JP2003150991A - On-street parking fee collecting method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-street parking fee collecting method and device capable of greatly reducing the cost for equipment cost, improving convenience for users, and connected to great increase in profits of public institutions. SOLUTION: A money settlable card 6, for example, a prepaid card or an IC card is inserted in an on-vehicle device 4 having a microcomputer, when a behavior sensor 8 senses the stop in on-street parking, a CPU 10 turns on displays of charge display means 7 and on-street parking display means 11 a prescribed time later, and makes counter means 12 start the counting of the parking time, and when the behavior sensor senses the traveling of the vehicle, it stops the displays of the charge display means 7 and the on-street parking display means 11 and settles the on-street parking fee corresponding to the parting time to the card 6. When the charge display means 7 does not display but the on-street parking display means 11 displays, it is regarded as an illegal on-street parking.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a road parking fee collecting method and device for collecting a fee and permitting road parking on public roads.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, there is an area where a parking meter is provided in accordance with the regulations of the city and coins are inserted to permit on-street parking within a predetermined time.

[0003]

However, in such an area, a parking meter must be installed for each parking space, and the manufacturing cost of such equipment, the equipment installation cost by the roadside, and the actual There was a tendency to increase the initial cost and running cost such as the line drawing cost of the parking space and the labor cost for collecting coins put into the parking meter.

Even with such a parking meter, it was not possible to adequately crack down on fraud without inserting coins.

Although not yet realized, a method using a prepaid card described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-237586 has also been proposed. In this case, the user presses the start button of the on-board charge collector at the time of parking. The parking start time was self-reported, such as pressing the stop button when starting. Therefore, it is impossible to prevent fraud in which the user intentionally delays the pressing of the start button.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to easily control illegal on-street parking, significantly reduce equipment costs and running costs, and significantly increase profits of public institutions. To get the equipment.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, the on-street parking fee collection method of the present invention comprises a preparation step of inserting a card capable of paying money into a vehicle-mounted device equipped with a microcomputer, and a ROM of the microcomputer. When the behavior sensor for detecting the behavior of the vehicle detects the stop of the vehicle based on the program stored in the CPU, the CPU causes the roadside parking display means and the charging display means to be displayed after a predetermined time from the detection of the stoppage, and the parking time. And / or a counting step for starting the counting of the collection fee according to the parking time, and when the behavior sensor senses the traveling of the vehicle after the counting step is started, the display of the roadside parking display means and the charging display means is stopped, and The CPU allows the car to be settled for the count fee according to the immediately preceding road parking time. Characterized by comprising further a settlement processing the.

Further, the on-street parking fee collecting device of the present invention comprises a card capable of paying money, and a vehicle-mounted device equipped with a microcomputer into which the card is inserted. The vehicle-mounted device includes a behavior sensor for detecting the behavior of the vehicle. , A CPU based on a stop signal from the behavior sensor with the card inserted
Based on a stop signal from the behavior sensor with the card inserted, on-road parking display means and billing display means that start display after a predetermined time from the stop detection by control and stop display by CPU control based on the traveling signal. C
Start of counting of the parking time and / or the collection fee according to the parking time by the PU control and the CP based on the traveling signal
The CPU has a counting unit that stops the counting by U control, and the CPU can settle the amount of the count charge according to the immediately preceding road parking time based on the traveling signal from the behavior sensor after the counting is started. Characterized in that the card is processed so that it is possible.

According to the present invention, the user does not have to insert coins into the coin meter as in the conventional case, and the national or local government does not manufacture equipment for this or install it on the side of the road for money. It is possible to settle street parking charges with a payable card. A user who never parks on the street does not need to purchase such an on-vehicle device and a card necessary for the on-vehicle device and mount the card on the vehicle. Further, even when the vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention is mounted, unless the card suitable for the vehicle-mounted device is inserted, even if the roadside parking display means is in the display state, the charge display means is not displayed and the charge is displayed. No payment is made and is considered illegal street parking.

As such a card capable of paying money, a prepaid card or an IC card which is issued based on a contract with a credit card company and which can store various contract information and history information regarding charges, etc. You can The vehicle-mounted device can also be configured so that at least one of the prepaid card and the IC card can be inserted and processed.

It is preferable that such a prepaid card for on-street parking fee settlement can be sold as a prepared prepaid card or by a prepaid card issuing machine at a convenience store, a gas station, or the like.

When an IC card is used for on-street parking fee payment, an IC card processing device is installed in a convenience store or a gas station and can be read by the IC card processing device for card payment or cash payment. It is suitable if it is.

Further, the IC card and the vehicle-mounted device are made common with the toll road automatic toll payment system, that is, ETC (Elect
ronic Toll Collection) card and a vehicle-mounted device for this purpose. In this embodiment, it is preferable that the ETC gate on the toll road settles the toll charge on the toll road, and at the same time, the on-street parking unsettlement charge is settled.

Furthermore, a roadside parking display, in which a prepaid card or an IC card (or ETC card) is inserted, display is started after a predetermined time based on a stop signal from a behavior sensor and display is stopped based on a traveling signal. By means of means and charging display means, for example, a display lamp such as a light emitting diode or an electronic display, the on-street parking supervisor immediately determines whether the on-street parking vehicle is illegally parked or not depending on whether or not the charging display means is displayed. You will be able to determine.

For example, as a roadside parking display means, for example,
If the billing display means is not displayed even though the parking time is displayed on the display, it can be confirmed that the parking is illegal. An on-street parking guard takes a picture of such an illegally parked vehicle, for example, with a digital camera with a date / time for each patrol, including a license plate, and submits it to the court as an evidence photograph. It would be preferable to be able to order the owner of the parked vehicle to pay a fine and a street parking fee corresponding to the parking time.

[0016] By adopting such a system, there is no need for costs associated with equipment for collecting tolls installed beside the road,
You can positively effectively use a generous public road as a parking space, and you can reliably collect the parking fee for parking on public roads, increasing the revenue of the national and local governments and using road parking guards It also leads to employment promotion as a measure against unemployment.

Further, the on-street parking guard does not need to collect coins as in the conventional parking meter,
There is no risk of robbing by robbery or coining by a collector due to coin collection, and it is only necessary to take a picture of the vehicle whose charging display means is not displayed.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

According to the on-street parking fee collection method of the present invention, the driver 2 who parks the vehicle 1 on the road and tries to finish the work
Before leaving the vehicle 1, insert a monetary card into the card slot means 5 of the vehicle-mounted device 4 equipped with the microcomputer mounted on the dashboard 3 of the vehicle 1. Appropriate parking lot other than on-street parking For example, when parking at a home parking space, parking lot with a gate, a road with a sign that can be parked, or when it is determined that it will take more than 5 minutes to get rid of when caught in a traffic jam , The power of the vehicle-mounted device 4 is turned off without inserting the card that allows payment with money.

[0020] As such a card capable of monetary settlement,
For example, prepaid cards sold at convenience stores, gas stations, etc. (for example, 10,000 yen / 30 hours), or issued based on a contract with a credit card company, and store various contract information and historical information about charges, etc. IC card that can

As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle-mounted device 4 has a behavior sensor 8 for detecting vehicle behavior built-in or externally connected, and a signal from the behavior sensor 8 is input to the CPU 10 of the microcomputer 9 of the vehicle-mounted device 4. To be done. This behavior sensor 8 is
For example, movement / movement of a vehicle such as an inertia change sensor and a speed sensor
Any sensor that can sense a stop can be used.

When the behavior sensor 8 detects a stop, the CP
U10 receives the stop signal from the behavior sensor 8,
After a lapse of a predetermined time from the time when a stop is detected, for example, when "5 minutes", which is allowed to park on the road under the current road traffic law, has elapsed, the road parking display means 11 is always displayed. It is preferable that the on-street parking display means is, for example, a time display display for displaying how long the vehicle is parked on the road. Based on the counting means 12, the CPU 10 controls, for example, the parking time counted after "5 minutes" has elapsed on this display.

When a card capable of paying money, for example, a prepaid card or an IC card is inserted, the CP
U10 displays the charging display means 7 together with the on-street parking display means 11 after a lapse of a predetermined time from the time when the vehicle stop is detected, for example, when "5 minutes", which is currently allowed on the road parking under the regulations, has elapsed. It is preferable that the billing display means 7 is, for example, a display lamp made of a red light emitting diode or the like and / or a charge display made of lightning or a liquid crystal of a road parking charge according to the parking time. When the charge display means 7 is a charge display, the CPU 10 causes the count means 12 to display, for example, the amount of road parking charge according to the parking time counted after the elapse of "5 minutes".

When the driver 2 finishes the work and restarts the driving and the behavior sensor 8 senses the running of the vehicle, the CPU 10 of the microcomputer 9 hides the billing display means 7 and the on-street parking display means 11. If the card that can be paid by money is a prepaid card, the CPU 10
The prepaid card is settled by adding a value obtained by subtracting the amount corresponding to the on-street parking charge corresponding to the parking time immediately before. As this processing, it is preferable to perform processing such as printing the history and the remaining amount on the card by the card slot means 5 in addition to the payment processing.

When the on-street parking charge exceeds the remaining amount of the prepaid card, the display of the charge display means 7 is hidden. Therefore, it is preferable to generate an alarm when the remaining amount is low, for example, when the remaining amount for one hour is turned off. When the display means 16 on the driver side, which will be described later, is a display means 16 using lightning or liquid crystal, when an alarm display or on-street parking is performed when the remaining amount is exceeded, the display means 16 displays a negative amount for the shortfall. It is preferable to write this history on the card as well.

When the card that can be paid by money is an IC card, the unsettled amount stored in the unsettled fee memory of the IC card 6 is read into the RAM 13, and the read-out unsettled amount is stored in the immediately preceding parking time. Accordingly, the count fee counted by the counting means 12 is added and stored in the unsettled fee memory of the IC card 6, and the history information of the immediately preceding street parking (date and time of the street parking, parking fee at that time, etc.) is obtained. A process of storing in a predetermined memory of the IC card 6 is performed. The control of these CPUs is performed based on a program stored in the ROM 14 of the microcomputer 9.

Although the power supply circuit is not shown in the block diagram of the vehicle-mounted device 4 shown in FIG. 2, the power supply circuit naturally exists,
For example, it is preferable that a rechargeable battery is used as a power source and the rechargeable battery is charged from the vehicle-mounted battery when the engine is operating.

The prepaid card is issued by, for example, a prepaid card issuing machine (card processing device) 15 shown in FIG. 1 (b) installed in a convenience store, a gas station, or the like, or a convenience store, a gas station, or the like. It can be sold as a premade card at. In the prepaid card issuing machine (card processing device) 15, the value increased by inserting cash into a sold prepaid card with a low remaining amount or a zero remaining amount or a negative shortage written. Is preferable.

When the card that can be paid by money is an IC card, the settlement of the street parking fee can be done at a convenience store, for example.
The IC card 6 is inserted into the card slot of the IC card processing device 15 (FIG. 1B) as a card processing device installed in a store or a gas station. The necessary predetermined information read by the IC card processing device 15 is transferred to a management server (not shown) of a credit card company that is connected to the IC card processing device 15 online to settle the unpaid roadside parking fee. Then, the unpaid charge memory of the IC card 6 is reset. It is preferable that the IC card processing device 15 be capable of cash payment as well as card payment.

Is the vehicle-mounted device 4 compatible with a prepaid card or IC
It may be either one of the card compatible types, or a type in which card slot means for both cards are individually provided or both cards can be processed by the same card slot means. .
Further, when the display means 16 provided on the side facing the driver side of the vehicle-mounted device 4 is a lightning or liquid crystal display means 16 as shown in FIG. It is preferable to display not only the display but also the remaining amount of the prepaid card or the unsettled charge of the IC card at the same time as the current parking time of the street parking.

The driver side display means 16 may be a display lamp such as a red light emitting diode or the like, and may be turned on when the card is not inserted or incompletely inserted. Furthermore, in this case, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is 1
When the time is up, it is preferable that this indicator lamp blinks to call the driver's attention.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the card which can be paid by money is explained as a prepaid card or an IC card, but the IC card 6 is also used as the ETC card of the toll road automatic fee payment system, and the unpaid fee of the IC card is used. Can be settled at the ETC gate. In this case, the vehicle-mounted device is provided with wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving with the roadside antenna of the ETC gate.
In the case of this embodiment, since the IC card and the on-vehicle device are common to the toll road automatic toll payment system, it is advantageous that the waste of individually mounting the on-vehicle device on the vehicle can be omitted.

Since the charging display means 11 is always automatically displayed in the vehicle 1 in which a card capable of paying money is inserted in the vehicle-mounted device and the vehicle is properly parked on the road, the on-street parking monitoring staff is required to display the charging display means. Whether or not the on-street parking vehicle is illegally parked can be immediately determined by whether or not 11 is displayed.

The on-street parking guard takes a plurality of times, including a license plate, a plurality of times with a digital camera with a date / time for a vehicle parked on the road where the billing display means is not displayed, and photographs are taken at the court of evidence. Submit as. This allows the court to order the owner of a vehicle parked illegally on the street to pay a fine and a street parking fee corresponding to the parking time.

[0035]

According to the method and apparatus for collecting on-street parking charge of the present invention, the conventional state or local government manufactures a coin meter for on-street parking and installs it separately on the side of the road for each parking space. In addition, the user can insert coins into such a coin meter or settle the parking fee on the street by card. According to the embodiment in which the IC card and the on-vehicle device are shared with the toll road automatic toll payment system, waste of equipment cost can be saved, which is advantageous.

Further, according to the on-street parking fee collection method and device of the present invention, in addition to the display on the on-road parking display means, if a card capable of payment is inserted in the vehicle-mounted device, it will always be automatically operated after the regulation approval time has elapsed. Since the billing display means is displayed, it is possible to immediately determine whether or not the on-street parking vehicle is illegally parked based on whether or not the billing display means is displayed. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is no room for fraud other than the modification of the vehicle-mounted device by the driver, and fraudulent self-reporting can be prevented.

The on-street parking guard takes a plurality of images of the on-street parking vehicle whose billing display means is not displayed with a digital camera with a date / time, including a license plate, and submits it to the court as an evidence photograph every time it makes a round trip. It becomes possible to order the owner of a vehicle parked illegally on the street to pay the fine and the street parking fee corresponding to the parking time.

As described above, according to the on-street parking fee collection method and device of the present invention, there is no need for the cost related to the toll collection facility installed on the side of the road, and it is possible to positively and effectively utilize a generous public road as a parking space. Moreover, the parking fee for parking on public roads can be collected without fail, and in addition to the increase in revenues of the national and local governments, the adoption of street parking supervisors can lead to employment promotion as a measure against unemployment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a road parking fee collection method of the present invention, (a) is an explanatory view showing a state immediately before a driver leaves a vehicle trying to park on the road, and (b) is a prepaid card as a card processing device. It is an explanatory view of an issuing machine or an IC card processing device for paying a parking fee on the road.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an internal circuit of a vehicle-mounted device in the on-street parking fee collection device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 vehicle 2 driver 3 dashboard 4 Onboard equipment 5 card slot means 6 IC card 7 Billing display means 8 Behavior sensor 9 Microcomputer 10 CPU 11 Street parking display means 12 counting means 13 RAM 14 ROM 15 Prepaid card issuing machine or IC card processing device 16 Driver side display means (display means)

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A road parking fee collection method for collecting a fee and permitting road parking on a public road, comprising a step of preparing a card capable of paying money into an in-vehicle device equipped with a microcomputer, and a ROM of the microcomputer. When the behavior sensor that senses the behavior of the vehicle detects that the vehicle is stopped based on the stored program, the CPU causes the roadside parking display means and the billing display means to be displayed a predetermined time after the stoppage is detected, and the parking time and And / or a counting step for starting the counting of the collection fee according to the parking time, and when the behavior sensor senses the traveling of the vehicle after the counting step is started, the display of the roadside parking display means and the charging display means is stopped, and The CPU allows the car to be settled for the count fee according to the time of the last parking on the road. A method of collecting on-street parking fees, comprising: a settlement step of processing a parking fee. 2. The prepaid card is a card that can be paid by money, and the CPU of the vehicle-mounted device performs a process of giving the prepaid card a value obtained by subtracting a count fee according to the immediately preceding roadside parking time. The method according to item 1. 3. An IC card which is issued by a credit company and is capable of storing various contract information and history information relating to charges, and the behavior sensor is installed on the vehicle after starting the counting step. When the driving is detected, the display of the on-street parking display means and the charging display means is stopped, and the CPU adds and stores the count fee according to the immediately preceding on-road parking time to the value of the unsettled fee memory of the IC card. In addition, a road parking history storing step of storing the immediately preceding road parking history information in the IC card, and an unsettled charge stored in an unsettled charge memory of the IC card by an IC card processing device installed at a predetermined location. Fee,
The reading step for reading the roadside parking history information and the contract information, and the necessary predetermined information read by the IC card processing device
Transfer to the server of the control center that is connected to the card processing device online, and settle the unpaid roadside parking fee with the credit card company included in the contract information,
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a payment step of resetting an unpaid charge memory of the IC card. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the IC card and the vehicle-mounted device are common to a toll road automatic toll payment system. 5. An on-street parking fee collecting device for collecting a fee to permit on-street parking on a public road, comprising: a card capable of paying money and an on-vehicle device equipped with a microcomputer into which the card is inserted. , A behavior sensor that senses the behavior of the vehicle, and CPU control based on a stop signal from the behavior sensor with the card inserted, display is started after a predetermined time has elapsed after the stop detection, and is displayed by CPU control based on a travel signal. Stopping the road, parking display means and billing display means, and with the card inserted, the CPU control based on the stop signal from the behavior sensor starts and counts the parking fee and / or a collection fee according to the parking time and travels. Counting means for stopping the counting under CPU control based on a signal, wherein the CPU is Based on after preparative started traveling signal from the behavior sensor, street parking fee collection apparatus characterized by processing the card to be able to perform the settlement of count rates amount corresponding to street parking time immediately before. 6. The prepaid card is a card that can be settled with money, and the CPU of the vehicle-mounted device performs a process of giving a value to the prepaid card by subtracting a count charge amount corresponding to the immediately preceding street parking time. The device according to claim 5. 7. The financial settlement card is an IC card that is issued based on a contract with a credit card company and is capable of storing various contract information and history information regarding charges, and the CPU is the count. After the start, based on the traveling signal from the behavior sensor, the count fee corresponding to the immediately preceding road parking time is added to the value of the unpaid charge memory of the IC card and stored, and the history information of the immediately preceding road parking is stored in the IC.
An IC card processing device to be stored in a predetermined memory of the card and installed at a predetermined location, and this IC
A management server of the credit card company connected online to the card processing device is provided, and necessary predetermined information read by the IC card processing device is not settled with the credit card company included in the contract information. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein payment is made for a minute and the unsettled charge memory of the IC card is reset. 8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the IC card and the vehicle-mounted device are common to a toll road automatic toll payment system. 9. The device according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle-mounted device is capable of inserting both a prepaid card and an IC card into individual or the same slot as a card capable of making a financial settlement.