JP2011106996A - Parking area position determiner, method of determining parking area position, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accumulate information for presenting the position of a parking area relative to an installation. <P>SOLUTION: This parking area position determiner includes: a parking information receiving means for receiving parking information including identification information on an occupant of a vehicle and position information on a parking position of the vehicle; an entry information receiving means for receiving entry information including identification information on an installation and identification information on users of the installation; and a recording means for recording, in a parking-area information storage means, the position information as information showing the position of the parking area with respect to the installation, in cases where a difference is within a prescribed time period between time shown by time information included in the parking information or time at which the parking information is received, and time shown by time information included in the entry information or time at which the time information is received, if the identification information on the occupant coincides with the identification information on the users. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot position determination device, a parking lot position determination method, and a program, and more particularly to a parking lot position determination device, a parking lot position determination method, and a program that determine the position of a parking lot with respect to a facility.

  An in-vehicle device generally called a car navigation system searches for a route to the facility by setting a destination facility as a destination, and provides route guidance based on the searched route.

JP 2001-283387 A

  However, there are many conventional in-vehicle devices that do not hold the position information of the dedicated parking lots owned by the facility, and there is a problem that it is guided to the facility itself. For this reason, there is a problem in that extra travel occurs when the parking lot is far from the facility.

  In addition, when the facility does not have a dedicated parking lot or when the number of parking lots is small and parking is not possible, it is necessary to search for nearby parking lots by oneself. In this case, there is a problem that it is difficult to find a suitable parking lot.

  Furthermore, even if the location information of the parking lot owned by the facility is held in the in-vehicle device, there is a problem that when the location of the parking lot is changed, it is not properly guided.

  This invention is made in view of said point, Comprising: The parking lot position determination apparatus which can accumulate | store the information for showing the position of the parking lot with respect to a facility, a parking lot position determination method, and a program For the purpose of provision.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above-described problem, the parking lot position determination apparatus includes a parking information receiving unit that receives identification information of a vehicle occupant and parking information including position information of the parking position of the vehicle, identification information of a facility, and the When the entrance information receiving means for receiving entrance information including the identification information of the facility user and the identification information of the passenger and the identification information of the user match, the time information included in the parking information indicates If the difference between the time or the time when the parking information is received and the time indicated by the time information included in the entrance information or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time, the location information is Recording means for recording in the parking lot information storage means as information indicating the position of the parking lot relative to the parking lot.

  According to the disclosed technology, information for presenting the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility can be accumulated.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the parking lot position determination system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the parking lot position determination system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the center server in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence of the transmission process of the parking information by vehicle equipment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence of the reception process of the parking information by a center server. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a parking information storage part. It is a figure for demonstrating the process sequence of the transmission process of the entrance information by a facility terminal. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence of the reception process of the entrance information by the center server, and the recording process of parking lot information. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a facility information storage part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a parking lot information storage part. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence by the vehicle equipment at the time of utilization of parking lot information. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence by the center server at the time of utilization of parking lot information.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a parking lot position determination system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a vehicle 20 is a so-called automobile and has an in-vehicle device 21. The in-vehicle device 21 is an electronic device generally called car navigation. In the present embodiment, the in-vehicle device 21 can perform short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 40 carried by the passenger of the vehicle 20 using Bluetooth or WiFi (Wireless Fidelity). The in-vehicle device 21 also has a communication function (for example, a telematics function) with the center server 10 connected via a mobile phone network or the Internet.

  The portable terminal 40 is not limited to a predetermined terminal as long as it is capable of short-range wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 21 and is a portable electronic device. Examples of the portable terminal 40 include a mobile phone and a smartphone. In the present embodiment, an identifier (hereinafter referred to as “terminal ID”) given to the portable terminal 40 is used as personal identification information for identifying a passenger of the vehicle 20 or a user of the facility 30. The

  The facility 30 includes any facility that can be searched as a destination by the in-vehicle device 21. In this embodiment, a facility terminal 31 is installed in the facility 30. The facility terminal 31 is a communication device having a short-range wireless communication function by a communication method (Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.) similar to the vehicle-mounted device 21. The facility terminal 31 communicates with the portable terminal 40 using the short-range wireless communication function. The facility terminal 31 also has a communication function with the center server 10 connected via the Internet or the like. The facility terminal 31 may be a dedicated terminal or a general-purpose information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a POS (Point Of Sales System) terminal. In the case of a general-purpose information processing apparatus, a communication program for communicating with Bluetooth or WiFi and a communication program for communicating with the center server 10 may be installed.

  The center server 10 is a computer that collects information from the in-vehicle device 21 and provides information to the in-vehicle device 21. In the present embodiment, the center server 10 functions as an example of a parking lot position determination device. Therefore, the center server 10 determines the position of a parking lot that can be parked when using the facility 30 based on the information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 21 and the information transmitted from the facility terminal 31.

  In the figure, only one vehicle 20 and one facility 30 are shown, but a plurality of vehicles 20 and facilities 30 may exist. The center server 10 may also be realized by a plurality of computers.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the parking lot position determination system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, the in-vehicle device 21 includes an in-vehicle terminal search unit 211, a parking information transmission unit 212, a parking lot search unit 213, and the like. Each part is implement | achieved by the process which the program incorporated in the vehicle equipment 21 makes the CPU with which the vehicle equipment 21 is provided.

  The in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 detects the mobile terminal 40 by short-range wireless communication, and acquires a terminal ID from the mobile terminal 40. In addition, what is necessary is just to use the identifier utilized in order to identify each portable terminal 40 for near field communication for terminal ID. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the necessity of mounting a special function for carrying out the present embodiment on the mobile terminal 40. When the vehicle 20 is parked, the parking information transmission unit 212 is information including a terminal ID acquired by the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211, position information (latitude and longitude) of the vehicle 20, and time information (hereinafter, “ "Parking information") is transmitted to the center server 10. That is, the parking information is information indicating who, when, and where the vehicle is parked. The position information included in the parking information is calculated by the in-vehicle device 21 based on a radio wave (hereinafter referred to as “GPS radio wave”) received from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite by a GPS antenna (not shown) provided in the in-vehicle device 21. Is done. As the time information, for example, time information included in GPS radio waves is used.

  The parking lot search unit 213 acquires the location of the parking lot of the facility 30 set as the route guidance destination from the center server 10.

  The facility terminal 31 includes an in-facility terminal search unit 311 and an entrance information transmission unit 312. Each unit is realized by a process executed by a CPU included in the facility terminal 31 by a program incorporated in the facility terminal 31.

  The in-facility terminal search unit 311 detects the mobile terminal 40 in the facility 30 by short-range wireless communication, and acquires a terminal ID from the mobile terminal 40. In addition, regarding the same portable terminal 40, the terminal ID acquired by the in-facility terminal search unit 311 and the terminal ID acquired by the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 of the in-vehicle device 21 need to match. This is because the center server 10 determines the difference between the passenger of the vehicle 20 and the user of the facility 30 based on the difference in the terminal ID. Therefore, when the identifier used to identify each portable terminal 40 for short-range wireless communication is the terminal ID, the communication method used by the in-facility terminal search unit 311 and the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 The communication method used by the method needs to identify the communication partner by the same identifier. For example, when both communication methods are the same, such a requirement is satisfied.

  The entrance information transmission unit 312 includes an identifier of the facility 30 (hereinafter referred to as “facility ID”), a terminal ID acquired by the in-facility terminal search unit 311, and time information indicating the time when the mobile terminal 40 is searched. Information (hereinafter referred to as “entrance information”) is transmitted to the center server 10. In other words, the entry information is information indicating who and when the facility 30 is entered. The facility ID is stored in advance in the storage device of the facility terminal 31.

  The center server 10 includes a parking information receiving unit 11, an entrance information receiving unit 12, a parking lot information recording unit 13, a parking lot information integration unit 14, a parking lot information providing unit 15, a parking information storage unit 16, a facility information storage unit 17, And a parking lot information storage unit 18 and the like. Each unit is realized by processing that a program installed in the center server 10 causes the CPU of the center server 10 to execute.

  The parking information receiving unit 11 receives the parking information transmitted from the parking information transmitting unit 212 of the in-vehicle device 21 and records it in the parking information storage unit 16. The parking information storage unit 16 stores parking information using, for example, an auxiliary storage device of the center server 10. The entrance information receiving unit 12 receives entrance information transmitted from the entrance information transmitting unit 312 of the facility terminal 31.

  The parking lot information recording unit 13 determines whether or not the difference between the times indicated by the time information included in the parking information and the entrance information related to the same terminal ID is within a predetermined time. When the difference is within the predetermined time, the parking lot information recording unit 13 determines the position information included in the parking information as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility 30 related to the facility ID included in the entrance information. The location information is associated with the facility ID and recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18. The parking lot information storage part 18 memorize | stores the positional information which shows the position of a parking lot for every facility 30 using the auxiliary | assistant storage device of the center server 10, for example.

  The parking lot information integration part 14 shows the range which integrated the adjacent range, when the range (two-dimensional area | region) shown by each about the some positional information which is the recording object of the parking lot information storage part 18 adjoins. The position information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18 as information indicating the position of the same parking lot. That is, the position information (latitude and longitude) measured by GPS indicates a rectangular area having a certain range, not strictly a point. Although the size of the range of the rectangular area varies depending on the accuracy of the position information, a plurality of rectangular areas may be detected for the same parking lot. Then, a plurality of position information (a plurality of records) may be registered in the parking lot information storage unit 18 with respect to the same parking lot. The parking lot information integration unit 14 integrates a plurality of pieces of position information (records) related to the same parking lot.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the center server in the embodiment of the present invention. The center server 10 in FIG. 3 includes a drive device 100, an auxiliary storage device 102, a memory device 103, a CPU 104, and an interface device 105 that are connected to each other via a bus B.

  A program for realizing processing in the center server 10 is provided by a recording medium 101 such as a CD-ROM. When the recording medium 101 on which the program is recorded is set in the drive device 100, the program is installed from the recording medium 101 to the auxiliary storage device 102 via the drive device 100. However, the program need not be installed from the recording medium 101 and may be downloaded from another computer via a network. The auxiliary storage device 102 stores the installed program and also stores necessary files and data.

  The memory device 103 reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 102 and stores it when there is an instruction to start the program. The CPU 104 executes functions related to the center server 10 in accordance with a program stored in the memory device 103. The interface device 105 is used as an interface for connecting to a network.

  Hereinafter, the processing procedure of the parking lot position determination system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure of parking information transmission processing by the in-vehicle device.

  When the power of the in-vehicle device 21 is turned on (that is, when the power of the vehicle 20 is turned on) (S101), the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 starts processing (S101). The in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 first checks the state of the vehicle 20 (whether it is running or stopped) (S102). When the vehicle 20 is traveling (Yes in S103), the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 searches for a wireless communication terminal capable of short-range wireless communication with the in-vehicle device 21 (S104). The portable terminal 40 can perform near field communication with the in-vehicle device 21. Therefore, the mobile terminal 40 is searched by the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211. The search method follows a known wireless communication technique. In addition, the execution of the search for the wireless communication terminal is limited to the time when the vehicle 20 is traveling in order to exclude the wireless communication terminal outside the vehicle 20 from the search target. That is, when the vehicle 20 is stopped, a wireless communication terminal outside the vehicle 20 may be searched. The wireless communication terminal outside the vehicle 20 is a wireless communication terminal in the vehicle 20 parked or parked next to it, a wireless communication terminal carried by a pedestrian or the like.

  When the mobile terminal 40 is searched (Yes in S105), the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the mobile terminal 40 was first searched (S106). When the predetermined time has not elapsed (No in S106), the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 repeats the search for the wireless communication terminal (S104). That is, when the mobile terminal 40 is searched, the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 acquires the terminal ID from the mobile terminal 40 and stores the terminal ID and the searched time using the storage device of the in-vehicle device 21. Keep it. However, when the same terminal ID is already stored, the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 calculates a difference between the time of the re-search and the already stored time, and whether or not the difference exceeds a predetermined time. Determine whether. In addition, when there are a plurality of portable terminals 40 in the vehicle 20, the plurality of portable terminals 40 are searched.

  When the predetermined time has elapsed since the mobile terminal 40 was first searched (Yes in S106), the in-vehicle terminal search unit 211 uses the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 40 as the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 40 in the vehicle 20. It memorize | stores using the memory | storage device of the vehicle equipment 21 (S107). The requirement for the elapse of the predetermined time is to exclude a wireless communication terminal existing in another vehicle running in parallel with the vehicle 20 from the search target. Therefore, the predetermined time may be set to a period during which at least two vehicles are unlikely to run in parallel.

  Steps S102 to S107 are repeatedly executed until the vehicle-mounted device 21 is turned off. When the vehicle-mounted device 21 is turned off (Yes in S108), the parking information transmission unit 212 stores the terminal ID stored as that of the mobile terminal 40 in the vehicle 20 and the current position information (latitude and longitude). Parking information including time information indicating the current time is transmitted to the center server 10 (S109). Here, the fact that the power of the vehicle-mounted device 21 is turned off means that the engine of the vehicle 20 is stopped and the power of the vehicle 20 itself is turned off. That is, the vehicle 20 is parked. Therefore, the position information included in the parking information indicates the parking position of the vehicle 20. The time information included in the parking information indicates the parking time (parking start time) of the vehicle 20. Even after the power of the vehicle 20 is turned off, the process of step S109 can be performed by the electric power stored in the battery included in the vehicle 20. Or the process of step S109 may be performed in the process of the termination process at the time of the power supply OFF of the vehicle equipment 21. FIG.

  Then, the process performed by the center server 10 by transmission of parking information is demonstrated. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the parking information reception processing by the center server.

  In step S201, the parking information receiving unit 11 receives parking information. Subsequently, the parking information receiving unit 11 determines whether or not the terminal ID included in the received parking information is already recorded in the parking information storage unit 16 (S202).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the parking information storage unit. As shown in the figure, the parking information storage unit 16 stores terminal ID, latitude, longitude, time information, and the like regarding parking information received in the past.

  When the received terminal ID is already recorded (Yes in S202), the parking information receiving unit 11 displays the latitude, longitude, and time information recorded in the parking information storage unit 16 for the terminal ID. The received latitude, longitude, and time information are updated (S203). When the received terminal ID is not recorded (No in S202), the parking information receiving unit 11 records the received terminal ID, latitude, longitude, and time information in association with each other in the parking information storage unit 16 (new registration). (S204).

  In addition, the parking lot information recording unit 11 rounds the granularity (accuracy) of the position information (latitude and longitude) to an appropriate level with respect to the size of a general parking lot (converts it to a predetermined interval value (deteriorates). And may be recorded in the parking information storage unit 16. For example, it represents about 80m square at a thousandth of a degree. Therefore, for example, the latitude and longitude rounded to about 1/1000 degree may be recorded in the parking information storage unit 16.

  On the other hand, the facility terminal 31 in the facility 30 always executes the processing shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the processing procedure of the entrance information transmission processing by the facility terminal.

  The facility terminal search unit 311 of the facility terminal 31 searches for a wireless communication terminal capable of short-range wireless communication with the facility terminal 31 (that is, a wireless communication terminal existing in the facility 30) (S301). Here, each wireless communication terminal of the user existing in the facility 30 can be searched. When the wireless communication terminal is searched (Yes in S302), the in-facility terminal search unit 311 determines whether or not the terminal ID of each searched wireless communication terminal is included in the transmitted list (S303). The transmitted list is a list that includes the terminal ID that has already been included in the entrance information and transmitted to the center server 10 and the transmission time of the entrance information, and is recorded in the storage device of the facility terminal 31. . That is, in step S303, it is determined whether or not entrance information has already been transmitted for each searched wireless communication terminal.

  Among the searched wireless communication terminals, for the wireless communication terminals whose terminal ID is not included in the transmitted list (No in S303), the in-facility terminal search unit 311 indicates the facility ID, the terminal ID, and the current time. The entrance information including the time information is transmitted to the center server 10 for each wireless communication terminal (S305). The in-facility terminal search unit 311 adds the terminal ID related to the wireless communication terminal and the transmission time of the entrance information to the transmitted list.

  On the other hand, among the searched wireless communication terminals, for the wireless communication terminal whose terminal ID is included in the transmitted list (Yes in S303), the in-facility terminal search unit 311 performs a predetermined time from the previous transmission time of the entrance information. It is determined whether or not elapses (S304). For the wireless communication terminals for which the predetermined time has elapsed, the entrance information transmission unit 312 transmits entrance information including the facility ID, the terminal ID, and time information indicating the current time to the center server 10 for each wireless communication terminal. (S305). The admission information transmission unit 312 updates the recorded contents of the transmitted list (entry information transmission time) for the wireless communication terminal.

  That is, even if the wireless communication terminal has already transmitted the entrance information, the entrance information is transmitted again if a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous transmission. This is due to the following reason.

  In the process of FIG. 7, as long as the same user continues to exist in the facility 30, the wireless communication terminal of the user is repeatedly searched. This is because the search for the wireless communication terminal is always performed. However, the process of FIG. 7 is a process for notifying the center server 10 of the timing when the user enters. Therefore, for the same wireless communication terminal, admission information may be transmitted when it is first searched. However, if a user who has entered once leaves and re-enters several hours later or on the next day, etc., it is necessary to send entrance information regarding the re-entry. Therefore, when the predetermined time has elapsed since the previous transmission of the admission information, the admission information is retransmitted with respect to the same wireless communication terminal so that the admission information is transmitted regarding such re-entry. . Therefore, what is necessary is just to let the predetermined time in step S304 be the time exceeding the period when the user who entered once stays on average.

  It should be noted that elements after a predetermined time may be deleted from the transmitted list. In that case, the determination in step S304 is not necessary.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 40 corresponds to a wireless communication terminal that can wirelessly communicate with the facility terminal 31. Therefore, when the passenger of the vehicle 20 enters the facility 30 after the vehicle 20 is parked, the facility terminal 31 searches for the portable terminal 40 carried by the passenger, and the entry information including the terminal ID of the portable terminal 40 is obtained. It is transmitted to the center server 10.

  Subsequently, a process executed by the center server 10 by transmitting the entrance information will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the reception processing of the entrance information and the recording processing of the parking lot information by the center server.

  In step S401, the entrance information receiving unit 12 receives parking information. Subsequently, the parking lot information recording unit 13 searches the parking information storage unit 16 for parking information (record) related to the terminal ID included in the received entrance information (hereinafter referred to as “current entrance information”). (S402). That is, it is determined whether or not the user of the facility 30 is a passenger of the vehicle 20. When the parking information related to the terminal ID is searched (Yes in S403), the parking lot information recording unit 13 indicates the time indicated by the time information included in the current entrance information (hereinafter referred to as “entrance time”). The difference from the time indicated by the time information included in the searched parking information (hereinafter referred to as “current parking information”) (hereinafter referred to as “parking time”) is calculated (S404). That is, (entrance time-parking time) is calculated. In the present embodiment, the terminal ID is personal identification information of a passenger carrying the mobile terminal 40 or a user of the facility 30. Therefore, entrance information and parking information related to the same terminal ID correspond to entrance information or parking information related to the same person. Therefore, the difference calculated in step S404 indicates the time required for a certain person to enter the facility 30 after parking.

  Subsequently, the parking lot information recording unit 13 determines whether or not the calculated difference is within a predetermined time (S405). This step is for determining whether or not the time required for entering the facility 30 after parking is within the general required time from the parking lot to the facility. Therefore, what is necessary is just to set time (for example, 5 minutes etc.) generally accepted as required time from a parking lot to a facility as the predetermined time.

  When the difference is within the predetermined time (Yes in S405), the parking lot information recording unit 13 displays the location indicated by the facility 30 related to the facility ID included in the current entrance information and the location information included in the current parking information (parking). (Distance) is calculated (S406). The position of the facility 30 related to the facility ID is determined based on the facility information recorded in the facility information storage unit 17.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the facility information storage unit. In the figure, a facility ID, a facility name, a latitude, a longitude, and the like are recorded for each facility 30 in the facility information storage unit 17. The facility name is the name of the facility 30. The latitude and longitude are the latitude or longitude at which the facility 30 is located. Registration of facility information in the facility information storage unit 17 is performed in advance by an administrator of a parking lot position determination system or the like.

  Therefore, in step S406, the parking lot information recording unit 13 acquires the latitude and longitude associated with the terminal ID included in the current entrance information from the facility information storage unit 17. The parking lot information recording unit 13 uses the acquired latitude and longitude for calculating the distance from the parking position.

  The facility information recorded in the facility information storage unit 17 may be included in the entrance information and transmitted. Specifically, the facility name, latitude, and longitude of the facility 30 where the facility terminal 31 is arranged are recorded in the storage device of each facility terminal 31, and the facility name, latitude, and longitude are the entrance information. And may be transferred to the center server 10. In this case, the facility information storage unit 17 is not necessary.

  Subsequently, the parking lot information recording unit 13 determines whether or not the calculated distance is equal to or less than a predetermined value (S407). This step is for determining whether or not the distance from the parking position to the facility 30 is within walking distance. Therefore, an appropriate distance (for example, 500 m or the like) as a walking distance may be set as the predetermined value. Note that the determination in step S405 may include, for example, a case where the vehicle is parked in a parking lot near the station, goes to a neighboring station by train for about 2 minutes, and enters the facility 30 in front of the neighboring station. However, such a case is excluded by the determination in step S407.

  On the other hand, in step S407 alone, there is a case where the straight distance is within walking distance, but in reality, it is not appropriate as a walking distance from the parking lot to the facility 30 due to detours or the like. Such a case is excluded by the determination in step S405.

  When the distance from the parking position to the facility 30 is equal to or less than the predetermined value (Yes in S407), the parking lot information recording unit 13 determines the position related to the current parking information with respect to the terminal ID included in the current entrance information. It is confirmed whether or not position information that matches the information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18 (S408).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a parking lot information storage unit. In the figure, a counter is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18 for each combination of facility ID, latitude and longitude (hereinafter referred to as “parking lot information”). The latitude and longitude are the latitude and longitude of the parking position determined as the parking lot of the facility 30 related to the facility ID. The counter will be described later. In the parking lot information storage unit 18, a plurality of pieces of parking lot information can be recorded for the same facility ID. This is because there can be a plurality of parking lots for the same facility 30. Moreover, it is because the same parking lot may be divided | segmented into a some area | region and may be recognized as another parking lot by the precision of the positional information on a parking position.

  When the parking lot information including the terminal ID included in the current entrance information and the location information matching the location information related to the current parking information has already been recorded (Yes in S408), the parking lot information recording unit 13 The counter for the parking lot information is incremented by one (S409). On the other hand, when the parking lot information including the terminal ID included in the current entrance information and the location information matching the location information related to the current parking information is not recorded, the parking lot information recording unit 13 The information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18 (S410). In this case, the parking lot information recording unit 13 records 1 in the counter of the newly recorded parking lot information. That is, the counter is data indicating the number of times that the parking position (latitude and longitude) related to the parking lot information is determined to be a parking lot for the facility 30 related to the facility ID of the parking lot information.

  As described above, position information that can be used as a parking lot for the facility 30 is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18. As described above, a plurality of pieces of parking lot information may be recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18 with respect to the same parking lot according to the accuracy of the position information of the parking position. Therefore, the parking lot information integration unit 14 integrates the plurality of parking lot information into one piece of parking lot information. Specifically, the parking lot information integration unit 14 determines the parking lot information when the range indicated by the position information (latitude and longitude) of two or more parking lot information is adjacent in any direction of east, west, south, and north. The group position information and the counter are integrated, and one piece of parking lot information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit 18. The integration of the position information means that the position information after integration indicates an integrated range. The counter integration is to add up the counters. By integrating the parking lot information, it is possible to reduce the information amount of the parking lot information and to generate realistic parking lot information. The processing by the parking lot information integration unit 14 may be executed when new parking lot information is recorded by the parking lot information recording unit 13 (S410), or batchwise asynchronously with the processing of FIG. May be done. However, the process by the parking lot information integration unit 14 is not essential.

  Then, the usage example of the parking lot information recorded on the parking lot information storage part 18 is demonstrated. FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure by the vehicle-mounted device when using the parking lot information.

  When the facility 30 is selected at the time of destination setting (S501), the parking lot search unit 213 transmits a parking lot search request for the selected facility 30 to the center server 10 (S502). The search request includes the facility ID of the selected facility 30. Subsequently, the parking lot search unit 213 receives the location information (latitude and longitude) of the parking lot or the parking lot candidate for the selected facility 30 returned from the center server 10 in response to the search request (S503). A parking lot candidate is a place where there is a possibility that it is a parking lot although the certainty of being a parking lot for the facility 30 is low. Subsequently, the parking lot search unit 213 sets the received position information as a destination (S504). Thereafter, processing similar to that of a general car navigation system such as a route search to the destination is executed. When a plurality of pieces of position information are returned in step S503, the position indicated by the position information is displayed on the map, and the parking lot or the parking lot candidate related to any one piece of position information is displayed on the operator of the vehicle-mounted device 21. You may make it select.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure performed by the center server when the parking lot information is used.

  When the parking lot search request transmitted in step S502 of FIG. 11 is received (S601), the parking lot information providing unit 15 displays the parking lot information related to the facility ID included in the search request as the parking lot information. A search is performed from the storage unit 18 (S602). Subsequently, the parking lot information providing unit 15 compares the counter value of the searched parking lot information with a predetermined threshold (predetermined value) (S603). When a plurality of parking lot information is searched, comparison is performed for each piece of parking lot information.

  Regarding the parking lot information whose counter value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value (Yes in S603), the parking lot information providing unit 15 uses the location information (latitude and longitude) of the parking lot information as the facility 30 related to the received facility ID. Is returned to the vehicle-mounted device 21 as the location information of the parking lot (S604). Regarding the parking lot information in which the value of the counter is less than the predetermined value (No in S603), the parking lot information providing unit 15 uses the location information (latitude and longitude) of the parking lot information as the facility 30 related to the received facility ID. Is returned to the vehicle-mounted device 21 as position information of the parking lot candidate (S605). That is, the value of the counter is used as an index for distinguishing a parking lot from a parking lot candidate. A place related to the position information of the parking lot information having a relatively large counter value has been used as a parking lot for the facility 30 many times. If the number of times of use is large, the place is likely to be a dedicated parking lot for the facility 30. Therefore, the parking lot and the parking lot candidate are distinguished based on the value of the counter. However, it is not essential to distinguish between a parking lot and a parking lot candidate based on the record of the counter and the counter.

  As described above, when the difference between the parking time of the vehicle 20 related to the same person and the time of entry to the facility 30 is within a predetermined time, the center server 10 according to the present embodiment can park the vehicle 20. Is determined as the parking position relative to the facility 30 and stored. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately accumulate information for presenting the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility.

  Note that the mobile terminal 40 may be an IC card. In this case, the in-vehicle device 21 and the facility terminal 31 may read the identification information recorded on the IC card as the identification information of the passenger or the user. The reading method may be a contact method or a non-contact method.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the example in which time information was included in each of parking information and entrance information was shown. However, the time when the parking information or the entrance information is received by the center server may be the parking time or the entrance time. In this case, the time information may not be included in the parking information and the entrance information.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to such specific embodiment, In the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim, various deformation | transformation・ Change is possible.

Regarding the above description, the following items are further disclosed.
(Appendix 1)
Parking information receiving means for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of the parking position of the vehicle;
Admission information receiving means for receiving admission information including identification information of the facility and identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information Recording means for recording the position information as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility in the parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A parking lot position determination device having
(Appendix 2)
The recording means is a distance from the parking position to the facility based on the location information and the location information of the facility recorded in the facility information storage means or the location information of the facility included in the entrance information. The parking lot position determination according to appendix 1, wherein the position information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility according to a comparison result between the distance and a predetermined value. apparatus.
(Appendix 3)
The said recording means shows the frequency | count of recording with respect to the combination of the said facility and the said positional information, when the positional information same as the positional information on the said parking position is recorded on the said parking lot information storage means with respect to the said facility The parking lot position determination apparatus according to supplementary note 1 or 2, wherein the value is increased.
(Appendix 4)
The parking position determination according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the recording means converts the position information of the parking position into a value of a predetermined interval, and records the converted position information in the parking lot information storage means. apparatus.
(Appendix 5)
When the first range indicated by the first position information and the second range indicated by the second position information, which are the recording targets of the parking lot information storage means, are adjacent to each other, the first range And location information indicating a range obtained by integrating the second range and the first location information or information indicating the location of the parking lot relative to the facility corresponding to the second location information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit The parking lot position determination apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 4, further comprising an integration unit that performs the above-described integration.
(Appendix 6)
The parking information is transmitted from an in-vehicle device of the vehicle, the entrance information is transmitted from a communication device of the facility,
The identification information of the passenger is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal of the rider by the in-vehicle device,
The parking location determination apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 5, wherein the identification information of the user is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal by the communication device.
(Appendix 7)
A parking position determination method executed by a computer,
A parking information receiving procedure for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of a parking position of the vehicle;
An admission information receiving procedure for receiving admission information including the identification information of the facility and the identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information A recording procedure for recording the position information as information indicating a position of a parking lot with respect to the facility in a parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A parking position determination method executed by the computer.
(Appendix 8)
The recording procedure is based on the location information and the location information of the facility recorded in the facility information storage means or the location information of the facility included in the entrance information. The parking lot position determination according to appendix 7, wherein the position information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility according to a comparison result between the distance and a predetermined value. Method.
(Appendix 9)
When the same location information as the location information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means for the facility, the recording procedure indicates the number of times of recording for the combination of the facility and the location information. The parking lot position determination method according to appendix 7 or 8, wherein the value is increased.
(Appendix 10)
The parking position determination according to any one of appendices 7 to 9, wherein the recording procedure converts the position information of the parking position into a value of a predetermined interval, and records the converted position information in the parking lot information storage means. Method.
(Appendix 11)
When the first range indicated by the first position information and the second range indicated by the second position information, which are the recording targets of the parking lot information storage means, are adjacent to each other, the first range And location information indicating a range obtained by integrating the second range and the first location information or information indicating the location of the parking lot relative to the facility corresponding to the second location information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit The parking lot position determination method according to any one of appendices 7 to 10, which has an integration procedure to perform.
(Appendix 12)
The parking information is transmitted from an in-vehicle device of the vehicle, the entrance information is transmitted from a communication device of the facility,
The identification information of the passenger is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal of the rider by the in-vehicle device,
The parking location determination method according to any one of appendices 7 to 11, wherein the identification information of the user is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal by the communication device.
(Appendix 13)
On the computer,
A parking information receiving procedure for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of a parking position of the vehicle;
An admission information receiving procedure for receiving admission information including the identification information of the facility and the identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information A recording procedure for recording the position information as information indicating a position of a parking lot with respect to the facility in a parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A program for running
(Appendix 14)
The recording procedure is based on the location information and the location information of the facility recorded in the facility information storage means or the location information of the facility included in the entrance information. The program according to appendix 13, wherein the position information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility according to a comparison result between the distance and a predetermined value.
(Appendix 15)
When the same location information as the location information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means for the facility, the recording procedure indicates the number of times of recording for the combination of the facility and the location information. Item 15. The program according to item 13 or 14, which increases the value.
(Appendix 16)
The program according to any one of appendices 13 to 15, wherein the recording procedure converts the position information of the parking position into a value of a predetermined interval, and records the converted position information in the parking lot information storage unit.
(Appendix 17)
When the first range indicated by the first position information and the second range indicated by the second position information, which are the recording targets of the parking lot information storage means, are adjacent to each other, the first range And location information indicating a range obtained by integrating the second range and the first location information or information indicating the location of the parking lot relative to the facility corresponding to the second location information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit The program according to any one of supplementary notes 13 to 16, which causes the computer to execute an integration procedure.
(Appendix 18)
The parking information is transmitted from an in-vehicle device of the vehicle, the entrance information is transmitted from a communication device of the facility,
The identification information of the passenger is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal of the rider by the in-vehicle device,
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 13 to 17, wherein the identification information of the user is identification information of the mobile terminal acquired from the mobile terminal by the communication device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Center server 11 Parking information receiving part 12 Entrance information receiving part 13 Parking lot information recording part 14 Parking lot information integration part 15 Parking lot information provision part 16 Parking information storage part 17 Facility information storage part 18 Parking lot information storage part 20 Vehicle 21 In-vehicle device 30 Facility 31 Facility terminal 40 Mobile terminal 100 Drive device 101 Recording medium 102 Auxiliary storage device 103 Memory device 104 CPU
105 Interface device 211 In-vehicle terminal search unit 212 Parking information transmission unit 213 Parking lot search unit 311 In-facility terminal search unit 312 Admission information transmission unit B Bus

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Parking information receiving means for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of the parking position of the vehicle;
Admission information receiving means for receiving admission information including identification information of the facility and identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information Recording means for recording the position information as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility in the parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A parking lot position determination device having   The recording means is a distance from the parking position to the facility based on the location information and the location information of the facility recorded in the facility information storage means or the location information of the facility included in the entrance information. The parking lot position according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the parking position is recorded in the parking lot information storage means as information indicating the position of the parking lot with respect to the facility according to a comparison result between the distance and a predetermined value. Judgment device.   The said recording means shows the frequency | count of recording with respect to the combination of the said facility and the said positional information, when the positional information same as the positional information on the said parking position is recorded on the said parking lot information storage means with respect to the said facility The parking lot position determination apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the value is increased.   4. The parking lot position according to claim 1, wherein the recording unit converts the position information of the parking position into a predetermined interval value, and records the converted position information in the parking lot information storage unit. Judgment device.   When the first range indicated by the first position information and the second range indicated by the second position information, which are the recording targets of the parking lot information storage means, are adjacent to each other, the first range And location information indicating a range obtained by integrating the second range and the first location information or information indicating the location of the parking lot relative to the facility corresponding to the second location information is recorded in the parking lot information storage unit The parking lot position determination apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an integration unit that performs the integration. A parking position determination method executed by a computer,
A parking information receiving procedure for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of a parking position of the vehicle;
An admission information receiving procedure for receiving admission information including the identification information of the facility and the identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information A recording procedure for recording the position information as information indicating a position of a parking lot with respect to the facility in a parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A parking position determination method executed by the computer. On the computer,
A parking information receiving procedure for receiving parking information including identification information of a vehicle occupant and position information of a parking position of the vehicle;
An admission information receiving procedure for receiving admission information including the identification information of the facility and the identification information of the user of the facility;
When the passenger identification information matches the user identification information, the time indicated by the time information included in the parking information or the time when the parking information was received, and the time information included in the entrance information A recording procedure for recording the position information as information indicating a position of a parking lot with respect to the facility in a parking lot information storage means when the difference between the time indicated by the time or the time when the time information is received is within a predetermined time; A program for running

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