JP2014071809A - Parking lot management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket dispenser installed in a parking lot capable of reducing necessary human resources for parking lot management without sophistication of the function of the ticket dispenser.SOLUTION: A ticket dispenser includes: a clock for measuring the present time; an encryption unit for converting the measured present time into encryption data 202 a worker is not able to decrypt by referring to a preset encryption table; and a display for displaying that encryption data 202 on a screen in a state capable of visual observation by the worker carrying out the work in the parking lot. When the worker transmits the encryption data 202 on the screen to a parking lot manager in a remote location through communication equipment, the parking lot manager can determine whether or not the worker is presently in the parking lot while staying in a remote location by decrypting the received encryption data 202.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket issuing machine installed in a parking lot.

  Patent Document 1 related to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-259295, which is the prior application of the present applicant, is a ticket issuing machine installed in a parking lot, and it is easy to reduce the management cost and equipment cost of the parking lot. One conventional example is disclosed.

  This conventional example relates to a ticket issuing machine having a printer. In the ticket-issuing machine, the actual data that represents at least one of the date and time, the amount of money, and the length of the parking time related to the payment of the parking fee or the parking time, which can be directly deciphered by the user, is set in advance. By referring to the encrypted table, it is converted into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by the user but can be pronounced uniquely. The actual data and the encrypted data are printed on a parking ticket or a receipt (hereinafter collectively referred to as “parking slip”) by a printer.

  According to this ticket issuing machine, it becomes possible for a user to transmit a voice generated by reading out the encrypted data on the parking slip to a parking lot manager in a remote place via a communication device. . 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 ticket issuing machine has a function of communicating with the communication device of the parking lot manager and a function of mechanically reading the encrypted data printed on the parking ticket. The remote parking administrator confirms the truth about the payment of the parking fee or at least one of the date and time and the amount of parking time and the length of the parking time without intentionally distorting by the user. It becomes possible to do.

JP 2012-181818 A

  In order to manage a parking lot, a parking manager usually dispatches an operator to the parking lot, and checks the facilities such as the ticketing machine installed in the parking lot or performs illegal parking. Have them perform tasks such as finding and warning vehicles. The worker is required to go to the same parking lot several times a day and report the work to the parking lot manager each time the situation at the site.

  However, when managing a conventional parking lot, the parking lot manager does not stay in the parking lot even if he receives a business report from the worker, so the worker actually goes to the parking lot and does the necessary work. It was not possible to confirm whether the business report was made or not, that is, whether the business report from the worker was true or false. Therefore, it was necessary for the parking lot manager to bother to visit the parking lot as necessary to grasp the actual situation of the worker's work.

  This issue is due to the fact that the parking lot manager can communicate with the parking lot manager in order for the parking lot manager to confirm that the worker is actually in the parking lot. It is possible to solve the problem by adding a communication function to the ticket issuing machine to make it highly functional. However, in that case, a new problem is caused that the facility cost of the parking lot increases.

  Therefore, there is a demand for the parking lot manager to reduce the human resources necessary for parking lot management while avoiding an increase in the facility cost of the parking lot.

  Against the background of the above knowledge, the present invention is a ticketing machine installed in a parking lot, and it is possible to reduce human resources required for parking lot management without upgrading its functions. It was made as an issue to provide something.

  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) A ticketing machine installed in a parking lot,
A clock that measures the current time,
An encryption unit that converts the measured current time into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by an operator by referring to a preset encryption table;
An indicator that displays the encrypted data on a screen in a state that is visible to an operator who performs work in the parking lot,
If the worker transmits the encrypted data on the screen to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager receives the encrypted data by using a decryption device. The encrypted data is decrypted, and it is determined whether or not the difference between the time acquired by the decryption and the current time is within a predetermined value, whereby the parking lot manager is able to A parking lot ticketing machine that can determine whether or not it is currently in the parking lot.

  According to this ticket issuing machine, the current time is measured using a clock, and the measured current time is converted into encrypted data that cannot be deciphered by an operator by referring to a preset encryption table. Is done. The encrypted data is displayed on the screen of the display device in a state that can be visually checked by the operator.

  If the worker transmits the encrypted data on the screen to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager receives the encrypted data by using a decryption device. It is possible to decrypt the encrypted data. The parking lot manager determines whether or not the difference between the time obtained by the decoding and the current time is within a predetermined value, so that the parking lot manager can be It is possible to determine whether or not you are in a parking lot.

  Therefore, according to this ticket issuing machine, the parking lot manager can determine whether the worker is currently in the parking lot while staying at a remote place. Therefore, according to this ticketing machine, the parking lot manager can confirm the authenticity of the business report from the worker without going to the parking lot. It becomes easy to omit waste of necessary human resources.

  In this section, “parking lot” refers to whether there is a resident manager, whether it is a manned parking lot or an unmanned parking lot, and whether a parking fee is paid or not. Regardless of whether it is a parking lot or a free parking lot, and if it is a toll parking lot, whether it is a prepaid type or a postpaid type as to how to pay the parking fee, It doesn't matter whether you are lending or hourly lending or a contract that lasts longer than January.

  In addition, in this section, “transmission from the worker to the parking lot manager” means, for example, the user's voice (for example, telephone call, voice recognition function) generated when the user pronounces the corresponding code. (Speech input to a smart phone or portable information terminal) or transmission using an electronic message manually created by a user using a communication device. May be transmitted.

(2) When the display unit performs the additional operation, the operator cannot visually check the encrypted data in a state in which the worker has only been sent to the parking lot and does not perform any additional operation. The ticket-issuing machine for parking lots according to item (1), which is displayed so as to be visible.

  According to this ticketing machine, the operator can go to the parking lot in order to prove that the worker is currently in the parking lot through communication with the parking lot manager, and an additional operation of 2 One is required. As a result, the parking lot manager can have the operator perform these two operations prior to transmission of the encrypted data.

(3) Furthermore,
A hollow casing having an opening;
A door that is openable and closable with respect to the casing, covering the opening surface in a closed state thereof, and preventing physical access from the ticket issuing machine to the inside of the casing,
The door has a transmissive window that allows an operator to view at least a portion of the screen from the outside of the ticketing machine in its closed state;
The screen is a first region that an operator can view through the transmission window in the closed state of the door, and a second region that is obstructed by the door and cannot be viewed by the operator in the closed state of the door. The operator can see for the first time in the open state,
The parking ticket issuing machine according to (1) or (2), wherein the encrypted data is displayed in at least one of the first area and the second area.

  According to this ticket issuing machine, when the encrypted data is displayed in the first area, the operator obtains the encrypted data without performing any operation with respect to the ticket issuing machine in the parking lot where the worker went. In the end, communication with the parking lot manager proves that the worker is currently in the parking lot.

  On the other hand, when the encrypted data is displayed in the second area, the worker performs a specific operation on the ticketing machine, that is, an operation of opening the door of the ticketing machine in the parking lot where he has been sent. Unless it is performed, the encrypted data cannot be acquired. Therefore, the operator is in communication with the parking lot manager, in order to prove that the worker is currently in the parking lot, and the operation of going to the parking lot and the operation of opening the door of the ticket issuing machine. One is required. As a result, the parking lot manager can cause the operator to perform these two operations.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an unmanned parking lot in which a ticketing machine according to an exemplary 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 11F 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 flowchart conceptually showing a current time encryption program executed by the computer shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, a parking lot ticketing machine 20 according to an exemplary 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.

  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 for each vehicle user (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 attaches the parking ticket 80 to the back surface of the windshield 110 of his / her vehicle as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. 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. The ticket issuing machine 20 has a charge settlement function but does not have a change function (a function for calculating change and paying the user) or a communication function.

  In addition, the ticket issuing machine 20 requests that the user pay the parking fee only with coins, not banknotes. The ticket issuing machine 20 does not handle banknotes, so problems that are likely to occur when handling banknotes, for example, addition of a counterfeit bill discriminating function for discriminating whether the banknotes are jammed when the banknotes are inserted, and whether the inserted banknotes are true or not, are inserted. There are problems such as the risk of the banknotes stored in the safe 32 being stolen, the addition of a change function, and an increase in the size of the ticketing machine 20 resulting from securing a space for storing change and inserted banknotes. No need to

  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 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. There is a lock mechanism between the door 24 and the casing 22, and the door 24 is unlocked and locked by inserting and operating a unique key that can only be used by an authorized person into the cylinder of the lock mechanism. 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 includes a coin processing unit 30, a safe 32, a control board 34, a display 36, a reset button 37 (see FIG. 4), a parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a. , 81b is printed and issued, and a number counter 41 (see FIG. 4) is provided. 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 has a roller 42 on which a continuous sheet before printing is wound and accommodated so as to be detachable by an operator. The printer 40 performs printing on the continuous sheet fed from the roller 42. 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.

  The number counter 41 has a parking ticket 80 printed by the printer 40 and receipts 81a and 81b (they are common to each other in terms of slip discharged from the printer 40. In order to count the cumulative value of the number of sheets (referred to as “parking slip”), it is placed in a non-contact state behind the continuous sheet on the path of the continuous sheet discharged from the printer 40.

  On the back side of the continuous sheet, for each parking slip, a region having a different reflectance from other regions, for example, a low reflectance region (for example, a black horizontal line with respect to the back side of the white parking slip), for example, by printing, One by one is formed locally. The sheet number counter 41 includes a light emitting unit 41a and a light receiving unit 41b. The light emitting unit 41a emits light continuously and locally toward the back surface of the continuous sheet, while the light receiving unit 41b receives a portion of the light emitted from the light emitting unit 41a that is reflected by the continuous sheet. . The reflected light from the low reflectance region is weak and the reflected light from other regions is strong. The light receiving unit 41b outputs a signal corresponding to the intensity of the received light. The computer 100 in the control board 34 recognizes whether or not the low reflectance region of each parking slip has passed through the light receiving unit 41b from the presence or absence of temporal change in the intensity of light received by the light receiving unit 41b. it can.

  The computer 100 stores in advance the number of parking slips that can be generated from a new continuous sheet for one roll wound around the roller 42 in the memory 104 in the control board 34 as an initial value (for example, 2440) of the remaining number. Each time the computer 100 detects that the light receiving unit 41b has passed through the low reflectance region based on the output signal of the light receiving unit 41b, the computer 100 subtracts the current value of the remaining number by one. As a result, the current value of the remaining number reflects the number of unused parking slips remaining on the roller 42. The current value of the remaining number of sheets is stored in the memory 104 for subsequent access to that value.

  The computer 100 further determines whether or not the remaining number is less than a predetermined value (for example, 200), that is, the current roller 42 to another roller 42 around which a new continuous sheet for one roll is wound. It is determined whether or not the replacement timing has arrived, and the result is printed as a remaining encrypted number 200 to be described later for each parking ticket via the printer 40 as illustrated in FIG.

  When the operator replaces the current roller 42 with another roller 42 around which a new continuous sheet for one roll is wound, the operator presses a reset button 38 installed in the ticket issuing machine 20. When the computer 100 detects that the reset button 38 has been pressed, the computer 100 updates the current value of the remaining number of sheets in the memory 104 to an initial value. Thereby, it is possible to reflect that the current value of the remaining number is immediately after the continuous sheet is replaced with a new one.

  In short, in the present embodiment, the number counter 41 and the portion of the computer 100 that calculates the remaining number based on the output signal of the light receiving unit 41b cooperate with each other, “the number of parking slips issued by the printer”. Is an example of a “detection unit that detects an issue number related quantity that is a physical quantity that changes according to the issued number or the issued number”, and the remaining number is the “issue number related quantity”. It constitutes an example.

  In the present embodiment, the output signal of the light receiving unit 41a of the paper counter 41 adjusts the stop position of each parking slip relative to the cutting position of the cutter as well as the use of counting the number of printed parking slips. Also used for applications. This is because it is possible to detect the feed direction position of each parking slip from the output signal of the light receiving unit 41a.

  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 physical 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. At this time, the encryption time 202 is also displayed on the screen of the display 36.

  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 storage time and the effective parking time are encrypted, the remaining number of sheets is encrypted, and the input amount is encrypted.

1. Encrypting warehousing time and valid parking time

  The time when the user entered 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 length of the effective parking time (or paid by the user) Actual data representing the amount of the prepaid parking fee, etc.) that can be decrypted directly by the user, but cannot be decrypted by the user by referring to the encryption table, but is pronounced uniquely Can be converted into encrypted data 130. 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 short, the encrypted data 130 includes data in which the entry time is encrypted and data in which the length of the effective parking time is encrypted.

  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.

2. Encryption of remaining number

  In order to encrypt the remaining number of sheets, in step S9 shown in FIG. 5, the remaining number of sheets is first read from the memory 104, and then the remaining number of sheets read is less than a predetermined value (for example, 200). That is, it is determined whether it is time to replace the current roller 42 with another roller 42 around which a new continuous sheet for one roll is wound. As shown in FIG. 11D, the information indicating the determination result is the remaining encryption data in the same manner as the above-described encrypted data 130 according to the encryption table for the number of sheets and stored in the memory 104 in advance. It is encrypted as a number 200 (for example, expressed as a two-digit number or symbol).

  The remaining encrypted number 200 is information that is irrelevant to the details of parking that the user of the parking lot 10 will perform or has already performed, but is information that is accessed by the user. As described above, the remaining encrypted number 200 is printed on the parking slip owned by the user of the parking lot 10 but cannot be decrypted by the user. The remaining encrypted number 200 is transmitted to the management center shown in FIG. 12 by the user's operation via a communication device (for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a portable information terminal, a public telephone, etc.).

  Therefore, the management center stays at a remote place, as if it were in the parking lot 10, and the shortage of the remaining number of continuous sheets, and therefore dispatches the worker to the parking lot 10 to send the current roller 42, The operator can be instructed to replace the new roller 42 around which a new continuous sheet is wound.

3. Encrypted input amount

  When the user presses the ticketing button 70 after the user has inserted at least one type of coin into the ticketing machine 20, the computer 100 is inserted from the start of coin insertion to the time when the ticketing button 70 is pressed. The total value of the coin amounts is calculated as the current user's input amount, and data representing the input amount is stored in the memory 104.

  In order to encrypt the input amount, in step S9 shown in FIG. 5, the input amount is read from the memory 104, and the input amount is stored in the amount encryption table as illustrated in FIG. 11 (f). In accordance with what is stored in the memory 104 in advance, the data is encrypted in the same manner as the encrypted data 130 described above. In this example, the encrypted input amount 204, which is the encrypted information, is expressed as a four-digit number or symbol.

  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.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7A, the remaining number of encrypted sheets 200 is printed alone on the receipt 81a without accompanying actual data representing the actual remaining number of sheets. 204 is printed together with actual data representing the actual investment amount. 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. Further, the remaining number of encrypted sheets 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 are printed on the receipt 81a.

  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. In step S12, the remaining number of sheets and the additional parking fee are encrypted in the same manner as in step S9.

  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. Further, the receipt 81a is printed with an encrypted remaining number 200 and an encrypted input amount 204 in which the additional parking fee is encrypted. 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. Further, the remaining number of encrypted sheets 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 are printed on the receipt 81b.

  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 prints the encrypted data 130 printed on the receipt 81a issued at the time of receipt, the encrypted data 140 printed on the receipt 81b issued at the time of delivery, the remaining encrypted number 200, the encryption The voice is read out and the voice is emitted, and the voice is requested to be transmitted to the parking lot manager by the communication device.

  When the parking lot manager in the management center receives voices representing the encrypted data 130, 140, the remaining number 200 of encrypted data, and the encrypted input amount 204 issued by the user, an input device (e.g., an encryption device 180) , A keyboard, a touch screen, a mouse, etc.) to input symbols corresponding to the user's voice. The encrypted data 130 and 140, the remaining encrypted number 200, and the encrypted input amount 204 are input. Then, the decryptor 180 receives the input encrypted data 130 and 140, the remaining encrypted number 200, and the encrypted input. The money amount 204 is restored to actual data in accordance with a decryption table compatible with the encryption table and mounted on the decryptor 180.

  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, It is possible to know 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 specified by the encrypted data 140.

  Further, the parking lot manager can estimate the total amount of parking fee paid by the user (e.g., estimated by the encryption data 130 or the amount of the prepaid parking fee known from the encrypted input amount 204 and the encryption data 140). Or the sum of the additional parking fee that can be found from the encrypted input amount 204), and thus the total amount of the parking fee is not insufficient in relation to the length of the actual parking time. It is possible to correctly determine whether or not.

  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.

  Furthermore, the parking lot manager can acquire information regarding whether or not the remaining number is insufficient from the encrypted remaining number 200 without being influenced by the intentional data operation by the user. Furthermore, since the user is not informed that the portion (for example, a multi-digit number or alphabet string) representing the remaining encrypted number 200 on the parking slip is information relating to the remaining number, the parking lot manager Information can be obtained from the user without giving the user any discomfort due to the fact that the user is required to report information that is not directly related to his act of parking to the parking lot manager. Is possible.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the parking fee actually paid by the user to the ticketing machine 20 (a broad concept including both the prepaid parking fee and the additional parking fee). The amount, that is, the amount inserted by the user into the ticketing machine 20 is printed not only as actual data but also as encrypted data, that is, the encrypted input amount 204 on the parking slip, as with the warehousing time and the effective parking time. .

  Specifically, the actual data of the parking fee and the encryption data of the input amount are printed together on the parking slip, and the amount of the parking fee and the input amount usually coincide with each other, but as described later, May not match each other.

  As described above, in step S4 shown in FIG. 5, the ticket issuing machine 20 determines the length of the effective parking time based on the actual input amount. For example, according to the example of the charge setting described above, when the user inserts 500 yen and then presses the ticketing button 70, the ticket issuing machine 20 has a plurality of candidate values (hereinafter, “ Recognizing that the effective parking time of 6 hours corresponding to the parking fee that exactly matches the input amount is designated from the “effective parking time candidate value”), the user is charged for the parking fee for 6 hours. To do. In this case, the input money amount and the parking fee amount coincide with each other.

  On the other hand, when the user inserts 600 yen under the same charge setting and then presses the ticketing button 70, the ticket issuing machine 20 has the exact amount of money to be inserted among the plurality of valid parking time candidate values. Since there is no one corresponding to the corresponding parking fee, the candidate effective parking time corresponding to another parking fee that is closest to the parking fee and does not exceed the parking fee, that is, the effective parking time for 500 yen is calculated. Select automatically. In this case, the parking fee is printed as 500 yen on the parking slip, and the valid parking time for 6 hours is also printed, but the fact that the input amount was 600 yen is not printed. In this case, the input amount and the amount of the parking fee do not match each other. Specifically, the input amount exceeds the amount of the parking fee commensurate with the length of the permitted effective parking time.

  Thus, when the amount of money to be charged exceeds the parking fee, when the user leaves the parking lot 10, the user asks the parking lot manager to “incorrectly insert a coin of 600 yen into the ticket issuing machine 20 at the time of loading. Therefore, the parking lot manager should return 100 yen to the user as change. "

  At this time, the parking lot manager needs to determine whether the user's assertion is true or false. Because the parking fee was 500 yen, and the user just paid 500 yen, “there was no change of 100 yen even though 600 yen coins were inserted,” the parking lot manager This is because there is a possibility of making false claims. On the other hand, the ticketing machine 20 does not have a function of associating the amount actually put into the ticketing machine 20 by the user with the user and communicating with the parking lot manager.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the parking lot manager is a code printed on the parking slip for the user who requests the refund, and the parking lot manager uses the encryption input amount 204. However, the user requests the parking lot manager to transmit information not known to the user. The parking lot manager decrypts the encrypted input amount 204 received from the user by using the decryption device 180, and as a result, the total amount of coins that the user has actually inserted into the ticket issuing machine 20 (authentic input amount). It is possible to estimate. Therefore, the parking lot manager can correctly determine whether or not the user's request for refund is valid while in a remote place, and without doubting the user who is requesting the refund based on the truth. It will end.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the encrypted data 130 and 140 (including the encrypted storage time and the encrypted effective parking time), the remaining encrypted number 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 are recorded by the user's voice (for example, by telephone) Phone call, voice input to a smart phone equipped with a voice recognition function or voice input to a portable information terminal) is transmitted to the management center as a medium, not only the encryption that the user can not decrypt, It is generated to be a cipher that can be pronounced uniquely by the user.

  In another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the encrypted data 130 and 140, the remaining encrypted number 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 are transmitted to the management center through an electronic message manually created by the user. The In this case, since it is not necessary for the cipher to be pronounced by the user, it is sufficient that the cipher cannot be decrypted by the user, and it is not necessary that the cipher can be pronounced uniquely by the user. It is.

<Encryption and display of current time>

  In the present embodiment, the current time is also encrypted, and the encrypted time 202 is displayed on the screen of the display 36 instead of being printed on the parking ticket.

  Specifically, the computer 100 stores the current time (actual data) acquired using the clock 102 as a current time encryption table in advance in the memory 104 as illustrated in FIG. Encrypt according to what you have. Further, the computer 100 displays the encrypted current time (encrypted data) as the encrypted time 202 on the screen of the display 36 as shown in FIG.

  The encryption time 202 is information that is not directly related to the content of the work that the worker who has arrived at the parking lot 10 will perform or has already performed, but is information that is accessed by the worker. As described above, the encryption time 202 is displayed on the screen of the display 36, but cannot be decrypted by the operator. The encryption time 202 is transmitted to the management center shown in FIG. 12 by the operator's operation via a communication device (for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a portable information terminal, a public telephone, etc.).

  The operation to be performed by the worker for transmission of the encryption time 202 is an operation of a communication device for transmitting an electronic message created by the operator's manual input to the management center. If it is not necessary to pronounce 202, it is sufficient that the encryption time 202 is a code that cannot be decrypted by the operator, and it is not necessary that the encryption can be uniquely pronounced by the worker. It is.

  On the other hand, an operation to be performed by the worker for transmission of the encryption time 202 is an operation of a communication device for transmitting a message created by the worker's voice to the management center (for example, a telephone call, Voice input to a smart phone or a portable information terminal equipped with a voice recognition function), and the worker needs to pronounce the encryption time 202, the encryption time 202 is decoded by the operator. It is necessary not only to be a cipher that cannot be performed, but also to be a cipher that an operator can pronounce uniquely.

  The computer 100 may always display the encryption time 202 on the screen of the display 36, but the encryption time 202 is not information to be accessed by the user of the parking lot 10, but is stored in the parking lot 10. Since this information is to be accessed by the worker who came, it is displayed at least on the initial screen shown in FIG. 6A (that is, always displayed on the screen of the display 36 before the start of the operation for parking by the user). Display on the screen image).

  The computer 100 updates the encryption time 202 every time a predetermined update time period elapses. The update time period is, for example, 24 hours, a time shorter than 24 hours, a time longer than 24 hours, 1 hour, a time longer than 1 hour, or a time shorter than 1 hour. Is possible.

  The encryption time 202 is information accessed by a worker who has come to the parking lot 10 to perform operations such as inspection of the ticket issuing machine 20 and discovery / warning of illegally parked vehicles. When the worker sees the encryption time 202 on the screen of the display 36, the encryption time 202 is transmitted via a communication device (for example, his / her mobile phone, smart phone, portable information terminal, public telephone). To the management center shown in FIG.

  The parking lot manager in the management center decrypts the transmitted encrypted time 202 (encrypted data) using a decryptor 180 having a decryption table that matches the current time encryption table, It is judged in real time whether or not the distance between the decoded current time (restoration to actual data) and the actual current time (authentic current time) is within an allowable range. It is possible to determine whether or not the worker is actually in the parking lot 10 while in a remote place.

  The operator cannot obtain the encryption time 202 unless he / she actually goes to the parking lot 10. Thereby, unless the operator actually goes to the parking lot 10, the worker cannot prove to the parking lot manager that he is currently in the parking lot 10.

  The operator may check the same ticketing machine 20 several times a day, or check the same ticketing machine 20 every day, so that the subject performing the inspection may be the same every time. Therefore, if there is no change in the correspondence between the actual contents of the encryption time 202 and the actual contents of the current time, the encryption time 202 may be deciphered by the operator.

  Therefore, it is desirable to set the update time period so that such a risk is reduced as much as possible. On the other hand, since the ticket issuing machine 20 does not have a communication function with the outside, the number of encryption tables to be stored in advance in the memory 104 increases as the update time period is shortened. This increases the capacity of the memory 104. Cause the problem.

  Therefore, it is desirable to set the length of the update time period in consideration of a trade-off between the problem of an increase in the possibility of decryption by the operator and the problem of an increase in the capacity of the memory 104. 2 hours.

  FIG. 13 conceptually shows a current time encryption program executed by the computer 100 to encrypt the current time and display the encrypted time 202 on the screen of the display 36.

  When the current time encryption program is executed, first, the current time is measured using the clock 102 in step S101. Next, in step S102, the measured current time is converted into encrypted data, that is, encrypted time 202 by using the current time encryption table. Subsequently, in step S103, the encryption time 202 is displayed on the screen of the display 36 as illustrated in FIG.

  Thereafter, in step S104, the value of the counter i is reset to 0. Subsequently, in step S105, the maximum value imax of the counter i is read from the memory 104. Subsequently, in step S106, the current value of the counter i is incremented by 1. Thereafter, in step S107, it is determined whether or not the current value of the counter i is larger than the maximum value imax.

  If the current value of the counter i is not greater than the maximum value imax, step S106 is executed again, and as a result, the current value of the counter i is incremented by 1. As a result of the execution of steps S106 and 107 several times, when the current value of the counter i becomes larger than the maximum value imax, the encryption current is displayed on the screen of the display 36 by the re-execution of steps S101 to S103. Time 202 is updated. This means that the maximum value imax defines the length of the update cycle of the encryption time 202.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, when the receipts 81a and 81b are issued, the encrypted data 130 (encrypted warehousing time), the encrypted data are included in each of the receipts 81a and 81b. 140 (encrypted effective parking time), a set of ciphers consisting of the remaining encrypted number 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 are printed with symbols that can be pronounced by the user, and the encrypted data 130, 140, Only by requesting the user to send the encrypted remaining number 200 and the encrypted input amount 204 to the parking lot manager by voice, the parking manager can correctly determine whether 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 short, in the present embodiment, in the computer 100 shown in FIG. 4, a part that executes steps S9 and S10 shown in FIG. 5 and step S102 shown in FIG. And the part that stores the information together form an example of an “encryption unit”.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the user transmits the encrypted data 130 and 140, the remaining encrypted number 200, and the encrypted input amount 204 by voice input. For example, instead of the voice input, Data input (for example, key input using a real or virtual key, image input using an image reader) can be performed.

  By the way, several services have been proposed in order to encourage the user who parked his / her vehicle in the parking lot 10 to provide the management center with various codes printed on the parking slip received at that time. The

  One example is a member discount service. In this service, an applicant who wishes to register as a member (a potential user for the parking lot 10) is a communication device (for example, a communication device that he / she carries (for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a tablet). A portable information terminal such as a type PC), a communication device such as a personal computer at home, a public telephone, etc.), or a site related to the site managed or operated by the management center or a site related thereto (hereinafter, simply referred to as “a personal computer”). This is a service that allows the applicant to register as a member if the information transmitted as described above meets the predetermined conditions. is there.

  In this service, after each member pays a parking fee as a consideration for using the parking lot 10, the information requested by the management center is obtained by the member accompanying the payment of the parking fee. Of the parking fee paid by the member, on condition that a plurality of ciphers 130, 140, 200, 204 described in the parking slips 80, 81a and 81b are transmitted to the related site via the communication device. At least a part of this will be returned to the member.

  Therefore, from the member's point of view, according to this service, the member can obtain the benefit of discounting the parking fee as compensation for the act of providing the management center with the information requested by the management center. Can be obtained.

  On the other hand, from the viewpoint of a parking lot manager, according to this service, the member is encouraged to provide the management center with the information requested by the management center. Although it is irrelevant, what is important for the management center can be obtained while being in a remote place by using a member's action as a medium.

  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.

The present invention relates to a technique for managing the parking lot using a ticketing machine installed in the parking lot .

Against the background of the above knowledge, the present invention provides a parking lot management capable of reducing the human resources necessary for parking lot management without upgrading the functions of the ticketing machine installed in the parking lot. An object is to provide a method .

In order to solve the problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, a parking lot management method for managing a parking lot by a management center in a remote place,
In the parking lot, a ticketing machine having a clock, an encryption unit and a display is installed,
A decryptor is installed at the management center,
The method is
A time measuring step for measuring the current time by the clock;
The encryption unit converts the measured current time into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by an operator working in the parking lot by referring to a preset encryption table. An encryption process,
A display step of displaying the encrypted data on the screen in a state that can be visually observed by the operator by the display device,
A receiving step of receiving at the management center the encrypted data on the screen transmitted from the operator via a communication device;
A decryption step of decrypting the received encrypted data by the decryptor;
It is determined in real time whether or not the difference between the current decoding time and the actual current time, which is the time obtained by the decoding, is within a predetermined value, so that the worker is currently in the parking lot. A determination step of determining whether or not the management center is present;
A parking 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.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ticket issuing machine 20 includes a coin processing unit 30, a safe 32, a control board 34, a display 36, a reset button 38 (see FIG. 4), a parking ticket 80 and a receipt 81a. , 81b is printed and issued, and a number counter 41 (see FIG. 4) is provided. 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.

In the present embodiment, the output signal of the light receiving unit 41a of the number counter 41 adjusts the stop position of each parking slip relative to the cutting position of the cutter as well as the use of counting the number of printed parking slips. Also used for applications. This is because it is possible to detect the feed direction position of each parking slip from the output signal of the light receiving unit 41a.

Claims (3)

A ticketing machine installed in a parking lot,
A clock that measures the current time,
An encryption unit that converts the measured current time into encrypted data that cannot be decrypted by an operator by referring to a preset encryption table;
An indicator that displays the encrypted data on a screen in a state that is visible to an operator who performs work in the parking lot,
If the worker transmits the encrypted data on the screen to a parking lot manager in a remote location via a communication device, the parking lot manager receives the encrypted data by using a decryption device. The encrypted data is decrypted, and it is determined whether or not the difference between the time acquired by the decryption and the current time is within a predetermined value, whereby the parking lot manager is able to A parking lot ticketing machine that can determine whether or not it is currently in the parking lot.   The display unit is not visible to the operator when the worker is sent to the parking lot and does not perform any additional operation, and the operator can view the encrypted data when the additional operation is performed. The ticket issuing machine for a parking lot according to claim 1, which is displayed as follows. further,
A hollow casing having an opening;
A door that is openable and closable with respect to the casing, covering the opening surface in a closed state thereof, and preventing physical access from the ticket issuing machine to the inside of the casing,
The door has a transmissive window that allows an operator to view at least a portion of the screen from the outside of the ticketing machine in its closed state;
The screen is a first region that an operator can view through the transmission window in the closed state of the door, and a second region that is obstructed by the door and cannot be viewed by the operator in the closed state of the door. The operator can see for the first time in the open state,
The ticket issuing machine for a parking lot according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the encrypted data is displayed in at least one of the first area and the second area.

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