JP2019135895A - Parking lot charging system installed at gas station - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a parking lot charging system installed at a gas station having a device in which a parking meter and an electric vehicle charging device are integrated.SOLUTION: A parking lot charging system installed at a gas station is provided with an integrated device having a parking meter and a charging function of an electric vehicle. Long time parking can be prevented by performing processing of charging the electric vehicle during parking and processing of collecting a parking fee relative to a customer parked for a specified time or longer by the parking meter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot charging system installed in a gas station provided with a device in which a parking meter and a charging device for an electric vehicle are integrated.

  Today, many stores of convenience stores, drug stores, and general merchandise stores such as home appliances are installed on the street and are crowded with many customers. Many customers who use such stores use cars to visit stores, and most stores have parking lots. However, in recent years, an increasing number of customers have illegally parked in such parking lots for long periods.

  For example, after shopping a little at the store, leaving the car for a long time due to other requirements, or parking for a long time without shopping at the store and using it instead of a free parking lot is there. In such a case, it is effective to collect a parking fee from the customer. It is also desired to prevent such illegal long-time parking.

  The same applies to a parking lot installed at a gas station, and it is possible to collect parking fees from customers and to prevent illegal long-term parking.

  On the other hand, so-called hybrid cars and electric cars with low CO2 emission are attracting attention today. In particular, an electric vehicle has zero CO2 emissions and is the vehicle with the best global environment. However, in the case of an electric vehicle, the installation of a charging device is an urgent task, which is a big social problem.

  Patent Document 1 is an invention of a parking lot charging system having a plurality of warehousing spaces, and is provided with a charging facility that enables charging of an electric vehicle that has entered the at least two or more of the warehousing spaces. A parking charging system is disclosed.

JP 2011-182588 A

  However, although the invention of Patent Document 1 includes a charging facility in a parking lot, a parking lot such as a gas station or a convenience store is equipped with a system in which a parking meter and an electric vehicle charging device are integrated. In addition, there is no idea to prevent customers from illegally parking for a long time.

  Therefore, the present invention prevents illegal long-term parking by installing a device equipped with a parking meter and a charging facility particularly in a parking lot installed at a gas station, and also pays a parking fee from a customer who parks for a long time. A parking lot charging system that collects Furthermore, the present invention provides a parking lot charging system with excellent convenience by enabling payment of parking charges and charging charges using various cards.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a parking lot charging system for a gas station including an integrated device having a charging function for a parking meter and an electric vehicle, wherein the electric vehicle is charged during parking, and the parking A process of collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more with a meter is performed to prevent unauthorized parking.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the above-mentioned problem is a parking lot charging system for a gas station provided with an integrated device having a parking meter and an electric vehicle charging function, and means for charging the electric vehicle during parking, It is possible to achieve this by providing a parking lot charging system that includes a means for collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more with the parking meter and prevents parking for a long time.

  In addition, the parking lot is a parking lot charging system that is a parking lot of a gas station, and the fixed time is a time required for completing the requirements in the above gas station. If this fixed time is exceeded, It is characterized by collecting parking fees and preventing unauthorized parking.

  The parking lot includes a parking lot in a refueling facility such as light oil or heavy oil, similar to a gas station.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while being able to collect a parking fee with respect to the customer who parks for a long time in the parking lot accompanying a fueling facility, such as a gas station, unauthorized parking, such as unauthorized parking, can also be prevented. In addition, the parking system can pay the parking fee and the charging fee with a card, and is a convenient parking system for customers.

It is a figure explaining the parking lot charging system of the gas station provided with the parking meter of this embodiment, and the integrated apparatus which has a charging function. It is an example of an integrated apparatus, and is a figure which shows the part in which the display part and the charging device were accommodated especially. (A) is a figure which shows the state which open | released the cover of the charging device, (b) is a figure which shows the state which connected the charging cable to the outlet socket of the charging device. It is a circuit diagram of a power supply circuit. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example which a customer inserts a card | curd in a card insertion part. It is a figure which shows the charge condition of an electric vehicle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a parking lot charging system according to the present embodiment, and is a diagram illustrating a parking lot charging system with a gas station equipped with a parking meter and a charging facility. In particular, the parking meter of this example and an integrated device having a charging function are installed in a parking lot attached to a gas station.

  In the figure, the parking lot attached to the gas station 1 is provided with a plurality of parking spaces 1-1 to 1-n for customers who come by car. Are provided with integrated devices 2-1 to 2-n having a charging function for a parking meter and an electric vehicle. The gas station 1 has an underground tank (not shown) installed in the basement, an oil supply pipe (not shown) for injecting gasoline into the underground tank, and a plurality of fueling facilities for sucking gasoline from the embedded tank and refueling the vehicle. 1a and 1b are provided. The buried tank is buried at a predetermined depth from the ground surface, concrete is installed on the buried tank, and a monitor for managing the parking facility of this example is installed in the office 1c installed in the gas station 1. Is provided.

  FIG. 2 is an example of the integrated devices 2-1 to 2-n, and particularly shows a portion in which the display unit and the charging facility are accommodated. In addition, since all the integration apparatuses 2-1 to 2-n of this example have the same structure, the following description will be made as the integration apparatus 2. The integrated device 2 includes a time display unit 3, a card processing unit 4, an unpaid light 5, a coin insertion unit 6, a receipt issue button 7, a receipt takeout port 8, a return port 9, and a charge instruction button 10. Is an explanation part of how to use the integrated device 2.

  A checkout button 17 is operated when the customer pays a parking fee. Reference numeral 18 denotes a sensor that detects that a car is parked in the parking spaces 1-1 to 1-n. Further, a charging device 12 is disposed below the integrated device 2.

  The time display unit 4 measures the elapsed time from the start of parking. The card processing unit 4 is used when paying a parking fee or a charging fee for an electric vehicle by using a card, and includes a card insertion unit 4a and an operation unit 4b. The card insertion portion 4a is not limited to a card that can be used at the gas station of this example, and various cards such as a card at another gas station, a bank card, a credit card, and the like can be used.

  The operation unit 4b is configured with a numeric keypad and the like, and inputs money amount information when paying a parking fee and a charging fee using a card. The unpaid light 5 is turned on when parking without paying the parking fee, and the coin insertion unit 7 is a predetermined parking fee input unit. In addition to paying the parking fee and the charging fee with a card, the parking fee and the charging fee can also be paid with a coin. In this case, the coin insertion unit 6 is used.

  The receipt issue button 8 is a button operated by a customer who needs a receipt. When this button 8 is pressed, a receipt is output to the receipt outlet 9. The return port 9 is a return port for fishing when coins are inserted into the coin insertion unit 6, for example.

  The charging instruction button 10 is a button that is pressed by a customer (driver) when charging a car. After pressing the charging instruction button 10, a card is inserted into the card insertion portion 4a. The operating unit 4b is operated to pay a charging fee. Further, by inserting coins from the coin insertion unit 6, it is possible to charge the amount of coins inserted. The charging device 13 can be charged by an amount specified by the customer by a power supply circuit described later.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the charging device 12 and is a diagram illustrating a state in which the lid 13 of the charging device 12 is opened. An outlet 14 is disposed in front of the charging device 12 of this example, and the outlet 14 is connected to a power supply circuit described later. The outlet 14 is provided with a switch 14a. In addition, the figure (b) is a figure which shows the state which connected the charging cable 16 to the outlet 14 of the charging device 12. FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the power supply circuit. The power supply circuit 15 of this example includes a power supply unit 22, a watt hour meter 23, an arithmetic circuit 24, a comparison circuit 25, a gate circuit 26, a switch 27, and a control unit 28. The control unit 28 is connected to the above-described time display unit 3, card processing unit 4, unpaid light 5, coin insertion unit 6, receipt issue button 7, charge instruction button 10, and sensor 18, and the control unit 28 measures time. Time information is output to the display unit 3 and a corresponding lighting instruction signal is output to the unpaid light 5.

  In addition, the control unit 28 inputs the number information of coins input from the coin insertion unit 6, issues a receipt issuance instruction to a receipt issuing unit (not shown) according to an instruction from the receipt issue button 7, and charges instructions In response to the charging instruction from the button 10, a calculation instruction is given to the calculation circuit 24.

  The power supply unit 22 includes a transformer 22 a and a capacitor 22 b, converts the supplied commercial power source into a DC power source, and outputs the DC power source to the watt hour meter 23. The arithmetic circuit 24 calculates the amount inserted according to the number information of coins input from the coin input unit 6. Further, the control unit 28 outputs a calculation instruction signal to the calculation circuit 24. This calculation instruction signal is output when the driver presses the charging instruction button 10 described above.

  Further, the arithmetic circuit 24 calculates the amount of electric power for the amount of money that has been input, and outputs it to the comparison circuit 25. The watt hour meter 23 supplies the power input from the power supply unit 22 to the outlet 14 via the switch 27 and calculates the amount of power supplied from the power supply unit 22. The electric power supplied to the outlet 14 is used for charging the electric vehicle via the charging cable 16.

  The comparison circuit 25 compares the information on the electric energy calculated by the watt-hour meter 23 with the information on the electric energy output from the arithmetic circuit 24, and the electric energy that is the calculation result of the watt-hour meter 23 is output from the arithmetic circuit 24. For example, an on (high) signal is output to the gate circuit 26 until the amount of power is reached, and when the amount of power from the watt hour meter 23 reaches the amount of power output from the arithmetic circuit 24, the off (low) signal is output to the gate circuit. 26.

  The gate circuit 26 includes an AND circuit 26a and a drive circuit 26b. The output from the comparison circuit 25 and the output from the switch 14a provided in the outlet 14 are input to the AND circuit 26a. When the input is a high signal, a drive signal (high signal) is output to the drive circuit 26b. When at least one of the inputs becomes a low signal, a non-drive signal (low signal) is output to the drive circuit 26b. The drive circuit 26b opens and closes the aforementioned switch 27 according to the signal.

In the parking lot charging system having the above configuration, the processing of this example will be described below according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, when a customer visits a gas station and refuels, a car (for example, an electric vehicle) is parked in any of the parking spaces 1-1 to 1-n where the parking meter and the charging facility are installed. The sensors 18 of the integrated devices 2 arranged in the corresponding parking spaces 1-1 to 1-n detect the vehicle (step (hereinafter, indicated by S) 1), and display the elapsed time on the time display unit 3. (S2).

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the car is to be charged. For example, when the customer presses the charging instruction button 10 and there is a charging instruction (YES in S3), the charging amount is calculated according to the charging fee (S4). For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the customer 20 inserts the card 19 into the card insertion unit 4a and the deposit amount input from the operation unit 4b is instructed, the charge amount is calculated according to this amount. In addition, when a charging fee is input from the coin input unit 6, the amount of charge to the vehicle is calculated according to the amount of input. Thereafter, charging the car is started (S5).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing this state. When the lid 13 of the charging device 12 is opened and the charging cable 16 is connected to the outlet 14 of the charging device 12, the electric vehicle is subsequently connected via the charging cable 16 from the power supply unit (not shown). The battery is charged. In addition, although the charging cable 16 uses what is attached to a vehicle, it is good also as a structure with which the integrated apparatus 2 side is equipped. Further, when the vehicle is not charged, only the parking time is measured without performing the above charging operation (S3 is NO).

  The customer then completes the business and returns to the parking lot and pays the parking fee using the parking meter. In this case, the customer first presses the clearing button (S6 is YES). In this case, first, the parking time when the clearing button is pressed is calculated (S7). If the preset parking time has not been exceeded (S8 is NO), the car can be released without charging a parking fee (S9). On the other hand, when the preset parking time is exceeded (S8 is YES), the calculated parking fee is charged (S10).

  The parking time that divides whether or not to charge this parking fee is set in advance to the time normally required for the customer to complete the usual work at the gas station, and if this time is exceeded, a parking fee will be collected It is. Therefore, parking charges can be charged for customers who park for a long time, and unauthorized parking such as unauthorized parking can be prevented.

In addition, it is a parking system that can pay a parking fee and a charging fee with a card and is convenient for customers.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Parking lot 1-1 to 1-n ... Parking space 2-1 to 2-n ... Integrated apparatus 3 ... Time display part 4 ... Card processing part 4a ... Card insertion part 4b ····································································································································································· How to use the device 12 ··· charging device 13 ·· lid 14 · · outlet 14a · · switch 15 · · power supply circuit 16 · · charging cable 17 · · clearing button 18 · · sensor 19 · · card 20 · · · Customer 22 .. Power supply unit 23 .. Electricity meter 24 .. Arithmetic circuit 25 .. Comparison circuit 26 .. Gate circuit 27 .. Switch 28.

Claims (3)

A parking lot charging system installed at a gas station equipped with an integrated device having a charging function for a parking meter and an electric vehicle,
A process of charging an electric vehicle while parking,
A process of collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more by the parking meter;
A parking lot charging system that prevents long-time parking. A parking lot charging system installed at a gas station equipped with an integrated device having a charging function for a parking meter and an electric vehicle,
Means for charging the electric vehicle while parking;
Means for collecting a parking fee for a customer parked for a predetermined time or more by the parking meter,
Parking lot charging system that prevents long-term parking.   The fixed time is a time that is normally required to complete normal requirements at the gas station, and if the fixed time is exceeded, a parking fee is collected to prevent unauthorized parking. Or the parking lot charging system of 2.

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