JP2003256897A - Parking system and parking method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To settle a parking fee by changing the sum according to the payment sum at a store. <P>SOLUTION: This parking system is set up at the gate of the entrance/exit of a parking lot, and provided with an entrance check processing for executing radio communication with on-vehicle equipment 3 mounted on a vehicle 1 entering the parking lot, and for writing entrance time information in an ETC card 5 set at the on-vehicle equipment 3, radio communication equipment 7 for executing the settlement (charging check processing) of the parking fee based on the information of the ETC card 5 acquired from the on-vehicle equipment 3 of the vehicle 1 leaving the parking lot, and an ETC card writer 9 set up at a service center in a department store for writing key-inputted non- charging time zone information in the ETC card 5 carried by the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking system and a parking method applied to, for example, a parking lot for reducing or freeing a parking fee according to a purchase price of a product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The ETC system is a non-stop toll collection service at a gate such as a toll gate installed at the entrance of a toll road.

In the case of the ETC system, when a vehicle on which a user rides passes through a gate at an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate, an on-vehicle device into which an ETC card is inserted and a roadside device (wireless communication device) on the ETC system side Wirelessly communicates and collects fees. As a result, the user does not have to pay cash and the convenience can be improved.

[0004] In the conventional ETC system, when a vehicle passes through a gate at an exit toll gate, it is common to collect a fixed amount or a charge determined according to a traveling distance. Time is not taken into consideration.

By the way, since the ETC card used in this ETC system has a charge settlement function such as a credit card or a prepaid card, for example, charging at the entrance and exit of a parking lot, drive-through charging, etc. Various uses are considered.

[0006] For example, when the on-board device and ETC card of the above ETC system are used in a parking lot or the like, since the charge system of a general hourly parking lot changes the charge depending on the parking time, the on-board device and the ETC card. As a result, it is necessary that the processing form be suitable for this fee system.

[0007]

However, the vehicle-mounted device and the ETC card of the existing ETC system do not support the "charging system in which the charge changes according to the parking time" like the parking lot. , It cannot be applied to the parking lot as it is.

That is, it is necessary to change the system so that time is taken into consideration in the charge calculation. In addition, when the operator of the parking lot is a store such as a department store, the parking charge is changed according to the purchase price of the product. There are also services such as reductions or exemptions, and there has been a problem that such a change in fees cannot be handled by a system that performs processing only at the entrance / exit.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a parking system and a parking method capable of changing the parking fee according to the payment amount at a store and making payment. .

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the parking system of the present invention stores the entry time information in a card-shaped storage medium mounted on an on-vehicle device mounted in a vehicle entering the parking lot. An admission processing means for writing, a card writer for writing non-charge time zone information corresponding to the amount of payment at a store related to the parking lot to a card-shaped storage medium carried by a user who parks a vehicle in the parking lot, It is characterized in that it is provided with an exit charging means for paying the parking fee based on the information on the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle leaving the parking lot and the current exit time.

The parking system of the present invention performs entrance wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle entering a parking lot and writing entrance time information into a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the on-vehicle device. A card writer that writes non-charged time zone information according to the amount of payment at a store related to the parking lot to a card-shaped storage medium owned by a user who parks a vehicle in the parking lot, and exits from the parking lot Wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle, and the exit wireless communication means for paying the parking fee based on the information of the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the vehicle-mounted device and the current exit time. .

The parking system of the present invention is installed at an entrance of a parking lot, performs wireless communication with an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle entering the parking lot, and enters a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the on-vehicle device. An entrance wireless communication unit for writing time information and a card-shaped storage medium installed in a store and owned by a user who parks a vehicle in the parking lot are provided in accordance with a payment amount at a store related to the parking lot. A card writer that writes billing time zone information and wireless communication with an in-vehicle device of a vehicle that is installed at the exit of the parking lot and exits from the parking lot, and the information of the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the in-vehicle device When there is billing time zone information, it is characterized by comprising an exit wireless communication means for paying a parking fee based on the non-billing time zone information, the entry time information and the current exit time.

According to the parking method of the present invention, the entrance processing means writes the entry time information into the card-shaped storage medium mounted on the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the vehicle is parked in the parking lot. The card writer writes non-billing time zone information according to the payment amount at the store related to the parking lot to the card-shaped storage medium owned by the user, and the vehicle mounted on the vehicle leaving the parking lot. The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a step of paying a parking fee based on the information on the card-shaped storage medium acquired by the exit charging means from the container and the current exit time.

In the parking method of the present invention, the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle entering the parking lot and the entrance wireless communication means wirelessly communicate with each other, and the entry time information is written in the card-shaped storage medium mounted on the vehicle-mounted device. A step of: a card writer writing non-charging time zone information corresponding to a payment amount at a store related to the parking lot to a card-shaped storage medium carried by a user who parks a vehicle in the parking lot; The on-board device of the vehicle leaving the parking lot and the exit wireless communication device perform wireless communication, and the parking fee is settled based on the information of the card-shaped storage medium acquired by the exit wireless communication device from the on-board device and the current exit time. And a step of performing.

According to the parking method of the present invention, the entrance wireless communication means installed at the entrance of the parking lot wirelessly communicates with the on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the card-like device mounted on the on-vehicle device. The step of writing the entry time information in the storage medium, and the card writer installed in the store pays the card-shaped storage medium owned by the user who parks the vehicle in the parking lot at the store related to the parking lot. The step of writing the non-billing time zone information according to the amount, and the exit wireless communication device installed at the exit of the parking lot wirelessly communicates with the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle leaving the parking lot and acquired from the vehicle-mounted device. When non-billing time zone information is present in the data of the card-shaped storage medium, the method further comprises the step of paying a parking fee based on the non-billing time zone information, the entry time information, and the current exit time. It is characterized.

That is, according to the present invention, when entering the parking lot, the entry time information is written in the card-shaped storage medium of the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle, and the user pays at the store related to the parking lot. After that, when the card-shaped storage medium is handed over to the clerk, the non-billing time zone information corresponding to the payment amount is written in the card-shaped storage medium. When exiting from the parking lot, the parking fee is settled based on the information on the card-shaped storage medium and the current exit time, so the non-billing time zone information is written on the card-shaped storage medium. For example, the parking fee is settled in consideration of the non-billing time zone. As a result,
You will be able to change the parking fee according to the payment amount at the store and settle it.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a parking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This parking system, as shown in FIG.
Installed in Vehicle 1, Electronic Toll Collection syste
m (ETC system) on-vehicle device 3, ETC card 5 installed (set) on this on-vehicle device 3, and installed at the entrance / exit gate of a parking lot of a department store as an example of the on-vehicle device 3. A wireless communication device 7 that performs wireless communication, an ETC card writer 9 that is installed in a service center in a department store and writes information in the ETC card 5, and a computer 10 (hereinafter referred to as PC 10) connected to the ETC card writer 9 by a communication line. ) And have.

The wireless communication device 7 has substantially the same function as the roadside device installed at the tollgate of the ETC system (wireless communication part, C
It has a PU, a memory, etc.) and functions as an entrance wireless communication unit (entry processing unit) and an exit wireless communication unit (exit charging unit). The memory stores software that controls this device. This software has a function of measuring time, a function of controlling wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 3, and a payment processing function of calculating a parking charge from entry time, exit time, and non-charge time zone information and paying the parking charge. And have. Utility software (dedicated software) for writing non-billing time zone information of the ETC card 5 in the ETC card writer 9 is installed in the PC 10.

The vehicle-mounted device 3 is installed in the vehicle by a user who uses the ETC system. The ETC card 5 is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 3 for use.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle-mounted device 3 includes an antenna 14 that communicates with an antenna at the entrance of a toll road, a radio control unit 84 that controls the antenna, and a passenger in the vehicle. A display operation unit 90 including a display unit for displaying operation guidance, charges, etc. and a plurality of buttons
And an IC card processing unit 82 that reads / writes information of the ETC card 5 via the interface unit 78.
And a control unit 86 for controlling the entire vehicle-mounted device and a memory 80.
It consists of and.

The memory unit 80 stores, as factor information for identifying the vehicle type of the vehicle, for example, the vehicle length, vehicle color, number of axles, weight,
Vehicle license plate information (information unique to the vehicle) such as uses and characteristics, ID information of the vehicle-mounted device 3, and the like are registered.

When the ETC card 5 is mounted (set) on the vehicle-mounted device 3, the information inside the card is read into the vehicle-mounted device 3. This information is transmitted as vehicle-mounted device information together with vehicle information registered in the vehicle-mounted device 3 in advance during wireless communication. The vehicle-mounted device 3 normally performs wireless communication with a gate device (sometimes referred to as a roadside device) installed at the entrance of a toll gate on a toll road to settle a toll.

The ETC card writer 9 is the on-vehicle device 3 excluding the wireless communication function, that is, a display operation unit including a display unit and a plurality of buttons, and an IC card process for reading / writing information on the ETC card 5. It has a unit, a control unit that controls the entire apparatus, and a memory. The memory stores software that controls this device. This software is installed ETC card 5
And a function of writing the non-billing time zone information input from the PC 10 side into the ETC card 5.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ETC card 5 includes
A flash memory 97 capable of storing / reading information, an interface section 98 for exchanging data with the interface section 78 of the vehicle-mounted device 3, and a CPU 9 for controlling the interface section 98 and the flash memory 97.
9 and are provided.

The flash memory 97 includes, for example, ETC.
If the card 5 is a credit type, the bank account number of the user and billing information such as the expiration date of the contract are stored.

Further, in the flash memory 97, a message for prompting the user to select whether he / she wants automatic payment by a card or payment by cash or the like is presented to the user by wireless communication with the wireless communication device 7. Is stored as presentation information for.

If the ETC card 5 is a prepaid type, the flash memory 97 stores presentation information and the like for presenting to the user how much available money (card balance) is. . Even if the presentation information is changed, it does not affect the actual toll settlement process.

Further, the flash memory 97 has an E
An IC card number (card ID) for specifying the TC card 5 is stored in advance. This IC card number (card ID) is transmitted as a part of the card data to the entrance device when the vehicle 1 passes through the entrance gate, and the gate passing time and the gate that have been returned as a response to identify the gate. Gate number, vehicle type, non-charge time zone information,
Further, traffic history information such as the remaining amount of the card is stored in the flash memory 97 in association with the ID number.

When the ETC card 5 is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 3, the validity of the vehicle-mounted device 3 is confirmed only by exchanging signals with the control unit 86 via the IC card processing unit 82 of the vehicle-mounted device 3. The information stored in its own flash memory 97 is sent to the memory 80 on the vehicle-mounted device 3 side.

In the normal ETC system in which the user information is stored in the ETC card 5 in advance in this way, when passing through a gate installed at a toll gate of a toll road, an entrance device installed at the gate or A wireless communication device such as an exit device and the vehicle-mounted device 3 communicate with each other to collect charges appropriately.

On the other hand, in the parking system, an ETC card writer 9 is installed in a service center on the side of a store such as a department store so that a user who is a parking lot user can receive a receipt and an ETC card 5 when receiving a product. Mandatory presentation, the clerk sets the ETC card 5 handed by the user to the ETC card writer 9, and at the same time derives the free time of the parking fee according to the payment amount of the handed receipt, which is the non-charge time zone information By writing in the ETC card 5 as, it is possible to introduce a parking fee charging system using the non-charge time zone information.

The operation of this parking system will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the parking lot system taking a parking lot of a department store as an example.

In the case of the parking system of this embodiment, ET
When the user of the C system goes to the parking lot of the department store with the vehicle 1 he owns and passes through the entrance gate installed at the entrance of the parking lot, the entrance check process is performed by the wireless communication device 7 installed at the entrance gate. Is performed (S101).

In the entrance check process, the entrance gate entry time information (entry time information) of the vehicle 1 is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication device 7 and stored in the ETC card 5 through the vehicle-mounted device 3. When the vehicle-mounted device 3 replies that the entrance gate entry time information (entry time information) is stored in the ETC card 5, the wireless communication device 7 opens the entrance gate.

The user who parks the vehicle 1 in the parking lot purchases a product or makes some payment in the department store and receives a receipt (S102).

Then, the user who has made all payments goes to a service center in the department store (sometimes called a service counter, etc.) and submits the receipt of the purchased product and the ETC card he / she owns to the staff ( S103).

The staff member ETs the submitted ETC card 5.
Insert the card into the C card writer 9 and refer to the payment amount of the submitted receipt to determine how many hours the parking fee will be free, and the time when the parking fee becomes free (non-billing time zone information ) Is keyed in on the screen of the dedicated software that has been started in advance on the PC 10 connected to the ETC card writer 9 (S104).

Then, the dedicated software controls the ETC card writer 9 to send the information "free for * hours" to the ETC card writer 9.
Write on the card 5. In this case, * is the key input time.

When the writing of data to the ETC card 5 is completed, "OK" or the like is displayed on the display section of the PC 10 or the ETC card writer 9, so the clerk removes the ETC card 9 from the ETC card writer 9 and returns it to the user. (S105).

The user who received the return of the ETC card 5 and the receipt returns to his / her own vehicle in the parking lot, and the ETC card 5
Is inserted (set) into the vehicle-mounted device 3.

After that, when the user starts the vehicle and reaches the position of the exit gate of the parking lot, wireless communication is performed between the wireless communication device 7 installed at this exit gate and the vehicle-mounted device 3 of the vehicle 1. Then, the charging check process is performed. At this time, the exit gate is still closed.

In the charging check process, first, the vehicle-mounted device 3 reads data from the ETC card 5, the data is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 3 to the wireless communication device 7, and is received by the wireless communication device 7.

Then, the wireless communication device 7 receives E
It is determined whether or not the data of the TC card 5 includes the non-billing time zone information (S106).

As a result of this determination, if the data of the ETC card 5 has non-billing time zone information, that is, if the non-billing time zone information is stored in the ETC card 5 (S106).
Y), the wireless communication device 7 reads the non-billing time zone information and the entrance gate entry time information of the received ETC card data, and reads the entrance gate entry time information (entry time information) and the non-billing time zone information. The free time is calculated from the current time (exit time), and it is checked whether the current time is within the non-billing time zone (S107).

For example, when the entrance time to the entrance gate is 2:00,
If the non-billing time zone is 2 hours and the current time is 3:30, the non-billing time zone is from 2:00 to 4:00, so 3:30 of the current time is within the non-billing time zone. Is determined.

As a result of this check, if it is within the non-billing time period (Y of S107), the wireless communication device 7 opens the exit gate without charging the parking lot (S112) and confirms the passage of the vehicle. After that, the exit gate is closed, and the processing at the exit gate for this vehicle ends.

On the other hand, if it is outside the non-charge period (S107)
N), the wireless communication device 7 displays a message to the user as to whether the payment is made with an ETC card or cash on the display operation unit 90 of the vehicle-mounted device 3 by voice notification or wireless communication, and the payment is made to the user by ETC. Prompt whether to use a card or cash (S108).

Then, with this message, the user ET
When you operate the button to instruct payment by C card (S
(Y of 109), the wireless communication device 7 performs the parking fee charging process (S110), determines that the parking fee has been paid (Y of S111), opens the exit gate, and ends the process in the same manner as above.

Further, in the case of cash payment, when cash is handed from the user to the clerk, the clerk collects the parking fee by cash delivery and pushes the parking fee paid button of the fee processor at the exit gate. As a result, the wireless communication device 7 opens the exit gate.

In the determination processing of S106,
When the billing time zone information is not stored in the ETC card 5 (N in S106), the in-gate wireless communication device 7 sets S10.
After shifting to the process of No. 8, the normal parking fee charging process which does not consider the free time is executed, the exit gate is opened, and the process is terminated.

As described above, according to the parking system of this embodiment, in a store such as a department store where the parking charge is reduced or made free according to the purchase amount of a product, for example, a staff member receives a receipt from the user at a service center in the department store. By receiving the ETC card 5 and reading / writing the non-charged time zone information (free time information) from / to the ETC card 5 by the ETC card writer 9, a charge collection service considering the non-charged time zone at the exit gate of the parking lot Can be provided.

Further, by using the ETC card 5 having the charge settlement function, it is possible to reduce the labor such as cash payment when the user exits from the parking lot and improve the convenience for the user.

By using the ETC card 5 of the ETC system to settle the parking fee in the parking lot and promoting the sharing of services, the utility value of the ETC card 5 is increased, and it becomes an appeal point for non-users. We can expect the spread and expansion of ETC.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, an example of a department store and a parking lot managed by the department store has been described, but in addition to this, the present invention also relates to a relationship between a shopping street including a plurality of shops and a parking lot contracted with the shopping street. Applicable.

Further, in the above embodiment, the ETC card 5 of the ETC system and the ETC card 5 are used as the card-shaped storage medium.
The example of using the ETC card writer 9 as a card writer for writing the non-billing time zone information in the TC card 5 has been described. However, in addition to this, the present invention is an IC card or a magnetic card dedicated to a store such as a department store, respectively. The reader / writer of can also be used.

In the above embodiment, the PC 10 and the ETC card writer 9 are used to write the non-billing time zone information in the ETC card 5. However, in addition to this, the ETC card writer 9 has the software function of the PC 10 in advance. Thus, it is possible to perform the writing process by the ETC card writer 9 alone.

In the above embodiment, one wireless communication device 7 is used as an example of a parking lot where the entrance gate and the exit gate are at substantially the same position. However, in addition to this, the entrance gate and the exit gate are provided in different places. For a parking lot or the like, a wireless communication device may be arranged at each place such as an entrance wireless communication device at an entrance gate and an exit wireless communication device at an exit gate.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the service center is arranged in the store has been described, but there are cases where the service center is located outside the store or inside the parking lot, and the present invention is limited to the position of the service center. Not something.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which wireless communication is performed at the entrance / exit of the parking lot to settle the parking fee has been described, but the present invention can be realized without wireless communication. For example, an ETC card reader / writer is installed at the entrance / exit gate of the parking lot, and the user can ET at the entrance gate of the parking lot.
Eject the C card 5 from the vehicle-mounted device 3 and hand it to the attendant ETC
After writing the entry time information to the ETC card 4 by the card reader / writer, return the ETC card 4 to the user,
At the exit gate, the user may remove the ETC card 5 from the vehicle-mounted device 3 and hand it to the person in charge to charge the parking fee using the ETC card reader / writer.

The wireless communication device 7, PC in the above embodiment
The software of 10 and the ETC card writer 9 may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a flexible disk, or may be transmitted as software (program) alone.
In this case, the processing in each embodiment can be performed by the computer reading the software (program) stored in the storage medium or by downloading and installing the software from a site (server) on the LAN or the Internet.

That is, the software (program) in the present invention is not limited to the one stored in the storage medium independent of the computer, but includes the one distributed through a transmission medium such as LAN or Internet.

As the storage medium, in addition to the above flexible disk, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk (C
If the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium capable of storing a program, such as a D-ROM, a CD-R, a DVD), a magneto-optical disk (MO, etc.), a semiconductor memory, etc., the storage format is in any form. May be.

An OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program installed in the computer from the storage medium.
Alternatively, database management software, MW (middleware) such as network software, or the like may execute a part of each processing for realizing the present embodiment.

Furthermore, the storage medium is not limited to a medium independent of the computer, but includes a storage medium in which a program transmitted via a LAN or the Internet is downloaded and stored or temporarily stored. Further, the number of storage media is not limited to one, and a case in which the processing in this embodiment is executed from a plurality of media is also included in the recording medium in the present invention, and the media configuration may be any configuration.

The computer executes each processing in the present embodiment based on the program stored in the storage medium, and is a device such as a personal computer or a system in which a plurality of devices are network-connected. Any configuration such as

The computer is not limited to a personal computer, but also includes an arithmetic processing unit, a microcomputer, and the like included in information processing equipment, and is a generic term for equipment and devices that can realize the functions of the present invention by a program. .

[0068]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the user enters the parking lot, the entry time information is written in the card-shaped storage medium of the vehicle-mounted device mounted in the vehicle, so that the user can enter the parking lot. When the card-shaped storage medium is handed over to the clerk after payment has been made at a store related to, the non-billing time zone information corresponding to the payment amount is written in the card-shaped storage medium.
When exiting from the parking letter, the parking fee is settled based on the information on the card-shaped storage medium and the current exit time, so if the non-billing time zone information is written on the card-shaped storage medium. The parking fee is settled in consideration of the non-billing time zone. As a result, the parking fee can be changed and settled according to the payment amount at the store.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a parking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an on-vehicle device mounted in a vehicle in this parking system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an ETC card mounted on a vehicle-mounted device in this parking system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this parking system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Vehicle, 3 ... On-vehicle device, 5 ... ETC card, 7 ... In-gate wireless communication device, 9 ... ETC card writer, 10 ... Computer (PC).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An admission processing unit for writing admission time information to a card-shaped storage medium mounted on a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle entering a parking lot, and a card-shaped possession by a user who parks the vehicle in the parking lot. For the storage medium, a card writer that writes non-billing time zone information according to the payment amount at the store related to the parking lot, and information about the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle leaving the parking lot. A parking system, comprising: an exit charging means for paying a parking fee based on a current exit time. 2. An admission processing unit that wirelessly communicates with an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle entering a parking lot and writes admission time information in a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the on-vehicle device, and a vehicle at the parking lot. A card writer that writes non-billing time zone information according to the amount of payment at a store related to the parking lot to a card-shaped storage medium owned by the user who parks the vehicle, and an on-vehicle device of a vehicle leaving the parking lot. A parking system, comprising: an exit charging unit that performs wireless communication and pays a parking fee based on information about a card-shaped storage medium acquired from the vehicle-mounted device and the current exit time. 3. An entrance which is installed at an entrance of a parking lot, wirelessly communicates with an onboard device mounted in a vehicle entering the parking lot, and writes entrance time information in a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the onboard device. Wireless communication means and non-billing time zone information according to the payment amount at the store related to the parking lot is stored in a card-shaped storage medium carried by a user who parks the vehicle in the parking lot in the store. A card writer for writing and wireless communication with an onboard device of a vehicle that is installed at the exit of the parking lot and exits from the parking lot, and the non-billing time zone information is included in the information of the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the onboard device. A parking system, comprising an exit wireless communication means for paying a parking fee based on the non-billing time zone information, the entry time information, and the current exit time, if any. 4. A step of writing entrance time information by an entrance processing means into a card-shaped storage medium mounted on a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle entering a parking lot, and carried by a user who parks the vehicle in the parking lot. A step in which a card writer writes non-billing time zone information according to a payment amount at a store related to the parking lot to a card-shaped storage medium; and an exit charging means from the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle leaving the parking lot. And a step of making a payment for the parking fee based on the information on the card-shaped storage medium acquired by and the current exit time. 5. A step of writing admission time information into a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the vehicle-mounted device by performing wireless communication between the vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle entering the parking lot and the entrance processing means, and the parking lot. In the card-shaped storage medium possessed by the user who parked the vehicle in, the card writer writes non-charged time zone information according to the payment amount at the store related to the parking lot, and the step of leaving the parking lot The vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle and the exit charging means perform wireless communication, and a step of paying a parking fee based on the information of the card-shaped storage medium acquired by the exit charging device from the vehicle-mounted device and the current exit time. Parking method characterized by that. 6. An entrance wireless communication means installed at an entrance of a parking lot communicates wirelessly with an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle entering the parking lot, and the entry time is stored in a card-shaped storage medium mounted on the on-vehicle device. The step of writing information, the card writer installed in the store, to the card-shaped storage medium carried by the user who parked the vehicle in the parking lot,
Writing non-billing time zone information according to the amount of payment at a store related to the parking lot, an exit wireless communication device installed at the exit of the parking lot, and a vehicle-mounted device of a vehicle leaving the parking lot and wireless If the non-billing time zone information is present in the data of the card-shaped storage medium acquired from the vehicle-mounted device through communication, the parking fee is calculated based on the non-billing time zone information, the entrance time information, and the current exit time. And a step of performing payment.