JP3519524B2 - Parking Fee Settlement Machine - 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 lot toll payment machine, and more particularly to a toll payment machine that can issue a service ticket to a user at the time of toll payment according to the usage situation of the parking lot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to save labor in management of pay parking lots, a parking ticket issuing machine and a fare adjustment machine are installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot, and parking tickets in which information such as entrance time is recorded when entering the parking lot An unmanned parking lot has appeared, which is automatically issued, calculates and displays the parking charge based on the information recorded on the parking ticket when leaving, and automatically collects the parking charge.

[0003] Some of such unpaid parking fare adjusting machines can use a service ticket for discounting or free parking at the time of fare adjustment (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-40388). reference). This product has functions such as automatically reducing the parking fee or making it free according to the contents recorded on the service ticket when you insert the service ticket together with the parking ticket into the fee adjustment machine at the time of parking fee payment. Have

[0004]

However, in the conventional parking lot where a service ticket can be used, the service ticket is taken to a specific place or received by a tenant checker. Therefore, the user is burdened to receive the service ticket. In addition, some users return home without knowing that a service ticket has been issued, which makes it impossible to provide a uniform service to users.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is reliably as Ru can provide service tickets without burdening the parking user.

[0006]

Therefore, in the invention according to claim 1, the parking fee is calculated based on the information recorded in the inserted parking ticket and the service ticket, and the money corresponding to the calculated parking fee is paid. In a parking lot charge machine that automatically pays the parking charge by being inserted, the parking information calculated from the information recorded on the parking ticket at the time of charge payment is added to the parking information.
According to the configuration, it is configured to include a service ticket issuing unit that determines whether or not the service ticket is issued and issues a service ticket in which the service content is recorded when it is determined that the service ticket is issued.

According to this structure, since the service ticket is issued at the same place when the user pays the fee, the parking lot user can receive the service ticket without fail and the service ticket can be delivered to a specific place. You can provide a uniform service to the parking lot users without having to go to pick up
It Also, as in claim 2, configured so as to record the service content corresponding to the parking information to the service ticket. In the invention according to claim 3 , the receipt issued at the time of charge settlement is a service ticket in which the service content is recorded, and the service issuing unit also serves as the receipt issuing unit.

According to this structure, it is not necessary to provide a paper and an issuing unit dedicated to the service ticket, the paper can be effectively used, and the size of the charge adjustment machine is not increased.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an unmanned parking lot system to which the charge adjusting machine of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a parking ticket issuing machine 1 and a gate 2 are provided on the entrance side of the parking lot P, and vehicle detectors 3A and 3B are provided inside and outside the gate 2, respectively.
Is buried. Further, on the exit side, a fare adjustment machine 4 and a gate 5 which are the main features of the present invention and are shown in FIG. 2 are provided, and vehicle detectors 6A and 6B are embedded inside and outside the gate 5, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the charge settlement machine 4 is
Parking fee display section 11, payment amount display section 12, bill slot on the front
13, coin slot 14, parking ticket slot 15, service ticket slot
16, Change and receipt (also serving as service ticket) 17,
Group of operation buttons 18 for calling a manager and canceling operations
Is provided. FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration of a control unit inside the charge settlement machine 4.

In the figure, a control unit connects a CPU 21 for controlling the operation at the time of charge settlement, a memory 22 storing a system program and the like, a CPU 21 and the memory 22 and an input / output unit for various information described later. And an interface circuit 23. As an input / output unit for various information connected to the interface circuit 23, there are a cash input / output unit 24 for performing a receiving operation and a change payment operation for the money inserted from the bill insertion slot 13 and the coin insertion slot 14, and a parking ticket insertion slot 15 According to the card reader 25 that reads the information of each ticket inserted from the service ticket insertion slot 16, the vehicle detection unit 26 including the vehicle detectors 6A and 6B, the parking charge and the parking time calculated when the parking charge is calculated. A receipt issuing unit 27 that issues a receipt with the service contents printed through the receiving port 17, and a gate drive unit 28 that opens and closes the gate 5 based on a signal from the vehicle detection unit 26.
There are a printer 29 for printing receipts and service contents, a money display unit 30 including a parking charge display unit 11 and an input amount display unit 12, and the like.

Next, the operation at the time of charge settlement by the charge settlement machine of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step 1 (indicated by S1 in the figure, the same applies hereinafter), it is determined whether or not the vehicle is detected by the vehicle detector 6A inside the gate 5 on the exit side of the parking lot. move on.

In step 2, the parking ticket is the parking ticket insertion slot 15
If the parking ticket is inserted,
Go to step 3. In step 3, the parking fee is calculated. The parking charge is calculated by calculating the parking time based on the parking time recorded on the parking ticket and the current time, and calculating the parking charge according to the calculated parking time.

In step 4, the parking fee calculated in step 3 is displayed on the parking fee display section 11. In step 5, it is determined whether or not the service ticket is inserted into the service ticket insertion slot 16, and if inserted, the process proceeds to step 6. In step 6, the service content magnetically recorded on the service ticket is read by the card reader 25, and the service charge corresponding to the content is calculated.

In step 7, the parking charge calculated by subtracting the service charge calculated in step 6 from the parking charge calculated in step 3 is calculated. In step 8, the parking fee calculated by step 7 and paid by the user is displayed on the parking fee display unit 11. In step 9, it is determined whether or not the user has inserted money through the bill insertion slot 13 or the coin insertion slot 14, and if the money is inserted, the insertion amount display unit 12 displays the insertion amount. Then, in step 10, the presence or absence of change is determined. If there is change, the process proceeds to step 11 to receive the change 17
To make a payment.

In step 12, it is judged whether or not a service ticket is issued. This is based on whether or not the calculated parking time (parking lot usage time) is longer than or equal to the time required to issue a service ticket. If the usage time is less than the required time, it is determined as NO. YES in step 12
In the case of (issue a service ticket), the process proceeds to step 13, the service contents corresponding to the calculated parking time is magnetically printed on the receipt of the parking fee by the printer 29, and the process proceeds to step 14. On the other hand, if the determination in step 12 is NO (service ticket is not issued), step 13 is skipped and step 14 is proceeded to.

In step 14, a receipt that prints the service contents or doubles as a service ticket with no service contents printed is issued through the receiving port 17 together with the change, so that the parking lot user can settle the charges. finish. In step 15, the gate 5 is opened by the gate driver 28.
In step 16, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is detected by the vehicle detector 6B outside the gate 5. If the vehicle is detected, it is determined that the vehicle has passed through the gate 5 and exited, and the process proceeds to step 17 Close 5

The user who receives the receipt that also serves as the service ticket can use the receipt as the service ticket when paying for the next time using the parking lot, and the parking lot can be used for free or at a lower price than the normal parking fee. Can be used. The operation when the user enters the parking lot P is the same as the conventional one, and when the vehicle detector 3A outside the gate 2 at the entrance of the parking lot detects a vehicle, the parking ticket is issued from the parking ticket issuing machine 1. When issued and the occupant pulls out the parking ticket, the gate 2 is opened, and when the vehicle detector 3B inside the gate 2 detects the vehicle, it is determined that the entrance to the parking lot P is completed, and the gate 2 is closed.

According to the charge adjustment machine of the present embodiment,
Since the parking lot user can receive the service ticket at the same time when the parking fee is settled, it is possible to save the user the burden of receiving the service ticket to a specific place. Further, since all users can receive the service ticket, it is possible to uniformly provide the service to the users. Further, since the receipt is also used as the service ticket, a sheet for exclusive use of the service ticket is not required, and it is not necessary to secure a storage space for such sheet, and the settlement machine may have the same size as the conventional one.

[0020] In the present embodiment, receipt printing service contents to the receipt is to serve as the service coupons, may of course be separately issue a service ticket to the receipt.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the service ticket is issued at the time of payment by the charge adjusting machine, the parking lot user receives the service ticket to a specific place. There is no need to go to and the burden on the user can be reduced. Also, without knowing that a service ticket will be issued
All users can receive the service ticket without returning to and can provide the service uniformly to the users.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the service contents are recorded on the receipt and the receipt is also used as the service ticket, a sheet for exclusive use of the service ticket is not required, and a storage space for such sheet is not provided. There is an advantage that only the software needs to be changed without changing the hardware configuration of the settlement machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a parking lot to which a charge adjusting machine of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the front surface of the charge adjusting machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of a control unit of the charge settlement machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation at the time of paying a charge according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 charge adjustment machine 15 Parking ticket slot 16 Service ticket insertion slot 17 Receiving point 21 CPU 22 memory 23 Interface circuit 24 Money Department 25 card reader 27 Receipt Issue Department 29 Printer

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A parking lot that automatically calculates the parking fee by calculating the parking fee based on the information recorded in the inserted parking ticket and the service ticket and inserting money corresponding to the calculated parking fee. In the fare adjustment machine of, the parking information calculated from the information recorded on the parking ticket
Depending determines whether service coupons issued, parking fees settlement machine, characterized in that it comprises service ticket issuing unit for issuing a recording service ticket service contents when it is determined that the service ticket issuing. 2. The charge adjustment machine for a parking lot according to claim 1, wherein the service content according to the parking information is recorded on a service ticket. Receipt issued at the time wherein fee settlement is, a service ticket which records the service content, the service issuing unit according to claim 1 or a configuration that also serves as a receipt issuing unit
The parking lot charge adjustment machine described in 2 .