JP2020149379A - Parking management device and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technology capable of reasonably making parking lot reservations and operation planning.SOLUTION: A parking management device includes: reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including a vehicle number of a vehicle wishing to reserve a parking compartment; reservation confirmation system that confirms reservation contents based on the reservation data; a reservation database that stores reservation confirmation data with confirmed reservation details; gate means for limiting the progress of the vehicle entering the reserved vehicle area and lifting the limitation; an ETC receiver that acquires an ETC-ID from an ETC in-vehicle unit of the vehicle heading to the reserved vehicle area; and authentication means for authenticating with the reservation database whether or not the vehicle number associated with the acquired ETC-ID matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information and communication technology for facilitating reservation reception, reservation execution, and navigation of a reserved vehicle to a parking lot of a parking lot, for example, a parking lot in a parking area.

Due to the increase in ETC-compatible toll gates, the activation of motivation for users through ETC discounts, and the subsidy system for purchasing ETC on-board units, the majority of vehicles are equipped with ETC on-board units.
As a scene where such an ETC function can be effectively utilized, there is a case where it is used for parking lot reservation and facilitation of warehousing in the parking lot.

For example, in Patent Document 1, in a vehicle equipped with an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) in-vehicle device, WCN (wireless call number) acquisition is executed by DSRC communication provided at the parking lot entrance gate to facilitate smooth access to the parking lot. The technology that enables the warehousing is disclosed.

Unlike general vehicles owned by individual users, for business vehicles such as transportation vehicles that carry luggage (for example, trucks) and passenger vehicles that carry many passengers (for example, buses), an operation plan is created and the operation plan is made. Vehicle operation management is performed based on.
As a technique that can rationally execute vehicle operation management based on such an operation plan, Patent Document 2 discloses an operation support program, an operation support method, and an operation support device that can present an appropriate operation route.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-79557 JP-A-2017-151566

As mentioned above, in the transportation business using trucks and other transportation vehicles, and in the passenger business using passenger vehicles such as buses that carry a large number of passengers, for proper and rational management of drivers, I am making an operation plan. In addition to the operating distance and estimated time, the operation plan should include appropriate breaks.

Transportation vehicles require a larger parking space than ordinary passenger cars, and it is not low that a parking lot needs to be secured in advance. This is because if the driver finds a place where he / she can park and the break time is shortened, the driver's rest will be insufficient.
The necessity of securing a parking lot for operation planning and breaks is the same not only for transportation vehicles but also for passenger vehicles (buses) carrying passengers.

By the way, the highway network is provided with a service area for rest and sightseeing, and of course, a parking lot for drivers and passengers to park for rest and sightseeing is also provided. Reservation of parking lots in the service area is also rational for the transportation and passenger industries if realized.
However, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 cannot be introduced as it is as a parking lot reservation system for a service area linked to an operation plan.

The technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 mainly selects an appropriate route, and can also visualize the degree of congestion in a parking lot. However, it does not have a function such as reserving a parking lot.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique capable of rationally executing parking lot reservation and operation planning.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first and second inventions relating to the parking lot management device and the third invention relating to the application program operating as the parking lot reservation system are provided.

(First invention)
The first invention relates to a parking management device for storing a vehicle related to advance reservation of a parked parking lot into a reserved vehicle area where a reserved vehicle compartment is located in a parking lot.
That is, a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including a vehicle number of a vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from a communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
A reservation confirmation system that confirms the reservation contents based on the reservation data received by the reservation data receiving means,
A reservation database that stores reservation confirmation data whose reservation details have been confirmed via the reservation confirmation system,
Gate means to limit the progress of vehicles trying to enter the reserved vehicle area in the parking lot and to lift the restriction,
An ETC receiver that acquires an ETC-ID from the ETC on-board unit of a vehicle heading for the reserved vehicle area, and
An authentication means for authenticating whether or not the vehicle number associated with the ETC-ID acquired by the ETC receiving device matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data using the reservation database.
To be equipped.
In the above-mentioned authentication means, when the vehicle number associated with the ETC-ID and the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data match, the vehicle related to the reservation with respect to the gate means is the area for the reserved vehicle. It is operated to permit the goods to be stored in (see Fig. 2).

(Glossary)
In the embodiment described later, the "parking vehicle compartment" is described as being provided in the reserved parking area provided in the service area of the expressway. However, the present invention is not limited to the parking lot provided in the reserved parking area provided in the service area of the expressway, and can be adopted in a general parking lot.
The "vehicle" is described as a transportation vehicle (truck) in the first embodiment described later. However, the present invention is not limited to a transportation vehicle, and may be a passenger vehicle (bus) described in the next embodiment, a general passenger car, a taxi, or the like.
The "ETC-ID" is an identifier (ID) capable of identifying an individual of an ETC on-board unit. Refers to "vehicle-mounted device management number", "WCN", etc.

The "reservation data" is data that specifies the date and time, the parking lot, the vehicle to be parked, and the like for those who wish to reserve a parking car room. Whether or not you can make a reservation as you wish depends on whether or not there is a vacant cabin at the desired parking lot at the desired date and time, so when the reservation is confirmed by each reservation stop system, "reservation confirmation data"".
In some cases, the parking lot is not specified in the "reservation data", the departure place and destination are input as reservation data, the candidate parking lot is calculated by the reservation confirmation system, and the reservation confirmation data is used (Fig.). See 3).

(Action)
The reservation data receiving means receives the reservation data including the vehicle number of the vehicle for which the reservation of the parked vehicle room is desired. The reservation confirmation system confirms the reservation contents based on the received reservation data. The reservation confirmation data in which the reservation contents are confirmed is accumulated in the reservation database.
The ETC receiving device acquires the ETC-ID from the ETC on-board unit of the vehicle heading for the reserved vehicle area. The authentication means authenticates whether or not the vehicle number associated with the acquired ETC-ID matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data, using the reservation database. If they match, the gate means is activated to allow the reserved vehicle to enter the reserved vehicle area.

If the vehicle has been reserved for parking, it can be guided to the gate means by the ETC on-board unit and stored in the reserved vehicle area. Contributes to smooth warehousing on the front side of the parking lot. In addition, it is possible to give the driver a sense of security that the reservation has been completed.

(Second invention)
The second invention also relates to a parking management device for storing a vehicle related to advance reservation of a parked vehicle room into a reserved vehicle area where a reserved vehicle room is located in a parking lot. The difference from the first invention is that the vehicle number is photographed and used instead of the ETC-ID.
That is, a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including a vehicle number of a vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from a communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
A reservation confirmation system that confirms the reservation contents based on the reservation data received by the reservation data receiving means,
A reservation database that stores reservation confirmation data whose reservation details have been confirmed via the reservation confirmation system,
Gate means to limit the progress of vehicles trying to enter the reserved vehicle area in the parking lot and to lift the restriction,
A number camera that captures the vehicle number of the vehicle heading to the reserved vehicle area,
OCR processing means that digitizes the number image taken by the number camera and converts it into number data,
An authentication means that authenticates by using the reservation database whether or not the number data digitized by the OCR processing means matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation.
To be equipped.
When the authentication means authenticates that the number data matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation, the vehicle related to the reservation is stored in the reserved vehicle area for the gate means. (See FIG. 9).

(Action)
If the vehicle has been reserved for parking, the vehicle number can be photographed, OCR processing is performed, and the vehicle can be guided to the gate means and stored in the reserved vehicle area. Contributes to smooth warehousing on the front side of the parking lot. In addition, it is possible to give the driver a sense of security that the reservation has been completed.

(Variations of the first and second inventions)
The first and second inventions are preferably formed as follows.
That is, the above-mentioned reservation system has a parking management database that stores full vacancy data regarding parking lots that can be reserved.
When the reservation data does not include the data for specifying the parking lot, the parking candidate site is calculated from the parking management database using the departure place data, the destination data, etc. included in the reservation data. Parking candidate site calculation means and
A parking candidate site transmission means for transmitting the parking candidate site calculated by the parking candidate site calculation means to the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and a parking candidate site transmission means.
The correction / confirmation receiving means for receiving the parking candidate site selected by the communication terminal that received the parking candidate site transmitted by the parking candidate site transmitting means, and
With
The parking candidate site received by the above-mentioned correction / confirmation receiving means is used as the reservation confirmation data (see FIGS. 4, 5, 8 and 12).

(Glossary)
The "parking lot where reservation procedures are possible" is a parking lot managed by the reservation system, and does not mean a parking lot where reservations can be made when the reservation data from the communication terminal is received. In the "parking management database", full vacancy data is updated at a predetermined timing (for example, every time reservation confirmation data is created) or at a predetermined frequency (for example, every hour), and parking lots with vacant rooms (only). ) Is sent to the communication terminal related to the reservation procedure.

(Action)
Full vacancy data on parking lots that can be reserved is stored in the parking management database.
If the reservation data received from the communication terminal that wishes to make a reservation does not include data that identifies the parking lot, use the departure point data, destination data, etc. included in the reservation data to select a parking candidate site. Is calculated by the parking candidate site calculation means from the parking management database. The calculated parking candidate site is transmitted by the parking candidate site transmitting means to the communication terminal related to the reservation person.

When the selected parking candidate site is selected by the received communication terminal and transmitted, the correction / confirmation receiving means receives the selected parking candidate site. Then, the selected parking candidate site becomes a part of the reservation confirmation data.
As a person who intends to make a reservation, he / she will be presented with a candidate parking site, which facilitates the planning of an operation plan.

(Third invention)
A third invention relates to a computer program used for a parking management device for warehousing a vehicle related to advance reservation of a parked parking lot into a reserved vehicle area where a reserved vehicle compartment is located in a parking lot.
The computer program
The full-vacancy data storage procedure for accumulating full-vacancy data related to parking lots that can be reserved in the parking management database,
Reservation data reception procedure for receiving reservation data including the vehicle number of the vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
If the reservation data received in the reservation data reception procedure does not include data that identifies the parking lot, a parking candidate site is selected using the departure point data, destination data, etc. included in the reservation data. The parking candidate site calculation procedure calculated from the above parking management database and
A parking candidate site transmission procedure for transmitting the parking candidate site calculated by the parking candidate site calculation procedure to the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and a parking candidate site transmission procedure.
Is executed by the parking management device (see FIG. 6).

(Supplemental explanation)
The computer program according to the third invention is generally executed on the server via a web page provided by the server on the Internet.
The above-mentioned "parking management device" may be either the first invention or the second invention.

(Variation of the third invention)
The third invention is more preferably as follows.
That is, a computer program that causes the parking management device to execute a correction / confirmation reception procedure for receiving the parking candidate site selected by the communication terminal that has received the parking candidate site transmitted in the parking candidate site transmission procedure. (See FIGS. 3 and 5).

(Further variation of the variation of the third invention)
The variation in the third invention is more preferably as follows.
That is, in the above-mentioned correction / confirmation reception procedure, the desired time of use of the selected parking candidate site is also received (see FIG. 5).

The computer program according to the third invention can also be stored in a recording medium and provided.
Here, the "recording medium" is a medium capable of storing a program that cannot occupy space by itself. For example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a DVD-R, a flash memory, and the like.
It is also possible to transmit the program according to the present invention from the computer storing the program to another terminal through a communication line.

According to the first invention and the second invention, it was possible to provide a parking management device capable of reasonably executing parking lot reservation and operation planning.
According to the third invention, it was possible to provide a computer program capable of reasonably executing parking lot reservation and operation planning.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the state of reservation execution in the 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows until the reservation data in 1st Embodiment becomes reservation confirmation data. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen transition of the operation planning application software (for transportation) which saves labor for inputting reservation data. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the transition to the confirmation screen by the operation planning application software. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the reservation confirmation system. It is a block diagram which shows the embodiment which confirms whether or not a reserved vehicle is a bus and is a reserved vehicle by a vehicle number. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen transition of the operation planning application software (for a bus) which saves labor for inputting reservation data. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the state of reservation execution in the 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows variation 1 in 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows variation 2 in 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen transition of the drive planning application software which saves labor for inputting reservation data.

(Fig. 1)
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment. In FIG. 1, a block diagram of a parking lot operated by an expressway operator (installed in a so-called service area) is reserved in advance using a communication terminal related to a transportation company, and the parking lot is stored in the parking lot related to the reservation. It is shown by. The numbers in parentheses indicate the order in which information and signals come and go on each hardware. The solid line arrow indicates serial communication (wired communication), and the two-dot broken line arrow indicates wireless communication. However, serial communication or wired communication in the figure is an example, and varies depending on the installation location and environment.

The carrier (Y Transport Co., Ltd.) uses the communication terminal related to itself to transmit the vehicle number of the vehicle that may reserve and use the parking lot as registration data (1). It is premised that all vehicles that may reserve and use a parking lot are equipped with ETC on-board units.

The server related to the expressway operator receives the transmitted registration data. Then, access the data center that stores the correspondence table between the vehicle number included in the registration data and the individual identification data (ETC-ID) of the ETC on-board unit (2), and correspond to the vehicle number related to the registration data. The ETC-ID to be used is stored in the member database (3).

After the registration procedure is completed, the transportation company transmits the reservation data to the reservation confirmation system related to the expressway operator (4). Here, the reservation data includes the date and time when the parking lot is to be reserved, the vehicle number for specifying the vehicle planning to use the parking lot, the parking lot to be reserved, and the like.

The processing procedure in the reservation confirmation system will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 3.
When the reservation confirmation data is obtained through the reservation confirmation system, the reservation confirmation data is stored in the reservation database (5).

At the time of reservation execution, the vehicle related to the reservation heads for the parking lot related to the reservation (inside the parking area of the highway). The ETC receiving device provided on the front side of the parking lot receives the ETC-ID from the ETC on-board unit of the vehicle related to the reservation (6).

The ETC receiving device that has received the ETC-ID causes the authentication means to authenticate whether or not the ETC-ID is in the reservation confirmation data (7). In the authentication means, it is desirable to receive and store the reservation confirmation data in advance from the reservation database. This is because the authentication processing time is shortened.

When the authentication means authenticates that the ETC-ID received by the ETC receiving device and the ETC-ID related to the reservation confirmation data match and the reservation time also matches, a signal for opening the gate is transmitted to the gate. (8). As a result, the reserved vehicle can go to the reserved parking cab. A second monitor that provides information to the driver of the reserved vehicle is also provided according to the result of the authentication means (see FIG. 2).

(Fig. 2)
FIG. 2 illustrates the procedure performed at the time of making a reservation in the expressway parking area together with the equipment in the expressway parking area.
In this expressway parking area, a parking area for reserved vehicles (downward center in the figure) provided with a parking lot dedicated to reservation is provided separately from a general parking area (lower left direction in the figure).

The road leading to the parking area is branched into two, and the first monitor provided at the branch gives guidance to the effect that "reserved vehicles to the left and general vehicles to the right".
In the figure, in the vehicle A without reservation, the driver confirms this first monitor and selects a branch to the right.

The reserved vehicle B proceeds to the left on the above-mentioned branch. There is a further branch at the end of the branch, and there is a parking area for reserved vehicles on the left, but the branch is equipped with a gate. An ETC receiving device is provided in front of the gate.
When the reserved vehicle B passes near the ETC receiving device, the ETC receiving device receives the ETC-ID from the ETC on-board unit mounted on the reserved vehicle B. The authentication means authenticates whether or not the received ETC-ID matches the reservation confirmation data. If they match, the gate is opened and the reserved vehicle B is guided to enter the reserved vehicle parking area.

The vacant cabin number is output to the second monitor provided at the place where the branch to the reserved vehicle parking area is advanced. That is, although not shown, each vehicle compartment in the reserved vehicle parking area is provided with a parking sensor that can detect whether or not the vehicle is parked. Based on the information of the parking sensor, the vacant passenger compartment is displayed in the output to the second monitor. However, the "second monitor" described here is not an essential configuration requirement. It may not be provided to simplify the entire system.

When the vehicle C without reservation passes near the ETC receiving device, the gate does not open because the authentication means does not issue a signal to open the gate. Therefore, the vehicle C without reservation proceeds to the right from the branch toward the parking area for reserved vehicles and is guided to the general parking area.

A parking fee may be incurred for using the parking area for reserved vehicles. In that case, if it is possible to settle by the ETC system, it is not necessary to prepare a fee payment system (hardware, etc.) for this service.

In this illustrated example, a parking lot in a service area of an expressway is assumed, but in a general parking lot, for example, an area dedicated to reserved vehicles (VIP only) is provided, or a physically handicapped person is on board. It may be possible to secure a dedicated parking lot for the vehicle.

(Fig. 3)
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram for explaining the reservation confirmation system mainly.
As described in FIG. 1, registration data is transmitted from the communication terminal related to the transportation company Y. It is desirable to eliminate omissions and errors in the registration data by transmitting this registration data from a dedicated web page provided by the expressway operator.

After registration, the operation planning application software (abbreviated as "operation planning application" in the figure. Also abbreviated in the following text) from the server related to the expressway operator who grasped that the main body of registration is the carrier. You will be prompted to download. The operation planning application is prepared so that it can be downloaded for the transportation business and the bus business (see FIG. 7).
The above-mentioned "operation planning application" may be provided by another company other than the expressway operator, for example, a company that creates or provides an application program.

The transportation company Y downloads the operation planning application / transportation business and prepares it as a data transmission means for reservation. This operation planning application also functions as a parking candidate site receiving means and a correction / confirmation input means described later.
In this embodiment, the application has been described as a dedicated application, but in some cases, downloading is not required to realize the same function on a dedicated page on the Web.

The reservation data input by using the reservation data transmission means is different from the reservation data of FIG. The reservation data in FIG. 3 includes the operation date, the identification of the operating vehicle, the operation start location, the operation start time, the destination, etc., but does not specify the parking lot. This is because the reservation confirmation system presents candidate parking sites without specifying the parking lot.

When the reservation data is input and transmitted according to the operation planning application, the reservation data receiving means receives the data. Then, the parking candidate site calculation means extracts the parking candidate site suitable for the reservation data by using the map database or the parking management database that stores the map data. The extracted parking candidate site is transmitted to the communication terminal via the parking candidate site transmitting means, and is received by the parking candidate site receiving means at the communication terminal. The received parking candidate site, scheduled parking time, etc. are input via the correction / confirmation input means and transmitted. It receives a manifestation of intention to correct or confirm, and is stored in the reservation database as reservation confirmation data.

(Fig. 4)
FIG. 4 conceptually shows the relationship between the reservation data and the reservation confirmation system (simulating the screen of the communication terminal that has started the operation planning application / transportation business). The manager of the operation plan in the transportation company Y can reserve the parking lot of the expressway while making the operation plan.

As the bibliographic input data, the vehicle number for identifying the vehicle related to the reservation and the start or departure date and time (here, 5 o'clock on March 21, 2019) as the initial input data of the operation plan are input.
In addition, the departure place data (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) and its time, the loading place data (Suginami-ku, Tokyo) and its time, the destination data for unloading the luggage (Toyonaka-shi, Osaka) and its time can be obtained from the communication terminal. Enter and send to the server related to the highway operator.

When you send such data, you can find out where and what kind of break you should take on the route from the loading site to your destination, and what parking lot should be secured for that break. (The server running) will calculate it automatically. That is, the route to the destination is automatically calculated from the location and time of the loading place, the destination and the time, and the driving time zone and the rest time zone are calculated in the middle of the route. On the left side of FIG. 4, a schedule plan such as a 30-minute break from 10:00 and a 60-minute break that also serves as lunch is calculated from 12:00. Then, as for the rest area, as shown on the left side of FIG. 5, the candidate site where the parking lot can be secured is output.

(Fig. 5)
FIG. 5 shows a parking lot reservation screen on the left side and a reservation confirmation screen on the right side.
On the parking lot reservation screen, three parking areas that can be reserved are displayed in the parking area near Aichi Prefecture as the first resting place. In the parking area near Shiga prefecture as the next resting place, two parking areas that can be reserved are displayed. A check box is prepared, and the operator of the communication terminal (the manager of the operation plan at the transportation company Y) clicks the check box.

When clicked, the parking lot to be reserved and the reserved time are automatically calculated. As for the reserved time, 20 minutes before and after (9:40 to 10:50) are automatically calculated centering on 30 minutes (10: 00-10: 30) from 10 o'clock that you want to secure as a break time. This is because it incorporates the possibility of changing depending on traffic conditions and other factors.
As the manager of the operation plan at the transportation company Y, the parking candidate site can be presented, which facilitates the planning of the operation plan.

The automatically calculated time is displayed on the screen so that it can be changed by the operator of the communication terminal. After making the necessary changes to the reserved time zone, click the confirmation button at the bottom of the screen. Then, it is stored in the reservation database as reservation confirmation data.
If you want to change from the parking lot selection, click the "Go to previous screen" button to the right of the confirmation button.

(Fig. 6)
FIG. 6 shows how to calculate a parking candidate site centering on the parking candidate site calculation means in the reservation confirmation system.
The reservation data is the same as that used in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The server related to the expressway operator includes the above-mentioned member database and a road management database that stores data related to the management of the expressway. Then, the data accumulated in those databases is used by the parking candidate site calculation means in the schedule determination system.
For example, in the member database, in addition to the attribute data when registering as a member for each registered entity (Company X, Company Y, Company Z, ...), past data such as reservation confirmation data so far is accumulated. , Used as needed.

In addition, in the road management database, various data are stored in various databases such as a traffic jam database, a calendar database, and a construction database. For example, the calendar database stores various schedule data such as the date and time of an event that is likely to be related to the congestion status of the expressway. Past traffic jam data is accumulated in the traffic jam database. Various data stored in the road management database are also used for the calculation in the parking candidate site calculation means.

In the parking lot management database, full vacancy information on parking lots managed by the expressway operator is accumulated for each parking lot and updated in a timely manner. By using the vacancy data from the parking lot management database, the calculation calculation in the parking lot candidate site calculation means is executed.

It has a rule database that stores laws and enforcement rules regarding driver's labor and breaks in order to calculate how much rest is required from the starting point and destination when calculating candidate parking sites. .. This rule data may be used before the calculation, or may be used after the check after the calculation or the change by the operator of the communication terminal is accepted.

In this embodiment, the weather forecast data held by the weather forecast business operator is also used for the calculation in the parking candidate site calculation means. For example, when a rainy weather forecast is issued around the destination on the reservation date, an algorithm is added such that a parking candidate site is calculated on the assumption that the speed regulation of the expressway has been issued.

Although the reservation confirmation system is surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 6, it is not intended that the above-mentioned member database and road management database are not included in the reservation confirmation system. Only the minimum configuration is shown in order to establish the reservation confirmation system.

(Fig. 7)
FIG. 7 shows a case where the entity wishing to reserve a parking lot on the highway is a bus company. Further, instead of authenticating the presence or absence of reservation by the ETC on-board unit, the vehicle number of the reserved vehicle is photographed by the number camera and authenticated.

The point that the vehicle number is required as the registration data at the time of member registration is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG.
The registration data is transmitted from the communication terminal related to the bus company (1), and after registration is completed, the operation planning application for the bus business is downloaded from the operation planning application database (2). How the operation planning application for the bus business differs from that for the transportation business will be described later with reference to FIG.

Reservation data is transmitted from the communication terminal of the bus company to the server of the expressway operator (3). Since the reservation confirmation system is the same as the explanation using FIGS. 3 and 6 such as using the data from the member database (4), the explanation will be omitted.

When the reservation confirmation system accumulates the reservation confirmation data in the reservation database, it is transmitted to the authentication means of the parking lot equipment in the corresponding parking lot before the reservation date and time in the reservation confirmation data (6). Although not shown, the authentication means is accompanied by a storage device that stores various data used for authentication.

The parking facility includes a number camera for photographing the vehicle number of the reserved vehicle, an OCR processing means for converting the image data photographed by the number camera into vehicle number data, and the OCR processing means. It is provided with an authentication means for certifying whether or not the vehicle number data processed by the above matches the vehicle number related to the reservation confirmation data, and a gate controlled according to the authentication result by the authentication means. A second monitor that provides information to the driver of the reserved vehicle is also provided according to the result of the authentication means (see FIG. 9).

The number camera captures the vehicle number of the reserved vehicle (7), the captured image data is digitized by the OCR processing means and sent to the authentication means (8), and the control signal and output data as the authentication result are sent. It is transmitted to the gate and the second monitor (9).

In this embodiment, since ETC-ID is not used, the parking lot reservation system can be used even for a vehicle not equipped with ETC. Bus operators sometimes rent and rent buses with other bus operators during the busy season, and even in such cases, it is a flexible system.

(Fig. 8)
FIG. 8 conceptually shows the relationship between the reservation data and the reservation confirmation system (simulating a screen on a communication terminal that activates the operation planning application for bus time). The manager of the operation plan at the bus company can reserve the parking lot of the highway while making the operation plan. This operation plan relates to a late-night bus that departs from Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo at 21:30 and arrives at Okayama Station at 6:30 the next morning.

The manager of the bus company uses the communication terminal to activate the operation planning application for bus time. Then, the vehicle number of the bus related to the parking lot reservation, the start (departure) date and time, and the like are written and input as input data.
About the place where only the bus driver gets on and departs from the bus base as the departure place data, along with the scheduled departure time as the passenger loading place data, and the destination and the time when the passengers are further dropped off Also enter as destination / time data.

When the above input is made, it is automatically calculated where and at what time the two rest points are set. For example, the first resting place is near Shiga prefecture, and the second resting place is near Hyogo prefecture. The display of the scheduled time is omitted. In addition, the reservation screen and the reservation confirmation screen corresponding to FIG. 5 are almost the same as those in the transportation industry, and thus the illustration is omitted.
As the manager of the operation plan at the bus company, the candidate parking site is presented, which facilitates the planning of the operation plan.

(Fig. 9)
FIG. 9 illustrates the procedure performed at the time of making a reservation in the highway parking area, together with the equipment in the highway parking area. Although the parking lot equipment shown in FIG. 7 is arranged, other matters are the same as those shown in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

(Fig. 10)
FIG. 10 is a variation in which the order of interaction with the data center shown in FIG. 1 is different. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the ETC-ID is acquired after the membership registration, but in the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the ETC-ID is acquired after confirming that the reservation is possible.

Using the communication terminal related to itself, the vehicle number of the vehicle that may reserve and use the parking lot is transmitted as registration data, and the server related to the expressway operator receives the transmitted registration data. (1). The received registration data is stored in the database.
After the registration procedure is completed, the transportation company transmits the reservation data to the reservation confirmation system related to the expressway operator (2). Access the member database to check if the member can make a reservation (3). Furthermore, it is verified whether or not the desired parking lot can be reserved in the reservation data.

If reservation is possible, access the data center that stores the correspondence table between the vehicle number and the individual identification data (ETC-ID) of the ETC on-board unit included in the reservation data (4). , Acquire the ETC-ID corresponding to the vehicle number related to the registration data (5). Then, it is stored in the reservation database as reservation confirmation data including the ETC-ID (6). As a result, the parking facility related to the reservation is ready to accept the reserved vehicle.
After the reserved vehicle arrives at the parking lot related to the reservation, the same as in FIG. 1, and the description thereof will be omitted.

(Fig. 11)
FIG. 11 is also a variation in which the order of interaction with the data center shown in FIG. 1 is changed.
That is, the data center temporarily provides a table of correspondence between the ETC-ID and the vehicle number. If the data communication speed is improved by establishing the so-called fifth generation (5G) communication infrastructure, it may be preferable in terms of data protection and management of the ETC-ID corresponding to the vehicle number.

(Other variations)
An embodiment in which the reservation is authenticated by the ETC-ID shown in FIG. 1 or the like and an embodiment in which the vehicle number shown in FIG. 7 or the like is authenticated may be used in combination. In the case of combined use, the reservation can be executed even if a problem occurs in any of them.

Although described as a server for a highway operator, the core of the present invention is a system for reserving a parking lot and executing the reservation. Therefore, when there is a business operator entrusted with the management and operation of the parking lot in the service area of the expressway by the expressway business operator, the server related to the entrusted business operator is the server shown in each figure and each embodiment. Become.

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The "operation plan" in the above-described embodiment has been described on the premise of the transportation industry and the passenger industry. However, it is necessary to secure an appropriate break and a parking lot for the break even when traveling to a business meeting place in a general drive or a commercial vehicle, and the present invention can be used for such a purpose. An example thereof is shown in FIG.

As a drive plan, enter the departure date and time (7:30 Shinagawa Ward), stop-by place (8:30 Setagaya Ward), destination and desired arrival time (Kyoto Prefecture 16:30), etc. Near Shizuoka prefecture, near Shiga prefecture) is calculated automatically.

The present invention relates to a highway business, a parking lot management business, a parking lot management agency business, a manufacturing business of equipment used for parking lot management and operation, and an information and communication service business related to parking lot management and operation (for example, an application for a smartphone). It has the potential to be used in the industry of creating and distributing software), the transportation industry, the passenger transportation industry, the tourism industry, and the information service industry for users who use the passenger transportation industry.

Claims (6)

It is a parking management device that allows vehicles related to advance reservation of parking parking lots to be stored in the reserved vehicle area where there is a parking lot for reserved vehicles in the parking lot.
Reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including the vehicle number of the vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
A reservation confirmation system that confirms the reservation contents based on the reservation data received by the reservation data receiving means,
A reservation database that stores reservation confirmation data whose reservation details have been confirmed via the reservation confirmation system,
Gate means to limit the progress of vehicles trying to enter the reserved vehicle area in the parking lot and to lift the restriction,
An ETC receiver that acquires an ETC-ID from the ETC on-board unit of a vehicle heading for the reserved vehicle area, and
An authentication means for authenticating whether or not the vehicle number associated with the ETC-ID acquired by the ETC receiving device matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data using the reservation database.
With
In the above-mentioned authentication means, when the vehicle number associated with the ETC-ID and the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation confirmation data match, the vehicle related to the reservation with respect to the gate means is the area for the reserved vehicle. A parking management device that has been operated to permit storage in the garage. It is a parking management device that allows vehicles related to advance reservation of parking parking lots to be stored in the reserved vehicle area where there is a parking lot for reserved vehicles in the parking lot.
Reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including the vehicle number of the vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
A reservation confirmation system that confirms the reservation contents based on the reservation data received by the reservation data receiving means,
A reservation database that stores reservation confirmation data whose reservation details have been confirmed via the reservation confirmation system,
Gate means to limit the progress of vehicles trying to enter the reserved vehicle area in the parking lot and to lift the restriction,
A number camera that captures the vehicle number of the vehicle heading to the reserved vehicle area,
OCR processing means that digitizes the number image taken by the number camera and converts it into number data,
An authentication means that authenticates by using the reservation database whether or not the number data digitized by the OCR processing means matches the vehicle number of the vehicle related to the reservation.
With
When the authentication means authenticates that the number data matches the vehicle number of the reserved vehicle, the reserved vehicle enters the reserved vehicle area with respect to the gate means. A parking management device that has been decided to operate to permit. The above-mentioned reservation system has a parking management database that stores full vacancy data regarding parking lots that can be reserved.
When the reservation data does not include the data for specifying the parking lot, the parking candidate site is calculated from the parking management database using the departure place data, the destination data, etc. included in the reservation data. Parking candidate site calculation means and
A parking candidate site transmission means for transmitting the parking candidate site calculated by the parking candidate site calculation means to the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and a parking candidate site transmission means.
Correction / confirmation receiving means for receiving the parking candidate site selected by the communication terminal, and
With
The parking management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the parking candidate site received by the correction / confirmation receiving means is a part of the reservation confirmation data. It is a computer program used for a parking management device that stores a vehicle related to advance reservation of a parked vehicle into a reserved vehicle area where there is a reserved vehicle room in the parking lot.
The full-vacancy data storage procedure for accumulating full-vacancy data related to parking lots that can be reserved in the parking management database,
Reservation data reception procedure for receiving reservation data including the vehicle number of the vehicle wishing to reserve a parked vehicle room from the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and
If the reservation data received in the reservation data reception procedure does not include data that identifies the parking lot, a parking candidate site is selected using the departure point data, destination data, etc. included in the reservation data. The parking candidate site calculation procedure calculated from the above parking management database and
A parking candidate site transmission procedure for transmitting the parking candidate site calculated by the parking candidate site calculation procedure to the communication terminal related to the reservation person, and a parking candidate site transmission procedure.
A computer program that causes the parking management device to execute. According to claim 4, the parking management device is made to execute the correction / confirmation receiving procedure for receiving the parking candidate site selected by the communication terminal that has received the parking candidate site transmitted in the parking candidate site transmission procedure. The listed computer program. The computer program according to claim 5, wherein in the above-mentioned correction / confirmation receiving procedure, the time when the selected parking candidate site is desired to be used is also received.

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