JP2019168849A - Parking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow collecting a fee according to parking time without installing a permanent device in a temporary parking lot or the like.SOLUTION: An acquisition part 111 acquires an image from an information terminal device 2 carried by a manager of a parking lot. A recognition part 112 recognizes vehicle feature information included in the acquired image. A collation part 113 compares the recognized feature information with registered vehicle feature information stored in a registered vehicle DB 124 to determine whether or not they match each other. If they match each other, a notification is given by a notification part 115. Upon receipt of exit feature information recognized by the recognition part 112, the collation part 113 searches an entry feature information DB 121 for entry feature information that matches the exit feature information, and passes an entry time point associated with the found entry feature information to a specification part 114. Upon receipt of the entry time point, the specification part 114 calculates a parking time period from the entry time point to the current time point, and specifies a parking fee for the vehicle on the basis of a fee table 122.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot management system.

  A mechanism to reduce the workload of managers in parking lots is being studied. In Patent Document 1, the car number of the admission vehicle recognized by the image processing apparatus and the admission time image captured by the entrance car number camera for the admission vehicle and the admission time of the parking ticket issued by the parking lot management computer for the vehicle are disclosed. Save the parking ticket number in association with the parking ticket number, and when the vehicle enters the vehicle, the fee settlement machine reads the parking ticket number of the parking ticket, compares it with the parking ticket number obtained from the parking management computer, and enters if the parking ticket number does not match. The time image is displayed together with the parking ticket number and the entry time, the parking fee is calculated based on the entry time and the entry time, a receipt showing the entrance image, the entry time and the entry time and fee is issued, and the basis of the parking fee is shown A parking lot admission information confirmation system is disclosed.

JP 2011-13951 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to permanently install a ticket issuing machine for parking tickets and a camera for imaging a car number. For example, in a temporary parking lot used for a temporarily held event, etc. It is difficult to apply.

  One of the objects of the present invention is to make it possible to collect a fee according to the parking time without installing a permanent device, for example, in a temporary parking lot.

  The parking lot management system according to claim 1 of the present invention stores entry characteristic information recognized from an image of a car entering a parking lot by a camera carried by an administrator in a storage device together with the entry time, and A parking lot that identifies the parking fee of the vehicle based on the elapsed time from the entry time when the entry feature information recognized from the image captured of the vehicle entering the parking lot matches the stored feature information It is a management system.

  A parking lot management system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the parking lot management system according to the aspect of the first aspect, wherein the entrance characteristic information is recognized when an operation by an administrator is accepted.

  A parking lot management system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the parking lot management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the parking fee is specified when an operation by an administrator is accepted.

  The parking lot management system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the parking lot management system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the vehicle indicated by the entrance characteristic information recognized from the image is a registered vehicle. In this case, the parking lot management system notifies the manager.

  The parking lot management system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the parking management system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the vehicle indicated by the entry feature information recognized from the image is a registered vehicle. In this case, the parking lot management system notifies the manager.

  A parking lot management system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the aspect according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein an image of a car parked in the parking space of the parking lot is captured by a camera carried by the administrator. The parking feature information recognized from the captured image is stored in the storage device together with the parking space identification information. When the participation feature information matches the parking feature information, the parking feature information and the parking feature information It is a parking lot management system which deletes the identification information of the parking space corresponding to characteristic information from the storage device.

  A parking lot management system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the aspect according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein a car parked in the parking space of the parking lot is imaged by a camera carried by the administrator. It is a parking lot management system which stores the parking characteristic information recognized from the received image together with the identification information of the parking space in the storage device, and notifies the parking space corresponding to the designated vehicle.

  A parking lot management system according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the parking lot management system according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, wherein the camera captures the image in a state of being attached to a body of the administrator to be carried. It is a parking lot management system.

  According to the invention according to the present application, for example, in a temporary parking lot or the like, it is possible to collect a fee according to the parking time without installing a permanent device.

The figure which shows the structure of the parking lot management system 9 which concerns on this embodiment. The figure which shows the example of a structure of the management apparatus 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of DB121 at the time of entrance. The figure which shows the example of the charge table. The figure which shows the example of DB123 at the time of parking. The figure which shows the example of registration vehicle DB124. The figure which shows the example of a structure of the information terminal device 2. FIG. The figure which shows the functional structure of the management apparatus. The flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the management apparatus 1 in the parking lot management system 9. FIG.

<Embodiment>
<Overall configuration of parking lot management system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a parking lot management system 9 according to the present embodiment. The parking lot management system 9 is an information processing system that manages information on vehicles that enter, park, and enter the parking lot. The management device 1, the information terminal device 2, and a communication line 3 that connects these devices so as to communicate with each other And having.

 The parking lot managed by the parking lot management system 9 is a temporary parking lot that temporarily uses open spaces, parks, public roads, etc. that are not originally intended for parking for various events such as concerts, lectures, and product exhibitions. is there. In this parking lot, for example, a plurality of pole cones temporarily arranged and a chain connecting them are distinguished from inside and outside the parking lot. In addition, the parking lot is partitioned for each parking space, which is a space in which the vehicle is parked, for example, by a rope arranged on the ground, a drawn white line, or the like. One or more managers are stationed in the hall.

 The management device 1 is a server device that manages the vehicle information described above, and is an information processing device that specifies a parking fee according to the parking time. The information terminal device 2 is carried by the manager of the parking lot, and stores information on the cars entering and leaving the parking lot by exchanging information with the management device 1, and also stores the information on the management device 1. It is a terminal device that is acquired from and notified to the administrator.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information terminal device 2 is, for example, a smartphone or a glasses-type wearable device. The spectacle-type wearable device includes, for example, a transparent lens and a frame that supports the lens. The manager of the parking lot wears the wearable device on the front of the face so that the lens covers his field of view.

 The communication line 3 is a line that connects the management apparatus 1 and the information terminal apparatus 2 so that they can communicate with each other. For example, the communication line 3 may be a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the Internet. It may be a combination thereof. The communication line 3 may include a relay device such as a gateway or a router that relays communication with the management device 1 or the information terminal device 2. The communication line 3 may include a public switched communication network (PSTN), an integrated services digital network (ISDN), and the like.

  The management device 1 and the information terminal device 2 may communicate with each other using, for example, an ad hoc mode in IEEE 802.11. In this case, the parking lot management system 9 may not have the communication line 3.

<Configuration of management device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the management apparatus 1. The management device 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13. Note that the management device 1 may include an operation unit that receives an operation of the administrator.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a computer program (hereinafter simply referred to as a program) in which the CPU is stored in the ROM and the storage unit 12. Are read and executed to control each unit of the management apparatus 1.

  The communication unit 13 is a communication circuit that connects to the information terminal device 2 via the communication line 3 by wire or wireless, or directly. The management device 1 exchanges information with the information terminal device 2 through the communication unit 13.

  The storage unit 12 is a storage unit (storage device) such as a solid state drive or a hard disk drive, and stores various programs, data, and the like read by the CPU of the control unit 11.

  The storage unit 12 includes an entry time DB 121, a fee table 122, a parking time DB 123, and a registered vehicle DB 124.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the entry time DB 121. The admission DB 121 is a database that stores admission characteristic information and admission time in association with each other. Here, the feature information at the time of entry is feature information indicating the feature of the vehicle generated based on an image captured when the vehicle enters the parking lot. The entrance time is information indicating the time when the vehicle enters the parking lot.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the fee table 122. The charge table 122 is a table that stores a parking time section and a charge that requires payment for the parking time section in association with each other. Here, the parking time segment is a segment of time (referred to as parking time) from when a vehicle entering the parking lot enters the vehicle until it enters.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the DB 123 during parking. The parking time DB 123 is a database that stores the parking time feature information and the parking space ID in association with each other. Here, the feature information at the time of parking is feature information indicating the feature of the vehicle generated based on an image captured when the vehicle is parked in any parking space in the parking lot. Moreover, parking space ID is the identification information of the parking space where the vehicle parked.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the registered vehicle DB 124. The registered vehicle DB 124 is a database that stores registered vehicle feature information and registered information in association with each other. Here, the registered vehicle feature information is feature information indicating the characteristics of a vehicle registered in advance (referred to as a registered vehicle). Moreover, registration information is the information regarding the registration vehicle mentioned above.

  The registered information may be, for example, information indicating the name, gender, age, career, etc. of the above-mentioned registered vehicle owner, driver, passenger, etc. It may be information indicating a history or the like. In the registered car DB 124, for example, feature information such as a car suspected of being used by a terrorist, a stolen car, a car owned by a key person, etc. is registered.

<Configuration of information terminal device>
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the information terminal device 2. The information terminal device 2 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, an operation unit 24, a display unit 25, a camera 26, and a positioning unit 27.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and controls each unit of the information terminal device 2 by reading and executing a program stored in the ROM and the storage unit 22.

  The communication unit 23 is a communication circuit that is connected to the management apparatus 1 via the communication line 3 by wire or wireless, or directly. The information terminal device 2 exchanges information with the management device 1 through the communication unit 23.

  The storage unit 22 is a storage unit such as a solid state drive or a hard disk drive, and stores various programs, data, and the like read by the CPU of the control unit 21.

  The operation unit 24 includes operation buttons such as operation buttons for giving various instructions, a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like. The operation unit 24 receives an operation by a user and sends a signal corresponding to the operation content to the control unit 21.

  Further, when the information terminal device 2 is the above-described glasses-type wearable device, the operation unit 24 may be an operation button provided on the frame, and the line of sight of the administrator wearing the information terminal device 2 You may have the structure which detects a direction. The operation unit 24 may accept an administrator's operation corresponding to the detected direction.

  Various configurations for detecting the direction of the line of sight are conceivable. For example, a configuration including an imaging unit that images an eyeball and an analysis unit that analyzes the captured image of the eyeball and estimates the above-described direction is included. Can be mentioned. The information terminal device 2 is not limited to the eyeglass type, and may be a wearable device that is used by being attached to an arm, a leg, a torso, or the like.

  The display unit 25 has a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and displays an image under the control of the control unit 21. A transparent touch panel of the operation unit 24 may be disposed on the display screen.

  When the information terminal device 2 is the above-described glasses-type wearable device, the display unit 25 may be a transmissive display provided on the lens. According to the display unit 25, for example, an image instructed to be displayed by the control unit 21 is displayed so as to be superimposed on a landscape that enters the manager's field of view.

  The display unit 25 may include a sound emitting device such as a speaker or an earphone that emits sound under the control of the control unit 21 in addition to or in addition to the display screen. In short, the display unit 25 only needs to have a configuration (notification unit) that reports information under the control of the control unit 21.

  The camera 26 is an imaging unit including an optical system such as a lens, a reflecting mirror, and a prism, and a solid-state imaging device such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary) image sensor. An image of the object is captured and image data indicating an image in which the object is captured is generated.

  When the information terminal device 2 is, for example, the wearable device described above, the camera 26 captures an image in a state of being attached to the body of the administrator who carries it.

  The positioning unit 27 is a device or the like that measures the position of itself (information terminal device 2). For example, the positioning unit 27 receives navigation signals from a plurality of navigation satellites based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Has a receiver etc. The positioning unit 27 may include a processor that measures (calculates) the position of the information terminal device 2 based on the received navigation signal. Further, the control unit 21 may measure the position of the information terminal device 2 using a plurality of navigation signals received by the positioning unit 27.

  Note that the means by which the positioning unit 27 measures the position is not limited to GNSS. For example, the positioning unit 27 receives a beacon (radio beacon) transmitted from a beacon transmitter installed at a predetermined location, and extracts information on a position included in the beacon, whereby the information terminal device 2 May be measured. For this exchange of beacons, for example, infrared rays or near field communication may be used.

<Functional configuration of management device>
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the management apparatus 1. The control unit 11 of the management device 1 functions as the acquisition unit 111, the recognition unit 112, the collation unit 113, the identification unit 114, and the notification unit 115 by reading and executing the program stored in the storage unit 12. In FIG. 8, the configurations of the communication line 3, the communication unit 13, and the information terminal device 2 are omitted.

  The acquisition unit 111 acquires an image from the information terminal device 2 carried by the manager of the parking lot. In this image, the administrator images a car entering the parking lot, a car parked in any parking space of the parking lot, and a car entering from the parking lot.

  The recognizing unit 112 recognizes feature information indicating the above-described vehicle features included in the image from the image acquired by the acquiring unit 111. The feature information that the recognition unit 112 recognizes from the image includes, for example, a character string indicating a number (vehicle number) described on a license plate of the car, a vehicle type, a color, an accessory part of the vehicle specified from the appearance of the vehicle, Specifications are listed.

  The recognition unit 112 may recognize the feature information when the acquisition unit 111 acquires an image. In addition, when the recognition unit 112 receives an operation by the administrator, the recognition unit 112 may recognize the entrance characteristic information from the images acquired so far. The operation by the administrator is received by the information terminal device 2 and may be received by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 via the communication unit 13 or may be received by the operation unit provided in the management device 1. Good.

  In order for the recognition unit 112 to recognize vehicle features from an image, for example, BREF (Binary Robust Independent Elementary Features), FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test), ORB (Oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF), SIFT (Scale-invariant feature) Algorithms such as algorithms such as transform), SURF (Speed-Upped Robust Feature), and HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradient) are used.

  When the acquired image is an image of “a car entering the parking lot”, the recognition unit 112 recognizes the above-described characteristic information at the time of entrance for this car, and stores it together with the entrance time when this car entered the parking lot. Stored in the DB 121 when the unit 12 enters. Then, the recognizing unit 112 delivers the recognized feature information at the time of entry to the collating unit 113.

  When the acquired image is an image of “a car parked in any parking space of the parking lot”, the recognition unit 112 recognizes the above-described parking characteristic information about the car, and parks the car parked. It stores in the parking time DB 123 of the storage unit 12 in association with the parking space ID of the space. Then, the recognizing unit 112 passes the recognized feature information at the time of parking to the collating unit 113.

  When recognizing the parking feature information, the recognizing unit 112 refers to the entry DB 121 to identify the entry feature information corresponding to the recognized parking feature information, and the correspondence between the two feature information. The relationship may be stored in the parking DB 123, the entry DB 121, or another database stored in the storage unit 12.

  When the acquired image is an image of “a car participating from the parking lot”, the recognition unit 112 recognizes the feature information of the vehicle (referred to as feature information at the time of participation), and the recognized feature information at the time of participation, Deliver to the verification unit 113.

  The collation unit 113 receives the feature information at the time of entry, the feature information at the time of parking, and the feature information at the time of entry recognized by the recognition unit 112, the received feature information, and the registered vehicle feature information stored in the registered vehicle DB 124 Are compared to determine whether or not they match each other beyond a threshold value. When it is determined that the feature information received as a result of the comparison matches any registered vehicle feature information, the collation unit 113 instructs the notification unit 115 to notify the fact.

  Upon receipt of the entry feature information recognized by the recognition unit 112, the matching unit 113 searches the entry DB 121 for the entry feature information that matches the entry feature information and associates it with the found entry feature information. The admission time is passed to the identification unit 114.

  When receiving the admission time from the collation unit 113, the specifying unit 114 calculates a parking time that is an elapsed time from the admission time to the current time (that is, the admission time of this car that enters the parking lot). And the specific | specification part 114 specifies the charge corresponding to the parking time division to which this parking time belongs as a parking charge of this vehicle with reference to the charge table 122. The identification unit 114 transmits the identified parking fee to the notification unit 115 and instructs the information terminal device 2 to notify the notification.

  The identification unit 114 may identify the parking fee by calculating the parking time when receiving an operation by the administrator. The operation by the administrator is received by the information terminal device 2 and may be received by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 via the communication unit 13 or may be received by the operation unit provided in the management device 1. Good.

  When the controller 11 detects that the parking fee for the vehicle indicated by the entry feature information recognized by the recognition unit 112 has been communicated to the notification unit 115 and then the settlement regarding the parking fee has been completed. In addition, the above-mentioned vehicle feature information (entrance feature information and parking feature information) stored in the entry DB 121 and parking DB 123, and information associated with each of them (entry time and parking space ID) And delete each.

  The notification unit 115 notifies the information terminal device 2 of the above-described content instructed from the collation unit 113 and the above-described content instructed from the specifying unit 114.

<Operation of parking management system>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of the management device 1 in the parking lot management system 9. When the control unit 11 of the management device 1 acquires an image captured by the camera 26 of the information terminal device 2 from the information terminal device 2 carried by the administrator (step S101), the characteristics of the vehicle included in the image are displayed. The feature information to be shown (entrance feature information, parking feature information, and entry feature information) is recognized (step S102).

  The control unit 11 collates the vehicle feature information recognized in step S102 with the registered vehicle feature information stored in the registered vehicle DB 124 (step S103), and determines whether or not the vehicle indicated by the feature information is a registered vehicle. (Step S104).

  When determining that the vehicle indicated by the feature information is a registered vehicle (step S104; YES), the control unit 11 notifies the information terminal device 2 to that effect (step S105).

  On the other hand, when determining that the vehicle indicated by the feature information is not a registered vehicle (step S104; NO), the control unit 11 advances the process to step S106.

  The control unit 11 determines whether or not the recognized feature information is feature information at the time of participation (step S106). When it is determined that the recognized feature information is the feature information at the time of participation (step S106; YES), the control unit 11 specifies the parking fee of the car whose feature information at the time of participation is recognized (step S107), and has been specified. The parking fee is notified to the information terminal device 2 (step S108).

  And if the control part 11 detects that the payment regarding the notified parking fee was completed, for example, the feature information of the car which paid the parking fee and the information associated with the feature information from the storage unit 12 It deletes (step S109), and a process is complete | finished.

  On the other hand, when determining that the recognized feature information is not the feature information at the time of participation (step S106; NO), the control unit 11 stores the recognized feature information in the storage unit 12 (step S110).

  At this time, when the recognized feature information is the feature information at the time of entrance, the control unit 11 stores this in association with the entrance time described above.

  At this time, when the recognized feature information is the feature information at the time of parking, the control unit 11 stores this in association with the parking space ID described above.

  By the above operation, for example, in a temporary parking lot, it is possible to collect a fee according to the parking time without installing a permanent device.

<Modification>
The above is the description of the embodiment, but the contents of this embodiment can be modified as follows. Further, the following modifications may be combined.

<Modification 1>
In the above-described embodiment, when the acquisition unit 111 acquires an image obtained by imaging a car to be parked, the recognition unit 112 recognizes the parking characteristic information about the car, and the parking space ID of the parking space in which the car is parked. However, the control unit 11 may notify the parking space corresponding to the designated vehicle.

  For example, the management device 1 receives the specification of the feature information of the vehicle from the information terminal device 2, collates the feature information with the feature information at the time of parking stored in the parking time DB 123, and matches the specified feature information. You may identify parking space ID matched with the characteristic information at the time of parking, and notify the parking space ID to the information terminal device 2. That is, the control unit 11 may notify the information terminal device 2 of the identification information of the parking space in which the vehicle having the characteristics indicated by the feature information of the vehicle that has received the designation is parked.

  According to this configuration, for example, even if the user forgets the place where his / her car is parked, if the feature information such as the car number (car number) and the car type is transmitted to the administrator, the administrator By inputting such feature information to the information terminal device 2, it is possible to know in which parking space a vehicle having the feature indicated by the feature information is parked.

<Modification 2>
Programs executed by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 and the control unit 21 of the information terminal device 2 are a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic tape and a magnetic disk, an optical recording medium such as an optical disc, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Or the like, stored in a computer-readable recording medium. These programs may be downloaded via a communication line such as the Internet. Various devices other than the CPU may be applied as the control means exemplified by the control unit 11 and the control unit 21 described above. For example, a dedicated processor or the like is used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Management apparatus, 11 ... Control part, 111 ... Acquisition part, 112 ... Recognition part, 113 ... Collation part, 114 ... Identification part, 115 ... Notification part, 12 ... Memory | storage part, 121 ... Admission DB, 122 ... Price list , 123 ... DB at parking, 124 ... Registered car DB, 13 ... Communication unit, 2 ... Information terminal device, 21 ... Control unit, 22 ... Storage unit, 23 ... Communication unit, 24 ... Operation unit, 25 ... Display unit, 26 ... Camera, 27 ... Positioning unit, 3 ... Communication line, 9 ... Parking lot management system.

Claims (8)

  At the time of entry recognized from the image taken of the car entering the parking lot, storing the feature information at the time of entry recognized from the image taken of the car entering the parking lot with the camera carried by the administrator in the storage device A parking lot management system that identifies a parking fee for the vehicle based on an elapsed time from the entry time when the feature information matches the stored feature information at the time of entry.   The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein when the operation by the manager is accepted, the entrance characteristic information is recognized.   The parking lot management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the parking fee is specified when an operation by an administrator is accepted.   The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the manager is notified when the vehicle indicated by the entrance characteristic information recognized from the image is a registered vehicle.   The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the manager is notified when the vehicle indicated by the entry feature information recognized from the image is a registered vehicle.   Parking feature information recognized from an image of a car parked in the parking space of the parking lot by a camera carried by the administrator is stored in the storage device together with the identification information of the parking space, and the feature information at the time of entry is The parking feature information and the parking space identification information corresponding to the parking feature information are deleted from the storage device when the parking feature information matches the parking feature information. Parking lot management system as described in.   The parking feature information recognized from the image obtained by imaging the car parked in the parking space of the parking lot by the camera carried by the administrator is stored in the storage device together with the identification information of the parking space, and corresponds to the designated car. The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a parking space to be notified is notified.   The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the camera captures the image in a state of being attached to a body of the administrator who carries the camera.

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