JP2020009319A - Control method of parking gate, computer, and program by license plate - Google Patents

Abstract

To solve the problems in which: in a case of a gate type parking lot, it is very troublesome that a customer needs to stretch his hand from a vehicle to insert cash, a parking ticket or a service ticket to a fare adjustment machine at the retrieving gate; there is a risk forgetting or losing the parking ticket or the service ticket; and in a case of a coin parking where there is a space for a monthly user and a space for a user paying by the hour, since it is not possible to determine whether a monthly user or a user paying by the hour during storing, a parking ticket is issued even for the monthly user and the parking ticket has to be inserted into the fare adjustment machine during retrieving.SOLUTION: A control method of a parking gate comprises the steps of: photographing and analyzing a license plate of a customer's vehicle by a computing system when storing the vehicle to a gate type parking lot; retrieving credit card data corresponding thereto; and performing settlement of parking fare without cash and a card, control of gate opening/closing, and providing a service for each customer on the basis of the obtained credit card data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking gate control method using a license plate, a computer, and a program.

  There are two types of coin parking: gate type and lock type. In the gate system, a gate with an opening / closing bar is installed at the entrance of a parking lot, a parking ticket is issued at the time of entry, and a customer inserts the parking ticket into the checkout machine at the time of exit, thereby performing settlement. If payment is correctly made, the gate opens and you can leave the warehouse. On the other hand, in the lock system, a flap plate is installed in each parking space, and when parking is performed, the flap plate rises and the car is locked. In the case of the lock system, the customer inputs a number indicating the parking position to the checkout machine and performs the checkout. If the payment is correctly made, the flap board is lowered and the car can be left.

  In the case of the gate method, by taking a license plate at the entrance gate, associating the parking ticket with the license plate, and photographing the license plate again at the exit gate, if the license plate is associated with the cleared parking ticket Some can be controlled to open the exit gate.

  Also, if there is a store affiliated with parking, or if the parking is a dedicated parking at a shopping center, a service ticket will be issued by shopping at the store, and the service ticket will be inserted into the checkout machine to reduce the parking fee. You can get free or discount service. In addition, a coin parking often has a parking space for a monthly user and a time rental user in the same parking space.

  However, in the case of the gate-type parking, the customer needs to reach out to the checkout machine at the exit gate from the inside of the car and insert cash, a parking ticket or a service ticket, which is very troublesome. Also, when issuing a parking ticket, items that are troublesome for the customer, such as forgetting to put out a parking ticket at the store and returning to the store to get a service ticket, forgetting to get the parking ticket in the car and returning to get it, Many. There is also a risk of losing a parking ticket or service ticket.

  In addition, in a coin parking where a space for a monthly user and a time rental user is provided, it is not possible to determine whether or not the user is a monthly user at the time of entry, so even a monthly user issues a parking ticket, It must be inserted into the checkout machine when leaving the warehouse. Essentially, monthly users should not have to pay a parking ticket or the like, and only need to freely enter and leave the contracted parking space. In order to solve such inconvenience, there is a thought that parking with a lock system that does not require a parking ticket may be considered, but in the case of the lock system, the larger the size of the parking space, the more the flap plate is installed. The number increases, and the introduction cost and the maintenance cost are increased as compared with the gate method.

  In addition, from the viewpoint of the parking provider, it is not possible to grasp the customer, and therefore, services are provided for each customer at the time of parking use or after use (for example, voice greetings and benefits are provided at the time of parking for each customer). Can not do.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to use a computing system to photograph and analyze a license plate of a visitor vehicle when entering a gated parking lot, and to analyze corresponding credit card data. , And based on the credit card data associated with the license plate, payment of cash and cardless parking fees, gate opening / closing control, and service provision for each customer. In this document, the credit card also includes other payment means such as a prepaid card and a debit card.

One aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a parking gate by a license plate of a visitor vehicle, wherein the method includes:
A first computer that analyzes the image of the license plate taken at the exit gate and obtains a vehicle number of the visitor vehicle;
The first computer is a step of acquiring, based on the acquired vehicle number, entry data relating to entry of the visitor vehicle, wherein the entry data includes at least a second vehicle number and entry date and time, The second vehicle number is obtained by analyzing a second image of the license plate photographed at the entrance gate; and
When determining that the calculation of the parking fee of the visitor vehicle is to be executed, the first computer calculates the parking fee based at least on the acquired storage data;
A step in which the first computer transmits a gate opening instruction for the delivery gate to a second computer;
When determining that the parking fee is generated, the first computer creates payment data based at least on the parking fee;
Transmitting the created payment data to a computer of a credit card company.

Also, the method comprises:
The first computer acquiring credit card data based on the acquired vehicle number or the acquired second vehicle number;
The first computer acquiring customer-specific data based on the acquired vehicle number or the acquired second vehicle number and / or the acquired credit card data, Customer-specific data is data relating to at least one of the customer's individual, store visit history, and preferences;
Transmitting the acquired customer-specific data to a third computer in order to provide the service for each customer.

The first computer receiving from a POS system purchase data on purchase of a product using a credit card;
Calculating a parking fee based on the received purchase data, wherein the first computer calculates a parking fee based on the received purchase data. The step is further based on the calculated discount rate.

  Further, in the method, the case where it is determined that the calculation of the parking fee is not to be performed is a case where it is determined that the customer related to the visitor vehicle is a monthly user.

Another aspect of the present invention is a computer that controls a parking gate by a license plate of a visitor vehicle, wherein the computer includes:
Analyze the image of the license plate taken at the exit gate, obtain the vehicle number of the visitor vehicle,
On the basis of the obtained vehicle number, to obtain the warehousing data relating to the warehousing of the visitor vehicle, the warehousing data includes at least a second vehicle number and the warehousing date and time, the second vehicle number, at the entrance gate Analyzing and acquiring a second image of the license plate taken;
When it is determined that the calculation of the parking fee of the visitor vehicle is to be executed, the parking fee is calculated based on at least the acquired entry data,
Transmitting a gate opening instruction to the exit gate to the second computer,
When it is determined that the parking fee is generated, at least based on the parking fee, payment data is created,
The created payment data is transmitted to a computer of a credit card company.

  Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a computer program for causing a computer to execute the method.

  According to the present invention, a license plate of a visitor's vehicle is photographed and analyzed at the time of entering a gated parking system by using a computing system, corresponding credit card data is searched, and credit card data associated with the license plate is retrieved. Based on this, it is possible to perform payment of cash and cardless parking fees, control gate opening and closing, and provide services for each customer. Further, in the present invention, it is not necessary to issue a parking ticket and a service ticket.

It is a figure showing the whole system composition concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the example of composition of the gate control server concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows storage and purchase processing concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the dispatch process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing data stored in a credit card data storage unit according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the data stored in the storage data storage part concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing data stored in purchase data storage concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing data stored in the settlement data storage part concerning one embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a gate control server 100 includes an NP photographing camera 101 before an entrance gate, an entrance gate opening / closing bar 102, a POS system 103, an NP photographing camera 104 before an exit gate, and an exit gate via a network 110 (for example, an intranet). It is configured to communicate with the open / close bar 105. The gate control server 100 is configured to communicate with the card company server 106 via the network 111 (for example, the Internet). Although FIG. 1 illustrates the gate control server 100 as one server computer, the gate control server 100 may be configured as a distributed computing system including a plurality of server computers.

  The gate control server 100 is a main server computer in the present invention, and is installed in a coin parking lot or a shopping center which is a member shop of a credit card. The gate control server 100 may be a cloud computer, and in this case, communicates with another computer via the network 111 (Internet). The function of the gate control server 100 will be described later.

  The NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate and the NP photographing camera 104 before the exit gate are camera devices for detecting the entry of a visitor vehicle to the front of each gate and photographing a license plate. Note that NP is an abbreviation for “license plate”.

  The entrance gate opening / closing bar 102 and the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 are opening / closing bars installed at the entrance of the gate type parking. The entrance gate opening / closing bar 102 and the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 may include a voice output device and a display device for greeting or the like. Further, the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 may include a payment machine for paying a parking fee and the like, and an input / output device for selecting a credit card to be used.

  The POS system 103 is a so-called POS (point of sale) cash register installed in each store, and includes a CPU, a memory, an input / output device, and a display device. The POS system 103 is connected to a barcode reader for reading a barcode of a product or the like, a card reader for reading a credit card, and a receipt printer by wire or wirelessly.

  The card company server 106 is a server computer managed by a credit card company. The card company server 106 executes a payment process based on the payment data received from the gate control server 100.

  Next, the configuration of the gate control server 100 in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the gate control server 100. 2, the gate control server 100 includes a CPU 110, a RAM 111, an input device 112, an output device 113, a communication control device 114, and a storage device 116, which are interconnected via a system bus 115. The storage device 116 is configured by a non-volatile storage medium (ROM, HDD, or the like), and stores a program storage area storing a software program related to the processing of the present invention and a data storage area storing data handled by the software program. Have. Each of the processing units 120 to 124 in the program storage area is realized by an independent software program, its routine and components, and stored in the storage device 116. Each of the processing units 120 to 124 realizes each function while appropriately accessing a database or the like by being called from the storage device 116 by the CPU 110 and being developed in the work area of the RAM 111 when the program is executed.

  FIG. 2 illustrates an NP analysis processing unit 120, a customer search processing unit 121, a purchase processing unit 122, a gate control processing unit 123, and a settlement processing unit 124 as the processing units 120 to 124. The functions of these processing units 120 to 124 will be described later.

  The data storage area in the storage device 116 in FIG. 2 includes a credit card data storage unit 130, a storage data storage unit 131, a purchase data storage unit 132, and a payment data storage unit 133.

  Next, data (FIGS. 5 to 8) stored in each of the storage units 130 to 133 of the storage device 116 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the credit card data d500. The credit card data d500 is data relating to a credit card of a customer who has contracted with a credit card company, and is stored in the credit card data storage unit 130.

  The credit card data d500 includes a “card number” d501 uniquely indicating the credit card, a “card name” d502 indicating the name of the contracted customer, an “expiration date” d503 indicating the expiration date of the credit card, and “Expiration date” d504, “registered vehicle number 1” d505 to “registered vehicle number 3” d507 indicating a vehicle number registered in advance in association with a card number, and the like can be stored. The details will be described below.

  Credit card data d500 is master data created by a credit card company when a customer and a credit card company make a credit card contract. “Registered vehicle number 1” d505 to “registered vehicle number 3” d507 are vehicle numbers associated with a credit card, and are registered in advance by an application from a customer. The registration and change of the vehicle number to be linked can be performed by the customer himself / herself accessing a dedicated application via a customer terminal (not shown) such as a mobile phone. Although FIG. 5 shows that up to three vehicle numbers can be registered for one credit card, the number of registrations can be increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing data items.

  Next, the incoming data d600 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the incoming data d600. The entry data d600 is data relating to the entry of the visitor vehicle into the entry gate, that is, entry into the warehouse, and is stored in the entry data storage unit 131.

  The entry data d600 includes a “vehicle number” d601 indicating the vehicle number of the incoming customer vehicle, a “entry date and time” d602 indicating the entry date and time, and a “related card number” d603 indicating the credit card number associated with the entry number. Can be stored. The details will be described below.

  The entrance data d600 is transaction data created by the gate control server 100 after the license plate of the visitor vehicle is photographed by the NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate installed at the entrance gate. The “vehicle number” d601 stores a vehicle number acquired by the gate control server 100 analyzing a license plate image captured by the NP capturing camera 101 before the entrance gate. The “storage date and time” d602 stores, for example, the system date and time of the gate control server 100 when the license plate image is received from the NP photographing camera 101 before the storage gate. The “related card number” d603 stores a credit card number associated with the “vehicle number” d601 that is a vehicle number, and is associated with the “card number” d501 in the credit card data d500.

  Next, the purchase data d700 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating purchase data d700. The purchase data d700 is data relating to the purchase when a customer purchases a product using a credit card, and is stored in the purchase data storage unit 132.

  The purchase data d700 includes a “store ID” d701 that uniquely indicates the store where the product was purchased, a “purchase date” d702 that indicates the date and time when the product was purchased, a “purchase amount” d703 that indicates the price of the purchased product, and a product purchase. A “use card number” d704 that uniquely indicates the credit card that has been used can be stored. The details will be described below.

  The purchase data d700 is transaction data created by the POS system 103 when purchasing a product. The “purchase amount” d703 is the total price of purchased products when a plurality of products are purchased under the same accounting. The credit card number stored in the “use card number” d704 is linked to the “card number” d501 in the credit card data d500.

  Next, the settlement data d800 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the payment data d800. The payment data d800 is data related to the payment of a product purchased using a credit card, and is stored in the payment data storage unit 133.

  The payment data d800 includes a “usage card number” d801 uniquely indicating the used credit card, a “membership store ID” d802 uniquely indicating the member store using the credit card, and a “usage” indicating the date of use of the credit card. A “day” d803 and a “usage amount” d804 indicating the amount used by the credit card can be stored. The details will be described below.

  The payment data d800 is transaction data created by the gate control server 100 or the POS system 103 after purchasing a product using a credit card. The settlement data d800 of the purchased product is created based on the purchase data d700. More specifically, the “use card number” d801 is “use card number” d704, the “member store ID” d802 is “store ID” d701, and the “use date” d803 is “date and time of purchase” d702. The “purchase amount” d703 is stored in the day portion and the “usage amount” d804, respectively. The “member store ID” d802 is an identifier that uniquely indicates the member store of the credit card in the system of the credit card company (for example, the card company server 106). Therefore, when an identifier unique to a member store is used as the “store ID” d701 (for example, when a chain store as a member uses an identifier that uniquely indicates each branch), a conversion table (not shown) is used. , The identifier of the member store corresponding to the “store ID” d701 is acquired and stored in the “member ID” d802. According to the present invention, the parking fee can be settled with a credit card. In this case, a parking fee settlement record (FIG. 8) is provided separately from the purchase merchandise settlement record (the first record in FIG. 8). The second record is created. In this case, an identifier of a payee of a parking fee, such as a parking management company, is stored in the “member store ID” d802.

  Next, the storage and purchase process of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the data of FIGS. This process starts when a visitor vehicle comes to a parking entrance gate, and a license plate is photographed by the NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate, and the license plate is analyzed and linked with a credit card. In addition, when there is a store affiliated with parking, or when the parking is dedicated parking of a shopping center, the purchase and settlement processing of the purchased product is also executed.

  First, the NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate detects the entrance of the visitor vehicle to the entrance gate and photographs the license plate (step 300), and transmits the photographed license plate image to the gate control server 100 (step 301). ). Note that, in addition to the license plate, the NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate captures an image of the visiting vehicle, and transmits the vehicle image to the gate control server 100 to analyze the vehicle image and specify the vehicle type and the vehicle color. Thus, by matching the license plate, the vehicle type and the vehicle color with stolen vehicle data (not shown) registered in advance, it is also possible to detect a stolen vehicle and notify the police.

  When receiving the license plate image transmitted from the NP photographing camera 101 before the entrance gate (Step 302), the NP analysis processing unit 120 of the gate control server 100 analyzes the license plate image (Step 303). The analysis of the license plate image is performed by a general AI image analysis technique, and thus, the vehicle number can be obtained.

  Next, the customer search processing unit 121 of the gate control server 100 searches the credit card data storage unit 130 using the vehicle number obtained in step 303 as a search key, and obtains credit card data d500 (step 304). More specifically, “registered vehicle number 1” d505 to “registered vehicle number 3” d507 in credit card data d500 are searched using the vehicle number as a search key, and a record that matches any of the data items is obtained. Note that a plurality of credit cards can be registered for one vehicle, and in this case, a plurality of records are acquired.

  Next, the NP analysis processing unit 120 creates the incoming data d600 (Step 305) and stores it in the incoming data storage unit 131 (Step 306). More specifically, the “vehicle number” d601 in the entry data d600 is the vehicle number acquired in step 303, the “entry date and time” d602 is the system date and time of the gate control server 100, and the “related card number” d603 is the step number. The “card number” d501 acquired in 304 is stored. Further, as described above, when a plurality of records are acquired in the acquisition of the credit card data d500 in step 304, the incoming data d600 is updated with the “card number” d501 of the acquired records. In this case, in order to store a plurality of credit card numbers, not only the “card number” d501 but also a plurality of data items such as “card number 2”, “card number 3”. Keep it.

  In another embodiment, a customer master (not shown) is searched based on the vehicle number acquired in step 303, the “card number” d501 acquired in step 304, and the customer is Is determined, and if the user is a monthly user, that fact can be registered in the warehoused data d600. Thereby, the exit gate can be opened without calculating the parking fee at the time of departure (the monthly parking fee is separately settled based on the credit card data d500).

  Next, based on the vehicle number obtained in step 303, the “card number” d501 obtained in step 304, the customer search processing unit 121 generates customer-specific data (not shown) described in detail below. It is acquired and transmitted to the entrance gate opening / closing bar 102 (step 307). The customer-specific data is, for example, data relating to a customer, such as a customer name, and data relating to visit history and customer preferences. Further, it may be audio data created based on customer-specific data. Thereby, the entrance gate opening / closing bar 102 can provide services for each customer. The service provision for each customer referred to here is, for example, a voice output such as “Thank you for coming, thank you for your use,” based on the customer name and visit history data.

  Next, the purchase and settlement processing of the purchased product will be described (steps 308 to 314). If there is a store affiliated with parking, or if the parking is a dedicated parking at a shopping center, the use of each store will allow you to receive a parking fee free or discount service. The conventional way of receiving the service is, for example, receiving a service ticket by presenting a parking ticket at the time of accounting for purchased goods at a store, inserting a parking ticket and a service ticket into a checkout machine, and receiving a parking fee free or discount service. It is a shape. In the present invention, since the payment of the purchased merchandise is performed by the credit card associated with the license plate of the visitor vehicle, the parking ticket or the service ticket itself is unnecessary.

  Returning to the description of the processing, the clerk of the store where the customer intends to purchase the commodity inputs the purchase data d700 via the POS system 103 (step 308). More specifically, a purchased product and a quantity are selected from a product list displayed on the POS system 103 based on a product master (not shown), or a bar code for product identification attached to each product is displayed as a POS. The product to be purchased is selected by reading with a barcode reader connected to the system 103. When the user selects a purchased product and presses an “account” button displayed on the POS system 103, the prices of the purchased products are totaled, a consumption tax is calculated, and the total price + the consumption tax is stored in the “purchased amount” d703. . In addition, by reading a credit card used for product purchase by a card reader connected to the POS system 103, the card number of the read credit card is stored in the “use card number” d704. Further, the “store ID” d701 stores the identification number of the store registered in the POS system 103 in advance, and the “purchase date” d702 stores the system date and time of the POS system 103 when the “account” button is pressed. The input purchase data d700 is transmitted to the gate control server 100 by the POS system 103 (step 309).

  In addition, as soon as the POS system 103 reads the credit card, the POS system 103 can transmit the card number of the read credit card to the gate control server 100 and request acquisition of the customer-specific data described above. Upon receiving the request, the gate control server 100 searches for the warehousing data (FIG. 6) based on the received card number, and converts the customer-specific data based on the acquired vehicle number, the received card number, and the like. Obtain and transmit to the POS system 103. Thus, the clerk can check the customer-specific data displayed on the POS system 103 and provide a service for each customer (for example, recommended products based on customer preferences, birthday benefits based on customer data, etc.). Introduction).

  When the “Account” button is pressed, receipt data (not shown) is created based on the purchase data d700, and a receipt can be issued from a receipt printer connected to the POS system 103. Alternatively, receipt data can be transmitted to a customer terminal (not shown). Thereby, the customer can browse the receipt data via the mail or the dedicated application.

  Upon receiving the purchase data d700 transmitted from the POS system 103 (step 310), the purchase processing unit 122 of the gate control server 100 stores it in the purchase data storage unit 132 (step 311).

  Next, the payment processing unit 124 of the gate control server 100 creates payment data d800 based on the purchase data d700 received in step 310 (step 312), and stores it in the payment data storage unit 133 (step 313). . The payment data d800 created here is data for payment of purchased merchandise (the first record in FIG. 8). More specifically, as described above, the “use card number” d801 is the “use card number” d704, and the “member store ID” d802 is the “store ID” d701 or a member store corresponding to the “store ID” d701. The “use date” d803 stores the date of the “purchase date” d702, and the “use amount” d804 stores the “purchase amount” d703. The created payment data d800 is transmitted to the card company server 106 by the payment processing unit 124 (Step 314). After step 314, this process ends, but thereafter, the credit card payment process based on the payment data d800 is executed by the card company server 106. The payment data d800 may be created by the POS system 103 and transmitted to the card company server 106. In addition, since the credit card company can be specified by the first six digits of the credit card number “usage card number” d801, the destination of the settlement data d800 is determined by the “usage card number” d801, and an appropriate credit card The settlement data d800 can be transmitted to the card company server 106 of the company.

  Next, the retrieval processing of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the data of FIGS. This process starts when a visitor vehicle comes to a parking exit gate, a license plate is photographed by the NP photographing camera 104 before the exit gate, the license plate is analyzed, a parking fee is calculated, and the exit gate is opened. Things. When a parking fee has been charged, a parking fee settlement process is also executed.

  First, the NP photographing camera 104 before the exit gate detects the entrance of the visitor vehicle to the exit gate and photographs the license plate (Step 400), and transmits the photographed license plate image to the gate control server 100 (Step 401). ).

  Upon receiving the license plate image transmitted from the pre-exit-gate NP photographing camera 104 (step 402), the NP analysis processing unit 120 of the gate control server 100 analyzes the license plate image (step 403). Steps 400 to 403 are the same as steps 300 to 303 in FIG.

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 of the gate control server 100 searches the entry data storage unit 131 using the vehicle number acquired by the analysis in step 403 as a search key, and acquires entry data d600 (step 404).

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 searches the purchase data storage unit 132 using the “related card number” d603 obtained in step 404 as a search key, and obtains the purchase data d700 (step 405). More specifically, a record in which the “use card number” d704 in the purchase data d700 matches the “related card number” d603 and the “purchase date / time” d702 is after the “entry date / time” d602 is acquired. When a plurality of stores are used, purchase data d700 of a plurality of records is obtained. When there are a plurality of credit cards associated with the vehicle number, all the purchase data d700 associated with the plurality of credit cards are acquired. If the store is not used at all after the storage, the record of the purchase data d700 is naturally not obtained.

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 calculates a discount fee for the parking fee (step 406). Customers can receive free parking or discount services by using each store. Therefore, the gate control processing unit 123 determines the use status of each store based on the purchase data d700 acquired in step 405, and calculates a discount rate. More specifically, for example, the gate control processing unit 123 calculates the total amount of the “purchase amount” d703 of the purchase data d700 acquired in step 405, searches a discount charge master (not shown), A discount fee corresponding to the purchase price is acquired (for example, a purchase price of 1000 yen or more is free for one hour).

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 calculates a parking fee for the visiting vehicle (step 407). More specifically, for example, the parking time of the visiting vehicle is calculated from the difference between the “entry date and time” d602 acquired in step 404 and the system date and time of the gate control server 100, and a parking fee master (not shown) is calculated. A search is performed to acquire a parking fee corresponding to the parking time (for example, 500 yen for one hour of parking time). At this time, the discount charge calculated in step 406 is considered. For example, when the discount fee is 1000 yen, the final parking fee is a fee obtained by subtracting the discount fee 1000 yen from the calculated parking fee. If the parking time is free for one hour, a parking fee master is searched for as a final parking time by subtracting one hour from the calculated parking time, and a corresponding parking fee is acquired. As described above, when the fact that the customer is a monthly user is registered in the incoming data d600 or the like acquired in step 404, it is not necessary to execute the calculation of the parking fee in step 407. Hereinafter, the “parking fee calculated in step 407” refers to a parking fee in consideration of the discount fee calculated in step 406.

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 transmits a gate opening instruction to the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 (Step 408). The gate opening instruction is an instruction to open the exit gate opening / closing bar 105. Since the parking fee is settled by a credit card associated with the license plate, the gate opening instruction is transmitted regardless of the parking fee. At this time, data such as the parking fee is also transmitted to the exit gate opening / closing bar 105. Is done. As a result, it is possible to notify the customer (such as a parking fee, a discount fee, or the fact that the user is a monthly user) via the provided audio output device or display device. However, in another embodiment, an instruction to open the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 may be transmitted on condition that the parking fee is paid. In this case, the exit gate opening / closing bar 105 can be controlled so as to open the gate when the parking fee is paid by the provided adjusting machine. Further, when a plurality of credit cards are associated with the visitor vehicle, the customer can select which credit card to settle the parking fee through the provided input / output device.

  Next, the gate control processing unit 123 determines whether a parking fee is charged for the visitor vehicle (step 409). More specifically, as described above, it is determined whether or not the parking fee calculated in step 407 is greater than 0 yen in consideration of the discount fee calculated in step 406. If the parking fee is not generated due to the discount service or the like, the process proceeds to the No route of step 409, and this processing ends.

  On the other hand, if a parking fee is required, the process proceeds to the Yes route of step 409, and the settlement processing unit 124 creates the settlement data d800 based on the incoming data d600 and the like acquired in step 404 (step 410), and It is stored in the storage unit 133 (step 411). Note that the payment data d800 created here is data for parking fee payment (the second record in FIG. 8). More specifically, the “usage card number” d 801 is the “related card number” d 603, the “member store ID” d 802 is the identifier of the payee of the parking fee such as a parking operating company, and the “usage date” d 803 is The parking fee calculated in step 407 is stored in the date portion of “entry date and time” d602 and the “usage amount” d804, respectively. The created payment data d800 is transmitted to the card company server 106 by the payment processing unit 124 (Step 412). After step 412, the process ends.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the license plate associated with the license plate is searched by using the computing system to photograph and analyze the license plate of the customer's vehicle when entering the gated parking lot, search for the corresponding credit card data. Based on the card data, it is possible to perform cash and cardless parking fee settlement, gate opening / closing control, and provide services for each customer.

Claims (6)

A method of controlling a parking gate by a license plate of a visitor vehicle, wherein the method includes:
A first computer that analyzes the image of the license plate taken at the exit gate and obtains a vehicle number of the visitor vehicle;
The first computer is a step of acquiring, based on the acquired vehicle number, entry data relating to entry of the visitor vehicle, wherein the entry data includes at least a second vehicle number and entry date and time, The second vehicle number is obtained by analyzing a second image of the license plate photographed at the entrance gate; and
When determining that the calculation of the parking fee of the visitor vehicle is to be executed, the first computer calculates the parking fee based at least on the acquired storage data;
A step in which the first computer transmits a gate opening instruction for the delivery gate to a second computer;
When determining that the parking fee is generated, the first computer creates payment data based at least on the parking fee;
The first computer sending the created payment data to a credit card company computer. The first computer acquiring credit card data based on the acquired vehicle number or the acquired second vehicle number;
The first computer acquiring customer-specific data based on the acquired vehicle number or the acquired second vehicle number and / or the acquired credit card data, Customer-specific data is data relating to at least one of the customer's individual, store visit history, and preferences;
Transmitting said acquired customer-specific data to a third computer for providing said per-customer service. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: The first computer receiving from a POS system purchase data on purchase of a product using a credit card;
Calculating a parking fee based on the received purchase data, wherein the first computer calculates a parking fee based on the received purchase data. The method of claim 1, wherein steps are further based on the calculated discount rate.   3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determination that the calculation of the parking fee is not performed is a case where it is determined that the customer associated with the visitor vehicle is a monthly user. 4. A computer that controls a parking gate by a license plate of a visitor vehicle, wherein the computer includes:
Analyze the image of the license plate taken at the exit gate, obtain the vehicle number of the visitor vehicle,
On the basis of the obtained vehicle number, to obtain the warehousing data relating to the warehousing of the visitor vehicle, the warehousing data includes at least a second vehicle number and the warehousing date and time, the second vehicle number, at the entrance gate Analyzing and acquiring a second image of the license plate taken;
When it is determined that the calculation of the parking fee of the visitor vehicle is to be executed, the parking fee is calculated based on at least the acquired entry data,
Transmitting a gate opening instruction to the exit gate to the second computer,
When it is determined that the parking fee is generated, at least based on the parking fee, payment data is created,
A computer configured to transmit the created payment data to a computer of a credit card company.   A computer program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 1.

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