JP2001188928A - Parking lot automatic management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce congestion at the exit of a parking lot as much as possible by improving troublesome paying operation at the exit when service for discounting or making free a parking charge is provided for customers who have made purchases. SOLUTION: A parking processing machine 10 equipped with a function of calculating a parking time and a parking charge as a parking ticket CH is inserted, a discounting function of recording discount information for discounting a parking charge according to how much a purchase is made on a parking ticket CH, and a paying function of giving a record showing that exiting is allowed to a parking ticket CH is installed at each of counters and tenants TN of a department store, etc., and at the exit PT of the parking lot PK, an exiting permitting machine 5 which discounts a parking charge when the inserted parking ticket CH has the discount information or allows the exiting as it is when the record allowing exiting is given, is arranged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to, for example, a tenant such as a department store, a supermarket, a dedicated parking lot used by a restaurant or the like for visitors, or various stores or offices without a dedicated parking lot. The present invention relates to a suitable parking lot automatic management device implemented in various toll parking lots, such as contract parking lots that are in a contract relationship and are used for visitors who have visited these tenants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional automatic parking lot management devices include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-189284.
When a punch-type parking ticket is presented to a tenant store where shopping or the like is performed, a parking discount machine provided at each tenant store uses a parking discount machine to provide a parking ticket or parking fee discount mark corresponding to, for example, the amount paid for shopping for the parking ticket. When the parking ticket with this discount mark is inserted into the exit control machine installed at the exit of the parking lot, the discounted parking fee is presented, and the exit is permitted when the discounted parking fee is settled. There are things that are configured to do so.

[0003] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-32959 discloses that a magnetic card type parking ticket is used in place of the punch type parking ticket.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic parking lot management apparatus, when receiving a discount of a parking fee, a parking ticket with a discount mark is provided to the exit management machine (automatic fee adjustment machine) at the exit. ) To calculate the discounted charge (insufficient charge) after deducting the service charge, and it is necessary for the customer to settle this charge, so the procedure is troublesome and the exit is crowded with vehicles waiting to be settled. there were. In order to alleviate congestion, it was conceivable to add a charge adjusting machine to another location.However, since the charge adjusting machine was expensive, there was also a problem that the cost of the entire apparatus was increased and profits could not be obtained. .

Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-186064, for example, a so-called automatic fare settlement machine is installed in or near a parking lot to complete the settlement of the parking fee at a place other than the exit of the parking lot. The use of the Central Pay method was considered to reduce congestion at the exits. However, in the case of the Central Pay method, the payment of fees (including the payment of discount fees) must be made if the customer does not go to the installation site. ) Was not convenient because it was inconvenient because it was not possible to provide services to customers.

Accordingly, a technical problem of the present invention is to improve a troublesome payment operation at a parking lot exit when providing a service for discounting or making a parking fee free for a shopping customer. In other words, congestion at the outlet is to be reduced as much as possible.

[0007]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems are as follows.

[0008] A parking ticket issuing machine for issuing a parking ticket recording a parking time is provided at the entrance, and a parking fee calculated based on the parking time of the parking ticket is settled at the exit. In a parking lot with a leaving permit machine that permits

(1) For each store such as a department store or a supermarket that owns the parking lot, or a store or the like that has a contractual relationship with the parking lot, the parking time or the parking time from the entry time read from the parking ticket. Equipped with a calculation function to calculate one or both of the charges, and a payment processing function that can add a record of exit permission to the parking ticket when the payment of the parking fee is completed at each sales floor or tenant. The parking permit machine installed at the exit of the parking exit is provided with an exit reading function for permitting the exit of the vehicle when the record of the exit authorization is read from the inserted parking ticket. . (Claim 1)

[0010] (2) The parking ticket machine installed at each sales floor or tenant stores, in the parking ticket, discount information for discounting the parking time or parking fee in accordance with the results of shopping and use time at each sales floor or tenant. While having a discount function that can be recorded, the exit permission machine provided at the exit port reads the above discount information from the inserted parking ticket, calculates the discounted parking fee, and Exit payment function that allows the vehicle to be taken out of the vehicle after the payment is completed. (Claim 2)

(3) The discount information is read from the inserted parking ticket into a parking processor installed at each sales floor or tenant,
In addition, when the discounted parking fee has been settled at each sales floor or tenant, a discounted fee settlement processing function for adding a record of the exit permission to the parking ticket is provided. (Claim 3)

(4) A structure in which parking fee settlement processing can be performed by either a parking processor installed at each sales floor or tenant and a parking fee settlement machine installed in or near the parking lot. To do. (Claim 4)

(5) It is possible to transmit details of each processing information such as settlement information and discount information of a parking fee to a central processing unit in each sales floor or tenant to a parking processing machine installed in each sales floor or tenant. Provide a transmission means that can. (Claim 5)

(6) The payment of the parking fee at each sales floor or tenant is configured to be settled at a cash register provided for each sales floor or tenant, and when the payment at the cash register is completed, the parking processing machine is provided. A signal is sent to record a parking permit on the parking ticket. (Claim 6)

According to the means according to claim 1 described in the above (1), the parking processing machine installed at each sales floor or tenant is provided with a function to settle the payment of the parking fee. In addition to distributing the time and expense of paying the bills to each sales floor and tenant, congestion at the exit can be alleviated, and parking fees are collected for each sales floor or tenant. Reduce the number of tasks and save labor in parking lot management.

According to the means according to claim 2 described in the above (2), the parking processor installed at each sales floor or tenant is provided with a discount function for discounting the parking time or parking fee, so that the parking For customers using the parking lot,
It is possible to perform services according to the results such as shopping and use time at each sales floor or tenant.

According to the means according to claim 3 described in the above (3), the parking processing machine installed at each sales floor or tenant is provided with a function to settle the payment of the discounted parking fee. Even when paying for parking fees, it can be distributed to each sales floor or tenant to avoid congestion at the exit, and it is reasonable for each sales floor or tenant to collect and manage discounted parking fees. And labor-saving.

According to the means according to claim 4 described in the above (4), a parking fee settlement function is provided by a parking processor installed at each sales floor or tenant, and a parking fee settlement installed at or near the parking lot. Due to the relationship provided in the machine, it is possible to disperse the trouble of paying the fee at the outlet and further reduce the congestion of the outlet.

According to the means according to claim 5 described in the above (5), the processing details of the parking fee settled at each sales floor or tenant can be transmitted to the central device,
The settlement status of parking fees and discount rates at each sales floor and tenant is tabulated for each sales floor and tenant, the usage status can be grasped, and the collection of fees and the like can be performed without fail.

According to the means of claim 6 described in the above (6), it is possible to settle a parking fee or a discount fee using a cash register installed at each sales floor or tenant. After the payment is completed, a signal is sent to the parking processor and a parking permit record can be added to the parking ticket.Therefore, there is no need to install expensive fee payment machines at each sales floor or tenant, and at a relatively low cost. By using a manufacturable parking processor and an existing cash register, it is possible to realize, at a low cost, the settlement management of a parking lot used by many sales floors and tenants.

As described above, the above (1) to
By solving the above technical problem by means of (6),
The problem of the conventional technique can be solved.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a parking lot automatic management device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the entirety of the present invention. The parking lot, PN and PT are the entrance and exit of the parking lot, and 1 is a parking ticket issuing machine installed at the entrance PN of the parking lot (not shown).
Is detected by the first entrance sensor 3, the issuing machine 1 issues a parking ticket CH in which the parking time is recorded, and when the user pulls out the issued parking ticket CH from the issuing opening, the gate operating device 2 activates the entrance ticket. The gate 2G is opened to allow entry of the vehicle, and when the second entrance sensor 4 detects the passage of the entry vehicle, the above-described actuator 2 closes the entrance gate 2G,
It is configured to complete the entry processing of the vehicle.

Reference numeral 5 generally indicates a retrieval permission machine installed at the exit PT.
In one vehicle, the parking time CH and the discount code are read from the inserted parking ticket CH to calculate a normal parking fee or a discounted parking fee. When these fees have been settled, the gate operating device 6 A parking ticket CH with a function as an exit checkout machine 5A that sends a signal to open the exit gate 6G to allow the vehicle to leave the vehicle and a record of the exit permission after settlement of the parking fee and discount fee is inserted. At the time of the settlement, a function as an exit reader 5B for immediately opening the exit gate 6G and allowing the vehicle to exit without performing the settlement process is provided. When the parking fee is settled using the installed automatic fare adjustment machine, it is sufficient to provide only the function as the exit reader 5B to the above-mentioned exit permitting machine 5; Simple simplification is possible.

TN are stores (stores) such as department stores, supermarkets, restaurants, etc., which are owners of the parking lot PK, or stores of tenant stores in contract with the parking lot PK (hereinafter simply referred to as tenants). Do) and 10
... and 15 are the parking machines and cash registers installed at each sales floor or tenant TN, and 8 is the parking lot PK
Automatic fee adjustment machine installed in or near the parking lot that can settle the parking fee and discount fee by the central pay method. 7 is an exit sensor provided at the exit PT, and this sensor 7 detects the passage of the exit vehicle. Then, the opened exit gate 6G is closed to complete the retrieval process.

FIG. 2 shows a parking processor (discount processor) installed at each sales floor or tenant TN. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes discount information and other information and data. Is indicated by the reference numeral 12 and the symbol 12 generally indicates, for example, a discount A key 12A used when the shopping amount is 1,000 yen or less and the parking time is set to a service (free) for 30 minutes (free). And the shopping price is 2,000 yen ~
A discount B key 12B used when providing one hour of parking time at 3,000 yen, and a discount C key used when two hours of parking time are provided for a purchase amount of 3,000 yen or more
A selection key including a key 12C, a free key 12D used to make the parking fee free, and a payment key 12E used to pay the entire parking fee on the spot is shown.
Similarly, reference numeral 13 generally designates each key 12
A switch lamp including display lamps 13A, 13B, 13C, 13E, and 13E provided for each of A, 12B, 12C, 12D, and 12E is shown.

Next, 14 is a slot for inserting the parking ticket CH, and 10 'is a ribbon exchange port of a printing machine (not shown). When the parking ticket CH is inserted into this slot 14, The parking time written in the parking ticket CH is read, and the parking time from the parking time to the current time and the fee are calculated and displayed on the above-mentioned display 11, and then, according to the shopping amount and the like. The discount key 12A,
When any one of 12B and 12C is turned on by a clerk or the like, a discount process is performed in which the discount information is recorded in the above-mentioned parking ticket CH and sent back. When the free key 12D is turned on, free processing is performed. Based on the exit permission mark based on the parking ticket CH described above, the free shipping process is executed, and further,
When the settlement key 12E is turned on, a mechanism for executing a settlement process for enabling the settlement of the parking fee or the discount fee by the cash register 15 described above is executed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the electric configuration of the parking processor 10, and the CP which forms the center of the control unit.
The interface 23 connected between the U 20 and the memory 21 via the bus 22 has a clock circuit 29 in addition to the display 11, the selection key 12 and the switch lamp 13.
And transmitting the parking processing information including the number of discount hours and the amount of money processed by the parking processing machine 10 or other various additional information to the external central device 31 such as a host computer together with the tenant code. Communication circuit 3
0 is connected to the external communication circuit 30, and the above-described cash register 15 is connected to the external communication circuit 30.

Further, the interface 23 has a magnetic head 24 for reading information such as a parking time from the parking ticket CH inserted into the insertion slot 14 and writing various kinds of discount information and leaving permission information. A card printer 25 for printing the above information on the ticket CH, and a parking ticket CH
And a printer motor 25 for transporting
Are connected to a print motor 27 and a mode changeover switch 28, and each of them is configured to perform control operation according to a program stored in the memory 21 under the monitoring of the CPU 20.

Next, the procedure of the parking ticket processing using the parking processor 10 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

When the parking ticket CH is inserted into the parking processor 10 in step S1 shown in FIG. 4, the process proceeds to the next step S2, where the parking ticket CH is confirmed. To step S3, for example, the parking ticket CH
In the case where three pieces of discount information are already written in the parking lot CH, that is, when shopping is completed at three sales floors or tenant TNs, and each sales floor or tenant TN records the discount information in the parking ticket CH. Does not record the fourth piece of discount information and proceeds to step S10, where the number of discounts is the maximum, even if the user has completed shopping at the fourth sales floor or tenant TN and can receive the discount. Displays a message that the discount service can no longer be received
To be displayed. If the inserted parking ticket CH is a parking ticket that has already been settled, the indication 1 indicates the same.
After that, the parking ticket CHN is sent back to the slot 14.

On the other hand, in step S3, it is determined whether the handling of the parking ticket CH is a discount process or a settlement process. When the settlement of the parking fee is completed in the sales floor or the tenant TN, the process proceeds to step S4 shown in FIG. In the case of discount, the process proceeds to any one of the processing courses of steps S11, S15, S19 and below by selecting the selection key 12 based on the shopping amount or the like.

That is, steps S11 to S14 are performed in the above 30 steps.
In the procedure of the processing course when the discount A key 12A for minute service is turned on, steps S15 to S18
The procedure of the processing course when the discount B key 12B for the time service is turned on is shown, and further, steps S19 to S22
Shows the procedure of the processing course in the state where the discount C key 12C for the two-hour service is turned on. In the next steps S12, S16 and S20 in each course, the discount contents ( 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours)
Is displayed.

Further, the following steps S13, S of each course
In steps S17 and S21, the type of service (discount content) and the code number of the sales floor or the tenant TN are recorded in the parking ticket CH, and then in steps S14, S18 and S2.
At 2, the discounted parking ticket CH, that is, the A key 12
When A is turned on, a parking ticket CHA in which 30-minute discount information is recorded, when B key 12B is turned on, a parking ticket CHB in which 1-hour discount information is recorded, and C key 1
When 2C is turned on, the parking ticket CHC in which the 2-hour discount information is recorded is sent back to the slot 14, and when the vehicle is to be taken out of the car, any of these discount information is attached. The parking tickets CHA, CHB, CHC, and the above-described parking ticket CHN that has been processed for the maximum number of discounts,
If the payment is completed by inserting it into the automatic paying machine 8 of the central pay method installed in the hall or the exit adjusting machine 5A of the exit permitting machine 5 provided in the exit PT, the exit P
Allows the vehicle to leave from T.

Next, each sales floor or tenant T shown in FIG.
In the case of the settlement process for performing the settlement of the parking fee within N, when the settlement key 12E is turned on in step S4, the settlement signal is sent to the cash register 15 installed and used for each sales floor or tenant TN, At step S5, the settlement processing of the parking fee by each sales floor or tenant TN is manually processed using the cash register 15, and the inserted parking ticket is the parking ticket CHA, CH with the discount information.
In the case of B and CHC, the settlement of the discount fee is similarly processed using the cash register 15.

Next, the process proceeds to step S6, where the status of the settlement is displayed on the display of the cash register 15 and the settlement is completed. On the other hand, when a signal is sent from the cash register 15 to the parking processor 10, the signal is sent. The status of the settlement, the status of the discount, and the like are displayed on the display 11, and the process proceeds to the next step S8.

In the next step S8, the type of service, the sales floor, or the code number of the tenant TN is stored in the parking ticket CH.
Alternatively, the settlement information, the exit permission code, and the like are written, and then the process proceeds to step S9 to insert the parking ticket CH into the
To return to the end of the process, but if you have settled the parking fee and discount rate at each sales floor and tenant TN like this,
Since the parking permission code is recorded in the parking ticket CH,
There is no need to install expensive automatic fee adjustment machines 5A and 8 in the exit PT or in the hall, etc., and as the exit permitting machine 5 installed in the exit PT, a simple exit reader 5B that only reads the exit permission code is used. Just having a function is enough.

Although no description is given in the above-mentioned flow chart, when the parking key CH is inserted into the parking processing machine 10 and the free key 12D is turned on, a free exit permission code is recorded in the parking key CH. Therefore, the vehicle can be taken out of the car without paying the parking fee using the parking ticket CH. The details of the various parking services executed for each sales floor or each tenant TN are described in the sales floor or the tenant TN.
Is sent to the external central device 31 together with the code number of the customer, and is sequentially tabulated.
It is possible to clearly grasp the service state of the parking fee for each N, that is, the situation of the parking sale of the parking fee, and to collect the parking fee.

[0038]

As described above, according to the automatic parking lot management system according to the present invention, the operation of adjusting the parking fee, discounting the parking fee, or adjusting the parking fee is performed for each sales floor and tenant. Since it can be processed by the disposed parking processing machine, congestion at the exit of the parking lot can be alleviated, vehicles can be smoothly exited from the parking lot, and parking lots for each sales floor or tenant It can be used to grasp the usage situation and has the convenience of being able to process the payment of parking fees using cash registers installed at each sales floor and tenant, for example, owned by department stores and supermarkets This is very suitable to be implemented in a dedicated parking lot or a contracted parking lot used by a tenant store or the like according to a contract.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an entire parking lot automatic management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of a parking processor used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electric structure of the parking processing machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a parking ticket by a parking processing machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a continuation of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 PK parking lot PN entrance PT exit exit CH parking ticket TN sales floor or tenant 1 parking ticket issuing machine 5 exit permitting machine 5A exit payment machine 5B exit reader 8 automatic fee payment machine installed in the parking area 10 parking processing machine 15 cash register 30 External communication circuit 31 Central device

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A parking ticket issuing machine for issuing a parking ticket recording a parking time is provided at an entrance, and a parking fee calculated based on the parking time of the parking ticket is settled at an exit. In a parking lot equipped with an exit permitting machine that permits exit of the parking lot, the above parking lot is set for each tenant such as a department store or supermarket that owns the above parking lot, or a store that has a contractual relationship with the parking lot. A calculation function to calculate one or both of the parking time and the parking fee from the entry time read from the ticket, and, when the parking fee has been settled at each sales floor or tenant, permission to leave the parking ticket above While installing a parking processing machine equipped with a settlement processing function that can attach a record, the exit permitting machine provided at the exit port reads the record of the exit permission from the inserted parking ticket, Allow issue Parking automatic management system, characterized in that it allowed provided the outlet reading function that. 2. A parking ticket installed at each sales floor or tenant records on a parking ticket discount information for discounting a parking time or a parking fee in accordance with the results of shopping or use time at each sales floor or tenant. On the other hand, when the above-mentioned discount information is read from the inserted parking ticket, the parking permit machine provided at the exit of the parking lot is provided with a discount function, and a discounted parking fee is calculated. 2. The automatic parking lot management device according to claim 1, further comprising an exit payment function for permitting the vehicle to be taken out after the payment is completed. 3. Discount information is read from the inserted parking ticket into a parking processor installed at each sales floor or tenant, and
3. The parking system according to claim 1, wherein when the discounted parking fee has been settled at each sales floor or tenant, the parking ticket is provided with a discounted fee settlement processing function for adding a record of a parking permit to the parking ticket. Automatic parking area management device. 4. A structure in which parking fee settlement processing can be performed by any of a parking processing machine installed at each sales floor or tenant and a parking fee settlement machine installed at or near the parking lot. The parking lot automatic management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 5. A transmission capable of transmitting details of each processing information such as settlement information and discount information of a parking fee to a central processing unit installed in each sales floor or tenant in units of each sales floor or tenant. 4. The automatic parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein the parking lot automatic management device is provided. 6. A structure in which payment of a parking fee at each sales floor or tenant is settled at a cash register installed for each sales floor or tenant, and a signal is sent to a parking processing machine when the payment at the cash register is completed. The parking lot automatic management device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the parking ticket is sent to add a record of exit permission to the parking ticket.