JP5495628B2 - Parking fee calculation device and parking fee calculation method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking fee calculation apparatus and a parking fee calculation method for calculating a parking fee of a parking lot installed in a store or the like by discounting according to a payment price at the store.

  Stores such as food supermarkets that have parking spaces provide services such as free parking fees only for customers who shop at their stores. The service for making the parking fee free requires recording the time when the vehicle enters and leaves the vehicle and confirming the amount of shopping, and is generally performed as follows.

  First, the customer receives a parking ticket that magnetically records the entry time at the gate installed at the entrance of the parking lot. Secondly, the customer brings a parking ticket into the store and requests a free parking fee service from the store employee along with a receipt to prove the shopping amount. Third, the store employee checks the shopping amount and magnetically records parking fee service information corresponding to the shopping amount on the parking ticket. Fourth, the customer inserts a parking ticket into the gate installed at the exit of the parking lot and pays it out.

  As another conventional technique for improving the calculation of the parking fee, there is a free parking lot management device described in Patent Document 1. This free parking lot management apparatus recognizes the vehicle number of the license plate from image data taken by cameras respectively installed at the entrance and the exit. Then, it is determined whether or not the vehicles entering and leaving are the same vehicle, and when they are the same, a parking fee for the vehicle is calculated.

As yet another conventional technique for improving the calculation of the parking fee, there is a parking lot management system described in Patent Document 2. This parking lot management system is a CCD (Charge) installed in a parking lot.
Coupled Device) Based on the vehicle number information obtained by analyzing the image of the license plate photographed by the camera, it is determined whether the vehicles entering and leaving the vehicle are the same vehicle. Calculate the fee. The calculated parking fee can be settled with a non-contact IC card by a non-contact card reader / writer provided at the exit gate. The IC card is a prepaid IC card or an IC card having an electronic money function.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-320598 JP 2005-346551 A

  However, since the first conventional technique described above uses a recording medium such as a parking ticket for recording the entry time, the customer needs to carry the parking ticket and there is a risk of loss. In addition, a store employee who installs a parking ticket settlement processing terminal that calculates the parking fee discounted according to the payment price at the store and magnetically records it on the parking ticket in the store, and further operates the parking ticket settlement processing terminal. Is required. Therefore, both customers and store employees need to go through troublesome procedures.

  The free parking lot management device described in Patent Document 1 recognizes a vehicle number from image data captured by a camera, and calculates a parking fee for the vehicle when the vehicles entering and leaving are the same vehicle. There are no discounts on parking fees based on payments at stores.

  The parking lot management system described in Patent Document 2 recognizes the vehicle number from the image data captured by the camera, as in the free parking lot management apparatus described in Patent Document 1, and the same vehicle enters and exits. In the case of a vehicle, the parking fee for the vehicle is calculated, but the parking fee is not discounted by the payment at the store.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a parking fee calculation device and a parking fee calculation capable of calculating a parking fee that is discounted according to a payment price at a store when the vehicle is issued without using a recording medium such as a parking ticket. Is to provide a method.

The present invention relates to vehicle identification information written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, payment identification information for paying a price at a store, and a payment status settled using the payment identification information A storage unit for storing
An imaging unit that is installed at an entrance / exit of a parking lot provided in the store, detects a vehicle entering / exiting, and photographs the detected vehicle;
A recognizing unit for recognizing vehicle identification information from shooting information of a vehicle photographed by the photographing unit;
A warehousing gate that opens and closes the gate, installed at the parking lot entrance,
A door opening / closing gate that opens and closes the gate,
A parking lot entry gate control device that acquires vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and instructs the entry / exit gate to open and close the gate at the entrance.
A parking lot exit gate control device that acquires the vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit at the time of delivery from the parking lot of the vehicle, and instructs the exit opening / closing gate to open and close the gate at the exit.
A POS system installed in a store and connected to the parking lot entry gate control device and the parking lot exit gate control device via a network so that data communication is possible,
The POS system is
Entry / exit time acquisition unit for acquiring the time when the vehicle whose vehicle identification information is recognized by the recognition unit enters / exits the parking lot;
A payment status acquisition unit that acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit from the storage unit;
A discount condition determination unit that determines a discount condition for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired by the payment status acquisition unit;
A parking time calculation unit that calculates the parking time from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit;
A parking fee calculator that calculates a discounted parking fee from the parking time calculated by the parking time calculator and the discount condition determined by the discount condition determiner ;
When the entry time of the vehicle to the parking lot is acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit, a gate bar open command is transmitted to the parking lot entry gate control device, and when the parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculation unit, the gate bar opens. And a gate opening / closing instruction control unit that transmits a command to the parking lot exit gate control device .

Further, in the present invention, the payment identification information is information for identifying a payment device in which electronic money information representing electronic money is recorded,
When the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating unit is not 0 yen, the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating unit indicates the electronic money indicated by the electronic money information recorded in the settlement apparatus The method further includes a settlement unit that performs settlement.

  In the present invention, the settlement status settled by the settlement apparatus is the store where the parking lot is provided during the parking time calculated from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit. It is the accumulated amount of the payment price paid by the payment method according to the payment identification information recorded in the payment apparatus.

Further, the present invention provides vehicle identification information described on the license plate of each vehicle for identifying each vehicle, settlement identification information for settlement of the price at the store, and settlement settled using the settlement identification information a storage unit that associates and stores the status, calculates the parking fee on the basis of the entry and leaving times in a parking lot that is provided in the store, there in the parking fee calculation method for calculating a parking fee by the parking fee calculation device And
A shooting step of detecting a vehicle entering and leaving the parking lot, detecting a vehicle entering and exiting, and photographing a vehicle entering and leaving the parking lot by a photographing unit that photographs the detected vehicle;
A recognition step in which the recognition unit recognizes the vehicle identification information from the photographing information of the vehicle photographed in the photographing step;
The time at which the vehicle drive both the identification information is recognized by the recognition unit when the goods receipt of the vehicle is received into the parking lot, and the warehousing time acquisition step of entry and leaving time acquiring unit acquires,
When the warehousing time is acquired in the warehousing time acquisition step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking garage parking gate control device; and
A time for obtaining the time when the vehicle whose vehicle identification information has been recognized by the recognizing unit when the vehicle is issued from the parking lot is obtained by the entry / exit time obtaining unit,
A payment status acquisition step in which the payment status acquisition unit acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized in the recognition step from the storage unit;
A discount condition determination step in which the discount condition determination unit determines discount conditions for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired in the payment status acquisition step;
The parking time from the acquired entry and leaving times by entry and leaving time acquisition unit in goods receipt time obtaining step and unloading time acquisition step, a parking time calculating step of parking time calculating unit calculates,
A parking fee calculating step in which a parking fee calculating unit calculates a parking fee discounted from the parking time calculated in the parking time calculating step and the discount condition determined in the discount condition determining step ;
When the parking fee is calculated in the parking fee calculating step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking lot exit gate control device .

According to the present invention, the storage unit uses the vehicle identification information written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, the payment identification information for paying the price at the store, and the payment identification information. The payment status settled in this manner is stored in association with each other. Vehicles entering / exiting the vehicle are detected by an imaging unit installed at an entrance / exit of a parking lot provided in the store, and the detected vehicle is imaged. The recognition unit recognizes the vehicle identification information from the shooting information of the vehicle shot by the shooting unit. The entry / exit time acquisition unit of the POS system installed in the store acquires the time when the vehicle whose vehicle identification information was recognized by the recognition unit was entered / exited into the parking lot. The payment status acquisition unit of the POS system acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit from the storage unit. The discount condition determination unit of the POS system determines a discount condition for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired by the payment status acquisition unit. The parking time is calculated from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit by the parking time calculation unit of the POS system . The parking fee calculation unit of the POS system calculates a discounted parking fee from the parking time calculated by the parking time calculation unit and the discount condition determined by the discount condition determination unit. In addition, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit of the POS system instructs the warehousing gate to open / close the gate at the warehousing gate when the warehousing time of the vehicle is acquired by the warehousing / acquisition time acquiring unit. When the gate bar open command is transmitted to the gate control device and the parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculation unit, the gate bar open command is issued to the parking lot exit gate control device which instructs the gate opening / closing operation at the exit gate. Send.

  That is, it is possible to reflect the discount condition according to the payment price paid by the vehicle identification information recognized from the image photographed by the photographing unit such as a camera, for example, the payment identification information associated with the vehicle number, in the parking fee. Therefore, it is possible to calculate the parking fee that is discounted according to the payment price at the store when the vehicle is issued without using a recording medium such as a parking ticket.

  According to the invention, the settlement identification information is information for identifying a settlement apparatus in which electronic money information representing electronic money is recorded. Electronic money information in which the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculation unit is recorded in the payment device when the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculation unit is not 0 yen by the payment unit Settlement with electronic money indicated by Accordingly, the parking fee can be settled with the electronic money recorded in the payment device, and the customer reads the identification information, for example, the electronic money ID, with the payment device at the exit, and with the electronic money of the payment device. Discounted parking fees can be settled.

  Further, according to the present invention, the settlement status settled by the settlement apparatus is the store where the parking lot is provided during the parking time calculated from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit. , The accumulated amount of the payment price paid by the payment method related to the payment identification information recorded in the payment apparatus. Therefore, it is applicable to the payment price by a payment method that can be associated with settlement identification information such as a payment method with electronic money and a payment method with a credit card at a plurality of stores related to a parking lot.

Further, according to the present invention, payment is made by using the vehicle identification information written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, the payment identification information for paying the price at the store, and the payment identification information. The parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculation device according to the present invention, which has a storage unit that stores the payment status in association with each other and calculates the parking fee based on the entry / exit time at the parking lot provided in the store. In the photographing step, the vehicle that is installed at the entrance of the parking lot, detects the vehicle entering / exiting, and the vehicle entering / exiting the parking lot is photographed by the photographing unit that photographs the detected vehicle. In the recognition step, the recognition unit recognizes the vehicle identification information from the photographing information of the vehicle photographed in the photographing step. The goods receipt time obtaining step obtains the time at which the vehicle drive both the identification information is recognized by the recognition unit when the goods receipt of the vehicle is received into the parking lot. When the warehousing time is acquired in the warehousing time acquisition step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking garage warehousing control device. Moreover, at the leaving time acquisition step, the loading / unloading time acquisition unit acquires the time at which the vehicle whose vehicle identification information has been recognized by the recognition unit at the time of leaving the vehicle leaves the parking lot. In the payment status acquisition step, the payment status acquisition unit acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized in the recognition step from the storage unit. In the discount condition determination step, the discount condition determination unit determines a discount condition for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired in the payment status acquisition step. In the parking time calculation step, the parking time calculation unit calculates the parking time from the entry / exit times acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit in the entry time acquisition step and the exit time acquisition step . In the parking fee calculation step, the parking fee calculation unit calculates a discounted parking fee from the parking time calculated in the parking time calculation step and the discount condition determined in the discount condition determination step. When the parking fee is calculated in the parking fee calculating step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking lot exit gate control device.

  That is, it is possible to reflect the discount condition according to the payment price paid by the vehicle identification information recognized from the image photographed by the photographing unit such as a camera, for example, the payment identification information associated with the vehicle number, in the parking fee. Therefore, it is possible to calculate the parking fee that is discounted according to the payment price at the store when the vehicle is issued without using a recording medium such as a parking ticket.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the parking fee payment system 1 which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the parking service registration paper. It is a figure which shows an example of the customer master 241 in which the content of the parking service registration paper 40 was registered. It is a figure for demonstrating the adjustment of the parking fee in the parking fee adjustment system. It is a flowchart which shows the warehousing process in the parking fee payment system 1 when warehousing the vehicle 2. It is a flowchart which shows the payment process in the parking fee payment system 1 when paying a price in a store. It is a flowchart which shows the leaving process in the parking fee payment system 1 when leaving the vehicle. It is a flowchart which shows the leaving process in the parking fee payment system 1 when leaving the vehicle.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a parking fee settlement system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A parking fee settlement system 1 which is a parking fee calculation device is a system installed in a store or the like having a parking lot. The stores include not only stores that sell products such as supermarkets, but also stores that provide services such as bowling and movies. The discount service for the parking fee is a service for reducing the parking fee according to the payment price paid at these stores. The parking fee calculation method according to the present invention is executed by the parking fee settlement system 1.

  The parking fee settlement system 1 includes a parking garage gate control device 10, a garage entrance camera 11, a garage opening / closing gate 12, a garage automobile detection sensor 13, a POS (Point Of Sales) system 20, a parking garage exit gate control device 30, and a garage entrance. It includes a camera 31, an exit opening / closing gate 32, and an exit car detection sensor 33. The parking lot entrance gate control device 10, the POS system 20, and the parking lot exit gate control device 30 are connected by a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

  The parking lot storage gate control device 10 includes a storage camera control unit 14, a storage number recognition control unit 15, a storage gate control unit 16 and a storage sensor control unit 17, and includes a storage port camera 11, a storage opening / closing gate 12, and storage. The vehicle detection sensor 13 and the POS system 20 are connected.

  The warehousing camera 11 is constituted by, for example, a video camera using a charge coupled device (hereinafter referred to as “CCD”), and receives a number photographing command for instructing photographing of a vehicle license plate from the warehousing camera control unit 14. The photographic data representing the photographed video is sent to the warehousing camera control unit 14. The shooting data is shooting information. When the warehousing gate control unit 16 is instructed to open the gate, the warehousing gate control unit 16 opens the gate to enable the passage of the vehicle. When the passage of the vehicle is confirmed, the gate is closed to allow other vehicles to pass. Impossible.

  The incoming car detection sensor 13 is a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a vehicle using, for example, light or ultrasonic waves. When the incoming car detection sensor reading command for instructing detection of the incoming car is received from the incoming sensor control unit 17, It is detected whether or not there is a vehicle near the warehousing gate 12 and notifies the warehousing sensor control unit 17 of the detection result. When the detection result received from the warehousing sensor control unit 17 indicates that the vehicle is present, the warehousing camera control unit 14 sends a number photographing command to the warehousing camera 11. Then, when receiving the shooting data of the video shot from the warehousing camera 11, the received shooting data is sent to the warehousing number recognition control unit 15.

  When the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 receives the shooting data from the warehousing camera control unit 14, the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 recognizes the vehicle identification information (hereinafter also referred to as “vehicle number”) described on the number plate of the vehicle from the received shooting data. The recognized vehicle number is transmitted to the POS system 20. When receiving the gate bar open command for instructing opening of the gate from the POS system 20, the warehousing gate control unit 16 instructs the warehousing gate 12 to open the gate. The warehousing sensor control unit 17 sends an automobile detection sensor reading command to the warehousing automobile detection sensor 13 every time a predetermined time, for example, 1 second elapses.

  The parking lot exit gate control device 30 includes an exit camera control unit 34, an exit number recognition control unit 35, an exit gate control unit 36, a parking fee settlement unit 37, and an exit sensor control unit 38. It is connected to the exit opening / closing gate 32, the exit car detection sensor 33 and the POS system 20. The parking fee settlement unit 37 includes an amount display display 371, a cash input unit 372, and a change dispensing unit 373.

  The exit port camera 31 is constituted by, for example, a video camera using a CCD. When a number shooting command is received from the exit camera control unit 34, the exit port camera 31 performs shooting and sends shooting data representing the shot video to the exit camera control unit 34. When instructed to open the gate from the exit gate control unit 36, the exit opening / closing gate 32 opens the gate to allow the vehicle to pass, and when the passage of the vehicle is confirmed, closes the gate and allows other vehicles to pass. Impossible.

  The outgoing car detection sensor 33 is a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a vehicle using, for example, light or ultrasonic waves. When the car detection sensor reading command is received from the outgoing sensor control unit 38, the vehicle is located near the outgoing opening / closing gate 32. It is detected whether or not there is, and the detection result is notified to the leaving sensor control unit 38.

  When the detection result received from the delivery sensor control unit 38 indicates that the vehicle is present, the exit camera control unit 34 sends a number photographing command to the exit port camera 31. When the image data of the video imaged from the exit port camera 31 is received, the received image data is sent to the exit number recognition control unit 35. When the delivery number recognition control unit 35 receives the shooting data from the delivery camera control unit 34, the delivery number recognition control unit 35 recognizes the vehicle number described on the license plate of the vehicle from the received shooting data and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the POS system 20. To do. The entrance camera 11, the entrance camera control unit 14, the entrance car detection sensor 13, the entrance sensor control part 17, the exit camera 31, the exit camera control part 34, the exit car detection sensor 33, and the exit sensor control part 38, Configure. The warehousing number recognition control unit 15 and the warehousing number recognition control unit 35 constitute a recognition unit.

  When receiving the gate bar open command from the POS system 20, the exit gate control unit 36 instructs the exit gate 32 to open the gate. Further, when the parking gate control unit 36 receives a parking fee display command for instructing to display the parking fee from the POS system 20, the parking fee information representing the discounted parking fee included in the parking fee display command is settled. Send to part 37. Then, when the parking fee settlement unit 37 is informed that the payment of the parking fee has been completed, it instructs the exit / exit gate 32 to open the gate.

  When the parking fee settlement unit 37 that is a settlement unit receives the parking fee information from the exit gate control unit 36, the parking fee settlement unit 37 displays the received parking fee information on the amount display display 371. Then, when the amount notified from the cash input unit 372 matches the amount of the parking fee indicated by the parking fee information, the parking fee settlement unit 37 notifies the shipping gate control unit 36 that the payment of the parking fee has been completed. When the amount notified from the cash input unit 372 exceeds the amount of the parking fee indicated by the parking fee information, the parking fee settlement unit 37 notifies the change dispensing unit 373 of the exceeding amount. When the change payout unit 373 completes the change payout, the delivery gate control unit 36 is informed that the payment of the parking fee has been completed.

  The monetary amount display 371 is constituted by a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays parking fee information instructed from the parking fee settlement unit 37. The cash input unit 372 recognizes the amount of cash inserted (hereinafter referred to as “input amount”) and informs the parking fee settlement unit 37 of the recognized amount. The change payout unit 373 pays out the amount of change notified from the parking fee payment unit 37. The delivery sensor control unit 38 sends an automobile detection sensor reading command to the delivery automobile detection sensor 33 every time a predetermined time, for example, 1 second elapses.

  The POS system 20 includes a server 201 and a POS terminal 202. Although only one POS terminal 202 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of POS terminals 202 may be provided. The server 201 includes an arithmetic control device 23 and a storage device 24. The POS terminal 202 includes an input device 21, an output device 22, and a calculation control device (not shown).

  The input device 21 includes, for example, a keyboard 211, a mouse 212, a scanner 213, a touch panel 214, and an electronic money reading device 215, and sends input information to an arithmetic control device (not shown).

  The electronic money reading device 215 reads the payment identification information from the payment apparatus, and sends the read payment identification information to a calculation control apparatus (not shown). The payment identification information is information for paying the price at the store, and is recorded in the payment apparatus. The settlement device is, for example, a mobile phone or IC (Integrated Circuit) card that can be settled with electronic money, a credit card that can be settled with credit, a store membership card, or the like, and is recorded in the settlement device. Payment can be made by the payment method related to the payment identification information.

  A mobile phone or IC card that can be settled with electronic money stores electronic money ID (Identification) as settlement identification information and electronic money information representing the electronic money. Electronic money represents monetary value in digital data and can be used instead of cash. Hereinafter, an IC card will be described as an example of a payment apparatus, and an electronic money ID will be described as an example of payment identification information.

  The output device 22 includes a display 221 and a printer 222, for example, and outputs information received from an arithmetic and control device (not shown) to the display 221 or the printer 222. The arithmetic control device (not shown) of the POS terminal 202 controls the input device 21 and the output device 22, transmits information received from the input device 21 to the arithmetic control device 23 of the server 201, and outputs information received from the arithmetic control device 23. Send to device 22.

  The calculation control device 23 includes a customer data registration control unit 231, a warehousing data recording unit 232, a customer data search control unit 233, a gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234, a commodity price settlement processing unit 235, a timer control unit 236, and a parking fee calculation unit 237. It is comprised including. The storage device 24 that is a storage unit stores, for example, a customer master 241, a parking fee master 242, warehousing record data 243, and product purchase transaction data 244.

  The customer master 241 stores the vehicle number of the customer's vehicle, the electronic money ID used when the customer settles the price at the store, and the customer's name in association with each other. The customer master 241 shown in FIG. 1 includes three electronic money IDs “123... 45”, “235... 55” and “265... 88” and a name “ “Taro Yamada” is shown, one electronic money ID “565... 13” and the name “Ichiro Suzuki” are shown for the car number “5678”, and three electronic money IDs “5698” are shown for the car number “5698”. 123 ... 45 "," 235 ... 55 "and" 265 ... 88 ", and the name" Taro Yamada "are shown.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parking service registration form 40. The parking service registration form 40 is a form for registering the customer's name, car number, and electronic money ID, and the customer registers these information in advance. The parking service registration form 40 has a name field, a car number (referred to as “plate number” in FIG. 2), and an electronic money ID field. The name column is a column for entering the customer's name. The plate number field is a field for entering the vehicle number. The electronic money ID column is a column for entering the customer's electronic money ID, and a plurality of electronic money IDs can be entered therein.

  The parking service registration form 40 shown in FIG. 2 includes “Taro Yamada” in the name field, “1234” in the plate number field, “12345678890123456” as the first ID in the electronic money ID field, “6543298776554321” as the second ID, “1111111111111111” is entered as the third ID.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the customer master 241 in which the contents of the parking service registration form 40 are registered. The customer master 241 shown in FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the customer master 241 stored in the storage device 24, the vehicle number is stored as “PLATE_NO: 1234”, and the electronic money ID is “MONEY_ID1: 12345678890123456 ”,“ MONEY_ID2: 6543210987765321 ”and“ MONEY_ID3: 111111111111111111 ”, and the name is stored as“ NAME: Taro Yamada ”.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the parking fee master 242 uses a parking fee after paying at a store related to the parking lot, for example, a parking fee (hereinafter referred to as “discounted parking fee”) after discounting according to the shopping amount. This data is stored every time. The discounted parking fee for each parking time corresponding to the shopping amount is a discount condition.

  In the parking fee master 242 shown in FIG. 1, the discounted parking fee for the “shopping amount less than 2000 yen” is “0 yen” for the parking time “up to 1 hour” and “200 hours” for the parking time “up to 2 hours”. The parking time “up to 3 hours” is “300 yen”, and the parking time “over 3 hours” is “100 yen / h”. The discounted parking fee for “shopping amount 2000 yen or more” is “0 yen” for the parking time “up to 1 hour”, “0 yen” for the parking time “up to 2 hours”, and the parking time “3”. “Until time” is “0 yen”, and parking time “over 3 hours” is “100 yen / h”.

  The warehousing record data 243 is data for storing the warehousing time for each vehicle number. In the warehousing record data 243 shown in FIG. 1, the warehousing time is “10:10” for the car number “1234”, and the warehousing time is “12:35” for the car number “5678”.

  The merchandise purchase transaction data 244 is data in which the shopping amount that the customer has settled with electronic money and the vehicle number of the customer's vehicle are associated with the electronic money ID. The merchandise purchase transaction data 244 shown in FIG. 1 includes the electronic money ID [235... 55], the purchase amount is “3000 yen” and the car number “1234”, and the electronic money ID [565. For the electronic money ID “265... 88”, the shopping amount is “2000 yen” and the vehicle number “1234”. The shopping amount associated with the electronic money ID of the merchandise purchase transaction data 244 is a payment status in which payment is made using the payment identification information.

  The customer data registration control unit 231 registers the information entered on the parking service registration form 40 in the customer master 241. The warehousing data recording unit 232 stores the time received from the timer control unit 236 as the warehousing time of the warehousing recording data 243 in the storage device 24 in association with the electronic money ID.

  When the customer data search control unit 233 receives the vehicle number from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether the received vehicle number is in the customer master 241, and the vehicle number received from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 is If it is in the customer master 241, the timer control unit 236 is notified accordingly. If the car number received from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 is not in the customer master 241, it instructs the parking garage gate control device 10 to issue a ticket, that is, a parking ticket. In addition, when the warehousing data recording unit 232 is notified that the warehousing time of the warehousing recording data 243 is stored, it notifies the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 to that effect.

  Further, when the customer data search control unit 233 receives the electronic money ID read from the IC card by the electronic money reading device 215 of the POS terminal 202 when the customer settles the price at the store, from the electronic money reading device 215, It is searched whether or not the received electronic money ID is in the customer master 241. When the received electronic money ID is in the customer master 241, the product price settlement processing unit 235 is notified of that fact.

  Further, when the customer data search control unit 233 receives the vehicle number from the delivery number recognition control unit 35, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether the received vehicle number is in the customer master 241 and receives the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35. When the number is in the customer master 241, the timer control unit 236 is notified of that fact. In addition, the warehousing time of the vehicle number received from the warehousing number recognition control unit 35 is acquired from the warehousing data recording unit 232 and notified to the parking fee calculation unit 237.

  Furthermore, when the parking fee calculation unit 237 calculates the parking time, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244, When the vehicle number received from the number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244, the parking fee calculation unit 237 is notified of this fact.

  When the customer data search control unit 233 informs that the warehousing data recording unit 232 stores the warehousing time of the warehousing record data 243, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 transmits a gate bar open command to the warehousing gate control unit 16. To do. When the parking fee calculation unit 237 informs the discounted parking fee, the parking fee display command for instructing the display of the discounted parking fee is transmitted to the exit gate control unit 36.

  The merchandise price settlement processing unit 235, when notified by the customer data search control unit 233 that the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215 is in the customer master 241, is settled using the electronic money ID. The stored amount is stored in the purchase amount of the product purchase transaction data 244. If a shopping amount other than 0 yen has already been stored, it is added to the stored shopping amount.

  The timer control unit 236, which is an entry / exit time acquisition unit, has a timer unit for measuring time, and the customer master 241 has the vehicle number received from the entry number recognition control unit 15 from the customer data search control unit 233. When notified, the current time is acquired with reference to the timekeeping section and sent to the warehousing data recording section 232. In addition, when the customer data search control unit 233 informs the customer master 241 that the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the customer master 241, the timer control unit 236 refers to the time measurement unit. And the acquired time is sent to the parking fee calculation unit 237 as the leaving time.

  The parking fee calculation unit 237 calculates the parking time from the delivery time received from the timer control unit 236 and the entry time notified from the customer data search control unit 233. When the customer data search control unit 233 informs that the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244, the parking fee calculation unit 237 refers to the parking fee master 242. The discounted parking fee corresponding to the calculated parking time is searched. When the discounted parking fee is not 0 yen, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 is notified of the discounted parking fee. When the discounted parking fee is 0 yen, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 transmits a gate bar open command to the exit gate control unit 36. The parking fee calculation unit 237 is a settlement status acquisition unit, a discount condition determination unit, a parking time calculation unit, and a parking fee calculation unit.

  For example, when the discounted parking fee is X and the parking time is h, the parking fee calculating unit 237 calculates the discounted parking fee X by the following equation. In the case of h ≦ 1 hour, X = 0 yen, and in the case of 1 <h ≦ 2, the purchase amount is less than 2000 yen, X = 200 yen, the purchase amount is 2000 yen or more, and X = 0 yen, When 2 <h ≦ 3, the shopping amount is less than 2000 yen, X = 300 yen, the shopping amount is 2000 yen or more, X = 0 yen, and when h ≧ 3 hours, X = 100 × | h− 3 | Yen.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the settlement of the parking fee in the parking fee settlement system 1. Fig.4 (a) is a process in the garage entrance of a parking lot. The parking lot entry gate control device 10 recognizes the vehicle number from the photographed data of the license plate photographed by the entrance camera 11 and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the server 201. The server 201 collates the vehicle number received from the parking garage gate control device 10 with the customer master 241. If there is a vehicle number received from the parking garage gate control device 10 in the customer master 241, the parking lot warehousing is performed. The time when the vehicle number is received from the gate control device 10 is stored as the warehousing time of the warehousing record data 243, and a gate bar open command is commanded to the warehousing gate 12 via the parking garage gate control device 10 to open the gate.

  FIG. 4B shows processing in the store. When the customer settles the price at the store, the POS terminal 202 sends the electronic money ID read from the IC card by the electronic money reading device 215 and the shopping amount to be settled with the IC card to the server 201. The server 201 stores the shopping amount received from the POS terminal 202 in the shopping amount column of the product purchase transaction data 244 associated with the same electronic money ID as the received electronic money ID. If a shopping amount other than 0 yen is already stored, add it.

  FIG.4 (c) is a process in the exit of a parking lot. The parking lot exit gate control device 30 recognizes the vehicle number from the photographing data of the license plate photographed by the exit port camera 31 and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the server 201. The server 201 collates the vehicle number received from the parking lot exit gate control device 30 with the customer master 241. If there is a vehicle number received from the parking lot entry gate control device 10 in the customer master 241, the parking lot entry is performed. The time when the vehicle number is received from the gate control device 10 is set as the leaving time.

  Then, the server 201 calculates a parking time from the delivery time and the warehousing time of the warehousing record data 243, and calculates a discounted parking fee from the calculated parking time and the shopping amount of the product purchase transaction data 244. If the discounted parking fee is 0 yen, a gate bar open command is commanded to the delivery opening / closing gate 32 via the parking lot delivery gate control device 30, and the gate is opened. If the discounted parking fee is not 0 yen, a parking fee display command is transmitted to the parking lot exit gate control device 30, and the parking lot exit gate control device 30 settles the discounted parking fee in cash.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the warehousing process in the parking fee settlement system 1 when the vehicle 2 is warehousing. The parking fee settlement system 1 moves to step A1 when the power is turned on and becomes operable.

  In step A <b> 1, the warehousing sensor control unit 17 sends an automobile detection sensor reading command to the warehousing automobile detection sensor 13 every time a predetermined time, for example, 1 second elapses. In step A2, the warehousing sensor control unit 17 proceeds to step A3 when the detection result of the warehousing car detection sensor 13 indicates that the vehicle is present. If it does not indicate that the vehicle is detected, the process returns to step A1.

  In step A <b> 3, the warehousing camera control unit 14 sends a number shooting command to the warehousing camera 11. In step A <b> 4, upon receipt of the number shooting command, the warehousing camera 11 shoots the license plate of the vehicle, and sends shooting data representing the shot video to the warehousing camera control unit 14. In step A <b> 5, when the warehousing camera control unit 14 receives shooting data of the shot video from the warehousing camera 11, the warehousing camera control unit 14 sends the received shooting data to the warehousing number recognition control unit 15.

  In step A6, when the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 receives the shooting data from the warehousing camera control unit 14, the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 recognizes the vehicle number described on the license plate of the vehicle from the received shooting data, and uses the recognized vehicle number as the customer. The data is transmitted to the data search control unit 233. In step A <b> 7, when the customer data search control unit 233 receives the vehicle number from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether the received vehicle number is in the customer master 241. In step A8, when the vehicle number received from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 is in the customer master 241, the customer data search control unit 233 informs the timer control unit 236 to that effect, and proceeds to step A9 to enter the warehousing number recognition control. If the car number received from the unit 15 is not in the customer master 241, the process proceeds to step A 15.

  In step A <b> 9, the timer control unit 236 acquires the current time with reference to the time measuring unit and sends it to the warehousing data recording unit 232. In step A10, the warehousing data recording unit 232 stores the time received from the timer control unit 236 as the warehousing time of the warehousing record data 243 in association with the vehicle number received from the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 in the storage device 24. In step A11, the customer data search control unit 233 notifies the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 that the recording to the warehousing record data 243 is completed. In step A <b> 12, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 transmits a gate bar open command to the warehousing gate control unit 16.

  In step A13, the warehousing gate control unit 16 instructs the warehousing gate 12 to open the gate. In step A14, the warehousing / opening gate 12 opens the gate, that is, allows the vehicle to pass by opening the gate, and when the passage of the vehicle is confirmed, closes the gate and disables the passage of the vehicle, and ends the warehousing process.

  In step A15, the parking lot entry gate control device 10 issues a normal ticket, that is, a parking ticket. In Step A16, the parking lot entry gate control device 10 magnetically records the normal entry record, that is, the entry time in the ticket, and proceeds to Step A12.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a payment process in the parking fee settlement system 1 when paying a price at a store. When the payment amount to be paid by the customer is settled with the electronic money of the IC card 3, the process proceeds to step B1.

  In step B <b> 1, the electronic money reading device 215 reads the electronic money ID recorded on the IC card 3 that has settled the payment price with the electronic money, and sends the read electronic money ID to the customer data search control unit 233. In step B <b> 2, the customer data search control unit 233 searches the customer master 241 for the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215.

  In step B <b> 3, the customer data search control unit 233 determines whether the customer master 241 has the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215. If the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215 is in the customer master 241, the process proceeds to step B <b> 4, and if the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215 is not in the customer master 241, the payment process is terminated.

  In step B4, the commodity price settlement processing unit 235 associates the amount settled using the electronic money ID read by the electronic money reading device 215 with the electronic money ID and the car number, and the shopping amount of the commodity purchase transaction data 244 is displayed. And process payment. When a shopping amount other than 0 yen has already been stored, it is added to the stored shopping amount and payment processing is performed.

  FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are flowcharts showing the delivery process in the parking fee settlement system 1 when the vehicle 2 is delivered. When the parking fee settlement system 1 is turned on and becomes operable, the process proceeds to step C1.

  In step C1, the delivery sensor control unit 38 sends an automobile detection sensor reading command to the delivery automobile detection sensor 33 every time a predetermined time, for example, 1 second elapses. In Step C2, if the detection result of the leaving car detection sensor 33 indicates that the car is detected, the process goes to Step C3, and the detection result of the leaving car detection sensor 33 is If it does not indicate that the vehicle is detected, the process returns to step C1.

  In step C <b> 3, the exit camera control unit 34 sends a number shooting command to the exit port camera 31. In step C4, when the exit port camera 31 receives the number shooting command, the exit port camera 31 performs shooting of the license plate of the vehicle, and sends shooting data representing the shot video to the shipping camera control unit 34. In step C <b> 5, when the exit camera control unit 34 receives the image data of the captured video from the exit port camera 31, the exit camera control unit 34 sends the received image data to the exit number recognition control unit 35. Steps A1 to A5 and steps C1 to C5 shown in FIG. 5 are photographing steps.

  In step C6, when the delivery number recognition control unit 35 receives the shooting data from the delivery camera control unit 34, the delivery number recognition control unit 35 recognizes the vehicle number described on the license plate of the vehicle from the received shooting data, and uses the recognized vehicle number as the customer. The data is transmitted to the data search control unit 233. Step A6 and step C6 shown in FIG. 5 are recognition steps. In step C <b> 7, when the customer data search control unit 233 receives the vehicle number from the delivery number recognition control unit 35, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether the received vehicle number is in the customer master 241.

  In step C8, the customer data search control unit 233 determines whether or not the search result indicates that the customer master 241 has a vehicle number recognized by the delivery number recognition control unit 35. If the search result indicates that there is a car number recognized by the delivery number recognition control unit 35 in the customer master 241, the process proceeds to step C <b> 9, and the search result is recognized by the delivery number recognition control unit 35 in the customer master 241. If it does not indicate that there is a car number, the process proceeds to step C24.

  In step C <b> 9, the customer data search control unit 233 obtains the garage time of the car number received from the garage number recognition control unit 35 from the garage data recording unit 232 and notifies the parking fee calculation unit 237. In Step C10, the timer control unit 236 acquires the current time with reference to the time measuring unit, and sends the acquired time to the parking fee calculation unit 237 as the leaving time. Step A9 and step C10 shown in FIG. 5 are entry / exit time acquisition steps. In step C11 which is a parking fee calculation step, the parking fee calculator 237 calculates the parking time from the leaving time received from the timer controller 236 and the entry time notified from the customer data search controller 233.

  In step C <b> 12, the customer data search control unit 233 searches whether or not the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244. In step C <b> 13, the customer data search control unit 233 determines whether or not the search result indicates that the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244. If the search result indicates that the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244, the process proceeds to step C14. If the search result does not indicate that the vehicle number received from the delivery number recognition control unit 35 is in the product purchase transaction data 244, the process proceeds to step C16.

  In Step C <b> 14, the parking fee calculation unit 237 acquires the shopping amount associated with the vehicle number received from the shipping number recognition control unit 35 from the shopping amount of the product purchase transaction data 244 stored in the storage device 24. The parking fee calculation unit 237 searches the parking fee master 242 and determines a discount condition according to the acquired shopping amount. Specifically, for example, if the shopping amount is less than 2000 yen, the discounted parking fee for each parking time that is less than 2000 yen is determined as a discount condition, and if the shopping amount is 2000 yen or more, the shopping amount 2000 The discounted parking fee is determined as a discount condition for each parking time of Yen or more. Then, a discounted parking fee is calculated from the calculated parking time and the determined discount condition. Step C14 is a settlement status acquisition step, a discount condition determination step, a parking time calculation step, and a parking fee calculation step.

  In Step C15, the parking fee calculation unit 237 determines whether or not the discounted parking fee is 0 yen. If the discounted parking fee is 0 yen, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 transmits a gate bar open command to the exit gate control unit 36, and the process proceeds to step C22. If the discounted parking fee is not 0 yen, the process proceeds to step C16. In Step C16, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234 transmits a parking fee display command for instructing display of the discounted parking fee together with parking fee information indicating the discounted parking fee to the exit gate control unit 36.

  In Step C17, when receiving the parking fee display command from the gate opening / closing instruction control unit 234, the exit gate control unit 36 sends the received parking fee information together with the parking fee display command to the parking fee settlement unit 37 to instruct display. In Step C18, when the parking fee settlement unit 37 receives the parking fee information from the exit gate control unit 36, the parking fee settlement unit 37 displays the discounted parking fee indicated by the received parking fee information on the amount display display 371. In step C <b> 19, the parking fee settlement unit 37 waits for cash to be input from the cash input unit 372.

  In step C20, the parking fee settlement unit 37 determines whether or not the amount inserted from the cash input unit 372 is equal to or greater than the displayed discounted parking fee. If the amount input from the cash input unit 372 is equal to or greater than the displayed discounted parking fee, the process proceeds to step C21. If the amount input from the cash input unit 372 is less than the displayed discounted parking fee, the step Return to C18. In step C 21, the parking fee settlement unit 37 uses the change dispensing unit 373 to pay out the amount of change obtained by subtracting the discounted parking fee from the amount inserted from the cash input unit 372. If there is no change, the process proceeds to step C22 without doing anything.

  In step C22, the exit gate control unit 36 instructs the exit gate 32 to open the gate. In step C23, when the exit gate control unit 36 is instructed to open the gate by the exit gate control unit 36, the gate is opened, that is, the gate is opened, and the exit process is terminated.

  In step C <b> 24, the parking lot exit gate control device 30 reads the entry time from the ticket, and transmits the read entry time to the calculation control device 23. In step C <b> 25, the arithmetic control device 23 acquires the current time, that is, the shipping time, by the timer control unit 236. In step C26, the arithmetic and control unit 23 calculates a discounted parking fee from the entry time and discount conditions read from the ticket and the exit time acquired by the timer control unit 236, and proceeds to step C16. The discount condition is information recorded by a parking ticket settlement processing terminal installed in a store, for example, and represents a condition for discounting a parking fee. A parking ticket settlement processing terminal is a device that magnetically records a discount condition according to a payment price at a store on a ticket.

  In the embodiment described above, the settlement at the exit is performed in cash at the time of delivery. However, the electronic money reading device is provided at the exit and a mobile phone or an IC card that can be settled with electronic money is used. You may make it settle.

  Alternatively, the electronic money ID and the vehicle stored in the mobile phone and the IC card are stored in the electronic money information in the server 201 or a device connected to the server 201 via the network instead of the mobile phone or the IC card. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the association with numbers is registered. In this case, the customer does not need to have the electronic money reading device read the mobile phone or the IC card at the delivery gate. Similarly, if the association between the credit card and the car number is registered, there is no need to read the credit card at the exit port. That is, the customer can settle the parking fee without opening the vehicle window at the entrance / exit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the payment at the store is made with an IC card, but it is also possible to pay with cash. In this case, at the time of payment in cash, it is necessary to read the payment identification information with an IC card, a mobile phone or a credit card registered in association with the car number.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, when the detection of a vehicle is carried out using the entering car detection sensor 13 and the leaving car detection sensor 33, and the entering car detection sensor 13 and the leaving car detection sensor 33 detect a vehicle, the entrance camera 11 and Although the configuration is such that the vehicle is photographed by the exit port camera 31, it is also possible to recognize a change in the image captured by the entrance port camera 11 and the exit port camera 31 and detect that the vehicle has approached. In this case, it is not necessary to use the incoming car detection sensor 13 and the outgoing car detection sensor 33.

  As described above, the storage device 24 uses the vehicle number written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, the electronic money ID for settlement at the store, and the electronic money ID. Are stored in association with the settlement status. Vehicles entering / exiting the vehicle are detected by an imaging unit installed at an entrance / exit of a parking lot provided in the store, and the detected vehicle is imaged. The photographing unit includes, for example, the entrance camera 11, the entrance camera control unit 14, the entrance car detection sensor 13, the entrance sensor control part 17, the exit camera 31, the exit camera control part 34, the exit car detection sensor 33, and the exit sensor control part 38. Consists of. The vehicle number is recognized by the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 and the warehousing number recognition control unit 35 from the photographing information of the vehicle photographed by the photographing unit. The timer control unit 236 obtains the time when the vehicle whose vehicle number is recognized by the warehousing number recognition control unit 15 and the warehousing number recognition control unit 35 enters and leaves the parking lot. The parking fee calculation unit 237 obtains the settlement status of the electronic money ID associated with the vehicle number recognized by the entry number recognition control unit 15 and the exit number recognition control unit 35 from the storage device 24. The parking fee calculation unit 237 determines a discount condition for discounting the parking fee according to the acquired settlement situation. The parking fee calculation unit 237 calculates the parking time from the entry / exit time acquired by the timer control unit 236. Then, the parking fee calculation unit 237 calculates a discounted parking fee from the calculated parking time and the determined discount condition.

  That is, the vehicle identification information recognized from the image captured by the imaging unit such as a camera, for example, the payment identification information associated with the vehicle number, for example, the discount condition according to the payment price paid with the electronic money ID is reflected in the parking fee. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to calculate the parking fee that is discounted according to the payment price at the store when the vehicle is issued without using a recording medium such as a parking ticket.

  Furthermore, the electronic money ID is information for identifying an IC card in which electronic money information representing electronic money is recorded. When the calculated discounted parking fee is not 0 yen, the calculated discounted parking fee is settled by the electronic money indicated by the electronic money information recorded on the IC card. Therefore, the parking fee can be settled with the electronic money recorded on the IC card, and the customer can read the identification information, for example, the electronic money ID, with the IC card at the exit, and use the electronic money of the IC card. Discounted parking fees can be settled.

  Further, the settlement status settled by the IC card is an electronic data recorded on the IC card at the store where the parking lot is provided during the parking time calculated from the entry / exit time acquired by the timer control unit 236. This is the cumulative amount of payment paid by the payment method related to the money ID. Therefore, it is applicable to the payment price by a payment method that can be associated with settlement identification information such as a payment method with electronic money and a payment method with a credit card at a plurality of stores related to a parking lot.

  Further, in order to identify each vehicle, the vehicle number described on the license plate of each vehicle, the electronic money ID for settlement of the price at the store, and the settlement status settled using the electronic money ID are associated. When the parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculation device that calculates the parking fee based on the entry / exit time at the parking lot provided in the store, the storage device 24 stores the information, and steps A1 to A5 shown in FIG. In steps C1 to C5 shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle that is installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot, detects the vehicle entering and exiting, and photographs the vehicle entering and exiting the parking lot by the imaging unit that photographs the detected vehicle. . The photographing unit includes, for example, the entrance camera 11, the entrance camera control unit 14, the entrance car detection sensor 13, the entrance sensor control part 17, the exit camera 31, the exit camera control part 34, the exit car detection sensor 33, and the exit sensor control part 38. Consists of. In step A6 shown in FIG. 5 and step C6 shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle number is recognized from the photographing information of the vehicles photographed in steps A1 to A5 shown in FIG. 5 and steps C1 to C5 shown in FIG. . In step A9 shown in FIG. 5 and step C10 shown in FIG. 7, the time when the vehicle whose vehicle number is recognized in step A6 shown in FIG. 5 and step C6 shown in FIG. To do. In step C14 shown in FIG. 8, the settlement status of the electronic money ID associated with the vehicle number recognized in step A6 shown in FIG. 5 and step C6 shown in FIG. In step C14 shown in FIG. 8, a discount condition for discounting the parking fee is determined according to the acquired settlement situation. In step C11 shown in FIG. 7, the parking time is calculated from the entry / exit times acquired in step A9 shown in FIG. 5 and step C10 shown in FIG. In step C14 shown in FIG. 8, a discounted parking fee is calculated from the parking time calculated in step C11 shown in FIG. 7 and the determined discount condition.

  That is, discount conditions according to the payment price paid with vehicle identification information recognized from an image photographed by a photographing unit such as a camera, for example, an electronic money ID associated with a car number, can be reflected in the parking fee. Therefore, it is possible to calculate the parking fee that is discounted according to the payment price at the store when the vehicle is issued without using a recording medium such as a parking ticket.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parking fee settlement system 2 Vehicle 3 IC card 10 Parking lot entrance gate control device 11 Entrance entrance camera 12 Incoming entrance opening / closing gate 13 Incoming car detection sensor 14 Incoming camera control unit 15 Incoming number recognition control unit 16 Incoming gate control unit 17 Incoming sensor control Unit 20 POS system 21 Input device 22 Output device 23 Arithmetic control device 24 Storage device 30 Parking lot exit gate control device 31 Exit port camera 32 Exit door opening / closing gate 33 Exit vehicle detection sensor 34 Exit camera control unit 35 Exit number recognition control unit 36 Exit Gate control unit 37 Parking fee settlement unit 38 Delivery sensor control unit 40 Parking service registration sheet 201 Server 202 POS terminal 211 Keyboard 212 Mouse 213 Scanner 214 Touch panel 215 Electronic money reading device 221 Display 222 Printer 231 Customer data registration control unit 232 Receipt data recording unit 233 Customer data search control unit 234 Gate opening / closing instruction control unit 235 Product price settlement processing unit 236 Timer control unit 237 Parking fee calculation unit 241 Customer master 242 Parking fee master 243 Receipt Recorded data 244 Product purchase transaction data 371 Amount display 372 Cash input unit 373 Change dispensing unit

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Associating vehicle identification information written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, payment identification information for paying the price at the store, and payment status settled using the payment identification information A storage unit for storing;
An imaging unit that is installed at an entrance / exit of a parking lot provided in the store, detects a vehicle entering / exiting, and photographs the detected vehicle;
A recognizing unit for recognizing vehicle identification information from shooting information of a vehicle photographed by the photographing unit;
A warehousing gate that opens and closes the gate, installed at the parking lot entrance,
A door opening / closing gate that opens and closes the gate,
A parking lot entry gate control device that acquires vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and instructs the entry / exit gate to open and close the gate at the entrance.
A parking lot exit gate control device that acquires the vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit at the time of delivery from the parking lot of the vehicle, and instructs the exit opening / closing gate to open and close the gate at the exit.
A POS system installed in a store and connected to the parking lot entry gate control device and the parking lot exit gate control device via a network so that data communication is possible,
The POS system is
Entry / exit time acquisition unit for acquiring the time when the vehicle whose vehicle identification information is recognized by the recognition unit enters / exits the parking lot;
A payment status acquisition unit that acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized by the recognition unit from the storage unit;
A discount condition determination unit that determines a discount condition for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired by the payment status acquisition unit;
A parking time calculation unit that calculates the parking time from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit;
A parking fee calculator that calculates a discounted parking fee from the parking time calculated by the parking time calculator and the discount condition determined by the discount condition determiner ;
When the entry time of the vehicle to the parking lot is acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit, a gate bar open command is transmitted to the parking lot entry gate control device, and when the parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculation unit, the gate bar opens. And a gate opening / closing instruction control unit that transmits a command to the parking lot exit gate control device. The payment identification information is information for identifying a payment device in which electronic money information representing electronic money is recorded,
When the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating unit is not 0 yen, the discounted parking fee calculated by the parking fee calculating unit indicates the electronic money indicated by the electronic money information recorded in the settlement apparatus The parking fee calculation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a settlement unit that performs settlement according to claim 1.   The settlement status settled by the settlement apparatus is recorded in the settlement apparatus at the store where the parking lot is provided during the parking time calculated from the entry / exit time acquired by the entry / exit time acquisition unit. The parking fee calculation device according to claim 2, wherein the parking fee calculation device is a cumulative amount of payment paid by the payment method related to the payment identification information. Associating vehicle identification information written on the license plate of each vehicle to identify each vehicle, payment identification information for paying the price at the store, and payment status settled using the payment identification information The parking fee is calculated by the parking fee calculating device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the parking fee is calculated based on an entry / exit time at a parking lot provided in the store. A parking fee calculation method for
A shooting step of detecting a vehicle entering and leaving the parking lot, detecting a vehicle entering and exiting, and photographing a vehicle entering and leaving the parking lot by a photographing unit that photographs the detected vehicle;
A recognition step in which the recognition unit recognizes the vehicle identification information from the photographing information of the vehicle photographed in the photographing step;
The time at which the vehicle drive both the identification information is recognized by the recognition unit when the goods receipt of the vehicle is received into the parking lot, and the warehousing time acquisition step of entry and leaving time acquiring unit acquires,
When the warehousing time is acquired in the warehousing time acquisition step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking garage parking gate control device; and
A time for obtaining the time when the vehicle whose vehicle identification information has been recognized by the recognizing unit when the vehicle is issued from the parking lot is obtained by the entry / exit time obtaining unit,
A payment status acquisition step in which the payment status acquisition unit acquires the payment status of the payment identification information associated with the vehicle identification information recognized in the recognition step from the storage unit;
A discount condition determination step in which the discount condition determination unit determines discount conditions for discounting the parking fee according to the payment status acquired in the payment status acquisition step;
The parking time from the acquired entry and leaving times by entry and leaving time acquisition unit in goods receipt time obtaining step and unloading time acquisition step, a parking time calculating step of parking time calculating unit calculates,
A parking fee calculating step in which a parking fee calculating unit calculates a parking fee discounted from the parking time calculated in the parking time calculating step and the discount condition determined in the discount condition determining step ;
When the parking fee is calculated in the parking fee calculating step, the gate opening / closing instruction control unit transmits a gate bar open command to the parking lot exit gate control device .

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