JPH0465791A - Method for managing parking area - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to mixedly park reserved vehicles and time-lent vehicles without generating troubles by inputting the reserved time of the next parking at each departure of a reserved vehicle. CONSTITUTION:At each departure of a reserved vehicle, the next parking time of the vehicle corresponding to customer's schedule is set up and inputted through an input means formed on a pass card(PC) or a pass card reader 4 and its parking area is utilized for a time-lent vehicle. Thereby, the parking space can be released in accordance with daily programs and various troubles such that a reserved vehicle can not park, a parking space for a time-lent vehicle can not obtained because a reserved vehicle scheduled as a left vehicle is still parking, a parking space is not used for a long period because a reserved vehicle to be parked is left which may be generated from incorrect schedules can be removed. Consequently, an idle parking space due to the departure of a reserved vehicle can be effectively utilized for a time-lent vehicle.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention can be effectively used for both contract vehicles that contract parking spaces on a monthly basis, etc., and hourly rental vehicles that collect parking fees commensurate with the parking time. The present invention relates to a parking lot management method that can be used to manage parking lots.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there are two types of parking lots: contract parking lots where you park your vehicle on a monthly contract, and hourly parking lots where you collect an hourly fee each time you park your car. They each secured their own parking space and parked in this parking space.

However, it is not always the case that the contracted vehicle is parked in the designated parking space all day long; for example, the contracted vehicle may be parked only during the day or only at night due to work, or the vehicle may be out frequently for business trips or trips, and in reality, There were many cases in which parking spaces were not used effectively because the time the vehicle was not parked was longer than the time it was parked.

Therefore, for example, Utility Application No. 59-137372 (Utility Application No. 137372)
No. 1-55799), a contracted parking time (parking time schedule) is decided in advance with the contracted car, and the time period other than the contracted parking time is used for hourly rental cars (
A mixed parking lot for contract cars and hourly rental cars was developed, which was designed to be used by customers.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, some of the contracted cars have one car on a given day due to work, etc.
The pre-contracted parking time schedule may be disrupted due to parking during the day, or the parking lot may be left vacant for a long period of time, or the contracted customer may intentionally disrupt this schedule. , Even though the parking lot should be empty, the contracted vehicle is parked and the hourly rental vehicle cannot be parked.
Conversely.

There were inconveniences such as being unable to park a contracted vehicle because the hourly rental vehicle was parked, and furthermore, the parking space for the contracted vehicle remained empty and was not used effectively for a long period of time.

Furthermore, with the conventional parking lot management device disclosed in the above-mentioned application, even if the contract customer takes the trouble to open up the parking space and let the hourly rental customers use it effectively, the contract customer does not receive any benefit from this. As a result, it was difficult to obtain cooperation from contract customers to free up the parking spaces mentioned above.

Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is to allow hourly rental cars to effectively use the parking space only during the hours when the parking space is open to contracted cars, and to open the parking space to contracted customers. The aim is to encourage contracted customers to adhere to their parking schedules as much as possible while allowing them to receive profits commensurate with the percentage of their parking.

[Means to solve the problem]

The measures taken in the present invention to solve the above technical problems are as follows.

A state in which the contracted vehicle is always given priority, with the contracted vehicle whose entry and exit are managed using a commuter pass, and the hourly rental vehicle whose entry and exit and fee management are performed using a parking ticket that records the parking time. (1) When leaving the above-mentioned contracted vehicle using a commuter pass, use the input means provided on the commuter pass or commuter pass reader to check whether the contracted vehicle will be parked next time. To set and input a scheduled parking time and use the time period up to this scheduled parking time as a parking space opening time for parking the hourly rental vehicle.

(2) Add up the parking space open time for each contracted vehicle.

A discount amount is calculated from this accumulated number of hours and the number of hours of use of the hourly rental car, and the contracted parking fee for the contracted car is made into a discounted rate by reducing this discount amount.

(3) If a contracted vehicle enters the parking lot before the scheduled parking time entered in the settings, this time difference will be calculated as non-contracted parking time, and when calculating the parking contract fee for the contracted vehicle, this time difference will be calculated as non-contracted parking time. Add a fee commensurate with the time as a penalty fee.

[Effect]

The above means works as follows.

■The factor (1) above is that each time a contracted vehicle leaves the parking lot, the next parking time according to the contracted customer's schedule is set and entered, and this open time period is used for hourly rental vehicles. Customers are not bound by a contract and can open up parking spaces according to their daily schedule. Therefore, customers may not be able to park even though they have a contracted car, or conversely, their contracted car may be parked when they should have left the parking lot, but they are unable to park their car by the hour. By eliminating various inconveniences that occur due to scheduling errors, such as lack of space or even parking spaces remaining vacant for a long time after the contracted vehicle that was supposed to be parked leaves the parking lot, To make it possible to effectively use a parking space vacated by parking for hourly rental cars.

■Element (2) above is to discount the contract fee (monthly) of the contract customer according to the time when the parking space is open, so the contract customer must enter the scheduled time of parking and make the parking space available. Enables more cooperative use.

■The factor (3) above is that if a contracted vehicle enters the parking lot before the scheduled parking time, a penalty fee will be added to the contract fee, so if the contracted vehicle is parked at the parking lot before the scheduled parking time, the penalty fee will be added to the contract fee. To enable convenient parking of cars without competing with each other.

As described above, the above-mentioned technical problem can be solved by the above-mentioned means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the above-mentioned parking lot management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a parking lot in which the parking lot management method according to the present invention is implemented, and in the figure, T indicates the entire parking lot, TN is the entrance, and TU is At the exit gate and the entrance TN, there is a commuter pass reader 1 for reading the commuter pass data written on the commuter pass PC inserted by the contract customer, and a timer that records the time of arrival for time freight customers. Parking ticket PT
A gate opening signal is sent from the parking ticket issuing machine 2 and the commuter pass reader 1 through the signal line f2.

Alternatively, an entrance gate opening/closing machine 3 opens the entrance gate 3G to allow a vehicle (not shown) to enter in accordance with a gate opening signal sent from the parking ticket issuing machine 2 through the signal line f3.
is installed.

The opening/closing machine 3 that opened the entrance gate 3G is configured to operate to close the entrance gate 3G again when a vehicle detector (not shown) detects the passing of an incoming vehicle.

In addition, the exit TU of the parking lot T has the same entrance TN.
The commuter pass reader 4, which has the same structure as the one installed in , a gate opening signal sent from a well-known fare adjustment machine 5 having a function of settling parking charges and a commuter pass reader 4 through a signal line f5, or a gate opening signal sent from the fare adjustment machine 5 through a signal line f6. An exit gate opening/closing machine 6 is installed which opens the exit gate 6G in accordance with the coming gate opening signal to enable vehicles to leave the garage.

The opening/closing machine 6 that opened the exit gate 6G is configured to operate to close the exit gate 6G again when a vehicle detector (not shown) detects the passage of a leaving vehicle.

Next, FIG. 2 is a front view of the above-mentioned commuter pass PC (pass card), and the commuter pass PC carried by each subscriber is an IC card.
It is constructed using a card, and the surface thereof is provided with a display 10 for displaying and inputting the next scheduled arrival time, a numeric keypad 11 for input, and a power lamp 12 and a switch 13. A signal terminal 14a is provided at the tip end of the commuter pass reader 14a, which, when inserted into each of the commuter pass readers 1 and 4, contacts the main body signal terminal 23 (see Fig. 4) on the readers 1 and 4 side for electrical conduction. .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the above-mentioned IC card commuter pass PC. In the figure, 16 is a CPU that forms the center of the control unit, and the system program, period of use, and ID code are stored here. It stores regular data such as
In addition to the memory 17 for temporarily storing the scheduled arrival time, the display 10, the numeric keypad 11, the power lamp 12, the switch 13, the signal terminal 14a, and the battery 15 are connected.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing the internal structure of each commuter pass reader 1, 4 installed at the storage entrance TN and exit exit TU,
In the figure, 20 is an insertion port for the commuter pass PC that is opened in the front of each commuter pass reader 1.4, 20a is an insertion passage connected to this insertion opening 20, and 23 is located at the inner bottom of the insertion passage 20a. This terminal 23 is a control device configured using a microcomputer! 24, and when the signal terminal 14a of the commuter pass PC inserted into the insertion passage 20a contacts the terminal 23 and conducts, the commuter pass data stored in the memory 17 of the commuter pass PC and the arrival schedule are displayed. The time data is read by the control device 24 side.

Next, in FIG. 1, 7 is a management device also equipped with a microcomputer, which operates the commuter pass reader 1 and the parking ticket issuing machine 2 at the storage entrance TN, as well as the commuter pass reader at the exit TU. 4 and the fare adjustment machine 5 are connected to this management device 7 through signal lines f1 and f4, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5.
The control unit is connected to the control unit, and each control unit is controlled according to a system program stored in the memory of the control unit under the supervision of the CPU that constitutes the control unit of the management device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the management device 7, in which 3o stores the CPU, 31 stores the system program, and stores a counter for the number of parking spaces for hourly rental cars and each contracted car. 32 is a bus, 33 is an external input/output interface circuit 33, and this interface circuit 33 includes the above-mentioned readers 1 and 4 as well as ticket issuing devices. Machine 2 and payment machine 5 are connected via signal lines f1 and f4, respectively.

Next, each process controlled by the present invention, specifically,
General processing for warehousing and unloading of vehicles, each management process by the management device 7, and warehousing and unloading of contract cars and hourly rental cars will be explained with reference to flowcharts shown in one drawing.

FIG. 6 shows the procedure of a general warehousing process executed at the warehousing entrance TN at the time of warehousing.

Step S1: Here, it is determined whether the vehicle entering the warehouse is a contracted vehicle or a general hourly rental vehicle, and if it is a contracted vehicle, steps S2 and subsequent steps are executed, and if it is an hourly rental vehicle, steps S7 and subsequent steps are executed. Ru.

[Contract vehicle warehousing processing]

Step S2: Insert the commuter pass PC into the commuter pass reader 1.

Step S3: The control device 24 of the commuter pass reader 1 reads the commuter pass data written in the memory 17 of the commuter pass PC.

Step S4: The control device 24 of the commuter pass reader 1 transmits the commuter pass data (season ID) read from the commuter pass PC to the management device [7] through the signal line f1.

Step S5: A gate opening signal is sent from the commuter pass reader 1 to the entrance gate opening/closing machine 3 through the signal line f2.

Step S6: The entrance gate opening/closing machine 3 opens the entrance gate 3G to allow vehicles to enter the warehouse.

[Hourly rental car parking process]

Step S7: The parking ticket issuing machine 2 issues a parking ticket PT recording the parking time to the two-hour rental customer.

Step S8 The two-hour rental customer receives the parking ticket P from the parking ticket issuing machine 2.
Pull out the T.

Step S9: The parking ticket issuing machine 2 transmits parking information for hourly rental cars to the management device through the signal line f1.

Step S5: A gate opening signal is transmitted from the parking ticket issuing machine 2 to the entrance gate opening/closing machine 3 through the signal line f3, and the following steps are performed.
Continue to step S6.

Next, the procedure of a general exit process executed at the exit TU will be described according to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

Step 510: First, check whether the vehicle to be left is a contracted vehicle or not.
It is determined whether the car is a general hourly rental car, and if it is a contracted car, steps from step Sll are executed, and if it is an hourly rental car, steps from step 818 are executed.

[Contract vehicle delivery process]

Step S11: The contract customer first determines whether or not the next scheduled arrival time is the same as the pre-contracted arrival time (for example, if the contract only specifies the arrival time in the daytime or at night). If NO (difference), step S1
2 is executed, and if YES (same), step S13 is executed.

Step S12: Enter the next scheduled time of parking into the memory 17 using the numeric keypad 11 of the commuter pass PC.

Step S13: Insert the commuter pass PC into the commuter pass reader 4.

Step S14: The control device 24 of the commuter pass reader 4 reads the regular data consisting of the regular ID and the scheduled storage time.

Step S15: Transfer the read periodic data to the signal line f
4 to the management device 7.

Step 816: Signal line f for exit gate opening/closing machine 6
A gate open signal is sent through 5.

Step S17: The exit gate 6G is opened and the vehicle can be exited.

[Hourly car rental processing]

Step 818: Insert the parking ticket PT with the parking time recorded into the fare adjustment machine 5.

Step S19: The parking time is calculated from the parking time and the current time, and the parking fee is calculated and displayed.

Step S20: The hourly passenger pays the parking fee according to the display.

Step S21: The fact that the hourly rental car leaves the garage and the usage time (parking time) are transmitted to the management bag w7 through the signal line f4.

Step 816: A gate opening signal is sent from the fare adjustment machine 5 to the exit gate opening/closing machine 6 through the signal line f6, and the process continues to step S17, allowing the vehicle to leave the garage.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the management processing procedure performed by the management device 7 mentioned above.

Step S22: First, it is determined whether the incoming vehicle is a contract vehicle according to the signal sent through the signal line f1, and if YES, the process proceeds to the process shown in FIG.
In the case of O, the process advances to step S23.

Step S23 Next, in accordance with the signal sent through signal lf4, it is determined whether the leaving vehicle is a contracted vehicle or not. If YES, proceed to the processing step shown in FIG. 10; if NO, proceed to the next step. The process advances to step S24.

Step S24: Next, according to the signal sent through the signal line f1, it is determined whether or not the incoming vehicle is an hourly rental vehicle. If YES, proceed to step 328; if NO, proceed to the next step 825. move on.

Step S25: Next, it is determined whether the leaving vehicle is an hourly rental vehicle according to the signal sent through the signal line f4, and if YES, the process proceeds to the process shown in FIG. If No, the process advances to the next step S26.

Step 826: It is determined whether the aggregation switch (omitted in FIG. 5) provided on the management device 7 is turned on, that is, whether or not the aggregation operation is to be performed. If YES, the process shown in FIG. 12 is performed. If NO, the process advances to the next step S27.

Step S27: Here, the scheduled warehousing time of each contracted car written in the memory 31 of the management device 7 is searched, and as a result, it is determined whether or not the warehousing time of the contracted car has arrived. It is determined whether the next scheduled arrival time entered at the time of leaving the warehouse has been reached.

If YES, the process advances to the next step S28, and N.

In this case, the process returns to step S22.

Step 828: Here, the management device! 7 memory 31
1 is subtracted from the possible number of parking spaces for hourly rental cars provided at
Return to 2. In addition, when the number of available parking spaces on the counter reaches O, "full" is displayed on a display (not shown) provided at the entrance TN, and parking of the hourly rental vehicle is prohibited.

Next, the processing procedure of the management device 7 when a contracted vehicle enters the warehouse will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG. 9.

Step S30: Based on the parking of the contracted vehicle, the commuter pass reader 1 at the parking entrance TN sends a signal #! The computer receives the commuter pass PC read data sent through f1 and proceeds to the next step.

Step S31: The scheduled warehousing time included in the read data is compared with the current time, and it is determined whether the warehousing is before or after the scheduled warehousing time. If YES (before), the process proceeds to step S32. If the answer is NO (later), the process returns to step s22 and the process ends.

Because I entered the STETSUBU S32 two-person warehouse before the scheduled time,
As a penalty, a non-contract parking time is calculated by subtracting the current scheduled parking time from the scheduled parking time, and the process proceeds to the next step S33.

Step S33: The above non-contract parking time is accumulated and stored in the memory 31 of the management bag M7 for each contract customer, and the process proceeds to the next step S34.

Step S34: Since the contracted car has entered the warehouse, 1 is subtracted from the number of available parking spaces for hourly rental cars provided in the memory 31 of the management device 7, and the process ends. In this case, when the counter reaches 0, the display installed at the entrance of parking entrance TN will display "Full" to prevent the contracted vehicle from entering the parking lot. While the issuance of parking tickets PT by the ticket issuing machine 2 is stopped, a display provided on the ticket issuing machine 2 may display "full".

Next, according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, the processing procedure of the management device 7 when the contracted vehicle leaves the garage will be explained.

Step S35: When leaving the contracted vehicle, exit exit TU
The reading data of the commuter pass PC sent from the commuter pass reader 4 through the signal line f4, that is, the commuter pass ID and the numeric keypad 1.
The scheduled warehousing time input in step 1 is received, and the process proceeds to the next step S36.

Step 836: Store the received scheduled arrival time in the memory 31 of the management device 7 for each contract customer, and proceed to the next step S3.
Proceed to step 7.

Step S37: Here, the parking space opening time is calculated from the input scheduled parking time and exit time (current time), and the process proceeds to the first step 838.

In step 838, the parking space calculation time calculated in step S37 is accumulated for each contracted customer and stored in the memory 31, and the process proceeds to the next step S39.

Step S39: One contracted vehicle has left the warehouse.

"+1" is added to the hourly parking number counter in the memory 31, and the process ends.

Next, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the processing procedure of the management system M7 when the hourly rental car leaves the parking lot will be explained.

Step S40: First, the usage time of the hourly rental car (
Parking time) data is received, and the process proceeds to the next step S41.

Step S41: The usage time of the hourly rental car is sequentially accumulated and stored in the memory 31, and the process proceeds to the first step S42.

Step S42: Since one hourly rental car has left the parking lot, "+1" is added to the hourly rental parking number counter in the memory 31, and the process ends.

Finally, according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 12, the procedure when the management device 7 performs aggregation operation processing will be explained.

Step S43: Based on the data accumulated in the memory 31 of the management device 7, calculate the discount amount for each contract customer using the following formula, and proceed to the next step S44.

C Discount amount calculation formula] Discount amount = (V-WXa)/YxZXb In the above formula.

■: Parking space opening hours for each contract customer.

W is the non-contract parking time (penalty time) of each contract customer.

For example, a is 1.5 (penalty value for contracted cars that arrive earlier than scheduled).

Y is the parking space opening time for all contracted vehicles.

Z is the total usage time of hourly rental cars.

b is; For example, 100 yen (11 of the hourly fee for hourly rental cars)
5).

Step S44: Activate the printer (not shown) built in the management device 7 to display the discount amount for each contracted vehicle (customer) calculated based on the calculation in step S43 above, according to the contract shown in FIG. By printing out the main discount amount form X, the amount to be billed next month for each contract is determined and the process is completed.

In the embodiment described above, the scheduled time of arrival is input by operating the numeric keypad 11 of the commuter pass PC made using an IC card. However, if a magnetic card is used as the commuter pass PC, The input of the scheduled parking time may be performed by operating a numeric keypad (not shown) provided on the commuter pass reader 4.

In addition, the problem of lack of parking space (full space) that occurs when a contracted car arrives earlier than the scheduled time or a one-hour rental car is parked beyond the available parking time can be solved by, for example, a spare space for 02 to 3 cars. Prepare in advance. ■The available parking times will be clearly printed on the parking ticket. ■Use an IC card as a parking ticket, and an alarm will sound to notify you when the parking limit time approaches. ■If you park past the allowed parking time, you will be charged an additional fee. This can be easily solved by taking the following measures.

〔effect〕

The parking lot management method according to the present invention is as described above, and since the scheduled time for the next time the contracted vehicle will enter the parking lot is input each time the contracted vehicle leaves the parking lot, the parking space is released for the contracted vehicle from this scheduled time. By clarifying the time zone and making effective use of the free time slots for hourly rental cars, it is possible to increase income from hourly rental fees. As a result, we received active cooperation from contract customers when parking spaces were released, and when a contract vehicle entered the parking lot before the scheduled parking time, there was a penalty for parking outside the contract. Since the contract customers keep the scheduled parking time and make efforts not to affect the parking of hourly rental cars, it is possible to park contract cars and hourly rental cars together without any problem.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a parking lot in which the present invention is implemented, FIG. 2 is a front view of a commuter pass used in the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing its electrical configuration. Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the inside of the parking ticket reader, Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the entire parking lot shown in Figure 1, and Figures 6 and 7 are for entering and exiting the parking lot. Fig. 8 is a flowchart explaining the operation procedure of the management device when entering and exiting the warehouse, and Figs. 9 and 10 are the flowchart explaining the general processing procedure of the management device when a contracted vehicle enters and leaves the warehouse. FIG. 11 is a flowchart explaining the processing procedure of the management device when an hourly rental car leaves the parking lot, FIG. 12 is a flowchart explaining the processing procedure of the counting operation by the management device, and FIG. The figure is a surface diagram showing a part of the contract principal discount amount form. T is the parking lot, TN is the entrance, TU is the exit, PT is the parking ticket, PC is the commuter pass, 1 and 4 are the commuter pass readers, 2 is the parking ticket issuing machine, 3 and 6 are the gate opening/closing machines, 3G and 6G is the gate,
5 is the fare adjustment machine, 7 is the management device, 11 is the commuter pass numeric keypad (Figure 1 N)

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Priority is always given to contracted cars, whose entry and exit are managed using commuter passes, and hourly rental cars, whose entry and exit and fees are managed using parking tickets that record the time of entry. In a parking lot where vehicles are parked in a mixed manner, when leaving the above-mentioned contracted vehicle using a commuter pass, the contracted vehicle is This parking lot management method is characterized in that a scheduled parking time is set and inputted, and the time period up to the scheduled parking time is used for parking the hourly rental vehicle as the parking space opening time. (2) The parking space open time for each contracted vehicle was accumulated, a discount amount was calculated from this accumulated number of hours and the number of hours the hourly rental vehicle was used, and the contracted parking fee for the contracted vehicle was reduced by this discount amount. The parking lot management method according to claim (1), characterized in that a discount fee is applied. (3) If a contracted vehicle enters the parking lot before the scheduled parking time entered in the settings, this time difference will be calculated as non-contracted parking time, and when calculating the parking contract fee for the contracted vehicle, this time difference will be calculated as non-contracted parking time. 3. The parking lot management method according to claim 2, wherein a fee commensurate with time is added as a penalty fee.