IT202000030317A1 - MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT FOR PARKING OF VEHICLES IN PARKING AREAS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AUGMENTED REALITY - Google Patents

Description

Description of the invention entitled:

?MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT FOR PARKING OF VEHICLES IN PARKING AREAS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF REALITY? INCREASED?

Description

field of technique

The invention refers to the parking sector, precisely to the modality? of communication of the occupation of the parking space of the vehicle, the relative payment and the modality? control.

Known art

In the prior art, paying for the parking of a vehicle in a paid stall with the Apps? possible and the functionality? of the various types of applications? similar, vary only some services offered and the cities? covers.

Do the various Apps have a function? basic very similar: you download the? App, you register with your personal data and those of the cars owned, you select the modality? of payment to buy credit ? credit card (Mastercard or Visa), masterpass, SatisPay, Sisal Pay or PayPal? and you receive the coupon with the QR Code to be displayed on the windshield (the coupon always remains the same). At the start of the stop, the desired credit is purchased and as the expiry time approaches, the App notifies the user via a ?push notification? and SMS, to allow him to buy more credit, again from his smartphone, and extend his stay without returning to the car. Some Apps have the ?Find my car? function, useful for identifying the position where ? the car has been left; others offer ?mobility? planning as an option? corporate? to manage and pay for employee parking with centralized billing. The goal of this system? that of monitoring city parking spaces, communicating to motorists the availability, in real time, of free spaces, thus making more traffic flow, reducing parking search times and allowing greater transparency in the payment of parking fees.

The sensors detect and signal the spaces available inside a car park, communicating to the user, through the use of an App, the journey time and allowing him to make payment via smartphone.

? it has been estimated that, in this way, the time taken to find a parking space is reduced by 35%, contributing to a reduction in exhaust emissions.

Although the Apps existing today are numerous and varied, they are not free from critical issues. which the present invention intends to solve integrally, also bringing further advantages.

In the first place the quantity? itself of applications constitutes a confusion on the market. Both local administrations and citizens are often unaware of which technology has been selected from that particular territory. People ?out of office? that maybe they are on a business trip are even less aware of both the possibility? to pay for parking via the app, and what the procedure to adopt depends on the computer system on which the local administration has relied.

Secondly, enforcement officers, whether they are traffic wardens or traffic wardens, have seen no benefit to their jobs from incorporating such computer applications. In parked cars that use the App dedicated to parking payment, the owner/driver displays an identification sign, just like those who do not use these digital solutions display the payment ticket at the column or at the till. It follows that the inspector must equally approach all the parked cars on foot to check and verify the stop time either from the ticket or from the application installed on his portable electronic device. The job of the controller then? result slowed down and not facilitated, given the need? to manually check all the cars, which adhere to different payment systems.

Even the parking spaces themselves have not yet been equipped with any device to speed up the process of finding a parking space and consequently reduce waiting times, traffic and pollution.

Quick spot-finding solutions have sometimes been installed in private car parks such as those in shopping centers or other enclosed areas. In these places, sometimes, ? there is a signal light in correspondence with the free stall. In addition, there could be a display at the beginning of each parking lane that indicates the number of free stalls at that moment, preventing cars from traveling along corridors where they will not find any free spaces.

However, similar solutions have never been applied to street parking, due to the high installation costs and the complexity of the operation. to manage a large number of stalls.

Purpose of this patent? therefore that of solving the aforementioned problems by providing a tool to facilitate the control and management of parking lots. Description of the invention

According to the present invention , a system for managing and verifying the payment of parking spaces is provided, in special parking areas, with the aid of realities increased to improve the parking process.

The system ? innovative and suitable for all paid parking. It allows you to direct vehicle traffic in an organized way and provides the possibility? to comply with the ticket payment control quickly and directly thanks to the use of glasses with reality? increased.

The system includes:

- at least one sign on the ground identifying a stall in a parking area.

In particular, in the preferred embodiment, the sign ? prepared on the ground and corresponds to a QR CODE printed on a square plate with a side of 15 cm fixed to the road surface in such a way as to always be visible;

- at least one dedicated software application, to be installed on the portable electronic devices of all vehicle drivers who want to exploit the advantages of the present invention. ? it is essential that the electronic devices in question have at least a camera capable of recognizing said sign on the ground;

- at least one dedicated server capable of receiving signals of occupation of each bay equipped with the signal on the ground and capable of communicating the bay occupied event to all portable electronic devices on which said software application has been installed. The dedicated server also includes a common payment management system, relating to the collection of amounts due for parking;

- glasses suitable for viewing reality content? increased, supplied to at least one operator in charge of controlling the parking payment. These glasses will be connected to the server to receive information regarding the status of parking payment for each displayed stall;

- an activation button, positioned on a stem of said glasses, able to reversibly turn on and off the connection with said dedicated server and therefore the display of reality contents? necessary to verify the parking payment.

In even more embodiments? advantageous glasses also include:

- an additional key suitable for communicating to said dedicated server the will? of the operator in charge of the control to fine the vehicle that is occupying a parking space without payment title and/or;

- a geolocation sensor, in communication with said dedicated server, suitable for verifying the geographic position of the operator and therefore for verifying the correct recognition of the mark on the ground identifying a parking bay.

Also the parking stall, in the preferred embodiment, comprises a signaling light for each parking space, preferably of a blue colour, able to light up to signal the condition of ?free? of the parking space and switching off automatically when the corresponding parking space is occupied.

The system described up to now will come using following the steps of:

- parking of the vehicle by its driver in a parking space equipped with a sign on the ground;

- opening the software application on the vehicle driver's portable electronic device and framing the mark on the ground; during the first start-up of this software application, the driver registers his personal data and the data of the vehicle owned, as well as the data necessary to make payments;

- automatic sending of the image of the ground sign, via the internet connection, to the dedicated server and recognition of the location of the parking stall associated with said ground sign;

- payment of the parking, through said software application, for a time interval set by the driver of the vehicle;

- registration of the stall as ?occupied? on said dedicated server;

- sending of push notifications to said driver's portable electronic device when the stop time for which it is ? paid ? close to expiration and/or ? already expired;

- when a person in charge of parking payment control, wearing glasses, passes by a plurality? of parking stalls, the glasses query the dedicated server and return a first color in correspondence with the display of occupied stalls for which payment has been duly received via said software application; or a second suit if payment is missing for an occupied stall; in the event that the vehicle occupying the stall has not made the payment through the common columns or payment boxes, the control officer can? fine the vehicle.

This method can possibly include a registration step and sending of a fine, by pressing the further button on the glasses; following the pressure of said key, the operator in charge of the control scans the license plate of the vehicle to be fined; generating a certified violation document with date, time, place, stall and vehicle number plate.

Possibly can? including a step of monitoring the geographic position of the operator in charge of the control via the geolocation sensor, in this way the paths taken by the operator are recorded in a dedicated server memory.

The parking management system with the help of reality? increased thus uses a reduced number of people as the work is simplified and consequently the personnel costs for the manager also decrease. Furthermore, rapid and efficient checks ensure collections and a Smart City model is developed with the use of intelligent 4.0 technologies.

Obviously also for the user who uses the parking area, the advantages are considerable, from the immediate identification of the free space and consequent reduction of the parking search times, to a lower traffic jam of cars and petrol costs as well as less pollution. Finally, the facilities due to payment should not be forgotten, with the possibility to extend the parking time, if expired, with the smartphone without being sanctioned n? forced to return to the parking place. Finally, but still very useful, ? it is also useful to take advantage of the manager's courtesy communication, with a text message, if he has forgotten that the parking lot? expired, thus avoiding an unexpected fine.

The advantages offered by the present invention are evident in the light of the description set forth up to now and will be even more clear thanks to the annexed figures and the relative detailed description.

Description of the figures

The invention will come described hereinafter in at least one preferred embodiment by way of explanation and not of limitation with the aid of the accompanying figures, in which:

- FIGURE 1 illustrates a top view of a car park which exploits the present invention, highlighting the main management elements.

- FIGURE 2 shows a pair of reality system glasses. increased included in the system of the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

This invention will come now illustrated purely by way of example but not in a limiting or binding way, making use of the figures which illustrate some embodiments with respect to the present inventive concept.

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 shows an overview of the parking management system with the aid of reality? increased which highlights an innovative system useful for all paid parking. This system allows traffic with an organized flow of vehicles and the possibility? to comply with the ticket payment control quickly and directly thanks to the use of 20 glasses with reality? increased. The user who arrives at a free car park with his car, after having parked his vehicle, gets out of the vehicle and, using his smartphone, opens the specific App of the car park and scans a QR CODE 12 which found on the ground 12? in the direction corresponding to said parking space just occupied. Once the QR CODE 12 has been framed, the system identifies the car that is parking in that specific space and just ? defined the parking space of the car, the user can? pay through your smartphone, without having to go to the column or cash desk 11. After making the payment, the user can? get away from your car, why? at the same time, the system marks the car park as occupied and communicates it to all users who, in real time, are aware of the free or occupied spaces. The 20 glasses in reality? increased allow inspectors to remotely verify the presence of the payment slip, car by car, allowing the attendant to circulate by bicycle, single-wheeled scooter or moped, significantly speeding up the inspection round. Said glasses 20 are worn by the person assigned to control who can? operate them through a button 21 positioned on the stem of said glasses 20, and thanks to the reality increased the system generates a specific green or red color for each vehicle parked inside the car park. On the basis of the color reflected by the lenses 22 of said glasses 20, the operator will carry out the procedure envisaged by the parking regulations and therefore, based on the acquired knowledge, he knows that:

? in case of payment by smartphone: if the color? green parking time not ? expired, if the color ? time red? expired and in this case a further communication is sent by text message, push notification or other to invite you to integrate the payment to avoid incurring a fine; ? in case of payment at the column: said lenses 22 of said glasses 20 always show the color red, but if the person in charge of the check shows from the ticket that the parking time is not ? expired l?user not ? contravention.

Claims (10)

Claims 1. Payment management system for vehicle parking in parking areas with the aid of reality? increased, characterized in that it comprises: - at least one ground mark (12) identifying a stall, said mark being arranged on the ground (12?) in correspondence with at least one stall; - at least one dedicated software application installed on a common portable electronic device available to the driver of at least one vehicle that uses said parking space; said portable electronic device comprising at least one camera capable of recognizing said ground mark (12); - at least one dedicated server capable of receiving signals of occupation of said at least one bay and capable of communicating the event of occupied bay to all the portable electronic devices on which said software application has been installed; said dedicated server also including? a common payment management system, relating to the collection of amounts due for parking; - glasses (20) suitable for viewing reality content? increased, supplied to at least one operator in charge of checking the parking payment; said glasses (20) being equipped with a connection to said server to receive information regarding the status of the parking payment for each displayed stall; said glasses (20) being able to show a signal of a first color in correspondence with vehicles for which it is still valid? parking performed using said software application; said glasses (20) being adapted to show a signal of a second color in correspondence with vehicles not registered through said software application which occupy a stall, forcing said operator in charge of the control to a close check in which he checks that the driver of the vehicle has paid for parking by other means; - an activation button (21), positioned on an arm of said glasses (20), able to reversibly switch on and off the connection with said dedicated server and therefore the display of the contents of reality? necessary to verify the parking payment. 2. Payment management system for parking vehicles in parking areas with the aid of reality? increased, according to the previous claim 1, characterized by the fact that said ground mark (12) ? consisting of a QR CODE printed on a plate fixed to the road surface in such a way as to always be visible. 3. Payment management system for vehicle parking in parking areas with the aid of reality? increased, according to the previous claim 2, characterized in that said plate has a square shape with a side of 15 cm. 4. Payment management system for parking vehicles in parking areas with the aid of reality? increased, according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a signal light for each parking space, said light being capable of turning on to signal the condition of ?free? of said parking space and turning off automatically when the corresponding parking space is occupied. 5. Payment management system for vehicle parking in parking areas with the aid of reality? increased, according to the previous claim 4, characterized by the fact that said signal light ? blue in colour. 6. Payment management system for vehicle parking in parking areas with the aid of reality? augmented, according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said glasses (20) comprise a further key able to communicate to said dedicated server the will? of the operator in charge of the control to fine the vehicle that is occupying a parking space without payment title. 7. Payment management system for vehicle parking in parking areas with the aid of reality? augmented, according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said glasses (20) comprise a geolocation sensor, in communication with said dedicated server, said geolocation sensor being able to verify the geographic position of the operator and therefore to carry out the verification of the correct recognition of the mark on the ground (12) identifying a parking stall. 8. Payment management method for parking vehicles in parking areas with the help of realities? augmented, characterized by the fact that it includes the steps of: - parking of the vehicle by its driver in a stall provided with a ground mark (12) according to the previous claim 1; - opening the software application of the previous claim 1 on the portable electronic device of the vehicle driver and framing said ground mark (12); during the first start-up of said software application, said driver records his personal data and the data of the owned vehicle, as well as? the data necessary to make payments; - automatic sending of the image of the ground sign (12), via the Internet connection, to the dedicated server of the previous claim 1 and recognition of the location of the parking stall associated with said ground sign (12); - payment of the parking, through said software application, for a time interval set by said driver of the vehicle; - registration of the stall as ?occupied? on said dedicated server; - sending of push notifications to said driver's portable electronic device when the stop time for which it is ? paid ? close to expiration and/or ? already expired; - when a person in charge of parking payment control, wearing the goggles (20) of the previous claim 1, passes by a plurality of of parking stalls, said glasses (20) interrogate said dedicated server and return a first color in correspondence with the display of occupied stalls whose payment has been duly received through said software application; said glasses (20) returning a second color in the event that payment is missing for an occupied stall; in the event that the vehicle occupying the stall has not made the payment through the common columns or payment boxes, said control officer fines the vehicle. 9. Payment management method for parking vehicles in parking areas with the help of realities? augmented, according to the previous claim 8, characterized in that it comprises a step for registering and sending a fine, by pressing the further key of the glasses (20) of the previous claim 6; following the pressure of said key, the operator in charge of the control frames with said glasses (20) the license plate of the vehicle to be fined; generating a certified violation document with date, time, place, stall and vehicle number plate. 10. Payment management method for parking vehicles in parking areas with the aid of realities? augmented, according to the previous claim 8 or 9, characterized in that it comprises a step for monitoring the geographical position of the operator in charge of the control through the geolocation sensor of the previous claim 7, the paths taken by said operator being recorded in a memory of the dedicated server.