JP2005141429A - Parking lot managing device and location managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately inform a user of a parking lot about crime prevention information of a vehicle in the parking lot, and to detect the location of the vehicle such as a bicycle or automobile with a simple configuration, and to enable the user to easily confirm the location of the vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: This device is configured so that a radio tag reader 80 reads a crime prevention registration ID by using an antenna 70a from a bicycle parking lot use card 30 (radio tag 20b) carried by a user, and reads the crime prevention registration ID by using an antenna 70b from a bicycle 40 (radio tag 20a). A PC 15 compares the crime prevention registration ID "card" read by the radio tag reader 80 with the crime prevention registration ID "bicycle", and when they are not matched, decides that the illegal use of the bicycle 40 is generated. When receiving an illegal use detection message from the PC 15, a bicycle parking lot managing server 50 transmits an electronic mail showing that the illegal use of the bicycle 40 is generated to a portable telephone set 110 carried by the legal user of the bicycle 40 whose illegal use is generated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing a parking lot and a technique for detecting the position of a vehicle such as a bicycle or a car.

  To prevent theft of bicycles parked at bicycle parking lots, the bicycle management system installed at the entrance / exit of the bicycle parking lot reads the bicycle ID from the ID chip attached to the bicycle, and the user carries the bicycle A bicycle parking lot that opens and closes the door and permits access to the bicycle parking lot only when the user ID is read from the card and the combination of the read bicycle ID and user ID is the correct combination registered in advance. There is a management system (see Patent Document 1).

  Moreover, in this patent document 1, when a user comes to pick up a bicycle parked in a bicycle parking lot, the user ID is read from a user card carried by the user in the above-described access control device, It is described that the user is informed of the bicycle parking position by turning on a lamp attached to the user's bicycle.

  In addition, the parking position of the car (vehicle) in the parking lot is detected using a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver and registered in the management center, and an inquiry is made to the management center from the information terminal device as necessary. There is a vehicle position search system in which the parking position of the vehicle in the parking lot can be confirmed (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-005869 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-085696

  According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to prevent a bicycle from being stolen in a bicycle parking lot. However, there has been a request from a bicycle parking lot user to immediately inform them of any crimes such as theft of their bicycles parked at the bicycle parking lot.

  Moreover, with the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to notify the user of the bicycle parking position only at the bicycle parking lot. Also, if a large number of users come to pick up their bicycles at the same time, the lights will turn on at the same time around the bicycle parking lot, making it difficult to know which of the bicycle parking positions is indicated. End up. Furthermore, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, since the parking position of the vehicle is detected using GPS, the parking position cannot be detected in a parking lot underground or indoor. In addition to the high cost required for detecting the parking position, the user himself / herself or the parking lot manager must perform the parking position detection work and the parking position registration work to the management center. Operation is complicated and not convenient.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation demonstrated above, The objective is to enable it to notify the crime prevention information of the vehicle in a parking lot appropriately with respect to the user of a parking lot. Another object of the present invention is to detect the position of a vehicle such as a bicycle or a car with a simple configuration so that the user can easily confirm the position of the vehicle.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention notifies each vehicle identification information for identifying each vehicle using a parking lot of the vehicle to which the vehicle identification information is assigned. Storage means for storing the communication address of
First reading means for reading the vehicle identification information from a vehicle about to pass through a gate installed in a parking lot;
Second reading means for reading user identification information for identifying the user from a recording medium or a portable terminal carried by the user who is going to pass through the gate together with the vehicle;
Determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle based on a reading result by the first reading means and a reading result by the second reading means;
When the determination means determines that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user, the communication address corresponding to the vehicle identification information read by the first reading means is read from the storage means, There is provided a parking lot management device comprising: transmission means for transmitting information indicating that unauthorized use of a vehicle has occurred to a communication address.

  According to the present invention, the parking lot management apparatus allows a vehicle that is about to pass through the gate installed in the parking lot based on the reading result by the first reading unit and the reading result by the second reading unit. It is determined whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user, and if it is determined that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user, it corresponds to the vehicle identification information read by the first reading means The communication address is read from the storage means, and information indicating that unauthorized use of the vehicle has occurred is transmitted to the communication address.

Moreover, this invention memorize | stores the communication address for notifying information to the authorized user of the vehicle to which the said vehicle identification information was assigned for every vehicle identification information for identifying each vehicle which uses a parking lot. Storage means;
First reading means for reading the vehicle identification information from a vehicle about to pass through a gate installed in a parking lot;
Second reading means for reading user identification information for identifying the user from a recording medium or a portable terminal carried by the user who is going to pass through the gate together with the vehicle;
Determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle based on a reading result by the first reading means and a reading result by the second reading means;
Measuring means for measuring the frequency at which the determination means obtains a determination result that the vehicle is not used by a legitimate user;
When the frequency measured by the measuring means exceeds a predetermined threshold value, information for urging attention to vehicle crime prevention in a parking lot is delivered to each communication address stored in the storage means. There is provided a parking lot management device comprising a distribution means.

  According to the present invention, the parking lot management device tries to pass through the gate installed in the parking lot based on the reading result by the first reading unit and the reading result by the second reading unit. And determining whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle, measuring the frequency of obtaining a determination result that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user, When a predetermined threshold value is exceeded, information prompting attention to vehicle crime prevention in the parking lot is delivered to each communication address stored in the storage means.

The present invention also includes a plurality of reading means that are installed at different positions and read a vehicle ID from a vehicle near the installation position;
Specifying means for specifying the position of the vehicle from which the vehicle ID is read by any one of the reading means based on the installation position of the reading means;
Storage means for storing position information indicating the position specified by the specifying means in association with the vehicle ID read when the position is specified;
Receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the communication device;
There is provided a position management device comprising: transmission means for reading out position information stored in association with a vehicle ID specified by information received by the receiving means from the storage means and transmitting the information to the communication device.

  According to the present invention, the position management device identifies the position of the vehicle from which the vehicle ID is read by any one reading means based on the installation position of the reading means, and the vehicle read when the position is specified. While storing in the storage means in association with the ID, the position information stored in association with the vehicle ID specified by the information received from the communication apparatus is read from the storage means and transmitted to the communication apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the crime prevention information of the vehicle in a parking lot can be appropriately notified now to the parking lot user. Further, the position of the vehicle can be detected with a simple configuration, and the user can easily confirm the position of the vehicle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the common part in each figure.
[A-1. Configuration of First Embodiment]

<1. Wireless tag and bicycle parking card>
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the wireless tag 20a and the bicycle parking lot utilization card 30 used in the first embodiment. For example, a user who wishes to use a bicycle parking lot goes to the bicycle parking management office 10 and signs a bicycle parking lot usage contract, and receives the wireless tag 20a and the bicycle parking lot usage card 30 from the bicycle parking lot manager.

  The wireless tag 20a has, for example, a flat plate shape of 12 mm long × 45 mm wide × 1.5 mm thick, and includes an antenna, a CPU, and a semiconductor memory. In the wireless tag 20a, an electromotive force is generated by electromagnetic induction when an internal antenna receives radio waves in a predetermined frequency band, and the CPU and the like are driven. The semiconductor memory in the wireless tag 20a stores a crime prevention registration ID for uniquely identifying the user's bicycle 40, and the wireless tag 20a can wirelessly transmit the crime prevention registration ID.

  The back surface of the flat wireless tag 20 a is a seal so that the wireless tag 20 a can be attached to the body of the bicycle 40. The user attaches the wireless tag 20a received from the manager of the bicycle parking lot to the chain cover of his / her bicycle 40 as shown in FIG. Of course, the attachment position of the wireless tag 20a is not limited to the chain cover, and can be attached to any position of the bicycle 40 body such as a mudguard and a handlebar.

  A wireless tag 20b is affixed to the bicycle parking lot use card 30, and a security registration ID identical to the security registration ID stored in the wireless tag 20a affixed to the bicycle 40 is stored in the wireless tag 20b. Has been.

  A PC (personal computer) 15 installed in the bicycle parking lot management office 10 can perform packet communication with the bicycle parking lot management server 50 via the Internet, for example. The PC 15 has a crime prevention registration ID stored in the wireless tag 20a and the bicycle parking lot use card 30 given to the user, an e-mail address of the mobile phone possessed by the user, and the name of the user, which is applied by the user. Information such as age and address is transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 50.

  In this specification, an identification number uniquely issued by the bicycle parking lot operator is used as the crime prevention registration ID, but the crime prevention registration ID is registered with the police when the crime prevention registration of the bicycle 40 is performed. An identification number may be used.

<2. Overall configuration of communication system>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the communication system 1 according to the first embodiment. In the figure, the gate 65 installed near the entrance of the bicycle parking lot 60 is attached to the bicycle 40 and the antenna 70a for reading the crime prevention registration ID from the wireless tag 20b attached to the bicycle parking card 30. An antenna 70b for reading the crime prevention registration ID from the wireless tag 20a is provided. The antennas 70 a and 70 b are connected to a wireless tag reader 80 installed in the bicycle parking lot management office 10.

  The wireless tag reader 80 reads the crime prevention registration ID from the bicycle parking card 30 (wireless tag 20b) carried by the user using the antenna 70a at the gate 65, while using the antenna 70b from the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a). And read the crime prevention registration ID. The wireless tag reader 80 transmits the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle parking lot use card 30 and the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle 40 to the PC 15.

  In the following description, in the first embodiment, the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle parking lot use card 30 and the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle 40 can be clearly distinguished from the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle parking lot use card 30. The registration ID is described as “crime prevention registration ID [card]”, and the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle 40 is described as “crime prevention registration ID [bicycle]”.

  The PC 15 compares the crime prevention registration ID [card] received from the wireless tag reader 80 with the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle], and determines that illegal use of the bicycle 40 has occurred if they do not match. In this case, the PC 15 transmits an unauthorized use detection message indicating that unauthorized use of the bicycle 40 has occurred to the bicycle parking lot management server 50 via the Internet 90. This unauthorized use detection message includes a crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] that does not match the crime prevention registration ID [card] as a result of comparison.

  The bicycle parking management server 50 manages information related to users of the bicycle parking lot 60 for each crime prevention registration ID. When the bicycle parking management server 50 receives an unauthorized use detection message from the PC 15, to the legitimate user of the bicycle 40 in which unauthorized use has occurred according to the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] included in the unauthorized use detection message. An e-mail address for notifying information is specified, and an e-mail indicating that unauthorized use of the bicycle 40 has occurred is transmitted to the e-mail address.

  The mobile phone 110 is a mobile terminal owned by a user of the bicycle parking lot 60, and is installed with software for e-mail.

<3. Bicycle parking management server configuration>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the bicycle parking lot management server 50. In the figure, a CPU 51 controls each part of the bicycle parking management server 50 by executing various programs stored in a ROM 52 and a hard disk (not shown). In addition, the ROM 52 stores a program for performing basic control of each part of the bicycle parking lot management server 50. The RAM 53 is used as a work area for the CPU 51. Further, the communication interface 54 controls communication performed with the PC 15 and the mobile phone 110 under the control of the CPU 51.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the customer management DB (Data Base) 55 is configured with a crime prevention registration ID, name, age, sex, occupation, address, and e-mail address for each user who has signed a bicycle parking lot 60 use contract. User information to be registered. In addition, in the item of “mail address” in the user information, the mail address of the mobile phone 110 possessed by the user is registered. However, in the item of “mail address”, the mail address of a personal computer at the user's home or the mail address of a computer used by the user at the company may be registered.

[A-2. Operation of First Embodiment]
First, when the wireless tag 20a and the bicycle parking lot use card 30 are handed over to a user who has signed a use contract for the bicycle parking lot 60, the user attaches the wireless tag 20a to his / her bicycle 40. In addition, the manager of the bicycle parking lot 60 operates the PC 15 to apply for the wireless tag 20a handed over to the user and the crime prevention registration ID stored in the bicycle parking lot use card 30 (wireless tag 20b) and the user. User information (name, age, sex, occupation, address, mail address) is transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 50. When receiving the crime prevention registration ID and the user information from the PC 15, the bicycle parking lot management server 50 additionally registers the received information in the customer management DB 55.

  The crime prevention registration ID and user information may be configured such that a user of the bicycle parking lot 60 registers the bicycle parking lot management server 50 by operating the mobile phone 110. However, in this case, in order to allow the user to understand the crime prevention registration ID and the communication address of the bicycle parking management server 50, for example, the crime prevention registration ID and the bicycle parking management server 50 are included in the bicycle parking lot use card 30 and the bicycle parking lot 60 use contract. It is necessary to print the communication address.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence chart illustrating a process of notifying the user of crime prevention information related to the bicycle 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 60. In the following operation example, a case where the user takes out the bicycle 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 60 from the bicycle parking lot 60 will be described.

  As shown in the figure, the wireless tag reader 80 reads the crime prevention registration ID using the antenna 70b from the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) exiting from the bicycle parking lot 60 at the gate 65 installed near the entrance / exit in the bicycle parking lot 60. On the other hand, the crime prevention registration ID is read using the antenna 70a from the bicycle parking lot use card 30 (wireless tag 20b) carried by the user who leaves the bicycle parking lot 60 together with the bicycle 40 (step S101).

  Wireless communication between the wireless tag 20a and the wireless tag 20b is performed so that wireless communication with the wireless tag 20a attached to the bicycle 40 and wireless communication with the wireless tag 20b attached to the bicycle parking lot use card 30 do not interfere with each other. Different frequency bands may be used.

  The wireless tag reader 80 transmits the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] read from the bicycle 40 and the crime prevention registration ID [card] read from the bicycle parking lot use card 30 to the PC 15 (steps S102 and S103). However, if only the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] can be read by the wireless tag reader 80, the crime prevention registration ID [card] is not transmitted in step S103.

  The PC 15 compares the security registration ID [bicycle] received from the wireless tag reader 80 with the security registration ID [card] (step S104), and determines whether or not they match (step S105). Here, when a legitimate user of the bicycle 40 goes out of the bicycle parking lot 60 together with his / her bicycle 40, the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] read from the bicycle 40 and the crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle parking lot use card 30 are obtained. [Card] should match. Conversely, if the bicycle 40 is illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60 due to theft or the like, the read crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] is different from the crime prevention registration ID [card], or the bicycle 40 is illegally taken out. Since the person does not carry the bicycle parking lot use card 30, only the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] should be read by the wireless tag reader 80.

  Therefore, when the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] and the crime prevention registration ID [card] match (step S105: YES), the PC 15 determines that the bicycle 40 is about to be taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60 by a legitimate user. Then, the process shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] does not match the crime prevention registration ID [card] (step S105: NO), the PC 15 determines that the bicycle 40 is about to be illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60, An unauthorized use detection message including a crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] that does not match the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] is generated and transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 50 (step S106).

  The case where the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] and the crime prevention registration ID [card] do not match includes a case where only the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] is read by the wireless tag reader 80.

  By the way, when the wireless tag reader 80 can read the crime prevention registration ID [card] but the crime prevention registration ID [card] does not match the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle], for example, the user of the bicycle parking lot 60 has his bicycle. 40, the case where there is no malicious intent, such as a case where another person's bicycle 40 is mistakenly taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60, is included. In addition, when the wireless tag reader 80 can read only the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle], for example, the person who is trying to take out the bicycle 40 from the bicycle parking lot 60 is an authorized user of the bicycle 40. This includes the case of forgetting to carry the bicycle parking lot use card 30.

  Therefore, before transmitting the unauthorized use detection message to the bicycle parking management server 50 in step S106, the PC 15 turns on a warning lamp installed near the entrance of the bicycle parking lot 60 or sounds a warning buzzer, for example. Thus, a person who is trying to take out the bicycle 40 from the bicycle parking lot 60 may be warned that the bicycle 40 is illegally taken out, and the manager of the bicycle parking lot 60 may perform the confirmation work. Of course, a display device may be installed in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the bicycle parking lot 60, and a message for warning that it is illegal to take out may be displayed on the display device.

  When receiving the unauthorized use detection message from the PC 15, the bicycle parking lot management server 50 reads the mail address corresponding to the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] included in the unauthorized use detection message from the customer management DB 55 (step S107). Then, the bicycle parking lot management server 50 transmits an email indicating that the bicycle 40 is illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60 to the read mail address (step S108). This e-mail is transmitted via the mobile packet communication network 100 to the mobile phone 110 possessed by a legitimate user of the bicycle 40. When receiving the e-mail, the cellular phone 110 displays the e-mail on the liquid crystal screen as shown in FIG. 6, for example (step S109).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the bicycle 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 60 is illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60, the owner of the bicycle 40 is illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60. It is possible to promptly notify a legitimate user of the bicycle 40 that is about to be taken out without permission. Therefore, when a legitimate user of the bicycle 40 receives such a notification, he or she can immediately take measures such as making an inquiry to the bicycle parking lot management office 10 or reporting theft to the police. In addition, the user who has received such notification can strengthen security measures for the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 60, such as increasing the number of keys attached to the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 60.

[B. Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In addition, in this embodiment, the same code | symbol shall be used for the part which is common in 1st Embodiment. Further, description of portions common to the first embodiment is omitted. Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment, although it is necessary to affix the wireless tag 20a to the bicycle 40 similarly to 1st Embodiment, since the bicycle parking lot utilization card | curd 30 is not necessarily required, the description is abbreviate | omitted.
[B-1. Configuration of Second Embodiment]

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the communication system 2 according to the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, the bicycle parking area in the bicycle parking lot 61 is divided into sections 1 to 4. Further, in each of the sections 1 to 4, antennas 70c, 70d, 70e, and 70f for reading the crime prevention registration ID from the wireless tag 20a attached to the bicycle 40 parked in the section are laid. Each of the antennas 70c to 70f is connected to a wireless tag reader 81 installed in the bicycle parking lot management office 10.

  Instead of laying the antennas 70c to 70f, a pole-shaped antenna may be installed for each section 1 to 4, or a gate for allowing the bicycle 40 to enter and exit the section for each section 1 to 4. And an antenna may be installed at each gate.

  The wireless tag reader 81 reads the crime prevention registration ID from each bicycle 40 (each wireless tag 20a) parked in the sections 1 to 4 using the antennas 70c to 70f. The wireless tag reader 81 can read the crime prevention registration ID from, for example, the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) located within 1.5 meters from the laying position of each antenna 70c to 70f.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the wireless tag reader 81 has a section information table 81a indicating correspondence between each antenna 70c to 70f and a section in which each antenna 70c to 70f is installed. The crime prevention registration ID read from 40 and the section information indicating the installation position of the antenna 70 that has read the crime prevention registration ID are transmitted to the PC 15. The PC 15 transmits the crime prevention registration ID and the section information received from the wireless tag reader 81 to the bicycle parking lot management server 56 via the Internet 90.

  The bicycle parking management server 56 is a server that manages the bicycle parking position (section information) of each bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking 61 for each crime prevention registration ID. The bicycle parking management server 56 can perform packet communication with the mobile phone 111 via the mobile packet communication network 100, and in response to an inquiry from the mobile phone 111, determines the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 that has been inquired. The information shown is returned to the mobile phone 111.

  This bicycle parking management server 56 has the same hardware configuration (see FIG. 3) as the bicycle parking management server 50 described in the first embodiment, and differs from the customer management DB 55 (see FIG. 4). It has a customer management DB 57 (see FIG. 9). The customer management DB 57 shown in FIG. 9 includes an item “parking position” in addition to the items (security registration ID and user information) of the customer management DB 55 described in the first embodiment. In the item “parking position”, section information indicating the parking position of the bicycle 40 in the parking area 61 is stored. The bicycle parking lot management server 56 sequentially updates the item data of “bicycle parking position” in the customer management DB 57 in accordance with the crime prevention registration ID and section information received from the PC 15. When the bicycle 40 is not parked at the parking lot 61, “non-parking” is stored as the item data of the corresponding “parking position”.

The mobile phone 111 is a mobile terminal possessed by a user of the bicycle parking lot 61, and in addition to software for e-mail, software for a WWW (World Wide Web) browser is installed.
[B-2. Operation of Second Embodiment]

  First, when the wireless tag 20a is delivered from the administrator of the bicycle parking lot 61 to the user who has signed the usage contract for the bicycle parking lot 61, the user attaches the wireless tag 20a to his / her bicycle 40. In addition, the manager of the bicycle parking lot 61 operates the PC 15, and the crime prevention registration ID stored in the wireless tag 20a given to the user and the user information (name, age, gender, (Profession, address, e-mail address) are transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 56.

  When the bicycle parking lot management server 56 receives the crime prevention registration ID and the user information from the PC 15, first, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 additionally registers the received information in the customer management DB 57. Next, the bicycle parking management server 56 reads the mail address from the additionally registered user information, and sends a URL (Uniform Resource) indicating the location of the WWW page for confirming the bicycle parking position at the bicycle parking 61 to the mail address. Send an email containing Locator). When the mobile phone 111 receives this e-mail, the user can access the WWW page for operating the mobile phone 111 to check the parking position.

  The crime prevention registration ID and user information may be registered in the bicycle parking management server 56 by the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 by operating the mobile phone 111. However, in this case, it is necessary to print such information on, for example, a usage agreement for the bicycle parking lot 61 so that the user can grasp the crime prevention registration ID and the communication address of the bicycle parking lot management server 56.

  FIG. 10 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of a process for managing the parking position of each bicycle 40 in the parking area 61 and a process related to an inquiry about the parking position. As shown in the figure, the wireless tag reader 81 reads the crime prevention registration ID from each bicycle 40 (each wireless tag 20a) parked in the sections 1 to 4 of the bicycle parking lot 61 using the antennas 70c to 70f ( Step S201). Further, the wireless tag reader 81 identifies the section where the antenna 70 that has read the crime prevention registration ID is installed with reference to the section information table 81a (step S202). When one or more bicycles 40 are parked in the sections 1 to 4 of the bicycle parking lot 61, the wireless tag reader 81 transmits one or more sets of crime prevention registration IDs and section information obtained in steps S201 and S202 to the PC 15. (Step S203).

  One or more sets of crime prevention registration IDs and section information transmitted from the wireless tag reader 81 are transferred to the bicycle parking management server 56 via the PC 15 (step S204), and the bicycle parking management server 56 receives the one or more sets received from the PC 15. The item data of “bicycle parking position” in the customer management DB 57 is updated according to the crime prevention registration ID and the section information (step S205).

  The processing from the above steps S201 to S205 is periodically executed, whereby the item data of “parking position” in the customer management DB 57 is sequentially updated. For example, when the bicycle 40 to which the crime prevention registration ID “A0000012” is assigned is newly parked in “Section 4” in the bicycle parking lot 61, the wireless tag reader 81 sends the crime prevention registration ID “A0000012” to the bicycle parking management server 56. The section information “section 4” is transmitted. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9, the bicycle parking management server 56 changes the item data of “bicycle parking position” corresponding to the crime prevention registration ID “A0000012” from “non-bicycle parking” to “section 4” in the customer management DB 57. To do.

  Further, when the bicycle 40 assigned with the crime prevention registration ID “A0100381”, which has been parked in the “zone 4” until now, is taken out from the bicycle parking lot 61, the wireless tag reader 81 cannot read the crime prevention registration ID “A0100381”. Therefore, the crime prevention registration ID “A0100381” and the section information “section 4” which have been received by the bicycle parking management server 56 until then are not received. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 9, the bicycle parking management server 56 changes the item data of “bicycle parking position” corresponding to the crime prevention registration ID “A0100381” from “section 4” to “non-bicycle parking” in the customer management DB 57. Change to

  On the other hand, when the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 wants to check the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61, first, the mobile phone 111 is operated to start the WWW browser and access the WWW page for checking the bicycle parking position. (Step S206). After accessing the WWW page, the user inputs the crime prevention registration ID of the bicycle 40 whose bicycle parking position is to be confirmed to the mobile phone 111. The security registration ID input here is transmitted from the mobile phone 111 to the bicycle parking management server 56 (step S207). Upon receiving the security registration ID, the bicycle parking management server 56 receives the bicycle parking position (corresponding to the security registration ID). (Section information) is read from the customer management DB 57 (step S208).

  In step S207, the user name (name information) of the bicycle 40 whose parking position is to be confirmed may be used instead of the crime prevention registration ID. Since the customer management DB 57 stores the user name information in association with the crime prevention registration ID, the bicycle parking management server 56 receives the user name information from the mobile phone 111 even if it is received. The corresponding parking position (section information) can be read from the customer management DB 57 based on the name information. Of course, if a user ID is registered in the customer management DB 57 in association with a crime prevention registration ID, this user ID can be used instead of the crime prevention registration ID.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to inquire the bicycle parking management server 56 about the bicycle parking position of another person's bicycle 40, but only the bicycle parking position of the own bicycle 40 can be inquired to the bicycle parking management server 56. Is also possible. In this case, if the customer management DB 57 registers the identification information (telephone number, e-mail address, manufacturing number, etc.) of the cellular phone 111 possessed by the user in association with the crime prevention registration ID, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 can be used. The identification information of the mobile phone 111 can be acquired from the mobile phone 111 that has inquired about the parking position, and the corresponding parking location (section information) can be read from the customer management DB 57 based on the identification information.

  When the bicycle parking management server 56 reads out the compartment information indicating the bicycle parking position from the customer management DB 57 for the inquired bicycle 40 (step S208), it returns the compartment information to the mobile phone 111 (step S209). When the cellular phone 111 receives the division information from the bicycle parking management server 56, the cellular phone 111 displays the division information on the liquid crystal screen as shown in FIG. 11, for example (step S210). FIG. 11 shows a case where the bicycle parking management server 56 manages a plurality of bicycle parking lots 61. The name of the bicycle parking lot 61 where the bicycle 40 is parked (Kanazawa station square bicycle parking lot) and the bicycle 40 in this bicycle parking lot 61. The section where the bicycle is parked (section 4) is displayed on the liquid crystal screen. As described above, the bicycle parking management server 56 can also manage the bicycle parking positions of the bicycles 40 for the plurality of bicycle parking spaces 61.

  When the item data of “bicycle parking position” in the customer management DB 57 is “non-bicycle parking” for the bicycle 40 that has been inquired, the bicycle parking management server 56 parks the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61. A message indicating that it has not been sent is returned to the mobile phone 111 (step S209). In this case, the message is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile phone 111 (step S210).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61 can be detected with a simple configuration, and the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 uses the mobile phone 111 to You can easily check the parking position. Therefore, for example, even when the manager of the bicycle parking lot 61 arranges the bicycles 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 61, the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 can easily check the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40. Moreover, the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 is not stolen from the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 or the bicycle 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 61 from a place other than the bicycle parking lot 61 such as a home or a company. Can be easily checked. In addition, it is possible to detect the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 even at the bicycle parking lot 61 in the basement or indoors.

  Note that the bicycle parking management server 56 may generate map data indicating the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking 61 after step S208 and transmit the map data to the mobile phone 111. In this case, since the map showing the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61 is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile phone 111, it is easy to grasp the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40. Further, in addition to the mobile phone 111, the bicycle parking position management server 56 can be inquired about a bicycle parking position from a communication device such as a personal computer at the user's home or a computer used by the user at the company.

[C. Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment will be described. In addition, in this embodiment, the same code | symbol shall be used for the part which is common in 2nd Embodiment. Further, description of portions common to the second embodiment is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of wireless tag readers 81 ′ to which one or more antennas 70 (70 g, 70 h) are connected are installed not only in the bicycle parking lot 61 but also outside the bicycle parking lot 61. For example, antennas 70g and 70h for reading a crime prevention registration ID from a bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) passing on the road surface are laid on a road 200 facing a major facility in the town such as a station square, a shopping street, or a city hall. Is done. Instead of laying the antennas 70g and 70h on the road 200, a pole-shaped antenna may be installed on the side of the road 200, or a plurality of gates through which the bicycle 40 can be passed are provided in the city, and antennas are provided at the gates. May be installed.

  The wireless tag reader 81 'reads the crime prevention registration ID from the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) located near the installation position of the antennas 70g and 70h, such as the bicycle 40 passing over the antennas 70g and 70h laid on the road 200. . As shown in FIG. 13, the wireless tag reader 81 ′ has a position information table 81 b that indicates the correspondence between the antennas 70 g and 70 h and the installation positions (position information) of the antennas 70 g and 70 h.

  The wireless tag reader 81 ′ has a function of measuring the current time, and acquires the time when the crime prevention registration ID is read from the bicycle 40 using the function. The wireless tag reader 81 ′ has a crime prevention registration ID read from the bicycle 40, passage position information indicating the installation position of the antenna 70 that has read the crime prevention registration ID, and a reading time indicating a time when the crime prevention registration ID is read. Information is periodically transmitted to the communication device 120.

  The communication device 120 transmits the crime prevention registration ID, the passing position information, and the reading time information received from the wireless tag reader 81 ′ to the bicycle parking management server 56 ′ via the Internet 90. The communication device 120 may transmit various data received from the wireless tag reader 81 ′ to the bicycle parking management server 56 ′ via a mobile packet communication network or a public wireless LAN.

  In addition to the bicycle parking position of each bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 'manages the passage position of each bicycle 40 in the city and the passage date / time for each crime prevention registration ID. This bicycle parking lot management server 56 'has a customer management DB 58 shown in FIG. 14 instead of the customer management DB 57 shown in FIG. This customer management DB 58 includes items of “passing position” and “passing date and time” in addition to the items (security registration ID, user information, parking position) of the customer management DB 57 shown in FIG. .

  In accordance with the crime prevention registration ID, the passing position information and the reading time information (passing date / time information) received from each wireless tag reader 81 ′, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ includes the “passing position” and “passing date / time” items in the customer management DB 58, Information indicating the passing position and the passing date and time of each bicycle 40 in the city is accumulated. A plurality of pieces of information indicating the passage position and the passage date / time can be accumulated as a history, for example, 25 pieces for one bicycle 40.

  Further, in response to an inquiry from the mobile phone 111, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ reads out information indicating the passing position and the passing date and time of the bicycle 40 that has been inquired from the customer management DB 58 and returns the information to the mobile phone 111. Here, the hard disk in the bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ stores, for example, map data indicating the area for each area where the wireless tag reader 81 ′ is installed. When the bicycle parking management server 56 ′ reads out the information indicating the passing position and the passing date and time of the queried bicycle 40 from the customer management DB 58, the bicycle parking management server 56 ′ specifies the map data of the area including the passing position and stores the map data on the hard disk. Read from. The map data may be stored in a server other than the bicycle parking management server 56 ′. In this case, the bicycle parking management server 56 ′ acquires the map data from the server via the Internet 90 or the like.

  Then, the bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ transmits the map data read from the hard disk to the mobile phone 111 together with the text data of the passing position and the passing date and time read from the customer management DB 58. The bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ may transmit map data processed by marking the passing position of the bicycle 40 to the mobile phone 111. The cellular phone 111 displays the text data and map data of the passing position and passing date and time of the bicycle 40 received from the bicycle parking lot management server 56 ′ on the liquid crystal screen as shown in FIG. 15, for example.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to detect the passing position and date and time of the bicycle 40 in the city with a simple configuration, and the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 uses the mobile phone 111 to You can easily check the passage position and passage date and time. Therefore, the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 can confirm the passing position in the city and the history of the passing date and time for his / her bicycle 40. For example, when the bicycle 40 is stolen, the passage position and the passage date and time of the stolen bicycle 40 in the city can be grasped.

[D. Modified example]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can be implemented with another various form, without deviating from the main characteristic. Each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of one aspect of the present invention, and for example, the following modifications can be considered.

<Modification 1>
In the first embodiment, the process shown in FIG. 5 may be modified as follows. That is, a function for counting the current time is added to the PC 15, and the PC 15 acquires the time when the security registration ID [bicycle] and the security registration ID [card] do not match, and indicates the acquired time. An unauthorized use detection message including the time information and the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] is generated and transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 50 (step S106). Then, the bicycle parking management server 50 transmits an electronic mail including information indicating that the bicycle 40 is about to be illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60 and the time information received from the PC 15 to the mobile phone 110 (step S108). . With such a configuration, it is possible to notify a legitimate user of the bicycle 40 of the time when such a situation occurs in addition to the bicycle 40 being illegally taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60.

  Similarly, in the second embodiment, a function of counting the current time is added to the wireless tag reader 81, and the wireless tag reader 81 reads the crime prevention registration ID from the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) parked in the bicycle parking lot 61. May be acquired, and the time information may be transmitted to the bicycle parking management server 56 together with the crime prevention registration ID and the section information. In this case, the bicycle parking management server 56 stores time information in the customer management DB 57 together with section information indicating the bicycle parking position, and information indicating the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40 in response to an inquiry from the mobile phone 111. The time information is transmitted. With such a configuration, the user of the bicycle parking lot 61 can check the parking position of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61 and the time when the bicycle parking position is detected.

<Modification 2>
In the first embodiment, the bicycle parking management server 50 measures the frequency of illegal take-out of the bicycle 40 by, for example, counting the number of times the unauthorized use detection message has been received from the PC 15, and for example, five times or more in two days. When the frequency of illegal take-out of the bicycle 40 exceeds a predetermined threshold, be careful of crime prevention of the bicycle 40 at the bicycle parking lot 60 to each email address registered in the customer management DB 55. You may distribute a reminder email. An example of the electronic mail distributed in this way is shown in FIG. Moreover, in PC15, the frequency which obtained the comparison result that crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] and crime prevention registration ID [card] do not correspond is measured, for example, the frequency which obtained the comparison result that crime prevention registration ID does not correspond May be distributed from the bicycle parking management server 50 so as to pay attention to the crime prevention of the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 60. With such a configuration, when an illegal take-out of the bicycle 40 occurs in the bicycle parking lot 60 exceeding a predetermined frequency, attention is paid to crime prevention of the bicycle 40 at the bicycle parking lot 60 for each user of the bicycle parking lot 60. You can be notified.

<Modification 3>
In the processing shown in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment, the case where the bicycle 40 is taken out from the bicycle parking lot 60 has been described. However, when the bicycle 40 is entered into the bicycle parking lot 60, the processing shown in FIG. The installation location of the gate 65 having the antennas 70 and 70b is not limited to the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the bicycle parking lot 60, and can be installed at any location in the bicycle parking lot 60.

<Modification 4>
In 1st Embodiment, the case where the same identification information (crime prevention registration ID) was used as vehicle identification information and user identification information was demonstrated. However, different identification information (for example, vehicle ID and user ID) may be used as the vehicle identification information and the user identification information.

  However, in this case, for each bicycle 40 that uses the bicycle parking lot 60, the PC 15 and the bicycle parking management server 50 combine the vehicle ID assigned to the bicycle 40 and the user ID assigned to the legitimate user of the bicycle 40. Has a registered data table. The PC 15 compares the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] read by the wireless tag reader 80 with the crime prevention registration ID [card] in steps S104 and S105, instead of comparing the crime prevention registration ID [read by the wireless tag reader 80 [ Bicycle 40 is used by a legitimate user when a combination of bicycle and crime prevention registration ID [card] is searched for in the data table and the combination is stored in the data table. It is determined that

  In the case of the first embodiment described above, it is only necessary to compare whether or not the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] read by the wireless tag reader 80 matches the crime prevention registration ID [card]. Since it is not necessary to search and find the combination of the crime prevention registration ID [bicycle] and the crime prevention registration ID [card] read by the wireless tag reader 80, whether or not the bicycle 40 is used by a legitimate user by that amount. Such a determination can be performed efficiently.

<Modification 5>
In the first embodiment, the bicycle parking card 30 (recording medium) is not limited to the non-contact type IC card to which the wireless tag 20b is attached. For example, the contact type IC card, the magnetic card, or the crime prevention registration ID is a bar. The card | curd printed on the surface as a code | cord | chord, the card | curd etc. with which crime prevention registration ID itself was printed on the surface may be sufficient.

  However, when a contact IC card is used as a bicycle parking lot use card, a reader device for the contact IC card needs to be installed in the gate 65. Similarly, when using a magnetic card, it is necessary to install a reader device for the magnetic card, or when a crime prevention registration ID is printed on the surface of the parking lot use card as a barcode, a barcode reader must be installed at the gate 65. is there. In addition, when the crime prevention registration ID itself is printed on the surface of the bicycle parking lot use card, for example, an image of the bicycle parking lot use card is taken, and a reader device with a camera that identifies the crime prevention registration ID from the taken image is gated. What is necessary is just to install in 65.

  In addition, if the user of the bicycle parking lot 60 has a mobile phone or a PHS (registered trademark) terminal having a short-range wireless communication function such as IrDA (Infrared Data Association) or Bluetooth (registered trademark), these mobile phones The crime prevention registration ID may be written in the memory in the terminal, and this portable terminal may be used instead of the bicycle parking lot use card 30. In this case, a reader device that performs near field communication and obtains a crime prevention registration ID from the portable terminal may be installed in the gate 65. Moreover, you may provide the radio | wireless tag 20b as a key ring attached to the strap of a mobile telephone or a house key instead of as the bicycle parking lot use card 30.

<Modification 6>
In the second embodiment, the bicycle parking area of the bicycle parking lot 61 is divided into sections 1 to 4 and the antennas 70c to 70f are installed for each of the sections. However, the parking area is not necessarily divided into a plurality of sections. The number of antennas 70 installed in the bicycle parking lot 61 may be one. Moreover, the reader apparatus for reading crime prevention registration ID from the antenna 70 or the bicycle 40 (wireless tag 20a) may be installed for every space for one vehicle which parks the bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61.

  Further, in the section information table 81a shown in FIG. 8, instead of section information, latitude / longitude information indicating the installation positions of the antennas 70c to 70f, or latitude indicating the position area of the section in which the antennas 70c to 70f are installed. Longitude information may be stored, and the bicycle parking lot management server 56 may transmit the latitude / longitude information to the mobile phone 111 as the bicycle parking position of the bicycle 40. Address information may be used instead of latitude / longitude information. The same applies to the position information table 81b shown in FIG.

<Modification 7>
In each of the embodiments described above, the wireless tag 20a in which the security registration ID is stored is attached to the bicycle 40, but a barcode having the security registration ID as record information is printed instead of the wireless tag 20a. A seal may be attached to the bicycle 40. However, in this case, it is necessary to install a plurality of barcode readers in the gate 65 or the bicycle parking lot 61 for reading the barcode from the sticker attached to the body of the bicycle 40. Further, the crime prevention registration ID itself may be stamped on the body of the bicycle 40. In this case, a plurality of camera-equipped reader devices are installed in the gate 65 or the bicycle parking lot 61 for capturing an image of the security registration ID stamped on the body of the bicycle 40 and identifying the security registration ID from the captured image. That's fine.

<Modification 8>
In the first embodiment described above, the case where the present invention is implemented as a parking lot management system including the wireless tag reader 80, the PC 15, and the bicycle parking management server 50 has been described. However, the wireless tag reader 80, the PC 15, and the bicycle parking management are described. The server 50 may be integrated into one device and installed in the bicycle parking lot 60. The same applies to the second embodiment. Moreover, although each embodiment mentioned above demonstrated the case where this invention was applied to a bicycle parking lot, you may apply this invention to the parking lot which parks a motor vehicle or a motorcycle. “Parking” in “Claims” includes bicycle parking lots, and “vehicles” in “Claims” include automobiles and motorcycles in addition to bicycles. In the case of an automobile or motorcycle, the vehicle number may be used as a crime prevention registration ID.

It is a figure for demonstrating the radio | wireless tag 20a and the bicycle parking lot utilization card | curd 30 which are used in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the whole structure of the communication system 1 which concerns on the embodiment. It is a block diagram which illustrates the hardware constitutions of the bicycle parking management server 50 concerning the embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of customer management DB55 concerning the embodiment. It is a sequence chart which illustrates about the process which concerns on the embodiment and notifies a user of the crime prevention information regarding the bicycle 40 parked in the bicycle parking lot 60. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the mobile phone 110 according to the embodiment. FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the whole structure of the communication system 2 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of the division information table 81a which concerns on the embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of customer management DB57 concerning the embodiment. 7 is a sequence chart illustrating processing for managing the bicycle parking position of each bicycle 40 in the bicycle parking lot 61 and processing related to an inquiry about the bicycle parking position according to the embodiment. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the mobile phone 111 according to the embodiment. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of the position information table 81b which concerns on the embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of customer management DB58 concerning the embodiment. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the mobile phone 111 according to the embodiment. FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the mobile phone 110 according to the second modification of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 ... Communication system 10 ... Bicycle parking management office 15 ... PC, 20a, 20b ... Wireless tag, 30 ... Bicycle parking use card, 40 ... Bicycle, 50, 56, 56 '... Bicycle parking management server, 51 ... CPU, 52 ... ROM, 53 ... RAM, 54 ... Communication interface, 55, 57, 58 ... Customer management DB, 60, 61 ... Bicycle parking, 65 ... Gate, 70a-70h ... Antenna, 80, 81, 81 '... Wireless tag reader, 81a ... partition information table, 81b ... location information table, 90 ... internet, 100 ... mobile packet communication network, 110, 111 ... mobile phone, 120 ... communication device, 200 ... road.

Claims (12)

Storage means for storing, for each vehicle identification information for identifying each vehicle using the parking lot, a communication address for notifying information to an authorized user of the vehicle to which the vehicle identification information is assigned;
First reading means for reading the vehicle identification information from a vehicle about to pass through a gate installed in a parking lot;
Second reading means for reading user identification information for identifying the user from a recording medium or a portable terminal carried by the user who is going to pass through the gate together with the vehicle;
Determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle based on a reading result by the first reading means and a reading result by the second reading means;
When the determination means determines that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user, the communication address corresponding to the vehicle identification information read by the first reading means is read from the storage means, A parking lot management apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transmits information indicating that unauthorized use of a vehicle has occurred to a communication address. An acquisition means for acquiring a time when the determination means determines that the vehicle is not used by a legitimate user;
The transmission means stores a communication address corresponding to the vehicle identification information read by the first reading means when the determination means determines that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user. The information indicating that the unauthorized use of the vehicle has occurred and the information indicating the time acquired by the acquiring means are transmitted to the communication address. Parking lot management device. Measuring means for measuring the frequency at which the determination means obtains a determination result that the vehicle is not used by a legitimate user;
When the frequency measured by the measuring means exceeds a predetermined threshold value, information for urging attention to vehicle crime prevention in a parking lot is delivered to each communication address stored in the storage means. The parking lot management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a distribution unit. Storage means for storing, for each vehicle identification information for identifying each vehicle using the parking lot, a communication address for notifying information to an authorized user of the vehicle to which the vehicle identification information is assigned;
First reading means for reading the vehicle identification information from a vehicle about to pass through a gate installed in a parking lot;
Second reading means for reading user identification information for identifying the user from a recording medium or a portable terminal carried by the user who is going to pass through the gate together with the vehicle;
Determining means for determining whether or not the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle based on a reading result by the first reading means and a reading result by the second reading means;
Measuring means for measuring the frequency at which the determination means obtains a determination result that the vehicle is not used by a legitimate user;
When the frequency measured by the measuring means exceeds a predetermined threshold value, information for urging attention to vehicle crime prevention in a parking lot is delivered to each communication address stored in the storage means. A parking lot management device comprising: a distribution means. The vehicle identification information assigned to one vehicle using a parking lot and the user identification information assigned to a legitimate user of the one vehicle are the same identification information,
The determination unit compares the vehicle identification information read by the first reading unit with the user identification information read by the second reading unit, and the vehicle identification information and the user identification information match. In this case, it is determined that the vehicle is being used by a legitimate user of the vehicle. The parking lot management device according to claim 1 or 4, wherein: The storage means further stores, for each vehicle identification information, user identification information assigned to a legitimate user of the vehicle to which the vehicle identification information is assigned,
The determination unit determines whether or not the user identification information read by the second reading unit is stored in the storage unit in association with the vehicle identification information read by the first reading unit. The vehicle is determined to be used by a legitimate user of the vehicle when the user identification information is stored in the storage means in association with the vehicle identification information. The parking lot management apparatus according to 1 or 4. When the determination means determines that the vehicle is not being used by a legitimate user, the information processing apparatus further comprises warning means for warning the user who is about to pass through the gate together with the vehicle of unauthorized use of the vehicle. The parking lot management device according to claim 1 or 4, wherein 5. The parking lot management according to claim 1, wherein the first reading unit reads vehicle identification information assigned to the vehicle from a wireless tag attached to the vehicle about to pass through the gate. apparatus. A plurality of reading means installed at different positions and reading a vehicle ID from a vehicle near the installation position;
Specifying means for specifying the position of the vehicle from which the vehicle ID is read by any one of the reading means based on the installation position of the reading means;
Storage means for storing position information indicating the position specified by the specifying means in association with the vehicle ID read when the position is specified;
Receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the communication device;
A position management device comprising: transmission means for reading out position information stored in association with a vehicle ID specified by the information received by the reception means from the storage means and transmitting the position information to the communication device. It further includes a time measuring means for measuring time,
The storage means stores position information indicating the position specified by the specifying means and time information indicating the time when the vehicle ID is read from the vehicle when specifying the position in association with the vehicle ID,
The transmission means reads out position information and time information stored in association with a vehicle ID specified by the information received by the receiving means from the storage means and transmits them to the communication device. Item 10. The location management device according to Item 9. The information processing apparatus further comprises acquisition means for reading position information stored in association with the vehicle ID specified by the information received by the receiving means from the storage means and acquiring map data including the position indicated by the position information. ,
The location management device according to claim 9, wherein the transmission unit transmits the map data acquired by the acquisition unit to the communication device. The position management apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the reading unit reads a vehicle ID from a wireless tag attached to a vehicle in the vicinity of an installation position of the reading unit.

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