EP1335326A1 - Système de débit automatique pour parcs de stationnement - Google Patents

Système de débit automatique pour parcs de stationnement Download PDF

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EP1335326A1
EP1335326A1 EP02425065A EP02425065A EP1335326A1 EP 1335326 A1 EP1335326 A1 EP 1335326A1 EP 02425065 A EP02425065 A EP 02425065A EP 02425065 A EP02425065 A EP 02425065A EP 1335326 A1 EP1335326 A1 EP 1335326A1
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Massimo Mondardini
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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
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/24—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for parking meters

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  • This invention relates to an automated payment, charging and verification system for parking areas.
  • the number of parkmeters located in the parking area is often small, thus forcing the user to leave his car for a length of time and to walk a sizable distance to the parkmeter, in order to pick a ticket and and go back to his car for displaying it.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide said automated system so that it has a low cost and is simple to implement by taking advantage of communication means that are widely used in different fields.
  • the automated system comprises a service center CS, which includes a main server computer SP which is suitable to receive, process and store in real time in a database D messages arriving from users of the parking area and from verification personnel.
  • the main server SP communicates bidirectionally with a credit management server computer SGC, which stores the credit data of users, in order to check the availability of residual funds, deduct the amount due for parking payment, and send confirmation and/or reply messages to users and to the verification personnel, respectively.
  • SGC credit management server computer
  • User messages are sent to the service center CS by means of user terminals TU1, TU2, TU3, ..., such as GSM/GPRS/UMTS mobile telephones which can send and receive SMSs or establish data connections (for example in WAP/cHTML/HTML mode on an appropriately provided site), WAP mobile telephones and PDAs provided with wireless connectivity and/or public terminals connected by wireless or by wireline means, by SMS or WAP.
  • User terminals also include, albeit as an accessory option of the system, public payment stations and call centers automated by means of voice commands given by the user.
  • the user sends to the service center CS, at the beginning of the parking period, a first user message containing a charge start code and indications of the registration number of the vehicle and of the payment class, ⁇ charge start, vehicle registration number, payment class>, to which the service center CS, after storing the corresponding information in database D, replies with a first confirmation message indicating the charge start time, the vehicle registration number, the parking class and any auxiliary indications, ⁇ charge start time, vehicle registration number, payment class, auxiliary indications >.
  • the user sends a second user message containing a charge end code and the indication of the registration number of the vehicle, ⁇ charge end , vehicle registration number >.
  • the service center CS performs a search in database D in order to determine the parking start time, stores the indication related to the end of the parking period, interfaces with the credit management systems, deducts the amount due for parking from the user's account, and finally replies with a second confirmation message that bears indication of the parking end time, of the charged amount and of the residual credit, ⁇ charge end, charged amount, residual credit>.
  • the verification messages are preferably sent by means of mobile verification terminals TV1, TV2, ..., of the type shown schematically in Figure 2, which comprise a telephone interface TEL, in WAP mode with GSM/GPRS/UMTS technology, and with a keypad T, each provided with an identification code.
  • the verification terminal is preferably provided with a bar-code reader LCB for purposes best explained below, and also, advantageously, with a GPS module capable of automatic position acquisition.
  • the data related to the acquired geographical coordinates are entered automatically, on the inspector's command, into the penalty request message and sent in real time to the main server in order to determine the exact location where a violation has occurred, and which must be reported in monetary penalty documents.
  • the main server SP communicates bidirectionally with a fine management server computer SGS, which acquires data concerning the penalties to be issued.
  • the latter come from main server SP, which in turn receives them from the inspector.
  • the location of the area associated with each fine is then determined by means of a dedicated subsystem included in the service center, which interfaces with the terminals available to the inspectors.
  • This separation has the purpose of unifying the communication mechanisms and of isolating the fine management system, for reasons of security.
  • the communication modes most suitable for large verification volumes among those currently in use are of the WAP type of the like, since they provide interaction response times that are much shorter than those offered by SMS and can take advantage of the secure communications mechanisms that are typical of virtual private networks.
  • a vertical portal of the Intranet type dedicated to inspectors provided with advanced GSM/GPRS/UMTS terminals, offers a service for rapidly checking the validity of the parking of a vehicle (by simply entering its registration number) and for automatically inflicting fines for irregularly parked vehicles.
  • the security of the GSM/GPRS/UMTS terminals is provided by authentication mechanisms that are typical of Internet/Intranet/ VPNs, i.e., by means of a login-password, a smart card, a terminal network identifier, etc.
  • the inspector reports to the service center CS his current location, as detected by the integrated GPS module.
  • the inspector approaches its windshield, where a special badge is displayed, containing a bar code of the vehicle registration number.
  • the inspector acquires the bar code by means of the bar-code reader LCB of the terminal (or he enters that code on a keypad T associated with the terminal) and sends to the service center, ⁇ vehicle registration number >, thus requesting real-time information on payment status.
  • Service center CS immediately sends a first reply message containing the requested information.
  • the inspector moves on to check another vehicle, while, in case of irregular parking, he uses his terminal, provided with GPS positioning to determine the exact location where the violation occurred, which must be indicated in the documentation of the monetary penalties, to send the service center a request to fine to the owner of the irregularly parked vehicle, as follows: ⁇ vehicle registration number , vehicle position > or, where it is also necessary to provide an indication regarding the vehicle type, ⁇ vehicle registration number , vehicle position , vehicle type >, where the position data arriving from the GPS are entered automatically in the message on command of the inspector.
  • the inspector can enter the vehicle position indication manually, by means of keypad T.
  • the centralized apparatus replies with a second reply message, confirming that the penalty has been issued.
  • the verification terminal can be used to notify events to assigned personnel (start/end of shift, change of patrolled area, administrative messages in general). These communications preferably travel over the same channel used by the terminal for inspection-related messages.
  • the main server advantageously includes a module dealing with personnel management, which interfaces with subsystems for automatically locating the GPS terminals and with the terminals themselves by means of channels intended for administrative messages.
  • the service center CS is provided with communication adapters AC1, AC2 which are interposed between the user terminals and the inspector terminals, respectively, and main server SP.
  • communication adapters AC1, AC2 which are interposed between the user terminals and the inspector terminals, respectively, and main server SP.
  • Each user can choose among different payment methods, such as purchase of prepaid vouchers, charging to a credit/debit card, cash payment at automatic tellers.
  • the user obtains credit at the service center, by sending from his mobile telephone an SMS (or by entering data in WAP) containing the data of the prepaid card (for example the secret code of the scratch card that enables the preset value of the card) or the details of his bank credit card.
  • SMS or by entering data in WAP
  • a self-service teller can check and accept the bills and autonomously send a message to the centralized apparatus.
  • the authority operating the parking areas preferably set an upper limit to chargeable hours or to the chargeable amount.
  • a logic system is created in the service center which terminates charging automatically when parking becomes free (for example at 7 PM) or, in the case of 24-hour paid parking, the maximum chargeable amount may be set to 24 hours. After this deadline, the vehicle is regarded as incorrectly parked. Expirations of maximum parking times may be reported to users by means of the communication system they use to send user messages.
  • the invention fully achieves the intended aim, providing a system that allows automatic payment, charging and verification operations to be carried out more easily and straightforwardly than known methods, and at the same time offers high safety and reliability.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that the automated system has low implementation costs and uses communication techniques that are widely used, especially in the field of mobile telephony.

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WO2009054014A1 (fr) * 2007-10-23 2009-04-30 Francesco Marzaro Système de paiement automatique pour stationnement de véhicules et dispositif électronique associé
CY2611B1 (fr) * 2008-11-26 2010-12-22 Reverse Entpr Ltd
CN108418886A (zh) * 2018-03-12 2018-08-17 北京汽车研究总院有限公司 一种车辆控制方法、控制器、云端服务器及车辆
CN112150645A (zh) * 2020-09-17 2020-12-29 北京停简单信息技术有限公司 巡检方法、稽查方法、装置、电子设备及停车监控管理系统

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WO1999010844A1 (fr) * 1997-08-12 1999-03-04 Rolf Rising Systeme de debit, de collecte et de distribution de taxes de stationnement
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US6243029B1 (en) * 1999-07-26 2001-06-05 Natan Tomer Parkulator photo parking
FR2810764A1 (fr) * 2000-06-22 2001-12-28 Bouygues Telecom Sa Ensemble permettant de lire automatiquement une information et systeme de controle ou de suivi a distance comportant au moins un tel ensemble
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WO1996011453A1 (fr) * 1994-10-07 1996-04-18 Parkit Oy Systeme et procede de paiement de taxes de stationnement
US5905247A (en) * 1995-02-28 1999-05-18 Payway Oy Parking fee system, control device and identification means
WO1999010844A1 (fr) * 1997-08-12 1999-03-04 Rolf Rising Systeme de debit, de collecte et de distribution de taxes de stationnement
US6243029B1 (en) * 1999-07-26 2001-06-05 Natan Tomer Parkulator photo parking
WO2001016906A1 (fr) * 1999-09-01 2001-03-08 Modul-System Sweden Ab Systeme de controle du stationnement d'un vehicule
FR2810764A1 (fr) * 2000-06-22 2001-12-28 Bouygues Telecom Sa Ensemble permettant de lire automatiquement une information et systeme de controle ou de suivi a distance comportant au moins un tel ensemble
EP1172767A1 (fr) * 2000-07-12 2002-01-16 Hectronic GmbH Système de stationnement pour vehicule

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WO2009054014A1 (fr) * 2007-10-23 2009-04-30 Francesco Marzaro Système de paiement automatique pour stationnement de véhicules et dispositif électronique associé
CY2611B1 (fr) * 2008-11-26 2010-12-22 Reverse Entpr Ltd
CN108418886A (zh) * 2018-03-12 2018-08-17 北京汽车研究总院有限公司 一种车辆控制方法、控制器、云端服务器及车辆
CN108418886B (zh) * 2018-03-12 2023-07-18 北京汽车研究总院有限公司 一种车辆控制方法、控制器、云端服务器及车辆
CN112150645A (zh) * 2020-09-17 2020-12-29 北京停简单信息技术有限公司 巡检方法、稽查方法、装置、电子设备及停车监控管理系统
CN112150645B (zh) * 2020-09-17 2022-09-13 北京停简单信息技术有限公司 巡检方法、稽查方法、装置、电子设备及停车监控管理系统

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