JP3119777B2 - Parking fee payment system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking fee payment system in which a driver receives a parking ticket issued by a parking ticket issuing machine when entering a parking lot and pays the parking fee at an exit. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a parking ticket issuing machine provided at the entrance of a parking lot issues a parking ticket in which only the entrance time is described. At the time of entry, the checkout machine calculates and collects the parking fee based on this entry time.

[0003] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement of equipment in a conventional parking lot.
The fare adjustment machine is a parking ticket issuing machine 21 installed at the entrance of the parking lot.
The parking ticket 22 is issued to the entrance vehicle 24 at.
The driver of the entrance vehicle extracts the parking ticket 22 and the gate device 2
Pass 3 and park the vehicle in the parking lot. At the time of entry of the vehicle, the driver of the participating vehicle 26 is required to use the fully-automated toll payment machine 25
Stop the vehicle immediately before, insert the parking ticket issued at the time of entry into the checkout machine, pay the displayed fee calculated from the difference between the entry time and the entry time, finish the fee payment, and pass through the gate device 27 To participate.

[0004]

Conventionally, there has been no realization of a system for lottery of a parking fee at the time of admission in a parking lot user service.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a parking fee settlement system which issues a parking ticket discounted by lottery at the time of entry and pays off the ticket as one means of parking fee discount.

[0006]

To solve the above problems, a parking fee settlement system according to the present invention assigns an address to a counter for generating an address corresponding to the count value of the number of entering vehicles, and assigns an address to lottery data for reducing the parking fee. A winning table that is recorded at a preset rate with respect to the total number, and is read by an address from the counter, and a magnetic recording unit that records the read lottery data and the entrance time of the winning table on a parking ticket; A magnetic reading unit that reads lottery data and an entry time recorded on a parking ticket; a time calculation unit that calculates a parking time from the entry time and the current time of entry read from the magnetic reading unit; A parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking fee based on the lottery data read from the magnetic reading unit for the parking time calculated by the calculation unit.

Further, a random number generator for generating a random number every time a vehicle enters the vehicle may be provided in place of the counter, and the winning table may be read by using a numerical value from the random number generator as an address.

Further, a printing unit may be provided so as to print a message corresponding to the lottery data from the winning table and the entry time.

[0009]

In the above construction, each part operates as follows. The counter counts the number of vehicles entering the parking lot. The winning table is read using the count value from the counter as an address. In the winning table, since various lottery data are randomly arranged at a predetermined ratio in addition to the normal fee including no discount, predetermined discount contents are randomly selected in the order of entry. The lottery data and entry time are recorded and retained from the magnetic recording unit on the parking ticket, and a message and entry time according to the lottery data are printed from the printing unit, and whether any discount content is applied or not applied To the user and the entry time. When the vehicle enters, the magnetic reading unit reads the lottery data and the entry time recorded on the parking ticket, and the time calculation unit calculates the difference between the read entry time and the current time to determine the parking time, The parking fee calculation unit obtains a parking fee according to the parking time. At this time, when the read lottery data indicates a predetermined discount, a parking fee is calculated based on the read lottery data for the parking time.

In the above description, the address of the winning table is given by the counter value. However, when the vehicle enters, the random number generator generates a random number, and when the address is generated based on this random number value, the address of the entry vehicle is also determined. Will be determined by lot.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a winning table, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of magnetic data recorded on a parking ticket, and FIG. 5 is an issued winning parking ticket. FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a vehicle sensor for detecting entry of a vehicle, 12 a counter for inputting a detection signal of the vehicle sensor 11 and counting the number of vehicles entering the vehicle;
Is a winning table composed of a memory, in which lottery data of parking fee reduction is recorded at a preset ratio with respect to the total number of assigned addresses, and a winning table read out from the address from the counter 12 is shown. A magnetic recording unit for magnetically recording the lottery data and the entry time of the winning table 13; a printing unit 15 for printing a message, for example, a text or a figure, and an entry time according to the lottery data from the winning table 13 read out; A display unit for notifying the user of the discount content; 17 a clock unit for outputting the current time; 18 a magnetic reading unit for reading lottery data and entry time recorded on the parking ticket; 19 a magnetic reading unit 18 A time calculating unit for calculating a parking time from the entry time read from the present time and the current time of entry, 110 is a parking fee calculating unit, A parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking fee according to the time difference calculated by the calculation unit 19 and calculates a parking fee based on the lottery data read from the magnetic reading unit 18 based on the parking fee. A display unit 112 for displaying the parking fee calculated by the unit 110 to the user is a broadcasting device for informing the parking lot facility user and the surroundings of the specific winning contents. Reference numeral 113 denotes a parking ticket issuing machine, and reference numeral 114 denotes a fare settlement machine.

In the present embodiment, the vehicle detector 11 detects an entering vehicle, and counts the number of entering vehicles from the start of operation by the counter 1.
2 is counting. The count value of the counter 12 becomes the address of the winning table 13, and the content is read.

As shown in FIG. 3, the winning table 13 has addresses "0000" to "9999", and its data portion has "00" as winning data indicating discount content.
“01”, “02”, and “03” are stored. “0
"0" is the normal rate of "no discount", "01" is "Koyoshi" of "30 minutes free service", "02" is "Nakayoshi" of "1 hour free service", "03" is "2 hours free service" Is written. For example, the winning percentage is "100" for 10,000
It is set so that 0 bottles, 200 for "Nakayoshi", 50 for "Daichi", and no discount for other. These are randomly arranged in a total of 10,000 addresses.
Since the total number of addresses in the winning table is set to 10000, it can be used indefinitely by repeating from 0000 again for vehicles entering 10,000 or more.

The magnetic recording unit 14 composes the lottery data read out from the winning table 13 together with the time data from the clock unit 17 as shown in FIG. The printing unit 15 decodes the lottery data and prints the message corresponding to the data, that is, the characters “Koyoshi”, “Nakayoshi”, and “Daikichi”, and prints the entry time from the time data from the clock unit 17. . Fig. 5 shows an example of printing a parking ticket
Shows an entry time 51 and a message 52 ("Daikichi"). The magnetically recorded and printed parking ticket is a parking ticket issuing machine 1
13 is issued.

At this time, if necessary, the contents of the discount are displayed on the display unit 1.
6 is displayed to inform the driver. In addition, when lottery data with a discount service is selected, the lottery data can be broadcasted throughout the venue and advertised to all users.

At the time of entry of the vehicle, the magnetic reading unit 18 reads lottery data and entry time of magnetic data of the parking ticket. The time calculation unit 19 calculates the parking time from the difference between the current time of vehicle entry and the recorded entry time, and sends the result to the parking fee calculation unit 110. The parking fee calculation unit 110 receives the lottery data of the reading unit 18 and the parking time data from the parking fee calculation unit 110, decodes the lottery data, and processes the discount content for the time of the parking time data. That is, the discount service time is subtracted from the parking time, and the parking fee based on the new parking time obtained as a result is calculated.
The display unit 111 displays the calculated parking fee and prompts the user to pay the parking fee. After the user pays the parking fee corresponding to the displayed amount, the gate device 27 is opened and the vehicle passes through and exits as in the prior art shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a main part for explaining a second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the addressing of the winning table 13 is performed based on the random number value generated by the random number generator 61. When the vehicle detector 11 detects an entering vehicle, the random number generator 61 is operated by this detection signal to generate a random number of a predetermined number of digits, thereby generating an address and reading out the contents of the winning table 13. Hereinafter, it is the same as the first embodiment, and the functional blocks are also the same, and are not shown.

In the above example, the service is free for a predetermined parking time.
The parking charge is calculated at a predetermined rate, and the parking charge calculation unit 110 calculates the parking charge for the actual parking time and the parking charge obtained in the winning table 13 for the parking charge for that parking time. The one calculated at the discount rate may be used as a new parking fee.

[0021]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a discounted parking ticket is issued according to the winning ratio, and the winning user is discounted in the parking fee from normal. In addition, it is possible to provide a parking fee settlement system capable of implementing a random service for a user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a device layout diagram of a conventional parking lot.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a winning table constituting the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of magnetic data recorded on a parking ticket according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a print example of a winning parking ticket issued according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a main block diagram for explaining a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 vehicle detector 12 counter 13 winning table 14 magnetic recording unit 15 printing unit 16 display device 17 clock unit 18 magnetic reading unit 19 time calculating unit 110 … Parking fee calculation unit 111… Display unit 112… Broadcasting device 113… Parking ticket issuing machine 114… Price adjustment machine

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A counter for generating an address corresponding to a count value of the number of entering vehicles, and lottery data for reducing a parking fee are recorded at a preset ratio with respect to the total number of allocated addresses, and an address from the counter is used. A winning table to be read, a magnetic recording unit that records the read lottery data and the entrance time of the winning table in a parking ticket, a magnetic reading unit that reads the lottery data and the entrance time recorded in the parking ticket, A time calculation unit that calculates a parking time from the entry time and the current time of entry read from the magnetic reading unit; and a lottery data read from the magnetic reading unit for the parking time calculated by the time calculation unit. A parking fee calculation system for calculating a fee. 2. A random number generator for generating a random number each time a vehicle enters, and lottery data for reducing parking fees are recorded at a preset ratio, and a winning is read out from the random number generator as an address. A magnetic recording unit for recording the lottery data and the entry time read out of the winning table on the parking ticket; a magnetic reading unit for reading the lottery data and the entry time recorded on the parking ticket; A time calculating unit for calculating a parking time from the entry time read from the unit and the current time of entry, and a parking fee calculated by lottery data read from the magnetic reading unit for the parking time calculated by the time calculating unit. And a parking fee calculation unit. 3. The parking fee settlement system according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit that prints a message corresponding to the lottery data from the winning table and an entry time.