JP2020119301A - Portable communication terminal, computer program, and parking lot management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to check the time, at which parking is initiated, even away from a parking lot where no parking ticket is issued.SOLUTION: A portable communication terminal is caused to execute a bar code reading procedure capable of optically reading a bar code, a vehicle number inputting procedure capable of inputting a vehicle number, a user request data transmitting procedure of using the bar code and vehicle number to create request data requesting that the time at which parking is initiated should be reported, and transmitting the request data to a data center, a consistent data receiving procedure of receiving data which is consistent with the request data, and a consistent data outputting procedure of outputting the vehicle number and parking initiation time corresponding to the consistent data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

The present invention relates to an information communication technology capable of confirming a time when parking is started in a parking lot where a parking ticket is not issued, even if the parking lot is away from the parking lot.

The most typical example of the hourly parking lot is that the parking ticket is received at the entrance of the parking lot, the parking ticket is presented at the time of leaving, and the difference between the time when the car is parked and the time when the car is parked is used as the parking time. It is to settle the charges. Equipped with a checkout machine and blocking means (for example, lock plate and breaker) for unmanned operation, the blocking means works when the vehicle enters the passenger compartment of the parking lot, and the blocking means is released when the payment is completed with the payment machine. It is possible to get out.

With the recent advances in image processing technology, the enhancement of communication infrastructure and cost reduction, the license plate is photographed by the camera installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and the photographed video and the photographing time are used to estimate the parking fee. There is also a parking lot that manages calculations and settlement procedures.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique capable of managing entry and exit of a parking compartment without a lock plate. Since parking tickets can be abolished in such a parking lot, there is also an advantage that a ticket issuing machine is not required and maintenance such as supplement of paper used for the ticket issuing machine is not required.

A more specific description will be given with reference to FIG. First, the parking lot user (driver of the vehicle) stores the vehicle in the vacant vehicle compartment in the parking lot (a). Subsequently, dedicated cameras installed near the entrance of the parking lot and the front and rear of the passenger compartment capture the vehicle number. The photographed image is digitized by OCR processing and transmitted to a data center together with time data by a time stamp (b). When the parking lot user inputs his/her vehicle number into the advance settlement machine, the data center executes the collation work, calculates the parking fee based on the time data, and prompts the settlement (c).

For example, in Patent Literature 2 and Patent Literature 3, in order to deal with the problem that the fee cannot be charged when recognition of the license plate fails, in a device for identifying a user (vehicle driver) of a parking lot, Techniques for improving user identification accuracy are disclosed.

JP, 2008-163536, A Japanese Patent No. 5846565 JP, 2018-129047, A

If you use a parking lot that captures a license plate with a camera installed at the entrance and uses the captured video and the captured time to calculate parking fees and manage settlement procedures, the problem shown in Figure 2 occurs. there were.
Suppose you leave the parking lot and are doing business near the parking lot. For example, when shopping at a shopping center adjacent to a parking lot, since there is no parking ticket, it may be difficult to know when the vehicle is parked (FIGS. 2A and 2B).

In addition, as a service for parking lot users, a commercial facility near the parking lot makes the parking fee free or discounts for the consumption behavior of the parking lot user over a predetermined amount. Then, the parking lot user who has received such a service wants to know what time, and how many minutes will be free (FIG. 2B).

In addition, at the time of payment, it may be uncertain whether or not the parking charge to be charged is appropriate because the entry time cannot be confirmed (Fig. 2(c)).

Although the technologies disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 all contribute to the convenience of a parking lot management operator, they cannot eliminate the anxiety of parking lot users as described above.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique capable of confirming the time when parking is started in a parking lot where a parking ticket is not issued even if the parking lot is away from the parking lot.

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, a first invention relating to a mobile communication terminal, a second invention relating to an application program operating on the mobile communication terminal relating to the first invention, and a third invention relating to a parking lot management system. An invention is provided.

(First invention)
A first invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for knowing a parking start time by communicating with a data center executing various data management in a parking lot.
A barcode reading means capable of optically reading a barcode,
Vehicle number input means capable of inputting a vehicle number relating to a parked vehicle,
The bar code data read by the bar code reading means and the vehicle number input via the vehicle number input means are used to create request data for informing the time when parking is started, and the data is generated. User request data transmission means to be transmitted to the center,
Corresponding data receiving means for receiving the corresponding data when the data center receiving the request data extracts and transmits the corresponding data corresponding to the request data,
Corresponding data output means for outputting the vehicle number and parking start time in the received corresponding data,
(See FIGS. 3, 4 and 7).

(Glossary)
"Mobile communication terminal" refers to a user in a parking lot. So-called smartphones are mainly used, but 3G generation shell type mobile phones are also included if they can read barcodes. It also includes tablet devices.
The "bar code" is mainly a two-dimensional bar code and a QR code (registered trademark), but does not exclude a one-dimensional bar code. This barcode is displayed in a place where a parking lot user who uses the parking lot moves or stays, for example, in a commercial facility adjacent to the parking lot.

The "vehicle number" is a four-digit number on the license plate. It may include the name of the transportation branch office, the vehicle classification number, and the usage symbol of "Awa".
The "vehicle number input means" is a ten-key pad, a keyboard including a ten-key pad, or a ten-key pad using virtual buttons using a touch panel of a liquid crystal screen.
The “corresponding data output means” is mainly means for appealing to the visual sense of the user of the settlement machine such as a liquid crystal panel, but also includes auxiliary means such as a speaker.

(Action)
The barcode reading means optically reads the barcode based on the operation of the parking lot user. Then, based on the operation of the parking lot user, the vehicle number of the parked vehicle is input from the vehicle number input means.
Request data requesting that the user request data transmitting means informs the time when parking is started by the bar code data read by the bar code reading means and the vehicle number input through the vehicle number input means. Create and send to the data center. When the data center that receives the request data extracts and sends the corresponding data corresponding to the request data, the corresponding data receiving means receives the corresponding data. Then, the corresponding data output means outputs the vehicle number and the parking start time in the received corresponding data. The parking lot user can confirm the parking start time without paying with the checkout machine.

(Variation 1 of the first invention)
The first invention may be formed as follows.
That is, a position data acquisition unit for acquiring position data of the mobile communication terminal is provided,
The user request data transmitting means includes the position data acquired by the position data acquiring means in the request data (see FIG. 8).

(Glossary)
"Position data" is data acquired using GPS. That is, as the "position data acquisition means", the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has a built-in IC chip capable of using GPS.

(Action)
The position data acquisition unit acquires the position data of the mobile communication terminal, and the position data is included in the request data and transmitted by the user request data transmission unit. This is because by using the position data, it is possible to respond such as not responding to inappropriate request data.

(Variation 2 of the first invention)
The first invention may be formed as follows.
That is, when there is a plurality of relevant data received by the relevant data receiving means,
The corresponding data output means outputs the license plate data in the plurality of received corresponding data, and makes it possible to select one of the plurality of license plate data.
The said applicable data output means shall output the vehicle number and parking start time which concern on one selected license plate data (refer FIG. 6).

(Action)
When a plurality of vehicles having the same four-digit number used as the vehicle number are parked in the parking lot to be managed, there are a plurality of “corresponding data”, and the corresponding data receiving unit is The corresponding data of is received.
The corresponding data output means outputs the license plate data in the plurality of received corresponding data. Then, one of the plurality of license plate data is selected by the owner (parking lot user) of the mobile communication terminal.
The corresponding data output means outputs the vehicle number and the parking start time relating to the selected corresponding data.

(Variation 3 of the first invention)
The first invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the barcode reading means also reads the barcode related to payment,
A payment means for processing payment based on the read barcode and creating payment amount data based on the processing;
The user request data transmission means may also transmit the payment amount data to the data center (see FIG. 9).

(Glossary)
The “payment-related barcode” is a barcode that can be processed by the electronic payment function when the mobile communication terminal has the electronic payment function. The electronic payment function is to follow the procedure of reading the two-dimensional bar code that indicates the price of the product or service for which payment is to be made, and the intention to pay, by reading it.

(Action)
The barcode reading means also reads the barcode relating to the payment, processes the payment based on the read barcode, and the settlement means creates settlement amount data based on the processing. The user request data transmitting means also transmits the payment amount data to the data center.

(Second invention)
A second invention is an application program installed and used in the mobile communication terminal according to the first invention, in which a parking start time is set by communicating with a data center executing various data management in a parking lot. It relates to a computer program for controlling a mobile communication terminal for knowing.
That is, a barcode reading procedure capable of optically reading a barcode,
Vehicle number input procedure that can input the vehicle number related to the parked vehicle,
The bar code data read by the bar code reading procedure and the vehicle number input via the vehicle number input means are used to create request data for informing the time when parking is started, and the data is generated. User request data transmission procedure to be sent to the center,
A corresponding data receiving procedure for receiving the corresponding data when the data center receiving the request data extracts and transmits the corresponding data corresponding to the request data,
A corresponding data output procedure for outputting the vehicle number and parking start time in the received corresponding data,
Is a computer program that causes a mobile communication terminal to execute (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 7).

(Variation 1 of the second invention)
A second invention includes a position data acquisition procedure for acquiring position data of the mobile communication terminal,
In the user request data transmission procedure, the position data acquired in the position data acquisition procedure may be included in the request data (see FIG. 8).

(Variation 2 of the second invention)
The second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, in the case where there are a plurality of relevant data received by the relevant data receiving means,
Including multiple license plate output procedure to output license plate data in multiple received corresponding data,
In the corresponding data output procedure described above, the vehicle number and the parking start time relating to one license plate data selected from the plurality of license plate data output in the multiple license plate output procedure may be output. Good (see Figure 6).

(Variation 3 of the second invention)
The second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the payment barcode reading procedure that also reads the barcode related to payment,
A payment procedure for processing payment based on the barcode read by the payment barcode reading procedure and creating payment amount data based on the processing;
The user request data transmission procedure may also transmit the payment amount data to the data center (see FIG. 9).

(Variation 4 of the second invention)
The second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, a receipt image reading procedure for reading an image of a receipt relating to payment,
And an OCR processing procedure for specifying the payment amount from the image read by the receipt image reading procedure,
In the user request data transmission procedure, the payment amount may be transmitted to the data center (see FIG. 10).

(Variation 5 of the second invention)
The second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, in the corresponding data output procedure, the alarm setting procedure for the alarm to be activated when the predetermined time comes,
The mobile communication terminal is also made to execute the alarm output procedure of outputting an alarm when the time set in the alarm setting procedure comes (see FIG. 11).

It is also possible to transmit from the computer storing the computer program according to the second invention to another terminal means through a communication line.
Further, the computer program according to the second invention can be stored in a recording medium and provided. Here, the "recording medium" is a medium that can carry a program that cannot occupy space by itself. For example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD-R, a DVD-RW, a flash memory and the like.

(Third invention)
A third invention relates to a parking lot management system which is a sub-combination with the mobile communication terminal according to the first invention.
The parking lot management system is installed in a parking lot, and has a settlement machine that allows parking lot users to settle parking fees, and a data center that manages data by executing data communication with the settlement machine. Prepare
The settlement machine, a vehicle number reading means for reading the vehicle number of the vehicle to be parked as number data,
A time stamp that adds time data to the number data and becomes receipt data,
Storage data transmission means for transmitting the storage data to the data center.
The data center includes a storage data receiving unit that receives the storage data,
A parking management database that manages the received warehousing data for each parking lot,
User request data receiving means for receiving user request data including data specifying a parking lot and data specifying a vehicle from a communication terminal related to a parking lot user,
A corresponding data transmitting unit that extracts parking data based on the user request data from the parking management database and transmits the parking data to the communication terminal as relevant data including a vehicle number and a parking start time (see FIG. 4). ).

(Action)
The vehicle number reading means reads the vehicle number of the vehicle to be parked as number data. To the number data, the time stamp is added with the time data to make the receipt data. Then, the warehousing data transmission means transmits the warehousing data to the data center. In the data center, the warehousing data is received by the warehousing data receiving means, and the received warehousing data is accumulated and managed in the parking management database for each parking lot.
A parking lot user wants to know when to park his/her vehicle, and reads a two-dimensional barcode identifying the parking lot with a mobile communication terminal associated with the parking lot user. Then, the user request data receiving means receives the user request data including the data (vehicle number) for specifying the vehicle. Then, the parking data based on the user request data is extracted from the parking management database. The extracted relevant data includes the vehicle number and the parking start time, and the relevant data transmitting means transmits it to the mobile communication terminal. The parking lot user can know when to park his vehicle.

(Variation 1 of the third invention)
The third invention is more preferably formed as follows.
That is, the user request data receiving means also receives the position data of the communication terminal related to the parking lot user,
The corresponding data transmitting means does not transmit the corresponding data when the position data is out of the predetermined range (see FIG. 8).

(Action)
The user request data receiving means also receives the position data of the communication terminal related to the parking lot user, and the data transmitting means does not transmit the corresponding data when the position data is out of the predetermined range. By doing so, we will not respond to inappropriate request data.

(Variation 2 of the third invention)
The third invention can also be formed as follows.
That is, the user request data receiving means also receives the payment amount data obtained by the communication terminal related to the parking lot user,
Further comprising a parking fee calculation means for calculating a parking fee using the settlement amount data,
The applicable data transmitting means includes the parking charge calculated by the parking charge calculating means in the applicable data (see FIGS. 9 and 10).

(Action)
The user request data receiving means also receives the payment amount data obtained by the communication terminal for the parking lot user, and the parking charge calculating means calculates the parking charge using the payment amount data. Then, the relevant data transmitting means includes the parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating means in the relevant data.
The parking lot user can also know the current parking fee in addition to when the parking lot user parked his vehicle.

(Variation 2 of the third invention)
The third invention can also be formed as follows.
That is, the corresponding data transmission means may include data regarding a pay product or pay service that can substantially reduce the parking charge calculated by the parking charge calculation means (see FIG. 12 ).

"Substantially reduced" in "paid products or services that can substantially reduce the parking fee" means that the parking fee is reduced by Y yen, and the current fee or free parking is also available. The purpose is to extend the time and to give so-called points of economic value.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal that enables confirmation of the time when parking is started in a parking lot that does not issue a parking ticket even if the parking lot is far from the parking lot.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an application program for a mobile communication terminal that enables confirmation of the time when parking is started in a parking lot that does not issue a parking ticket even if the parking lot is far from the parking lot. ..
According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal that allows confirmation of the time when parking is started in a parking lot where a parking ticket is not issued, even if the parking lot is away from the parking lot.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the warehousing procedure to the parking lot which does not issue a parking ticket. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the fault of a prior art. It is a figure which shows the transition of the terminal screen as 1st embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram showing a first embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows a second embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows the transition of the terminal screen as 2nd embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a third embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram for showing a fourth embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a sixth embodiment. It is the thing which showed notionally the timer function which concerns on 7th embodiment. It is an example of a screen displaying recommended products according to the eighth embodiment. It is a conceptual illustration of an automatic correction algorithm when inputting a vehicle number.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the drawings and embodiments. The drawings used individually are FIGS. 1 to 13. 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, solid line arrows indicate serial communication, and two-dot broken line arrows indicate wireless communication. 1 and 2 have already been used to explain the background art and its problems, but they are also used in the description of the present invention. It should be noted that the design of the smartphone screen and the like are examples, and the design may be changed.

(Fig. 1)
As a premise of the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that a parking lot user stores a physical parking ticket in a parking lot that is not issued at the time of storage (FIG. 1A). Subsequently, dedicated cameras installed near the entrance of the parking lot and in the front and rear of the passenger compartment capture the vehicle number. The photographed image is digitized by OCR processing and transmitted to a data center together with time data by a time stamp (b). When the parking lot user inputs his/her vehicle number into the advance settlement machine, the data center executes the collation work, calculates the parking fee based on the time data, and prompts the settlement (c).

(Fig. 2)
As a premise of the embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot user leaves the parking lot after entering the parking lot. FIG. 2A shows that the shop has moved to a shopping center adjacent to the parking lot. In this state, if the parking lot user does not remember when he/she entered the parking lot, he/she would not know and would be anxious (b). Further, even if the warehousing time is not remembered at the time of payment, it becomes uncertain whether the payment is appropriate (c).

In the following embodiments, in order to eliminate the anxiety of the parking lot user as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, the parking lot is used in an area where the parking lot user is supposed to visit, Attach a large number of 2D barcodes.
The two-dimensional bar code serves as data for identifying one parking lot in a data center that manages a plurality of parking lots.

(Figure 3)
FIG. 3 shows an outline of the first embodiment.
In FIG. 3A, a parking lot user who does not know when he/she enters the parking lot finds the two-dimensional barcode displayed in the shopping center. Read with the barcode reading function of your own smartphone (when you start the dedicated application, the barcode reading function starts first and instructs the parking lot user to read the two-dimensional barcode).

In FIG. 3B, the user is instructed (from the dedicated application) to input the 4-digit vehicle number of the parked car. Input a 4-digit number with an input means such as a numeric keypad, and press the send button (a button for searching the warehousing time may be used). The data center identifies the parking lot with the data of the two-dimensional bar code, reads the data such as the entry time from the vehicle number, and returns it.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the reply content from the data center is displayed on the screen of the smartphone. Since the warehousing time is displayed there, the parking lot user can know when the vehicle is parked.

(Fig. 4)
In FIG. 4, regarding the first embodiment outlined in FIG. 3, what kind of information is exchanged in facilities such as a parking lot pre-adjustment machine, a data center, and a smartphone related to a parking lot user is shown. Show.

First, the vehicle number reading means (camera) photographs the vehicle number of a vehicle that has entered the parking lot. Then, the photographed image data is digitized by the OCR processing means. On the other hand, the time taken by the camera is associated with the warehousing time data with a time stamp. Then, the digitized vehicle number is transmitted to the data center as the warehousing data together with the data specifying the warehousing time and the parking lot.

In the data center, the warehousing data receiving means receives the warehousing data and stores it in the parking lot management database. The parking lot management database stores data for each managed parking lot (A parking lot, B parking lot, C parking lot in FIG. 4).

Two-dimensional barcodes that are different for each parking lot are attached around the parking lot. When the parking lot user wants to know the entry time of his/her vehicle, he/she reads the two-dimensional barcode by the barcode reading means of the smartphone.
On the other hand, the vehicle number is input by the vehicle number input means. Then, the user request data transmitting means transmits the request data including the parking lot specifying data and the vehicle number to the data center.

The request data is received by the user request data receiving means of the data center. Then, the relevant data extraction means extracts the storage data that matches the request data from the parking lot management database. The relevant data transmitting means transmits the retrieved relevant data to the smartphone.
In the smartphone, the corresponding data is received by the corresponding data receiving means and is output via the corresponding data output means.

(Fig. 5)
In FIG. 5, a second embodiment is shown as a flowchart. The difference from the first embodiment is that a plurality of relevant data exist in the data center in the vehicle number according to the request data.

A parking lot user finds a two-dimensional barcode and activates a dedicated application (arrival time confirmation application) on his or her smartphone. Then, first, the barcode reader is activated (S1). The parking lot user operates the smartphone to read the two-dimensional barcode (S2).
Next, a screen for entering the vehicle number is activated along with an instruction to enter the vehicle number (S3). According to the instruction, the parking lot user operates the smartphone and inputs his/her vehicle number of 4 digits. When the input is completed, the request data is created by combining it with the parking lot specifying data specified by the two-dimensional bar code, and the request data is transmitted to the data center (S4).

After that, since the corresponding data is transmitted from the data center, it is received (S5). Even if multiple relevant data are found in the data center, the multiple relevant data will be returned to the smartphone. When there are a plurality of relevant data, the entire plurality of vehicle plates are displayed on the screen of the smartphone (S6, S7).
The parking lot user selects his or her own vehicle plate from the displayed plurality of vehicle plates (S8). When selecting from a plurality of vehicle plates or when there is no need for selection, the vehicle plate and the storage time are output to the screen of the smartphone (S9).

Although not shown in the flowchart, if the corresponding data does not exist, it is considered that there is an input error by the parking lot user, so “The specified vehicle number cannot be found. Please re-enter the vehicle number. Please try again.” A screen such as “Please.” is output to the smartphone to prompt you to re-enter.

(Figure 6)
FIG. 6A illustrates S6, S7, and S8 in FIG. 6C and 6D illustrate S9 in FIG.
Note that FIG. 6B is an example in which the storage time is displayed for each of the two vehicles. Selection by the parking lot user can be omitted.

(Figure 7)
FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is as follows. That is, when the barcode reading means reads the barcode, it is transmitted to the data center, and when the vehicle number input means inputs the vehicle number, it is transmitted. Instead, the data center prepares it as request data and returns the corresponding data.

Although the number of times communication is performed between the smartphone and the data center increases, this embodiment can also meet the desire of the parking lot user to know the entry time. The parking lot user can know the warehousing time without downloading the dedicated application.

(Figure 8)
FIG. 8 shows a fourth embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is that the smartphone is required to acquire position data so that it does not respond to a request from a parking lot user who is not within a predetermined range from the parking lot to know the entry time. , Is. It is intended to improve security by not responding to irrelevant or unnecessary requests.

It may be that the parking lot user does not activate the application shown in FIG. 3 unless “acquisition of position data” is turned on in the privacy setting of the smartphone.
Even if "acquisition of position data" is turned on, the acquired position data may not be updated for some reason. In order to deal with such a case, it is assumed that “Reacquisition (update) of position data and then transmit request data again” is output to the screen of the smartphone.

According to this embodiment, for example, when the vehicle is unloaded or the parking lot is separated by a predetermined distance or longer, the entry time confirmation by the present system cannot be executed.

(Figure 9)
FIG. 9 shows a fifth embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is that when a parking lot discount service is applied to a parking lot user who spends money at a commercial facility or the like affiliated with the parking lot, the service contents are stored. This is the point reflected in the time confirmation application.

In the fifth embodiment, it is premised that the smartphone has a barcode settlement function.
At a shopping register in a shopping center, a two-dimensional barcode for shopping is read by a barcode reading means. Then, when the payment is performed by the payment means, the user request data transmission means also transmits the payment amount data to the data center.
In the data center, the parking fee calculation means calculates the parking fee at that time from the payment amount data, and returns it to the smartphone as the parking fee together with the corresponding data.

As a corresponding data output means of the smartphone, the parking fee at the present time is displayed on the liquid crystal screen in addition to the entry time. In the example shown in the figure, the user is shopping for 1,500 yen (excluding tax), so it is assumed that a service that the parking fee is free for one hour from the time of entering the warehouse is being executed. There is.

(Figure 10)
FIG. 10 shows a sixth embodiment.
The difference from the fifth embodiment is that even if the smartphone does not have a bar code settlement function, a service with a discounted parking fee can be reflected.

A parking lot user photographs a receipt for shopping with a camera. Then, the OCR processing means extracts the payment amount from the image data of the receipt and adds it as the payment amount data to the user request data. In the data center, the parking fee calculation means calculates the parking fee using the payment amount data, and returns the parking fee together with the corresponding data.

According to the fifth and sixth embodiments, it is possible to check the arriving time in a state where the cooperation service with the parking lot in the commercial facility is also reflected, and the convenience of the parking lot user is improved.

(Figure 11)
FIG. 11 conceptually shows the seventh embodiment.
In the sixth embodiment, the time until the parking charge is free is shown, but in this embodiment, the timer function until the time when the parking charge is free can be set.

When the user of the parking lot touches the button "alarm setting until free time" at the bottom of the screen of the smartphone, the number of minutes before the alarm sounds will be displayed so that it can be set. The parking lot user sets a desired time. In this figure, "15 minutes ago" is set. In other words, 15 minutes before 14:54 when the free time ends, that is, at 14:39, the alarm of his smartphone sounds.

In FIG. 11, the timer setting data is transmitted to the data center, the timer data receiving means in the data center receives the timer setting data, and the alarm data transmitting means outputs the alarm using the clock. This is because the parking lot user intends to collect data such as how to use the timer setting. That is, the timer setting data may not be transmitted to the data center, and may be completed by the clock function or alarm output means in the smartphone.

(Figure 12)
FIG. 12 shows the time until the parking charge is free in the sixth embodiment, but in this embodiment, it is recommended to additionally purchase in order to extend the time when the parking charge is free. The data regarding the product is also transmitted to the smartphone associated with the parking lot user.

The parking charge calculation means in the data center refers to the data in the product database of the shopping center, and extracts the product for which the parking charge is free and the data regarding the product (where the store sells, what name it is, etc.) .. Then, the recommended product data is transmitted to the smartphone of the parking lot user by the corresponding data transmitting means.

In addition, if the product database of the shopping center is prepared in advance as a “recommended product database” in the data center, data processing is rational.

At the bottom of the screen of the smartphone, it is displayed that the purchase of 500 yen or more, excluding tax, will bring an additional 30 minutes free parking fee. Then, when the user of the parking lot touches the button "See recommended products for shopping for 500 yen", products suitable for shopping for 500 yen or more are output to the screen of the smartphone.

(Figure 13)
FIG. 13 conceptually shows an algorithm for performing automatic correction when the vehicle number is input.
As shown in FIG. 13A, it is assumed that the vehicle number is “Adachi 500 Ho..5-60”. Some parking lot users input "0" instead of "." as shown in FIG. 13(b), and some parking lot users enter "5, 6" as shown in FIG. 13(c). , 0” and some parking lot users enter only three digits.

Therefore, in a dedicated application or the like pre-installed on the smartphone, if the first digit is "0", it is corrected as "." as shown in FIG. 13(d). ..
Similar processing is executed even when the vehicle number has only two digits or when it has only one digit.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in, for example, the operation of parking lots, the manufacturing industry of devices necessary for operating parking lots, the manufacturing industry of mobile communication terminals, and the software service industry that creates application programs used in mobile communication terminals. Have.

Claims (14)

A mobile communication terminal for knowing a parking start time by communicating with a data center that performs various data management in a parking lot,
A barcode reading means capable of optically reading a barcode,
Vehicle number input means capable of inputting a vehicle number relating to a parked vehicle,
The bar code data read by the bar code reading means and the vehicle number input via the vehicle number input means are used to create request data for informing the time when parking is started, and the data is generated. User request data transmission means to be transmitted to the center,
Corresponding data receiving means for receiving the corresponding data when the data center receiving the request data extracts and transmits the corresponding data corresponding to the request data,
Corresponding data output means for outputting the vehicle number and parking start time in the received corresponding data,
Mobile communication terminal equipped with. A position data acquisition unit for acquiring position data of the mobile communication terminal,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user request data transmitting unit includes the position data acquired by the position data acquiring unit in the request data. When there are a plurality of relevant data received by the relevant data receiving means,
The corresponding data output means outputs the license plate data in the plurality of received corresponding data, and enables selection of one of the plurality of license plate data,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding data output means outputs a vehicle number and a parking start time relating to one selected license plate data. The barcode reading means also reads the barcode related to payment,
A payment means for processing payment based on the read barcode and creating payment amount data based on the processing;
The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user request data transmission means also transmits the payment amount data to the data center. An application program for controlling a mobile communication terminal for knowing a parking start time by communicating with a data center executing various data management in a parking lot,
Bar code reading procedure that can optically read bar codes,
Vehicle number input procedure that can input the vehicle number related to the parked vehicle,
The bar code data read by the bar code reading procedure and the vehicle number input via the vehicle number input means are used to create request data for informing the time when parking is started, and the data is generated. User request data transmission procedure to be sent to the center,
A corresponding data receiving procedure for receiving the corresponding data when the data center receiving the request data extracts and transmits the corresponding data corresponding to the request data,
A corresponding data output procedure for outputting the vehicle number and parking start time in the received corresponding data,
A computer program that causes a mobile communication terminal to execute. Including a position data acquisition procedure for acquiring position data of the mobile communication terminal,
The computer program according to claim 5, wherein in the user request data transmission procedure, the position data acquired in the position data acquisition procedure is included in the request data. When there are a plurality of relevant data received by the relevant data receiving means,
Including multiple license plate output procedure to output license plate data in multiple received corresponding data,
In the corresponding data output procedure, it is decided to output the vehicle number and the parking start time related to one license plate data selected from the plurality of license plate data output in the above-mentioned multiple license plate output procedure. The computer program according to claim 5 or 6. Payment barcode reading procedure, which also reads the payment barcode,
A payment procedure for processing payment based on the barcode read by the payment barcode reading procedure and creating payment amount data based on the processing;
The computer program according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein in the user request data transmission procedure, the payment amount data is also transmitted to the data center. Receipt image reading procedure to read the image of receipt related to payment,
And an OCR processing procedure for specifying the payment amount from the image read by the receipt image reading procedure,
The computer program according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein in the user request data transmission procedure, the payment amount is also transmitted to the data center. The corresponding data output procedure described above includes an alarm setting procedure for activating an alarm when a predetermined time comes,
10. The computer program according to claim 5, further comprising causing the mobile communication terminal to execute an alarm output procedure of outputting an alarm when the time set by the alarm setting procedure is reached. A payment machine installed in the parking lot to allow parking lot users to pay the parking fee,
A data center that manages data by executing data communication with the settlement machine,
A parking lot management system comprising:
The settlement machine, a vehicle number reading means for reading the vehicle number of the vehicle to be parked as number data,
A time stamp that adds time data to the number data and becomes receipt data,
Storage data transmission means for transmitting the storage data to the data center,
The data center includes a storage data receiving unit that receives the storage data,
A parking management database that manages the received warehousing data for each parking lot,
A user request data receiving means for receiving user request data including data for specifying a parking lot and data for specifying a vehicle from a mobile communication terminal related to a parking lot user;
Corresponding data transmitting means for extracting parking data based on the user request data from the parking management database, and transmitting to the mobile communication terminal as relevant data including a vehicle number and a parking start time,
Parking management system with. The user request data receiving means also receives the position data of the communication terminal related to the parking lot user,
The parking lot management system according to claim 11, wherein the corresponding data transmitting means does not transmit the corresponding data when the position data is out of a predetermined range. The user request data receiving means also receives the payment amount data obtained by the communication terminal related to the parking lot user,
Further comprising a parking fee calculation means for calculating a parking fee using the settlement amount data,
13. The parking lot management system according to claim 11, wherein the corresponding data transmitting means includes the parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating means in the corresponding data. 14. The relevant data transmission means includes data relating to a pay product or pay service capable of substantially reducing the parking charge calculated by the parking charge calculation means, according to any one of claims 11 to 13. Parking management system described in.

Images