JP3547586B2 - Parking lot management device with fraud prevention function - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is used in the technical field of a parking lot management device that performs vehicle entry / exit management and parking fee settlement management, and specifically, prevents unauthorized use of a parking ticket generated at the time of entry / exit. The present invention relates to a parking lot management device having a function of preventing fraud.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In an unmanned automatic reception type parking lot, as shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-55718, a parking ticket issuing machine issues a parking ticket in which a parking time or the like (entry data) is punched or magnetically written at the time of entry and used. When a customer removes this parking ticket from the ticketing machine, the entrance gate opens to allow entry of the vehicle, while at the time of departure, the parking fee will be reduced if the above parking ticket is inserted into the rate adjustment machine provided at the exit. After the fee is settled, the exit is opened and the vehicle is managed using an automatic management device configured to allow the vehicle to be taken out.
[0003]
However, when such a parking lot management device is used, after the parking ticket issued from the parking ticket issuing machine is pulled out from the issuing port, the vehicle is turned back without entering the vehicle and illegally obtaining the parking ticket However, there is a problem that the parking time is made shorter than the actual parking time, and the parking fee is reduced and the fraudulent use of the parking ticket is falsified by causing the already parked vehicle to leave the parking lot using the illegal parking ticket. .
[0004]
The drawings shown in (a), (b), (c), and (d) of FIG. 6 sequentially describe a normal operation example in which parking is managed using a conventional parking lot management device. FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (b), 7 (c), and 7 (d) illustrate the above-mentioned misconduct in order, and are illustrated in FIGS. , R is a parking lot entrance passage, A is a parking management machine, AX is a parking ticket issuing machine, B is a vehicle detector for issuing tickets using a loop coil, and C is a switch for opening and closing the entrance gate D. , E indicates a gate catcher, and F indicates an incoming vehicle detector using a loop coil provided inside the entrance gate D (close to the parking lot).
[0005]
In the parking lot management device configured as described above, during normal operation, when the ticketing vehicle detector B detects the entering vehicle MT as shown in FIG. 6A, the parking ticket issuing machine AX sets the entering time ( When a driver issues a parking ticket that records the current time) and the driver extracts the parking ticket from the parking ticket issuing machine AX, the switch C opens the entrance gate D and enters the vehicle MT as shown in FIG. Then, when the vehicle MT passes through the entrance gate D as shown in FIG. 3C and the entering vehicle detector F is turned off as shown in FIG. The parking ticket is closed to complete entry of the vehicle MT, and the received parking ticket is validated.
[0006]
However, when the vehicle MT is moved forward as shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D without moving forward in the entry direction from the entry state shown in FIG. 7B, the entry vehicle detector F Since the vehicle is turned on and then turned off, the situation is as if the vehicle MT had entered the parking lot. Therefore, there was a drawback that the parking ticket received at the time of FIG.
[0007]
Therefore, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-25111, the present applicant registers a secret number and a parking time in a toll settlement machine at a parking exit when a parking ticket is issued, and deletes this registration when a vehicle enters the parking lot. By leaving only unauthorized data, the parking lot management device has been developed so that the data on the parking ticket can be compared and collated with the data at the time of departure to prevent the above-mentioned unauthorized use.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the parking lot management device described above transmits registration data including a secret number and a parking time every time a vehicle enters the vehicle and a vehicle entrance signal for deleting the registration data to the fare adjustment machine. In particular, in a parking lot having a plurality of entrances and exits, there is a problem that wiring becomes complicated and construction and maintenance become complicated.
[0009]
Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is to remove the vehicle from the ticket issuing machine, and then use the parking ticket obtained by leaving the vehicle back as it is without entering the vehicle, and to leave another vehicle out of the vehicle using a relatively simple method. An object of the present invention is to provide a device that can be reliably prevented by using the device, and that an unauthorized use of an illegally acquired illegally purchased parking ticket by backing the vehicle can be surely prevented.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means taken by the present invention to solve the above technical problems are as follows.
[0011]
If you remove the parking ticket from the parking ticket issuing machine provided at the entrance, the entrance gate opens and it is possible to enter the vehicle into the parking lot, and if you settle the parking fee using the above parking ticket, While the vehicle is configured to be able to leave the vehicle, a vehicle passage detector is provided near the entrance gate to detect a vehicle passing direction, and when this detector detects the vehicle passing in the parking lot direction, A parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function including a storage information transmission unit that transmits storage information that validates the parking ticket to the management device side,
[0012]
(1) The vehicle passing detector for detecting the passing direction of the vehicle is constituted by a sensor using light, which is a pair of first and second sensors. It is configured to detect the passing direction of the vehicle according to the ON / OFF state of the sensors, and these two sensors are located along the front and rear sides of the entrance gate with the entrance closed, at a slight distance from the gate width. The width is widened, and the optical axis is arranged side by side so as to obliquely cross the entrance passage with respect to the horizontal line . (Claim 1)
[0013]
(2) A light-emitting device provided on one side of the storage passage and a second light receiver provided on one side of the storage passage for receiving light reflected by the semi-transmissive mirror provided on the opposite side of the storage passage. While forming the second sensor, after reflecting the light transmitted through the semi-transmissive mirror in the lateral direction, a reflecting plate provided on the opposite side of the entrance passage to reflect toward one side of the entrance passage, A first sensor is constituted by a first light receiver provided on one side of the storage passage for receiving light reflected by the reflector. (Claim 2)
[0014]
According to the means according to claim 1 described in the above (1), only when the vehicle passage detector detects the passage of the vehicle in the parking lot direction, that is, the passage of the vehicle in the parking direction, the management device side is notified. On the other hand, it transmits the information that validates the parking ticket, specifically, the parking information that allows the settlement of the parking fee, and even if the parking ticket is received, the vehicle is backed up without passing the vehicle in the parking direction. In this case, the parking information cannot be settled because the parking information is not transmitted, so that the illegal use of the parking ticket can be prevented.
[0015]
Further, according to the means according to claim 1 described in the above (1), by using the optical sensor in place of a conventional loop coil, it is possible to detect a vehicle in line, to accurately catch the presence or absence of vehicle It is possible to securely prevent illegal acquisition of a parking ticket.
[0016]
Further, according to the means according to claim 1 described in the above (1), the two sensors constituting the vehicle passage detectors, and along a front and rear side of the entrance gate, slightly widened than the gate width the interval With this arrangement, it is possible to accurately detect the passing direction of the vehicle without being affected by the opening / closing operation of the entrance gate.
[0017]
According to the measures according to claim 1, further described in the above (1), since the optical axis of the sensor traverses the goods receipt passage obliquely, regardless of the size of the vehicle passing through exactly the passing direction of the vehicle To be detected.
[0018]
According to the measures according to claim 2 as described above (2), the two sensors constituting the vehicle passage detectors, and one light emitter by a combination of the reflector and the semi-transmissive mirror, two photodetectors Therefore, the configuration of the sensor can be simplified by the number of light emitters.
[0019]
As described above, the technical problems described above can be solved by the means (1) and (2) , and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.
[0020]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of a parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating the entirety of the present invention, in which R denotes a parking lot. (Not shown), RA and RB are on the general road side and the parking lot side, 1 is a parking management device, 1A is a parking ticket issuing machine that issues a parking ticket recording a parking time, and 2 is a loop coil. The vehicle detector 3 for issuing a parking ticket issues a gate opening / closing device that opens and closes an entrance gate 4R (gate bar) attached to the holding plate 4 by rotating the holding plate 4, and 5 denotes a gate catcher. .
[0021]
F1 and F2 are communication lines connecting between the vehicle detector 2 and the warehousing management device 1 and between the warehousing management device 1 and the gate opening / closing device 3, and the vehicle detector 2 connects the incoming vehicle MT (see FIG. 4). Upon detection, the detection signal is sent to the warehousing management device 1 via the signal line F1, and the ticketing machine 1A issues a parking ticket recording the warehousing data (entry time), and a passenger such as a driver issues the parking ticket. When the vehicle is pulled out from the mouth, a gate opening signal (OP) is sent to the gate switch 3 through the signal line F2, and the entrance gate 4R is opened to enable the entry of the vehicle MT.
[0022]
6A and 6B are first and second light emitters attached to the gate catcher 5 described above, and 7A and 7B are first and second light emitters attached to the gate opening / closing device 3 provided on the opposite side of the entrance passage R. These light-emitting devices 6A and 6B and the light-receiving devices 7A and 7B constitute a first and second two sensors of a vehicle passage detector for detecting the passing direction of the vehicle MT. Made up of
[0023]
T1 and T2 indicate the optical axes of the above two sensors. The light emitters 6A and 6B and the light receivers 7A and 7B are connected to the gate catchers 5 on both sides of the storage passage R. At the position along the front and rear sides of the entrance gate 4R in a state where the optical axes T1 and T2 are closed with respect to the gate opening / closing device 3, the width of the interval is slightly wider than the width of the entrance gate 4R. The vehicle MT is installed so as to be formed in a state, and the vehicle MT is detected (ON) in the order of the first and second sensors, and then is not detected (OFF) in the order of the second and first sensors. And it is determined that the vehicle MT is correctly passing in the direction of the parking lot.
[0024]
F3 and F4 are communication lines for transmitting the passage detection signal of the vehicle MT to the above-mentioned storage management device 1. The storage management device 1 is a passage signal through which the vehicle MT is traveling toward the parking lot through these communication lines F3 and F4. When receiving the parking information, the parking management device or the central management device (both not shown) is communicated via the communication line X to the parking information (for example, parking ticket) for enabling the payment of the parking fee based on the parking ticket received from the ticket issuing port at the time of entry. , Etc.) while transmitting a gate closing signal CL to the gate switch 3 through the communication line F2 as shown in FIG.
[0025]
The light emitters 6A, 6B and the light receivers 7A, 7B are arranged so that the optical axes T1, T2 crossing the entrance passage R are inclined with respect to a horizontal line (road surface) as shown in FIG. By displacing the positions of the mounting plates 6 and 7 to be mounted up and down, it is possible to accurately detect the passing direction of the vehicle MT irrespective of the size of the entering vehicle MT.
[0026]
Also, as shown in FIG. 3, one light emitter / receiver 8 is attached to the gate opening / closing unit 3 on the back side (the parking lot side) in the vehicle traveling direction with the entrance gate 4R as the center. A semi-transmissive mirror 9 is attached to the opposite surface of the gate catcher 5, and light emitted from the light emitter 8 through the optical axis T 3 and reflected by the semi-transparent mirror 9 through the optical axis T 4 is transmitted to the light emitter / receiver 8. The light receiving system is a second sensor, and furthermore, a first reflecting plate 10 for reflecting the light transmitted through the semi-transmissive mirror 9 in the lateral direction toward the front side (entrance side) of the entrance gate 4R; A first sensor is a system comprising a second reflector 11 for reflecting light reflected in the direction through the optical axis T5 toward the first light receiver 12 mounted on the surface of the gate switch 3 and receiving the light. The overall configuration Sometimes constituting Ryakuka the vehicle passes the detector.
[0027]
(A), (b), (c), and (d) shown in FIG. 4 show a state in which the vehicle MT is warehousing-processed using the above-described parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function according to the present invention. (A) is a state at the time of issuing a parking ticket, (b) is a state where the entrance gate 4R is opened due to the removal of the parking ticket and the vehicle MT is stored, and (c) is a state where the vehicle MT is stored. (D) shows a state in which the entrance of the vehicle MT is completed and the entrance gate 4R is closed.
[0028]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the warehousing process shown in FIG. 4. When the vehicle detector 2 (loop coil) detects the vehicle MT in the first step S1, the process proceeds to the next step S2, where the ticketing machine is executed. 1A issues a parking ticket in which the parking data is recorded, then proceeds to step S3, and when the issued parking ticket is removed from the ticketing machine 1A, the process proceeds to the next step S4, where the switch 3 opens the entrance gate 4R. Then, the vehicle MT can be stored.
[0029]
In the next step S5, it is determined whether or not the first sensor of the vehicle passage detector has detected the vehicle MT. Then, the process proceeds to step S6, where it is determined whether or not the second sensor has detected the vehicle MT. If both steps are YES, the process proceeds to the next step S7, where it is determined whether the first sensor is not detected (OFF) and the second sensor is detected (ON), and if YES, the process proceeds to step S8. The process proceeds to NO in the case of NO.
[0030]
In step S8, it is determined whether or not both the first and second sensors are not detected (OFF). If YES (vehicle passing in FIG. 4D), the process proceeds to step S9, where the entrance gate 4R is closed. After closing, the entrance passage R is closed, and further, the process proceeds to step S10, and the information that the parking ticket extracted in step S3 is valid, that is, the entrance information that enables the settlement of the parking fee, is output to the exit management device. Alternatively, the message is sent to the central management device to end the processing.
[0031]
On the other hand, in the above step S11, it is determined whether or not the first sensor detects the vehicle (ON) and the second sensor does not detect the vehicle (OFF). If YES, the process proceeds to the next step S12 where both sensors are detected. In both cases, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is not detected (OFF). If YES (the vehicle is back without passing), the process proceeds to step S13 to close the entrance gate 4R, and then proceeds to the next step S14. Then, information indicating that the parking ticket extracted in step S3 is invalidated is transmitted to the exit management or the central management device, and the process is terminated.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
Therefore, according to the parking lot management device having the fraud prevention function according to the present invention, the parking ticket is regarded as valid only when the parking ticket is extracted and the vehicle passes (enters) in the direction of the parking lot. However, if the vehicle is backed up without entering the parking lot, the parking ticket will be treated as invalid and it will not be possible to settle the parking fee and you will not be able to leave the parking lot, preventing unauthorized use of the parking ticket It is possible to surely prevent unauthorized use of a parking ticket by using a relatively simple device that only has a vehicle passage detector that detects the passing direction of the vehicle.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of an entrance gate illustrating a configuration of a vehicle passage detector.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of an entrance gate illustrating a configuration of another example of the vehicle passage detector.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for sequentially explaining a procedure of a storage process according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a warehousing process according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram sequentially explaining a procedure of a normal warehousing process by a conventional apparatus.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for sequentially explaining the procedure of an unauthorized warehousing process when using a conventional apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving management apparatus 1A Parking ticket issuing machine 2 Vehicle detector for ticket issuing 3 Gate opening and closing machine 4R Entrance gate 6A, 6B Light emitting device 7A, 7B Light receiving device 8 Light emitting device and light receiving device 9 Semi-transmissive mirror 10, 11 Reflecting plate 12 Light receiving device MT vehicle R entrance passage

Claims (2)

If you remove the parking ticket from the parking ticket issuing machine provided at the entrance, the entrance gate opens and it is possible to enter the vehicle into the parking lot, and if you settle the parking fee using the above parking ticket, While the vehicle is configured to be able to leave the vehicle, a vehicle passage detector is provided near the entrance gate to detect a vehicle passing direction, and when this detector detects the vehicle passing in the parking lot direction, A parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function including a storage information transmission unit that transmits storage information that validates the parking ticket to the management device side,
The vehicle passing detector for detecting the passing direction of the vehicle is constituted by a sensor using light, which includes a pair of first and second sensors, and the first and second sensors are turned on. The sensor is configured to detect the passing direction of the vehicle according to the / OFF state, and the two sensors are slightly wider than the gate width at a position along the front and rear sides of the entrance gate with the entrance closed. A parking lot management device having a fraud prevention function, wherein the parking lot is arranged side by side so that the optical axis crosses the entrance passage obliquely with respect to a horizontal line . A second sensor is provided by a light emitter provided on one side of the entrance passage and a second light receiver provided on one side of the entrance passage for receiving light reflected by the semi-transmissive mirror provided on the opposite side of the entrance passage. On the other hand, after reflecting the light transmitted through the semi-transmissive mirror in the horizontal direction, a reflecting plate provided on the opposite side of the entrance passage for reflecting toward one side of the entrance passage, and this reflecting plate 2. A parking lot management with a fraud prevention function according to claim 1, wherein a first sensor is constituted by a first light receiver provided on one side of the entrance passage for receiving the reflected light. apparatus.

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