JP2021140541A - Parking lot system through use of beacon - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a new method of causing a beacon to be rented in a cashless manner in a parking lot system that causes a parking fee to be paid reliably by a method of causing a beacon to be rented by cash at the time of entry and causing the beacon to be placed on a dashboard of a vehicle, without performing parking detection per passenger compartment in a parking lot.SOLUTION: A fixed beacon that transmits recognition information unique to a parking lot is provided in the vicinity of a beacon issuing machine of the parking lot that causes a beacon to be rented, so that when a user having performed use registration of the present system in a portable terminal comes to this parking lot and receives radio waves of the fixed beacon, processing of issuing a rental beacon is automatically proceeded. The parking fee can also be adjusted by receiving radio waves of the fixed beacon at the time of exit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

According to the present invention, a beacon that transmits recognition information by radio wave at the time of entry is rented and purchased by a beacon issuing machine and placed in a parked vehicle without detecting parking for each cabin in the parking lot, and the rented beacon is used at the time of exit. Regarding the Beacon parking lot, which completes the settlement of the parking fee by returning it.

In parking lots with multiple parking lots, a parking lot system in which a parking detection device and a lock device for unauthorized exit are installed in each parking lot and a parking fee is collected according to the parking time by a payment machine is widespread. On the other hand, if these parking lot facilities are installed, if it is difficult to recover the facility costs, a parking detection device or lock device for each cabin will not be installed, and a ticket indicating that the parking fee has been paid will be issued for parking. Ticket parking systems for simple parking lots that can be placed inside a car are also widespread.

The above-mentioned ticket parking system is a system in which a ticketing machine is installed at the entrance of a parking lot, a user purchases a ticket from the ticketing machine at a fixed price, and the user purchases a ticket from the ticketing machine and places it in a position visible from the outside such as the dashboard of the car to be parked. It is a system that allows observers to patrol and visually check for tickets to detect illegal parking.

However, in this system, there is no way to automatically detect that the user who purchased the ticket and parked has left, so it automatically displays whether this parking lot is full or there is an empty room. There are drawbacks such as being unable to pay the parking fee according to the parking time, and the user not being able to pay the parking fee electronically using the mobile terminal.

On the other hand, as a related technology, location information services using beacons have begun to spread. For this, a beacon terminal that emits weak radio waves called a beacon is installed in a fixed place such as a store. When a person with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone with the beacon reception function and the application installed approaches the beacon terminal, the beacon transmitted by that terminal is received and the beacon reception information is automatically applied to the beacon. Sent to the server of the managed site. Then, the server transmits the pre-registered sale information and the like to the mobile terminal such as a smartphone by a method called push communication with respect to the beacon terminal and displays it on the screen. In this way, customers can be guided to the store.

JP 2017-55279 JP-A-2019-90992 Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-8260

Specific examples of applying a beacon to a parking lot can be found in the patent literature. for example
According to the report, when a user with a smartphone with a dedicated app installed comes to the parking lot where the beacon terminal is installed, the app receives the beacon transmitted by the beacon terminal in the parking lot and uses it as a beacon service entity. Send to the server. Then, the server can select the coupon or sale information of the store near the parking lot registered in advance from the recognition information of the beacon and send it to the smartphone of the owner of the smartphone that received the beacon. ..

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According to the report, a beacon is placed under the passenger compartment of the parking lot, a receiver of the beacon radio wave is placed on the ceiling, and when the vehicle is parked, the receiver on the ceiling cannot receive the beacon. It describes how to determine if you have done so.

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Instead of issuing a parking ticket at a fixed parking fee in the ticket parking system, a beacon card is rented by a beacon card issuing machine and placed on the dashboard of a parked vehicle. In addition to being able to easily determine whether or not the parking fee is being paid by receiving the beacon radio wave, a system has been filed that allows the beacon card to be returned to the beacon card issuing machine to determine whether the vehicle is full or empty. .. However, since this system is premised on prepaid parking fees in cash, there is no mechanism for issuing a beacon card using a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.

In the present invention, in the system described in Patent Document 3, that is, in a parking lot having a plurality of parking lots in which a parking detection device for each vehicle compartment or a lock device for unauthorized exit is not installed, a beacon rented and placed in the vehicle. In a parking lot system that allows observers to easily find illegally parked vehicles and display the fullness of the parking lot by receiving the radio waves of, when parking using a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. By issuing a rental of a beacon and returning the beacon at the time of exit, we are trying to realize a beacon parking lot that can charge a parking fee according to the parking time without cash.

The present invention uses a plurality of beacons A that are movable and transmit unique recognition information in a parking lot having a plurality of cabins in which a parking detection device for each cabin or a lock device for unauthorized exit is not installed, and the beacons. A beacon issuing machine that is owned and rented or returned by the user when using the parking lot, a beacon receiver B that can receive only the radio waves of the beacon A in the beacon issuing machine, and the beacon issuance that is rented. A beacon receiver C provided in the parking lot that can receive only the radio waves of the beacon A taken out from the machine, and a fixed beacon D that transmits recognition information for recognizing the parking lot to the beacon issuing machine or its vicinity. An application that receives radio waves transmitted by rented Beacon A and fixed Beacon D and exchanges usage information with a server that manages the beacon parking lot of the present invention (hereinafter abbreviated as management server) (hereinafter referred to as a dedicated application). It is composed of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone equipped with (abbreviated)) and a receiving device installed in a beacon issuing machine that exchanges information and control signals between the management server and the beacon parking lot.

The beacon issuing machine of the present invention stores a number of beacons A equal to or larger than the number of passenger compartments in the parking lot inside. When a user with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone installed with the dedicated application of the present invention comes to this parking lot, the radio wave emitted by the beacon issuing machine installed near the entrance of the parking lot or the fixed beacon D installed near the entrance is emitted. Received by the mobile terminal. This received information includes unique identification information such as the parking lot name or the parking lot management number, and the dedicated application automatically transmits the information to the management server.

From the received parking lot-specific information and the transmitted mobile terminal owner information (registered in advance by contract), the management server indicates that a person using the beacon parking lot of the present invention has come to the parking lot. Is recognized, and the user is inquired as to whether or not to use the parking lot. When you respond to use, the beacon issuing machine will issue Beacon A for rental by remote control from the management server, so you will be instructed to put it on the dashboard of your own car parked on the smartphone screen with a dedicated application. To display.

The user receives one Beacon A emitted from the Beacon outlet of the Beacon issuing machine. At this time, the dedicated application displays the name of the beacon parking lot to be used, the virtual cabin number assigned to the issued Beacon A, and the date and time when parking started. The user leaves the parking lot on the dashboard of the vehicle in which the extracted Beacon A is parked.

As described above, by placing the beacon A rented by the user on the dashboard, the beacon receiver installed in the hall receives the radio waves transmitted by the rented beacon A. Since the received information is sent to the management server, it is possible to know that the user is parked in the beacon parking lot. Further, since the recognition information of the beacon includes the parking lot name and the virtual vehicle compartment number, the server can determine whether the vehicle is full or empty by comparing it with the vehicle compartment registered in advance.

Further, the beacon issuing machine of the present invention is provided with a partially shielded box (hereinafter abbreviated as shield) so that the radio waves transmitted by the beacon receiver B and the plurality of beacons A do not leak to the outside. In addition, it functions to prevent radio waves transmitted by Beacon A taken out from the outside from entering the inside of the shield. By doing so, the beacon receiver B placed in the shield of the beacon issuing machine can always grasp the recognition information of the beacon A in the beacon issuing machine and the number thereof.

An illegal parking guard patrols the parking lot with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone installed with an application that can receive radio waves transmitted by Beacon A. Then, when the radio wave transmitted by Beacon A placed on the parked vehicle is received, the recognition information (parking lot name and virtual cabin number) of the Beacon and the location information of the smartphone are automatically transferred to the server that manages Beacon A. Is sent.

The server collates the received recognition information of Beacon A with the location information of the smartphone held by the observer with the information of the parking lot registered in advance, and uses Beacon A issued by the beacon issuing machine of the parking lot to the observer's smartphone. Send information that there is, and display that fact on the screen of the smartphone. In this way, it can be confirmed that the parked vehicle is the vehicle of the user who rented Beacon A.

The number of parked vehicles can also be determined by receiving the radio waves from Beacon A remaining inside the Beacon receiver installed inside the shield of the Beacon issuing machine. That is, if the radio wave from the possessed Beacon A is received, the recognition information and the position information of the Beacon receiver are transmitted to the management server, so that the parking lot name and the Beacon card issuing machine remain inside. You can see the number of beacon cards and recognition information. Therefore, the number of rented beacon cards is calculated by subtracting the number of remaining beacons A from the number of beacons A held, so that it can be easily determined whether the vehicle is full or empty.

When the user returns to the parking lot and leaves the parking lot, when the user with the rented Beacon A comes in front of the beacon issuing machine, the mobile terminal on which the dedicated application is installed receives the radio wave of the fixed Beacon D. .. The received information is sent to the management server, but the server collates with the recorded parking information of the user and can recognize that the user has already parked, so the user's mobile terminal can be sent from the parking lot. A display is displayed to confirm whether or not to leave, and a display is displayed to insert the rented Beacon A into the beacon return port when leaving. When the user leaves the venue, the rented Beacon A is thrown into the return port according to the instructions displayed on the smartphone.

Then, the beacon receiver C in the parking lot cannot receive the radio wave of the rented A, while the beacon receiver B in the beacon issuing machine receives the returned radio wave of the beacon A, so it is managed from the beacon receivers C and B. By communicating with the server, the server confirms that the rented Beacon A has been returned.

After confirming the return of Beacon A, the management server displays the parking fee and the like calculated with the time when Beacon A is returned as the exit time on the user's mobile terminal. When the user presses the approval button, it indicates that the parking fee has been paid by electronic payment and that the user can leave the parking lot. As the information displayed on the user's mobile terminal, the parking start date and time, the date and time at the time of payment, the parked virtual cabin number, and the like can also be displayed.

In the beacon parking lot, the beacon receiver installed in the parking lot or the beacon receiver installed inside the shield of the beacon issuing machine receives radio waves with a unique recognition number transmitted by the beacon A rented by the user. However, by transmitting the information to the management server of the beacon parking lot, the program in the server can calculate the number of vehicles parked in the parking lot and the parking time. However, in the present invention, the user can use the mobile terminal as a mobile terminal. Since Beacon A can be rented by the installed application, there is an effect that the Beacon parking lot of the present invention can be used and the parking fee can be settled without cash.

Is a plan view of the beacon parking lot of the present invention. Is an example of the appearance of the beacon issuing machine placed in the beacon parking lot of the present invention. Is a diagram showing a user behavior when a user enters the beacon parking lot of the present invention, an operation process of a beacon issuing machine, and an operation process of a beacon receiver placed in the place. Is a diagram showing the behavior when a user leaves the beacon parking lot of the present invention, the operation process of the beacon lending machine, and the operation process of the beacon receiver in the hall.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of arrangement of a beacon parking lot of the present invention. The parking lot 2 of the present invention faces the road 1 and has a plurality of passenger compartments 4. Further, a beacon issuing machine 6 of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is installed next to the entrance 3 of the parking lot. The process for the user of this parking lot to enter is shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a beacon card issuing machine. 21 is the main body of the beacon issuing machine, 22 is a display that displays the usage method and parking fee for the user, 23 is a beacon issuing button, 24 is a bill insertion slot, 25 is a coin slot, 26 is a change slot, 27. Is a return button for Beacon A, 28 is a return port for Beacon A, 29 is Beacon A, 30 is a box with a radio shield (hereinafter abbreviated as shield), 31 is a box for storing Beacon A inside, 32. Is the outlet for Beacon A, 33 is the control valve for controlling the emission of Beacon A, 34 is Beacon Receiver B installed in the Beacon issuing machine, and 35 is through the server and public line of the business entity operating the Beacon parking lot. The parking information receiver to communicate, 36 is a beacon issuing machine parking management file, and 37 is a fixed beacon D installed in the beacon issuing machine.

The user of the parking lot of the present invention rents the beacon A using the beacon card issuing machine 21 at the time of parking, and puts it on the dashboard of the parked vehicle, for example. When leaving, the rented Beacon A will be returned to the Beacon issuing machine. Beacon receivers C7 and 8 properly installed in the parking lot receive the radio waves of the rented Beacon A, while Beacon receiver B34 installed in the beacon issuing machine cannot receive the radio waves of the rented Beacon A. Therefore, the time when the beacon A having the individual recognition information is rented and the time when it is returned can be determined.

The method of using the beacon parking lot 2 which is the object of the present invention is described in detail in Patent Document 3, but basically, the beacon A is performed by pressing the beacon issuing button 23 with the beacon issuing machine and inserting cash at the time of parking. Is rented, and when leaving the venue, the beacon A is returned by pressing the beacon return button 27. In the present invention, a mechanism that allows beacon A to be rented or returned cashlessly without pressing the beacon issuance button or the return button using a mobile terminal equipped with a dedicated application, and the beacon A. When the beacon is returned, the parking fee is also paid electronically using a mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, the process of using the beacon parking lot of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the present invention, since the fixed beacon D37 is installed in the beacon issuing machine, first, in process S1, when a user having a mobile terminal equipped with an application dedicated to the beacon parking lot comes to this parking lot, the radio wave of the beacon D37 is received. do. When the dedicated application receives the radio wave of Beacon D, the received information is automatically sent to the management server. Since the radio wave of Beacon D has the name of the parking lot, the management number as the Beacon parking lot, or the location information as unique information, the management server also collates with the information registered in advance regarding Beacon D. The parking lot where the user is coming can also be identified. In addition, the user can be recognized from the transmitted mobile terminal.

The management server that recognizes that the user has arrived at the specified parking lot inquires in S2 whether or not to park in the user's mobile terminal by push communication. When the user indicates that he / she will park on the screen when he / she parks in S3, the beacon A is emitted from the beacon issuing machine by the remote command shown below.

In Patent Document 3, the beacon card to be rented is such that the beacon card issuance button is pressed, cash is inserted, and the beacon card is discharged. Although the mechanism is not shown, the sensor that detects the input of cash opens the solenoid valve by turning on the switch of the excitation circuit of the solenoid valve for discharging the beacon. In the case of the present invention, a signal is sent from the management server to the parking information receiver installed inside the beacon issuing machine in S4, and remote control is performed so as to close the switch of the excitation circuit of the solenoid valve.

According to the above method, in the present invention, the user can rent the beacon A without cash. The radio wave of the beacon in the beacon issuing machine is always received by the receiver B34 in S6, but when the beacon A is rented out, the receiver B inside the beacon issuing machine can receive the radio wave of the beacon A in S7. It disappears.

The user parks in the vacant space in S5 and puts the rented Beacon A on the dashboard of his / her vehicle. As a result, the receiver C installed in the hall can receive the radio wave of the beacon A, and the reception result is automatically transmitted to the management server in S8.

Since the recognition information included in the radio waves of the beacon A received by the receivers B and C is transmitted to the management server in S9, the management server determines that the beacon A has been rented from the contents and the date and time when the beacon A was rented (the date and time when the beacon A was rented). This is the parking start date and time), the parking lot name, and the virtual cabin number are known, and these data are recorded in the cabin management data file of the management server.

Further, when the smartphone of the observer who came to the Beacon parking lot for patrol monitoring receives the radio wave of the Beacon A in the vehicle parked in S11, the received information is transmitted to the management server. The management server causes the receiver of the observer to display the recognition result such as the virtual cabin number and the time when the vehicle has arrived by push communication in S12. By this method, it is possible to detect the illegal use of Beacon A, to attach a warning similar to that in the case of parking without permission to the door of the vehicle, and to record the vehicle number of bad parking.

The parked user can also display the parking time, parking fee, etc. at that time on the mobile terminal.

Since the number of vehicles parked in the parking lot and the virtual cab number thereof are recorded in the management server, it is possible to determine whether the vehicle is full or vacant by comparing it with the total number of cabs. Furthermore, since the number of remaining parking spaces can be known, it is possible to display the number of remaining vehicles in addition to the full vacancy display.

When the user returns to the parking lot and leaves the parking lot, the process will be described with reference to FIG. When the user comes near the beacon issuing machine, the mobile terminal of the user receives the fixed beacon D radio wave in S31. Since the reception result is sent to the management server, the information of the owner of the mobile terminal and the parking lot name are specified, and by comparing with the record at the time of admission, the parked user has returned to the parking lot. I understand.

The management server displays an inquiry as to whether or not to leave the user's mobile terminal in S32, and when the user responds in S33 that the user will leave, the rented Beacon A is put into the return port of Beacon A of the beacon issuing machine. Since an instruction appears to do so, the Beacon A placed on the dashboard of the own vehicle while parked is thrown into the return port of the Beacon issuing machine in S34. As a result, in S38, the receiver C in the parking lot cannot receive the radio wave of the beacon A, and in S37, the receiver B inside the beacon issuing machine receives the radio wave of the beacon A. Therefore, the management server is S39. Recognize that Beacon A rented in is definitely returned.

The management server uses the recognition information such as the parking lot name and virtual cabin number of Beacon A in S40, the date and time when Beacon A was returned, and the information of the user's mobile terminal that received Beacon D at the time of admission. The parking time can be calculated and the parking fee can be calculated by comparing with the division method. The result is transmitted to the user's mobile terminal by push communication and displayed.

When the user confirms that the displayed content is correct in S35, he / she sends an intention to approve and leave. As a result, the parking fee will be deducted from the designated account. If necessary, either a printed receipt or an electronic receipt will be issued by pressing the receipt button on the beacon issuing machine.

From the management server, various data related to the parking situation are transmitted to the parking information receiver in the beacon issuing machine in S41 and recorded.
As described above, it is possible to detect a vehicle in each parked cabin and to settle the parking fee electronically without installing a lock device, which is a great advantage as a new type of parking lot.

In the first embodiment, the rented beacon A and the fixed beacon D are beacons that emit weak radio waves, but LED beacons that emit light rays can also be used.

In the first embodiment, the beacon A can be issued by inserting cash, or can be issued by a command from the management server using the mobile terminal of the present invention. In order to simplify the configuration, it is possible to use a single-function beacon parking lot focusing on the rental of beacon A from a mobile terminal.

As described above, in the present invention, the beacon card is rented and purchased, and the parking fee is charged without installing a device such as a parking detection device for each cabin or a lock device for preventing unauthorized exit. Since it is possible to provide a highly practical parking lot, such as the calculation of parking lots and the detection of illegal parking, it has high industrial applicability.

1. 1. Road 2. Beacon parking lot 3. Parking lot entrance / exit 4. Car room 5. Parked vehicle 6. Beacon card issuing machine 7, 8. Beacon receiver C

21. Beacon issuing machine 22. Display 23. Beacon issuing button 24. Banknote insertion slot 25. Coin slot 26. Change / receipt ejection slot 27. Beacon return button 28. Beacon return port 29. Beacon A 30. Shield 31 Beacon A storage box 32. Beacon A discharge port 33 Beacon A discharge electromagnetic valve 34. Beacon receiver B 35. Parking information receiver 36. Parking information management file 37 Fixed Beacon D

Claims (3)

An operating entity of a parking lot that utilizes a beacon (hereinafter abbreviated as a beacon parking lot), a plurality of beacon parking lots, a fixed beacon that transmits recognition information unique to the parking lot in each beacon parking lot, and the parking lot. Multiple movable beacons that have attributes related to the cabin of the parking lot as recognition information, a beacon issuing machine that enables rental and collection of the movable beacon, and radio waves transmitted from the rented movable beacon. A plurality of beacon receivers to be received, a management server installed by the operating entity of the beacon parking lot that can receive the transfer of the recognition information received by the beacon receiver, and parking information and the above-mentioned movable from the management server. Based on the remote control device that can issue beacons remotely and the recognition information received by the management server that received the transfer of the rented beacon receiver, the parking status and parking fee of each beacon parking lot In the beacon parking system consisting of an information management system consisting of programs and files that can manage, calculate, and operate, etc., it is a dedicated application installed on the mobile terminal when the user comes to the beacon parking lot and uses the parking lot. When the radio wave of the fixed beacon that transmits the recognition information unique to the parking lot is received, the recognition information unique to the parking lot and the user information are automatically transmitted to the management server of the business entity that operates the beacon parking lot. Confirm whether to park on the user's mobile terminal from the server, and when the parking is confirmed, the management server issues a beacon that can be moved from the beacon issuing machine to the remote control device, and exits from the parking lot. When the dedicated application installed on the user's mobile terminal receives the radio wave of the beacon fixed to the parking lot, the recognition information peculiar to the parking lot and the user information are automatically transmitted to the management server. , The server urges the user's application to return the rented movable beacon to the beacon issuing machine when leaving, and the beacon receiver installed in the parking lot will not be able to receive the returned beacon radio wave. Beacon parking lot, which is characterized by confirming that it was actually returned, then calculating the parking fee by the information management system and displaying it on the user's application to approve the electronic payment. In the beacon parking lot of Patent Claim 1, the dedicated application of the user's mobile terminal receives the radio wave of the fixed beacon installed in the parking lot, and the management server automatically displays the parking lot-specific recognition information and user information. Is transmitted, the management server identifies the beacon parking lot based on the location information or the transmission content, rents and issues a movable beacon from the beacon issuing machine of the parking lot, and at the same time receives the beacon in the parking lot. When the identification information contained in the radio waves of the movable beacon that the device has begun to receive is linked to the one rented by the user and the rented beacon card is returned to the beacon issuing machine at the end of parking of the user, the venue is filled with information. From the beacon that the beacon receiver can no longer receive, the server identifies the returned beacon card and refers to the parking lot management file that manages the beacon card, and the time when the beacon card is rented and the time when the beacon card is returned. From, the rented time is calculated, the parking fee is calculated based on the parking fee system of the beacon parking lot, it is billed and displayed on the user's dedicated application, and when it is approved, the user electronically Beacon parking lot featuring parking fees deducted from your account In the beacon parking lots of patent claims 1 and 2, it is recognized that the beacon A has been rented because the beacon receiver in the beacon issuing machine cannot receive the radio waves of the beacon A, and the beacon A is returned. A beacon parking lot, characterized in that the beacon receiver in the beacon issuing machine recognizes that by re-receiving the radio wave of the beacon A.

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