JP2004342013A - Parking space information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide parking space information by preliminarily predicting that a vehicle leaves a parking space. <P>SOLUTION: When a vehicle 10a is parked in a parking lot, the vehicle 10a obtains the identification number of the parking lot from a parking position marker 12. A radio repeater 14 transmits information received from the vehicle 10a to a parking space information tower 16 and a parking space charge adjusting machine 18. As for the parking lot whose charge adjustment has been finished, the parking space charge adjusting machine 18 transmits a flag showing that the parking lot is to be opened soon to the parking space information tower 16. As for all the parking lots in the parking space, the parking space information tower 16 provides information concerning whether or not any vehicle is parked in the parking lot, whether or not the parking lot is to be opened soon, or whether or not the parking lot is already opened to the vehicle 10b which enters the parking lot. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a parking lot information providing system, and more particularly to a parking lot information providing system that provides information about a parking vacant area in a parking lot.
[0002]
[Prior art]
An electronic marker is placed on the floor of each parking area in the parking lot, an identification signal transmitted by the electronic marker is received by the receiving device, and a parking vacant area is detected and detected using the identification signal and its reception level. 2. Description of the Related Art A parking lot information providing system that provides information on a parking vacant area to a parking lot user is known. With this system, it is possible to specify a currently empty parking area and efficiently guide the vehicle to the specified parking area (see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-20892 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-11-213292 [Patent Document 3]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H8-1224084
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional parking lot information providing system, when the vehicle is parked in the parking area, the vehicle stops on the electronic marker, and as a result, the receiving device detects a decrease in the reception level of the received identification signal, It recognizes that the vehicle has been parked in the parking area corresponding to the identification signal. That is, since it is detected whether or not the vehicle actually exists in the parking area, it is not possible to obtain the parking lot information regarding the vacant parking area unless the vehicle actually moves from the parking area.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide parking lot information by predicting in advance that a vehicle will leave a parking area.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
(1) In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot information providing system according to the present invention is a parking lot information providing system for providing a user with parking information about a parking vacant area of a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas. A parking fee pre-payment device that collects a parking fee from the user and outputs fee settlement information relating to the settlement status of the parking fee before the user moves the vehicle out of each parking area after using the parking lot; And a parking lot information generation device that generates parking lot information on the parking vacant area based on the vacancy prediction using the information.
[0007]
According to the above configuration, the parking lot information generation device generates the parking lot information on the parking vacant area based on the vacancy prediction using the fee settlement information. Information can be provided. As a result, the parking lot information can be provided more quickly than in a conventional parking lot information providing system that detects that the vehicle actually leaves the parking area and generates the parking lot information.
[0008]
Preferably, the parking vacant area includes a scheduled parking vacant area in which a parking fee has been settled among a plurality of parked parking areas. Preferably, the parking lot information includes route guidance information for guiding a user to a route to the empty parking area. Preferably, the information display device further includes an information display device that displays the position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information.
[0009]
Preferably, the vehicle further includes a vehicle-mounted device for instructing a user on the position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information. Preferably, the vehicle further includes a vehicle-mounted device that guides a user to a route to the empty parking area by displaying a map in the parking lot based on the parking lot information. Preferably, the apparatus further includes an entrance gate device for instructing a user on the position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information.
[0010]
(2) In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot information providing method according to the present invention provides a parking lot information providing method for providing a user with parking lot information regarding a parking vacant area of a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas. Wherein the parking fee pre-payment device collects the parking fee from the user and outputs the fee payment information relating to the parking fee payment status, and the parking lot information generation device, based on the fee payment information, And generating parking information relating to a scheduled parking vacant area in which the parking fee has been settled in advance among a plurality of parked parking areas.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a parking lot information providing system. The parking lot information providing system of FIG. 1 provides parking lot information to a parking lot user regarding a parking area where a vehicle is not currently parked in a parking lot and a parking area that is expected to be vacant immediately. . The operation of providing parking lot information is classified into each operation of providing parking lot information at the time of parking lot use registration, at the time of parking fee settlement, at the time of parking lot opening, and at the time of entry. Therefore, the operation of providing parking lot information by the parking lot information providing system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, portions described in FIG. 1 will be described with reference numerals in FIG.
[0013]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation at the time of parking lot use registration. The operation at the time of parking lot use registration will be described for each step number shown in FIG.
[0014]
(S201) When the vehicle 10a is parked in a parking lot (a parking area for one vehicle), the vehicle 10a acquires the identification number of the parking lot from the parking position marker 12 arranged in the parking lot. The parking position markers 12 are provided corresponding to all the parking lots in the parking lot, and output respective individual identification numbers as wireless signals. The vehicle 10a has a vehicle-mounted device, which receives a wireless signal output from the parking position marker. The vehicle-mounted device may be, for example, a device incorporated in a car navigation, a car audio, an ETC terminal, or the like.
[0015]
(S202) The vehicle 10a transmits the own vehicle ID, the traveling stop information of the vehicle, and the identification number of the parking lot obtained from the parking position marker to the nearby wireless repeater 14 via the vehicle-mounted device. The company vehicle ID is, for example, a vehicle registration number (a license plate number). The traveling stop information of the vehicle is information for notifying that the vehicle has stopped at the parking lot.
[0016]
(S203) The wireless repeater 14 transmits the information received from the vehicle 10a to the parking lot information tower 16 and the parking lot fee adjusting machine 18 by wire or wireless communication.
[0017]
The parking lot use registration shown in S201 to S203 is executed for each of all vehicles using the parking lot. That is, for all the vehicles parked in the parking lot, the own vehicle ID of each vehicle and the identification number of the parking lot in which each vehicle is parked are transmitted to the parking lot information tower 16 and the parking lot fee adjusting machine 18. Is done.
[0018]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation at the time of parking fee settlement. The operation at the time of parking fee settlement will be described for each step number shown in FIG.
[0019]
(S301) The parking lot payment machine 18 determines whether or not a parking lot user passing nearby has a terminal having a fee payment function. The terminal is, for example, a mobile phone. If the user has a terminal, the process proceeds to S302. If the user does not have a terminal, the process proceeds to S303.
[0020]
(S302) The parking lot user setstle the parking lot by the electronic payment system of the parking lot usage fee registered in advance through the terminal.
[0021]
(S303) The parking lot user inputs his / her vehicle ID into the parking lot fee adjusting machine 18, and the parking lot fee adjusting machine 18 displays the parking fee and the like based on the inputted own vehicle ID. The parking lot user pays the parking fee according to the displayed contents. In addition, a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone may be used for registration of the own vehicle ID by the parking lot user.
[0022]
(S304) The parking lot fee settlement machine 18 transmits to the parking lot information tower 16 a flag indicating that the parking lot has been settled in S302 or S303 and the parking lot will be opened soon.
[0023]
The parking fee settlement shown in S301 to S304 is executed for each of all vehicles for which the parking fee is settled.
[0024]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when the parking lot is opened. The operation at the time of opening the parking lot will be described for each step number shown in FIG.
[0025]
(S401) When leaving the parking lot, the vehicle 10a transmits the identification number of the parking lot obtained from the parking position marker 12 to the nearby wireless repeater 14 via the vehicle-mounted device. When the vehicle 10a leaves the parking lot, communication between the parking position marker 12 and the vehicle-mounted device is cut off. Therefore, the vehicle-mounted device detects that the vehicle has started traveling and has left the parking lot based on the communication state with the parking position marker 12 and the traveling stop information of the vehicle, and transmits the identification number of the parking lot.
[0026]
(S402) The wireless repeater 14 transmits the information received from the vehicle 10a to the parking lot information tower 16 by wire or wireless communication.
[0027]
The parking lot opening shown in S401 and S402 is executed for each of all vehicles leaving the parking lot.
[0028]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the parking information providing operation at the time of entry. The parking lot information providing operation at the time of entry will be described for each step number shown in FIG.
[0029]
(S501) The vehicle 10b entering the parking lot acquires information on the parking lot in the parking lot from the parking lot information tower 16. As described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, the parking status of each vehicle in the parking lot, the parking fee settlement status, and the parking lot opening status are transmitted to the parking lot information tower 16. That is, the parking lot information tower 16 provides, for all the parking lots in the parking lot, information on whether the vehicle is parked in the parking lot, whether the parking lot will be opened soon, or whether the parking lot has already been opened. Has been acquired. The in-vehicle device of the vehicle 10b acquires the information about the parking lot output from the parking lot information tower 16 and the map information in the parking lot.
[0030]
(S502) Based on the information acquired from the parking lot information tower 16, the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle 10b displays a map in the parking lot and the position of the empty parking lot on a display, and provides the user with route guidance to the empty parking lot. I do. In this case, it is desirable that the vehicle-mounted device is mounted on a car navigation system. That is, the route guidance to the empty parking lot is executed using the route guidance function by the car navigation. Here, the empty parking lot is a parking lot that will be opened soon and a parking lot that has already been opened.
[0031]
In car navigation that uses a GPS satellite to confirm the position of the vehicle, there may be cases where the position of the vehicle cannot be confirmed by the GPS satellite in a multilevel parking lot or the like. For this reason, a plurality of wireless repeaters 14 installed in the parking lot output position information, and based on this position information, for example, even if car navigation uses the principle of multipoint surveying to confirm the position of the vehicle, Good. Alternatively, the position confirmation marker 20 may be arranged in a passage in the parking lot, and the own vehicle position may be confirmed based on the position information output by the plurality of position confirmation markers 20. As described above, the user of the vehicle 10b entering the parking lot acquires information on the empty parking lot using the car navigation.
[0032]
Note that, instead of the car navigation, the information display device 22 installed in the parking lot may display information on empty parking lots. For example, the positions of a parking lot in which a vehicle is parked, a parking lot to be opened soon, and a parking lot that is already opened may be displayed on a map display in a parking lot. When the parking lot information tower 16 is provided at the entrance of the parking lot and functions as an entrance gate device, information about empty parking lots may be displayed on the display unit of the parking lot information tower 16 itself.
[0033]
The parking lot information providing operation shown in S501 and S502 is executed for each of all vehicles entering the parking lot.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide parking lot information by predicting in advance that a vehicle will leave a parking area.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a parking lot information providing system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation at the time of parking lot use registration.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation at the time of parking fee settlement.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation at the time of opening a parking lot.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a parking lot information providing operation at the time of entry.
[Explanation of symbols]
12 parking position marker, 14 wireless repeater, 16 parking information tower, 18
Parking fee payment machine, 20 position confirmation marker, 22 information display device.

Claims (8)

A parking lot information providing system for providing a user with parking information about a parking vacant area of a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas,
Before the user moves the vehicle from each parking area after using the parking lot, a parking fee is collected from the user, and a parking fee pre-payment settlement device that outputs fee settlement information regarding the settlement status of the parking fee,
A parking lot information generation device that generates parking lot information about the parking vacant area based on the vacancy prediction using the fee settlement information;
A parking lot information providing system comprising: The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
The parking vacant area includes a planned parking vacant area where a parking fee has been settled among a plurality of parked parking areas,
A parking lot information providing system. The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
The parking lot information includes route guidance information for guiding a user to a route to the empty parking area,
A parking lot information providing system. The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
A parking lot information providing system, further comprising an information display device that displays a position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information. The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
A parking lot information providing system, further comprising an in-vehicle device for instructing a user on the position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information. The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
A parking lot information providing system, further comprising an in-vehicle device that guides a user to a route to the empty parking area by displaying a map in the parking lot based on the parking lot information. The parking lot information providing system according to claim 1,
A parking lot information providing system, further comprising an entrance gate device for teaching a user of the position of the empty parking area based on the parking lot information. A parking lot information providing method for providing a user with parking lot information regarding a parking vacant area of a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas,
A step in which the parking fee pre-payment device collects the parking fee from the user and outputs fee payment information relating to the parking fee payment status;
A step of generating, based on the fare settlement information, the parking lot information generating device, parking lot information regarding a planned parking vacant area in which a parking fee has been pre-paid among a plurality of parked parking areas;
A parking lot information providing method, comprising:

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