer a fraction of an hour by calculating them at the applicable hourly rate.
  • the traffic flow can also be controlled.
  • Announcements can be made via radio, for example.
  • ski lifts instead of recording the degree of occupancy, as in the case of parking garages, it is entirely possible in other systems, for example ski lifts, to record the need, for example, by recording the queue length and analogously to the representations made above. to control the ski lift fee.
  • the same procedure can be used for paying agents on motorways, public transport, shipping by land and water, etc.
  • the operator of such a system can choose his pricing by choosing the charge rate / occupancy level or demand function according to FIG. 7, based on entrepreneurial considerations, for example, the charge cannot drop to zero below a predetermined occupancy level , but keep it constantly low. Only from a predetermined occupancy percentage, for example from 80% or 90% occupancy, the fee, which then corresponds to the needs of the users, will automatically increase drastically.

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Dans des installations comportant des places soumises au paiement d'une taxe, telles que des parkings à étages, le coefficient d'occupation instantané (N - n) est déterminé et la taxe (G) payée pour l'occupation des installations est automatiquement adaptée audit coefficient (N - n) et à la demande de la clientèle, selon une fonction (F) qui peut être introduite. Dans des installations de ce type, on cherche à obtenir, par le biais de l'adaptation automatique de la taxe, un coefficient prédéfini. On peut ainsi au moyen du coefficient instantané d'occupation ou de demande déterminé, faire varier dans le temps une fonction prédéfinie du coefficient d'occupation ou de demande, déterminée à partir de valeurs empiriques, en vue d'une gestion adaptée à un modèle.
EP90912041A 1989-08-02 1990-07-27 Procede et dispositif pour gerer le coefficient d'occupation d'installations soumises au paiement d'une taxe Expired - Lifetime EP0484427B1 (fr)

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