JP2016085491A - Adjustment system of bicycle parking and/or car parking facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adjustment system that allows users to easily and safely adjust an account with a portable terminal without being tied down by an adjustment machine.SOLUTION: The adjustment system is used for executing an adjustment of a service offered by a bicycle parking and/or parking facility with a portable terminal of a user who has used the service. The adjustment system includes: a) an adjustment area corresponding to an actual adjustment destination for the service offered by the bicycle parking and/or car parking facility; b) positioning means for positioning the self-position of the terminal device; c) presence determination means for determining whether the self-position is in the adjustment area; and d) adjustment environment offering means for creating an adjustment operation screen to which adjustment instruction information on the actual adjustment destination is to be input based on the result of the presence determination and attaining an adjustment environment with the portable terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a settlement system for parking or / and parking facilities, and more particularly to a settlement system for providing a settlement environment added to a settlement machine for parking or / and parking facilities by a user's mobile terminal.

In the use of facilities such as bicycle parking and / or parking, many systems are used for settlement with a settlement machine. In order to provide a checkout machine, it may be difficult to secure a sufficient number from the viewpoint of requiring a certain space and cost. In addition, there is a problem that a user who waits for settlement creates a line around the settlement machine due to concentration of users who settle in a specific time zone. Furthermore, there is an inconvenience that the user is restrained in front of the checkout machine and cannot leave at all during the checkout.

For users who have created a line for settlement in this way and who do not want to be bound by the settlement machine, they want to realize the same settlement environment as they do on the settlement machine on their mobile devices such as smartphones. Needs also existed.
However, it has been difficult to appropriately provide a checkout environment that matches the service actually used by the user. Moreover, if unlimited remote control is possible, there is a risk of operation due to malicious or misidentification. There has been no conventional technology that solves the above needs in consideration of safety and security issues.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133867 describes a prior art that eliminates the inconvenience of settlement by a settlement machine.
The technology of Patent Document 1 has a settlement processing function in addition to performing attendance and leave management for identification cards such as IC cards and ID cards for entry management and exit management (or attendance management and leave management). This technology is applied to the purchase of goods.
This is an automatic checkout system including a server that can communicate with a storage medium having a payment function and an entrance / exit function used at a purchase site at a specific facility, and the server is based on the entrance / exit function of the storage medium. , Confirming at least one of leaving, entering and leaving, and generating payment information by performing payment processing at the purchase site at a specific facility based on the management means for generating entry / exit information and the payment function of the storage medium A payment processing means; a detection means for detecting an identifier for identifying a registrant registered in the storage medium; and a linking means for linking entry / exit information and payment information for a registrant corresponding to the identifier. The means performs the expense adjustment of the registrant by the difference or addition between the entry / exit information and the payment information in the expense processing for the registrant for a predetermined period.
However, the system described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that its use is limited to a user having an identification tag. Furthermore, there is also a problem that facilities that cannot be introduced into facilities that do not have an entrance / exit management system are limited, and the applicable facilities are limited.

JP-A-2014-174958

It is an object of the present invention to provide a settlement system that realizes a settlement environment that can be settled safely and easily without being constrained by a settlement machine. Moreover, it becomes a subject to set it as the system which can provide the payment environment which can coexist with the payment machine installed conventionally.

According to a first aspect of the invention,
A payment system that performs payment of the parking or / and parking facility providing service by the user's portable terminal using the parking or / and parking facility providing service,
a) a settlement area set in correspondence with an actual settlement destination of the parking or / and bicycle parking facility providing service;
b) positioning means for positioning the self-position of the mobile terminal;
c) presence determination means for determining whether or not the self-position exists in the settlement area;
d) A settlement environment providing means for generating a settlement operation screen for inputting settlement instruction information relating to the actual settlement destination according to the result of the existence determination, and realizing a settlement environment in the mobile terminal;
Is provided.
This provides a virtual checkout environment with a mobile device, provided that it is in a checkout area that has a certain correspondence with a real checkout destination that exists in real (security guarantee), The environment that can be settled at a lower cost than the installation can be increased while ensuring a certain level of safety.

Here, the actual settlement destination may be a settlement machine for the product / service.

The positioning may be positioning based on information obtained by analyzing a beacon transmitted from a transmitter provided in the settlement area.

The positioning may be positioning based on information obtained by short-range communication between a short-range communication device provided in the settlement area and a short-range wireless device provided in the mobile terminal.

The positioning may be positioning based on position information measured by a position detection device provided in the mobile terminal.

  The generation of the settlement operation screen may be further generated according to the user attribute.

The settlement environment may coexist with existing bicycle parking and / or a settlement facility settlement machine.
The settlement environment realized in the mobile terminal is a virtual settlement machine. However, existing settlement machines installed in real and virtual settlement machines can coexist without contradiction by synchronizing settlement information such as the completion of settlement. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the same effect as adding a checkout machine at a very low cost compared to installing an actual checkout machine.

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing the configuration of a system of Example 1 introduced into a bicycle parking lot. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the bicycle parking apparatus according to the bicycle parking service. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration realized by a mobile terminal possessed by a user. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the individual operations of the settlement machine, the portable terminal, and the billing server, which are the beacon transmission sources, and their cooperative operations in time series. FIG. 5 is an example of a settlement operation screen. FIG. 6 is a screen displaying a list of a plurality of payment machines. FIG. 7 is an approval screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. FIG. 8 is a notification screen for notifying the user's mobile terminal that the payment has been completed. FIG. 9 is a screen for requesting confirmation of the start time of the bicycle parking service.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the embodiments, each functional component that realizes the functions of the present invention executes a control program such as firmware incorporated in advance or an application stored in a storage device by a processor such as a portable terminal, a computer, or a circuit to perform positioning. This is realized by cooperating with a device such as an apparatus.

(Overall view showing the positional relationship of components)
FIG. 1 is an overall view showing the configuration of the system of the present invention introduced into a bicycle parking lot.
The bicycle parking lot 1001 is a facility that provides a bicycle parking facility providing service (hereinafter referred to as a bicycle parking service) that is a product / service to be paid. In the facility, a plurality of bicycle parking devices 1002 are provided.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the bicycle parking apparatus 1002. The bicycle parking device 1002 includes a lock mechanism 2001 that stores a bicycle. Here, a place where the user 2003 parks the bicycle 2002 is shown. When the bicycle 2002 is stored in the bicycle parking apparatus 1002, the bicycle 2002 is locked and stored by the lock mechanism unit 2001. In addition, the bicycle parking device 1002 is assigned with a device ID for identifying each of the bicycle parking devices 1002, and it is possible to specify the provision of the bicycle parking service by the bicycle parking device by specifying in the settlement machine 1003. It is registered in the storage device in this system. By visually recognizing the display 2004 of the device ID, the user 2003 can acquire the identification information of the bicycle parking service he / she is receiving.
Here, the bicycle parking service of the parking facility with the lock mechanism is adopted as the product / service to be settled. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other types of bicycle parking facilities, as well as parking It may be the provision of facilities and the provision of facilities where bicycle parking and parking are mixed.

Returning to the description of FIG.
The payment machine 1003 is an actual payment destination for payment of the bicycle parking service. The settlement machine is provided with a beacon transmission device 1004 that is not found in a normal settlement machine, and is set so that a radio wave equal to or higher than the electric field intensity set as a threshold reaches the settlement area indicated by 1005. Here, the beacon information includes a transmission source ID that identifies the settlement machine as a transmission source. The settlement area 1005 is an area that is recognized when the mobile terminal 1009 receives a beacon and analyzes the beacon information and the electric field strength.
Here, a method using a beacon is used for recognizing the settlement area. However, the recognition of the present invention is not limited to this, and a method for comparing the self-position by positioning by GNSS, GPS, etc. with the position of the real settlement destination. The method of determining the distance between the real settlement destination and the mobile terminal by short-range wireless communication or the like can be changed as appropriate.
For convenience of explanation, only one settlement machine is shown, but a system including a plurality of settlement machines is adopted. Of course, the system of the present invention is not limited to a plurality, and a system with only one settlement machine as shown in the figure can be employed.

Users 1006, 1007, and 1008 indicate users who stopped at the checkout machine for checkout. Here, since there are three users in one settlement machine, two are waiting.
If the user 1008 brings the portable terminal 1009 that he / she has into the payment area 1005, the user 1008 can make payment by operating the payment operation screen display that emulates the operation of the payment machine. Here, a smartphone is employed as the mobile terminal 1009.
Here, a screen emulating an actual settlement machine is employed, but the settlement operation screen that can be employed in the present invention is not limited to this. It can be changed as appropriate, for example, by adopting a settlement operation screen according to the operation characteristics of the mobile terminal to be employed.
Moreover, the function of accepting the display of the settlement operation screen and the operation for display is realized by operating the settlement application installed on the smartphone. Here, a smartphone is adopted as the user's mobile terminal, but any communication terminal that implements a beacon receiving function and can perform an operation for display can be adopted as appropriate.

The accounting server 1011 is provided to be able to communicate with the mobile terminal 1009 via the network 1010.
In the billing server 1011, ID information for identifying a settlement machine supported by the present system is registered in a storage device or the like, and the apparatus ID is used as identification information for identifying a bicycle parking service provided by each settlement machine. It is registered with a string.
Here, the billing server adopts a configuration that communicates from the outside via a network. However, the billing server of the present invention is not limited to this, and is built in the checkout machine 1003 that is a real checkout destination. Thus, a configuration such as wireless communication with a mobile terminal can be employed as appropriate.

(Functional configuration realized by the mobile terminal executing applications, etc.)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration realized by the mobile terminal 1009.
The positioning unit 3001 receives a beacon, analyzes the received beacon, and extracts a source ID and a distance from the source or an electric field strength.
The presence determination unit 3002 determines whether the mobile terminal 1009 is present in the settlement area based on whether a predetermined distance from the settlement machine or the electric field intensity of the beacon originating from the settlement machine is within a set threshold range.
The settlement environment providing unit 3003 generates a settlement operation screen that emulates the operation of the settlement machine that is the source of the beacon that creates the settlement area, and displays it on the display unit of the smartphone.
Here, a screen emulating the operation of the actual settlement machine is employed, but the settlement operation screen that can be employed in the present invention is not limited to this. It can be changed as appropriate, for example, by adopting a settlement operation screen according to the operation characteristics of the mobile terminal to be employed.
Furthermore, when the presence in a plurality of checkout areas is determined, a display or list of icons or the like for notifying them may be displayed.

(Sequence diagram showing system operation over time)
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the individual operations of the checkout machine 1003, the portable terminal 1009, and the billing server 1011 that are the beacon transmission source, and their cooperative operations in time series.
Reference numeral 4001 denotes a beacon having a payment machine as a transmission source. A beacon that transmits beacon information including a transmission source ID is transmitted at regular time intervals.
In the presence determination step 4002, the mobile terminal receives the beacon indicated by 4001, analyzes the beacon information and the electric field strength, and determines whether or not the mobile terminal exists in the settlement area.
Here, a beacon method is used for presence determination, but the self-position of the mobile terminal 1009 measured by GNSS, GPS, or the like is compared with the pre-registered position of the settlement machine 1003, or by the short-range wireless communication with the settlement machine 1003. The method for determining the distance from the portable terminal 1009 can be changed as appropriate.

If the result of the presence determination is “No”, the presence determination step 4002 is repeated at a predetermined cycle.
When the result of the determination is “exist”, the operation of the mobile terminal proceeds to a checkout machine notifying step 4003 that can be settled. Here, the payment environment providing unit 3002 of the mobile terminal displays a payment operation screen emulating the payment operation panel of the payment machine on the display unit of the mobile terminal.
Here, a screen emulating an actual settlement machine is employed, but the settlement operation screen that can be employed in the present invention is not limited to this. It can be changed as appropriate, for example, by adopting a settlement operation screen according to the operation characteristics of the mobile terminal to be employed.
FIG. 5 is an example of a settlement operation screen. Reference numeral 5001 denotes a name for identifying an actual settlement machine corresponding to this virtual settlement operation screen. A message display 5002 prompts the user to input a device number for specifying a bicycle parking service to be settled. The input field 5003 is generated so that the user touches the numeric keypad icon 5004 to input the device number so as to operate the actual numeric keypad. The device number is a device ID indicated by 2004 in FIG.
When presence determination is made for a plurality of settlement areas, a settlement environment providing unit 3002 generates a screen displaying a list of a plurality of settlement machines as shown in FIG. 6 and displays the screen on the display unit of the mobile terminal. In FIG. 6, 6001 to 6003 are the names of the settlement machines corresponding to the presence determination, and can be selected by touching by the user. A message display 6004 prompts the user to perform an operation. When the selection operation is performed, a settlement operation screen corresponding to the selected settlement machine is generated in the same manner as in FIG. 5 and displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal.

Returning to the description of FIG.
When the device ID is input and the execution button of the numeric keypad is touched in the checkout possible payment machine notification step 4003, the system operation shifts to the checkout request step 4004. Here, request information including the device ID is transmitted from the portable terminal to the billing server 1011.
In charge calculation step 4005, billing server 1011 communicates with settlement machine 1003 via a communication line (not shown), acquires the parking start time associated with the device ID, and calculates the charge according to a preset charge calculation rule. .

Here, the warehousing time to the bicycle parking apparatus related to the apparatus ID is acquired as the parking parking start time and the charge is calculated. However, the acquisition of the parking start time that can be employed in the present invention is not limited to this. A place where the user always passes when using the facility is set as the checkout area 1005, and the time at which the presence determination when the checkout machine portable terminal 1009 enters the checkout area 1005 at the time of storage is established. You may employ | adopt the system acquired as start time.
FIG. 9 is a screen that displays the parking start time acquired prior to the use of this facility on the user's mobile terminal 1009 and prompts the user to confirm whether or not he / she has entered the checkout area. .
9001 is a display of a facility to be stored. Usually, it is the same as the name 5001 of the settlement machine shown in FIG.
9002 is a display of the parking start time. It is the time automatically acquired by the presence determination by receiving the beacon.
9003 is a message display prompting the user to confirm. As an easy-to-understand word for the user, the display of “reception time” is adopted.
9004 is a confirmation button display. When the user touches, the settlement system obtains the parking start time.
9005 is a display of an end button for a user who does not intend to use this facility. When the user touches, the parking start time is not recorded.

Returning to the description of FIG.
In a charge notification step 4006, a charge that is the result of the above calculation is notified to the mobile terminal 1009 via the network 1010.
In the fee approval step 4007, the settlement environment providing unit 3002 generates an approval screen as shown in FIG. 7 and displays it on the display unit of the portable terminal. The user confirms the displayed fee 7001 and touches the execution button 7003 on the numeric keypad panel 7002 when he / she wishes to execute the settlement. In response to this touch, the settlement environment providing unit 3002 transmits a request for execution of the fee settlement process to the billing server 1011.
In the fee billing processing step 4008, the billing server 1011 executes a fee billing process for the user. Here, the billing information is notified to the credit company server with which the user has previously contracted, and a reply to clear the credit is received.
If the fee billing process is successful, a completion notification step 4009 notifies the user's mobile terminal that the payment has been completed. FIG. 8 shows the notification screen.
Here, the information related to the charge billing process of the billing server is transmitted to the settlement machine 1003 together with the device ID of the bicycle parking device related to the bicycle parking service. Upon receipt of this, the checkout machine 1003 transmits an unlock signal, and the lock mechanism of the corresponding bicycle parking apparatus performs an unlock operation. As a result, the user can leave the bicycle and the bicycle parking service is completed.

  The invention disclosed in the present invention can be used in a parking lot, a bicycle parking lot, or a facility in which parking and bicycle parking are required to pay a fee.

1001 Bicycle Parking 1003 Checkout Machine 1004 Beacon Transmitter 1005 Checkout Area 1008 Mobile Terminal

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a settlement system for performing settlement of a bicycle parking or / and parking facility providing service by a mobile terminal of a user using the parking or / and parking facility providing service,
a) a setting means for setting, as a settlement area, a range in which a distance between an actual settlement destination of the bicycle parking and / or parking facility providing service and the mobile terminal is a predetermined distance;
b) Extracting the distance between the payment machine and the mobile terminal, and presence determination means for determining whether or not the self-position of the mobile terminal exists in the payment area;
c ) a settlement environment providing means for generating a settlement operation screen for inputting the settlement instruction information related to the actual settlement destination according to the result of the existence determination, and realizing a settlement environment in the portable terminal;
Is provided.
Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a payment system for performing payment of the parking or / and parking facility providing service by a user's portable terminal using the parking or / and parking facility providing service. ,
a) a setting means for setting, as a settlement area, a range in which a beacon by a beacon device corresponding to an actual settlement destination of the bicycle parking or / and parking facility providing service reaches with a strength equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold;
b) Receiving the beacon, analyzing the received beacon, extracting the sender ID and the electric field strength, and depending on whether the electric field strength of the beacon as the sender is greater than or equal to the set threshold, the portable terminal Presence determination means for determining whether or not the self-position of the vehicle exists in the settlement area,
c ) a settlement environment providing means for generating a settlement operation screen for inputting the settlement instruction information related to the actual settlement destination according to the result of the existence determination, and realizing a settlement environment in the portable terminal;
Is provided. As a result, et al., On whether or not present in the checkout area which is in constant correspondence between the actual settlement destinations that exist in real conditions (safety of collateral), to provide a virtual checkout environment by the mobile terminal, actually checkout machine It is possible to increase the environment that can be settled at a lower cost than installing, while ensuring a certain level of safety.

Here, above Symbol actual settlement destination, it may be the adjustment machine of bicycle parking and / or parking facilities provide services.

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The settlement information by the settlement environment may be synchronized with the settlement information of the settlement machine . The settlement environment realized in the mobile terminal is a virtual settlement machine. However, existing settlement machines installed in real and virtual settlement machines can coexist without contradiction by synchronizing settlement information such as the completion of settlement. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the same effect as adding a checkout machine at a very low cost compared to installing an actual checkout machine.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a settlement system for performing settlement of a bicycle parking or / and parking facility providing service by a mobile terminal of a user using the parking or / and parking facility providing service,
a) a setting means for setting, as a settlement area, a range in which a beacon by a beacon device corresponding to an actual settlement destination of the bicycle parking or / and parking facility providing service reaches with a strength equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold;
b) Receiving the beacon, analyzing the received beacon, extracting the sender ID and the electric field strength, and depending on whether the electric field strength of the beacon as the sender is greater than or equal to the set threshold, the portable terminal Presence determination means for determining whether or not the self-position of the vehicle exists in the settlement area,
c) a settlement environment providing means for generating a settlement operation screen for inputting the settlement instruction information related to the actual settlement destination according to the result of the existence determination, and realizing a settlement environment in the portable terminal;
Is provided. This provides a virtual checkout environment with a mobile device, provided that it is in a checkout area that has a certain correspondence with a real checkout destination that exists in real (security guarantee), The environment that can be settled at a lower cost than the installation can be increased while ensuring a certain level of safety.

Claims (6)

A payment system that performs payment of the parking or / and parking facility providing service by the user's portable terminal using the parking or / and parking facility providing service,
a) a settlement area set in correspondence with an actual settlement destination of the bicycle parking and / or parking facility providing service;
b) positioning means for positioning the self-position of the mobile terminal;
c) presence determination means for determining whether or not the self-position exists in the settlement area;
d) A settlement environment providing means for generating a settlement operation screen for inputting settlement instruction information relating to the actual settlement destination according to the result of the existence determination, and realizing a settlement environment in the mobile terminal;
A system characterized by including. The system according to claim 1, wherein the actual settlement destination is a settlement machine. The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning is positioning based on information obtained by analyzing a beacon transmitted from a transmitter provided in the settlement area. 2. The positioning according to claim 1, wherein the positioning is positioning based on information obtained by near field communication between a near field communication device provided in the settlement area and a near field wireless device provided in the mobile terminal. system. The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning is positioning based on position information measured by a position detection device provided in the mobile terminal. The system according to claim 1, wherein the settlement environment coexists with an existing bicycle parking and / or a parking facility settlement machine.

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