JP4274860B2 - Parking lot management system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a parking lot management system for correcting variations in the parking area utilization rate in a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas, and more particularly to a self-collection of an appropriate parking fee with a simple configuration. The present invention relates to a parking lot management system suitable for a traveling multilevel parking lot and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a parking lot provided with a plurality of parking areas, for example, there is a self-propelled three-dimensional parking lot where a user drives and parks a vehicle up to each parking area having a hierarchical structure. In self-propelled multistory parking lots, the parking lot entrance is generally located on the first floor, so there are many people who use the lower floor parking floor for convenience, and the usage rate of the upper floor parking floor is poor. There's a problem.
[0003]
As a parking lot management method for solving such a problem, there have been conventionally proposed parking lot management methods.
For example, an antenna is provided at each entrance and each parking floor of the parking lot, and when the vehicle passes through the entrance / exit of the parking lot or each parking floor, communication is made between the vehicle-mounted device and each antenna to enter and use the vehicle. Recognize the floor and participation, and set the fee structure so that the upper floors are cheaper. When paying the parking fee, the parking floor is identified based on the recognition record, and the parking fee is calculated and collected from the fee structure and parking time of the identified parking floor. There is one that promotes the use of the floor and increases the utilization rate of the upper floor (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
In addition, an image recognition device that recognizes the registration number of the vehicle by an image is provided at the entrance and exit of the parking lot and each parking floor, and the vehicle passes by the image recognition device when entering and exiting the parking lot and when entering and exiting each parking floor. Recognize and set the fee structure to be cheaper on the upper floors. When paying the parking fee, the parking floor that has been parked for the longest time is regarded as the use parking floor based on the recognition record of the image recognition device, and the parking fee is calculated and collected based on the parking time and the fee structure of the parking floor. Thus, there is one in which the user is encouraged to use the parking floor on the upper floor to increase the utilization rate of the upper floor (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-230598 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-157617 A
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of the above-mentioned patent document 1, there is a problem that only a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-mounted device can be used, and the user is limited to a specific person. In addition, since information is exchanged by wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device, good communication may not be performed due to disturbance or the like depending on the surrounding environment, and there may be a problem in the recognition operation of the vehicle.
[0007]
In the case of Patent Document 2, there is a problem that an expensive image processing apparatus is required for vehicle recognition, and the equipment cost and the maintenance cost are high.
The present invention has been made paying attention to the above problems, and is suitable for a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas with a simple configuration and reliable management of a parked vehicle by performing parking management using a card recording medium. Aims to provide a secure parking management system.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  For this reason, in the parking lot management system of the first aspect of the invention, the parking lot management system manages a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas, and sets a different fee system for each parking area and enters the parking lot of the vehicle. Sometimes, an entry recording means for recording vehicle entry information, and check information for calculating the parking time of the parking area when the entering vehicle enters at least a parking area with a different fee structure.The area entry time and the parking area specifying information are recorded, and when the check information is already recorded, it is rewritten with new check information, while the recorded area entry time and the new area entry time are When the parking time calculated by comparing the calculated parking time with the already recorded parking time is longer, the recorded parking time is calculated. Rewrite to parking time, add corresponding parking area specific information and recordBased on the parking area check means, the record information of the admission recording means and the parking area check means, the entry time information, and the fee system when the vehicle enters the parking lotBased on the price structure of the parking area with the longest parking timeCharge settlement means for calculating and adjusting the parking fee, and performing the respective processes in the admission recording means, the parking area checking means and the fee settlement means using a card recording medium.
[0009]
  In such a configuration, the entry information of the vehicle entering the parking lot is recorded by the entry recording means using the card recording medium. Check information to check the parking time of the used parking area by the parking area check means when the entering vehicle enters the parking area with different fee structureThe area entry time and the parking area specifying information are recorded on the card recording medium. When the check information has already been recorded, it is rewritten with new check information, while the parking time of the last used parking area is calculated based on the recorded area entry time and new area entry time, and the calculated parking time If the calculated parking time is longer than the recorded parking time, the recorded parking time is rewritten with the calculated parking time, and the corresponding parking area specifying information is added and recorded. Thereby, the amount of information written on the card recording medium can be reduced.Then, when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the fee settlement means uses the card recording medium, based on the recorded information of the entry recording means and the parking area check means, the entry time, and the charge system of the set parking area. TheBased on the price structure of the parking area with the longest parking timeThe parking fee is calculated and settled.
[0011]
  Claim2In the invention, the admission recording means is configured to issue the card recording medium in which admission time is recorded as the admission information when the vehicle is detected installed at a parking lot entrance, and the parking area check means includes at least When the card recording medium is inserted between parking areas with different charge systems, the card recording mediumThe check informationIt is configured to record and return, and the fee settlement means is installed at the parking lot exit, and when the card recording medium is inserted, parking is performed based on each information recorded on the card recording medium, the entry time and the fee system. The fee is calculated and settled.
[0012]
  In such a configuration, the fee settlement means performs the fee settlement processing by reading the record information of the card recording medium. Thereby, for example, a communication line for transmitting information between the admission recording means and the parking area check means and the fee settlement means becomes unnecessary, and an offline configuration system can be constructed.The
[0013]
  Claim 3As described above, in each installation area of the fee settlement means, the entrance recording means, and the parking area check means, the opening / closing control is performed in conjunction with each processing operation of the fee settlement means, the entrance recording means, and the parking area check means. It is good to set it as the structure which installs a gate apparatus and controls entrance / exit of a vehicle.
[0014]
In such a configuration, when entering / exiting a parking lot or entering / exiting between parking areas with different fee systems, the gate device is operated by performing predetermined processing operations by a fee settlement means, an entry recording means, and a parking area check means. Open and close. Thereby, the illegal use of a parking lot and the illegal parking in a parking lot can be prevented now.
[0015]
  The parking area check means is a claim.4It is good also as a structure installed in each parking area like this.
  Claim5As described above, the card recording medium may be configured to include a display unit capable of displaying recorded information.
[0016]
  With this configuration, the user can visually confirm the recorded information.
  Claim6As described above, the fee system may be configured such that a parking area far from a parking lot entrance is set cheaper than a nearby parking area.
[0017]
  Claim7As described above, the card recording medium may be a magnetically recordable parking ticket.
  Claim8In the invention, the parking lot is a self-propelled three-dimensional parking lot that has a plurality of parking areas by level, and a user drives and parks the vehicle to each parking area.
[0018]
In such a configuration, if the upper floor of the self-propelled multilevel parking garage has a lower price system than the lower floor, the parking area utilization rate of the upper floor can be increased.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, the block diagram of 1st Embodiment of the parking lot management system which concerns on this invention is shown. In addition, this embodiment is an example applied to the parking area separation type three-dimensional parking lot which can provide a traveling slope outside the parking area and can go directly to each parking floor without passing through the parking area.
[0020]
In FIG. 1, the parking lot 1 of the present embodiment has a plurality of parking floors, and is set with different charge systems (for example, parking charges per unit time) for each parking floor.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 1 (A), the first floor parking floor of the parking lot 1 is separated from the parking entrance 2 and exit 3 and the traveling slope 4 leading to the upper floor, and a parking area 5 for parking vehicles. Is provided. The parking lot entrance 2 is provided with a parking ticket issuing machine 10 that issues, for example, a magnetic card parking ticket and a gate device 6 as a card recording medium, and the exit 3 is a fee settlement that settles the parking fee by inserting the parking ticket. Machine 20 and gate device 7 are provided. Further, a floor checker 30 and a gate device 8 are provided on the entrance side of the parking area 5, and a gate device 9 is provided on the exit side.
[0022]
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), each parking floor above the second floor is the same as the first floor parking floor except that there is no parking lot entrance, and the parking floor 5 is separated from the traveling slope 4. A floor checker 30 and a gate device 8 are provided on the entrance side, and a gate device 9 is provided on the exit side.
[0023]
In the case of a parking lot in which the downhill slope is directly connected to the parking lot exit from the exit of each parking floor and cannot enter another parking floor from the downhill slope, the floor checker 30 and gate on the first floor You may abbreviate | omit the apparatus 8 and the exit side gate apparatus 9 of each parking floor.
[0024]
When the vehicle is detected, the parking ticket issuing machine 10 issues a parking ticket as a card recording medium in which the entrance time is recorded as entrance information, and corresponds to an entrance recording means. If the floor checker 30 is not installed on the first floor parking floor, the charge type information is added to the entry time and recorded in the same manner as the floor checker 30 described later.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 2, the parking ticket issuing machine 10 includes a printer 11 that prints information such as an entrance time on a display unit such as a surface of the parking ticket to be issued, and an entrance time as entrance information on the issued parking ticket. A card reader / writer 12 that magnetically records the information, a timekeeping unit 13 for timekeeping the entrance time, a customer service guide unit 14 that guides the user by voice, display, etc., and a parking ticket issuing process The ticket issuing unit 15 includes a printer 11, a card reader / writer 12, a customer service guide unit 14, and a control unit 16 that controls the ticket issuing unit 15.
[0026]
The vehicle detection sensor 17 is composed of, for example, a pair of loop coils embedded before and after the gate bar of the gate device 6.
The gate device 6 opens the gate bar by a gate opening command based on the parking ticket extraction of the parking ticket issuing machine 10, and the gate bar closing command of the parking ticket issuing machine 10 by a vehicle passage detection signal of a loop coil embedded at the end of the gate bar. Close the gate bar.
[0027]
When the parking ticket as a card recording medium is inserted, the fee settlement machine 20 calculates and charges the parking fee based on the parking ticket recording information, the entry time and the fee structure of each parking floor. It corresponds to a means.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 3, the fee settlement machine 20 includes a printer 21 that prints a receipt requested to be issued, a card reader / writer 22 that reads a magnetic record of an inserted parking ticket, and an entry time counter. Timekeeping unit 23, charge display unit 24 for displaying the calculated parking fee, insertion fee, etc., customer service guide unit 25 for guiding the operation by voice or display to the user, acceptance of money, discharge of change, etc. And a control unit 27 that controls the printer 21, the card reader / writer 22, the charge display unit 24, the customer service guide unit 25, and the money processing unit 26. The controller 27 stores information on the charge system for each parking floor in advance.
[0029]
The vehicle detection sensor 28 is composed of, for example, a pair of loop coils embedded before and after the gate bar of the gate device 7.
The gate device 7 opens the gate bar by a gate opening command based on completion of the payment of the fee settlement machine 20, and closes the gate bar by a gate bar closing command of the fee settlement machine 20 by a vehicle passage detection signal of a loop coil embedded at the end of the gate bar. To drive.
[0030]
When a parking ticket as a card recording medium is inserted, the floor checker 30 records area entry time and charge type information (charge system identification information of the parking floor) as parking area specifying information as check information in the parking ticket. It is to be returned and corresponds to a parking area check means.
[0031]
As shown in FIG. 4, the floor checker 30 magnetically records the area entrance time and fee type information on the inserted parking ticket, and a printer 31 that prints the area entrance time and fee type information on the parking ticket to be returned. A card reader / writer 32; a parking unit timekeeping unit 33; a customer service guide unit 34 for guiding operations to the user by voice or display; and the printer 31, the card reader / writer 32 and the customer service. And a control unit 35 that performs overall control of the guide unit 34.
[0032]
The vehicle detection sensor 36 is configured by a pair of loop coils embedded in front and rear of the gate bar of the gate device 8, for example.
The gate device 8 opens the gate bar by a gate opening command based on the removal of the parking ticket of the floor checker 30 and drives the gate bar to close by a gate bar closing command of the floor checker 30 based on a vehicle passage detection signal of a loop coil embedded at the end of the gate bar. To do.
[0033]
The gate device 9 installed on the parking area 5 exit side of each parking floor is configured to open and close the gate bar based on each vehicle detection signal of a pair of loop coils embedded before and after the gate bar.
[0034]
Next, the management operation of the parking lot management system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
In FIG. 5, the flowchart of the issuing process operation | movement by the control part 16 of the parking ticket issue machine 10 is shown.
[0035]
In step 1 (indicated by S1 in the figure, the same shall apply hereinafter), it is determined based on the output state from the vehicle detection sensor 17 whether or not a vehicle has been detected. If it determines with vehicle detection, it will progress to step 2.
[0036]
In step 2, the printer 11 and the card reader / writer 12 are driven and controlled, and the entrance time is magnetically recorded and printed according to the time information of the timing unit 13.
In step 3, a magnetic and printed parking ticket is issued. At the same time, the customer service guide unit 14 guides the user to remove the parking ticket.
[0037]
In step 4, it is determined whether or not the parking ticket has been extracted.
In step 5, a gate open command is output. As a result, the gate device 6 opens the gate bar to open the gate bar.
[0038]
In step 6, it is determined whether or not the vehicle has passed based on the output state of the vehicle detection sensor 17.
In step 7, a gate bar close command is output. As a result, the gate device 6 drives the gate bar to close, and the gate bar is closed, thereby restricting the passage of the following vehicle.
[0039]
A vehicle entering the parking lot 1 faces the desired parking floor, enters the parking area 5 and parks. When entering the parking area 5, the floor checker 30 processes the parking ticket.
[0040]
In FIG. 6, the flowchart of the parking ticket processing operation by the control part 35 of the floor checker 30 is shown.
In step 11, it is determined whether or not a vehicle is detected based on the output state from the vehicle detection sensor 36. If it determines with vehicle detection, it will progress to step 12. At this time, the customer service guide unit 34 guides the user to insert a parking ticket.
[0041]
In step 12, it is determined whether or not a parking ticket has been inserted.
In step 13, the printer 31 and the card reader / writer 32 are driven and controlled, and the area entry time and the fee type of the floor are magnetically recorded and printed according to the time information of the time measuring unit 33. For example, the parking lot 1 has parking floors on the 1st to 5th floors and the rooftop, and the charge system is set to the normal price for the 1st and 2nd floors, 3 for the 4th floor, slightly for the 5th floor, and the lowest for the rooftop. As the charge type, it is assumed that the normal charge is set to “1”, the slightly cheap is “2”, the cheap is “3”, and the cheapest is “4”. In this case, for example, “1” is magnetically recorded and printed as a fee type in the front checker 30 on the second floor parking floor, and “3” is magnetically recorded and printed as a fee type on the front checker 30 on the fifth floor parking floor.
[0042]
In step 14, the magnetic and printed parking ticket is returned.
In step 15, the customer service guide unit 34 provides parking ticket return guidance.
In the following Steps 16 to 19, the same as the operation of Steps 4 to 7, the parking ticket extraction determination is performed, and if it is determined to be extraction, a gate opening command is output in Step 17 to open the gate bar of the gate device 8, In step 18, the vehicle passage determination is made based on the output state of the vehicle detection sensor 36.
[0043]
When the vehicle enters the parking area 5, the gate device 9 opens the gate bar by a detection signal of a vehicle detection sensor (not shown) at the parking area exit, and the gate device 9 by the vehicle passage detection signal of the vehicle detection sensor. Drives the gate bar closed.
[0044]
  The parking ticket processing of the floor checker 30 is performed on each parking floor.And when the same vehicle uses a plurality of parking floors, the parking time, the entry time, and the charge type of the parking floor that has been parked the longest are magnetically recorded on the parking ticket by rewriting the record information as will be described later. Printed.
[0045]
The vehicle participating in the parking lot settles the parking fee by the fee settlement machine 20 at the parking lot exit 3.
FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the fee settlement processing operation by the control unit 27 of the fee settlement machine 20.
[0046]
In step 21, it is determined whether or not a vehicle is detected based on the output state from the vehicle detection sensor 28. If it is determined that the vehicle is detected, it is determined whether or not a parking ticket is inserted in step 22, and the insertion is detected. Then, the process proceeds to step 23.
[0047]
In step 23, a charge settlement process is executed. Specifically, the card reader / writer 22 reads the parking entrance time, the area entrance time, and the charge type from the parking ticket, and parking the parking floor using the read information and the entry time based on the time information of the timing unit 23. The time is calculated, the parking floor staying for the longest time is regarded as the use parking floor, the parking fee is calculated based on the fee system corresponding to the fee type information of the parking floor, and the calculated parking fee is displayed as guidance.
[0048]
In step 24, it is determined whether or not money equal to or greater than the calculated parking fee has been inserted. At this time, if there is a change, the change is paid.
[0049]
Steps 25 to 27 below are the same as the operations of Steps 5 to 7. In Step 25, a gate opening command is output to open the gate bar of the gate device 7. If it is determined that it has passed, a gate bar close command is output in step 27 to close the gate bar of the gate device 7.
[0050]
Here, an example of calculating the parking fee will be described with reference to FIG.
(A) of the same figure is a case where after entering, it parks on the 3rd floor parking floor and participates. In this case, compare the time from entering the 3rd floor parking area 5 (3F-IN) with the time from entering the 3rd floor parking area 5 until entering (OUT-3F). Applying the charge type “2” of (OUT-3F in this case), the parking charge is calculated with the charge system of the charge type “2” (slightly lower) with the time from entry to entry as the parking time. That is, the third floor is regarded as a use parking floor, and the parking fee is calculated using the third floor parking floor fee system.
[0051]
FIG. 5B shows a case where the vehicle enters the parking floor on the third floor, moves to the parking floor on the fifth floor, and enters. In this case, the time from entering the third floor parking area 5 (3F-IN) and the time from entering the third floor parking area 5 to entering the fifth floor parking area 5 (5F-3F) Compare the time from entering the 5th floor parking area 5 to entering (OUT-5F), applying the charge type “3” with the longest time (in this case, OUT-5F) Calculate the parking fee according to the charge system (3). That is, the fifth floor is regarded as a use parking floor, and the parking fee is calculated by the fee system of the fifth floor parking floor.
[0052]
FIG. 5C shows a case where the vehicle enters the parking floor on the second floor and then moves to the rooftop parking floor and enters. In this case as well, the time from entering the second floor parking area 5 (2F-IN) and entering the second floor parking area 5 until entering the rooftop parking area 5 as in FIG. Time (RF-2F) and the time from entering the rooftop parking area 5 until entering (OUT-RF), the charge type “2” for the longest time (in this case, RF-2F) Is applied, and the parking fee is calculated according to the fee system of fee type “2” (slightly lower). That is, the second floor is regarded as a use parking floor, and the parking fee is calculated by the fee system of the second floor parking floor.
[0053]
According to this structure, the utilization rate of the parking area of an upper floor improves by setting the parking fee of the upper floor of the parking lot 1 cheaply. In addition, since the vehicle is recognized using a card recording medium such as a parking ticket, the reliability of vehicle recognition is increased compared with the conventional device that recognizes the vehicle using wireless communication or an image processing device, Appropriate parking fees can be collected. In addition, since necessary information is recorded on the parking ticket and parking management is performed using the parking ticket, there is no need to transmit information between the parking ticket issuing machine 10, the floor checker 30, and the fee settlement machine 20, An off-line configuration system can be constructed, and an inexpensive system with a simple configuration can be provided without using an expensive apparatus such as an image processing apparatus. Furthermore, an on-vehicle device is unnecessary, and an unspecified number of people can use it anytime. In addition, it is conceivable that illegal parking is performed by writing the check information on the parking ticket with the floor checker 30 on the upper floor where the parking fee is low, and parking on the parking floor on the lower floor with good convenience. By providing a gate device that restricts admission, the above-described fraud can be prevented. In addition, by calculating the parking time of each parking floor and determining the length, it is possible to prevent fraud such as performing a check process on the cheapest parking floor immediately before entry. Further, since the magnetic recording information of the parking ticket is printed and displayed on the display unit of the parking ticket, the user can visually confirm the recording information, and troubles with the user can be reduced.
[0054]
Next, a second embodiment of the parking lot management system according to the present invention will be described.
In FIG. 9, the block diagram of the parking lot management system of 2nd Embodiment is shown. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same element as 1st Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0055]
This embodiment is an example applied to a three-dimensional parking lot that passes through the parking area of each parking floor to go to the upper floor.
In FIG. 9, the first floor parking floor of the parking lot 1 of the present embodiment has a parking ticket issuing machine 10 and a gate device 6 at the parking lot exit 3 at the parking lot entrance 2 as shown in FIG. The fee settlement machine 20 and the gate device 7 are provided, respectively, and enter the parking area after passing through the gate device 6.
[0056]
Also, on the upper floor, no floor checker is installed between parking floors with the same charge system, and as shown in FIG. The apparatus 8 and the floor checker 40 for descent and the gate apparatus 41 are installed, for example, on the traveling slope 4 that connects the parking floors. For example, if the parking lot 1 has 1st to 5th floors and 6 parking floors, and the fee structure is set to the normal price for the 1st to 4th floors and 5th floor to the rooftop, the 4th floor Floor checkers 30 and 40 and gate devices 8 and 41 are installed on the traveling slope 4 connecting the fifth floor. The downward floor checker 40 and the gate device 41 have the same configuration as the upward floor checker 30 and the gate device 8.
[0057]
In such an embodiment, since it is possible to move from the upper floor parking floor to the lower floor parking floor, when installing the floor checker 40 and the gate device 41 for descending, when moving from the upper floor to the lower floor, It manages the movement of vehicles between parking floors with different fee structures. Other management operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the processing operations of the parking ticket issuing machine 10, the fee settlement machine 20, and the floor checkers 30 and 40 are the same as those in the first embodiment. Then, explanation is omitted.
[0058]
  Such a second embodiment also has the same effect as the first embodiment.
  When the parking floor that has been parked for the longest time is regarded as the use parking floor and the parking fee is calculated using the charge system of the use parking floor, as a method of recording the check information on the parking ticket by the floor checker 30,Use the following recording method.
[0059]
  That is, when a parking ticket for which check information by the floor checker is not recorded is inserted into the floor checker 30, the parking area entrance time and the charge type of the parking floor are recorded. Further, the time from entry to entry into the parking area is calculated, and the charge type of the parking floor is added to the calculated parking time and recorded. When a parking ticket on which other parking floor check information has already been recorded is inserted, the floor checker 30 uses the already recorded check information area entry time information and fee type information as a new area entry. Rewrite time information and charge type information. Further, based on the already recorded area entrance time and the new area entrance time, the parking time of the last used parking floor is calculated, and the calculated parking time is compared with the already recorded parking time, and parking is performed. timeHead ofRecord the person with the charge type For example, if the newly calculated parking time is longer than the recorded parking time, the recorded parking time and fee type information is rewritten with the newly calculated parking time and fee type information. On the contrary, if the newly calculated parking time is shorter than the recorded parking time, the recorded parking time and fee type information are stored as they are without rewriting.
[0060]
According to such a check information recording method, the charge type and parking time information of the parking floor that has been parked for the longest time are recorded on the parking ticket, so that the calculation processing burden of the charge settlement machine 20 can be reduced. Become. Moreover, since the amount of information recorded on the parking ticket can be reduced as compared with the case where the check information of all the used parking floors is recorded, it is effective when a magnetic card with a small recording capacity is used as the parking ticket.
[0062]
The card recording medium may be an IC card or a non-contact IC card in addition to a magnetic card. When a non-contact IC card is used as a card recording medium, the system configuration is such that a person who uses the parking lot is a user who has a non-contact IC card in advance. In this case, as in each of the above-described embodiments, the entry time and check information may be written on the non-contact IC card. However, the owner ID information recorded on the non-contact IC card is taken in and the taken-in ID is taken in. It is also possible to adopt a system configuration in which admission time and check information are stored as visitor information corresponding to the information, and the corresponding information is read out from the visitor information stored at the time of fee settlement and is settled. In this case, it is desirable to provide a center device that centrally manages the visitor information, and to connect the center device to a parking ticket issuing machine, a floor checker, and a fee settlement machine online.
[0063]
In addition, the parking lot management system of the present invention can be applied to a multistory parking lot having a plurality of parking areas in the basement, by making the parking system far from the parking lot entrance cheaper than the near parking area, It becomes possible to correct the variation in usage rate. Also, in parking lots that are not multi-story parking lots, the parking lot is divided into multiple parking areas, and the parking area far from the parking area near the parking lot entrance / exit is set at a low charge, so the parking area usage rate Can be corrected.
[0064]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the parking lot management system of the present invention, since the vehicle is recognized using the card recording medium, compared with the conventional device that recognizes the vehicle using wireless communication or an image recognition device. The certainty of vehicle recognition can be improved, and a reliable and appropriate parking fee can be collected. Moreover, since no special device such as a vehicle-mounted device for communication is required, anyone can use it. In addition, it is not necessary to use an expensive device such as a car number recognition device, and a system can be constructed simply by adding a new parking area check means to the current parking lot system. Can be provided.
[0065]
Moreover, the utilization rate of a parking area far from a parking lot entrance can be raised by setting the parking fee of a parking area far from a parking lot entrance cheaply.
Also, if necessary information is recorded on a card recording medium and parking management is performed using this card recording medium, there is no need to transmit information between devices, and the system can be easily constructed in an offline configuration. .
[0066]
  Further, since the card recording medium is used, if information is printed on the display unit of the card recording medium, the user can visually confirm the recorded information, and troubles with the user can be reduced.
  In addition, since the card recording medium is rewritten and recorded with the parking time and check information of the parking area that has been parked for the longest time, the amount of information recorded on the card recording medium can be reduced, and a card recording medium with a small recording capacity can be used. It is effective when
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of a parking lot management system according to the present invention, in which (A) shows a first floor parking floor and (B) shows an upper floor parking floor.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a parking ticket issuing machine.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a charge settlement machine
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a floor checker
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the parking ticket issuing machine.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the floor checker.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the fee settlement machine.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of calculating a parking fee according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of a parking lot management system according to the present invention, in which (A) shows a first floor parking floor and (B) shows an upper floor parking floor.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Parking
5 Parking area
6-9, 41 Gate device
10 Parking ticket issuing machine
17, 28, 36 Vehicle detection sensor
20 fee settlement machine
30, 40 Floor checker

Claims (8)

A parking lot management system for managing a parking lot having a plurality of parking areas,
In addition to setting a different fee structure for each parking area,
An entry recording means for recording the entry information of the vehicle when entering the parking lot of the vehicle;
When an entrance vehicle enters at least a parking area with a different fee structure, the area entry time and parking area specific information are recorded as check information for calculating the parking time of the parking area, and the check information is already recorded. Is rewritten with the new check information, while the parking time of the last used parking area is calculated based on the recorded area entry time and the new area entry time, and the calculated parking time is already recorded. When the parking time calculated by comparing the parking time is longer, the parking area check means for rewriting the recorded parking time to the calculated parking time, adding corresponding parking area specifying information, and recording ,
When the vehicle enters the parking lot, the parking fee is calculated and settled based on the fee structure of the parking area with the longest parking time based on the record information and entry time information of the admission recording means and the parking area check means and the fee system. Charge settlement means to process,
With
A parking lot management system, wherein each process in the admission recording means, the parking area checking means, and the fee settlement means is performed using a card recording medium. The entrance recording means is configured to issue the card recording medium in which an entrance time is recorded as the entrance information when a vehicle is detected installed at a parking lot entrance,
The parking area check means is configured to record and return the check information on the card recording medium when the card recording medium is inserted at least between parking areas with different fee systems,
The fee adjusting means is installed at a parking lot exit and, when the card recording medium is inserted, calculates a parking fee based on each information recorded on the card recording medium, the entry time, and the fee system, and performs an adjustment process. The parking lot management system according to claim 1 . In each installation area of the fee settlement means, the entrance recording means, and the parking area check means, a gate device that is controlled to open and close in conjunction with each processing operation of the fee settlement means, the entrance recording means, and the parking area check means. The parking lot management system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the parking lot management system is configured to be installed and restrict entry and exit of vehicles. The said parking area check means is a structure installed in each parking area, The parking lot management system as described in any one of Claims 1-3 . The parking management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the card recording medium includes a display unit capable of displaying recorded information. The parking fee management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the fee structure is configured to set a parking area far from a parking lot entrance / exit cheaper than a nearby parking area. The parking management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the card recording medium is a parking ticket capable of magnetic recording. The parking lot has a tiered plurality of parking areas, the user according to any one of claims 1-7 which is self-propelled multi-storey car park to park while driving the vehicle to each parking area Parking management system.

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