ES2471717A1 - Remote payment management and control system for parking and/or vehicle propulsion energy recharge (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Remote payment management and control system for parking and/or recharging vehicle power. This system is applicable in the payment of the parking time of vehicles in areas of controlled parking and of recharging of propulsive energy; and comprising: - a central administrator (1) for controlling the parking times of the vehicles and the payments to be made by the respective users; - user terminals (2) for sending to the central administrator (1) the data relating to the vehicle (V) parked by the user and receiving notifications from said central administrator (1); and - control terminals (3) of the parking times of the vehicles, provided with: a reader (33) of license plates or identification labels of the vehicles (V) and means for sending them to the central administrator (1) ) of the registration number or of the data of the corresponding identification tag of the vehicle (V). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Remote payment management and control system for parking and / or vehicle power recharge

Object of the invention.

The invention relates to a remote payment management and control system for parking and / or vehicle propellant energy recharge, especially applicable in the payment of parking time and / or propellant energy recharge (example: electric, gas, hydrogen, steam, etc.) of vehicles in controlled parking areas.

State of the art

Currently, the existence, mainly at urban level, of controlled parking areas that can be used on a pre-paid basis is widely known.

In these parking areas physical payment terminals are distributed in which the user, after making the payment equivalent to a certain parking time, collects a ticket that must be placed in his vehicle visibly and that indicates the time limit of Authorized parking you own.

The monitoring and control of the fulfillment of the parking time of each vehicle requires the occupation of agents that visually check and one by one, the tickets positioned in the different vehicles. Agents must visually check if these vehicles are within the time paid, or if they have exceeded it. In that case, they must proceed to make the corresponding complaint.

Obviously, this operation, in addition to assuming a significant cost to the company, is cumbersome both in regard to the review of tickets, as in the processing of penalties.

Therefore, the technical problem that arises is the development of a payment control system for parking of vehicles that allows to solve the exposed problems, facilitating the verification of the parking times of each vehicle, and if necessary, the processing of the corresponding sanction; allowing to eliminate or reduce the number of agents necessary to carry out the payment control of the parking area.

Description of the invention.

The remote payment management and control system for parking and / or vehicle power recharge, object of this invention, has characteristics aimed at solving the problems posed and allowing successive stages of implementation, reducing the number of agents necessary to check the parking times of vehicles and the corresponding penalties. All this in a first phase. In a second phase, this operation can be carried out in a completely automatic way and without the intervention of agents.

This system comprises: A central administrator provided with a computer equipment with means of connection to a communication network. A database for the storage of data related to system users. A management program for the control of the parking times of the vehicles and / or recharging of their propulsive energy, in addition, of the management of payments to be made by the respective users.

Said central administrator will be managed by the City Council, entity or company in charge of exploiting the parking areas and supply points for recharging energy for vehicles.

According to the invention, this system comprises user terminals, for the owners or drivers of the vehicles, which allow communication with the central administrator to be registered in the system and self-manage their services; and control terminals for the control of the parking times of the vehicles, said control terminals being portable and portable by the agents, or being fixed and being arranged in the parking spaces, operating autonomously and without requiring the intervention of agents to control the parking time and / or recharge of vehicle power.

The user terminals are provided with: a control unit, wireless means of communication with the central administrator and an interface for sending and receiving data; said user terminals having an application (software) with an appropriate interface for sending to said central administrator the data relating to the vehicle parked by the user himself in the controlled parking area; the time of arrival / departure and the identification of the parking space used, and for the reception of notifications from said central administrator.

The possibility of communication between the user terminals and the central administrator allows the user to receive timely information about the parking of his vehicle in the parking area controlled by the system.

On the other hand, the control terminals for the parking times of the vehicles include: a control unit, a wireless means of communication with the central administrator and a license plate or label reader for the vehicles parked in the parking spaces. the controlled parking area and corresponding to users of the system, that is, previously registered in said system.

Said control terminals have an application (software) that automatically recognizes vehicle license plates when said license plates enter the visual field of the terminal. Instantly, the application sends to the central administrator all the information corresponding to said user (example: state of his parking lot, time of use, type of recharging energy, charging time, denouncing the user or not, etc.). The same happens when the application reads or recognizes the identification tags of the vehicle parked in the controlled parking area; and, optionally: the reception of information regarding the remaining authorized parking time for each vehicle.

In an embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the user terminals are constituted by mobile devices, be they smartphones (smartphones), tablets or devices integrated directly into the user's vehicles, provided with suitable wireless communication means for receiving or sending data information and warning messages with the central administrator.

With regard to the control terminals, it has been foreseen that they can be portable and transportable through the controlled parking area, requiring the intervention of agents for their handling, or that they can be fixed and that they are arranged in each of the controlled parking spaces; having in this case some occupancy sensors that activate the corresponding license plate reader when they detect the parking of a vehicle in these places.

These occupancy sensors allow automatic control of the arrival and departure of a vehicle to a certain parking space or of recharging of propulsive energy and consequently that the central administrator can make a charge and charge the amount corresponding to the parking time in the bank account or means of payment indicated by the user when registering in the system.

In this second case, the system can carry out autonomous parking time management without the intervention of agents controlling parking tickets.

In accordance with the invention, the central administrator comprises means for the supply to users registered in the system of unique identification tags for each user and intended to be fixed in a visible position on the corresponding vehicles.

Description of the figures.

To complement the description that is being made and in order to facilitate the understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached to the present specification in which, as an illustration and not limitation, the following has been represented :

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 Figure 1 shows a diagram with the different elements that make up the payment control system for parking of vehicles according to the invention; Y

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 Figure 2 shows a schematic plan view of a controlled parking area in which each of the spaces has a fixed control terminal.

Preferred embodiment of the invention.

The payment control system for parking of vehicles of the invention comprises a central administrator (1) user terminals (2) and control terminals for the parking times of the vehicles (3), one unit of each being represented. one of these elements in figure 1.

According to the schemes shown in said figure 1, the central administrator (1) comprises a computer equipment (11) to which they are connected: connection means (12) to a communication network; a database (13) for the storage of data related to system users, a memory (14) in which a management program for the control of parking times of vehicles and payments is loaded To make.

In the example shown, the central administrator has a means for supplying the users registered in the system, with a unique identification label for each user and intended to be visible in a visible position on the corresponding vehicles; said means being represented, in this exemplary embodiment, by a printer (15).

The user terminals (2) are provided with a control unit (21) to which communication means (22) are connected with the central administrator; and an interface (23) for sending and receiving data. As already mentioned, said user terminals (2) have an application with an appropriate interface for sending and receiving data between the central administrator (1) and said user terminals (2).

In a preferred embodiment, it is provided that said user terminals (2) are constituted by mobile devices, for example smartphones (smartphones), tablets, or the like, being able to be integrated directly into the users' vehicles.

The control terminals used to control the parking times of the vehicles in the parking spaces comprise according to the scheme of Figure 1, a control unit (31) to which communication means (32) are connected. , a reader (33) with the necessary technology to be able to read the

5 license plates or identification tags of the vehicles associated with the system, said control terminals (3) having an application for sending and receiving information from the central administrator (1).

These control terminals can be portable and transportable by the agents in charge of controlling the parking area; or be fixed and be willing to

10 each of the controlled parking spaces as shown in Figure 2, in this case, each control terminal (3) having an occupancy sensor (34) to detect the presence of a vehicle (v) in these places.

Once the nature of the invention has been sufficiently described, as well as a preferred embodiment, it is stated for the appropriate purposes that the materials, forms,

The size and arrangement of the elements described may be modified, provided that this does not imply an alteration of the essential features of the invention that are claimed below.

Claims (6)

1.-Payment management and control system for parking and / or vehicle power recharge; especially applicable in the payment of vehicle parking time in controlled parking areas; and comprising: - a central administrator (1) provided with a computer equipment (11) with means of connection (12) to a communication network, a database (13) for the storage of data relating to users of the system; and a management program for the control of parking times of vehicles and payments to be made by the respective users: characterized in that it comprises:

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 user terminals (2) provided with: a control unit (21); wireless communication means (22) with the central administrator (1) and an interface for sending and receiving data; said user terminals (2) having an application (software) with an interface (23) suitable for sending to said central administrator (1) the data relating to the vehicle (V) parked by the user in the controlled parking area or recharge of propellant energy; the time of arrival / departure and the identification of the parking space used, type of load, recharge time, and for the reception or sending of information and notifications with said central administrator (1);

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 control terminals (3) of the parking times of the vehicles, comprising: a control unit (31); wireless communication means (32) with the central administrator (1) and a license plate reader (33) or identification tags of the vehicles (V) parked in the controlled parking area or the propellant energy recharge and corresponding to system users; arranging said control terminals

(3) of an application for sending to the central administrator (1) of the registration or of the data of the corresponding identification tag of the vehicle (V) parked in the controlled parking area or of recharge of propulsive energy and the reception of information relative to the remaining authorized parking time for each vehicle, type of load, recharge time of propellant energy, and the like. 2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the user terminals (2) are constituted by mobile devices, whether smartphones (smartphones), tablets or devices integrated directly into the vehicles of the user, provided with means Wireless communication suitable for reception

or sending data information and warning messages with the central administrator (1).

3. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the control terminals

(3)

 They are portable and transportable through the controlled parking area.

4. System according to claims 1, characterized in that the control terminals (3) are fixed and are arranged in each of the controlled parking spaces; said control terminals (3) having occupancy sensors (34) that activate the corresponding license plate reader (33) when they detect the parking of a vehicle (V) in said spaces. 5. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the central administrator comprises means for supplying users registered in the system with unique identification tags for each user and intended to be fixed in a visible position on the corresponding vehicles . SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND Application No.: 201331586 SPAIN Date of submission of the application: 30.10.2013 Priority Date: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE 51 Int. Cl.: G07B15 / 02 (2011.01) B60L11 / 180 (2006.01) RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

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56 Documents cited Claims Affected

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US 2013262275 A1 (OUTWATER CHRIS et al.) 03.10.2013, 1-5

figures 1,2,3,8a; paragraphs [0003-0005], [0010], [0028-0042].

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EP 1770647 A1 (PUPPO MARIO) 04.04.2007, 1-5

summary; paragraphs [0024-0068].

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WO 2010131206 A2 (BOUZAGLO BARUCH) 18.11.2010, 1-5

pages 5-9.

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US 2013182110 A1 (TZIPERMAN OFER et al.) 18.07.2013, 1-5

figure 2.

Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Date of realization of the report 06.17.2014

Examiner M. Rivas S�iz Page 1/4

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE Application number: 201331586 Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) G07B, B60L Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of search used) INVENES, EPODOC, WPI State of the Art Report Page 2/4  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 201331586 Date of Completion of Written Opinion: 06.17.2014 Statement

Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986)

Claims Claims 4.5 1-3 IF NOT

Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986)

Claims Claims 4,5 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).  Opinion Base.- This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published. State of the Art Report Page 3/4  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 201331586 1. Documents considered.- The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

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US 2013262275 A1 (OUTWATER CHRIS et al.) 03.10.2013

2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement Document D01 is considered the closest in the state of the art to the requested invention. In relation to claim 1, D01 describes a payment management and control system for parking and / or recharging of vehicle power (paragraph 010); especially applicable in the payment of vehicle parking time in controlled parking areas (paragraph 0010). The system includes:

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a central administrator (reference 4 of figure 1) provided with a computer equipment with means of connection to a communication network, a database (reference 8 of figure 1) for the storage of data relating to the users of the system (paragraph 0031); and a management program for the control of the parking times of the vehicles and of the payments to be made by the respective users (figure 3).

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user terminals (reference 3 of figure 1) provided with: a control unit (implicit element); wireless communication means with the central administrator (figure 1) and an interface for sending and receiving data (figure 2 and paragraph 0032); said user terminals having an application (software) with an appropriate interface for sending to said central administrator the data related to the vehicle parked by the user in the controlled parking area or the recharge of propulsive energy (reference 9 of the figure 2); the time of arrival / departure (references 14 and 15 of figure 2) and the identification of the parking space used (reference 11 of figure 2), type of load, and recharge (reference 23 of figure 2 and paragraph 0032); and for receiving or sending information and notifications with said central administrator.

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control terminals (reference 21 of figure 1) of the parking times of the vehicles, comprising: a control unit (implicit element); wireless means of communication with the central administrator (figure 1) and a license plate reader in the controlled parking or recharge power zone and corresponding to system users (paragraph 0030); said control terminals having an application for sending to the central administrator of the license plate of the vehicle parked in the controlled parking area or the recharge of propulsive energy and the reception of information related to the remaining authorized parking time for each vehicle, type of charge, recharge time of propellant energy, and the like (paragraph 0040).

In view of the foregoing, it is concluded that claim 1 is not new (Art. 6 LP.). Claim 2 is not new (Art. 6 LP.) Since, as indicated in document D01, the user terminal is a smartphone (paragraph 0030). Claim 3 is also anticipated in D01 where the control terminals are portable and transportable through the controlled parking area (paragraph 0030). Therefore, claim 3 is not new (Art. 6 LP.). With respect to claim 4, D01 indicates that the control device is fixed (paragraph 0030) however it does not indicate that it has an occupancy sensor that activates the license plate reader. However, this technique is commonly used and its application to the invention is not obvious to the person skilled in the art. Therefore claim 4 does not imply inventive activity (Art 8 LP.). As indicated in claim 5, each user registered in the system is assigned a unique identifier (Figure 8A). However, it does not mention that these labels are fixed in a visible position on the corresponding vehicles. This difference is not appreciated to produce a differentiating technical effect, but taking into account that it is the common form of parking management in cities and therefore its inclusion in the claim does not imply inventive activity. Therefore claim 5 does not meet the requirement of inventive activity (Art 8 LP.). State of the Art Report Page 4/4