JP2002374363A - Crime prevention system in parking lot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking lot crime prevention system, with which parking position of an abnormal vehicle can be detected, without requiring a notice from a vehicle and requiring a monitoring device, such as video camera. SOLUTION: This system is composed of a plurality of base stations 200 located inside a parking lot, a radio communication terminal 301 provided with a radio communication control means for communicating with each of base stations and a sensor for detecting abnormality information from vehicles, a parking lot managing center 100 mutually connected with the radio communication terminal 301 by the base stations 200, and a network 400 for data communication and by providing a vehicle position detecting means for detecting the present location of a vehicle from base station information from the base station, which communicates with the radio communication terminal 301, in the parking lot managing center 100, the parking lot managing center can detect the parking position of the abnormal vehicle, without requiring notices from the vehicle.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking lot security system and method for preventing a vehicle crime in a parking lot by using short-range wireless communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of parking lot security system, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-134282, an abnormality detection device installed in a vehicle and information from the abnormality detection device are transmitted to a user. There has been proposed a security system provided with an automobile telephone for transmitting to a telephone. For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-06094, a video camera for monitoring a subject, a subject position detecting means for detecting a display position of the subject in the monitored image, and a There is proposed a monitoring system including means for controlling the attitude of a camera so that the camera is displayed at a position of the camera.

[0003]

However, the parking lot security system having the above-described configuration according to the related art has the following problems. The security system described above has a problem that when a user who is notified of a vehicle abnormality contacts a parking lot management center or a security company where the vehicle is parked, the user must be notified of parking position information. In addition, in a surveillance system using a video camera, there is a problem that all vehicles must be constantly monitored.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and does not require a notice from a vehicle in a parking lot and does not require a monitoring device such as a video camera. It is intended to provide a parking security system capable of detecting the parking position of the vehicle.

[0005]

A parking lot security system according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of base stations arranged in a parking lot;
A wireless communication terminal including a wireless communication control unit for performing short-range wireless communication with the base station and an abnormality detection unit for detecting abnormality information from a vehicle, connected to the base station via a network,
A parking lot management center having communication control means for performing data communication with the wireless communication terminal via the base station, wherein the parking lot management center checks whether vehicle abnormality information from the wireless communication terminal is correct or not. And a vehicle position detecting means for detecting a current position of the vehicle from base station information from the base station which communicated with the wireless communication terminal. With this configuration, there is no need to notify the current position information from the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred, and the position of the abnormal vehicle can be determined by the parking lot management center.

In the parking lot security system according to the present invention, the parking lot management center is vacant from vehicle management means for managing a vehicle position detected by the vehicle position detection means and vehicle management information managed by the vehicle management means. Parking space searching means for searching for a parking space in the vehicle, vehicle guiding means for providing guidance information for guiding the vehicle to the parking space searched by the parking space searching means, and the vehicle when receiving vehicle abnormality information from the vehicle And a vehicle position detecting means for determining a parking space of the vehicle from the management information. With this configuration, it is not necessary to notify the current position information from the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred, and the parking lot management center can determine the position of the abnormal vehicle even in a parking lot where one base station manages a plurality of parking spaces. Becomes

The parking lot security system according to the present invention comprises a warning sound generating means for generating a warning sound in response to a vehicle abnormality notification from the parking lot management center, and a warning light lighting means for lighting a warning light. Have. With this configuration, the parking lot management center can generate a warning sound from a speaker installed near the vehicle that has notified the vehicle abnormality information, without being notified of the current location information from the vehicle. It can be turned on.

The parking lot security system according to the present invention is provided with abnormality notifying means for notifying the parking lot management center of parking position information of a vehicle having an abnormality to a security camera arranged in the parking lot. Has a configuration in which security camera moving means for automatically moving the security camera to the parking position notified from the abnormality notification means is provided. With this configuration, the parking lot management center can move the security camera to the parking space of the abnormal vehicle and take an image of the vehicle even if the current location information is not notified from the vehicle.

[0009] In the parking lot security system according to the present invention, the parking lot management center is provided with a notifying means for notifying the security facility of the occurrence of a vehicle abnormality when the vehicle abnormality information is received from the base station. have. With this configuration, the parking lot management center can accurately report the position of the vehicle having an abnormality to the police or the security company without being notified of the current location information from the vehicle.

[0010] The parking lot security system according to the present invention is provided with a vehicle control means for controlling the exit of the vehicle by operating a vehicle control device installed at the exit of the parking lot under the control of the parking lot management center. It has a configuration. With this configuration, a stolen vehicle can be prevented from going out of the parking lot, and vehicles other than the stolen vehicle can exit from the exit.

In the parking lot management method according to the present invention, in the parking lot security system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, a current position of the vehicle is detected from a position of a base station that has transmitted vehicle abnormality information from the vehicle. And a step of controlling the parking lot security system based on the detected current location of the vehicle. With this configuration, the current location of the vehicle can be detected from the position information of the base station that has communicated with the wireless communication terminal.

According to the parking lot management method of the present invention, when an abnormality occurs in a vehicle, vehicle abnormality information is detected from the vehicle, and the detected vehicle abnormality information is transmitted to a parking lot management center via a base station and a network. The parking lot management center has a configuration including steps for detecting the current location of the vehicle based on base station information from the base station that transmitted the vehicle abnormality information. With this configuration, there is no need to notify the current position information from the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred,
The position of the abnormal vehicle can be determined at the parking lot management center.

[0013] A computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to function as each means of the parking lot security system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or a computer according to claim 7 or 8. It has a configuration for recording a program for executing each step of the described parking lot management method. With this configuration, a program recorded on a recording medium to function as each unit of the parking lot security system,
In addition, a program for executing each step of the parking lot management method can be read and executed by another device.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, first to sixth embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. (First Embodiment) A parking lot security system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the configuration of the parking lot security system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a parking lot security system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of base stations 200 a to 200 n and a parking lot management center 1.
00 and a network 400 for mutually connecting and communicating with the plurality of base stations 200a to 200n and the parking lot management center 100. In the following, when a plurality of components are shown without being specified, they are abbreviated as base station 200. The network 400 may be a public line or a private line.

Next, a communication example of the present invention realized in the parking lot security system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The wireless communication terminal 301 mounted on the vehicle 300 performs data communication using a short-range wireless communication with a base station control device 201 installed in the base station 200, and the base station control device 201
Data communication is performed with the parking lot management device 101 of the parking lot management center 100 via 00.

Referring to FIG. 3, a description will be given of a wireless communication terminal 301 mounted on a vehicle 300 used in the parking lot security system according to the present embodiment. In FIG.
The wireless communication terminal 301 includes a sensor 306 as an abnormality detection unit including a door sensor for detecting that the door is opened and an engine sensor for detecting that the engine has been started; an abnormality occurrence notification unit 307; CP
U303, wireless communication control means 304, display means 30
5 is constituted.

Next, in the operation of the wireless communication terminal 301, when the sensor 306 detects an abnormality, the abnormality occurrence notifying means 307 creates vehicle abnormality information. CPU303
Transmits the vehicle abnormality information from the abnormality occurrence notifying unit 307 to the base station 200 via the antenna 302 by the wireless communication control unit 304.

Referring to FIG. 4, base station control device 201 used in parking lot security system in the present embodiment
(FIG. 2) will be described. In FIG. 4, a base station control device 201 includes a wireless communication control unit 204 that wirelessly communicates with a wireless communication terminal 301 of a vehicle 300,
The communication control unit 205 communicates with the parking lot management center 100 via the communication control unit 0 and the CPU 203.

Next, in the operation of the base station control device 201, the vehicle abnormality information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal 301 is received by the wireless communication control means 204 via the antenna 202. The CPU 203 controls the wireless communication control unit 2
The vehicle abnormality information received by the communication control unit 20
5 to the parking lot management center 100 via the network 400.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, a parking lot management device 2 used in the parking lot security system according to the present embodiment.
01 (FIG. 2) will be described. In FIG. 5, a parking lot management device 101 includes a CPU 103 and a communication control unit 10.
5, vehicle abnormality information checking means 107, vehicle position detecting means 108, vehicle managing means 109, parking space searching means 110, and vehicle guiding means 111.

Next, in the operation of the parking lot management device 101, the vehicle abnormality information transmitted from the base station 200 via the network 400 is received by the communication control means 105. Under the control of the CPU 103, the vehicle abnormality information confirmation means 107 confirms whether the received user information of the vehicle abnormality information or the information such as the cause of the abnormality is normal information. Means 108
Thus, the vehicle position can be determined from the base station information of the base station 200 that has transmitted the vehicle abnormality information, and the current location of the vehicle 300 can be determined.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot management device 101 determines the vehicle position from the base station information from the base station 200, and the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred is determined. , It is not necessary to notify the current position information, and the parking lot management center 100 can determine the position of the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a parking lot security system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of a parking lot in which the parking lot security system according to the second embodiment of the present invention is arranged. A plurality of parking spaces 503a, a base station 200a arranged in each parking space 503a, 2
00b, 200c, security camera 701, rail 702 as security camera moving means for moving security camera 701, entrance 501, exit 501, and breaker 504 for preventing free entry and exit of vehicle 300. It is composed of

Next, the operation of the parking lot security system installed in the parking lot according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, when the vehicle 300 enters the parking lot from the entrance 501 and reaches the first communication area of the base station 200b, the wireless communication terminal 301 of the vehicle 300 transmits the user ID, the vehicle type information, and the parking position. The user information such as conditions is transmitted to the parking lot management center 100. The parking space information and the guidance information received from the parking lot management center 100 are displayed on a display or the like of the display unit 305 of the vehicle 300.

The parking lot management device 10 receiving the user information
1 is a database 1 in which the vehicle management means 109 manages the parking position of the vehicle by the parking space search means 110.
From 06, an empty parking space 503 is searched to determine a parking space 503a. The vehicle guidance means 111 transmits parking space information and guidance information to the parking space 503a to the vehicle 300. Also, the vehicle management means 109
Stores and manages the received user information and the position information of the parking space 503a in the database 106.

The parking lot management device 1 which has received the vehicle abnormality information from the vehicle 300 parked in the parking space 503a.
01 is a database 1 managed by the vehicle management unit 109 using user information such as a user ID and vehicle type information notified from the vehicle position detection unit 108 with vehicle abnormality information.
By searching the parking position of the abnormal vehicle from 06, the current position of the abnormal vehicle can be determined as the parking space 503a.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the position information of the parking space 503 where the vehicle 300 is parked is stored in the database 106 of the parking lot management center 100 and managed. There is no need to notify the current position information from the vehicle 300 in which the abnormality has occurred,
Even in a parking lot where one base station 200 manages a plurality of parking spaces 503, the parking lot management center 100 can determine the position of the abnormal vehicle.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a parking security system installed in a parking lot according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The parking lot security system in the present embodiment, for example,
2 and 6, a plurality of speakers (not shown) as warning sound generating means and warning lights (not shown) as warning light lighting means are installed in the parking lot and connected to the network 400. Is done. Therefore, when the parking lot management center 100 receives the vehicle abnormality information notified by the abnormality occurrence notification unit 307 (FIG. 3) of the wireless communication terminal 301 of the vehicle 300, the vehicle position detection unit 108 (FIG. 5) , The current position of the vehicle 300 is detected from the position of the base station 200, and the speaker installed near the current position of the vehicle 300 is controlled via the network 400 to sound a warning sound. Also, the network 40
By turning on a warning light installed near the current position of the vehicle 300 via 0, it is possible to indicate in the parking lot that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle 300.

As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the base station 200 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information is provided.
By detecting the current location of the vehicle 300 from the position of
Even if the current location information is not notified from the vehicle 300, the parking lot management center 100 notifies the vehicle 3 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information.
A warning sound can be generated from a speaker installed near 00, and a warning lamp can be turned on.
In the above description, the speaker and the warning light are described as being connected to the network. However, the same applies to communication with the parking lot management center 100 via the base station using the short-range wireless communication. The effect is obtained.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a parking lot security system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, a parking lot security system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of base stations 200a to 200b.
200n, the parking lot management center 100, a plurality of security cameras 701a to 701m installed in the parking lot, a plurality of security cameras 701a to 701m, and a plurality of base stations 20
0a to 200n and a network 400 for mutually connecting and communicating with the parking lot management center 100. The parking lot management center 100 also has security cameras 7
01 is provided with abnormality notification means for notifying the parking position information of the vehicle 300 having an abnormality, and the security camera moving the security camera 701 to the parking position of the vehicle 100 notified by the parking management center 100 in the parking lot. A rail 702 is provided as a means. Hereinafter, when a plurality of components are shown without being specified, they are abbreviated as the base station 200 and the security camera 701. Also, the network 40
0 does not matter whether it is a public line or a private line.

The security camera 701 is constructed so as to perform general security camera processing, has a pan and tilt function, and can control a lens to face a subject. Further, the security camera 701 is installed on a rail 702 and can move on the rail 702. Further, control of the security camera 701 is performed by the network 400
Through the parking lot management center 100.

Next, the operation of the parking lot security system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The parking lot management center 100 has a parking space 503a.
When vehicle abnormality information is received from the vehicle 300 parked in (FIG. 6), the current position of the vehicle 300 is searched from the position of the base station 200 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information by the vehicle position detection means 108 (FIG. 5). It is determined that the current parking position of the vehicle 300 is the parking space 503a. When the parking position is determined, the security camera 701 (FIG. 6) can be moved over the parking space 503a, and the vehicle 300 parked there can be photographed.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot management center 100 determines the current position of the abnormal vehicle 300 from the position of the base station 200 that has notified the abnormal vehicle information. By performing the search, the security camera 701 can be moved to the parking space 503a of the vehicle 300 in which the abnormality has occurred, and the vehicle 300 can be photographed even if the current location information is not notified from the vehicle 300. In the above description, the security camera 701 is described as being connected to the network 400. However, the security camera 701 is connected to the parking lot management center 10 via a base station using short-range wireless communication.
The same effect can be obtained even if communication is performed with 0.

(Fifth Embodiment) A parking security system installed in a parking lot according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the parking security system according to the present embodiment, for example, in FIG.
When it is detected that the vehicle 300 has an abnormality based on the vehicle abnormality information received from the base station 200 through the base station 200,
It is configured to have a reporting means (not shown) for controlling the telephone and the network 400 and notifying the same to security facilities such as police and security companies.

Next, the operation of the parking lot security system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the parking lot management center 100 sets the wireless communication terminal 30 of the vehicle 300
Upon receiving the vehicle abnormality information notified from the first abnormality occurrence notification unit 307, the base station 200 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information by the vehicle position detection unit 108 of the parking lot management device 101.
, The current position of the vehicle 300 is detected. The notifying means (not shown) for notifying the police or the security company that there is an abnormality includes user information, vehicle type information and abnormality information obtained from the received vehicle abnormality information, and vehicle position detecting means 108.
By notifying the position information of the vehicle 300 detected by the above, it is possible to notify the police or the security company that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle 300.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot management center uses the vehicle position detecting means 108 of the parking lot management device 101 to notify the base station 200 of the vehicle abnormality information. By detecting the current location of the vehicle 300 from the position, the location of the abnormal vehicle 300 can be accurately reported to the police or a security company even if the current location information is not notified from the vehicle 300.

(Sixth Embodiment) A parking security system installed in a parking lot according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, for example, the parking lot security system according to the present embodiment is installed at the exit 502 of the parking lot so that when a stolen vehicle is notified, the stolen vehicle is tracked so as not to leave the parking lot. It is configured to include a circuit breaker 504 (vehicle control device) controlled by the parking lot management center 100 via 400 and vehicle control means (not shown) for controlling the circuit breaker 504. The vehicle control means may be placed in the parking lot or at the parking lot management center 100.

Next, the operation of the parking lot security system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Upon receiving the vehicle abnormality information notified by the abnormality occurrence notification unit 307 of the wireless communication terminal 301 of the vehicle 300, the parking lot management center 100 receives the vehicle abnormality detection unit 108.
The current location of the vehicle 300 is detected from the position of the base station 200 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information (FIG. 5). When the vehicle 300 is stolen and starts running in the parking lot, the wireless communication terminal 301
Communication of user information is performed between the base station 200 and a communication area through which the vehicle 300 passes. Parking lot management center 100
Is the base station 20 communicated from the vehicle position detecting means 108
The current position of the vehicle 300 can be recognized from the position of 0, and the vehicle 300 that has notified the vehicle abnormality information can be tracked.

When the vehicle 300 exits from the exit 502, the parking lot management center 100 transmits the vehicle 300
Arrives in the vicinity of the exit 502 and communicates with the base station 200c, the breaker 504 is controlled by the vehicle control means.
Can be lowered to prevent them from going out of the parking lot. If the stolen vehicle 300 is not near the exit 502,
The circuit breaker 504 can be raised so that a vehicle other than the stolen vehicle can be taken out of the vehicle.

As described above, according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, the stolen vehicle can be automatically prevented from going out of the parking lot under the control of the parking lot management center 100. , So that vehicles other than the stolen vehicle can exit the exit. In the above description, the circuit breaker 504
Although the (vehicle control device) is described as being connected to the network 400, the same effect can be obtained by communicating with the parking lot management center via a base station using short-range wireless communication.

[0041]

The parking security system according to the present invention is
It is configured as described above, and in the parking lot management device, in particular, by determining the vehicle position from the base station information from the base station, there is no need to notify the current position information from the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred, The center can determine the position of the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred, and stores and manages the position information of the parking space where the vehicle has been parked in the database of the parking lot management center. In a parking lot where one base station manages a plurality of parking spaces, it is possible to determine the position of the abnormal vehicle in a parking lot where there is no need to notify the user and a monitoring device such as a video camera is not required. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a parking lot security system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a communication example of the parking security system in the first, third and fifth embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication terminal mounted on a vehicle using the parking lot security system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station control device provided in a base station used in the parking lot security system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a parking lot management device used in the parking lot security system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a parking lot security system according to the second, third and sixth embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a parking lot security system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 parking lot management center 101 parking lot management device 103, 203, 303 CPU 105, 205 communication control means 106 database 107 vehicle abnormality information confirmation means 108 vehicle position detection means 109 vehicle management means 110 parking space search means 111 vehicle guidance means 200 base Station 201 base station controller 202, 302 antenna 204 wireless communication control means 300 vehicle 301 wireless communication terminal 304 wireless communication control means 305 display means 306 sensor 307 abnormality occurrence notification means 400 network 501 entrance entrance 502 exit exit 503 parking space 504 breaker 701 Security camera 702 Rail

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Claims (9)

[Claims] A wireless communication terminal comprising: a plurality of base stations disposed in a parking lot; wireless communication control means for performing short-range wireless communication with the base stations; and abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality information from a vehicle. And a parking lot management center connected to the base station via a network and having a communication control means for performing data communication with the wireless communication terminal via the base station. Vehicle abnormality information confirmation means for confirming the correctness of vehicle abnormality information from a communication terminal, and vehicle position detection means for detecting the current position of the vehicle from base station information from the base station that communicated with the wireless communication terminal Parking security system. 2. The parking lot management center includes a vehicle management unit that manages a vehicle position detected by the vehicle position detection unit, and a parking unit that searches for a vacant parking space from vehicle management information managed by the vehicle management unit. Space search means, vehicle guidance means for supplying guidance information for guiding the vehicle to the parking space searched by the parking space search means, and parking of the vehicle from the vehicle management information when vehicle abnormality information is received from the vehicle 2. The parking lot security system according to claim 1, further comprising a vehicle position detecting means for determining a space. 3. A warning light generating means for generating a warning sound in response to a vehicle abnormality notification from the parking lot management center, and a warning light lighting means for lighting a warning light. 2. Parking security system according to 2. 4. An abnormality notification means for notifying the parking lot management center of parking position information of a vehicle having an abnormality to a security camera arranged in the parking lot, wherein the security camera is provided in the parking lot. 4. The parking lot security system according to claim 1, further comprising security camera moving means for automatically moving to a parking position notified from the abnormality notification means. 5. The parking lot management center is provided with a notifying means for notifying a security facility of occurrence of a vehicle abnormality when vehicle abnormality information is received from the base station. 5. The parking lot security system according to any one of items 4 to 4. 6. A vehicle control means for controlling the parking of a vehicle by operating a vehicle control device installed at an outlet of the parking lot under the control of the parking lot management center. The parking lot security system according to any one of 1 to 5. 7. The parking lot security system according to claim 1, wherein a current position of the vehicle is detected from a position of a base station that has transmitted vehicle abnormality information from the vehicle, and the detected current position of the vehicle is detected. Controlling the parking security system on the basis of a parking lot security system. 8. When a vehicle abnormality occurs, vehicle abnormality information is detected from the vehicle, and the detected vehicle abnormality information is transmitted to a parking lot management center via a base station and a network. Comprises a step of detecting a current position of the vehicle based on base station information from a base station that has transmitted the vehicle abnormality information. 9. A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the parking lot security system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or a computer.
Or a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing each step of the parking lot management method according to 8 is recorded.