JP6186531B1 - Parking lot management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a new technique for calculating a parking time of a parking lot, calculating a parking fee based on the calculated parking time, and further electronically performing the settlement. When a user enters a parking lot by a user, the management server transmits a charging condition imposed on the user to park at the parking lot to the user's mobile terminal, and The time of entry is measured, and when the user leaves the parking lot, the time of delivery is measured using a clock, and the elapsed time from the measured entry time is measured using the clock. Obtained as a parking time, calculate a parking fee based on the length of the acquired parking time, and send the calculated parking fee to the mobile terminal, whereby the transmitted parking fee is It is possible to make an electronic payment via the portable terminal. [Selection] Figure 14

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for managing a parking lot by using at least a transmitter installed in each parking lot and transmitting a unique identification signal and a user's portable terminal.

  There has already been proposed a technique for identifying a target object that a user is paying attention to by using a transmitter installed in each target object that transmits a unique identification signal and the user's mobile terminal.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a user who is a visitor approaches any one of a plurality of exhibits installed in a venue, a guide image and a voice guide related to the exhibits are displayed in a timely manner from the user's portable terminal. Is disclosed, and thereby, the technology for explaining the present exhibit to the user is disclosed.

  Specifically, according to this technology, a transmitter is installed in proximity to each exhibit, and an identification signal indicating a transmitter ID unique to the transmitter is transmitted from the transmitter. When the user approaches one of the exhibits together with his / her mobile terminal, the user receives a transmitter ID from the transmitter corresponding to the exhibit. The portable terminal identifies the current exhibit from the received transmitter ID, reads out the guide image and audio guide corresponding to the exhibit from its own memory, and plays them back.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when a user as a customer approaches one of a plurality of products installed in a store, product information (for example, an image of the product itself, a product name, a price, etc.) Is disclosed in a timely manner from a user's mobile terminal, thereby explaining the current product to the user.

  Specifically, according to this technology, a beacon device is installed in proximity to each product, and an identification signal representing a beacon ID unique to the beacon device is transmitted from the beacon device. When a user approaches any product together with his / her mobile terminal, the user receives a beacon ID from a beacon device corresponding to the product. The portable terminal transmits the received beacon ID to the server. The server identifies the current product from the beacon ID, reads product information about the product from the memory, and transmits the product information to the mobile terminal. Thereby, the user can acquire merchandise information via a portable terminal.

Japanese Patent No. 5912330 JP2015-149526A

The present inventors pay attention to the above-described object identification technology, that is, using at least a transmitter installed in each parking lot and transmitting a unique identification signal and the user's portable terminal. Research was conducted on the technology to identify the parking lots .

Furthermore, the present inventors have also studied a technique for calculating a parking time, calculating a parking fee based on the parking time, and further performing the settlement electronically.

Against the background of the above knowledge, the present invention uses at least a transmitter installed in each parking lot that transmits a unique identification signal and the user's portable terminal, and is provided with parking attention that the user is paying attention to. In the technology for identifying a parking lot , an object is to calculate a parking time, calculate a parking fee based on the parking time, and electronically perform the settlement .

In order to solve the problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is a parking lot management system that centrally manages a plurality of parking lots,
A transmitter that is installed in each parking lot and transmits a unique identification signal that performs near field communication with the user's mobile terminal in any parking lot,
A management server for performing long-distance communication with the portable terminal,
The mobile terminal is actually installed in a parking lot selected on the screen of the mobile terminal by the user from among the plurality of parking lots and one actually visited by the user among the plurality of parking lots. When the identification signals received from the transmitter match each other, the parking lot is identified as the parking lot selected by the user ,
The management server
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been identified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user enters the parking lot, the storage time is set using the clock of the management server. The warehousing time measuring part to be measured,
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been specified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user leaves the parking lot, the time of delivery is measured using the clock. A parking fee calculation unit for obtaining an elapsed time from the measured entry time as a parking time and calculating a parking fee based on the length of the acquired parking time;
A parking fee transmitter that transmits the calculated parking fee to the mobile terminal, thereby enabling the user to electronically settle the transmitted parking fee via the mobile terminal;
The mobile terminal refers to the management server for the current parking fee by voluntarily sending an inquiry request to the management server during the period from the entry to the exit.
The management server further includes:
When the inquiry request is received, the current time is measured using the clock, the elapsed time from the measured warehousing time to the current time is obtained as the current parking time, and the obtained current parking is obtained. The current parking fee is calculated based on the length of time, and the calculated current parking fee is calculated as related information including the parking identification information for the parking lot and the current parking time. with those containing the length and / or receipts time, the including parking management system parking management system query processing unit for transmitting to the portable terminal is provided.
Moreover, according to another aspect of the present invention, a parking lot management system that centrally manages a plurality of parking lots,
A transmitter that is installed in each parking lot and transmits a unique identification signal that performs near field communication with the user's mobile terminal in any parking lot,
A management server for performing long-distance communication with the portable terminal,
The mobile terminal acquires its own current position, and any one of the plurality of parking lots which is a parking lot fewer than those parking lots and is located in the vicinity of the acquired current position is displayed on the screen. The parking lot is displayed in a state that can be selected by the user, and the identification received from the transmitter actually installed in the selected parking lot and the parking lot actually visited by the user. If the signals match each other, the parking lot is identified as the parking lot selected by the user ,
The management server
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been identified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user enters the parking lot, the storage time is set using the clock of the management server. The warehousing time measuring part to be measured,
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been specified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user leaves the parking lot, the time of delivery is measured using the clock. A parking fee calculation unit for obtaining an elapsed time from the measured entry time as a parking time and calculating a parking fee based on the length of the acquired parking time;
And send the calculated parking fee to the portable terminal, thereby including a parking fee transmission unit that allows the transmitted parking fee user payment electronically via the mobile terminal A parking management system is provided.

Furthermore, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an object identification system comprising:
  A plurality of transmitters respectively installed on a plurality of objects whose installation positions are known, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, and the identification signal is obtained by a short-range communication method. Received by the user ’s mobile device,
  A management server that performs long-distance communication with a user's mobile terminal and receives identification information from the mobile terminal based on the identification signal received by the mobile terminal from the transmitter;
  Including
  The mobile terminal has a positioning function for measuring its current position,
  Under the condition that at least one of the mobile terminal and the management server is located in the vicinity of the current position measured by the mobile terminal, the plurality of objects are narrowed down to a smaller number of candidate objects. ,
  The mobile terminal displays those few candidate objects together with a map on the screen, enabling the user to select one of these candidate objects,
  The management server includes the transmitter that is actually installed in the small number of candidate objects selected by the user and the plurality of objects that are actually selected and visited by the user. An object specifying system is provided that specifies an object as an object selected by a user when the identification information represented by the received identification signal matches each other.

Furthermore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is an object identification system,
A plurality of transmitters respectively installed on a plurality of objects whose installation positions are known, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, and the identification signal is obtained by a short-range communication method. Received by the user ’s mobile device,
An actual transmitter ID represented by an identification signal received by the mobile terminal from an actual transmitter that is actually installed in a thing that is actually selected and visited by a user among the plurality of objects, and the plurality of objects Object identification that identifies an object that is actually selected by the user based on information that indicates which object is more likely to be actually selected by the user than other objects An object identification system including

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is an object identification system,
A plurality of transmitters respectively installed on a plurality of objects whose installation positions are known, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, and the identification signal is obtained by a short-range communication method. Received by the user ’s mobile device,
The actual transmitter ID represented by the identification signal received by the mobile terminal from the actual transmitter that is actually installed in the object actually selected and visited by the user among the plurality of objects is the plurality of objects. Among the objects, any one of a plurality of regular transmitter IDs respectively corresponding to a plurality of virtual transmitters that should be actually installed on a plurality of candidate objects located in the vicinity of the current position of the user It is determined whether or not they match, and when it is determined that they match, one object corresponding to one regular transmitter ID that matches the actual transmitter ID is identified as the object actually selected by the user. An object specifying system including an object specifying unit to be provided is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is an object identification system,
A plurality of transmitters respectively installed on a plurality of objects whose installation positions are known, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, and the identification signal is obtained by a short-range communication method. Received by the user ’s mobile device,
The actual transmitter ID represented by the identification signal received by the mobile terminal from the actual transmitter that is actually installed in the object actually selected and visited by the user among the plurality of objects is the plurality of objects. When it is determined whether or not it matches the regular transmitter ID corresponding to the virtual transmitter that should be actually installed in the object selected by the user on the portable terminal, There is provided an object specifying system including an object specifying unit for specifying one object corresponding to the actual transmitter ID or the one regular transmitter ID as an object actually selected by a user.

Moreover, according to the 4th side surface of this invention, it is a parking lot management system which manages a plurality of parking lots intensively,
A transmitter that is installed in each parking lot and transmits a unique identification signal that performs near field communication with the user's mobile terminal,
A management server that performs long-distance communication with a user's mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal receives identification information based on the identification signal received from the transmitter from the mobile terminal,
The mobile terminal has a positioning function for measuring its current position,
Under the condition that at least one of the mobile terminal and the management server is located in the vicinity of the current position measured by the mobile terminal, the plurality of parking lots are narrowed down to a smaller number of candidate parking lots. ,
The mobile terminal displays those few candidate parking lots on the screen, and allows the user to select one of these candidate parking lots,
The management center is one of the small number of candidate parking lots and an identification signal received from the transmitter that is actually installed in one of the plurality of parking lots that is actually selected and visited by the user. A parking lot management system is provided that permits the user to park the current parking lot when the identification information expressed by

  The following aspects are obtained by the present invention. Each aspect is divided into sections, each section is given a number, and is described in a form that cites other section numbers as necessary. This is to facilitate understanding of some of the technical features that the present invention can employ and combinations thereof, and the technical features that can be employed by the present invention and combinations thereof are limited to the following embodiments. Should not be interpreted. That is, it should be construed that it is not impeded to appropriately extract and employ the technical features described in the present specification as technical features of the present invention although they are not described in the following embodiments.

  Further, describing each section in the form of quoting the numbers of the other sections does not necessarily prevent the technical features described in each section from being separated from the technical features described in the other sections. It should not be construed as meaning, but it should be construed that the technical features described in each section can be appropriately made independent depending on the nature.

(1) Using a transmitter corresponding to the selected rental object and a user's mobile terminal, a rental service for renting to the user a rental service selected by the user from among a plurality of rental objects that are real estate or movable property A management server that performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal,
When the rental target is real estate, the position of the real estate is the rental reference position, and when the rental target is movable property, the position of the real estate associated with the movable property is the rental reference position.
The transmitter is installed at each rental reference position, transmits an identification signal representing a transmitter code unique to each transmitter, and performs short-range wireless communication with the portable terminal in a non-contact type or a contact type Done
At least one of the management server and the mobile terminal is
A candidate rental target selection unit that selects, as a plurality of candidate rental targets, a plurality of rental targets in which each rental reference position is located in the vicinity of the current position of the user from the plurality of rental targets;
The management server
A candidate rental reference position data transmission unit that transmits a plurality of candidate rental reference positions corresponding to the selected candidate rental objects or data related thereto, to the mobile terminal;
As a result of the user bringing the portable terminal close to or in contact with a selected real transmitter that is a transmitter that is actually installed in the plurality of candidate rental reference positions that are actually selected and visited by the user The actual transmitter code represented by the identification signal received from the selected real transmitter by the mobile terminal is to be installed in each of the plurality of candidate rental reference positions, respectively. When it is determined that it matches one of the corresponding regular transmitter codes, a match determination data receiving unit that receives match determination data representing that from the mobile terminal,
A management server including a service start permission unit that permits the start of the current rental service when receiving the match determination data from the portable terminal.

(2) Any one of the regular transmitter codes is a transmitter that should be actually installed in the plurality of candidate rental reference positions that are only selected on the portable terminal by the user. The management server according to item (1), which matches a virtual transmitter code corresponding to a selected virtual transmitter.

(3) Furthermore,
Prior to the determination in the portable terminal, a rental reference position that receives a rental reference position code unique to the candidate rental reference position that is only selected on the portable terminal by the user from the portable terminal. A code receiver;
A transmitter code transmitting unit that transmits a transmitter code unique to the transmitter corresponding to the rental reference position code received from the portable terminal to the portable terminal as one of the plurality of regular transmitter codes ( The management server according to item 2).

(4) Furthermore,
When at least the mobile terminal of the mobile terminal and the management server has the candidate rental target selection unit, a plurality of regular transmitter codes corresponding to a plurality of transmitters corresponding to the plurality of rental targets, or the When a plurality of regular transmitter codes corresponding to a plurality of selected candidate rental objects are transmitted to the portable terminal, and at least the management server of the portable terminal and the management server has the candidate rental object selection unit A transmitter code transmitter for transmitting a plurality of regular transmitter codes corresponding to the selected candidate rental objects to the mobile terminal;
After the match determination is performed in the mobile terminal, a rental target code representing the candidate rental reference position selected on the mobile terminal by the user among the plurality of candidate rental reference positions, or among the plurality of regular transmitter codes The management server according to item (1), including: a code receiving unit that receives from the portable terminal what matches the actual transmitter code.

(5) The mobile terminal transmits position specifying information that can specify the current position of the mobile terminal to the management server,
The candidate rental object selection unit selects a candidate having a rental reference position located near the current position of the mobile terminal from among the plurality of rental objects based on the position specifying information received from the mobile terminal. The management server according to any one of (1) to (4), which is selected as a rental target.

(6) When a plurality of rental objects having a rental reference position located in the vicinity of the current position of the mobile terminal project a figure having a predetermined shape and size on the map, based on the current position of the mobile terminal The management server according to item (5), which is a plurality of rental objects having a rental reference position within a covered range.

(7) In the mobile terminal, the service start permission unit starts the service when the actual rental code does not correspond to the one selected by the user from the plurality of candidate rental reference positions. The management server according to (4), which is not permitted.

(8) A program executed by a computer of the management server to implement the management server according to any one of (1) to (7).

  For example, the program according to this section and other sections may be interpreted to mean a combination of instructions executed by a computer to perform its function, or may be processed according to each instruction as well as a combination of these instructions. It is possible to interpret it to include files and data that are included, but it is not limited to them.

  In addition, this program may achieve its intended purpose by being executed by a computer alone, or may be intended to achieve its intended purpose by being executed by a computer together with other programs. Yes, but not limited to them. In the latter case, the program according to this section can be mainly composed of data, but is not limited thereto.

(9) A recording medium on which the program according to item (8) is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.

  This recording medium can adopt various formats, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk, an optical recording medium such as a CD and a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO, and an unremovable storage such as a ROM. However, it is not limited to them.

(10) A rental system that enables a rental service for temporarily renting a user selected by a user among a plurality of rental objects that are real estate or movable property,
When the rental object is a real estate, the position of the real estate is the rental reference position, and when the rental object is the movable property, the position of the real estate associated with the movable property is the rental reference position, and at least one for each rental reference position. A transmitter that is installed and transmits an identification signal representing a transmitter code that can directly or indirectly identify the corresponding rental object or rental reference position, and is short-range wireless with the user's mobile terminal With non-contact or contact communication,
A management server that performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal,
The portable terminal is
A current position measurement unit for measuring the current position of the user on the map;
A map display unit that cuts out a part of the entire map that changes in conjunction with a change in the current position of the user and displays it as a partial map on the screen;
The management server
When receiving the measurement result of the current position from the mobile terminal, based on the measurement result of the current position, at least one rental object located near the current position of the mobile terminal is selected among the plurality of rental objects. A candidate rental target selection section to select as a candidate rental target;
A rental reference position data transmitting unit that transmits at least one rental reference position data representing at least one rental reference position corresponding to the selected at least one candidate rental object to the mobile terminal;
The mobile terminal further includes:
When the at least one rental reference position data is received, the rental is displayed on the screen in a state where at least one rental reference position represented by the at least one rental reference position data is overlaid on the partial map. A reference position display section;
When one of the displayed at least one rental reference position is selected by the user, a start request part selected by the user for requesting the start of the rental service is displayed on the screen. A start request part display part to be displayed on,
A rental reference position code transmission unit that transmits a rental reference position code corresponding to the selected rental reference position to the management server when the displayed start request part is selected by a user;
The management server further includes a transmitter code transmitter that transmits a transmitter code corresponding to the rental reference position code received from the portable terminal to the portable terminal as a regular transmitter code,
The mobile terminal further includes:
When the user brings the portable terminal close to or in contact with the transmitter installed at the selected rental reference position, at least one identification signal from the transmitter alone or from the transmitter and another transmitter And at least one transmitter code represented by the received at least one identification signal is present to determine whether there is a match with the regular transmitter code. A rental system including a first match determination data transmission unit that determines that a user actually visits the selected rental reference position and transmits match determination data to the management server when it is determined that the user exists.

(11) The portable terminal further includes:
When it is determined that the user really visits the selected rental reference position at present, a charging condition, which is a condition for charging the rental fee as a consideration for providing the rental service to the user, is displayed on the screen. A first confirmation unit display unit for displaying on the screen a first confirmation unit selected by the user for displaying on the portable terminal that the user has agreed to the charging conditions.
The rental confirmation according to (10), further comprising: a first confirmation data transmission unit that transmits first confirmation data representing the first confirmation unit that is displayed to the management server when the displayed first confirmation unit is selected by the user. system.

(12) The management server further includes:
When the first confirmation data is received, the time at that time is recognized as the service start time, the elapsed time from the service start time is measured, and the rental fee is calculated according to the length of the elapsed time. 1 rental fee calculator,
The rental system according to (11), further comprising: a first rental fee transmission unit that transmits the calculated rental fee to the portable terminal when inquired from the portable terminal.

(13) The mobile terminal further includes:
A rental fee display unit that receives the amount of the rental fee at that time from the management server by inquiring to the management server either spontaneously or according to an instruction from a user, and displays the rental fee on the screen The rental system according to item (11), including:

(14) The mobile terminal further includes:
An end request part display part that displays an end request part selected by the user on the screen after requesting the end of the service after the start of this service;
After the displayed end request part is selected by the user, when the user brings the portable terminal close to or in contact with the transmitter installed at the selected rental reference position, only from the transmitter Receiving at least one identification signal from the transmitter and another transmitter, and matching at least one transmitter code represented by the received at least one identification signal with the regular transmitter code If the user determines that there is a matching transmitter code, the user determines that he / she really visits the selected rental reference position at present, and sends match determination data to the management server. A match determination data transmission unit;
A second confirmation unit display unit that displays on the screen a second confirmation unit selected by the user in order to confirm the request to end the service this time;
(10) to (13), including: a second confirmation data transmitting unit that transmits second confirmation data representing the second confirmation data displayed to the management server when the displayed second confirmation unit is selected by the user. Rental system described in any one.

(15) The management server further includes:
When the second display confirmation data is received, the time at that time is recognized as the service end time, and then the elapsed time from the service start time to the service end time is measured, and according to the length of the elapsed time A second rental fee calculation unit for calculating a final value of the rental fee;
The rental system according to (14), further comprising: a second rental fee transmission unit that transmits the final value of the calculated rental fee to the mobile terminal.

(16) The portable terminal or the management server further includes:
The rental system according to item (15), further including an electronic payment processing unit that performs processing for electronically paying the rental fee.

(17) A rental system that rents a user selected from a plurality of rental objects that are real estate or movable property to the user,
When the rental target is real estate, the position of the real estate is the rental reference position, and when the rental target is movable property, the position of the real estate associated with the movable property is the rental reference position.
The rental system is
A plurality of transmitters installed at a plurality of rental reference positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of rental objects, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, the identification signal being a short-range communication Depending on the method, what is received by the user's mobile device,
An actual transmitter ID represented by an identification signal received by the mobile terminal from an actual transmitter that is actually installed in a plurality of rental reference positions that are actually selected and visited by a user; and The rental reference position actually selected by the user based on the information indicating which rental reference position is more likely to be actually selected by the user than the other rental reference positions. A rental system that includes a rental target identifying unit that identifies and thereby identifies a rental target actually selected by a user.

(18) A parking lot management system for centrally managing a plurality of parking lots,
A plurality of transmitters installed in each of the plurality of parking lots, each transmitting an identification signal representing a unique transmitter ID, and the identification signal is received by a user's portable terminal by a short-range communication method And what
An actual transmitter ID represented by an identification signal received by the mobile terminal from an actual transmitter that is actually installed in one of the plurality of parking lots that is actually selected and visited by the user; and Parking lot identification that identifies the parking lot actually selected by the user based on information indicating which parking lot is more likely to be actually selected by the user than other parking lots A parking lot management system including

FIG. 1 shows a plurality of transmitters installed in a plurality of parking lots and portable terminals of a plurality of users respectively located in the parking lots in the parking lot management system according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a state where a management server in a management center at a remote location communicates with each other.

2 shows short-distance one-way communication between any transmitter shown in FIG. 1 and any portable terminal, and long-distance bidirectional communication between the portable terminal and the management server shown in FIG. It is a figure which represents each communication conceptually.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the transmitter shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart conceptually showing an example of a program executed by the computer of the transmitter shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of one transmitter shown in FIG. 2 together with one parking lot where the transmitter is installed, and shows the receivable area and the effective reception area allocated to the transmitter. It is a top view expressed notionally.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the mobile terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram conceptually showing the parking lot data table stored in the parking lot data memory in FIG. 6 in a tabular format.

FIG. 8 is a diagram conceptually showing the regular transmitter ID stored in the transmitter data memory in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the management server shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a warehousing sequence that shows an example of communication performed between the transmitter, the portable terminal, and the management server in time series in order to start the parking immediately after the user enters the parking lot. It is a flow.

FIG. 11 is a warehousing sequence diagram for chronologically explaining the warehousing sequence flow shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a time-series inquiry indicating an example of communication performed between the mobile terminal and the management server after the user exits the parking lot after a predetermined warehousing operation is completed at the parking lot. It is a sequence flow.

FIG. 13 is a query sequence diagram for explaining the query sequence flow shown in FIG. 12 in time series.

FIG. 14 is a delivery sequence flow that represents an example of communication performed between the transmitter, the portable terminal, and the management server in time series immediately before leaving from a certain parking lot.

FIG. 15 is a delivery sequence diagram for explaining the delivery sequence flow shown in FIG. 14 in time series.

FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the computer of the mobile terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the computer of the management server shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a parking management system according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in which a transmitter, a portable terminal, a management server, It is the warehousing sequence flow which shows an example of the communication performed between chronologically.

FIG. 19 shows, in time series, an example of communication performed between the transmitter, the mobile terminal, and the management server immediately before the user leaves the parking lot in the parking lot management system according to the second embodiment. It is an outgoing sequence flow.

FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram conceptually showing the computer of the management server in the parking lot management system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view for conceptually explaining the principle that a transmitter actually installed in an arbitrary parking lot is specified using a user's portable terminal in the parking lot management system according to the second embodiment. FIG.

  Hereinafter, some exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described in detail based on a drawing.

<First Embodiment>

  First, referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of parking lot management systems (an example of the above-mentioned “rental system”, hereinafter simply referred to as “systems”) 10 according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. This is a system for centrally managing a parking lot 20 (in FIG. 1, only representative parking lots A, B, and C of these parking lots 20 are shown). Although not shown, each parking lot 20 has a plurality of vehicle compartments (that is, a space allocated to one vehicle to be parked), and a plurality of vehicles can be parked in the vehicle compartments.

  The parking lot management system according to the present embodiment is configured to execute the parking lot management method according to the present embodiment.

  Each parking lot 20 is unmanned. Furthermore, in order to reduce and simplify the facilities, each parking lot 20 also includes a gate device that opens and closes appropriately to prevent the unauthorized vehicle from coming out from the entrance / exit of the parking lot 20. The car stop device that protrudes from the ground and is buried in the ground as needed to prevent the car from being issued is also a ticket issuing machine that issues a parking ticket to the user who is a driver on the condition of paying the parking fee and a checkout There is no machine installed.

  Note that the term “vehicle” should be construed throughout the specification as a term encompassing not only automobiles but also all kinds of moving objects such as bicycles and motorcycles.

  In addition, the term “parking space” refers to a single parking lot 20 throughout the specification, or each of a plurality of compartments in the single parking lot 20 or a collection of a plurality of compartments (for example, , A plurality of vehicle compartments adjacent to each other). In the present embodiment, one parking lot 20 constitutes an example of “one parking space”.

  The term “code” is used throughout the specification to mean “a string of numbers and / or symbols”, and more specifically, a numerical notation (for example, 2) that represents a digital state of an analog signal. Value expression), which is a numerical notation unique to each analog signal. The term “code” is referred to as an ID or identifier, for example, for identification purposes.

  By the way, as a management method of the parking lot 20, a self-supporting management method in which each parking lot 20 is managed independently (individually or self-contained) using only the facilities installed in the parking lot 20. There is a centralized management method for centrally managing the parking lots 20 by communicating with a management server 50 (see FIG. 1) in which a plurality of parking lots 20 are remote. The system 10 according to the present embodiment employs the above-described centralized management method as the parking lot management method.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, this system 10 is installed in a transmitter 30 installed in each parking lot 20 and a management center 40 that centrally manages a plurality of parking lots 20. The management server 50 is provided.

<Transmitter>

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of vehicle compartments are installed in the same parking lot 20, and one transmitter 30 is used in common in the vehicle compartments. However, the present invention may be implemented in a mode in which one transmitter 30 is used for each vehicle compartment. In this aspect, one vehicle compartment constitutes an example of “one parking space”.

  Each transmitter 30 is configured to transmit an identification signal representing a transmitter ID unique to the transmitter 30 (an example of the aforementioned “transmitter code”). Since one transmitter ID is also unique to one parking lot 20, as will be described later, one transmitter ID is associated one-to-one with one parking lot ID (an example of the aforementioned “parking lot code”).

  In the present embodiment, each parking lot 20 is an example of the aforementioned “rental object”, and the position of each parking lot 20 is an example of the “rental reference position” described above. The car park ID is an example of the aforementioned “rental reference position code”.

  The transmitter 30 may be installed on the ground so as not to be mechanically fixed to the ground of the parking lot 20, that is, to be easily removable from the ground, for example. In other words, each transmitter 30 is not physically fixed at a corresponding position (corresponding parking lot 20) in space. This is because the owner of the land operated as the parking lot 20 requested the management company to operate as the parking lot 20 for a certain period, but the request may suddenly be canceled.

  In such a case, the management company promptly removes all facilities for the parking service from the parking lot 20, and at that time, in order to minimize the effort for restoring the current situation, the transmitter 30 is simply It can be placed on the ground of the land. Therefore, the transmitter 30 is different from the parking lot 20 where the transmitter 30 is normally installed due to an illegal act by someone, contrary to the intention of the parking lot management company (for example, a parking lot that is normally installed). There is a possibility that it will be installed in another parking lot away from 20 or another place that does not correspond to the parking lot 20 that is normally installed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this system 10, the user uses the mobile terminal 90 of his / her own mobile terminal 90 to receive the above-described identification signal from the transmitter 30 installed in the parking lot 20 that the user is currently visiting. In a contact state or a non-contact state with the transmitter 30, the short-distance one-way wireless communication method is used, and long-distance two-way wireless communication is performed with the management server 50 of the management center 40.

  The user's portable terminal 90 is a device that is carried by the user and has a wireless communication function, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and a PDA.

  Here, a hardware configuration (see FIG. 3) and a software configuration (see FIG. 4) will be described with respect to one transmitter 30 representing the plurality of transmitters 30 in FIG.

  First, to explain conceptually, at least one transmitter 30 is installed in the corresponding parking lot 20 and transmits an identification signal that can identify a unique parking lot ID in the corresponding parking lot 20. Or it is a contact-type communication device. The transmitter 30 only needs to have at least a transmission function, but may be configured to have a reception function as necessary.

  Next, in order to explain the operation method, the transmitter 30 actively transmits a unique identification signal without requiring a trigger signal from the outside, and permanently unless supply power is insufficient.

  The transmitter 30 is a device that is generally known by a name such as a beacon device that transmits a beacon signal as an identification signal or a radio beacon. In one example, the transmitter 30 generates an identification signal representing a corresponding parking lot ID by modulating an original signal, and the generated identification signal is converted into an IR signal, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) signal, an NFC, and the like. (Short-range wireless communication) Signals are transmitted

  Next, the hardware configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is a functional block diagram. The transmitter 30 includes a computer 104 having a processor 100 and a memory 102 for storing a plurality of applications executed by the processor 100. It is configured as a subject.

  The transmitter 30 further includes a replaceable disposable battery 106 as a power source. Instead of the battery 106, a rechargeable battery, a commercial power supply as an external power supply, or a generator (for example, a transponder) that generates power using an external magnetic field can be used. .

  The transmitter 30 further includes a transmitter 108 that generates and transmits an identification signal. The transmitter 108 is operated by the battery 106 and is controlled by the controller 110. The controller 110 is controlled by the computer 100.

  Next, the software configuration of the transmitter 30 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The processor 100 of the transmitter 30 repeatedly executes the program conceptually represented in the flowchart of FIG.

  When each program is executed, first, the transmitter ID is read from the memory 102 in step S1. The transmitter ID corresponds one-to-one with the parking lot ID assigned to one parking lot 20 where the transmitter 30 is installed.

  Subsequently, in step S2, a signal for modulating an original signal (for example, a carrier signal) is output to the controller 110 so that the read transmitter ID is reflected. The controller 110 controls the transmitting unit 108, and as a result, the transmitting unit 108 generates an identification signal to be transmitted this time. Thereafter, in step S3, the generated identification signal is transmitted from the transmitter 108. Then, it returns to step S1.

  Here, in order to explain one function of the user's portable terminal 90 in association with the transmitter 30, the portable terminal 90 receives the identification signal from the transmitter 30 and the computer 134 of the portable terminal 90. When a certain program installed in advance (see FIG. 6) is activated, the received identification signal is demodulated in real time, thereby decoding the transmitter ID in real time.

  Furthermore, the portable terminal 90 received the identification signal and the position of the transmitter 30 when the identification signal was transmitted based on the received identification signal while receiving the identification signal from the transmitter 30. The distance between the mobile terminal 90 and the position of the mobile terminal 90 is also measured.

  That is, the portable terminal 90 acquires both the transmitter ID corresponding to the transmitter 30 and the distance to the transmitter 30 at that time based on the identification signal received from the transmitter 30. It is.

  When the user of the portable terminal 90 approaches the transmitter 30 while holding his / her own portable terminal 90 and makes the portable terminal 90 completely or substantially contact the transmitter 108 of the transmitter 30, the portable terminal 90 is The identification signal can be received from the transmitter 30 in a contact manner.

  On the other hand, when the user of the mobile terminal 90 enters the specific reception area while holding his / her mobile terminal 90, the mobile terminal 90 can receive the identification signal from the transmitter 30 in a non-contact manner.

  As conceptually shown in a plan view in FIG. 5, each transmitter 30 is assigned two types of reception areas. They are a receivable area and an effective receiving area. Each of these areas is generally defined by a circle originating from each transmitter 30, and the receivable area has the maximum reception radius, while the effective reception area has the effective reception radius.

  However, specifically, when the power supply of each transmitter 30 is normal, the receivable area is an area where the identification signal from the transmitter 30 is reachable, that is, as long as it exists in the area. It means an area where the portable terminal 90 can receive the identification signal.

  On the other hand, the effective reception area has an effective reception radius smaller than the maximum reception radius of the receivable area. The maximum reception radius cannot be arbitrarily set, whereas the effective reception radius can be arbitrarily set. The effective reception radius is, for example, in the range of 0 cm to 50 cm or in the range of 30 cm to 50 cm. The maximum reception radius is, for example, in the range of 50 m to 70 m.

  That is, the maximum reception radius may mean a reception limit determined by hardware, whereas the effective reception radius may mean a reception limit determined by software.

  As described above, the portable terminal 90 measures the distance from the transmitter 30 when the received identification signal is transmitted. The distance measurement may or may not exceed the effective reception radius. When the distance measurement value does not exceed the reception effective radius, the mobile terminal 90 exists in the effective reception area, whereas when the distance measurement value exceeds the reception effective radius, the mobile terminal 90 Is present in the receivable area but not in the effective reception area.

  After receiving the identification signal from the transmitter 30, the portable terminal 90 determines whether or not the distance measurement value is less than or equal to the set value of the effective reception radius. Is currently located within the effective reception area, the portable terminal 90 determines that “the identification signal from the transmitter 30 has been received effectively (hereinafter also simply referred to as“ the identification signal has been received ”)”.

  On the other hand, when the mobile terminal 90 determines that the distance measurement value is larger than the set value, the mobile terminal 90 is currently located outside the effective reception area. It is determined that the signal is not received effectively (hereinafter also simply referred to as “the identification signal is not received”).

  That is, in the present embodiment, when the mobile terminal 90 is located outside the effective reception area, the mobile terminal 90 actually appears even though the mobile terminal 90 receives the identification signal. It is handled on the software that the identification signal has not been received.

  In the present embodiment, each transmitter 30 is arranged such that at least the effective reception area of the receivable area and the effective reception area of each transmitter 30 does not overlap with at least the effective reception area of another transmitter 30. Individual performance and relative positional relationship, and set values of the effective reception radius are set.

<Mobile device>

  Next, the hardware configuration of the user's mobile terminal 90 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 which is a functional block diagram. The mobile terminal 90 includes a processor 130 and a memory for storing a plurality of applications executed by the processor 130. A computer 134 having 132 is mainly configured.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) 136 that displays information on a screen (having a window having a finite area that is variable or invariable), for example, shown in FIG. The receiving unit 138 receives signals from the transmitter 30 and the management server 50, and the transmission unit 140 generates a signal and transmits the signal to the management server 50.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes an input unit 150 for inputting data and commands from the user. The input unit 150 includes, for example, an operation unit that can be operated by the user to input desired information (for example, commands, data, and the like) to the mobile terminal 90. The operation unit includes a touch screen that displays icons (for example, virtual buttons) that can be operated by the user, a physical operation unit (for example, keyboard, keypad, and buttons) that can be operated by the user, and voice. There is a microphone to detect, but it is not limited to these.

  The portable terminal 90 further includes a GPS (satellite positioning system) receiver 152. As is well known, the GPS receiver 152 receives a plurality of GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, and based on the GPS signals, determines the position (latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the GPS receiver 152 on the earth. Measure by triangulation.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the memory 132 has a plurality of data memories including a map data memory 161, a parking lot data memory 163, and a transmitter data memory 165.

  The map data memory 161 temporarily stores map data downloaded from the management server 50 or another map database (not shown) by the user's mobile terminal 90 according to the current position of the user. Based on the map data, a map (an example of the aforementioned “partial map”) is displayed on a screen 135 (see FIG. 11) of the display unit 136. The map displayed on the screen 135 changes from moment to moment as the user moves.

  As conceptually shown in FIG. 7, the parking lot data memory 163 manages the correspondence between a plurality of parking lot IDs and a plurality of parking lot position data (an example of the above-mentioned “rental target reference position data”). It can be downloaded from the server 50 and stored. The plurality of parking lot IDs respectively correspond to the plurality of parking lots 20 managed intensively by the system 10. Each of the plurality of parking lot position data represents the longitude and latitude (latitude X, longitude Y) of the ground position of the corresponding parking lot 20.

  The parking lot data memory 163 has a plurality of parking lots 20 that exist geographically on a map displayed on the screen 135 at each moment (that is, the vicinity of the current position of the user among the plurality of parking lots 20). A plurality of parking lots 20, each of which is easily accessible by the user, and in that sense, each parking lot 20 can be said to be a candidate parking lot). Parking location data is temporarily stored together with a plurality of corresponding parking lot IDs.

  In the portable terminal 90, a map based on the map data is displayed on the screen 135, and a plurality of parking lots stored in the parking lot data memory 163 at that moment are displayed on the map at each moment. Based on the position data, each position of a plurality of parking lots (“candidate parking lots”) 20 is displayed as an overlay (see FIG. 11).

  As conceptually shown in FIG. 8, one regular transmitter D is downloaded from the management server 50 and stored in the transmitter data memory 165 of FIG. 6. The regular transmitter ID is an ID unique to one transmitter 30 installed in one parking lot 20 selected by the user among the plurality of candidate parking lots 20.

<Management server>

  Next, the hardware configuration of the management server 50 will be described with reference to FIG. 9 which is a functional block diagram. The management server 50 includes a processor 160 and a memory 162 that stores a plurality of applications executed by the processor 160. The computer 164 is mainly configured.

  The management server 50 further generates a signal by displaying a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) 166 that displays information, a receiving unit 168 that receives a signal from the portable terminal 90, and transmits the signal to the portable terminal 90. And a clock 172 that measures the current time. This management server 50 does not directly receive from the transmitter 30, but in effect via the mobile terminal 90.

<Goods receipt sequence>

  FIG. 10 shows a transmitter 30 and a mobile terminal 90 both located in the same parking lot 20 and a management server located in a remote place in order to start the current parking immediately after the user enters the parking lot 20. An example of communication performed with 50 is represented by a sequence flow in time series.

  The transmitter 30 spontaneously and continuously transmits an identification signal unique to itself. When entering the parking lot 20, in the mobile terminal 90, the processor 130 executes a part related to the warehousing process (steps S 101 to S 123 in FIG. 10) in the parking service application stored in the memory 132. . In the management server 50, the processor 160 executes a part (steps S201 to S213 in FIG. 10) related to the warehousing process in the parking lot management program stored in the memory 162.

  Specifically, when the parking service application is activated by the user in the mobile terminal 90, first, in step 101, based on the GPS signal received from the outside by the GPS receiver 152, the current position (background) Degree) is measured.

  Next, in step S102, the measured current position of the user is a reference position (display reference point position (longitude and latitude)) referenced by the processor 130 to display the map on the screen 135 of the display unit 136. It is said. Further, a portion of the entire map having a size that can be displayed at a time in a window on the screen 135 and having the reference position is a map display range (that is, the window of the entire map is the window). In the area displayed at each moment).

  As illustrated in FIG. 11A, when the user moves on the ground with time, the reference position 202 (indicated by a black triangle in the figure) also moves with time so as to follow the ground. As a result, as the user moves, the display range of the map also moves on the entire map with time. As a result, the map image displayed in the window also changes with time.

  Subsequently, in step S103, a login request (an example of the “service start signal” described above) for logging in to the management server 50 includes the current position (the longitude and latitude defining the current position of the mobile terminal 90) and the current time. It is transmitted to the management server 50 together with a user ID for identifying the user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the login request together with the current position and the user ID in step S201, and subsequently, in step S202, of the received current position among the plurality of parking lots 20. A plurality of parking lots 20 that are located in the vicinity (for example, located within a radius of 500 m centered on the current location) (in reality, when only one parking lot 20 exists, any parking lot 20 May not exist), but is searched as a plurality of candidate parking lots.

  For the search, a first database (represented by “DB” in FIG. 10) that stores the relationship between the parking lot ID unique to each of the plurality of parking lots 20 and the longitude and latitude of each parking lot 20. .) Is referenced.

  Thereafter, in step S <b> 203, a plurality of parking lot position data representing the positions of the searched candidate parking lots 20 are transmitted to the portable terminal 90 together with a plurality of parking lot IDs corresponding to the candidate parking lots 20. .

  Therefore, in this embodiment, not all the positional information regarding the plurality of parking lots 20 stored in the first database is transmitted to the mobile terminal 90, but in order to reduce the processing load of the mobile terminal 90, Only position information related to a part of the parking lot 20 that is likely to be referred to by the user is transmitted to the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives these parking lot position data with several parking lot ID in step S104. Subsequently, in step S105, a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are overlaid on the map displayed on the screen 135 based on the received plurality of parking lot position data.

  In this step 105, on the screen 135, a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 (of all the parking lots 20 stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50, represented by the received plurality of parking lot position data, Not all of those selected by the management server 50 according to the current position of the user are displayed. Only a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 that are smaller than the plurality of candidate parking lots 20, which are determined by the current position of the user and the size of the screen 135, are displayed on the screen 135. That is, the plurality of candidate parking lots 20 received from the management server 50 are further narrowed down to a small number of candidate parking lots 20 according to the current position of the user and the size of the screen 135.

  In step 105, the plurality of parking lot position data and the plurality of parking lot IDs received from the management server 50 are stored in the parking lot data memory 163 shown in FIG.

  In one example, as shown in FIG. 11A, the current position of the user is overlaid on the map displayed on the screen 135 using a black triangle 202, and a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are displayed. Are overlaid using a plurality of parking lot icons 204. In this example, each parking lot icon 204 is configured as a figure formed by enclosing the alphabet “P” in a rectangular frame.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 106, the user touches the display position of any candidate parking lot 20 with a finger on the screen 135 to select any candidate parking lot 20.

  Specifically, when the user touches the display position of any candidate parking lot 20 with a finger on the screen 135, the touch position is detected by the touch screen of the display unit 136, and the touch position is, for example, Map coordinate information (position information) that is longitude and latitude on the map (defined by the global coordinate system that is an absolute coordinate system) or XY coordinate information (defined by a device coordinate system that is a relative coordinate system) Converted. Any candidate parking lot 20 is specified based on the map coordinate information.

  Following the selection of one of the candidate parking lots 20, the user selects the actual parking lot 20 (the one that the user has actually selected from a plurality of existing parking lots 20 and visited there) The portable terminal 90 is brought close to or brought into contact with the transmitter 30 that is not selected by the operation of the portable terminal 90. As a result, the portable terminal 90 can receive a signal from the current transmitter 30. It becomes a state.

  Thereafter, in step S107, the selected candidate parking lot 20 (current parking lot 20) is displayed on the screen 135 so as to be visually distinguished from other candidate parking lots.

  In the present embodiment, one of the parking lots 20 is not selected immediately from the positioning result of the mobile terminal 90, and a plurality of parking lots 20 are smaller than that with reference to the positioning result of the mobile terminal 90. The candidate parking lots 20 are narrowed down, and one of these candidate parking lots 20 is selected by the user via the portable terminal 90.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, even if there is a measurement error when the mobile terminal 90 measures its current position on the map, the erroneous parking lot 20 is It is not selected by operation.

  Subsequently, in step S108, the parking lot ID representing one of the parking lots 20 selected on the portable terminal 90 by the user this time is retrieved from the parking lot data memory 163 shown in FIG. In the search, for example, according to the correspondence shown in FIG. 7, the detected map coordinate information (information specifying the position touched with the finger by the user on the screen 135) is specified for the corresponding parking lot 20. This means converting to a parking lot ID. The searched parking lot ID is transmitted to the management server 50 as the current parking lot ID.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the parking lot ID in step S204. Subsequently, in step S205, a transmitter ID unique to one transmitter 30 installed in the current parking lot 20 represented by the received parking lot ID is searched as one regular transmitter ID.

  In order to search for regular transmitter IDs, the relationship between a plurality of parking lot IDs respectively corresponding to a plurality of parking lots 20 and a plurality of transmitter IDs respectively corresponding to a plurality of transmitters 30 is stored. A database (represented by “DB” in FIG. 10) is referred to.

  Furthermore, in step S205, one parking lot ID and one regular transmitter ID acquired in this way are temporarily stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 in association with the user ID of the current user. Is done.

  Thereafter, in step S <b> 206, the searched regular transmitter ID is transmitted to the portable terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the transmitted regular transmitter ID in step S109, and the regular transmitter ID is temporarily stored in the transmitter data memory 165 shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 110, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 90 has effectively received the identification signal from the transmitter 30.

  When the mobile terminal 90 is currently located outside the receivable area, the mobile terminal 90 cannot receive the identification signal from the transmitter 30 at all.

  On the other hand, when the mobile terminal 90 is currently located within the receivable area, the mobile terminal 90 can receive the identification signal from the transmitter 30.

  In this case, in this step S110, the distance between the current transmitter 30 and the portable terminal 90 is further measured based on the received identification signal. In step S110, it is further determined whether or not the distance measurement value is smaller than the set value, that is, whether or not the mobile terminal 90 is currently located within the effective reception area. In short, in this step S110, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 90 has identified any transmitter 30.

  If the distance measurement value is smaller than the set value, the mobile terminal 90 has identified one of the transmitters 30 and thus the process proceeds to step S111. If not, the entry to the current parking lot 20 is performed. (Start of parking service) is not permitted by the user, and for example, the process returns to step S101.

  Thereafter, in step S111, the received identification signal is demodulated. Subsequently, in step S112, the transmitter ID represented by the demodulated identification signal is decoded as the actual transmitter ID.

  That is, the current transmitter 30 is specified. When the demodulated identification signal is a code expressed in a binary number of multiple digits, for example, the code is a conversion table prepared in advance (for example, one downloaded in advance from the management server 50). Is converted into a transmitter ID. However, in terms of usage, the difference between “code” and “ID” is not important as long as its use is identification.

  Subsequently, in step S113, it is determined whether or not the actual transmitter ID thus decoded matches one regular transmitter ID stored in the transmitter data memory 165 shown in FIG. Is done. That is, ID verification is performed.

  Here, the “real transmitter ID” corresponds to the transmitter (selected real transmitter) 30 that is actually installed in the parking lot 20 that is actually selected and visited by the user. On the other hand, the “regular transmitter ID” is installed in a plurality of parking lots 20 that are virtually selected by the user operating the mobile terminal 90. This means the transmitter ID corresponding to the transmitter (selected virtual transmitter) 30 that should be present.

  The selected real transmitter 30 exists in the real space, whereas the selected virtual transmitter 30 exists in the virtual space. Means the same transmitter 30.

  Here, the “real space” means the real world where the actual parking lot 20, the transmitter 30 and the mobile terminal 90 appear, whereas the “virtual space” reproduces the world in the real space. Therefore, it means an imaginary world (a world defined by data) expressed by an image displayed on the screen 135 of the mobile terminal 90. These real space and virtual space will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

  The fact that the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID match each other means that the transmitter 30 that should have been installed in the current parking lot 20 is actually detected by the mobile terminal 90.

  If the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID match each other, then, in step S114, as shown in FIG. 11B, a warehouse is requested on the map displayed on the screen 135. Therefore, the warehousing button 206 (virtual button displayed with characters, symbols, images, etc.) operated by the user is overlaid. Subsequently, in step S115, when the user touches the warehousing button 206 with a finger, the warehousing button 206 is selected and activated.

  In the present embodiment, the warehousing button 206 is displayed on the screen 135 for the first time after the portable terminal 90 specifies the current transmitter 30, and as a result, the user is notified through an event that the warehousing button 206 is lit. The fact that the portable terminal 90 has identified the current transmitter 30 can be visually recognized.

  However, instead of this mode, the warehousing button 206 is displayed on the screen 135 after the user selects one of the parking lots 20 on the screen 135 and before the portable terminal 90 specifies the current transmitter 30. It may be displayed above.

  If the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID match each other, then, in step S116, match determination data representing the match is transmitted to the management server 50.

  The fact that the transmitter 30 that should have been installed in the parking lot 20 this time is actually detected by the mobile terminal 90 is determined based on the transmitter 30 for the transmitter 30 actually detected by the mobile terminal 90. It means that the legitimate parking lot is specified as the parking lot 20 actually selected and visited by the user.

  This also means that the parking lot 20 that was actually selected and visited by the user was identified as a regular parking lot for the transmitter 30 that was actually detected by the mobile terminal 90. This also means that the correspondence between the parking lot 20 actually selected and visited by the user and the transmitter 30 actually detected by the mobile terminal 90 is appropriate.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the installation position of the current transmitter 30 is directly measured by the positioning function of the mobile terminal 90, and the current parking lot 20 is not specified at once from the result. The current parking lot 20 is comprehensively specified using a combination of the identification signal received by the portable terminal 90 from the machine 30 and the current position measured by the positioning function of the portable terminal 90.

  By the way, when the regular transmitter a is installed in the parking lot 20 where the user actually stays (the real parking lot A), the user mistakenly sets the false parking lot B on the portable terminal 90. If selected, the mobile terminal 90 located in the real parking lot A normally receives the identification signal from the real transmitter a. However, the actual transmitter ID (regular transmitter a) obtained by converting the received identification signal is installed in the current proper transmitter ID, that is, the false parking lot B selected on the portable terminal 90. Does not match the transmitter ID of the transmitter b.

  However, such a scenario assumes that the false parking lot B is one of the plurality of candidate parking lots 20. Instead, if the false parking lot B is not one of the plurality of candidate parking lots 20, there is of course no regular transmitter ID that matches the actual transmitter ID, so the actual transmitter ID is the regular one. There is no room to match the transmitter ID.

  In addition, when an unauthorized transmitter b is installed in the real parking lot A, if the user correctly selects the real parking lot A on the mobile terminal 90, the real parking lot A is located. The mobile terminal 90 that normally receives the identification signal from the false transmitter b. However, the actual transmitter ID (false transmitter b) into which the received identification signal has been converted is installed in the current proper transmitter ID, that is, the real parking lot A selected on the portable terminal 90. Does not match the transmitter ID of the transmitter a.

  In any case, when the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID do not match each other, the user is not permitted to enter the parking lot 20 (start of the parking service). Return.

  That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to interpret that the part for executing steps S113 and S116 in the computer 134 of the mobile terminal 90 constitutes an example of the above-described “object specifying unit”. It is.

  On the other hand, in step S207, the management server 50 receives the transmitted match determination data. After that, in step S208, when the current user parks in the current parking lot 20, the conditions related to the parking fee imposed on the user as the consideration, that is, the charging condition data representing the charging conditions are stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50. Are transmitted to the portable terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the transmitted charging condition data in step S117, and subsequently displays the charging condition on the screen 135 as shown in FIG. 11C in step S118. A message 210 is displayed, and a confirmation button 212 is also displayed. The confirmation button 212 is an icon scheduled to be selected by being touched by the user when the content of the message 210 is confirmed and approved by the user.

  Thereafter, in step 119, the user selects the confirmation button 212. Subsequently, in step S120, final confirmation data indicating that the confirmation button 212 has been selected by the user is transmitted to the management server 50.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the transmitted final confirmation data in step S209. As a result, the current user is permitted to enter the current parking lot 20, that is, start the parking service.

  Subsequently, in step S210, the time at that time is acquired as the warehousing time. The time is measured using a clock 172. The acquired warehousing time is temporarily stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 in association with the user ID of the current user.

  Thereafter, in step S211, a confirmation response signal ACK indicating that reception of the final confirmation data has been normally completed is transmitted to the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the confirmation response signal ACK in step S121. Subsequently, in step S122, a logout request for requesting logout from the management server 50 is transmitted to the management server 50.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the logout request in step S212. Subsequently, in step S213, an acknowledgment signal ACK indicating that reception of the logout request has been normally completed is transmitted to the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the confirmation response signal ACK from the management server 50 in step S123.

  In the present embodiment, the management server 50 determines the current regular transmitter ID to correspond to the parking lot 20 selected on the portable terminal 90 by the user, and the regular transmitter ID is actually The parking service is not started for the parking lot 20 selected on the portable terminal 90 by the user unless it matches the actual transmitter ID based on the identification signal received from the transmitter 30.

  Therefore, even though the parking lot 20 actually selected and visited by the user and the parking lot 20 selected on the portable terminal 90 by the user do not match each other, the management server 50 causes the portable terminal 90 to be The parking service 20 selected above is not permitted to start the parking service for the user.

<Inquiry sequence>

  In the present embodiment, when the user enters the specific parking lot 20 and starts parking once, the portable terminal 90 spontaneously accesses the management server 50 until the parking is completed, and at that time The management server 50 is inquired of a parking fee corresponding to the parking time until.

  In FIG. 12, after the user performs the above-described warehousing operation in a certain parking lot 20, and then leaves the parking lot 20 while leaving the vehicle, it is performed between the portable terminal 90 and the management server 50. An example of communication is represented by a sequence flow in time series.

  The mobile terminal 90 is a part for making an inquiry to the management server 50 in the parking service application either spontaneously (at a predetermined timing, for example, every other minute) or in response to a request from the user (FIG. 12). Steps S301 to S308) are activated. In response to this, the management server 50 activates a portion (steps S401 to S409 in FIG. 12) for making an inquiry to the management server 50 in the parking lot management program.

  Specifically, in step S301, the portable terminal 90 transmits a login request for logging in to the management server 50 to the management server 50 together with a user ID for identifying the current user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the login request together with the user ID in step S401, and then, in step S402, sends an acknowledgment signal ACK indicating that the reception has been completed normally to the portable terminal 90. Send to.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the confirmation response signal ACK from the management server 50 in step S302. Subsequently, an inquiry request is transmitted to the management server 50 in step S303.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the inquiry request in step S403. In step S404, the current time is acquired as the current time. Thereafter, in step S405, the storage time stored in the memory 162 in association with the current user ID is read, and the elapsed time from the storage time to the current time is acquired as the current parking time.

  Thereafter, in step S406, an amount of parking fee commensurate with the length of the parking time is calculated. For the calculation, a charge calculation table (not shown) stored in the memory 162 is referred to.

  The charge calculation table is a table showing the relationship between the length of the parking time and the amount of the parking charge, which can be changed depending on the date, and the position of the management server 50 by the authorized person. It can be updated remotely.

  Subsequently, in step S407, the calculated parking fee is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 together with related information.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the parking fee from the management server 50 together with related information in step S304. Subsequently, in step S305, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the received parking fee is displayed on the screen 135 together with the parking lot identification information such as the name and location of the current parking lot 20, the entry time, and the like.

Subsequently, in step S306, the user issues a termination request for terminating the current inquiry (for example, the user operates a specific physical or virtual operation unit). Thereafter, the portable terminal 90, at step S307, and transmits a logout request to log out from the management server 50, the management server 50 together with the user ID for identifying the current user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the logout request together with the user ID in step S408, and subsequently, in step S409, sends an acknowledgment signal ACK indicating that the reception has been completed normally to the portable terminal 90. Send to.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the confirmation response signal ACK from the management server 50 in step S308.

<Outgoing sequence>

  In FIG. 14, communication performed between the transmitter 30 and the portable terminal 90 located in the same parking lot 20 and the management server 50 located in a remote place immediately before the user leaves the parking lot 20. An example is represented by a sequence flow in time series.

  The transmitter 30 spontaneously and continuously transmits an identification signal unique to itself. When leaving the parking lot 20, in the mobile terminal 90, the processor 130 executes a part related to the exit processing (steps S <b> 501 to S <b> 520 in FIG. 14) in the parking service application stored in the memory 132. To do. In the management server 50, the processor 160 executes a part (steps S601 to S610 in FIG. 14) related to the delivery process in the parking lot management program stored in the memory 162.

  Specifically, in the portable terminal 90, when a part related to the exit process is started by the user in the parking service application stored in the memory 132, first, in the same manner as in step 101, the step In S501, the current position (longitude and latitude) of the user is measured based on the GPS signal received from the outside by the GPS receiver 152.

  Next, similarly to step 101, in step S502, the measured current position of the user is a reference position (display reference point of the display reference point) that is referred to by the processor 130 in order to display the map on the screen of the display unit 136. Position (longitude and latitude)). Further, a portion of the entire map having a size that can be displayed at a time in a window on the screen 135 and having the reference position is a map display range (that is, the window of the entire map is the window). In the area displayed at each moment).

  Subsequently, in step S503, a login request (an example of the “service start signal” described above) for logging in to the management server 50 is transmitted to the management server 50 together with a user ID for identifying the current user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the login request together with the current position and the user ID in step S601.

  Subsequently, in step S602, among the plurality of parking lots 20, the plurality of parking lots 20 located in the vicinity of the received current position (for example, located within a radius of 500 m centering on the current position). Are searched as a plurality of candidate parking lots. For the search, the first database (represented by “DB” in FIG. 10) is referred to. Further, the current parking lot ID and the current regular transmitter ID stored in the memory 162 in association with the current user ID are searched.

  Thereafter, in step S603, the plurality of parking lot position data representing the searched candidate parking lots 20, the current parking lot ID, and the current regular transmitter ID are transmitted to the portable terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the plurality of parking lot position data, the current parking lot ID, and the current regular transmitter ID in step S504. Subsequently, in the same manner as in step S105, a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are overlaid on the map displayed on the screen 135 based on the received plurality of parking lot position data in step S505. .

  In one example, as shown in FIG. 15A, the current position of the user is overlaid on a map displayed on the screen 135 using a black triangle 202, and a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are displayed. Are overlaid using a plurality of parking lot icons 204.

  After that, in step S506, as shown in FIG. 15B, on the map displayed on the screen 135, the exit button 220 (characters, symbols, images, etc.) operated by the user to request the exit. The displayed virtual button) is overlaid. Subsequently, in step S507, the user selects the exit button 220.

  Alternatively, the exit button 220 may be displayed on the screen 135 for the first time after the portable terminal 90 specifies the current transmitter 30 at the time of exit, similarly to the entrance button 206 described above.

  Subsequently, similarly to step S112, in step S508, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 90 has effectively received the identification signal from the transmitter 30.

  Thereafter, in the same manner as in step S113, the received identification signal is demodulated in step S509. Subsequently, in the same manner as in step S114, the transmitter ID represented by the demodulated identification signal is determined in step S510. Decoded as real transmitter ID. That is, the current transmitter 30 is specified.

  Subsequently, in the same manner as in step S115, in step S511, it is determined whether or not the decoded actual transmitter ID and the received regular transmitter ID match each other.

  Note that step S511 may be omitted. This time, the same user is going to leave the same parking lot 20 after starting parking at a specific parking lot 20, and for the management server 50 in advance, this parking lot 20 is also a regular transmitter of this time. The ID is also known. Moreover, there is no economic benefit that can be obtained by impersonating the user from leaving another parking lot 20. Therefore, as long as it is found that the portable terminal 90 has identified the current transmitter 30 in step S508, there is no problem even if it is predicted that the user is currently visiting the parking lot 20 at this time.

  In step S511, one regular transmitter ID to be compared with the actual transmitter ID is preferably received from the management server 50 in order to prevent tampering by the user, but the transmitter data memory shown in FIG. It is also possible to substitute the regular transmitter ID stored in 165.

  If the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID match each other, in step 512, as shown in FIG. 15 (b), the user confirms that the user really leaves the parking lot 20 this time. A confirmation button 222 operated by is displayed on the screen 135.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the exit button 222 selected for confirming that the user desires to start a series of procedures for exiting, and that the user finally exits during the procedure. There is a confirm button 222 that is selected to confirm what is desired.

  On the other hand, if the actual transmitter ID and the regular transmitter ID do not match each other, the user is not permitted to enter the parking lot 20 (start of the parking service), and the process returns to, for example, step S501.

  Subsequently, in step S513, the user selects the confirmation button 222. Thereafter, in step S514, final confirmation data indicating that the confirmation button 222 has been selected by the user is transmitted to the management server 50.

  That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to interpret that the part for executing steps S511 and S514 of the computer 134 of the portable terminal 90 constitutes an example of the above-described “object specifying unit”. It is.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the final confirmation data in step S604. As a result, the user is permitted to leave the parking lot 20 this time, that is, to end the parking service.

  In step S605, the current time is acquired as the current time. Thereafter, in step S606, the storage time stored in association with the current user in the memory 162 is read, and the elapsed time from the storage time to the current time is acquired as the final parking time.

  Thereafter, in step S607, a parking fee corresponding to the length of the parking time is calculated. For the calculation, the charge calculation table stored in the memory 162 is referred to. Subsequently, in step S608, the calculated parking fee is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 together with related information.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the parking fee from the management server 50 together with related information in step S515.

  Subsequently, in step S516, as illustrated in FIG. 15C, the received parking fee is displayed on the screen 135 together with the parking lot identification information such as the name and location of the current parking lot 20, the warehousing time, and the like. In addition, a settlement button 226 is also displayed. The settlement button 226 is an icon that is scheduled to be touched and selected when the user confirms the content of the message 210 on the screen 135 and allows the user to make an electronic settlement with the content. .

  Thereafter, in step 517, the user selects the settlement button 226, and subsequently, in step S518, a logout request for requesting logout from the management server 50 is transmitted to the management server 50.

  In response to this, the management server 50 receives the logout request in step S609. Subsequently, in step S610, an acknowledgment signal ACK is transmitted to the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 90 receives the confirmation response signal ACK from the management server 50 in step S520.

  As is apparent from the above description, in this embodiment, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 16, the computer 134 of the mobile terminal 90 has a plurality of portions.

1. Current position measurement unit 300
The current position of the user on the map is measured (S101).

2. Map display unit 302
On the screen 135, a part of the entire map that changes in conjunction with the change of the current position of the user is cut out and displayed as a partial map (S102).

3. Parking position display unit 304
When receiving a plurality of parking lot position data from the management server 50, a plurality of parking lot positions represented by the parking lot position data are displayed on the screen 135 in a state of being overlaid on the partial map (S105). .

  Since the size of the screen 135 is limited, the parking lot position display unit 304 cannot normally display all the parking lots received from the management server 50. As a result, the plurality of parking lots displayed on the screen 135 are fewer parking lots than all the parking lots received from the management server 50.

  When paying attention to this, the parking lot position display unit 304 displays all the parking lots received from the management server 50 under a condition that the parking lot position display unit 304 is located in the vicinity of the current position measured by the mobile terminal 90. Filtering to narrow down to the candidate parking lot. That is, the parking lot position display unit 304 also functions as a candidate parking lot selection unit.

4). Receipt button display unit 306
The warehousing button 206 (start request part) selected by the user in order to request the start of the parking service is displayed on the screen 135 (S114).

5. Parking ID transmission unit 308
A parking lot ID (rental reference position code) corresponding to the selected parking lot position is transmitted to the management server 50 (S108).

6). First ID verification unit 310
When the user brings the portable terminal 90 close to or in contact with the transmitter 30 installed at the selected parking lot position, the identification signal is received from the transmitter 30. The portable terminal 90 determines whether or not the actual transmitter ID (or actual transmitter code) represented by the received identification signal matches one regular transmitter ID received from the management server 50 (S113). ). If it is determined that they match, it is determined that the user really visits the selected parking lot position now, and match determination data is transmitted to the management server 50 (S116).

7). Confirmation button display unit 312
When it is determined that the user really visits the selected parking location at present, a charging condition that is a condition for charging the user a parking fee (rental fee) as a consideration for providing the present parking service to the user is It is displayed on the screen 135. Further, a confirmation button 212 (see FIG. 11C) (first confirmation unit) selected by the user to display on the portable terminal 90 that the user has agreed to the charging conditions is displayed on the screen 135. (S118).

8). First final confirmation data transmission unit 314
When the displayed confirmation button 212 is selected by the user, final confirmation data indicating that is transmitted to the management server 50 (S120).

9. Parking fee display 316
By making an inquiry to the management server 50 either spontaneously or according to an instruction from the user, the amount of the parking fee at that time is received from the management server 50, and the parking fee is displayed on the screen 135 (S305).

10. Exit button display 318
The exit button 220 (end request part) selected by the user to exit from the current parking lot 20 is displayed on the screen 135 (S506).

11. Second ID verification unit 320
After the displayed exit button 220 is selected by the user, when the user brings the portable terminal 90 close to or in contact with the transmitter 30 installed at the selected parking lot position, the transmitter 30 An identification signal is received, and it is determined whether or not the actual transmitter ID (or actual transmitter code) represented by the received identification signal matches the regular transmitter ID. (S511).

12 Second final confirmation data transmission unit 322
A confirmation button 222 (see FIG. 15B) (second confirmation unit) selected by the user to confirm the request for terminating the current parking service is displayed on the screen 135. When the displayed confirmation button 222 is selected by the user, final confirmation data indicating that is transmitted to the management server 50 (S512, S514).

13. Electronic payment processing unit 324
The user performs processing for electronically paying the parking fee (S518).

  It should be noted that at least one of the plurality of portions described above may be realized partially or entirely in the computer 164 of the management server 50 as long as it is technically established.

  As is apparent from the above description, in the present embodiment, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 17, the computer 164 of the management server 50 has a plurality of portions.

1. Candidate parking lot selection unit 400
When the measurement result of the current position of the user (current position of the mobile terminal 90) is received from the mobile terminal 90, the current position of the mobile terminal 90 is a part of the plurality of parking lots 20 based on the measurement result of the current position. Are selected as a plurality of candidate parking lots this time (S201, S202).

  This candidate parking lot selection unit 400 is all represented by all the parking lot data stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 under the condition that the candidate parking lot selection unit 400 is located in the vicinity of the current position measured by the mobile terminal 90. Filtering is performed to narrow down the parking lot 20 to a smaller number of candidate parking lots 20 than that.

2. Parking location data transmission unit 402
A plurality of parking lot position data corresponding to the selected plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are transmitted to the portable terminal 90 (S203).

3. Parking ID receiver 404
In the portable terminal 90, when any of the plurality of candidate parking lots 20 received by the portable terminal 90 is selected by the user, a parking lot ID unique to the selected candidate parking lot 20 is obtained from the portable terminal 90. Receive (S204).

4). Transmitter ID transmitter 406
A regular transmitter ID (one regular transmitter ID) unique to the transmitter 30 corresponding to the parking lot ID received from the portable terminal 90 is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 (S205, S206).

5. Match determination data receiving unit 408
As a result of the user bringing the mobile terminal 90 close to or in contact with the transmitter 30 installed in the candidate parking lot 20 selected by the user, the mobile terminal 90 received from the transmitter 30 If it is determined that the actual transmitter ID represented by the identification signal matches the one regular transmitter ID, the match determination data indicating that is received from the portable terminal 90 (S207).

6). Parking start permission unit 410
After receiving the match determination data from the portable terminal 90, the start of the current parking service is permitted for the selected candidate parking lot 20 (S209).

7). First parking fee calculator 412
When the final confirmation data is received from the portable terminal 90 in response to the user selecting the confirmation button 212 (see FIG. 11C), the time at that time is recognized as the warehousing time, and then from the warehousing time. And the parking fee is calculated according to the length of the elapsed time (S209, S210, S404, S406).

8). First parking fee transmitter 414
When the inquiry request is received from the portable terminal 90, the calculated parking fee is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 (S407).

9. Second parking fee calculator 416
When the user receives the final confirmation data from the portable terminal 90 in response to the selection of the confirmation button 222 (see FIG. 15B), the time at that time is recognized as the leaving time, and then from the loading time. The elapsed time until the delivery time is measured, and the final value of the parking fee is calculated according to the length of the elapsed time (S605, S606, S607).

10. Second parking fee calculator 418
The final value of the calculated parking fee is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 (S608).

  Note that at least one of the plurality of portions described above may be partially or wholly realized in the computer 134 of the mobile terminal 90 as long as it is technically established.

Second Embodiment

  Next, a parking lot management system according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the description which overlaps about the part which is common in the parking lot management system according to 1st Embodiment is abbreviate | omitted, and only a different part is demonstrated in detail. The parking lot management system according to the present embodiment is configured to execute the parking lot management method according to the present embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, the management server 50 transmits to the portable terminal 90 not all of the parking lots 20 but the parking lots 20 in the vicinity of the current position of the user as a plurality of candidate parking lots 20. . Under the condition that the management server 50 is located near the mobile terminal 90 and the current position of the user, the management server 50 determines the positioning of the mobile terminal 90 in order to narrow down all the parking lots 20 to a smaller number of candidate parking lots 20. The result is received from the portable terminal 90 and referenced.

  Further, in the first embodiment, after any of the plurality of candidate parking lots 20 is selected by the user via the portable terminal 90, the management server 50 is installed on the portable terminal 90 in the one candidate parking lot 20 One regular transmitter ID corresponding to one transmitter 30 being transmitted is transmitted. The portable terminal 90 determines whether or not the actual transmitter ID corresponding to the identification signal received from the transmitter 30 matches the one regular transmitter ID.

  In the first embodiment, before it is determined that the actual transmitter ID matches the normal transmitter ID that exists only from the beginning, the regular transmitter ID and the parking lot 20 where the user is located are specified. After the match determination, it is actually confirmed that the user is actually in the parking lot 20.

  On the other hand, in 2nd Embodiment, the management server 50 transmits all the parking lots 20 as the some candidate parking lot 20 to the portable terminal 90. FIG. The management server 50 does not need to receive and refer to the location information of the mobile terminal 90 from the mobile terminal 90. Therefore, the management server 50 does not need to narrow down the candidate parking lot 20.

  However, in the mobile terminal 90, since only the parking lot 20 that is geographically present on the partial map displayed on the screen 135 is displayed, the management server 50 in effect, according to the current location of the user, This is equivalent to transmitting only the parking lot that is likely to be used by the user to the portable terminal 90.

  That is, in the first embodiment, the candidate parking lot 20 is narrowed down by the management server 50 and the mobile terminal 90 in two stages, whereas in the second embodiment, the narrowing down is performed only by the mobile terminal 90. It is.

  Further, in the second embodiment, the management server 50 transmits all the regular transmitter IDs corresponding to all the transmitters 30 respectively installed in all the parking lots 20 to the portable terminal 90.

  However, as described above, since only the parking lot 20 that is geographically present on the partial map displayed on the screen 135 is displayed on the mobile terminal 90, the management server 50 is effectively used by the user. This is equivalent to transmitting only a plurality of regular transmitter IDs corresponding to a plurality of transmitters 30 installed in a parking lot that is likely to be used by the user according to the current position to the portable terminal 90. .

  Further, in the second embodiment, the actual transmitter ID is selected by the user before it is determined that it matches any one of the received plurality of regular transmitter IDs (a plurality of candidate regular transmitter IDs). One regular transmitter ID corresponding to the parking lot 20 is not specified. After the coincidence determination, one true transmitter ID and the parking lot 20 selected by the user are specified, and further, it becomes clear for the first time that the user is actually in the parking lot 20.

<Goods receipt sequence>

  FIG. 18 shows a transmitter 30 and a mobile terminal 90 both located in the same parking lot 20 and a management server located in a remote place in order to start the current parking immediately after the user enters the parking lot 20. An example of communication performed with 50 is represented by a sequence flow in time series.

  The transmitter 30 spontaneously and continuously transmits an identification signal unique to itself. When entering the parking lot 20, in the mobile terminal 90, the processor 130 includes a portion related to the warehousing process in the parking service application stored in the memory 132 (steps S <b> 701 to S <b> 704, S <b> 101, S <b> 102 in FIG. 18). , S105-S107, S110-S114, and S117-S123). In the management server 50, the processor 160 executes portions (steps S801-805 and S208-S213 in FIG. 18) related to the warehousing process in the parking lot management program stored in the memory 162.

  In FIG. 18, steps S101, S102, S105-S107, S110-S114, and S117-S123 are the same as those shown in FIG.

  Specifically, when the parking service application is activated by the user in the mobile terminal 90, first, in step S101, the current position of the user is measured, and then in step S102, the measured user's current position is measured. A partial map is displayed on the screen 135 according to the current position.

  Subsequently, in step S701, a login request (an example of the “service start signal” described above) for logging in to the management server 50 is transmitted to the management server 50 together with a user ID for identifying the current user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the login request together with the user ID in step S801, and subsequently, in step S802, all the parking lots 20 are searched as a plurality of candidate parking lots. For the search, the first database (represented by “DB” in FIG. 10) is referred to.

  After that, in step S803, a plurality of parking lot position data representing the positions of the plurality of candidate parking lots 20 searched for, together with a plurality of parking lot IDs and a plurality of regular transmitter IDs corresponding to the candidate parking lots 20, It is transmitted to the portable terminal 90.

  On the other hand, in step S702, the portable terminal 90 receives the parking lot position data together with a plurality of parking lot IDs and a plurality of regular transmitter IDs. The received plurality of parking lot position data and the parking lot ID are associated with each other and stored in the parking lot data memory 163 shown in FIG. 7, and the received plurality of regular transmitter IDs are associated with the plurality of parking lot IDs. The transmitter data memory 165 shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in step S105, a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are overlaid on the map displayed on the screen 135 based on the received plurality of parking lot position data.

  In step 105, all of the plurality of parking lots 20 (all the parking lots 20 stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50) represented by the received plurality of parking lot position data are displayed on the screen 135. It is not displayed. Only a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 that are located in a window determined by the current position of the user and the size of the screen 135 are smaller than the plurality of parking lots 20 are displayed on the screen 135. That is, the plurality of parking lots 20 received from the management server 50 are further narrowed down to a small number of candidate parking lots 20 according to the current position of the user and the size of the screen 135.

  After that, in step S106, the user selects any parking lot 20 by touching the display position of any parking lot 20 with a finger.

  Subsequent to the selection, the user presents the actual parking lot 20 (the one actually selected and visited by the user among the plurality of existing parking lots 20 (selected by the user operating the portable terminal 90). The portable terminal 90 is brought close to or brought into contact with the transmitter 30 that is not present) As a result, the portable terminal 90 is ready to receive a signal from the current transmitter 30.

  In this step S106, as a first mode, a parking lot ID corresponding to the selected parking lot 20 may be transmitted to the management server 50 as a current parking lot ID. In step S703, the current parking ID is transmitted to the management server 50 for the first time when it is determined that the current actual transmitter ID matches one of the plurality of current transmitter IDs. Good.

  That is, in the first mode, the user's intention, that is, the selection result of the parking lot 20 by the user on the portable terminal 90 is that the parking lot 20 where the user actually stays (the real parking lot A) is. Priority is given to which parking lot.

  As a result, the mobile terminal 90 transmits the current parking lot ID to the management server 50 before it is determined that the current actual transmitter ID matches any of the regular transmitter IDs. For this reason, the parking lot 20 selected on the portable terminal 90 by the user at the uncertain stage where only the subjective reference information indicating which parking lot 20 the user has selected on the portable terminal 90 exists is the current parking lot. It will be reported to the management server 50 as represented by the parking lot ID.

  On the other hand, in the second aspect, the user's intention, that is, the user's selection on the portable terminal 90 of the parking lot 20 is the parking lot where the parking lot 20 where the user actually stays is. Overrides results.

  As a result, the mobile terminal 90 transmits the current parking lot ID to the management server 50 only after it is determined that the current actual transmitter ID matches any of the regular transmitter IDs. In this aspect, the portable terminal 90 assigns the current parking lot ID to the management server 50 at a definite stage where there is objective reference information indicating which transmitter 30 has been identified without depending on the user's operation. To report to.

  In this second aspect, if the user does not use subjective reference information indicating which parking lot 20 the user has selected on the mobile terminal 90, the mobile terminal 90 will park the user on the screen 135. It is possible to omit step S106 for requesting selection of the garage 20.

  However, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 18, the mobile terminal 90 does not start receiving the identification signal from the transmitter 30 unless the user selects any parking lot 20 on the mobile terminal 90.

  On the other hand, the act of the user selecting any parking lot 20 on the portable terminal 90 is that the user can park the plurality of candidate parking lots 20 currently displayed on the screen 135 among them. In the sense that it is confirmed that the desired parking lot 20 exists, it turns out that this is an appropriate option for the user.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, there is a possibility that the frequency of occurrence of a situation in which the parking lot 20 selected by the user on the mobile terminal 90 and the specified transmitter 30 do not match each other may be reduced.

  Thereafter, in step S107, the selected parking lot 20 (current parking lot 20) is displayed on the screen 135 so as to be visually distinguished from other parking lots.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 110, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 90 has effectively received the identification signal from the transmitter 30.

  If the portable terminal 90 has effectively received the identification signal from the transmitter 30, then the received identification signal is demodulated in step S111, and subsequently represented by the demodulated identification signal in step S112. Transmitter ID is decoded as the actual transmitter ID.

  Subsequently, in step S703, the actual transmitter ID thus decoded is not a plurality of regular transmitter IDs stored in the transmitter data memory 165 shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not it matches any one of the fewer regular transmitter IDs displayed on the screen 135. That is, ID verification is performed.

  In this step S703, the partner to be compared with the actual transmitter ID is a plurality of regular transmitter IDs stored in the transmitter data memory 165 (these regular transmitter IDs are the first embodiment in this embodiment). Unlike a plurality of transmitter IDs corresponding to all the parking lots 20 stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50), a small number of regular transmitter IDs displayed on the screen 135 and Has been. The reason is that in step S106, the user is a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 displayed on the screen 135 at the time, and is filtered according to the current position of the user and the size of the screen 135. This is to respect the fact that you have chosen one.

  However, this step S703 can be executed in a manner in which the actual transmitter ID is compared with a plurality of regular transmitter IDs stored in the transmitter data memory 165 instead.

  If it is determined in step S703 that the actual transmitter ID matches one of the regular transmitter IDs, the map displayed on the screen 135 is then displayed in step S114 as shown in FIG. 11B. The warehousing button 206 (virtual button displayed with characters, symbols, images, etc.) is displayed as an overlay. Subsequently, in step S115, when the user touches the warehousing button 206 with a finger, the warehousing button 206 is selected and activated.

  Thereafter, in step S704, the match determination data indicating that the actual transmitter ID matches any of the regular transmitter IDs is transmitted to the management server 50 together with the current parking lot ID. At this time, the current parking lot ID may be transmitted alone, or may be transmitted to the management server 50 together with the actual transmitter ID and / or the regular transmitter ID that matches the actual transmitter ID.

  In the present embodiment, the current parking lot ID is an example of identification information for identifying the current transmitter 30 and the current parking lot 20, and another example of identification information is the current transmitter ID. .

  That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to interpret that the part for executing steps S703 and S704 of the computer 134 of the portable terminal 90 constitutes an example of the above-described “object specifying unit”. It is.

  On the other hand, in step S804, the management server 50 sets the coincidence determination data to the current parking lot ID, the actual transmitter ID, and the regular transmitter ID that matches the actual transmitter ID. , Which correspond to each other, substantially match each other) at least together with the current parking lot ID. Subsequently, in step S805, at least the current parking lot ID is stored in the memory 162 in association with the user ID.

  Thereafter, steps S117 to S123 are executed in the portable terminal 90 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, while steps S208 to S213 are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment in the management server 50.

  Therefore, in this case, the user is not permitted to park in the current parking lot 20.

<Outgoing sequence>

  FIG. 19 shows communication performed between the transmitter 30 and the portable terminal 90 located in the same parking lot 20 and the management server 50 located in a remote place immediately before the user leaves the parking lot 20. An example is represented by a sequence flow in time series.

  The transmitter 30 spontaneously and continuously transmits an identification signal unique to itself. When leaving from the parking lot 20, in the portable terminal 90, the processor 130 includes a portion related to the exit processing in the parking service application stored in the memory 132 (steps S <b> 901, S <b> 902, S <b> 501 in FIG. 19). S502 and S505-S520) are executed. In the management server 50, the processor 160 executes a part (steps S1001 and S1002 and steps S604 to S610 in FIG. 19) related to the leaving process in the parking lot management program stored in the memory 162.

  In FIG. 19, S501, S502, S505-S520, and S604-S610 are the same as those shown in FIG.

  Specifically, when the parking service application is activated by the user in the mobile terminal 90, first, in step S501, the current position of the user is measured, and then in step S502, the measured user's current position is measured. A partial map is displayed on the screen 135 according to the current position.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 901, a login request (an example of the “service start signal” described above) for logging in to the management server 50 is transmitted to the management server 50 together with a user ID for identifying the current user.

  On the other hand, the management server 50 receives the login request together with the user ID in step S1001. Subsequently, in step S1002, the current parking lot ID, the current regular transmitter ID, and the plurality of parking lot position data stored in the memory 162 in association with the current user ID are transmitted to the portable terminal 90.

  On the other hand, in step S902, the portable terminal 90 receives the transmitted current parking lot ID, the current regular transmitter ID, and a plurality of parking lot position data from the management server 50.

  Subsequently, in step S505, a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 are overlaid on the map displayed on the screen 135 based on the received plurality of parking lot position data.

  Thereafter, in step S506, the exit button 220 is displayed as an overlay on the map displayed on the screen 135. Subsequently, in step 507, the user selects the exit button 220.

  Thereafter, in the mobile terminal 90, steps S508 to S518 are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, whereas in the management server 50, steps S604 to S610 are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  As is apparent from the above description, in the present embodiment, the computer 164 of the management server 50 has a plurality of parts, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. However, of these portions, the description common to the functional block diagram of FIG. 17 is omitted.

1. Candidate parking lot selection unit 500
Unlike the first embodiment, all the parking lots 20 represented by all the parking lot data stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 are selected as a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 at this time (S802).

2. Parking location data transmission unit 502
Unlike the first embodiment, all the parking lot data stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 is transmitted to the portable terminal 90 (S803).

3. Transmitter ID transmitter 504
Unlike the first embodiment, a plurality of transmitter IDs corresponding to all the parking lots 20 represented by all the parking lot data stored in the memory 162 of the management server 50 are carried as a plurality of regular transmitter IDs. It transmits to the terminal 90 (S803).

4). Match determination data receiving unit 506
As a result of the user bringing the mobile terminal 90 close to or in contact with the transmitter 30 installed in the candidate parking lot 20 selected by the user, the mobile terminal 90 received from the transmitter 30 If it is determined that the actual transmitter ID represented by the identification signal matches any of the plurality of regular transmitter IDs, match determination data indicating that is received from the portable terminal 90 (S804).

5. Parking ID receiver 508
When the portable terminal 90 performs the coincidence determination, the parking lot ID corresponding to the actual transmitter ID is received from the portable terminal 90 (S804).

  In addition, this embodiment is the point which has the parking start permission part 410, the 1st parking charge calculation part 412, the 1st parking charge transmission part 414, the 2nd parking charge calculation part 416, and the 2nd parking charge calculation part 418. Common to one embodiment.

  Note that at least one of the plurality of portions described above may be partially or wholly realized in the computer 134 of the mobile terminal 90 as long as it is technically established.

  FIG. 21 is a perspective view conceptually illustrating the principle that the transmitter 30 actually installed in an arbitrary parking lot 20 is specified using the user's portable terminal 90 in the parking lot management system 10 according to the present embodiment. It is represented by

  In order to explain this principle, a real space and a virtual space are assumed. In the real space, there are some actual parking lots 20, some actual transmitters 30, and actual user portable terminals 90. On the other hand, in the virtual space, there are several virtual parking lots 20, several virtual transmitters 30, and virtual user portable terminals 90.

  Between the real space and the virtual space, each real parking lot 20 has a split called virtual parking lot 20, and similarly, the real transmitter 30 also has a split called virtual transmitter 30. In this way, the actual mobile terminal 90 also has a virtual mobile terminal 90.

  In the present embodiment, the actual mobile terminal 90 receives the identification signal from the actual transmitter 30 and acquires the actual transmitter ID. This real transmitter ID is, of course, shared between the real mobile terminal 90 and the virtual mobile terminal 90.

  Further, the actual mobile terminal 90 acquires information representing the actual location (which coincides with the virtual current location) that is the actual location at that time at substantially the same timing as the acquisition of the actual transmitter ID. Of course, the location-related information is also shared between the real mobile terminal 90 and the virtual mobile terminal 90.

  As a result, although it is the operation content of the real mobile terminal 90 in the real space, the virtual mobile terminal 90 is located in the vicinity of the virtual current position through the position information of the virtual current position in the virtual space. Search several virtual parking lots 20.

  The virtual portable terminal 90 further acquires the transmitter IDs of some of the virtual transmitters 30 installed in the virtual parking lot 20 as virtual transmitter IDs (that is, regular transmitter IDs). If there are a plurality of virtual transmitters 30, a plurality of virtual transmitter IDs are acquired, and if any of them, one of the virtual transmitter IDs should match the current actual transmitter ID. It is. Of course, these virtual transmitter IDs are also shared by the real mobile terminal 90 and the virtual mobile terminal 90.

  If the installation position of the actual transmitter 30 this time is regular, the actual transmitter ID of the actual transmitter 30 should match any one of several virtual transmitter IDs. By paying attention to this premise, it is determined whether or not the installation position of the actual transmitter 30 of this time is normal. If it is normal, the parking lot 20 where the actual transmitter 30 of this time is actually installed is determined. The parking lot 20 that the user is just visiting is determined.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the installation position of the current actual transmitter 30 is proper (in other words, the actual transmitter 30 actually installed in the current parking lot 20). Can be determined without paying attention to the actual position of the actual transmitter 30 or measuring it.

  On the other hand, as long as the actual portable terminal 90 is close to the actual transmitter 30, the actual portable terminal 90 can measure its own position as the position of the actual transmitter 30. However, it is inevitable that a position error exists during the measurement.

  Nevertheless, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the current installation position of the actual transmitter 30 is normal without paying attention to the actual position of the actual transmitter 30. Is possible.

  Certainly, in this embodiment, the regular transmitter ID is acquired depending on the positioning result of the mobile terminal 90, but the positioning result of the mobile terminal 90 is used to select a plurality of candidate parking lots 20 geographically. Used (position information of each candidate parking lot 20 is known to the portable terminal 90 and / or the management server 50).

  On the other hand, the correspondence relationship between the candidate parking lot 20 and the transmitter 30, and hence the correspondence relationship between the parking lot ID of the candidate parking lot 20 and the regular transmitter ID of the transmitter 30, is for the mobile terminal 90 and / or the management server 50. Known.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the regular transmitter ID can be acquired without being affected by the positioning error of the mobile terminal 90. As a result, whether or not the current transmitter 30 is legitimate for the current parking lot 20, that is, the parking lot 20 where the current transmitter 30 is actually installed is legitimate by the transmitter 30. It is possible to determine whether or not it is a thing.

  In addition, some embodiments described above are some specific examples when the present invention is applied to a rental service for renting a parking lot as real estate, but instead, The present invention can be applied to a rental service that rents another real estate, for example, a rental warehouse, a rental room, etc., or a movable property such as a vehicle (automobile, bicycle, motorcycle, etc.) It can be applied to rental services. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to uses other than rental services.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described in detail based on drawing, these are illustrations and are based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art including the aspect as described in the above-mentioned [summary of invention] column. The present invention can be implemented in other forms with various modifications and improvements.

Claims (4)

A parking lot management system for centrally managing a plurality of parking lots,
A transmitter that is installed in each parking lot and transmits a unique identification signal that performs near field communication with the user's mobile terminal in any parking lot,
A management server for performing long-distance communication with the portable terminal,
The mobile terminal is actually installed in a parking lot selected on the screen of the mobile terminal by the user from among the plurality of parking lots and one actually visited by the user among the plurality of parking lots. When the identification signals received from the transmitter match each other, the parking lot is identified as the parking lot selected by the user ,
The management server
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been identified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user enters the parking lot, the storage time is set using the clock of the management server. The warehousing time measuring part to be measured,
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been specified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user leaves the parking lot, the time of delivery is measured using the clock. A parking fee calculation unit for obtaining an elapsed time from the measured entry time as a parking time and calculating a parking fee based on the length of the acquired parking time;
A parking fee transmitter that transmits the calculated parking fee to the mobile terminal, thereby enabling the user to electronically settle the transmitted parking fee via the mobile terminal;
The mobile terminal refers to the management server for the current parking fee by voluntarily sending an inquiry request to the management server during the period from the entry to the exit.
The management server further includes:
When the inquiry request is received, the current time is measured using the clock, the elapsed time from the measured warehousing time to the current time is obtained as the current parking time, and the obtained current parking is obtained. The current parking fee is calculated based on the length of time, and the calculated current parking fee is calculated as related information including the parking identification information for the parking lot and the current parking time. with those containing the length and / or receipts time, including parking management system query processing unit to be transmitted to the mobile terminal. A parking lot management system for centrally managing a plurality of parking lots,
A transmitter that is installed in each parking lot and transmits a unique identification signal that performs near field communication with the user's mobile terminal in any parking lot,
A management server for performing long-distance communication with the portable terminal,
The mobile terminal acquires its own current position, and any one of the plurality of parking lots which is a parking lot fewer than those parking lots and is located in the vicinity of the acquired current position is displayed on the screen. The parking lot is displayed in a state that can be selected by the user, and the identification received from the transmitter actually installed in the selected parking lot and the parking lot actually visited by the user. If the signals match each other, the parking lot is identified as the parking lot selected by the user ,
The management server
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been identified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user enters the parking lot, the storage time is set using the clock of the management server. The warehousing time measuring part to be measured,
In response to receiving a signal indicating that the parking lot has been specified by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal when the user leaves the parking lot, the time of delivery is measured using the clock. A parking fee calculation unit for obtaining an elapsed time from the measured entry time as a parking time and calculating a parking fee based on the length of the acquired parking time;
And send the calculated parking fee to the portable terminal, thereby including a parking fee transmission unit that allows the transmitted parking fee user payment electronically via the mobile terminal Parking management system. Program executed by the portable terminal computer to implement the mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2.   A recording medium on which the program according to claim 3 is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.

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