JP2008204215A - Method and system for managing parking lot use - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for managing parking lot use, capable of improving a user's convenience by enabling reservation of a parking lot, while preventing reduction in income due to cancellation of reservation. <P>SOLUTION: For a parking lot designated by a parking lot reservation request received from an information communication terminal, information for use start by a user of the information communication terminal is registered in a parking lot management database; charging processing of parking fee to the user of the information communication terminal for a temporary use time that is a predetermined time from the use start is executed; and the result of parking lot reservation processing is transmitted to the information communication terminal. At entering of the parking lot, whether a vehicle's user is a person who performed the parking lot reservation is confirmed, and entrance permission information permitting entrance of the user's vehicle to the parking lot is transmitted to a parking management device set in the parking lot. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot use management method for managing the use of a parking lot using a mobile communication terminal (information communication terminal) such as a mobile phone, and a system therefor.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system that centrally manages a parking lot warehousing situation or the like via a network at a management center is known (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1, Patent Document 1, and Patent Document 2). In addition, a method for confirming the position and availability of a parking lot with a car navigation system or a mobile phone is known (see Non-Patent Document 2, for example).

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  Even if the location and availability of the parking lot are confirmed by the conventional method, the vehicle may become full while actually moving to the spot. Therefore, it is very convenient for the user side to reserve a parking lot in advance. However, on the parking lot management side, when accepting a reservation for a parking lot, the reservation person's vehicle may not actually appear, and there is a risk that the parking fee revenue will be reduced for the parking space secured by the reservation. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to enable parking reservations to improve user convenience and to prevent a decrease in revenue due to reservation cancellation. It is to provide a parking lot management method and its system.

A parking lot use management method according to the present invention is a parking lot use management method for managing the use of a parking lot using an information communication terminal, and receiving a parking lot reservation request from a information communication terminal via a communication line And a step of executing a parking lot reservation process for registering information on the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal in a parking lot management database for the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request; A step of charging a parking fee for a user of the information communication terminal with respect to a temporary use time until the time elapses, and a step of transmitting the result of the parking lot reservation process to the information communication terminal via a communication line And confirming whether the user of the vehicle is the person who made the parking lot reservation via the information communication terminal of the user of the vehicle about to enter the parking lot. The user of the vehicle who intends to enter the parking lot makes a reservation for the parking lot based on the step of acquiring the identity verification information for registration, the registration information of the parking lot management database and the acquired identity verification information. A step of determining whether or not the user has made the vehicle, and when the user of the vehicle who intends to enter the parking lot can confirm that the user who made the parking lot reservation is the vehicle of the user Transmitting warehousing permission information permitting warehousing to the parking lot to a parking management device installed in the parking lot via a communication line.
In this parking lot management method, when a parking reservation request is received from an information communication terminal via a communication line, information on the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal is parked for the parking lot designated by the parking reservation request. Parking reservation processing registered in the parking management database is executed. Then, after the parking lot reservation process is executed, when the user tries to enter the reserved parking lot, the identity verification information acquired through the information communication terminal of the user, and the parking lot management database When the person is confirmed based on the registration information of the person and the person who is the reservation person is confirmed, the warehousing permission information for allowing the user to enter the parking lot of the vehicle is sent via the communication line. Sent to a parking management device installed in the parking lot. Based on this warehousing permission information, the parking management device can operate to permit warehousing of the vehicle, so that the person who made the reservation can use the parking lot reserved in advance.
In addition, when the parking lot reservation process from the user is executed, the parking fee for the user of the information communication terminal is charged for the temporary use time until the predetermined time elapses from the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal. By executing the process, the parking lot manager can receive payment for the use of the reserved parking space when making a reservation for a parking lot using an information communication terminal. You can prevent income loss due to cancellation.

  In the parking lot use management method, the parking lot reservation process includes a process of assigning and registering a parking space in the parking lot to the user, and the result of the parking lot reservation process transmitted to the information communication terminal. May include information for identifying a parking space in the parking lot. In this case, when a user who has reserved a parking lot arrives at the reserved parking lot, he / she must immediately park in the parking empty space specified by the result of the parking reservation processing without searching for a parking empty space. Can do.

  Further, in the parking lot utilization management method, based on the entry / exit information, a step of acquiring entry / exit information of the vehicle via an information communication terminal of a user of the vehicle who is going out from the parking lot. Determining whether or not the time when the user's car was actually parked exceeded the temporary use time, and if the temporary use time was exceeded, And a step of executing a billing process for the person. In this case, when the user who reserved the parking lot parks the vehicle after exceeding the provisional usage time at the time of reservation, the user is charged for the excess time, so the usage fee for the excess time is used. Can be avoided.

  Further, in the parking lot usage management method, a step of receiving a parking lot search request for requesting a search for a parking lot that can be reserved for use from a communication line from an information communication terminal, and based on the parking lot search request The method may further include a step of searching for a parking lot where there is an available parking space that can be reserved for use, and a step of transmitting the search result to the information communication terminal via a communication line. In this case, it is possible to easily find a parking lot having a parking space where the use reservation can be made by searching from the information communication terminal of the user.

A parking lot use management system according to the present invention is a parking lot use management system that manages the use of a parking lot using an information communication terminal, and stores parking lot information and user information of the parking lot. Information on the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal with respect to a parking lot management database, means for receiving a parking lot reservation request from the information communication terminal via a communication line, and the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request Means for executing parking lot reservation processing for registering the information in the parking lot management database, and means for executing billing processing for the parking fee for the user of the information communication terminal for a temporary use time from the start of use until a predetermined time elapses. And means for transmitting the result of the parking lot reservation process to the information communication terminal via a communication line, and an information communication terminal of a user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot. Means for acquiring identity confirmation information for confirming whether or not the user of the vehicle is the person who made the parking reservation, registration information in the parking lot management database, and the obtained identity confirmation. Based on the information, means for determining whether the user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot is the person who made the reservation for the parking lot, and the user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot Is confirmed in the parking lot via a communication line when the user confirms that the person who made the parking lot reservation is permitted. Means for transmitting to the parking management device.
In the parking lot utilization management system, the parking lot reservation process includes a process of allocating and registering a parking space in the parking lot to the user, and the result of the parking lot reservation process transmitted to the information communication terminal. May include information for identifying a parking space in the parking lot.
Further, in the parking lot utilization management system, based on the entry / exit information, means for obtaining entry / exit information of the vehicle via an information communication terminal of a user of the vehicle who is going out from the parking lot Means for determining whether or not the time when the user's car is actually parked exceeds the temporary use time and, if the temporary use time is exceeded, the user for the excess time. And a means for executing a billing process for.
Further, in the parking lot use management system, based on the parking lot search request, means for receiving a parking lot search request for requesting a search for the parking lot that can be reserved for use from a communication line from an information communication terminal. In addition, it may further include means for searching for a parking lot where there is an available parking space for which the use reservation is possible, and means for transmitting the search result to the information communication terminal via a communication line.

In addition, the identity verification information used at the time of warehousing of the user's vehicle may be acquired via a parking management device provided in the parking lot so as to be able to communicate with the user's information communication terminal by short-range wireless communication, You may acquire directly from a user's information communication terminal via a mobile communication network, when the user arrives at the reserved parking lot.
In addition, the identity verification process based on the registration information of the parking lot management database and the acquired identity verification information may be executed in the parking lot management system, or a parking management device provided in the parking lot may provide information. You may acquire and perform required information by communicating with a communication terminal and a parking lot management system.
In addition, the parking fee usage fee is charged via a parking management device provided in the parking lot so that the information communication terminal incorporating the application of the electronic money function can communicate with the information communication terminal by short-range wireless communication. The electronic money can be executed by communicating with the electronic money management system. The billing process of the parking lot usage fee may be executed so as to be added to the usage fee of the user's information communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reserve a parking lot to improve the convenience of the user, and it is possible to prevent a decrease in revenue due to reservation cancellation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schematic procedure of a parking lot utilization method according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, when the user 1 leaves for a baseball game with a car 11 at 2 pm, the parking lot management system of the parking lot manager 6 that manages the parking lot 3 near the baseball stadium has an information communication terminal (mobile body). Access is made with the mobile phone 10 as a communication terminal), and a parking lot (vacant parking lot) having a parking empty space is searched (step 1). When an empty parking lot is found, the user 1 operates the mobile phone 10 to reserve an empty parking lot and pays a reserved parking fee for the empty parking lot using the electronic money function of the mobile phone 10 (step 2). , 3). In the illustrated example, the reserved parking fee is paid for 7 hours of the reserved parking time from 2 pm to 9 pm at the time of departure. Thereafter, the user 1 drives the automobile 11 and heads for the parking lot 3 of the baseball stadium, which is the destination. When the user arrives at the local parking lot 3 at 5:00 pm in the evening, the user operates the mobile phone 10 and performs short-distance wireless communication with the parking management device installed in the parking lot 3, The automobile 11 is parked in the reserved parking space (step 4). Then, when the baseball game is over and the car is released from the parking lot 3 at 9:30 pm, the parking reservation time (from 2 pm to 9 pm) is exceeded using the electronic money function of the mobile phone 10. Pay an additional parking fee for 30 minutes (step 5).

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of the entire parking lot utilization system including the parking lot management system and the electronic money management system according to the present embodiment. This parking lot use system includes the mobile phone 10 of the user 1, the electronic money management system 20 and the parking lot management system 60 that can communicate via the communication networks 40, 50, and 70, and parking installed in the parking lot 3. It consists of a management device 30 and the like. The parking management device 30 incorporates a reader / writer device (hereinafter referred to as “R / W device”) 31 that is a payment terminal device for electronic wallet service that can communicate with the mobile phone 10 by short-range wireless communication. Yes.

  The electronic money management system 20 is composed of a server device composed of a computer having a WEB function, for example, and communicates with the mobile phone 10 via a mobile phone network 40 as a mobile communication network, for example, a fixed line. The parking lot management system 60 and the R / W device 31 in the parking management device 30 can communicate with each other via the network 50. For example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is used as a communication protocol between the electronic money management system 20 and the mobile phone 10. The electronic money management system 20 executes user authority management for each function of the application program of the electronic wallet service. In addition, the electronic money management system 20 is provided with a dedicated module for managing encryption processing necessary for the authority management and an authentication key (encryption key) used for the encryption processing.

  The parking management device 30 exchanges information such as identification information and usage fee billing information such as electronic money with the mobile phone 10 via the R / W device 31, and also results of vehicle detection in the parking lot Based on the control command received from the parking lot management system 60, the gate of the parking lot 3 and the like are controlled to manage the entry and exit of the vehicle. In addition, the parking management device 30 uses the vehicle entry / exit information in the parking lot 3 and the information such as the parking situation in each parking space so that the situation of the empty parking space in the parking lot can be grasped. The data is transmitted to the parking lot management system 60 at a predetermined timing such as a timing when there is an error or an appropriate timing.

  The R / W device 31 is incorporated in the parking management device 30 of each parking lot 3 and also functions as a payment terminal device. The R / W device 31 includes a communication module for communicating with the mobile phone 10 by a predetermined communication method. As a communication method with the mobile phone 10, the following various methods can be employed. For example, a non-contact communication method using a non-contact IC card, a short-range wireless communication method using radio waves such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), a communication method using infrared rays, a communication method using visible light, etc. are adopted. be able to. A predetermined communication protocol is used for data transfer. As the transfer method, a multiplex transfer method, a time division transfer method, or the like can be adopted in addition to the serial data transfer method. The R / W device 31 can communicate with the electronic money management system 20 via, for example, a fixed line network 50 and exchange data related to the electronic wallet service with the electronic money management system 20. As a communication protocol between the R / W device 31 and the electronic money management system 20, for example, FTP, TELNET, or an original communication protocol is used in addition to HTTP, and various data are transmitted and received using these protocols. . As the network 50, the mobile phone communication network 40 may be used as appropriate, or another communication line network may be used.

  The parking lot management system 60 is configured by a server device including a computer having a WEB function, for example, and communicates with the mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone network 40, or via a fixed line network 50, for example. It is configured to be able to communicate with the parking management device 30 and the electronic money management system 20 of each parking lot 3. Further, the parking lot management system 60 and the mobile phone 10 can communicate via the Internet 70. As a communication protocol between the parking lot management system 60 and the mobile phone 10, for example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is used.

  The parking lot management system 60 includes a parking lot management database 61. This parking lot management database 61 includes information on parking lots to be managed, real-time usage information of each parking lot (vehicle entry / exit information, parking space availability information, etc.), reservation information by users, reserved parking charges (Billing information) and the like are stored.

  The parking lot management system 60 has the following functions when a predetermined program is started on a computer and cooperates with a parking lot management database 61 and a communication interface device that communicates with an external communication network. That is, the parking lot management system 60 receives a parking lot reservation request from the user's mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone communication network 40, and the user of the mobile phone 10 determines the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request. The parking lot reservation process for registering the information on the start of use in the parking lot management database 61 is executed, and the parking fee billing process for the user of the mobile phone 10 is performed for the temporary use time until the predetermined time elapses from the start of use. This function is executed in cooperation with the management system 20 and has a function of transmitting the result of the parking lot reservation process to the mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone communication network 40.

  Further, the parking lot management system 60 determines whether or not the car user is the person who made the parking lot reservation via the mobile phone 10 of the car user who wants to enter the parking lot. The user confirmation information for confirmation is acquired, and the user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot 3 makes the parking reservation based on the registration information of the parking lot management database 61 and the acquired identification confirmation information. If the user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot 3 can confirm that the person who made the parking reservation is the person who made the parking reservation, the user's car parking lot 3 has a function of transmitting warehousing permission information permitting warehousing to 3 to the parking management device 30 installed in the parking lot via the communication line 50.

  Here, the parking lot reservation process includes a process of allocating and registering the parking empty space of the parking lot 3 to the user, and the result of the parking lot reservation process transmitted to the mobile phone 10 Information specifying the space may be included.

  In addition, the parking lot utilization management system 60 acquires the entry / exit information of the automobile via the mobile phone 10 of the automobile user who is going out from the parking lot 3, and based on the entry / exit information. Determining whether or not the time when the user's car was actually parked exceeded the temporary use time, and when the temporary use time was exceeded, the excess time in cooperation with the electronic money management server It has a function of executing billing processing for the user in cooperation with the electronic money management system 20.

  Further, the parking lot use management system 60 receives a parking lot search request for requesting a search for a parking lot that can be reserved for use from the mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone communication network 40, and receives the parking lot search request. Based on the above, a function as a vacant parking lot information providing server that searches for a parking lot having a parking vacant space that can be reserved for use and transmits the search result to the mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone communication network 40 is also provided. Have.

  The mobile phone 10 can communicate with the electronic money management system 20 and the parking lot management system 60 via the base station 41 of the mobile phone communication network 40. In addition to the browser application software for browsing the WEB site, the mobile phone 10 stores credit card information that can be used by the user for payment and monetary information withdrawn in advance from an actual bank account. An application program, which is software for managing the information, is incorporated. Hereinafter, the application program is appropriately abbreviated as “application”, and the application program that is software for managing the information related to the electronic wallet is referred to as “wallet application”. In the present embodiment, a platform-independent application program developed by object-oriented programming such as JAVA (registered trademark; the same applies hereinafter) and C ++ is used as the wallet application. These application programs can be appropriately downloaded from a server on the network and registered in the mobile phone 10, and can be selected and executed by the user from among them. The application program selected by the user is executed in a JAVA execution environment or BREW (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter) execution environment constructed in the mobile phone 10. As the browser application software, preinstalled browser software that can be started natively of the mobile phone 10 may be used, or browser software such as JAVA downloaded from the server may be used.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 10. The mobile phone 10 includes a main control unit 110, a wireless communication unit 111, a baseband processing unit 112, a sound input / output unit 113, a display unit 114, and an operation unit 115.
The main control unit 110 includes an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and controls each unit such as the baseband processing unit 112 by executing a program such as a predetermined basic OS and middleware. Build a configuration native platform environment or application execution environment.
The wireless communication unit 111 includes, for example, a synthesizer, a frequency converter, a high frequency amplifier, and the like, and executes high frequency signal processing for wireless communication with the base station 41 of the mobile phone communication network 40.
The baseband processing unit 112 performs digital processing for performing telephone and data transmission / reception communication with an external mobile communication terminal or server. The baseband processing unit 112 and the wireless communication unit 111 are connected via a D / A converter or an A / D converter.
The sound input / output unit 113 includes a microphone, a speaker, a sound signal processing unit, and the like. The analog audio signal output from the microphone is converted into a digital signal by the sound signal processing unit and sent to the main control unit 110, the baseband processing unit 112, and the like. The speaker receives an analog signal converted from a digital signal by the sound signal processing unit, and outputs a voice during a call, or outputs a ringtone for a mail, a ringing tone for a telephone, music, or the like. The speaker may be configured by separately providing a receiver speaker (receiver) for listening to voice during a call and an external output speaker for outputting ringtones, music, etc. You may comprise with one speaker so that a speaker and an external output speaker may be combined.
The display unit 114 is configured by an LCD (liquid crystal display) or the like, and displays various images based on commands from the main control unit 110.
The operation unit 115 includes a plurality of keys such as a data input key (ten key, * key, # key), a call start key, a call end key, a scroll key, and a multi-function key. The operation unit 115 is used when the user gives an instruction to start or end a call, select a menu, switch screens, or input information.

  In addition, the mobile phone 10 includes an electronic wallet chip unit 116 formed of a dedicated IC chip or an IC card as an integrated circuit device for electronic money processing used in an electronic wallet service. The electronic wallet chip unit 116 includes an antenna and a wireless communication circuit for performing communication using the predetermined communication protocol with the R / W device 31 in the parking management device 30 described above.

The mobile phone 10 also includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit 117, a camera unit 118, a sensor unit 119, a power supply unit 120, a clock unit (not shown), and the like.
The GPS unit 117 includes a GPS receiving module, a GPS antenna, and the like, receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites arranged around the earth, and based on the reception result, the latitude, longitude, and Calculate altitude data.
The camera unit 118 includes a lens, an imaging device, and the like, and is used when shooting a person, a landscape, and the like. As the imaging device, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera or a CMOS camera can be used.
The sensor unit 119 includes an acceleration sensor and / or a geomagnetic sensor. The acceleration sensor may be a uniaxial acceleration sensor or a multi-axis acceleration sensor such as a biaxial or triaxial. The geomagnetic sensor may also be a uniaxial geomagnetic sensor or a multiaxial geomagnetic sensor such as a biaxial or triaxial. Based on the output of the sensor unit 119, data indicating the position, orientation, orientation and movement of the mobile phone 10 can be calculated. Further, based on the output of the sensor unit 119, the mobile phone 10 is located from the history information that is information on the time change of acceleration data and geomagnetic data when the user's mobile phone 10 moves from the reference position at a predetermined altitude. Data indicating the altitude, angle and the like can be calculated.
The power supply unit 120 includes a rechargeable battery, a power supply circuit that supplies power of a predetermined voltage from the battery to each unit, a charging circuit that charges the battery, and the like.
The clock unit is composed of a clock circuit and the like, counts accurate date and time, and generates time information for update processing and the like.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a software configuration of the mobile phone 10. Basic operations of the mobile phone 10 such as a phone call and data communication via the mobile phone communication network 40 are executed on an execution environment of a phone platform called a native 130. The native 130 includes a basic OS, various middleware, various driver software, and the like. As middleware, software such as a telephone processing software, a mail client, a mail browser, an HTTP client, a WEB browser, and an application manager is started. The GPS control software 131 in the GPS unit 117, the sensor control software 132 in the sensor unit 119, and the like are executed via the driver software in the native 130.

  On the native 130, an application execution environment (virtual machine) 140 such as JAVA is constructed as necessary, for example, when there is an activation instruction from the user. In the application execution environment 140, various applications such as a game 151, a location information service (LBS) 152, and an electronic wallet 153 registered and selected by the user are executed.

Further, on the native 130, software of the security controller 135 for receiving the electronic wallet service is executed. The security controller 135 transmits and receives various commands and data to and from the application execution environment 140 in which the electronic wallet application 153 is executed. Further, the security controller 135 transmits and receives various commands and data to and from the electronic wallet chip unit 116 via the HTTP client 130a and the electronic wallet chip driver 130b in the native 130. As a result, the electronic wallet chip control software 133 in the electronic wallet chip unit 116 is executed, and by executing the electronic wallet chip control software 133, transactions and settlement of goods and services between the electronic wallet chip unit 116 and the R / W device 31 are performed. Communication for is controlled. In addition, management of data storage areas in the electronic wallet chip unit 116 and writing and reading of data to and from these data storage areas are controlled.
Further, the security controller 135 controls communication with the electronic money management system 20 on the network according to the request of the electronic wallet application 153 executed in the application execution environment 140, and is necessary for processing such as payment in the electronic wallet service. Read and write data.

  Here, the platform for the electronic wallet service is mainly a part of the native 130 (HTTP client 130a, electronic wallet chip driver 130b), a security controller 135, an electronic wallet application 153 executed in the application execution environment 140, It is formed by the electronic wallet chip control software 133 in the electronic wallet chip part 116.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the application execution environment (virtual machine) 140. The application execution environment (virtual machine) 140 includes software such as a virtual machine, a class library, an execution environment management library, and application management used for applications 151, 152, 153,... Developed by object-oriented programming. Provide and manage application execution environment.

Here, the execution environment for JAVA is, for example, an assumed execution environment CLDC (Connected Limited Device Configuration) defined as one of J2ME (JAVA 2 Micro Edition) which is a function set for embedded devices such as mobile phones, A KVM (K Virtual Machine) as a virtual machine can be constructed as a basic configuration.
The class library constitutes a plurality of types of class library groups called profiles for each predetermined application. These multiple types of profiles are composed of standard profiles such as MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile) composed of standard class library groups and class library groups used for specific applications such as electronic wallet applications and game applications. There is an extended profile.
An application executed on the application execution environment 140 can be used by calling a class library such as a function of a standard profile and an extended profile in the application execution environment 140 via a class library API (application interface). ing.

  Functions of the execution environment management library of the application execution environment 140 include a mobile phone (mobile station) management function, a user interface function, a media management function, a time management function, a timer function, an event control function, a communication management function, and a drawing management. Functions, storage management functions, memory management functions, sound functions, etc. These execution environment management libraries can be used by calling the telephone platform library in the native 130 through the telephone platform API. The execution environment management library can be used by calling a library in the security controller 135 via the security controller API.

  Further, when various events occur, the native 130 and the security controller 135 can notify the generated events to the applications 151, 152, 153,... Via the application execution environment 140.

  Of the JAVA applications that can be executed on the application execution environment 140, the electronic wallet application 153 is recognized by a description in a JAD (Joint Application Design) file that is property information as program related information. Specifically, it is recognized by describing an attribute (for example, “MIDlet-Wallet Partition Number”) indicating an electronic wallet application in the JAD file. If there is an application indicating the attribute of the electronic wallet application in the JAD file, the MIDxlet-Resident (Default: N) attribute is ignored and the application is treated as a default. This prevents the electronic wallet application from being set as a resident application or a resident continuation application. Furthermore, the electronic wallet application is not displayed as a setting target on the resident application setting screen of the mobile phone 10.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing when reserving a parking lot managed by the parking lot management system 60 using the mobile phone 10. First, the user 1 operates the mobile phone 10 to activate a WEB browser and accesses a predetermined WEB site for a parking lot search provided by the parking lot management system 60. Then, when a search for an available parking lot that can be reserved is instructed by designating a desired area or facility, a parking lot search request is transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to the parking lot management system 60. Based on the parking lot search request, the parking lot management system 60 searches the parking lot management database 61 for a parking lot that has a vacant parking space that can be reserved for use specified by the user, and the web page data of the search result. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 10 of the user. Here, as an empty parking space provided to the user, a fully open parking space in which there is no vehicle parked at the time of search without considering the scheduled parking time of the vehicle parked at the time of search. It is preferable to extract only the search. In this case, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the vehicle that reserved the parking space cannot be used by extending the parking time and continuing to park the vehicle parked at the time of the search.

  When the user confirms the search result displayed on the mobile phone 10, selects a desired parking lot, and instructs use reservation, a parking lot reservation request is transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to the parking lot management system 60. The parking lot management system 60 executes a parking lot reservation process for registering information on the start of use by the user of the mobile phone 10 in the parking lot management database 61 for the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request. This use start information is transmitted from the parking lot management system 60 to the parking management device 30 of the reservation target parking lot 3 as necessary. In addition, billing information for payment by electronic money is transmitted / received among the parking lot management system 60, the mobile phone 10, and the electronic money management system 20, and the provisional time from the start of use of the reserved parking lot until a predetermined time elapses. For the usage time, a parking fee payment process is executed for the user of the mobile phone 10 who made the reservation. When the payment process is completed, the parking lot management system 60 transmits the result of the parking lot reservation process to the mobile phone 10. The user looks at the result of the parking lot reservation process displayed on the mobile phone 10 and identifies the name and location of the parking lot and the information for identifying the reserved parking space (parking block identification symbol, parking space identification symbol, The reservation details such as the number of floors in the case of a multi-level parking lot, the reserved time zone, and the parking fee that has been charged can be confirmed.

  FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing a process when a car is stored in a parking lot reserved by a user. When a user drives a car and arrives at a reserved parking lot and holds the mobile phone 10 over the parking management device 30 installed at the entrance gate of the parking lot, the personal identification information is sent from the mobile phone 10 to the parking management device 30. Is sent. As the identity verification information, for example, identification information of the mobile phone 10 or an ID (IDm) set in the electronic wallet chip unit 116 of the mobile phone 10 can be transmitted. The identity verification information received from the mobile phone 10 is transmitted from the parking management device 30 to the parking lot management system 60. Based on the registration information in the parking management database 61 and the personal identification information acquired from the mobile phone 10, the parking management system 60 allows the user of the car to enter the parking lot 3 to make the parking reservation. Determine if you are the person. The parking lot management system 60 may access the electronic money management system 20 based on the personal identification information and perform the personal identification process using the electronic money user information stored in the electronic money management system 20. Good.

  When the parking lot management system 60 is able to confirm that the user of the car who intends to enter the parking lot 3 is the person who made the reservation for the parking lot, the parking lot management system 60 enters the parking lot 3 of the user's car. The warehousing permission information for permitting is transmitted to the parking management device 30. The parking management device 30 opens the entrance gate based on the warehousing permission information, cancels the use restriction device for the reserved parking space, or allows the user to park the car in the reserved parking space. Execute. Thereby, the user can park the car in the reserved parking space.

  FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing processing when the user leaves the car. When the user leaves the car from the parking lot, if the mobile phone 10 is held over the parking management device 30, the identity confirmation information of the user of the car that is going to leave is parked from the mobile phone 10 via the parking management device 30. It is transmitted to the parking lot management system 60. In addition, the parking lot management system 60 indicates that the user of the car who is going to leave the parking lot 3 is the person himself / herself based on the registration information in the parking lot management database 61 and the personal identification information acquired from the mobile phone 10. Judge whether there is. When it is confirmed that the user is the person himself / herself, the delivery permission information for permitting the user to leave the car parking lot 3 is transmitted to the parking management device 30. The parking management device 30 executes the exit permission control that opens the entrance gate, releases the lock device of the reserved parking space, or allows the user to park the car in the parking space based on the exit permission information. Thereby, the user can park the automobile in the parking space.

  In addition, the parking lot management system 60 refers to the identity management information received from the mobile phone 10 via the parking management device 30, acquires the entry / exit information of the vehicle, Based on the delivery information, it is determined whether or not the time when the user's car is actually parked exceeds the provisional use time. Here, when the provisional usage time is exceeded, the electronic money of the user among the parking lot management system 60, the mobile phone 10, and the electronic money management system 20 is used for the excess time as in the reservation. Payment processing by is executed.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, a parking lot can be reserved in advance using the mobile phone 10, and the person who made the reservation can use the reserved parking lot in advance. Moreover, since the parking lot manager can receive payment for the use of the reserved parking space when making a reservation for the parking lot using the mobile phone 10, it prevents a decrease in revenue due to the cancellation of the booking. it can.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, since a parking space can be specified and a parking space can be reserved, when the user arrives at the reserved parking space, the result of the parking space reservation process is not searched for the parking space. You can quickly park in the specified parking space.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the user who reserved the parking lot exceeds the provisional usage time at the time of reservation and parks the car for an extended time, the charging process for the user is executed for the excess time, It is possible to avoid omission of collection of usage charges for the excess time.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, by accessing the parking lot management system 60 from the user's mobile phone 10, it is possible to easily search for a parking lot having an available parking space that can be reserved for use.

In the above embodiment, the cellular phone 10 has been described as an example, but the present invention can be similarly applied to other mobile communication terminals and information communication terminals.
Further, in the above embodiment, the parking lot usage fee is paid using the electronic money function incorporated in the mobile phone 10, but the parking lot management system 60 is connected to the charging server of the mobile phone communication network. You may process so that payment of a user's parking lot usage fee may be added to the user's mobile phone 10 usage fee (call charge) by sending and receiving billing information about parking lot usage.

Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the schematic procedure of the parking lot utilization method in embodiment which concerns on this invention. The schematic block diagram which shows an example of the whole parking lot utilization system containing the parking lot management system and electronic money management system which concern on this embodiment. The block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. The block diagram which shows an example of the software structure of a mobile telephone. The block diagram which shows an example of a structure of an application execution environment. The sequence diagram which shows an example of a process when reserving the parking lot managed with a parking lot management system using a mobile telephone. The sequence diagram which shows a process when moving a motor vehicle into the parking lot which the user reserved. The sequence diagram which shows a process when a user leaves a motor vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

10 Mobile Phone 20 Electronic Money Management System 30 Parking Management Device 31 R / W Device (Communication Module)
40 Mobile phone network 50 Fixed line network 60 Parking lot management system 70 Internet

Claims (8)

A parking lot use management method for managing the use of a parking lot using an information communication terminal,
Receiving a parking reservation request from an information communication terminal via a communication line;
For the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request, executing parking lot reservation processing for registering information on the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal in a parking lot management database;
Executing a billing process of a parking fee for a user of the information communication terminal for a temporary use time until a predetermined time elapses from the start of use;
Transmitting the result of the parking reservation process to the information communication terminal via a communication line;
Acquire identity verification information for confirming whether or not the user of the vehicle is the person who made the parking reservation via the information communication terminal of the user of the vehicle who intends to enter the parking lot. Steps,
A step of determining whether or not a vehicle user who intends to enter the parking lot is the person who made the parking lot reservation based on the registration information of the parking lot management database and the acquired identity verification information. When,
When it is confirmed that the user of the vehicle trying to enter the parking lot is the person who made the reservation for the parking lot, storage permission information for permitting the user's vehicle to enter the parking lot is provided. Transmitting to a parking management device installed in the parking lot via a communication line;
A parking lot use management method comprising: In the parking lot use management method according to claim 1,
The parking lot reservation process includes a process of assigning and registering a parking space in the parking lot to the user,
The parking lot use management method, wherein the result of the parking lot reservation process transmitted to the information communication terminal includes information for identifying a parking empty space in the parking lot. In the parking lot use management method according to claim 1 or 2,
Via the information communication terminal of the user of the vehicle about to leave from the parking lot, obtaining the entry / exit information of the vehicle;
Determining whether the time when the user's vehicle was actually parked exceeded the temporary use time based on the entry / exit information;
If the provisional usage time is exceeded, executing a billing process for the user for the excess time; and
A parking lot utilization management method, further comprising: In the parking lot usage management method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Receiving a parking lot search request for requesting a search for a parking lot capable of reserving the parking lot via a communication line from an information communication terminal;
Based on the parking lot search request, searching for a parking lot where there is a parking space available for the use reservation; and
Transmitting the search result to the information communication terminal via a communication line; and
A parking lot utilization management method, further comprising: A parking lot use management system for managing the use of a parking lot using an information communication terminal,
A parking lot management database storing parking lot information and user information of the parking lot;
Means for receiving a parking reservation request from an information communication terminal via a communication line;
Means for executing parking lot reservation processing for registering information on the start of use by the user of the information communication terminal in the parking lot management database for the parking lot designated by the parking lot reservation request;
Means for executing a billing process for a parking fee for a user of the information communication terminal with respect to a temporary use time until a predetermined time elapses after the start of use;
Means for transmitting a result of the parking lot reservation process to the information communication terminal via a communication line;
Acquire identity verification information for confirming whether or not the user of the vehicle is the person who made the parking reservation via the information communication terminal of the user of the vehicle who intends to enter the parking lot. Means,
Means for determining whether or not the user of the vehicle entering the parking lot is the person who made the parking reservation based on the registration information of the parking lot management database and the acquired identity verification information When,
When it is confirmed that the user of the vehicle trying to enter the parking lot is the person who made the reservation for the parking lot, storage permission information for permitting the user's vehicle to enter the parking lot is provided. Means for transmitting to a parking management device installed in the parking lot via a communication line;
A parking lot use management system characterized by comprising: In the parking lot use management system according to claim 5,
The parking lot reservation process includes a process of assigning and registering a parking space in the parking lot to the user,
The parking lot use management system, wherein the result of the parking lot reservation process transmitted to the information communication terminal includes information for identifying a parking empty space in the parking lot. In the parking lot use management system according to claim 5 or 6,
Means for acquiring entry / exit information of the vehicle via the information communication terminal of the user of the vehicle who intends to leave the parking lot;
Based on the entry / exit information, means for determining whether or not the time when the user's vehicle was actually parked exceeded the provisional use time;
Means for executing billing processing for the user for the excess time when the temporary use time is exceeded;
A parking lot use management system, further comprising: In the parking lot use management system according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
Means for receiving a parking lot search request for requesting a search for a parking lot for which the use reservation is possible, from a communication line via an information communication terminal;
Based on the parking lot search request, a means for searching for a parking lot with a vacant space where the use reservation is possible;
Means for transmitting the search result to the information communication terminal via a communication line;
A parking lot use management system, further comprising: