JP2017031786A - Electronic lock for illegally parked bicycle, and management system and management method using the same for illegally parked bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system and others for an illegally parked bicycle that do not require a personnel cost or a vehicle cost for a worker engaged in removal work, or a storage place for the illegally parked bicycle.SOLUTION: An electronic lock 2 for a bicycle is to be fitted on a wheel of a bicycle, and includes a battery section, a wireless communication section 21 with a built-in wireless communication chip, an unlocking drive section 26 for unlocking the electronic lock based on an unlocking signal from the wireless communication section 21, and a GPS section 27 for acquiring a position information of the locked electronic lock for a bicycle. The wireless communication section 21 with the built-in wireless chip includes a telephone call function for an owner of an illegally parked bicycle when the owner requests a locking person to unlock the electronic key for a bicycle, and a mutual transmission function for exchanging a locking information and unlocking information between the main body of electronic lock for a bicycle and an electronic lock management server owned by the locking person. A management system for an illegally parked bicycle comprises the electronic lock 2 for a bicycle and an account settling machine 3 with a payment management function and the wireless communication function.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a bicycle electronic lock remotely managed by wireless communication, and an illegal bicycle parking management system and method using the bicycle electronic lock. In particular, the present invention relates to an illegal bicycle parking management system and management method using a bicycle electronic lock that can reduce the cost of removing the bicycle.

  In recent years, bicycles are highly valued as vehicles that do not consume carbon energy and are good for health, and are widely used for commuting, attending school, shopping, and the like. On the other hand, there are limited space for bicycles at railway stations and supermarkets. As a result, bicycles are illegally parked in places where bicycles cannot be parked. Not only is it annoying, but if you are parked on the roadway, it may also hinder the driving of the car and cause traffic congestion.

  Bicycles that are parked in these prohibited parking areas, so-called illegal bicycles, are usually circulated by local government officials, etc., and attached with warning tags etc. to illegal bicycle bicycle users. Encourage early removal. Nevertheless, if the bicycle is left unattended after a predetermined period of time, those illegal bicycles are transported by truck or the like and stored in a predetermined storage location. Then, a collection request notice is sent to the owner based on the crime prevention registration number attached to the illegal bicycle, and returned to the bicycle user in exchange for a predetermined fee. However, the cost of removing such illegal bicycles is large every year, which is a heavy burden on local governments.

In response to such problems, measures have been proposed to reduce the cost of removing illegal bicycles and subsequent disposal. Patent Document 1 discloses illegal reading of information from an IC chip affixed to an illegal bicycle, determining whether or not the predetermined number of removals has been reached, and removing the bicycle when the number of removals has been reached. A method for managing bicycles is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a system for managing a bicycle by using an IC tag attached to the bicycle, a bicycle registration database for performing wireless transmission / reception with the IC tag, and an identification ID.
However, all of them are methods of managing illegal bicycles by recognizing bicycles, which require the removal of illegal bicycles, and eliminate the burden of cost for removing illegal bicycles. It does not solve the problem.

JP 2003-216754 A JP-A-2005-352983

  The present invention solves the problem of eliminating the labor and cost of removing illegal bicycles. In other words, to provide an illegal bicycle management system that does not remove and move illegal bicycles, does not require labor and vehicle costs for removal work, and does not require a storage location for illegal bicycles. Another object is to provide a management method for operating the management system and a bicycle electronic lock for use in the management system.

  The present invention can solve the above problems by the following aspects. In particular,

(Aspect 1) A battery unit, a wireless communication unit with a built-in wireless communication chip, an unlocking drive unit that unlocks the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit, and position information on the locked bicycle electronic lock A bicycle electronic lock that is attached to a bicycle wheel, and the wireless communication unit that incorporates the wireless chip is used by an owner of an illegal bicycle to unlock the bicycle electronic lock. A call function for requesting the locker, and a function of mutually transmitting the lock information and the unlock information between the bicycle electronic lock body and the electronic lock management server held by the locker. It is an electronic lock for bicycles.
The bicycle electronic lock of the present invention is a bicycle electronic lock administrator (locker) who attaches and locks the bicycle on an illegal bicycle. By transmitting the lock information to the server owned by the locker, it can be managed as electronic information that the bicycle electronic lock is locked, while the release information is transferred from the server held by the locker to the bicycle electronic lock body. By transmitting, it is possible to remotely control the release of the bicycle electronic lock. In addition, the owner of the illegal bicycle park pays the unlocking fee (unlocking fee) to the clearing machine, and receives the signal from the wireless communication device provided in the clearing machine to unlock it. .
In addition, the function of calling for the owner of an illegal bicycle to request the locker to unlock the electronic lock for the bicycle is that the owner of the illegal bicycle can directly contact the administrator (locker) of the bicycle electronic lock. By having a dialogue, the management cost of illegal bicycles can be reduced. Examples of the wireless communication include mobile communication such as G3, wireless LAN, and communication using Wi-Fi.
The GPS (Global Positioning System) part for acquiring the position information of the locked electronic lock for bicycles is lost even if the bicycle is illegally parked while it is locked. In addition to serving as a prevention, it also serves to identify the nearest clearing machine necessary for unlocking.

(Aspect 2) A battery unit, a wireless communication unit with a built-in wireless communication chip, an unlocking drive unit that unlocks the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit, and position information of the locked bicycle electronic lock A bicycle electronic lock that is mounted on a bicycle wheel, and an owner of an illegal bicycle that is locked with the bicycle electronic lock settles the unlocking fee for the bicycle electronic lock. Information on the payment management function for the bicycle and the information on the payment of the unlocking fee by the owner of the illegal bicycle for unlocking the electronic lock for bicycle by remote control. A wireless communication function for receiving the unlocking instruction information from the locker of the bicycle electronic lock and transmitting a signal for unlocking the bicycle electronic lock based on the unlocking instruction information. Consisting of a machine It is a management system for illegal bicycle parking.
The illegal bicycle parking management system of the present invention includes a bicycle electronic lock including a wireless communication unit and a GPS unit, and a clearing machine including a payment management function and a wireless communication function.
In the illegal bicycle parking management system of the present invention, the administrator of the illegal bicycle parking bicycle locker and the owner of the illegal bicycle parking bicycle have the same functions as the mobile phone provided in the wireless communication unit. By using an illegal bicycle parking management system that can be unlocked on the condition that payment of the unlocking fee is made through a telephone device having a mobile phone, the user identification using an IC card or the like as in the existing bicycle rental management system Because it is not necessary to unlock based on the function, it is ideal for an illegal bicycle parking management system that cannot identify the owner of an abandoned bicycle, and does not require equipment for providing a user identification function, and is inexpensive. A management system can be constructed. You can also manage illegal bicycles without removing them. Furthermore, it is not necessary to secure and store illegal bicycles by acquiring location information by the GPS unit and to grasp and restrain illegal bicycles.

(Aspect 3) A battery unit, a wireless communication unit incorporating a wireless communication chip, an unlocking drive unit that unlocks the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit, and position information of the locked bicycle electronic lock A bicycle electronic lock provided with a GPS unit, and a locker who is an administrator of the electronic bicycle lock attaches to and locks an illegal bicycle.
The step of requesting the unlocker of the bicycle electronic lock from the locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock using the communication device provided in the wireless communication unit of the bicycle electronic lock by the owner of the illegal bicycle When,
The locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock receives a request for unlocking from the owner of the illegal bicycle parking bicycle, and the owner of the illegal bicycle bicycle pays the unlocking fee of the bicycle electronic lock to the bicycle bicycle. Requesting payment using a clearing machine having a payment management function for clearing the unlocking fee of the electronic lock;
Paying the unlocking fee using a clearing machine having a payment management function for the owner of the illegal bicycle parking to clear the unlocking fee of the bicycle electronic lock;
Based on the unlocking fee settlement information received from the clearing machine having the payment management function by the locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock, the bicycle electronic lock is remotely operated via the clearing machine having the payment management function. Unlocking the bicycle electronic lock by the wireless communication unit provided in
It is the management method of illegal bicycle parking characterized by comprising.
In the illegal bicycle parking management method of the present invention, the illegal bicycle bicycle manager who is the locker of the bicycle electronic lock and the illegal bicycle bicycle owner have the same function as the mobile phone provided in the wireless communication unit. By using an illegal bicycle parking management system that can be unlocked on the condition that payment of the unlocking fee is made through a telephone device having a mobile phone, the user identification using an IC card or the like as in the existing bicycle rental management system Because it is not necessary to unlock based on the function, it is ideal for an illegal bicycle parking management system that cannot identify the owner of an abandoned bicycle, and does not require equipment for providing a user identification function, and is inexpensive. A management system can be constructed. You can also manage illegal bicycles without removing them. Furthermore, it is not necessary to secure and store illegal bicycles by acquiring location information by the GPS unit and to grasp and restrain illegal bicycles.

  The present invention includes a bicycle electronic lock having a wireless communication unit having a call function and a GPS unit, and a clearing machine having a payment management function and a wireless communication function. For this reason, it is not necessary to perform unlocking based on the user identification function using a system IC card or the like as in the existing bicycle rental management, so that a device for providing the user identification function is not necessary and is inexpensive. A management system can be constructed. In addition, illegal bicycles can be managed without removing and moving illegal bicycles, and labor and vehicle costs for removal work are not required. Furthermore, since a bicycle electronic lock equipped with a GPS unit is employed, a storage place for storing illegal bicycles is not required. This has the advantage of eliminating the hassle and expense of removing illegal bicycles.

It is explanatory drawing which showed one embodiment about the apparatus which comprises the management system of the illegal bicycle parking of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed one embodiment which mounted | wore the bicycle parking illegally with the electronic lock for bicycles of this invention. It is a block diagram of the bicycle electronic lock of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed together the adjustment machine provided with the unlocking information management function of the electronic lock for bicycles which comprises the management system of the illegal bicycle parking of this invention, and the collection | recovery box of the electronic lock for bicycles. It is a flowchart of the management system of the illegal bicycle parking of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the aspect which a manager mounts | wears with the bicycle electronic lock of this invention, and locks it on an illegal bicycle parking. It is explanatory drawing which showed the aspect which the owner of an illegal bicycle park requests | requires unlocking via the administrator of the bicycle electronic lock of this invention, and a radio | wireless communication apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which showed the aspect which the owner of an illegal bicycle park pays an unlocking fee to the payment machine provided with the unlocking information management function and unlocking fee payment management function of the electronic lock for bicycles of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the aspect which the owner of an illegal bicycle parked | releases the unlocked electronic lock for bicycles of this invention to a collection box. It is explanatory drawing which showed the management system of the bicycle parking bicycle using the electronic lock for bicycles of this invention, and a clearing machine.

  An electronic bicycle lock of the present invention, an illegal bicycle parking management system using the same, and an illegal bicycle management method will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of an apparatus constituting the management system for illegal bicycles according to the present invention. The management system for illegal bicycles according to the present invention is attached to the wheels (mainly rear wheels) of illegal bicycles 1 to restrict the rotation of the illegal bicycles 1 and to control the wheels of illegal bicycles 1. The basic configuration is a checkout machine 3 having a bicycle electronic lock 2, an unlocking fee payment management function, and an unlocking information management function for the bicycle electronic lock 2. A collection box 4 for bicycle electronic locks can also be provided. The bicycle electronic lock 2 and the clearing machine 3 can be operated by replacing the battery without using a commercial power source.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment in which the electronic bicycle lock 2 of the present invention is mounted on an illegal bicycle parking 1. The bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention is attached to the rear wheel 5 of the illegal bicycle parking 1 by the manager 6 of the bicycle electronic lock and restrains the illegal bicycle parking.
The bicycle electronic lock 2 according to the present invention includes a wireless communication device 21 having a mobile phone function for an owner of an illegal bicycle to request a locker who is an administrator of the bicycle electronic lock to unlock the electronic lock. A checkout machine 3 having a function of unlocking information on the electronic lock for bicycles, which is used by a locker who is an administrator of the electronic lock for bicycles 22 by remote control. Built-in wireless communication device 23 for receiving unlocking information for receiving signals from GPS, and a GPS device (not shown) for the manager of the bicycle electronic lock 2 to grasp the position of the bicycle electronic lock 2 Has been. Here, wireless communication refers to telecommunications that does not use a line (as a transmission line), and a specific example of a wireless communication transmitter is a mobile phone, and a specific example of a wireless communication receiver. There are mobile communication such as G3, wireless LAN, and communication by Wi-Fi.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bicycle electronic lock of the present invention. In the bicycle lock of the present invention, a mobile module 25 having a communication function is disposed on the IO board substrate 24, and a call function between the locker who is the administrator 6 of the bicycle electronic lock and the owner 7 of the bicycle parking bicycle. 21. A call can be made by pressing the switch button 22. The unlocking information is received, and the unlocking drive unit 26 is activated by the unlocking solenoid to perform unlocking.
The GPS device 27 identifies the nearest clearing machine necessary for unlocking as well as being able to easily grasp the position even if the bicycle is moved illegally while it is locked. Play a role.
The LED indicator lamp 28 lights up with a warning display (yellow) indicating that it is in a locked state and a violation display (red) indicating that an illegal money has been generated, depending on the time of locking.

  The bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention uses a battery (not shown) as a power source. The battery (built-in storage battery) of the bicycle electronic lock of the present invention is not particularly limited, such as a lead battery, a nickel cadmium battery, or a lithium ion battery. A lithium ion battery having lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) as a positive electrode, which is a kind of lithium ion battery, is safer than lithium cobaltate (LiCoO2).

  FIG. 4 is a description showing together a settlement machine 3 having an unlocking information management function of a bicycle electronic lock 2 and a bicycle electronic lock recovery box 4 constituting a management system for an illegal bicycle 1 according to the present invention. FIG. The checkout machine 3 having the unlocking information management function of the bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention is provided with an unlocking charge display section 31, an unlocking charge input key 32, and an unlocking charge input port 33 on the outer front surface. In addition, a payment management function (not shown) for paying the unlocking fee, and information on the payment of the unlocking fee by the illegal bicycle cyclist 7 are given to the locker 6 who is the administrator of the bicycle electronic lock. A wireless communication function (not shown) for transmitting or receiving unlocking instruction information for unlocking by remote control by the locker 6 who is an administrator of the bicycle electronic lock is provided. Here, wireless communication refers to telecommunication that does not use a line (as a transmission line). Specific examples include mobile communication such as G3, wireless LAN, and Wi-Fi communication.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the illegal bicycle parking management system of the present invention. That is, the management method of the present invention includes the following procedures.
(Procedure 1) The bicycle electronic lock manager 6 attaches the bicycle electronic lock 2 to the rear wheel of the illegal parking bicycle 1 and locks it.
(Procedure 2) The owner 7 of the illegal bicycle park requests the manager (locker) 7 of the bicycle electronic lock to unlock the bicycle electronic lock 2 through the wireless communication device 21 having the mobile phone function. To do.
(Procedure 3) The manager 6 of the bicycle electronic lock uses the clearing machine 3 having a payment management function for the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle parking in response to the unlocking request from the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle parking bicycle. And request to pay the unlocking fee for the bicycle electronic lock.
(Procedure 4) The illegal bicycle bicycle owner 7 pays the unlocking fee by using the clearing machine 3 having the payment management function.
(Procedure 5) The manager 6 of the bicycle electronic lock receives unlocking fee settlement information from the clearing machine 3 having a payment management function. When the unlocking fee settlement information is received, the unlocking instruction information is transmitted to the bicycle electronic lock 2 via the clearing machine 3 having a communication function. Thereby, unlocking is performed.
(Procedure 6) If unlocking fee settlement information is not received, request payment again from the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a mode in which the bicycle electronic lock manager 6 attaches the bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention to the illegal bicycle 1 and locks it. The bicycle electronic lock 2 is attached to the illegal bicycle parking 1 on the spot, and locking is completed.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an aspect in which an owner 7 of an illegal bicycle park requests unlocking via the wireless communication device having the cellular phone function and the administrator 6 of the bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention. is there. The manager 6 of the bicycle electronic lock 2 that has received the unlock request from the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle parker requests the clearing machine 3 to pay the unlocking fee.

  FIG. 8 shows a mode in which the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle park pays the unlocking fee to the settlement machine 3 having the unlocking information management function and the unlocking fee payment management function of the bicycle electronic lock 2 of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing. The unlocking fee display section 31 provided on the outer front is used to confirm the unlocking fee, the unlocking fee is input using the unlocking fee input key 32, and the unlocking fee is paid from the unlocking fee input port 33. As a result, the bicycle electronic lock 2 is unlocked.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a mode in which the owner 7 of the illegal bicycle parks the unlocked electronic bicycle lock 2 of the present invention into the collection box 4. The collected bicycle electronic lock 2 can be used repeatedly after inspection.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a bicycle parking management system using the bicycle electronic lock and the clearing machine of the present invention. The bicycle rack 8 can be installed in the clearing machine 3 having the unlocking information management function of the electronic lock for bicycles of the present invention, and can be used as a bicycle parking lot or a community cycle.

  Applicable to the management of illegal bicycles.

1 Bicycle Electronic Lock 2 Bicycle Electronic Lock 3 Bicycle Electronic Lock Unlocking Information Management Function 4 Bicycle Electronic Lock Collection Box 5 Illegal Bicycle Rear Wheel 6 Bicycle Electronic Lock Manager 7 Illegal Bicycle bicycle owner 8 Bicycle rack 21 Wireless communication device 22 having mobile phone function Switch 23 of wireless communication device having mobile phone function Wireless communication device 24 receiving unlocking information IO board substrate 25 Mobile module 26 Unlocking drive Unit 27 GPS device 28 LED indicator 31 Unlocking charge display unit 32 Unlocking charge input key 33 Unlocking charge slot 41 Bicycle electronic lock slot

Claims (3)

A battery part;
A wireless communication unit incorporating a wireless communication chip; and
An unlocking drive unit for unlocking the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit;
A GPS unit for acquiring position information of the locked electronic lock for the bicycle;
Bicycle electronic lock attached to a bicycle wheel comprising:
The wireless communication unit with the built-in wireless chip, a call function for an owner of an illegal bicycle to request the locker to unlock the electronic lock for the bicycle,
A function of mutually transmitting locking information and unlocking information between the bicycle electronic lock body and the electronic lock management server held by the locker;
A bicycle electronic lock characterized by comprising: A battery part;
A wireless communication unit incorporating a wireless communication chip; and
An unlocking drive unit for unlocking the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit;
A GPS unit for acquiring position information of the locked electronic lock for the bicycle;
Bicycle electronic locks to be mounted on bicycle wheels equipped with
And a payment management function in which an owner of an illegal bicycle parked with the electronic lock for bicycles settles the unlocking fee for the electronic lock for bicycles;
The bicycle locker sends information to the bicycle electronic lock locker that the owner of the illegal bicycle parked to unlock the bicycle electronic lock by remote control,
And a wireless communication function for receiving unlocking instruction information from the locker of the bicycle electronic lock and transmitting a signal for unlocking the bicycle electronic lock based on the unlocking instruction information. An illegal bicycle parking management system characterized by A battery unit, a wireless communication unit with a built-in wireless communication chip, an unlocking drive unit that unlocks the electronic lock by an unlocking signal from the wireless communication unit, and a GPS that acquires position information of the locked bicycle electronic lock A bicycle electronic lock comprising: a locker who is an administrator of the bicycle electronic lock is mounted on an illegal bicycle and locked, and
The step of requesting the unlocker of the bicycle electronic lock from the locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock using the communication device provided in the wireless communication unit of the bicycle electronic lock by the owner of the illegal bicycle When,
The locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock receives a request for unlocking from the owner of the illegal bicycle parking bicycle, and the owner of the illegal bicycle bicycle pays the unlocking fee of the bicycle electronic lock to the bicycle bicycle. Requesting payment using a clearing machine having a payment management function for clearing the unlocking fee of the electronic lock;
Paying the unlocking fee using a clearing machine having a payment management function for the owner of the illegal bicycle parking to clear the unlocking fee of the bicycle electronic lock;
Based on the unlocking fee settlement information received from the clearing machine having the payment management function by the locker who is the manager of the bicycle electronic lock, the bicycle electronic lock is remotely operated via the clearing machine having the payment management function. Unlocking the bicycle electronic lock by the wireless communication unit provided in
An illegal bicycle parking management method characterized by comprising: