JP2016042221A - Guidance support program, guidance support device, and guidance support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allocate parking positions according to destinations.SOLUTION: A guidance support program supporting guidance of vehicles entering a parking lot (8) of a facility causes a computer (20) to execute processing of receiving information indicating a selected destination in the facility before parking of a vehicle (512), and on the basis of the information on the destination and information indicating the positions of free spaces in the parking lot (262), preferentially outputting, from the free spaces in the parking lot, a free space closer to the selected destination as a parking space for the vehicle (514-518).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15

Description

  The present invention relates to guidance support for a vehicle entering a parking lot.

  In a known parking position guidance system, when a user of a parking lot photographs a QR code (registered trademark) displayed on a pillar in the parking lot with a mobile phone, the layout of the parking lot including the parking position of the user's vehicle is displayed. Displayed on mobile phone.

  In the known parking reservation management system, when entering, the driver can check the parking situation in the floor by touch panel type monitor and touch the empty space to enable reservation of the place. . When the reservation is confirmed, a reservation card is issued. The driver can go straight to the reserved place while grasping the situation with the monitor provided on each floor, or can change the parking to another place depending on the situation. These processes are performed by the component central management server. The information on the empty parking places is collected wirelessly to a management PC provided on each floor by a detection device installed in each parking place of the component, and is registered and managed in a management server. As a result, the parking situation in the parking lot can be grasped at the time of admission and reservations can be made, so that the parking work after admission can be performed promptly.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-251099

  For example, in a large facility, depending on the parking position of the user's vehicle, the moving distance or convenience until the user moves from the vehicle at the parking position and reaches the destination may differ. In addition, even if a user finds an empty parking lot (lot) close to the destination before parking the vehicle, when the vehicle moves near the parking lot, another vehicle is already parked in the parking lot. Have

  The inventors recognize that parking spaces can be efficiently provided to users if parking spaces can be allocated according to the destination of the user before parking the vehicle in the parking lot. did.

  In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to allow a vehicle parking space to be allocated according to a user's destination.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, a guidance support program that supports guidance of a vehicle entering a parking lot of a facility is provided. The guidance support program receives information indicating the destination in the selected facility before the vehicle is parked on the computer, and based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, A process of outputting information that preferentially indicates an empty space closer to the selected destination as the parking space of the vehicle from the empty spaces in the parking lot is executed.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, a parking space for the vehicle can be allocated according to the destination of the user.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a schematic configuration of a parking lot management system. FIG. 2 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the ticket issuing machine. FIG. 3 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal. FIG. 4 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the server device. FIG. 5 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the processor of the server device. FIG. 6A shows an example of a parking position management table stored in the storage unit. FIG. 6B shows another example of the parking position management table stored in the storage unit. FIG. 7 shows an example of a route management table stored in the storage unit. FIG. 8A shows an example of a premises position management table stored in the storage unit. FIG. 8B shows another example of the premises position management table stored in the storage unit. FIG. 9 shows an example of the appearance of a part of the panel of the ticket issuing machine including the display unit and the input unit on the front of the ticket issuing machine. FIG. 10A shows an example of the appearance of a parking ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine. FIG. 10B shows an example of the appearance of another parking ticket issued by the ticket issuing machine. FIG. 11 shows an example of a parking lot layout displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal when the user operates the portable terminal to access the parking lot website of the server device. FIG. 12 shows an example of an operation when the user changes the parking position in the parking lot layout displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. FIG. 13 shows an example of an operation when the user displays a route from one of the entrances to the parking position of his / her vehicle on the way back in the parking lot layout diagram displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. Yes. FIG. 14 shows a server device that shows a route from the entrance to the parking position where the user's own vehicle is parked on the way back in the parking lot layout displayed on the mobile terminal when the parking position has been changed. The example of operation in the case of displaying from is shown. FIG. 15 shows an example of a flowchart of a process for determining a parking section to be allocated based on a destination selected by a user, which is executed by the ticket issuing machine and the server device. FIG. 16 shows an example of a flowchart of a process for displaying a layout of a parking lot as shown in FIG. 11 on the mobile terminal based on the URI or URL, which is executed by the mobile terminal and the server device. FIG. 17 shows an example of a flowchart of processing for changing a parking section in accordance with a user's operation in a parking lot layout diagram as shown in FIG. 12, for example, which is executed by the mobile terminal and the server device. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a process for displaying a return route from the entrance to the parking position of the user's vehicle in a parking lot layout diagram as shown in FIG. 13, for example, executed by the mobile terminal and the server device. An example is shown. FIG. 19 shows an example of a flowchart of processing for managing a parking section of a vehicle in a parking position management table such as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, which is executed by the vehicle detector and the server device.

The objects and advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
It is understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not intended to limit the invention.

  Non-limiting embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, similar components and elements have the same reference numerals.

  For example, in a large-scale commercial facility, parking lots or spaces and a large number of stores in the facility are located in a wide range. Therefore, the target store or the target store depends on which parking lot the user parks the vehicle. The travel distance to the entrance to is different. Therefore, even if the user finds an empty parking section and can park the vehicle, the moving distance from the parking position to the target store may be long, or the convenience of moving to the target store may be poor. In addition, even if the user finds an empty parking space close to the target store before entering the parking space, when the user's vehicle moves to the parking space, another vehicle will first enter the parking space. You may be parked.

  The inventors can efficiently allocate a parking space to the user if the user's vehicle enters the parking lot and can allocate an empty parking space to the user according to the destination of the user. Recognized that the parking lot could be operated efficiently.

  The objective of embodiment is enabling it to allocate a parking division or a parking space to a user according to a user's destination in a parking lot. This object can be achieved by the embodiment.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the parking lot management system 2.

  In FIG. 1, the parking lot management system 2 includes a server device 20, a ticketing machine 30, and a plurality of vehicle detectors 40 connected to a network 5. The network 5 includes, for example, an IP network such as the Internet and / or a LAN (Local Area Network), and a mobile communication network including a radio base station (access point) 54. Each vehicle detector 40 is arranged, for example, on a ceiling, a wall, and / or a pillar in association with each parking section (lot) of the parking lot 8 of the commercial facility. The server device 20 monitors and manages the occupancy state and vacant state of each parking section according to the vehicle detection state by the vehicle detector 40 in each parking section of the parking lot 8.

  The ticket issuing machine 30 communicates with the server device 20 in response to a user's operation, and issues a parking ticket 32 having parking ticket information printed on paper, or the parking ticket information is transmitted to the portable terminal 10 in the near field communication standard. Can be sent. The mobile terminal 10 may be, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet-type or notebook-type personal computer, or a mobile information processing terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The user connects the URI or URL in the parking ticket information displayed on the parking ticket 32 or received from the ticket issuing machine 30 to the server device 20 through the wireless base station 54 using his / her mobile terminal 10. Then, the parking lot web site of the server device 20 can be accessed. For this purpose, the mobile terminal 10 captures a printed code such as a QR code (registered trademark) on the parking ticket 32 according to a user's operation, and converts the code into a corresponding URI or URL. Good. The web page of the parking lot web site of the server device 20 includes information related to an empty parking section assigned to the user in the parking lot 8 and an entrance to the store.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the ticket issuing machine 30.

  In FIG. 2, the ticket issuing machine 30 includes, for example, a control unit or processor 302 and a memory 314 connected to an internal bus. The ticket issuing machine 30 further includes, for example, a display unit 322, a speaker 324, an input unit 326, a short-range communication unit 328, a printing unit 330, and a network interface (NW / IF) 332 connected to an internal bus. Yes.

  The display unit 322 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display device or a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel. The speaker 324 generates a voice announcement, beep sound, or notification sound under the control of the control unit 302. The input unit 326 may include, for example, a plurality of keys, a touch pad, a numeric keypad, or a touch panel. The near field communication unit 328 may be, for example, an NFC (Near Field Communication) standard, a Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)) standard, an infrared communication (IrDA (Infrared Data Association)) standard, a non-contact IC card standard, or a non-contact IC tag. It may be based on a standard.

  The controller 302 may be a computer CPU (Central Processing Unit). The memory 314 includes, for example, a main storage device and a semiconductor memory. The control unit 302 may be a dedicated processor mounted as an integrated circuit, for example. The control unit 302 may operate according to the OS and application programs stored in the memory 314.

  The control unit 302 can acquire parking ticket information from the server device 20 via the network 5 via the network interface 332 and cause the printing unit 330 to print the acquired parking ticket information. The control unit 302 also causes the printing unit 330 to print a code representing a URI or URL of the web site of the server device 20 (for example, a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) or a barcode). A parking ticket 32 including a one-dimensional code can be printed. In addition, the control unit 302 can transmit the URI or URL of the parking lot web site of the server device 20 to the portable terminal 10 via the short-range communication unit 328.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 10.

  In FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 10 includes, for example, a processor or control unit 102, a memory 114, and an input / output interface (I / O) 116. The mobile terminal 10 further includes, for example, a storage unit 160, a display unit 122, an acoustic unit 124, an input unit 126, a short-range communication unit 128, a camera or photographing unit 130, and a mobile communication unit connected to the input / output interface 116. 132 is included.

  The processor 102 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit) for a computer. Further, the processor 102 may operate according to an application program stored in the memory 114 and / or the storage unit 160. The processor 102 may be a dedicated processor mounted as an integrated circuit, for example. The memory 114 includes, for example, a main storage device and a semiconductor memory. The storage unit 160 may include a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory such as an SD (Secure Digital) memory or a USB memory, and / or a hard disk drive (HDD).

  The display unit 122 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display device or a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel. The acoustic unit 124 includes a speaker, a receiver, and a microphone. The input unit 126 may include, for example, a plurality of keys, a keyboard, a keypad, a pointing device, and / or a touch panel. The near field communication unit 128 may be based on, for example, the NFC standard, the Bluetooth standard, the infrared communication standard, the non-contact IC card standard, or the non-contact IC tag standard.

  The processor 102 acquires an image code (for example, a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) or a one-dimensional code such as a barcode) on a parking ticket photographed by the camera 130 and recognizes the image. For example, a URI or URL can be generated. The processor 102 may transmit and receive an RF signal carrying parking ticket information including a URI or URL to and from the short-range communication unit (328) of the ticket issuing machine 30 via the short-range communication unit 128. Further, the processor 102 can access the web site or web page of the server device 20 via the mobile communication unit 132 and the radio base station 54 based on the acquired URI or URL.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the server device 20.

  In FIG. 4, the server device 20 is an information processing device, and may be a computer including a processor 202, a memory 214, and an input / output interface (I / O) 216, for example. The server device 20 further includes, for example, a storage unit 230 and a network interface 232 connected to the input / output interface 216. The server device 20 can be connected to an external drive 236.

  The processor 202 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit) for a computer. The memory 214 includes a storage device such as a main storage device and a semiconductor memory. The storage unit 230 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) and / or a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory. The drive 236 may be for reading a recording medium 239 such as an optical disk or a magnetic disk in which software is recorded. The software may include, for example, an OS, a database management system (DBMS), an application program, and the like. The application program may include an application for parking lot management.

  The processor 202 may be a dedicated processor implemented as an integrated circuit, for example. Further, the processor 202 may operate in accordance with an application program stored in the memory 214 and / or the storage unit 230. The application program may be stored in the recording medium 239, read from the recording medium 239 by the drive 236, and installed in the server device 20.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a schematic configuration of the processor 202 of the server device 20.

  The processor 202 includes a control unit 2020, an application unit 2022, a reception unit 2023, a parking position management unit 2024, a parking position determination unit 2026, a parking information management unit 2028, a parking position change unit 2030, and other processing units 2036. . The control unit 2020 supplies control signals to the application unit 2022, the reception unit 2023, the parking position management unit 2024, the parking position determination unit 2026, the parking information management unit 2028, the parking position change unit 2030, and the processing unit 2036. The operation of the element may be controlled.

  The storage unit 230 stores a parking position management table 262, a route management table 264, and a premises position management table 266.

  FIG. 6A shows an example of the parking position management table 262 stored in the storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 6A, the parking position management table 262 includes, for example, fields of parking section number, parking state, ticketing state, vehicle information, nearest entrance (or entrance / exit), and priority.

  In FIG. 6A, the parking lot number represents an identification number of the parking lot or the parking space. The parking state represents the presence or absence of a vehicle in each parking section detected by the vehicle detector 40, and represents whether the vehicle is parked or occupied in the parking section or is empty. Each parking block is set to a parked state when the vehicle is detected by the vehicle detector 40 or before the parking block is assigned to the user, and the vehicle is not detected by the vehicle detector 40. May be set to an empty state.

  The vehicle information represents, for example, a management ID (identification information) assigned to the vehicle. The ticket issue state indicates whether or not the parking ticket to which the parking section is allocated has been issued even if the vehicle is not actually parked in the parking section. The ticket issue state represents not only a paper parking ticket issue state but also a virtual parking ticket information issue state transmitted to the mobile terminal 10.

  The nearest entrance represents identification information of an entrance closer to a selected destination or destination such as a target sales floor or a store. The priority represents the priority of each parking section with respect to each entrance, and a higher priority may be assigned to a parking section with a shorter distance according to the distance from each parking section to each entrance. Using the parking position management table 262, an empty parking section closer to each nearest entrance is obtained.

  FIG. 6B shows another example of the parking position management table 262 stored in the storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 6B, the parking position management table 262 includes, for example, fields of a parking section number, a parking state, a ticketing state, vehicle information, each entrance (or entrance / exit), and a distance X to each entrance. The distance X to each entrance may be information indicating the distance (m) from each parking section to each entrance, or the degree of the length of the distance, for example. Using the parking position management table 262, the shortest distance X from each empty parking section to each entrance is obtained.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the route management table 264 stored in the storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 7, the route management table 264 includes, for example, fields of a departure point, an arrival point, and route information in a facility. Each of the departure point and the arrival point represents identification information of a parking lot number, an entrance to a sales floor or a store in the parking lot 8, and an entrance gate of the parking lot 8. The route information represents a series of two-dimensional coordinates (x, y) that form a route connecting the departure point and the arrival point in the parking lot on the display screen. Using the route management table 264, a route from the departure point to the arrival point is obtained.

  FIG. 8A shows an example of the premises location management table 266 stored in the storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 8A, the premises position management table 266 includes, for example, fields of premises position information and identification information of the nearest entrance. The on-site location information represents identification information of a selected destination such as a sales floor or a store. The campus location management table 266 associates a plurality of destinations in the facility with the identification information of the entrance closer to each destination.

  FIG. 8B shows another example of the premises location management table 266 stored in the storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 8, the premises position management table 266 includes, for example, fields of premises position information, entrance identification information, and distance Y from the entrance. The distance Y from the entrance may be information indicating the distance (m) from each entrance to each destination, or the degree of the length of the distance. Using the premises location management table 266, the shortest distance Y from each entrance to each destination in the facility is obtained.

  Next, the parking ticket 32 issued by the ticket issuing machine 30 will be described.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the external appearance of a part of the panel of the ticket issuing machine 30 including the display unit 322 and the input unit 326 on the front surface of the ticket issuing machine 30. The input unit 326 includes a plurality of selectable destination buttons 3266 and ticket issuing buttons 3268. In order to obtain a parking ticket, the user selects and presses one of the destination buttons 3266 at the ticket issuing machine 30 according to, for example, an audio announcement or displayed instruction message, and then presses the ticket issuing button 3268.

  FIG. 10A shows an example of the appearance of the parking ticket 32 issued by the ticket issuing machine 30.

  The parking ticket 32 in FIG. 10A includes a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) and a management ID. The user can take a two-dimensional code with the mobile terminal 10 and convert it to a URI or URL, and can access the parking lot web site of the server device 20 based on the URI or URL.

  FIG. 10B shows an example of the appearance of another parking ticket 32 issued by the ticket issuing machine 30.

  The parking ticket 32 of FIG. 10B includes a parking lot 8 and a layout of the premises position in addition to a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) and a management ID. In this case, the layout diagram shows a route (broken line) from the position of the entrance gate of the parking lot 8 to the assigned parking section “A10”. The layout diagram may further show a route (a chain line) from the parking section “A10” to the entrance “entrance 2” of the destination. As a result, the user looks at the parking lot 8 of the parking ticket 32 and the layout of the premises position, easily moves the vehicle to the assigned empty parking area, parks it, and easily moves to the entrance of the target store. can do. However, if a two-dimensional code is not used, the parking ticket 32 may not include a two-dimensional code.

  Next, the display of the layout map of the positions of the parking lots assigned by the server device 20 on the mobile terminal 10 will be described.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a parking lot layout diagram displayed on the display unit 122 of the portable terminal 10 when the user operates the portable terminal 10 to access the parking lot website of the server device 20. ing.

  In FIG. 11, the display unit 122 shows a route (broken line) from the position of the entrance gate of the parking lot 8 to the assigned parking section “A10”. The layout drawing may further indicate a route (a chain line) from the parking section “A10” to the entrance “entrance 2”. As a result, the user looks at the layout of the parking lot 8 and the premises position on the mobile terminal 10 and easily moves the vehicle to the assigned empty parking area and parks it, and easily enters the target store entrance. Can move.

  Next, the change of the parking position assigned by the server device 20 in the mobile terminal 10 will be described.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of an operation when the user changes the parking position in the parking lot layout diagram displayed on the display unit 122 of the mobile terminal 10.

  In FIG. 12, the user pushes or clicks another empty parking space “A7” when the parking space “A10” is assigned in the layout diagram of the parking lot 8 on the display unit 122, for example. Then, the parking position change button 1226 is pressed or clicked. In response to the operation, the mobile terminal 10 transmits a request for changing the parking area to “A7” to the server device 20. In response to the request to change the parking area, the server device 20 changes or updates the parking area “A10” before the change registered in the parking position management table 262 to the parking area “A7”. Such a change of the parking area is, for example, when another vehicle parks in the assigned parking area “A10” first, or when the assigned parking area “A10” is not suitable for the user's vehicle. It may be used.

  Next, the display of the route from the entrance acquired by the server device 20 to the parking position of the vehicle in the mobile terminal 10 will be described.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of an operation when the user displays a route from one of the entrances to the parking position of his / her vehicle on the way home in the parking lot layout diagram displayed on the display unit 122 of the mobile terminal 10. Show.

  In FIG. 13, the user pushes or clicks the return entrance button 1228 “entrance 2” in the layout drawing of the parking lot 8 on the display unit 122 of the mobile terminal 10, for example. In response to the operation, the mobile terminal 10 transmits a request for route information from “entrance 2” to the parking position of the own vehicle to the server device 20. In response to the request for route information, the server device 20 acquires route information from “entrance 2” to the parking section “A10” from the route management table 264 of FIG. The mobile terminal 10 displays the route (broken line) on the display unit 122 based on the received route information. Thereby, the user can easily move from the entrance used by the user to the parking position of his / her vehicle by looking at the layout of the parking lot 8 and the premises position on the mobile terminal 10.

  In FIG. 14, when the parking position has been changed by the user, the user returns from the entrance to the parking position where the vehicle is parked on the way back in the layout diagram of the parking lot 8 displayed on the mobile terminal 10. The example of operation in the case of displaying the path | route from the server apparatus 20 is shown.

  In FIG. 14, for example, the user pushes or clicks the entrance button 1228 “entrance 2” in the layout diagram of the parking lot 8 on the display unit 122 of the mobile terminal 10. In response to the operation, the mobile terminal 10 transmits a request for route information from “entrance 2” to the parking position of the own vehicle to the server device 20. In response to the request for route information, the server device 20 acquires route information from “entrance 2” to the changed parking section “A7” from the route management table 264 of FIG. . The mobile terminal 10 displays the route (broken line) on the display unit 122 based on the received route information. Thereby, the user can easily move from the entrance used by the user to the parking position after the change of the own vehicle by looking at the layout of the parking lot 8 and the premises position on the portable terminal 10.

  Next, operations of the ticket issuing machine 30 and the server device 20 relating to the allocation of an empty parking section and the issuance of the parking ticket 32 of FIGS. 10A and 10B in response to the operation of the ticket issuing machine 30 by the user will be described.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of a flowchart of processing executed by the ticket issuing machine 30 and the server device 20 for determining a parking section to be allocated based on the destination selected by the user.

  Referring to FIG. 15, in step 502, the control unit 302 of the ticket issuing machine 30 determines destination identification information corresponding to the destination button 3266 selected and pressed by the user. In step 504, the control unit 302 transmits a request for allocating an empty parking area or space including the destination identification information to the server device 20 via the network 5.

  In the server device 20, when the network interface 232 receives a parking position assignment request from the portable terminal 10, in step 512, the processor 202 (or its receiving unit 2023) receives and accepts a parking section assignment request.

  In step 514, the processor 202 (or its parking position determination unit 2026) searches the parking position management table 262 based on the premises position management table 266, and vacant parking is closer to the destination or closer to the nearest entrance of the destination. Determine partition assignments. At that time, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) determines the distance between the nearest entrance of the destination in the premises position management table 266 in FIG. 8A and each empty parking section and each entrance in the parking position management table 262 in FIG. 6A. Based on the priority, the empty parking area with a higher priority is obtained.

  As an alternative, in step 512, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) searches the parking position management table 262 based on the premises position management table 266, and vacant parking closer to the destination via any one of the entrances. A partition may be determined. At that time, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) determines the distance X between each empty parking section and each entrance in the parking position management table 262 in FIG. 6B, each entrance and purpose in the premises position management table 266 in FIG. 8B. Find the distance Y between the ground. Next, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) obtains a combination of the entrance and the empty parking section so that the sum of the distances X and Y (X + Y) becomes shorter.

  In step 516, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) assigns the obtained vacant parking section to the user in association with the management ID (identification information), and manages it in the parking position management table 262.

  In step 518, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) displays image information representing the arrangement of empty parking sections allocated to the vehicle having the management ID in the parking lot 8 as a web page having a URI or URL corresponding to the management ID. (FIG. 11) is generated. The processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) further prints and / or transmits parking ticket information including a QR code (registered trademark) representing the URI or URL of the web page and optionally a management ID (FIG. 10A). ) Is generated. As an alternative, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) may include a printable parking that includes a QR code (registered trademark) representing the URI or URL of the web page and optionally a management ID, and represents the arrangement of the parking lot 8. Ticket information (FIG. 10B) may be generated. Next, the processor 202 (parking position determination unit 2026) transmits the generated parking ticket information to the ticket issuing machine 30 via the network 5.

  In step 522, the control unit 302 of the ticket issuing machine 30 receives the parking ticket information for printing and / or transmission from the server device 20 via the network 5. In step 524, the control unit 302 prints and outputs the received parking ticket information including the URI or URL on the parking ticket sheet (FIGS. 10A and 10B). Moreover, the control part 302 may transmit the parking ticket information for transmission containing URI or URL to the portable terminal 10 by near field communication. The user can receive the parking ticket information including the URI or URL of the web page transmitted from the ticket issuing machine 30 by the short-range communication by the mobile terminal 10 and can display it on the display unit 122 of the mobile terminal 10. .

  In this manner, the user can acquire the parking ticket information in a form printed on paper or displayed on the mobile terminal 10.

  Next, the operations of the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 20 relating to the display of the parking position in the parking lot of FIG. 11 in response to the operation of the mobile terminal 10 by the user will be described.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a flowchart of a process executed by the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 20 for displaying, for example, a parking lot layout diagram as shown in FIG. 11 on the mobile terminal 10 based on the URI or URL. ing.

  In step 532, the processor 102 of the mobile terminal 10 transmits a request for a web page file of the acquired URI or URL in accordance with a user operation. The URI or URL is the one converted from the two-dimensional code of the parking ticket photographed by the user in the mobile terminal 10 or received by the mobile terminal 10 from the ticketing machine 30 by the short-range communication. May be.

  When the network interface 232 of the server device 20 receives a request for a URI or URL file, in step 540, the processor 202 (or its parking information management unit 2028) receives and accepts a request for a URI or URL file. In step 542, the processor 202 (parking information management unit 2028), in response to receiving the request for the URI or URL file, generates the image information file representing the arrangement of the parking lot generated in step 518 of FIG. It is taken out and transmitted to the mobile terminal 10.

  In step 552, the processor 102 receives a file of image information from the server device 20 via the network 5. In step 554, the processor 102 displays image information of the received file on the display unit 122 as shown in FIG.

  In this way, the user can display the route from the entrance gate to the assigned parking section on the mobile terminal 10. As a result, the user can easily move the vehicle from the entrance gate to the assigned parking section and park the vehicle in the parking section by looking at the displayed layout map of the parking lot 8.

  As an alternative, the user looks at the layout of the parking lot 8 on the parking ticket 32 as shown in FIG. 10B printed in step 524 of FIG. 15, and moves the vehicle to the assigned parking lot. The vehicle may be parked in the parking area. In this case, the user can check the route from the entrance gate to the assigned parking section on the printed parking ticket, and does not have to use the mobile terminal 10.

  In this way, the server device 20 can present to the user the empty parking section and the route to the parking section that are short and highly convenient from the parking position to the destination or the entrance of the destination.

  Next, operations of the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 20 with respect to each operation of the mobile terminal 10 by the user with respect to FIGS.

  FIG. 17 is an example of a flowchart of processing for changing a parking section according to a user operation in a parking lot layout diagram of a display screen as shown in FIG. 12, for example, which is executed by the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 20. Show.

  Referring to FIG. 17, in step 562, the processor 102 of the mobile terminal 10 changes the parking position including the management ID of the displayed web page and the identification number of the changed parking area designated by the user. The request is transmitted to the server device 20 via the network 5.

  In the server device 20, when the network interface 232 receives a request for changing the parking position from the mobile terminal 10, in step 570, the processor 202 (accepting unit 2023) receives and accepts a request for changing the parking position. In step 572, the processor 202 (or its parking position changing unit 2030) changes the parking position in the parking position management table 262 based on the management ID in response to the request, and represents the arrangement of the parking lot 8 after the change. The image information file is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10.

  In step 582, the processor 102 of the mobile terminal 10 receives a file of image information representing the arrangement of the parking lot 8 including the changed parking position from the server device 20 via the network 5. In step 584, the processor 102 displays the received arrangement of the changed parking lot 8 on the display unit 122.

  In this way, the user can register the parking of the vehicle in a parking space different from the parking space initially assigned to the own vehicle in the server device 20 and confirm the change of the parking position. .

  As an alternative, in addition to the processing described above in step 514 with respect to FIG. 15, in step 514, the processor 202 (parking position determiner 2026) is the second closest to the destination or the nearest entrance to the destination. You may ask for an empty parking lot. In this case, in step 518, the parking area with the highest priority may be displayed in the most emphasized form (for example, in red) in the layout drawing of the parking lot 8. In addition, the parking area with the next highest priority may be displayed in the next emphasized form (for example, in yellow) in the layout drawing of the parking lot 8. In this case, when the parking area where the user actually parked the vehicle is the second parking area, the user performs the operation of the parking position change request of FIG. The position change process may be performed.

  FIG. 18 shows a process for displaying a return route from the entrance to the parking position of the user's vehicle in the parking lot layout diagram shown in FIG. 13, for example, executed by the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 20. An example of a flowchart is shown.

  Referring to FIG. 18, in step 602, the processor 102 of the portable terminal 10 sends a request for return route information to the server device 20 via the network 5 together with the management ID and the identification information of the entrance input by the user. Send.

  In the server device 20, when the network interface 232 receives a request for return route information from the portable terminal 10, in step 610, the processor 202 (accepting unit 2023) receives and accepts a request for return route information. In step 612, the processor 202 (parking position management unit 2024) searches the parking position management table 262 for a parking section of the parking position of the vehicle with the management ID and reads it out. In step 614, the processor 202 (parking position management unit 2024) refers to the route management table 264 and obtains route information from the entrance of the received identification information to the parking section of the parking position of the user's vehicle in the route management table 264. Take out from. Next, the processor 202 (the parking position management unit 2024) generates a file of image information representing the arrangement of the parking lot 8 including the route of the route information, and transmits the file to the mobile terminal 10.

  In step 622, the processor 102 of the mobile terminal 10 receives a file of image information. In step 624, the processor 102 displays the arrangement of the parking lot 8 including the route on the display unit 122.

  In this way, the user can display the return route from the designated entrance to the parking position of his / her vehicle on the mobile terminal 10.

  Next, processing for managing the parking area of the parking lot 8 by the server device 20 will be described.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of a flowchart of processing for managing a parking section of a vehicle in the parking position management table 262 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, for example, which is executed by the vehicle detector 40 and the server device 20.

  Referring to FIG. 19, in step 632, each vehicle detector 40 detects the presence or absence of a vehicle in the corresponding parking area. In step 634, each vehicle detector 40 determines whether there is a vehicle in the parking area. If it is determined that there is no vehicle, the procedure proceeds to step 626. If it is determined that there is a vehicle, the procedure proceeds to step 628.

  In step 626, the vehicle detector 40 transmits the vacant state information of the corresponding parking area together with the identification information of each vehicle detector 40 to the server device 20 via the network 5. In step 628, each vehicle detector 40 transmits, to the server device 20 via the network 5, the status information indicating that the corresponding parking section is parked (occupied) together with the identification information of each vehicle detector 40.

  In step 610, the processor 202 (parking position management unit 2024) of the server device 20 parks (occupies) and / or parks the parking area together with the identification information of the vehicle detector 40 from each vehicle detector 40 via the network 5. Alternatively, receive free status information. In step 612, the processor 102 (parking position management unit 2024) updates the parking state (parking or vacant) in each parking section based on the received state information of each parking section in the parking position management table 262.

  In this way, the server device 20 can register or update the parking state in each parking section in the parking position management table 262.

  All examples and conditional expressions given here are intended to help the reader understand the inventions and concepts that have contributed to the promotion of technology, such examples and It is understood that the present invention is not limited to the conditions, and that the organization of such examples in the specification is not related to the superiority or inferiority of the present invention. Although embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood that various changes, substitutions and variations can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Regarding the embodiment including the above examples, the following additional notes are further disclosed.
(Appendix 1) A guidance support program for supporting guidance of vehicles entering a parking lot of a facility,
On the computer,
Prior to parking the vehicle, receive information representing the selected destination in the facility;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A guidance support program for executing a process of outputting information representing a parking space.
(Supplementary note 2) The guidance support program according to supplementary note 1, wherein the closer empty space is an empty space closer to the entrance of the destination.
(Supplementary note 3) The guidance support program according to Supplementary note 1 or 2, wherein the information to be output includes information indicating a route from the entrance position of the parking lot to the closer empty space.
(Additional remark 4) Furthermore, the process which receives and preserve | saves the information which shows the position of the changed empty space different from the said near empty space as the said parking space in the empty space of the said parking lot in the said computer The guidance support program according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the guidance support program is executed.
(Additional remark 5) Furthermore, the process which outputs the information which shows the path | route from the information of said one entrance to the said parking space in response to reception of the information which shows one entrance selected from the some entrance The guidance support program according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, which is executed by a computer.
(Supplementary note 6) The guidance according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 5, further comprising causing the computer to execute processing for transmitting information representing a URI or URL corresponding to the information to be output to another device. Support program.
(Supplementary note 7) The guidance support program according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 6, characterized in that image information representing a URI or URL corresponding to the information to be output is printed as parking ticket information.
(Supplementary note 8) The guidance according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 7, wherein the information to be output is transmitted to the portable terminal as image information in response to a request from the portable terminal. Support program.
(Supplementary note 9) The guidance support program according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 5, wherein the information to be output is printed as parking ticket information in another device.
(Additional remark 10) It is the guidance assistance apparatus which assists guidance of the vehicle which enters a parking lot of a facility,
A first processing unit for receiving information representing the selected destination in the facility before parking the vehicle;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A second processing unit that outputs information representing a parking space;
Guidance support apparatus including
(Supplementary note 11) A guidance support method for supporting guidance of a vehicle entering a parking lot of a facility,
Prior to parking the vehicle, receive information representing the selected destination in the facility;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A guidance support method, wherein a computer executes a process of outputting information representing a parking space.

2 Parking management system 5 Network 8 Parking 10 Mobile terminal 20 Server device 30 Ticketing machine 32 Parking ticket 40 Vehicle detector 54 Wireless base station

Claims (7)

A guidance support program that supports guidance of vehicles entering a parking lot of a facility,
On the computer,
Prior to parking the vehicle, receive information representing the selected destination in the facility;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A guidance support program for executing a process of outputting information representing a parking space.   The guidance support program according to claim 1, wherein the closer empty space is an empty space closer to the entrance of the destination.   The guidance support program according to claim 1, wherein the information to be output includes information indicating a route from an entrance position of the parking lot to the closer empty space.   Furthermore, let the computer execute processing for receiving and storing information indicating the position of the changed empty space different from the closer empty space in the empty space of the parking lot as the parking space. The guidance support program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the guidance support program is characterized.   Further, in response to receiving information indicating one entrance selected from a plurality of entrances, the computer is caused to execute a process of outputting information indicating the route from the information of the one entrance to the parking space. The guidance support program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein A guidance support device that assists in guiding a vehicle entering a parking lot of a facility,
A first processing unit for receiving information representing the selected destination in the facility before parking the vehicle;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A second processing unit that outputs information representing a parking space;
Guidance support apparatus including A guidance support method for supporting guidance of a vehicle entering a parking lot of a facility,
Prior to parking the vehicle, receive information representing the selected destination in the facility;
Based on the information on the destination and the information indicating the position of the empty space in the parking lot, the empty space closer to the selected destination is preferentially selected from the empty spaces in the parking lot. A guidance support method, wherein a computer executes a process of outputting information representing a parking space.