JPH05342472A - Parking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a parking management system capable of always performing a stable managing operation by easily recognizing prescribed information with respect to parking management recorded on a parking ticket even when it is broken or lost, etc. CONSTITUTION:The still picture of a vehicle 1 is fetched from a color ITV camera 15 installed at the entry of a parking area, and it is supplied to an image processing device 10, and also, parking ticket information consisting of the parking ticket number and issuance time of the parking ticket 4 is generated by a parking ticket issuing machine 3a, and it is stored in a storage part 12 conforming to the still picture. When the inquiry request of the parking ticket information is inputted from a terminal 13 for retrieval and furthermore, the still picture is inputted by designation with the inquiry request in such a state, the parking ticket information in accordance with the still picture inputted by designation is read out based on the storage content of the storage part 12, and after that, read out parking ticket information is supplied to and displayed on the terminal 13 for retrieval, and also, it is used in the re-issuance of the parking ticket 4a by sending out to a parking ticket re-issuing machine 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking management system for a parking lot which is managed and operated by a parking ticket in which predetermined information relating to parking management such as entry date and time is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in mechanical parking lots, vehicles are loaded and unloaded according to the following procedures.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the loading and unloading process in, for example, a lift type parking lot provided with a plurality of vehicle hangars. In the figure, the user of the parking lot is a car 1
When the parking lot is stopped before the entrance gate 2, the parking ticket issuing machine 3
Issues a parking ticket 4. The parking ticket number, the issuing time, and the issuing machine number of the parking ticket issuing machine 3 are printed and magnetically recorded on the parking ticket 4. This issued parking ticket 4
When the user pulls out the parking ticket issuing machine 3, the entrance gate 2
As the car is opened, the user starts the car 1 and enters the parking lot. When a vehicle passes in front of the entrance gate 2, the entrance gate 2 is closed.

The user stops the car 1 at a predetermined vehicle entrance / exit port 5 and exits from the car 1, and hands the parking ticket 4 to the manager of the parking lot. The manager inserts the received parking ticket 4 into the parking management control device 6 to start warehousing. When the parking ticket 4 is inserted, the parking management control device 6 reads the parking ticket number of the parking ticket based on the magnetic recording information, selects one from the empty hangars, and sets the hangar number to the above. It is stored in association with the read parking ticket number. At the same time, control for storing the vehicle 1 in the selected empty storage is started. Then, car 1
Is transported to the above-mentioned empty hangar and the warehousing is completed.

At the time of leaving, the user gives the parking ticket 4 stored to the manager. The manager inserts the received parking ticket 4 into the parking management control device 6 and activates the parking. When the parking ticket 4 is inserted, the parking management control device 6 reads the parking ticket number based on the magnetic record information, searches for the vehicle hangar number corresponding to this parking ticket number, and then assigns the hangar number. The control for moving the stored vehicle storage to the loading / unloading port 5 is started. By this warehousing start, the car 1 is transported to the original loading / unloading port 5. At this time, the parking ticket 4 is returned to the user.

[0006] When the delivery is completed, the user gets in the vehicle, starts the vehicle, and stops the vehicle 1 before the exit gate 7.
A fare checkout machine 8 is installed in front of the exit gate 7, and the user inserts the parking ticket 4 into the fare checkout machine 8. Then, the charge adjustment machine 8 calculates the parking charge based on the issuance time magnetically recorded on the parking ticket 4, and the user pays according to the calculated parking charge. When the settlement is completed, the exit gate 7 can be opened, so that the user starts the car 1 and exits the parking lot. Car 1 in front of exit gate 7
The exit gate 7 is closed after passing.

[0007]

As described above, since the issuing time of the parking ticket is recorded in the parking ticket in the related art, the user who lost or damaged the parking ticket during storage has been concerned. May not be able to specify the time of entry to the parking lot. In such a case, the entrance time must be specified by the user's self-reporting, which causes a problem that the parking charge cannot be accurately calculated.

Further, since the retrieval of the vehicle hangar at the time of warehousing is performed based on the parking ticket number recorded in the parking ticket, if the parking ticket number is unknown due to loss or damage of the parking ticket. May not be able to leave without being able to identify the vehicle hangar. In this case, the manager sequentially activates the vehicle hangars by manual operation, and in this state, the user visually searches the vehicles stored in each vehicle hangar and confirms the relevant vehicle before leaving. I have to. For this reason, particularly in a large-scale mechanical parking lot or the like where a large number of vehicles are stored, there has been a problem that the loading / unloading process of another vehicle must be interrupted for a long time.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to easily provide the predetermined information related to the parking management even if the predetermined information related to the parking management recorded on the parking ticket becomes unknown due to damage or loss of the parking ticket. The purpose of this is to provide a parking management system which can be known and which can always perform stable management operation regardless of damage or loss of a parking ticket.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of vehicle storage devices and a parking ticket in which at least parking management information including vehicle identification information and issuance time is recorded. And a parking ticket issuing means for issuing the empty vehicle storage device in association with the above identification information at the time of storage and controlling the allocated vehicle storage device to move to the storage entrance, and at the time of leaving the vehicle. A parking management system including a vehicle storage device that is used for storing a vehicle to be retrieved based on the identification information, and an entry / exit control means for controlling the retrieved vehicle storage device to move to the exit port. In the storage control by the storage control means, an image information generation unit for capturing an image of a storage vehicle and generating image information thereof,
A registration means for registering the image information generated by the image information generation means in association with the parking management information of the parking ticket, and an inquiry request for the registered contents of the registration means is input from a predetermined management terminal, Further, when the image information is designated together with the inquiry request, means for searching and reading out the parking management information corresponding to the designated image information based on the registered contents of the registering means. I was prepared.

[0011]

As a result of taking the above measures, the following effects occur. That is, parking management information including, for example, identification information for inventory management and issuance time for charge management is registered corresponding to the image information of the vehicle, and a request for inquiry of the parking management information is issued from the management terminal. When the image information is input after the input and the inquiry request is made, the parking management information registered corresponding to the specified image information is read out, and then the parking management information is read. Based on this, for example, a parking ticket reissue process is performed. Therefore,
A user who does not know the parking management information necessary for searching the exiting vehicle and calculating the parking fee due to the loss or damage of the parking ticket, simply identifies his own car on the monitor of the management terminal, The unknown parking management information can be known again. After that, based on this parking management information,
By the same procedure as in the past, the garage is activated and the charge is settled, which enables stable management and operation of the parking lot regardless of damage or loss of the parking ticket.

[0012]

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. 4 are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
In this figure, the parking management system is shown in FIG.
An image processing apparatus 10 including a storage unit 12 and a search terminal 1 including a monitor and a personal computer.
3, vehicle detector 14, color ITV camera 15,
A parking ticket reissue machine 16 is provided. Vehicle detector 14
Is, for example, a loop coil or a photoelectric sensor. When the car 1 stops in front of the entrance gate 2, it detects this and generates a detection signal, and the detection signal is generated by the parking ticket issuing machine 3a and the image processing device. Send it to 10. When receiving the detection signal sent from the vehicle detector 14, the parking ticket issuing machine 3a issues a parking ticket in which the parking ticket number and the issue date and time are printed and magnetically recorded, and when the parking ticket is pulled out, Predetermined parking ticket information including the parking ticket number and the date and time of issue is generated and sent to the image processing apparatus 10. The color ITV camera 15 is the image processing device 1.
According to the instruction of 0, the entering vehicle is photographed, and the color still image data is supplied to the image processing apparatus 10 via the camera switching device 17. The parking ticket reissue machine 16 is for reissuing a parking ticket based on the parking ticket information sent from the image processing apparatus 10. In addition, the parking management control device 6a
When a parking ticket is inserted at the time of warehousing, after reading the parking ticket number recorded on the parking ticket and allocating a vacant vehicle hangar to the receiving vehicle, this represents the hangar number of the allocated vehicle hangar. The information is supplied to the image processing apparatus 10, and at this time, it is monitored whether or not the vehicle number of the warehousing vehicle is input. If the vehicle number is input, the vehicle number information is supplied to the image processing apparatus 10. .

The central control section 11 of the image processing apparatus 10 comprises a parking management information storage control means 11a and a parking management information inquiry control means 11b. The parking management information storage control means 11 a uses the color still image data sent from the color ITV camera 15 at the time of storage and the parking management control device 6.
The storage number and the vehicle number sent from a and the parking ticket number and the issue date and time sent from the parking ticket issuing machine 3a are associated with each other and written in the storage unit 12 as parking management information. The parking management information inquiry control means 11b corresponds to the specified still image data when the inquiry request for the parking management information and the still image data is specified following the inquiry request from the search terminal 13. After reading the registered parking ticket information from the storage unit 12, the read parking ticket information is supplied to the search terminal 13 to be visually displayed on the monitor, and the parking ticket information is reissued. It is supplied to the machine 16. Further, the storage unit 12 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk or an optical disc as an image database, and stores still image data, parking ticket number, issuance date, storage address, and vehicle number in association with each other when the vehicle is stored. ..

The parking ticket reissuing machine 16 includes the image processing device 10.
We issue parking ticket which printed and magnetically recorded parking ticket information sent from. The image processing device 10, the search terminal device 13, and the parking ticket reissuing device 16 are centrally arranged in the management room of the parking lot.

Next, the operation of the parking management system configured as described above at the time of warehousing will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 (a). When the vehicle 1 stops in front of the entrance gate 2, the vehicle detector 14 detects this and generates a detection signal, and sends this detection signal to the image processing device 10 and the parking ticket issuing machine 3a. The central control unit 11 of the image processing apparatus 10 sends the detection signal from the vehicle detector 14 to FIG.
If it is detected in step 201 of (a), the following step 2
By controlling the camera switching device 17 with 02, the color ITV camera 15 and the image processing apparatus 10 are connected.
On the other hand, the parking ticket issuing machine 3a issues a parking ticket 4 on which predetermined parking ticket information is printed and magnetically recorded in accordance with the arrival of the detection signal.

By the way, the user of the parking lot can use the parking ticket issuing machine 3a.
When the parking ticket 4 is pulled out from the parking ticket issuing machine 3a, the parking ticket issuing machine 3a generates parking ticket information including the parking ticket number and the issuing time recorded in the parking ticket 4 and sends it to the image processing apparatus 10.
When the image processing device 10 detects the parking ticket information sent from the parking ticket issuing machine 3a in step 203, the parking ticket information is supplied to the storage unit 12 to be stored in step 204, and the color ITV is also processed in step 205. Camera 1
The still image data of the vehicle 1 captured in 5 is captured and stored in the storage unit 12 in a state of being associated with the parking ticket information.

When the writing of the still image data and the parking ticket information to the storage unit 12 is completed in this way, the entrance gate 2 is opened, so that the user of the parking lot starts the car 1 to enter the parking lot. The vehicle 1 is stopped at a predetermined vehicle entrance / exit. The manager of the parking lot inserts the parking ticket 4 received from the user into the parking management control device 6a to start warehousing, and inputs the vehicle number of the car 1 from the parking management control device 6a. Then, from the parking management control device 6a, the vacant vehicle storage number assigned to the vehicle 1 and the vehicle 1
The warehousing information including the vehicle number is sent to the image processing apparatus 10. When the image processing device 10 detects the warehousing information from the parking management control device 6 in step 206, the image processing device 10 stores the warehousing information in the storage unit 12 in association with the still image data of the vehicle 1 in step 207. That is, the still image data of the vehicle, the parking ticket information, and the warehousing information are registered in the storage unit 12 in association with each other.

Next, a procedure for reissuing a parking ticket when the parking ticket is damaged or lost will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 (b). First, the parking lot manager searches for a user's car whose parking ticket is damaged or lost 13
Search on the monitor using. This search is performed using the vehicle number or the approximate time of entry as a key according to the user's declaration. That is, the parking lot manager
After operating the search terminal 13 to input the inquiry request for the parking ticket information, for example, the approximate entry time of the parked vehicle to be searched is input following this inquiry request. Image processing device 1
The central control unit 11 of 0 monitors whether or not the inquiry request for the parking ticket information arrives from the search terminal 13 in step 301 of FIG. 3B. Then, when an inquiry request from the search terminal 13 is detected in this state, a still image is searched based on the stored contents of the storage unit 12 using the entered entry time as a key (step 302), and then the step Three
In 03, the searched still image is supplied to the search terminal 13 and is visually displayed on the monitor.

As a result of the visual confirmation by the user,
If the still image on the monitor is the vehicle to be searched, a read request for the parking ticket information stored corresponding to the still image is input. Then, the central control unit 1
1 reads out the corresponding parking ticket information based on the stored contents of the storage unit 12 (step 304), supplies the read parking ticket information to the search terminal 13 and displays it, and at step 305 The parking ticket information is supplied to the parking ticket reissue machine 16. If the still image displayed on the monitor of the search terminal 13 is not the vehicle to be searched, the manager inputs the next candidate request from the search terminal 13 to successively search for the target vehicle. Will be searched.

When the reading of the parking ticket information is completed in this way, the manager inputs a parking ticket reissue request from the parking ticket reissue machine 16. The parking ticket reissuing machine 16 holds the parking ticket information sent from the image processing apparatus 10. When the reissuing request is input, the parking ticket 4a in which the parking ticket information is recorded is issued. After that, the parking ticket 4a is used to start the exit of the vehicle and settle the parking fee in the same procedure as in the conventional case.

Next, the erase process of the data stored in the storage unit 12 will be described. When the parking lot is completed, the user of the parking lot gets on the vehicle and pays the parking fee with the fee calculator 8a. When the payment of the parking charge is completed, the charge calculator 8a sends information indicating the parking ticket number of the parking ticket inserted at this time to the central control unit 11 of the image processing apparatus 10. When the image processing device 10 detects the parking ticket number sent from the charge calculator 8a, the image processing device 10 erases all the information stored in the storage unit 12 in association with the parking ticket number to erase the stored contents of the storage unit 12. To update.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the entering vehicle is photographed at the entrance of the parking lot and its still image is captured,
Furthermore, since the captured still image is stored in combination with the parking ticket number and the issuing time supplied from the parking ticket issuing machine 3a, the parking ticket is lost and the position of the vehicle hangar is unknown. Even in the case of parking, the parking lot user can easily know the parking ticket number and issuance time recorded in the lost parking ticket only by identifying his / her vehicle on the monitor of the predetermined management terminal 13. it can. Furthermore, based on this parking ticket number and issuance time, parking ticket reissue machine 16
If the parking ticket is reissued at, the garage can be activated and the parking fee can be settled by the same procedure as before. As a result, it becomes possible to always perform stable management and operation of the parking lot regardless of damage or loss of the parking ticket.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, although the mechanical parking lot has been described as an example in the above embodiment, the management of the issuing time of the parking ticket can be applied to a self-propelled parking lot. Besides, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0024]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the parking management information of the parking ticket is stored in association with the image information of the vehicle captured at the time of storage, and in this state, the predetermined management terminal is stored. When the inquiry request for the parking management information is input from and the image information is specified together with the inquiry request, the parking management information stored corresponding to the specified image information is searched. Even if the parking ticket is damaged or lost and the parking management information is lost, the required parking management information can be easily known, and stable parking management can be performed at all times. A management system can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a registration procedure of parking management information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a control procedure and control contents of a central control unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a flow of a loading / unloading process in a mechanical parking lot according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Car, 2 ... Entrance gate, 3, 3a ... Parking ticket issuing machine,
4, 4a ... Parking ticket, 5 ... Vehicle entrance / exit, 6, 6a ... Parking management control device, 7 ... Exit gate, 8, 8a ... Charge adjustment machine, 10 ... Image processing device, 11 ... Central control unit, 12 ... Storage unit, 13 ... Search terminal, 14 ... Vehicle detector, 15 ...
Color ITV camera, 16 ... Parking ticket reissue machine, 17 ... Camera switching machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of vehicle storage devices, a parking ticket issuing means for issuing a parking ticket for each entrance vehicle in which at least parking management information including identification information about the vehicle and issuance time is recorded; An empty vehicle storage device is assigned to the receiving vehicle in association with the identification information, and the assigned vehicle storage device is controlled to move to the storage entrance, and when leaving the vehicle, it is provided for storing the outgoing vehicle based on the identification information. In a parking management system including a storage control device for searching a stored vehicle storage device and controlling the searched storage device to move to a storage port, a storage vehicle when the storage control is performed by the storage control device. Image information generating means for photographing the image and generating the image information, and the image information generated by the image information generating means for parking the parking ticket. Registration means for registering in association with the physical information and a request for inquiring the registration contents of the registration means from a predetermined management terminal, and when the image information is designated together with the inquiry request. And a means for searching and reading out parking management information corresponding to the designated image information based on the registered contents of the registration means.