JP2014071607A - Parking lot system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking lot system capable of settling a parking fee even when a vehicle is made to temporarily exit.SOLUTION: The parking lot system includes: a fee settling machine 5 installed at a parking lot; a vehicle sensor 4 for detecting the entry and the exit of a vehicle 1 parked at the parking lot; and a fee non-payment management database 21 for recording fee non-payment information of the vehicle 1 when the vehicle 1 exiting without paying the fee is detected by the vehicle sensor 4. The fee settling machine 5 performs settlement processing for the fee non-payment vehicle 1 on the basis of the fee non-payment information recorded in the fee non-payment management database 21.

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot system, and more particularly, to a parking lot system that allows a parking fee to be settled even when a vehicle is temporarily delivered.

  Conventionally, as a parking lot system installed in a time-rented parking lot, for example, a vehicle detector, a lock plate, etc. are installed for each compartment of the parking lot, and when a certain time has elapsed after detecting a parked vehicle, the lock plate is There is one that prevents the exit by raising and starts measuring the parking time, and when the parking fee is settled by the settlement machine, the lock plate is lowered to allow the exit.

  In such a parking lot, it is possible to make a call and data communication with the parking management center, and the settlement machine is connected to the parking management center so that it can be operated remotely. Receive instructions from the operator of the parking lot management center on how to use the payment machine, etc., confirm on-site images with a surveillance camera, and perform appropriate remote control processing if necessary. This makes it possible to perform appropriate processing remotely without waiting for the arrival of a staff member in case of unexpected equipment failure or any trouble.

  As a parking lot system in which the settlement machine can be remotely operated by such a parking lot management center, for example, when the settlement of the parking fee has been completed, the parking fee settlement machine that permits the vehicle to be released is maintained. The parking fee is temporarily reduced by remote control from the service center or other parking lot management organization, and when the reduced parking fee is settled, a reduced payment mode is set to allow the vehicle to be issued. A technique is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, as other parking lot systems, for example, a transfer settlement mode that is activated by the operation of the parking lot management center is provided in the parking fee settlement machine, and the user's current fee settlement amount is set according to the situation. , It is possible to complete the checkout process as a true compartment, and at that time, a receipt proof of the difference printed on the difference due to excessive payment due to misadjustment is created and issued with a receipt printer, The individual code that identifies the deposit details and the next usage method are also described, and the details are recorded in the deposit certificate of the parking lot management server. In addition, the discount settlement of deposits is a technology that allows for refund processing as a discount on subsequent settlements after special operations at the parking fee settlement machine or the parking fee settlement machine at other parking lots. Is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-299552 A JP 2009-009303 A

  However, in the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, various operations can be performed by remote operation by the parking lot management center. For example, in order to load and unload luggage, When a vehicle is temporarily released from the passenger compartment, the parked vehicle recorded in the checkout machine will be displayed after a certain period of time has elapsed even though the parking fee has not been paid yet. Parking information, such as a room and parking time, will be reset, and the user will not be able to settle. Moreover, even if it is going to be settled by a call with the operator of the parking lot management center, since the parking information has already been reset, there is still a problem that it cannot be settled.

  In recent years, there has been a parking lot that reads the plate information of the car number plate of a vehicle parked in the passenger compartment and manages the parking information based on this plate information without installing a lock plate in the parking lot. In such a parking lot, since the vehicle can easily go out of the passenger compartment, it is desired to solve such a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot system capable of paying a parking fee even when a vehicle is temporarily delivered.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a parking lot system according to the invention of claim 1, a checkout machine installed in a parking lot, and a vehicle detection device for detecting entry / exit of a vehicle parked in the parking lot. A non-payment management database that records non-payment information of the vehicle when the vehicle detection device detects a vehicle that has been delivered non-payment,
The settlement machine performs a settlement process for unpaid vehicles based on unpaid information recorded in the unpaid management database.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the settlement machine includes an input unit for inputting vehicle information of a vehicle parked in a parking lot, and the non-payment management database includes vehicle identification information of a non-payment vehicle. The settlement machine performs a settlement process for unpaid vehicles based on the unpaid information recorded in the unpaid information database corresponding to the vehicle specific information input by the input unit. It is characterized by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the vehicle number plate of the vehicle parked in the passenger compartment of the parking lot is photographed, and plate information of the vehicle number plate is obtained based on the photographed image. A vehicle number recognizing device for recognizing is provided, and the non-payment management database records plate information recognized by the vehicle number recognizing device as vehicle specifying information of a vehicle.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein when the vehicle is re-entered into the passenger compartment after the vehicle has exited, the plate information after re-entry by the vehicle number recognition device and before the exit It is characterized by determining whether it is a continuous parking or a new parking based on the comparison result with plate information.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the checkout machine determines that the parking is a new parking based on a comparison result between the plate information after re-entry and the plate information before leaving by the vehicle number recognition device. In this case, unpaid information is recorded in the unpaid database.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5, further comprising notification means for informing the non-payment information, wherein the settlement machine is configured to receive the vehicle number from the non-payment management database. The fee non-payment information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the recognition device is searched, and when there is non-payment information corresponding to the plate information, the notification means notifies that there is no payment non-payment. .

  The invention according to claim 7 comprises the parking lot management server for managing a plurality of parking lots in claim 1 or claim 2, and the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is sent to the parking lot management server. It is characterized by that.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the payment machine searches the parking management server for unpaid information corresponding to the vehicle specifying information input by the input unit, and based on the unpaid information This is characterized in that a settlement process for unpaid vehicles is performed.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the invention, the payment machine searches the parking lot management server for unpaid information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle number recognition device. When there is fee non-payment information corresponding to, the notification means notifies that there is no charge non-payment.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to ninth aspects, the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is deleted after a lapse of a certain period.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the settlement machine performs the settlement process for the unpaid vehicle based on the unpaid information recorded in the unpaid management database, so the vehicle is temporarily released. Even in this case, the parking fee can be settled later, and the usability can be significantly improved.

  According to the invention according to claim 2, since the payment processing for the non-payment vehicle is performed based on the non-payment information recorded in the non-payment information database corresponding to the vehicle identification information input by the input unit, When the user inputs the vehicle specifying information using the input unit, the parking fee can be settled later even when the vehicle is temporarily delivered, and the usability can be remarkably improved.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the plate information recognized by the vehicle number recognition device is recorded as the vehicle identification information of the vehicle by the fee non-payment management database, the plate recognized by the vehicle number recognition device Even if the vehicle is temporarily issued based on the information, the parking fee can be settled later, and the usability can be significantly improved. The

  According to the invention of claim 4, when the vehicle is re-entered into the compartment after the vehicle has been delivered, the result of comparison between the plate information after re-entry and the plate information before delivery by the vehicle number recognition device. Since it is determined whether it is continuous parking or new parking based on the above, it is possible to perform non-payment processing according to whether the vehicle is continuous parking or new parking.

  According to the invention of claim 5, when the payment machine determines that the parking is new based on the comparison result between the plate information after the re-entry by the vehicle number recognition device and the plate information before the departure, the fee is not paid. Since the non-payment information is recorded in the database, the non-payment processing can be performed based on the non-payment information when it is determined that the parking is new.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the payment non-payment information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle number recognition device is retrieved from the non-payment management database by the settlement machine, and the non-payment information corresponding to the plate information If there is, the notification means notifies the user that the fee has not been paid. Therefore, by notifying the user that the fee has not been paid based on the plate information recognized by the vehicle number recognition device, Can inform you that there is no payment.

  According to the invention according to claim 7, since the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is sent to the parking management server that manages a plurality of parking lots, in the parking lot managed by the parking management server, Information on non-payment of charges can be searched, and even in a parking lot different from the parked parking lot, the parking fee can be settled later, and the usability can be remarkably improved.

  According to the invention of claim 8, the payment machine searches the parking management server for unpaid information corresponding to the vehicle specifying information input by the input unit, and settles the unpaid vehicle based on the unpaid information. Since the processing is performed, the user can search for unpaid information from the parking management server by inputting the vehicle specifying information through the input unit, and even in a parking lot different from the parking lot Later, the parking fee can be settled, and usability can be significantly improved.

  According to the invention according to claim 9, when the parking lot management server searches for unpaid information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle number recognition device, and there is unpaid information corresponding to the plate information, In the parking lot managed by the parking management server, it is possible to search for non-payment information, and even in a parking lot different from the parked parking lot, Users can be notified that there is no payment.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is deleted after a lapse of a fixed period, so that the recording capacity of the non-payment management database can be ensured.

It is a schematic structure figure showing an embodiment of a parking lot system concerning the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the control structure in embodiment of the parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows entrance operation in embodiment of the parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the fee nonpayment judgment operation | movement in embodiment of the parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows alerting | reporting operation | movement at the time of parking in the state with unpaid information in embodiment of the parking lot system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the adjustment operation at the time of parking in the state with unpaid information in the embodiment of the parking lot system according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the payment operation | movement by a user in the state with the charge nonpayment information in embodiment of the parking lot system which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a first embodiment of a parking lot system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the parking lot in the parking lot system according to this embodiment includes a plurality of compartments 2 for parking a vehicle 1, and terminal devices 3 are installed in the compartments 2, respectively. ing. Each vehicle compartment 2 is provided with a vehicle sensor 4 as a vehicle detection device for detecting that the vehicle 1 has entered and exited. Further, the parking lot is provided with a settlement machine 5 for the parking lot user to settle the parking fee. In the present embodiment, the settlement machine 5 has a built-in car number recognition device 6. Yes.

  Next, the control configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The terminal device 3 is provided with a terminal control unit 7 that performs various controls of the terminal device 3, and the terminal device 3 is provided with a terminal communication unit 8 that performs communication with the settlement machine 5. Further, the terminal device 3 is provided with a camera 9 for photographing the vehicle number plate of the vehicle 1 parked in the passenger compartment 2, and the terminal device 3 acquires a photographed image photographed by the camera 9. An image acquisition unit 10 is provided. Further, the terminal device 3 is provided with a terminal display unit 11 as a notification means for displaying non-payment information of the parking fee, and the terminal device 3 is provided with a terminal input unit 12 as an input unit.

  Further, the detection signal of the vehicle 1 by the vehicle sensor 4 is configured to be sent to the terminal device 3, and the image acquisition unit 10 is configured to send the detection signal of the vehicle 1 by the vehicle sensor 4 to the terminal device 3. In addition, it is configured to acquire a photographed image of the camera 9 and send it to the settlement machine 5 via the terminal communication unit 8.

  In addition, the vehicle number recognition device 6 is provided with a vehicle number recognition control unit 13 that performs various controls. Further, the vehicle number recognition device 6 is provided with an image processing unit 14, and this image processing unit 14 performs image processing on a photographed image sent from the terminal device 3 and serves as a plate as vehicle identification information of a vehicle number plate. The information is converted into text data. The vehicle number recognition device 6 is provided with a plate information database 15 for recording plate information converted into text data by the image processing unit 14, and the plate information database 15 stores the plate information converted into text data. A branch code, a vehicle type code, a use code, and a serial number are classified and recorded.

  Further, the settlement machine 5 is provided with a settlement control unit 16 that performs various processes such as settlement, and the settlement machine 5 is provided with a settlement communication unit 17 that performs communication with the terminal device 3. . Further, the settlement machine 5 is provided with a settlement unit 18 for performing a settlement process for the parking fee. In the settlement machine 5, a user of the parking lot inputs a cabin number and performs a settlement process. For this purpose, a settlement input unit 19 is provided. The settlement machine 5 is provided with a settlement display unit 20 for performing a predetermined display at the time of settlement, and the settlement machine 5 is provided with a fee non-payment management database 21 for recording parking fee non-payment information.

  Then, the payment machine 5 is configured to receive the entry / exit information of the vehicle 1 by the vehicle sensor 4 from the terminal device 3 via the terminal communication unit 8 and the payment communication unit 17. When the warehousing information of the vehicle 1 is sent from the terminal device 3 via the terminal communication unit 8 and the payment communication unit 17, the settlement unit 18 counts the parking time of the corresponding vehicle compartment 2, and the user settles the settlement. When the vehicle interior number is input by the input unit 19 and the settlement process is performed, the settlement process according to the parking time is performed. Further, when the vehicle 1 leaves the vehicle without paying the parking fee, the checkout machine 5 stores the plate information of the vehicle 1, which will be described later, the parking room number, the parking date and time, the parking time, etc. It is configured to record non-payment information together with parking information.

  Further, the checkout machine 5 can communicate with a central management system 22 that manages a plurality of parking lots, and the central management system 22 is provided with a parking lot management server 23. The parking lot management server 23 is configured to record the non-payment information recorded in the non-payment management database 21 of the payment machine 5 in each parking lot.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, it is detected by the vehicle sensor 4 that the vehicle 1 that has not performed the checkout process has been issued from the passenger compartment 2, and the output information is sent from the terminal device 3 via the checkout machine 5. In this case, when the vehicle 1 is re-entered into the passenger compartment 2 while a certain waiting time has elapsed, the vehicle number recognition device 6 uses the vehicle number recognition device 6 to obtain the plate information of the vehicle 1 that has been delivered and the plate information of the vehicle 1 that has been re-stocked. In comparison, based on the comparison result, if the plate information matches, it is determined that the parking is continued, and if the plate information does not match, it is determined that the parking is new.

  If it is determined that the parking is continued, the settlement machine 5 deletes the non-payment information recorded in the non-payment management database 21 as being unpaid, and if it is determined that the parking is a new parking, While the unpaid information in the management database 21 is kept as it is, the information “Unpaid” is displayed on the terminal display unit 11 of the terminal device 3 of the corresponding vehicle compartment 2 and the unpaid fee is not paid to the parking management server 23 of the central management system 22. It is configured to transmit information.

  In the present embodiment, the checkout machine 5 recognizes the plate information by the vehicle number recognition device 6 when the vehicle 1 is parked in the passenger compartment 2, and then includes the unpaid information in the unpaid charge management database 21. To the presence / absence of unpaid information corresponding to the corresponding plate information. Then, when there is unpaid information in the unpaid management database, it is configured to display “unpaid” information on the terminal display unit 11 of the terminal device 3 in the corresponding vehicle compartment 2.

  Further, when the settlement process is performed, the settlement machine 5 is configured to search the unpaid information in the unpaid management database 21 for the existence of unpaid information corresponding to the corresponding plate information. When there is unpaid information in the unpaid management database, the unpaid parking fee can be automatically added and settled in addition to the parking fee.

  Note that the parking management server 23 of the central management system 22 may be searched when searching for the non-payment information by searching the non-payment management database 21 described above. That is, since users who have recorded unpaid information in the past may use different parking lots, it is possible to acquire unpaid information at different parking lots by searching the parking management server 23. Is. In this way, when the parking lot management server 23 is searched and the non-payment information is acquired, the information of “non-payment” is displayed on the terminal display unit 11 of the terminal device 3 of the corresponding passenger compartment 2 and the checkout process is performed. In this case, in addition to the parking fee, the unpaid parking fee can be automatically added and settled.

  In addition, the user can settle the unpaid parking fee with the settlement machine 5, for example, when the vehicle is parked with a vehicle 1 with a different car number plate or when the parking lot is visited on foot. Even in a state in which the search by cannot be performed, the unpaid parking fee can be settled. That is, in the present embodiment, the user uses the checkout input unit 19 of the checkout machine 5 to obtain necessary information such as the plate information of the vehicle 1 for which the parking fee has not been paid, the parking room number, the parking lot name, and the parking date and time. By inputting the information, the checkout machine 5 searches the charge nonpayment management database 21 or the parking lot management server 23 to acquire the corresponding nonpayment information and displays it on the checkout display unit 20, and the user confirms this nonpayment information. Above, it is configured so that unpaid parking fees can be settled.

  Note that the non-payment information of the non-payment management database 21 is deleted after a certain period of time, although it depends on the recording capacity of the database.

  Next, the entrance operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, first, when it is detected by the vehicle sensor 4 that the vehicle 1 in the vehicle compartment 2 of the parking lot has been received (ST1), the image acquisition unit 10 acquires a photographed image by the camera 9 (ST2). The acquired photographed image is sent to the car number recognition device 6.

  Then, the image processing unit 14 of the vehicle number recognition device 6 performs image processing on the captured image sent from the terminal device 3 to convert the plate information of the vehicle number plate into text data. The plate information is converted into a land transportation branch office code, a vehicle type code, The application code and the serial number are classified and recorded in the plate information database 15 (ST3).

  On the other hand, if the terminal device 3 detects the receipt of the vehicle 1 by the vehicle sensor 4, the terminal device 3 sends the receipt information to the settlement machine 5, and the settlement unit 18 of the settlement machine 5 starts counting the parking time.

  When the user settles, the settlement process is completed by entering the parking room number parked by the settlement input unit 19 of the settlement machine 5 and by the settlement unit 18 to settle the parking fee according to the parking time. To do.

  Next, the non-payment determination operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when the vehicle sensor 4 detects the exit of the vehicle 1 (ST10), it is determined whether or not the settlement process is completed (ST11). If the settlement process is completed (ST11: YES), the plate information The plate information recorded in the database 15 is deleted (ST18).

  On the other hand, when the settlement process is not completed (ST11: NO), the non-payment information is recorded in the fee non-payment management database 21 (ST12), and it is monitored whether or not the vehicle 1 is re-entered within a certain waiting time ( ST13). If the vehicle 1 does not enter within the waiting time (ST14: NO), the unauthorized parking information is transmitted to the central management system 22 together with the non-payment information, assuming that it is unauthorized parking (ST19).

  And when the vehicle 1 arrives within the waiting time (ST14: YES), the plate information of the vehicle 1 that has been delivered is compared with the plate information of the vehicle 1 that has been re-stocked, and continuous parking is performed based on the comparison result. Or whether it is a new parking (ST15). If it is determined that the parking is new (ST16: YES), the non-payment information in the non-payment management database 21 is left as it is (ST20), and the information “Unpaid” or “Billing” is displayed on the terminal display unit 11. (ST21). On the other hand, when it is determined that the parking is continued (ST16: NO), the non-payment information of the non-payment management database 21 is deleted (ST17).

  Next, the operation when the vehicle 1 on which unpaid information is recorded is parked will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when the vehicle sensor 4 detects that the vehicle 1 in the passenger compartment 2 of the parking lot has been received (ST31), the image acquisition unit 10 acquires a captured image by the camera 9 (ST32), and the acquired captured image. Is sent to the car number recognition device 6. And the picked-up image sent from the terminal device 3 is image-processed by the image processing part 14 of the vehicle number recognition apparatus 6, and the plate information of a vehicle number plate is recorded on the plate information database 15 (ST33).

  Based on the plate information, the non-payment information in the non-payment management database 21 is searched for the non-payment information corresponding to the corresponding plate information (ST34), and the non-payment information is stored in the non-payment management database. If it exists (ST35: YES), the information “Unpaid” is displayed on the terminal display unit 11 of the terminal device 3 in the corresponding passenger compartment 2 (ST36).

  Next, the operation in the case of performing settlement for the vehicle 1 in which unpaid information is recorded will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when the vehicle sensor 4 detects that the vehicle 1 in the passenger compartment 2 of the parking lot is received (ST41), the image acquisition unit 10 acquires a captured image by the camera 9 (ST42), and the acquired captured image. Is sent to the car number recognition device 6. And the picked-up image sent from the terminal device 3 is image-processed by the image process part 14 of the vehicle number recognition apparatus 6, and the plate information of a vehicle number plate is recorded on the plate information database 15 (ST43).

  Based on the plate information, the non-payment information of the non-payment management database 21 is searched for the presence of non-payment information corresponding to the corresponding plate information (ST44), and the non-payment information is stored in the non-payment management database. If it exists (ST45: YES), in addition to the parking fee, the unpaid parking fee is added and settled (ST46). When the payment of the unpaid parking fee is completed (ST47: YES), the unpaid information is deleted from the unpaid fee management database 21 (ST48). When the payment of the unpaid parking fee is not completed (ST47: NO), the unpaid information is left as it is from the unpaid fee management database 21 (ST49).

  Next, the operation when the user performs payment when unpaid information is recorded will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the user operates the checkout input unit 19 of the checkout machine 5 and inputs necessary information such as the plate information of the vehicle 1 for which the parking fee has not yet been paid, the parking room number, the parking lot name, and the parking date and time. (ST51), the checkout machine 5 searches the unpaid management database 21 or the parking management server 23 (ST52). If there is unpaid information in the unpaid management database (ST53: YES), the corresponding unpaid information is acquired and displayed on the settlement display unit 20 (ST54), and the user confirms the unpaid information. After that, the unpaid parking fee is settled (ST55). When the payment of the unpaid parking fee is completed (ST56: YES), the unpaid information is deleted from the unpaid fee management database 21 (ST57). When the payment of the unpaid parking fee is not completed (ST56: NO), the unpaid information is left as it is from the unpaid fee management database 21 (ST58).

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the car number recognition device 6 acquires the plate information of the parked vehicle 1 and the parking fee is not paid, the fee non-paid information is recorded in the fee non-payment management database 21. In addition, it is possible to determine whether or not the parking fee is unpaid by searching the fee non-payment information in the fee non-payment management database 21, and even if the vehicle 1 is temporarily issued, Checkout can be performed and usability can be significantly improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the vehicle number recognition device 6 is built in the checkout machine 5 has been described. However, the vehicle number recognition device 6 may be built in the terminal device 3.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made based on the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Car interior 3 Terminal apparatus 4 Vehicle sensor 5 Settlement machine 6 Car number recognition apparatus 7 Terminal control part 8 Terminal communication part 9 Camera 10 Image acquisition part 11 Terminal display part 12 Terminal input part 13 Car number recognition control part 14 Image processing Section 15 Plate information database 16 Settlement control section 17 Settlement communication section 18 Settlement section 19 Settlement input section 20 Settlement display section 21 Fee unpaid management database 22 Central management system 23 Parking lot management server

Claims (10)

A checkout machine installed in the parking lot;
A vehicle detection device for detecting entry / exit of a vehicle parked in the parking lot;
A non-payment management database that records non-payment information of the vehicle when detecting a vehicle that has been unpaid by the vehicle detection device; and
The above-mentioned settlement machine performs a settlement process for unpaid vehicles based on unpaid information recorded in the unpaid management database. The settlement machine includes an input unit that inputs vehicle information of a vehicle parked in a parking lot, and the fee non-payment management database is configured to record vehicle identification information of a vehicle that has not paid a fee,
The payment machine performs a payment process for a non-payment vehicle based on non-payment information recorded in the non-payment information database corresponding to the vehicle identification information input by the input unit. The described parking system. A vehicle number recognition device that captures the vehicle number plate of the vehicle parked in the vehicle compartment of the parking lot and recognizes the plate information of the vehicle number plate based on the captured image;
3. The parking lot system according to claim 1, wherein the non-payment management database records plate information recognized by the vehicle number recognition device as vehicle identification information of a vehicle.   When the vehicle is re-entered into the passenger compartment after the vehicle has exited, the checkout machine is a continuous parking based on a comparison result between plate information after re-entry by the vehicle number recognition device and plate information before exit. The parking lot system according to claim 3, wherein it is determined whether the parking lot is a new parking lot.   When the checkout machine determines that the parking is a new parking based on the comparison result between the plate information after re-entry and the plate information before leaving by the vehicle number recognition device, the fee non-payment information is recorded in the non-payment fee database. The parking lot system according to claim 4, wherein Informing means for informing the non-payment information,
The settlement machine searches the non-payment management database for non-payment information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle number recognition device, and if there is non-payment information corresponding to the plate information, the notification The parking lot system according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein it is notified by means that there is unpaid charge. It has a parking lot management server that manages multiple parking lots,
3. The parking system according to claim 1, wherein the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is sent to the parking management server.   The settlement machine searches the parking management server for unpaid information corresponding to the vehicle identification information input by the input unit, and performs a settlement process for unpaid vehicles based on the unpaid information. The parking lot system according to claim 7.   The checkout machine searches the parking lot management server for unpaid information corresponding to the plate information of the vehicle recognized by the vehicle number recognition device, and if there is unpaid information corresponding to the plate information, the notification 8. The parking lot system according to claim 7, wherein a notice that there is no payment has been made by means.   10. The parking system according to claim 1, wherein the non-payment information of the non-payment management database is deleted after a lapse of a certain period.

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