JP2013232233A - Parking lot management system and parking lot management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for managing a parking lot by a remotely-located management center, and facilitating reduction in management costs and installation costs of the parking lot while lessening a user's burden.SOLUTION: The parking lot is provided with a ticket issuing device for encrypting actual data readable by a user into encryption data unreadable by the user, printing the actual data and the encryption data on a parking ticket, and issuing the printed parking ticket to the user. The management center is provided with a decryption device 180 for decrypting the encryption data transmitted from the user via a communication device and received in the management center, and restoring the actual data.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing a parking lot using a ticketing machine installed so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions in a parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle. .

  Parking lots having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles are already widely used. This type of parking lot is classified in terms of the method of transporting the vehicle to the parking position. The user drives the vehicle by itself and transports it to the parking position, and mechanically moves the pallet and cage to move the vehicle. It is classified as a mechanical type that is transported to a parking position. Moreover, the parking lot may be lent to the user free of charge, or may be rented for a fee. Toll parking lots are classified into monthly and hourly lending (including “daily lending”) in terms of the length of time lending to users.

  If rented parking lots are classified in terms of a parking fee payment method, a prepayment method in which a user pays a parking fee prior to the start of parking (however, the possibility of paying a shortage of the parking fee at the time of delivery) is included. And a postpayment method in which a user pays a parking fee at the end of parking.

  In addition, if you classify a time-rented parking lot in terms of its management method, there will be a manned type in which a person in charge of managing and monitoring the parking lot is resident on the site, and such a person in charge is not resident. It is classified as unmanned, which is dispatched to the site sporadically.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 exist as publicly known documents disclosing this type of parking lot and facilities (including a ticketing machine) installed in the parking lot.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for managing a parking lot for a bicycle that is easy to manage and is sufficiently profitable without equipment costs. According to this technology, since it is not necessary to install a device for preventing the bicycle from being illegally parked, the facility cost of the parking lot is reduced.

  Specifically, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, after a bicycle is parked at a vacant parking position, the user moves to a ticketing machine and inputs his / her registration number to the ticketing machine. In addition, the necessary parking fee will be introduced. The ticket issuing machine records the input registration number as the registration number for the bicycle whose parking fee has already been settled.

  Furthermore, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, a management worker who manages a parking lot reads a registration number from a label attached to a parked bicycle with his / her mobile terminal. On the other hand, the management worker takes in the registration number recorded in the ticket issuing machine, that is, the registration number for the bicycle whose parking fee has already been settled, from the ticketing machine.

  After that, the management worker verifies the registration number read from the parked bicycle with the registration number retrieved from the ticketing machine, and whether the parking fee has been settled for the parked bicycle based on the result of the verification No, that is, whether or not the bicycle is illegally parked. The management worker affixes a sticker prompting to pay the fee to the bicycle whose parking fee is not settled, thereby notifying the user who owns the bicycle that the parking fee is uncleared.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a prepaid unmanned parking lot. In this parking lot, when a parking card is inserted, a card issuing machine that issues a parking card recording the time allowed for parking for a fee, a garage gate that is always closed, and a garage entrance are installed. And a warehousing management device that opens the warehousing gate on condition that the parking card is appropriate. Furthermore, in this parking lot, an exit gate that is always closed, and an exit management device that is installed at the exit and opens the exit gate on condition that the parking card is appropriate when a parking card is inserted. And are installed.

  According to the technique disclosed in Patent Literature 2, the user inserts a parking card into the exit management device when leaving the parking lot. The exit management device reads information from the inserted parking card, and when the read information indicates that the actual parking time length exceeds the expected parking time, the exit management device informs the user. On the other hand, it is required to pay an additional parking fee. If the user pays an additional parking fee to the delivery management device in response to the request, the delivery gate is opened. Since the delivery gate is not opened unless the user pays the necessary additional parking fee, the user can be prevented from cheating without paying the additional parking fee.

  Therefore, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is essential that the parking lot manager visits the parking lot periodically to find illegal parking while it is a prepaid unmanned parking lot. And unauthorized parking can be prevented.

JP 2003-242537 A JP 2006-146325 A

  According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the work manager can find a bicycle that is illegally parked and can stop continuation of illegal parking. However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to find a bicycle that is illegally parked, the work manager regularly visits the parking lot and individually describes all the bicycles parked. It is necessary to perform verification using a portable terminal. Moreover, in order to stop the continuation of illegal parking, the work manager needs to perform an operation of attaching the above-described seal individually to the bicycle illegally parked.

  As described above, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, a burden imposed on the work manager is large in order to prevent unauthorized parking, and therefore, it is possible to reduce a management cost including a labor cost per parking lot. It was difficult.

  Therefore, it is desirable to provide a parking lot ticketing machine that can easily reduce the management cost of the parking lot.

  Moreover, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to pay the parking fee prior to parking, the user has to input the user identification number into the ticket issuing machine, which is troublesome. Accordingly, the ticket issuing machine is designed to have a function of inputting a user identification number, a function of recording data representing the input user identification number, and a function of outputting the recorded data to the outside. There is a limit to reducing the equipment cost of the ticket issuing machine.

  Therefore, it is desirable to provide a parking lot ticketing machine that can reduce the burden on the user who uses the parking lot and can easily reduce the equipment cost of the ticketing machine.

  Moreover, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is necessary to install a card issuing machine, a warehousing gate, a warehousing management device, a warehousing gate, and a warehousing management device in a parking lot. This becomes a factor of increasing the facility cost (including the device cost and the installation work cost) of the parking lot, compared to the case where only the ticketing machine needs to be installed in the parking lot. Moreover, according to this technique, both the warehousing management device and the warehousing management device need to have a function of reading information from the parking card. This leads to an increase in the facility costs of the warehousing management device and the warehousing management device, which also increases the facility cost of the parking lot.

  Therefore, it is desirable to provide a parking lot ticketing machine that can easily reduce the parking lot equipment cost and the ticketing machine equipment cost.

  Furthermore, regardless of whether the parking lot is prepaid or postpaid, and whether the parking lot is unmanned or manned, a parking ticket issued to the user by the ticketing machine at the parking lot It may be necessary for a user and a parking lot manager in a remote location to confirm the contents of such matters described on the parking slip.

  In this case, in order to present the parking slip itself to the parking lot manager, the user can bring the parking slip or transmit it with a facsimile, but it is troublesome. Therefore, if a user and the parking lot manager in a remote place can confirm the content of a parking ticket using communication apparatuses, such as a telephone, a user's burden will be reduced. However, in this case, the parking lot manager cannot visually verify the parking slip itself, and has to check the description items of the parking slip by relying only on the remarks from the user.

  Therefore, it is desirable for a parking lot manager in a remote location to be able to objectively determine the authenticity of the user's remarks only from the remarks from the user regarding the matters described on the parking slip. Satisfying this demand is particularly effective, for example, in preventing illegal parking in a prepaid unmanned parking lot in which the above-described exit prevention device is not installed.

  Against the background of the above knowledge, the present invention provides the parking lot using a ticketing machine installed in a parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for vehicles so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions. Is a technology for managing a parking lot, and is intended to provide a technology that can easily reduce the management cost and equipment cost of a parking lot and the equipment cost of the ticketing machine while reducing the burden on the user. It is.

In order to solve the problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, a parking lot management system for managing a parking lot by a management center in a remote place,
A ticketing machine installed in the parking lot, which is real data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time, and is decodable by the user Is encrypted to encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on a parking slip, and the printed parking slip is issued to the user. Having a printer to
A decryptor installed in the management center, which decrypts the encrypted data transmitted from the user via a communication device and received in the management center, and restores the actual data; Including parking management system.

Furthermore, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot by a management center at a remote location,
With the ticketing machine installed in the parking lot, the real data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of money for the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time, which can be decoded by the user, Encrypting encrypted data that the user cannot decrypt, printing the actual data and the encrypted data on a parking slip, and issuing the printed parking slip to the user;
And a step of decrypting the encrypted data transmitted from the user via the communication device and received at the management center by the decryptor installed in the management center and restoring the actual data. A parking lot management method is provided.

  The following aspects are obtained by the present invention. Each aspect is divided into sections, each section is given a number, and is described in a form that cites other section numbers as necessary. This is to facilitate understanding of some of the technical features that the present invention can employ and combinations thereof, and the technical features that can be employed by the present invention and combinations thereof are limited to the following embodiments. Should not be interpreted. That is, it should be construed that it is not impeded to appropriately extract and employ the technical features described in the present specification as technical features of the present invention although they are not described in the following embodiments.

  Further, describing each section in the form of quoting the numbers of the other sections does not necessarily prevent the technical features described in each section from being separated from the technical features described in the other sections. It should not be construed as meaning, but it should be construed that the technical features described in each section can be appropriately made independent depending on the nature.

(1) In a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle, the ticket issuing machine is installed so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions,
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine, a printer that prints and issues a parking ticket,
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine, the data is real data representing at least one of the date / time and amount of the parking fee payment or the parking time, and the length of the parking time. An encryption unit that converts what can be decrypted into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely by referring to a preset encryption table;
A printer control unit for controlling the printer so that when the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on the parking slip to be issued by the printer; Including
If the voice that the user reads out the encrypted data on the parking slip is transmitted to the parking lot manager at a remote location via the communication device, the parking lot manager receives the received user. A ticketing machine for a parking lot that can decrypt the encrypted data from the voice of the car and restore the actual data.

  According to this ticketing machine, after the user pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine, the parking slip issued from the ticketing machine includes the date and time and the amount and the length of the parking time for the payment of the parking fee or the parking time. For at least one of these, the encrypted data is printed together with the actual data. That is, the same information regarding at least one of the date and time, the amount of money, and the length of the parking time for the payment of the parking fee or the parking time is the same as both the actual data that can be decoded by the user and the encrypted data that cannot be decoded by the user It is printed on the parking ticket. The fact that the user cannot decrypt the encrypted data leads to the fact that the user cannot forge the encrypted data.

  The encrypted data is not for identifying the user who owns the parking slip or for identifying the parking slip, but for at least one of the date / time and amount of parking fee payment or parking time and the length of parking time. For example, the authenticity of the user's remarks about the information regarding the user's action that “the user paid a parking fee corresponding to the parking time having a certain length to the ticketing machine at a certain date and time”. Printed on the parking slip for verification.

  The encrypted data is data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely, and is, for example, a number, an alphabet, a kana character, or the like. As long as the encrypted data is the same, even if the person who pronounces the encrypted data is different, the same voice is generated as long as the literacy is normal.

  Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the voice that the user reads out the encrypted data on the parking ticket is transmitted to the communication device (for example, a mobile phone, a fixed phone, a public telephone, etc. usable by the user) It is possible to transmit to a parking lot manager in a remote place via a communication device that is not installed in the machine. The parking lot manager can decrypt the encrypted data from the received voice of the user and restore the actual data. This is because there is a one-to-one relationship between the encrypted data and the actual data, and the actual data can be restored from the encrypted data.

  Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the function that the ticket issuing machine communicates with other devices (for example, a communication device of a parking lot manager) also uses the encrypted data printed on the parking slip as a machine. Without having a function of automatically reading, paying a parking fee or parking time without bringing or sending the parking ticket to a parking lot manager or transmitting it using a facsimile. A parking lot manager in a remote location can confirm at least one of the date and time, the amount of money, and the length of the parking time. As a result, while reducing the burden on the user, the user can prove to the parking lot manager that his / her actions are not illegal.

  Therefore, according to this ticketing machine, even if the aforementioned parking prevention device is not installed in the prepaid unmanned parking lot, when the user should pay the additional parking fee, the user actually pays the additional parking fee at all. Even if the requested amount is paid even though it is not paid or the amount is insufficient for the requested amount, even if it is claimed to the remote manager via the communication device, the claim Is revealed by the administrator. Therefore, even though it is a prepaid unmanned parking lot, it prevents a fraudulent act of leaving the car even though the user has not paid any additional parking fees or has paid less than the requested amount It becomes easy.

  In this section, for the term “at least one of the date and time, amount, and length of parking time related to payment of parking fee or parking time” directly represented by actual data, “date and time” is, for example, It means the date and time when the fee was paid, the start or end time of the parking time, the time when the parking lot was received, etc., and “amount” means the amount of parking fee paid by the user, etc. “Length of parking time” means an effective parking time (maximum parking time) commensurate with the amount of prepaid parking fee described later, an extended parking time commensurate with the amount of additional parking fee described later, and the like.

  Throughout this specification, the term “parking slip” includes all pieces issued by a ticketing machine installed in a parking lot, including but not limited to parking tickets and receipts. .

(2) In a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle, the ticket issuing machine is installed so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions,
A ticketing button,
Charge check button,
When the user operates the ticketing button after paying a prepaid parking fee to the ticketing machine prior to the start of parking, the parking ticket indicating that parking is permitted, and that the parking fee has been settled. While printing and issuing a receipt, when the user operates the charge settlement button after paying an additional parking fee to the ticketing machine after parking, a printer that prints and issues the receipt;
When the user pays the prepaid parking fee or the additional parking fee to the ticketing machine, actual data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of parking fee payment or the parking time An encryption unit that converts what can be directly decrypted by the user into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely by referring to a preset encryption table; ,
Prior to the start of parking by the user, the user issues a parking fee corresponding to the length of the effective parking time that the user desires to continuously park in the unmanned parking lot as the prepaid parking fee to the ticketing machine. After the payment, when the user operates the ticketing button, the printer is set so that the actual data and the encrypted data corresponding to the prepaid parking fee are printed on the receipt that the printer is about to issue. A first printer controller for controlling;
At the end of parking by the user, when the length of the actual parking time that the user actually parked exceeds the effective parking time, the user charges a parking fee corresponding to the excess amount as the additional parking fee. After the payment to the ticket issuing machine, when the user operates the fee settlement button, the actual data and the encrypted data corresponding to the additional parking fee are printed on the receipt that the printer is about to issue. A second printer control unit for controlling the printer,
If the voice that the user reads out the encrypted data on the receipt is transmitted to the parking lot manager at a remote location via the communication device, the parking lot manager receives the received user. A ticketing machine for a parking lot that can decrypt the encrypted data from the voice of the car and restore the actual data.

  According to this ticket issuing machine, it becomes possible to distinguish whether the parking fee that the user intends to pay is a prepaid parking fee or an additional parking fee depending on a specific action of the user. Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the same operation effect as the ticket issuing machine according to the item (1) can be obtained.

(3) The ticketing machine does not have the function of mechanically reading the information recorded in the parking slip nor the function of communicating with other devices,
In the parking lot, although the parking fee paid by the user to the ticketing machine is insufficient, the user can park his / her vehicle without paying the insufficient amount to the ticketing machine. The ticket issuing machine for a parking lot according to item (1), in which an apparatus for mechanically preventing an action to be issued from a car is not installed.

(4) Furthermore,
A coin slot for coins,
An indicator that displays information on the screen;
Each time a user inserts coins into the coin slot, an input amount calculation unit that calculates the total amount of coins that have been inserted by the user as input amounts,
Each time a user inserts a coin into the coin slot, a parking time calculation unit that calculates a parking time corresponding to the input amount from the calculated amount inserted;
Each time a user inserts a coin into the coin slot, the display control unit controls the display so that the calculated input amount and the calculated parking time are displayed on the screen. A parking lot ticketing machine according to any one of (1) to (3), including:

(5) A ticketing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions,
If the user pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine as a prepaid parking fee prior to parking, or pays the ticketing machine as an additional parking fee after parking after the scheduled parking time, A printer that prints and issues as a corresponding one of the prepaid parking ticket and the parking ticket for additional parking fee,
When the user pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine, the parking ticket represents at least one of the date / time and the amount of the parking fee or the length of the parking time. By referring to a preset encryption table, the user can decode the actual data that identifies whether it is a vote or the parking ticket for the additional parking fee and can be directly decoded by the user. An encryption unit that converts into encrypted data that cannot be pronounced but can be pronounced uniquely,
A printer control unit for controlling the printer so that when the user pays the parking fee to the ticket issuing machine, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on the parking slip to be issued by the printer; Including
If the voice that the user reads out the encrypted data on the parking slip is transmitted to the parking lot manager at a remote location via the communication device, the parking lot manager A parking lot ticketing machine capable of decrypting the encrypted data from the received user's voice and restoring the actual data.

  According to this ticketing machine, the parking lot manager can check whether the parking ticket is a prepaid parking ticket or not based on a statement from the user regarding the parking ticket without looking at the actual or duplicate of the parking ticket. It is possible to correctly identify whether it is a parking ticket for use.

(6) A ticketing machine installed in a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions,
A ticketing button,
Charge check button,
When the user operates the ticketing button after paying a prepaid parking fee to the ticketing machine prior to the start of parking, the parking ticket indicating that parking is permitted and the payment of the prepaid parking fee are completed. When the user operates the charge settlement button after paying an additional parking fee to the ticketing machine after parking, the additional parking fee receipt is displayed. A printer to print and issue,
When the user pays the prepaid parking fee or the additional parking fee to the ticketing machine, the ticketing machine represents at least one of the date and time of the parking fee payment or the parking time, and the length of the parking time. A pre-set cipher that is a real data indicating whether the receipt issued by the machine is the prepaid receipt or the additional parking fee receipt, and is readable by the user. By referring to the encryption table, an encryption unit that encrypts encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be uniquely pronounced, and
Prior to the start of parking by the user, the user issues a parking fee corresponding to the length of the effective parking time that the user desires to continuously park in the unmanned parking lot as the prepaid parking fee to the ticketing machine. After the payment, when the user operates the ticketing button, the actual data and the encrypted data corresponding to the prepaid parking fee are printed on the prepaid receipt that the printer is about to issue. A first printer control unit for controlling the printer;
At the end of parking by the user, when the length of the actual parking time that the user actually parked exceeds the effective parking time, the user charges a parking fee corresponding to the excess amount as the additional parking fee. After the payment to the ticket issuing machine, when the user operates the charge settlement button, the actual data corresponding to the additional parking fee and the encryption are added to the additional parking fee receipt to be issued by the printer. A second printer controller for controlling the printer so that data is printed,
After the receipt of the additional parking fee receipt, the voice that the user reads out the prepaid receipt and the encrypted data on the additional parking fee receipt is sent to the remote parking lot via the communication device. If it is transmitted to the parking lot manager, the parking lot manager uses the decryption device to decrypt the encrypted data received as voice and to receive the prepaid receipt and the additional parking fee receipt. The above-mentioned actual data is restored, and based on the restored actual data, it is possible to determine whether the amount already paid as the additional parking fee by the user is insufficient or not Ticketing machine.

(7) In a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle, the ticket issuing machine is installed so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions,
In order to select one of a plurality of parking time zones including a parking time zone that covers only nighttime and a parking time zone that covers at least part of the daytime as a time zone in which the user wants to use the parking lot An operation unit operated by a user;
When the user pays a parking fee of the amount corresponding to the type of the parking time zone selected by the user to the ticketing machine, the date and time when the user entered his / her vehicle into the parking lot, and the parking time selected by the user A parking lot ticketing machine comprising: a printer that prints a type of belt and a parking fee paid by the user to the ticketing machine on a parking ticket and issues the printed parking ticket to the user.

(8) After the parking ticket is issued by the ticketing machine, the user can view the printed contents of the parking ticket in the room of the parked vehicle from outside the vehicle through the window glass of the parked vehicle. The parking lot ticketing machine according to any one of (1) to (7).

  The parking ticket issued prior to parking by the ticket issuing machine is arranged by the user so that it can be seen from the outside of the vehicle in his / her own vehicle to be parked in a prepaid unmanned parking lot. Therefore, the parking lot manager can easily determine whether or not the vehicle corresponds to an illegally parked vehicle by a simple operation of visually checking the parking slip in the parked vehicle from the outside of the vehicle. When the parking lot manager finds an illegally parked vehicle, the parking lot manager can warn the user who parked the vehicle by, for example, attaching a warning slip to the vehicle.

  As a result, according to this ticketing machine, it is possible to prevent unauthorized parking without installing a parking prevention device such as the above-mentioned shipping gate, flap type, and retracting wheel stop in a prepaid unmanned parking lot. Become. Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, it is easy to prevent illegal parking while reducing the facility cost and management cost of the parking lot while being a prepaid unmanned parking lot.

  Furthermore, according to this ticketing machine, since the ticketing machine does not need to perform data processing for detecting unauthorized parking, the function of the ticketing machine can be simplified, and as a result, the equipment of the ticketing machine It becomes easy to reduce the cost.

  Further, according to this ticket issuing machine, a user who intends to use a parking lot performs both input of a user identification number and vehicle identification information about the user's vehicle in order to issue a parking ticket prior to parking. Therefore, the burden on the user does not increase.

  Furthermore, according to this ticket issuing machine, since the parking ticket is placed in the room of the parked vehicle, it is not damaged or lost due to the weather.

(9) In a prepaid or postpaid unmanned or manned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions for a vehicle, a user issues a ticketing machine installed so as to be commonly used for the plurality of parking positions. When the parking fee is paid, the parking ticket is printed and issued by the ticket issuing machine,
On the parking slip, real data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time, which can be directly deciphered by the user, and the actual data Is a parking ticket printed with encrypted data that cannot be deciphered by the user but can be pronounced uniquely.

  By using this parking slip, the parking lot manager can verify the authenticity of the user's remarks regarding the description items only from the remarks from the user regarding the description items of the parking slip without looking at the actual or duplicate of the parking slip. It becomes possible to judge objectively.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an unmanned parking lot in which a ticketing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention is installed. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 2 in a state where the door is open. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a component configuration of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart conceptually showing a ticket issuing / settlement program executed by the computer shown in FIG. 6A to 6D are front views showing a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the display shown in FIG. FIG. 7A is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket and a receipt issued after payment of a prepaid parking fee by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7B is a ticket issuing shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows an example of the receipt issued after payment of an additional parking fee with a machine. Fig. 8 (a) is a longitudinal sectional view showing the parking ticket shown in Fig. 7 (a) in a state immediately after issuance, and Fig. 8 (b) is a part of the parking ticket that is peeled off and bent. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view shown in the state. Fig.9 (a) is side sectional drawing which shows the parking ticket shown in FIG.7 (a) in the state affixed on the back surface of the windshield of a parked vehicle, FIG.9 (b) shows the parking ticket. It is a perspective view shown in the state where a part of the display sheet was peeled off from the separator and bent. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where the parking ticket shown in FIG. 7A is affixed to the back surface of the windshield of the parked vehicle. FIGS. 11A to 11C show examples of the configuration of encrypted data printed on the receipts shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the corresponding actual data, and the actual data to the encrypted data. It is a figure for demonstrating a conversion process. FIG. 12 shows how the user communicates the encrypted data printed on the receipts shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) to a parking lot manager at a remote location using his / her mobile phone, It is a perspective view for demonstrating that the parking lot manager converts the received encryption data into real data. FIG. 13 is a front view showing a ticket issuing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a component configuration of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart conceptually showing a ticketing / settlement program executed by the computer shown in FIG. 16A is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket and a receipt issued after payment of a prepaid parking fee by the ticketing machine shown in FIG. 13, and FIG. 16B is a ticket issuing shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows an example of the receipt issued after payment of an additional parking fee with a machine. FIGS. 17A to 17C show examples of the configuration of encrypted data printed on the receipts shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the corresponding actual data, and the actual data to the encrypted data. It is a figure for demonstrating a conversion process. FIG. 18 is a front view showing an example of a parking ticket for night parking issued by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, the ticket issuing machine 20 for a parking lot according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a parking lot 10 in which the ticketing machine 20 is installed and used. The parking lot 10 has a plurality of parking positions (parking spaces) that enable simultaneous parking of a plurality of automobiles. A single ticketing machine (generally also referred to as “accounting machine”) 20 is parked in the vicinity of the only entrance / exit 12 (which is also an entrance and exit) of the parking lot 10. It is installed as a central ticketing machine in common with the location. The parking lot 10 is an unmanned system in which there is no full-time staff and a user who is a driver pays a parking fee to the ticket issuing machine 20. The ticket issuing machine 20 is configured according to one embodiment of the present invention.

  In addition, in addition to the definition of the term “vehicle”, in this “Mode for Carrying Out the Invention” column, the term “vehicle” means only an automobile, but other parts of the present specification. In this context, the term “vehicle” should be interpreted as a term encompassing not only automobiles but also all kinds of moving bodies such as bicycles and motorcycles.

  There are two types of parking areas on the site of the parking lot 10. It is based on a premise for a section for lending a parking space to a user of each vehicle on a daily basis (a temporary storage section or a daily lending section) and for each vehicle user on a monthly basis. It is a section for renting a parking space (monthly section). The ticket issuing machine 20 is used for a temporary deposit section. Hereinafter, the term “parking lot 10” means only a temporary deposit area, that is, an area where the ticketing machine 20 is used in the parking lot 10.

  In order to use the parking lot 10, a driver who is a user drives his / her vehicle, enters the entrance / exit 12 from an adjacent road, continues to drive and passes through the ticketing machine 20, and further Drive to one of the parking spaces (parking positions) you have chosen and park there. After that, the user gets out of his / her vehicle and walks to the ticketing machine 20 at the entrance / exit 12 and pays the parking fee to the ticketing machine 20 there.

  2 is a front view of the ticketing machine 20, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ticketing machine 20 with the door 24 open, and FIG. Twenty component configurations are shown in a block diagram. FIG. 5 conceptually shows a ticket issuing / settlement program executed by the computer 100 in the control board 34 shown in FIG. 6A to 6D are front views showing a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the display 36 shown in FIG.

  The user receives the parking ticket 80 shown in FIGS. 7A and 8 from the ticket issuing machine 20 in exchange for payment of the parking fee. Thereafter, the user uses the parking ticket 80 as an example of the windshield 110 of his / her vehicle as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 (the “window glass” in the item (1)). Is not limited to the windshield 110). Since the parking ticket 80 is placed in the room of the parked vehicle, it is not exposed to rain and wind and is not lost.

  The parking lot 10 is a prepaid unmanned parking lot having a plurality of parking positions, and is a device (for example, a delivery gate device or a wheel) for preventing the vehicle from leaving (blocking the exit from the parking lot 10). There is no stopping device (for example, a flap type or a retractable type), and the user can freely select one of the plurality of parking positions and park his / her vehicle (selection). The parked parking position is not monitored by the ticketing machine 20). The ticket issuing machine 20 is used for the parking lot 10 configured as described above.

  Here, the ticket issuing machine 20 will be described more specifically. This ticket-issuing machine 20 has a charge settlement function but does not have a change function or a communication function. This ticket-issuing machine 20 requests that the user pay the parking fee only with coins, not banknotes. In addition, the ticket issuing machine 20 can input a user identification number, input vehicle identification information (for example, a vehicle number) on the user's vehicle, and specify what a user selects from a plurality of parking positions. , Do not request.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the ticket issuing machine 20 includes a ticket issuing button 70 and a fee settlement button 74. When the user presses the ticketing button 70 after paying the prepaid parking fee prior to the start of parking, the ticketing machine 20 includes a parking ticket 80 (see FIG. 7A) indicating that parking is permitted, and prepaid parking. It has a ticket issuing function for issuing a receipt 81a (see FIG. 7A) indicating that the fee has been settled. When the user presses the charge settlement button 74 after paying the additional parking fee after the parking is completed, the ticket issuing machine 20 receives a receipt 81b (see FIG. 7B) indicating that the additional parking fee has been settled. ) Is issued.

  In the present embodiment, the receipt 81a constitutes an example of the “prepayment receipt” in the paragraph (7), and the receipt (hereinafter also referred to as “payment receipt”) 81b is the same paragraph. This constitutes an example of “receipt for additional parking fee”. That is, in this embodiment, there are a prepaid receipt and an additional parking fee receipt as categories of the receipts 81a and 81b, and the receipt 81a is classified into a category of a prepaid receipt. The receipt 81b is classified into a category called an additional parking fee receipt.

  In the present embodiment, the two-sheet parking ticket issued after payment of the prepaid parking fee is a two-sheet parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a, but the user uses the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a. Only the parking ticket 80 is separated from each other and placed in the parked vehicle, and the receipt 81a can be carried. As will be described later, the receipt 81a is printed with the end time of the effective parking time (the time zone in which the user is allowed to park), and the user can end the effective parking time at any time away from the parked vehicle. In order to be able to refer to the time, it is convenient for the user to carry this receipt 81a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing machine 20 is configured such that a door 24 is attached to one side of a casing 22 that is vertically long and has a box shape so as to be openable and closable. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the ticket issuing machine 20 with the door 24 open. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the component configuration of the ticketing machine 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing machine 20 is a printer 40 that prints and issues a coin processing unit 30, a safe 32, a control board 34, a display 36, a parking ticket 80, and receipts 81a and 81b. It is comprised so that. Of these parts, only the coin processing unit 30 is attached to the back surface of the door 24, and the remaining parts are attached to the inside of the casing 22.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the printer 40 is equipped with a roller 42 on which a continuous sheet before printing is wound and stored. The printer 40 performs printing on a continuous sheet fed from the roller 42 by one length. After the printing is completed, the printer 40 cuts the continuous sheet from time to time with a cutter (not shown), and after the prepaid parking fee is paid, the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a are bound, and additional parking is performed. After payment of the fee, the receipt 81b for one sheet is cut off. However, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), a cut line 89 is formed between the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a, which are spelled in two sheets, and the user can move them along the cut line 89. The parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a can be easily separated from each other.

  The cutter has a cutting blade (not shown), and moves the cutting blade in the width direction of the continuous sheet to cut the continuous sheet in the width direction. The cutter can adopt a method of completely cutting the continuous sheet in the width direction or a method of cutting the continuous sheet in the width direction while leaving only a part in the width direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the coin processing unit 30 includes a coin insertion slot 50, a return lever 52, a coin selector (determination of the type of inserted coin, and whether or not the inserted coin is a forged coin. ) 54 and a coin return port 56. Among the inserted coins, those that have not been returned to the user from the coin return slot 56 are accommodated in the safe 32. As shown in FIG. 4, a control board 34 is connected to the coin selector 54 so as to be able to perform data communication. The control board 34 is connected to the coin selector 54 by the type of coins inserted (in coin units and counterfeit coins). And a signal indicating the number of images are received.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the front surface of the door 24, a transmission window 60 through which display light from a screen of a display 36 (for example, a liquid crystal display) is transmitted, a coin insertion slot 50, a return lever 52, and a coin return slot 56. A parking ticket 80 printed by the printer 40 and discharged, and a discharge port 64 for discharging the receipts 81a and 81b. The transmissive window 60 also has a function of mechanically protecting the display 36 by preventing direct access to the display 36 from the outside.

  The ticket issuing machine 20 is further configured to include the aforementioned ticket issuing button 70 that is pressed after the user has paid the prepaid parking fee, and the aforementioned fee settlement button 74 that is pressed after the user has paid the additional parking fee. Yes. The ticket issuing button 70 and the fee settlement button 74 are mounted on the front surface of the door 24 of the ticket issuing machine 20, as shown in FIG. The ticket issuing button 70 and the fee settlement button 74 are electrically connected to the control board 34 as shown in FIG.

  Each of the ticket issuing button 70 and the fee settlement button 74 is configured as an actual physical switch, but is not limited to this, for example, a virtual switch (displayed on the screen of the display 36) ( For example, it may be configured as a button, key, icon).

  The control board 34 is composed mainly of the computer 100. The control board 34 has a built-in clock 102 and can always acquire the current date and time (for example, the date and time when the ticketing button 70 is pressed and the date and time when the fee settlement button 74 is pressed). The control board 34 further incorporates a memory 104. The memory 104 stores an encryption table, which will be described later, in a state where only authorized persons can rewrite it.

  In addition, the control board 34 can be configured to realize the same function as the computer 100 by a sequencer (sequence control).

  When the ticket issuing / settlement program shown in FIG. 5 is executed by the computer 100, first, an initial screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S1. Next, in step S2, based on the signal from the coin selector 54, it is determined whether or not a user has inserted coins. If no coin has been inserted, the process returns to step S2, but if a coin has been inserted, in step S3, the total amount of coins that have been inserted by the user is calculated as the amount to be inserted.

  Subsequently, in step S4, from the calculated input amount, the parking time corresponding to the input amount is the parking time (if the parking fee paid this time is a prepaid parking fee, this means an effective parking time. If the parking fee paid this time is an additional parking fee, it means an extended parking time). Since the relationship between the amount of money to be charged and the length of the parking time, that is, the time-based fee setting, is known to the computer 100, the computer 100 can calculate the parking time from the amount of money to be charged according to the fee setting. About the charge setting, for example, the parking lot manager can input each time unit individually by operating the touch panel of the display 36.

  According to the above pricing example, the continuous parking time is 300 yen for 2 hours, 400 yen for 4 hours, 500 yen for 6 hours, 1000 yen for 12 hours, 1500 yen for 24 hours. is there. Under the fee setting in this example, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the user pays 400 yen as a prepaid parking fee, the computer 100 calculates 4 hours as an effective parking time. If the user pays 300 yen as an additional parking fee, 2 hours is calculated as the extended parking time.

  Thereafter, in step S5, a coin-inserting screen shown in FIG. 6B is displayed on the screen of the display 36. At this time, the calculated input amount and the length of the parking time (effective parking time or extended parking time) are displayed.

  Subsequently, in step S6, it is determined whether or not the ticket issuing button 70 has been pressed. If the ticket issuing button 70 has not been pressed yet, it is determined in step S7 whether or not the fee settlement button 74 has been pressed. If the fee settlement button 74 has not been pressed yet, the process returns to step S2.

  After the coin insertion is started, the execution of steps S2 to S7 is repeated until either the ticket issuing button 70 or the fee settlement button 74 is pressed. As a result, every time a user inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 50, the total amount of coins inserted by the user from the start of the insertion to the present time is calculated as the input amount, and from the calculated input amount, The parking time corresponding to the amount of money to be input is calculated, and the calculated amount of money to be input and the parking time (effective parking time or extended parking time) are displayed on the screen of the display 36.

  When the ticket issuing button 70 is pressed, the parking ticket / receipt issue screen shown in FIG. 6C is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S8. At this time, the amount of the parking fee determined by the user operating the ticketing button 70 is displayed as the amount of the prepaid parking fee. In this case, the parking time calculated in the preceding step S4 means an effective parking time.

  Subsequently, in step S9, the time when the user enters the parking lot 10 (or the date and time when the user paid the prepaid parking fee, the time when the parking ticket 80 was issued, the start time of the parking time, etc.) and the effective parking time The actual data representing the length (or the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user) that can be directly decrypted by the user can be decrypted by referring to the encryption table. It is converted into encrypted data 130 that cannot be pronounced uniquely but cannot be pronounced. Encryption is performed, whereby encrypted data 130 is created.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11A, the encrypted data 130 is defined by symbols of 9 digits arranged in a line (the number of digits may be larger or smaller than that). Has been. The symbol of each digit is selected, for example, as one of 10 numbers from 0 to 9 and a plurality of alphabets. The multi-digit symbols are divided into a plurality of groups and printed on the receipt 81a. Adjacent groups are connected with a hyphen so that the user can pronounce the multi-digit symbols at once. Instead of a few breaks, you can pronounce more easily and accurately.

  As shown in FIG. 11B, an example of a general configuration of actual data (notation of the year is omitted to reduce the number of digits in the actual data) is “goods receipt at hh hour mm on MM month DD day”. And the length of the effective parking time is TT time. " As shown in FIG. 11C, the actual data includes a number MM representing the month, a number DD representing the day, a number hh representing the hour of the time, and a number mm representing the minute of the time. , The length of parking time (if the receipt is for prepayment, it means valid parking time, whereas if the receipt is for additional parking fee, it means extended parking time) It has five elements, the number TT representing.

  As shown in FIG. 11 (c), the encryption table is referred to for encrypting a monthly encryption table referred to for encrypting a number MM representing a month and a number DD representing a day. A day-by-day encryption table, a time-unit encryption table that is referenced to encrypt the number hh that represents the time in the time, and a number mm that represents the minute in the time. And a time encryption table referred to for encrypting the number TT representing the length of the parking time. Each of the five elements described above is encrypted by referring to the corresponding encryption table, whereby nine-digit encrypted data 130 is created.

  In the present embodiment, the encryption table is updated every day, but a method of updating every time period longer than 24 hours (the encryption table is not updated within the same period) is adopted, A method in which a period longer than 24 hours is set as one period, and the encryption table is updated every day in the same period (the encryption table is updated daily between a period in one period and a period in another period). It is possible to adopt a common pattern).

  In one example, when the encryption table is updated every day in the memory 104, an encryption table set that is an encryption table for one month is updated every month. In this case, the encryption table set is updated by the administrator every time the administrator goes to the parking lot 10 every month, for example.

  In one example, for each of the five elements MM, DD, hh, mm, and TT, the relationship between the actual data and the encrypted data in the encryption table, that is, a number before encryption (for example, “2 "2" for "month") and the correspondence between the code after encryption is generated by generating a random number for each number before encryption and adopting that random number as the code after encryption Is done.

  When the encryption is completed in step S9 shown in FIG. 5, the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a are printed and issued by the printer 40 in step S10. In the receipt 81a, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the same information regarding at least one of the date and time, the amount of money, and the length of the parking time for the payment of the parking fee or the parking time can be decoded by the user. And the encrypted data 130 that cannot be deciphered by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticketing / settlement program.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the parking ticket 80 specifies the end time of the effective parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user and the location of the parking lot 10. Will be printed. In addition, the receipt 81a is printed with the entry time, the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user, the end time of the effective parking time, and a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10. The receipt 81a is also printed with encrypted data 130 exemplified by “ABC-DEF-ABC”. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), the encrypted data 130 includes the warehousing time (which includes the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a, both the time when the prepaid parking fee is paid and the parking time start time). The actual data representing the time at which the ticket is issued and the length of the effective parking time (this is equivalent to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid) are encrypted.

  On the other hand, when the fee settlement button 74 is pressed instead of the ticket issuing button 70, the settlement receipt issuance screen shown in FIG. 6 (d) is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S11. At this time, the amount of the parking fee determined by the user operating the fee settlement button 74 is displayed as the amount of the additional parking fee. In this case, the parking time calculated in the preceding step S4 means an extended parking time.

  Subsequently, in step S12, in the same manner as in step S9, the time when the receipt 81b is issued because the user paid the additional parking fee (this is equivalent to the time when the additional parking fee was paid) and the above. The actual data representing the length of the extended parking time (this is equivalent to the amount of the additional parking fee paid) is converted into the encrypted data 140 by referring to the encryption table.

  Thereafter, in step S13, the receipt 81b is printed by the printer 40 and issued. In the receipt 81b, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the same information regarding at least one of the date / time and the amount of money for the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time can be decoded by the user. And the encrypted data 140 that cannot be deciphered by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticketing / settlement program.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the receipt 81b shows the date and time when the receipt 81b was issued, the amount of the additional parking fee, and a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10. And are printed.

  Further, the encrypted data 140 exemplified by “123-456-789” is also printed on the receipt 81b. The encrypted data 140 is obtained by encrypting actual data representing the date and time when the receipt 81b is issued and the length of the extended parking time.

  FIG. 7A shows a front view of a two-sheet spelling of a parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a, while FIG. 7B shows a receipt 81b in a front view. The double spelling of the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a corresponds to two parking tickets 80. In the double spelling, the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a have the same size and configuration. The receipt 81 b corresponds to one parking ticket 80 and has the same size and configuration as the parking ticket 80. Hereinafter, in order to simplify the description, only the configuration of the parking ticket 80 will be representatively described.

  The parking ticket 80 includes a display sheet (printing paper) 82 as a surface layer, an adhesive layer 83 (glue layer) as an intermediate layer, and a separator (separation sheet, release paper) 84 as a back layer in that order. Has been configured. The adhesive layer 83 is applied to the back surface of the display sheet 82 so as not to be easily peeled off. In the state where the display sheet 82 is peeled off from the surface of the separator 84, the adhesive of the adhesive layer 83 is the surface of the separator 84. It does not adhere to.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, in one parking ticket 80, the outer periphery of the display sheet 82 is positioned inside the outer periphery of the separator 84. The raw material wound around the roller 42 is formed by adhering a plurality of display sheets 82 (in a blank state) aligned in a row with a gap to a continuous separator 84.

  The continuous sheet (continuous separator 84) in the printer 40 is cut by the cutter, and the cutting is performed at the position of the gap between the display sheets 82, and the display sheet 82 is not cut. On the other hand, no glue is attached to the surface of the portion of the separator 84 exposed in the gap between the display sheets 82.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, when cutting a continuous sheet, the adhesive of the adhesive layer 83 is not attached to the cutting blade, and the manager (for example, dispatched to the site once or several times a day) The frequency of maintenance of the cutter by a service person, a worker who patrols a plurality of parking lots, and a patrol watchman) is reduced, and the labor cost for the manager is reduced.

  However, in this embodiment, the receipt 81b is completely cut by the cutter with a length of one sheet by the cutter, whereas the two-sheet binding is equivalent to two separators 84. Completely cut with a length of. However, as described above, as shown in FIG. 7A, the separator 84 is partially cut between the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a by the cutter, as shown in FIG. Thereby, a cut line 89 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the display sheet 82 of the parking ticket 80 further includes a cutting line 90 having both ends (not closed) immediately above the character string “parking ticket”. The cut line 90 is present to allow the user to remove a portion of the display sheet 82 from the separator 84 while the remaining portion remains adhered to the separator 84. As shown in FIG. 8B, when the user peels a part of the display sheet 82 (the region surrounded by the cutting line 90) from the separator 84 and bends it along a straight line connecting both ends of the cutting line 90, The surface of the bent portion 92 formed as a result (the portion of the adhesive layer 83 that is applied to the back surface of the bent portion 92) is exposed as a glue surface. FIG. 9 (a) shows the bent portion 92 in a perspective view.

  In this embodiment, in order to prove that parking by the user is not illegal parking, the user receives the parking ticket 80 received in exchange for coin insertion, as shown in FIG. 9B. It is required to be pasted on the back surface of the glass 110. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9A, the user locally places a designated portion (a portion surrounded by the cutting line 90 and finally a bent portion 92) in the parking ticket 80. After being peeled off and bent, the surface of the bent portion 92 is attached to the back surface of the windshield 110 of the parked vehicle as shown in FIG. 9B. Thus, as shown in FIG. 10, the contents of the parking ticket 80 (particularly, information for specifying the end time of the parking time zone permitted for the user and the parking lot 10 in which the parking ticket 80 is valid). It is possible to visually check the display) for specifying the location of the user at any time from the outside.

  The user is required to pay an additional parking fee if the actual parking time exceeds the effective parking time. However, since the parking lot 10 is unmanned as described above and does not have a device that prevents the parked vehicle from being delivered unless the necessary additional parking fee is paid, as shown in FIG. The fact that the necessary additional parking fee has been paid is notified from the parking lot 10, in-car, home, etc. to the parking lot manager in the remote management center by means of a communication device such as a mobile phone or a fixed phone. Is required to.

  At this time, the user reads out both the encrypted data 130 printed on the receipt 81a issued at the time of receipt and the encrypted data 140 printed on the receipt 81b issued at the time of delivery, and utters a voice. The voice is requested to be transmitted to the parking lot manager by the communication device.

  When receiving the voice representing the encrypted data 130, 140 issued by the user, the parking lot manager in the management center operates the input device (for example, keyboard, touch screen, mouse, etc.) of the decryptor 180. A symbol corresponding to the user's voice is input. Then, the encrypted data 130 and 140 are input. Then, the decryption device 180 is installed in the decryption device 180 with the input encrypted data 130 and 140 being a decryption table conforming to the encryption table. Restore the actual data according to the data.

  As a result, the parking lot manager can stay at the management center far away from the parking lot 10 to be managed, and the actual parking time length (for example, the time the user has actually parked) (for example, , The length of elapsed time from the warehousing time specified by the encrypted data 130 to the time when the additional parking fee is paid, which is specified by the encrypted data 140), and the parking fee paid by the user It is also possible to know the total amount (for example, the sum of the amount of the prepaid parking fee specified by the encryption data 130 and the amount of the additional parking fee specified by the encryption data 140). It is possible to correctly determine whether there is a shortage in relation to the length of the actual parking time.

  Since the decryption table accommodated in the decryption device 180 cannot be known even by a parking lot administrator unless authorized, the security of the decryption table is high.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, at the time when the receipts 81a and 81b are issued, the encrypted data 130 and 140 are displayed on the receipts 81a and 81b with symbols that can be pronounced by the user. Only by printing and further requesting the user to send the encrypted data 130 and 140 to the parking lot manager by voice, the parking manager can correctly determine whether or not the parking fee is insufficient. Therefore, the user can safely park the vehicle after the effective parking time without imposing a heavy burden, and the usability of the parking lot 10 and the operation rate are improved.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the user transmits the encrypted data 130 and 140 by voice input. For example, instead of the voice input, the user inputs data (for example, real or virtual). Key input using a key, image input using an image reader).

  As is apparent from the above description, in the present embodiment, for the sake of convenience of explanation, portions of the control board 34 that execute steps S9 and S12 shown in FIG. 5 are the above (1), (2), and (5 5), and the portion of the control board 34 that executes steps S10 and S13 shown in FIG. 5 is the “printer control unit” in the items (1) and (5). 5, and the portion of the control board 34 that executes steps S6 and S9 shown in FIG. 5 constitutes an example of the “first printer control unit” in the section (2). The part of the control board 34 that executes steps S7 and S12 shown in FIG. 5 can be considered to constitute an example of the “second printer control unit” in the same section.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the portion of the control board 34 that executes steps S2 and S3 shown in FIG. 5 constitutes an example of the “input amount calculation unit” in the above section (4), Moreover, the part which performs step S2 and S4 shown in FIG. 5 among control boards 34 comprises an example of the "parking time calculation part" in the same term, and the step shown in FIG. The portions that execute S2 and S5 constitute an example of the “display control unit” in the same section, and the receipts 81a and 81b both constitute an example of the “parking slip” in the section (6). It is possible to think that

  Next, the ticket issuing machine 190 according to 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. However, since this embodiment has many elements in common with the first embodiment, the common elements are referred to with the same reference numerals or names, thereby omitting redundant descriptions and only different elements. This will be described in detail.

  The ticketing machine 190 according to the present embodiment is different from the ticketing machine 20 according to the first embodiment, as a time zone in which the user wants to park in the parking lot 10, a parking time zone that covers only the night (for example, from 6:00 pm The next day's time until 8:00 am) and the parking time zone that covers at least part of the daytime (for example, the time zone when the warehousing date / time is before sunset, or the time when the warehousing date / time is after sunrise) It is configured to be able to select any one of the parking time zone).

  That is, the ticketing machine 190 covers at least part of the daytime and night parking ("night parking mode") in which the user parks in the parking time zone that covers only nighttime as the type of parking ("parking mode"). It is configured so that it is possible to select one of “normal parking (“ normal parking mode ”)” to park in the parking time zone, and prepay a parking fee according to the selection result It is.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the ticket issuing machine 190 switches the parking mode desired by the user from the default normal parking mode to the night parking mode as an additional part to the ticket issuing machine 20 according to the first embodiment. A night parking button 200 that is operated by being pushed by the user, and a night parking lamp 202 that is turned on to indicate that the night parking mode is currently selected.

  The night parking button 200 is configured as an actual physical switch, but is not limited thereto, and is configured as, for example, a virtual switch (for example, a key or an icon) displayed on the screen of the display 36. May be. The night parking button 200 is disposed in front of the door 24. The night parking button 200 can be accessed from the outside even when the door 24 is closed. Therefore, the night parking button 200 can be always operated by the user.

  In short, in this embodiment, the night parking button 200 indicates that “the user wants to use the parking lot as a time zone that covers only night time, and a parking time zone that covers at least part of the daytime” This example constitutes an example of a “real or virtual operation unit operated by a user to select any of a plurality of parking time zones including“

  FIG. 15 conceptually shows a ticket issuing / settlement program executed by the computer 100 in the control board 34 in the ticket issuing machine 190 in a flowchart. The computer 100 repeatedly executes the ticket issuing / settlement program while the ticket issuing machine 190 is powered on.

  The ticket issuing / settlement program will be described in more detail below. Since this ticket issuing / settlement program has many steps in common with the ticketing / settlement program shown in FIG. 5, the same steps are denoted by the same reference numerals. Thus, the duplicate description will be omitted, and only the different steps will be described in detail.

  At each execution of this ticketing / settlement program, first, in step S101, the default parking mode, that is, the amount of parking fee that the user needs to pay for normal parking (see the example of the above-mentioned fee setting) ) Is displayed on the screen of the display 36. In step S101, an initial screen shown in FIG. 6A is also displayed.

  Next, in step S102, based on the output signal of the night parking button 200, it is determined whether or not the user has pressed the night parking button 200 to switch the effective parking mode from the normal parking mode to the night parking mode.

  If the night parking button 200 has not been pressed, the determination in step S102 is NO, and steps S2 to S5 are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Thereafter, when the ticketing button 70 is pressed, the determination in step S6 is YES, and then step S8 is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  Subsequently, in step S106, the time when the user enters the parking lot 10 (or the date and time when the user paid the prepaid parking fee, the time when the parking ticket 80 was issued, the start time of the parking time, etc.) and the effective parking time. It represents the length (or the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user, etc.) and is actual data indicating that the current receipt 81a is classified into the category of a prepaid receipt and can be directly deciphered by the user However, by referring to the encryption table, as shown in FIG. 16A, it is converted into encrypted data 210 that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely. Encryption is performed, whereby encrypted data 210 is created.

  In the example shown in FIG. 16 (a), the actual data is specifically “the warehousing time is 13:20 on February 13, 2011, and the effective parking time is February 13, 2011. 17:20, the receipt 81a is classified into a category of a prepaid receipt (the title of the receipt 81a is simply printed as “receipt”). It is data representing that. Here, “the effective parking time is until 17:20 on February 13, 2011” is equivalent to “the length of the effective parking time is 4 hours”.

  Accordingly, an example of a general configuration of this actual data (notation of the year is omitted for the purpose of reducing the number of digits of the actual data) is as shown in FIG. Hh hours and mm, the length of the effective parking time is TT time, and the category of the receipt is classified into category XX (receipt for advance payment or receipt for additional parking fee). It is data to represent.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17A, the encrypted data 210 is defined by symbols of 11 digits arranged in a line (more or less digits may be used). Has been. The symbol of each digit is selected, for example, as one of 10 numbers from 0 to 9 and a plurality of alphabets. The multi-digit symbols are divided into a plurality of groups and printed on the receipt 81a. Adjacent groups are connected with a hyphen so that the user can pronounce the multi-digit symbols at once. Instead of a few breaks, you can pronounce more easily and accurately.

  As shown in FIG. 17 (c), the actual data includes a number MM representing the month, a number DD representing the day, and a number representing the time of the time. hh, the number mm representing the minute of the time, and the parking time (if the parking fee paid this time is a prepaid parking fee, this means effective parking time, while the parking fee paid this time is additional parking In the case of a charge, it has six elements: a number TT representing the length of extended parking time) and a number XX representing the category of the receipt.

  As shown in FIG. 17C, the encryption table in the present embodiment encrypts the month-by-month encryption table referred to encrypt the number MM representing the month and the number DD representing the day. In order to encrypt the day-by-day encryption table referred to, the time-unit encryption table referenced to encrypt the number hh representing the time of the time, and the number mm representing the minute of the time For encrypting a minute-by-unit encryption table referred to, a time encryption table referenced to encrypt a number TT representing the length of parking time, and a number XX representing a receipt category The category encryption table referred to in FIG. Each of the above-described six elements is encrypted by referring to the corresponding encryption table, whereby 11-digit encrypted data 210 is created.

  When the encryption is completed in step S106 shown in FIG. 15, the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a are printed and issued by the printer 40 in step S10, as in the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 16 (a), the receipt 81a includes at least one of the date and time, the amount, and the length of the parking time for the payment of the parking fee or the parking time, and the category of the receipt (this time, the prepaid receipt). The same information regarding the data (which belongs to the category of the book) is printed as both the actual data that can be decrypted by the user and the encrypted data 210 that cannot be decrypted by the user.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16 (a), the parking ticket 80 specifies the end time of the effective parking time corresponding to the amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user and the location of the parking lot 10. Will be printed.

  In addition, the receipt 81a includes an entry time, an amount of the prepaid parking fee paid by the user, an end time of the effective parking time, a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10, and a category of the receipt 81a. (In this example, the title “Receipt” means that the receipt 81a is classified into the category of prepaid receipt). The receipt 81a is also printed with encrypted data 210 exemplified by “ABC-DEF-ABC-XX”.

  Thereafter, the printed parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a are discharged through the discharge port 64, and the parking ticket 80 and the receipt 81a are received by the user. Subsequently, in step S107, a turn-off command is issued to the night parking lamp 202, so that the night parking lamp 202 is turned off when the night parking lamp 202 is turned on. This completes the current execution of this ticketing / settlement program.

  On the other hand, when the fee settlement button 74 is pressed instead of the ticket issuing button 70, the settlement receipt issuance screen shown in FIG. 6D is displayed on the screen of the display 36 in step S11 of FIG. At this time, the amount of the parking fee determined by the user operating the fee settlement button 74 is displayed as the amount of the additional parking fee.

  Subsequently, in step S108, the time when the receipt 81b is issued because the user paid the additional parking fee (this is equivalent to the time when the additional parking fee was paid) and the length of the extended parking time ( This is equivalent to the amount of the additional parking fee paid.) And the actual data representing the category of the receipt 81b (this time belongs to the category of the additional parking fee receipt) refer to the encryption table. By doing so, it is converted into encrypted data 140.

  Thereafter, in step S13, the receipt 81b is printed by the printer 40 and issued. In the receipt 81b, as shown in FIG. 16 (b), the same information regarding the category of the receipt and at least one of the date and time, the amount, and the length of the parking time related to the payment of the parking fee or the parking time, Is printed as both real data that can be decrypted and encrypted data 140 that cannot be decrypted by the user. This completes the current execution of this ticketing / settlement program.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16 (b), the receipt 81 b shows the date and time when the receipt 81 b is issued, the amount of the additional parking fee, and a display for specifying the location of the parking lot 10. And the category of the receipt 81b (in this example, the title “payment receipt” means that the receipt 81b is classified into the category of a receipt for an additional parking fee). Further, the encrypted data 140 exemplified by “123-456-789-YY” is also printed on the receipt 81b. The encrypted data 140 is obtained by encrypting actual data representing the date and time when the receipt 81b is issued, the length of the extended parking time, and the category of the receipt 81b.

  Thereafter, the printed receipt 81b is discharged through the discharge port 64, and the receipt 81b is received by the user. Subsequently, in step S107, a turn-off command is issued to the night parking lamp 202, so that the night parking lamp 202 is turned off when the night parking lamp 202 is turned on. This completes the current execution of this ticketing / settlement program.

  The execution contents of the ticket issuing / settlement program shown in FIG. 15 have been described for the case where coins are inserted into the ticket issuing machine 190 without pressing the night parking button 200. However, the parking mode is changed from the normal parking mode to the night parking mode. When the user presses the night parking button 200 before inserting coins to switch to, the determination in step S102 is YES, and the process proceeds to step S103.

  In this step S103, by referring to the current time indicated by the clock 102, whether or not it is currently nighttime, specifically, the time zone from 6:00 pm to 8:00 am the next day. It is determined whether or not. If it is currently nighttime, the determination in step S103 is YES, and in step S104, the night parking lamp 202 is turned on to display that the night parking mode is selected. Subsequently, in step S105, the display content on the screen of the display 36 is switched from the amount of parking charge for normal parking to the amount of parking fee for night parking.

  According to an example of the night parking charge setting, from 6:00 pm on the day until 8:00 am on the next day, it is uniformly 100 yen regardless of the length of the parking time. Under the charge setting in this example, for example, as shown in the example shown in FIG. 18, when the user pays 100 yen as a prepaid parking fee, the computer 100 will continue until 8:00 am the next day from the warehousing time. Will be calculated as the effective parking time.

  However, the amount of the additional parking fee is determined based on the above-described normal parking fee setting. Therefore, for example, if the user pays 300 yen as an additional parking fee, 2 hours is calculated as the extended parking time.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S2, and waiting for the insertion of coins having the same amount as the currently displayed parking fee for night parking.

  On the other hand, if the night parking button 200 is pressed but is not currently at night, that is, if the night parking button 200 is pressed during a time period when the operation is not permitted, the determination in step S103 is NO. Thus, steps S104 and S105 are skipped, and the process proceeds to step S2. In this case, since this operation of the night parking button 200 is an erroneous operation, it is invalidated, and as a result, the amount of the displayed parking fee is maintained at the amount of the parking fee for normal parking. At the same time, the night parking lamp 202 remains off. Therefore, in step S2, the insertion of coins having the same amount as the currently displayed parking fee for normal parking is awaited.

  When coins are inserted after the night parking mode is selected and then the ticketing button 70 is pressed, steps S3-S6, S8, S106 and S10 are executed. As a result, as shown in FIG. However, it prints and issues the parking ticket 80 for night parking. This parking ticket 80 is different from the parking ticket 80 for normal parking shown in FIG. 16 (a) only in printing contents, but is common to other elements.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18, in the parking ticket 80 for night parking, characters “night” are printed in order to display that the parking ticket 80 is for night parking. Furthermore, in this parking ticket 80, it is printed that the end time of the parking time zone permitted for the user, that is, the end time of the effective parking time is 8:00 pm on the next day.

  Also, the encrypted data 210 is printed on the receipt 81a, and the encrypted data 210 is not data indicating the length of time, but data indicating the length of the effective parking time. It has data representing parking. In the case of night parking, the end time of the effective parking time is fixed regardless of the departure time, so in each night parking, the length of the effective parking time is just an integral multiple of 1 hour. However, the parking time TT is calculated in units of hours in the normal parking example shown in FIG.

  When the manager goes to the parking lot 10 and notices that the parking ticket 80 for night parking is arranged in the room of the parked vehicle, the current parking time is printed on the parking ticket 80. It is determined whether it is before the end time of. If the current time is before the end time of the effective parking time, the manager determines that the parking of the parked vehicle is not unauthorized parking.

  As apparent from the above description, according to the present embodiment, the receipts 81a and 81b have the encryption codes 130 and 140, respectively, and the corresponding receipt category is a prepaid receipt or an additional parking fee receipt. Are generated and printed so that they can be distinguished. The background and effects of taking such measures will be described below.

  When the actual parking time exceeds the effective parking time, the user pays an additional parking fee to the ticketing machine 20 at the time of delivery, and then presses the fee settlement button 74 instead of the ticketing button 70. Required. This time, the ticket issuing machine 20 is requested to issue a receipt 81b for the additional parking fee instead of the prepaid receipt 81a.

  However, for the convenience of the ticketing machine 20, even if the user accidentally presses the ticketing button 70, the ticketing machine 20 cannot invalidate the erroneous operation.

  On the other hand, according to this embodiment, the encryption codes 130 and 140 in the receipts 81a and 81b respectively distinguish whether the corresponding receipt category is a prepaid receipt or an additional parking fee receipt. Generated and printed as possible.

  In response to the payment of the additional parking fee by the user, the ticket issuing machine 20 prints and issues a parking ticket belonging to one of the categories, and then the user receives the encrypted data printed on the parking ticket at the time of warehousing. Along with the encrypted data 130 printed on the acquired prepaid receipt 81a, it is transmitted to the parking lot manager via a communication device by sounding itself.

  The parking lot manager decodes the voice received from the user, and based on the decoding result, the parking ticket issued this time to the user (the parking ticket purchased by the user this time) is an additional parking money receipt 81b. It can be determined whether or not the amount of the additional parking fee paid by the user at the time of delivery is appropriate. In other words, the parking lot manager can check the fact that the user has purchased the wrong parking ticket and the fact that the user has paid an inappropriate amount of additional parking fee without looking at the parking ticket itself. It can be judged accurately.

  Moreover, when it is determined that the user has purchased the wrong parking ticket, the parking lot manager can point out to the user that the parking ticket purchased by the user is incorrect. Thereby, the parking lot manager can make the user recognize that there is an error in the purchase operation this time, and can prevent the user from repeating the same mistake. Further, the parking lot manager can warn the user that the user will not illegally use the parking ticket 80 issued together with the prepaid receipt 81a purchased by mistake. .

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described in detail based on drawing, these are illustrations and are based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art including the aspect as described in the above-mentioned [summary of invention] column. The present invention can be implemented in other forms with various modifications and improvements.

Claims (5)

A parking lot management system for managing a parking lot by a remote management center,
A ticketing machine installed in the parking lot, which is real data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time, and is decodable by the user Is encrypted to encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user, the actual data and the encrypted data are printed on a parking slip, and the printed parking slip is issued to the user. Having a printer to
A decryptor installed in the management center, which decrypts the encrypted data transmitted from the user via a communication device and received in the management center, and restores the actual data; Including parking management system. The actual data includes a plurality of elements,
The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the encryption unit encrypts the plurality of elements by referring to a plurality of encryption tables.   The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1 or 2.   The decryptor according to claim 1 or 2. A parking lot management method for managing a parking lot by a remote management center,
With the ticketing machine installed in the parking lot, the real data representing at least one of the date and time and the amount of money for the parking fee payment or the parking time and the length of the parking time, which can be decoded by the user, Encrypting encrypted data that the user cannot decrypt, printing the actual data and the encrypted data on a parking slip, and issuing the printed parking slip to the user;
And a step of decrypting the encrypted data transmitted from the user via the communication device and received at the management center by the decryptor installed in the management center and restoring the actual data. Parking lot management method.

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