JPH10198831A - Parking fee settling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make parking fees calculable for every time zones corresponding to each of plural managers, when managing a parking lot corresponding to time zones among the respective managers by providing a parking fee operating means. SOLUTION: Storage parts 11-13 are functioned as parking fee storage means or the like and an arithmetic processing part 3 is functioned as a parking fee operating means and a sum-up operating means. When a vehicle to leave is detected, at a parking ticket reading part 2, the date/time of entrance recorded on a parking thicket inserted by a user is read. Based on parking time judged from that date/time of entrance and current date/time, the parking fee operating means calculates the parking fee for every time zone corresponding to the parking fee for every time zone stored in the parking fee storage means. The amount summing up these parking fees calculated for every time zone is reported to the user and the parking fee is adjusted. When attaining the effective utilization of parking lot by managing the parking lot corresponding to the time zone among plural managers, the parking fees collected from users can be summed up by respective managers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking fee settlement apparatus used in a parking lot management system for a commercial facility, a public facility, and the like, and more particularly to a parking lot management system in which a plurality of managers manages a parking lot according to a time zone. The present invention relates to a parking fee settlement device suitable for a system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general pay-per-hour parking lot management system, for example, a parking ticket issuing device is provided at the entrance of a parking lot, and when an entering vehicle is detected, a parking ticket which automatically records the date and time of entry is issued. I do. When a visitor removes the parking ticket, the car gate opens to allow entry and parking. In addition, a parking fee adjustment device is installed at the exit of the parking lot, and at the time of entry, if the user inserts the parking ticket extracted at the entrance into the parking fee adjustment device, the parking fee is calculated and displayed, and the parking fee is adjusted. When the game is completed, the car gate will open and you will be able to participate.

Here, a conventional parking fee settlement device will be specifically described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a conventional parking fee settlement device. In FIG. 4, the conventional device includes a storage unit 51 for storing data relating to the setting and settlement of a parking fee, a parking ticket reading unit 52 for reading an entry date and time recorded in the parking ticket, and a parking fee. Calculation unit 53 for calculating the total number of sales, a clock unit 54 for clocking the current date and time, a printer 55 for printing the total data, a fee adjustment unit 56 for performing a parking fee adjustment process, and a sales amount (collection). Collected parking fees) (collection)
And an ID confirmation unit 57 for confirming that the owner of the parking lot is an ID card or the like.

[0006] The settlement operation of the parking fee in this conventional apparatus is performed as shown in a flowchart of FIG.
When a participating vehicle is detected in (indicated by S50 in the figure and the same hereinafter), the entry date and time recorded on the parking ticket is read by the parking ticket reading unit 52 in step 51, and the entry date and time and the clock unit 54. In step 52, the arithmetic processing unit 53 calculates the parking fee based on the current time and date. In step 53, the calculated parking fee is displayed on a fee display (not shown) of the fee adjusting unit 56, and the fee is adjusted by the fee adjusting unit 56 according to the display. In step 54, it is determined whether or not the settlement of the parking fee is completed. When the settlement is completed, the parking fee adjusted in step 55 is stored in the storage unit 51, and in step 56, the vehicle enters the parking lot.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6, the operation at the time of collecting the sales proceeds is as follows.
In 1, sales are totaled by the arithmetic processing unit 53 based on the data stored in the storage unit 51, and a totaling slip is output from the printer 55. Then, in step 72, the sales data stored in the storage unit 51 is erased, and the manager collects the sales.

[0006]

Incidentally, for example, parking lots installed for users in commercial facilities such as department stores, supermarkets and banks, and public facilities such as city halls and public halls (hereinafter referred to as department stores). Can be used according to the time of day when the department store or the like is open (hereinafter referred to as daytime), and closed during other times (hereinafter referred to as nighttime) In general, they cannot. This is for the purpose of providing convenience (service) to the above-mentioned parking lot and is often managed by a department store or the like, and the parking lot is closed when the department store or the like is not operating. hand,
This is because there is a demand to reduce expenses such as labor costs.

When the above-mentioned parking lot is managed, the parking lot is closed during the night hours, so that the parking capacity in the area decreases, illegal parking on the road increases, and traffic congestion occurs. . By making the closed parking lot available even during the night time, the above-mentioned problem can be solved. For this purpose, for example, it is conceivable that a manager different from a manager of a department store or the like borrows a parking lot that is not used at night from a department store or the like and operates as a time rental parking lot. In this case, if the management body of the daytime manager and the manager of the nighttime manager are the same, the parking fee is managed using the conventional parking fee adjustment device as described above, and the same is applied to the collected parking fee and the like. There is no problem with tallying.

[0008] However, in a case where managers with different management bodies manage the parking lot, sales information of each other (for example,
Sales amount, number of users, etc.). In the conventional parking fee settlement device, sales information is not totaled on the assumption that managers differ depending on the time zone. Therefore, it is difficult to record sales information for each manager. The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above points, and in a case where different managers manage the parking lot according to the time zone and intend to effectively use the parking lot, the parking fee collected from the user is set in the time zone. It is another object of the present invention to provide a parking fee settlement device that can separately calculate the sales information and can aggregate the sales information for each manager.

Incidentally, as a conventional technique for managing a parking lot according to the congestion state during the business hours of a store, there is a technique known in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-148191. The purpose is to secure parking space for store customers by setting a parking fee according to the time when the store is crowded in a parking lot where vehicles for both store customers and parking customers can be parked. The purpose is different from the case where a plurality of managers manage the parking lot according to the time zone and make effective use of the parking lot as in the present invention.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a parking fee settlement apparatus used in a parking lot management system in which a plurality of managers operate by time zone. , Parking fee storage means for storing the parking fee for each time zone, and when a user of the parking lot participates,
A parking ticket reading unit that reads the entrance date and time from a parking ticket that records the user's entrance date and time, a timing unit that counts the current date and time, and an entry date and time that is read by the parking ticket reading unit and time counting is performed by the timing unit. Parking fee calculating means for calculating a parking fee to be collected from the user for each time zone according to the parking fee for each time zone stored in the parking fee storage means based on the current date and time; Parking fee adjustment means for collecting and summing up the amount of the parking fee for each time zone calculated by the means from the user.

According to this configuration, when the user enters the parking lot, the entry date and time recorded in the parking ticket possessed by the user is read by the parking ticket reading means, and the entrance is calculated by the parking fee calculating means. Based on the parking time determined from the date and time and the current date and time, the parking fee for each time zone is calculated according to the parking fee for each time zone stored in the parking fee storage means.
The user is notified of the sum of the parking fees calculated for each time zone, and the parking fee is settled by the parking fee adjusting means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, sales information storage for storing a sales amount settled by the parking fee adjustment means and a breakdown of the sales amount by time zone. Means for summarizing the sum of the sales amount and sales information for each manager based on the information stored in the sales information storage means; And a totaling output means.

According to this configuration, when the parking fee is settled by the parking fee adjusting means, the sales amount (an amount obtained by adding the parking charges for each time period) and the breakdown of the sales amount for each time period (each item). The parking fee for each time zone) is stored in the sales information storage means. Based on the stored information, the sum of the sales amounts in the sales information storage means and the sales information for each of the plurality of managers are totalized by the total calculation means, and output from the total output means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a manager discriminating means for discriminating the plurality of managers, and the manager performing the collection at the time of collecting the sales is referred to as the manager. Determined by manager discrimination means, the tally output means, based on the tally result of the tally calculation means, the sum of the sales amount, sales information corresponding to the manager determined by the manager discrimination means, and It is assumed that the sum of the sales amounts corresponding to the managers other than the determined managers is output.

According to this configuration, when the sales proceeds are collected,
It is determined by the manager discriminating means which of the plurality of managers the collecting person corresponds to, and the sum of the sales amount and the sales corresponding to the collecting manager determined by the manager discriminating means. The sum of the information and the sales proceeds corresponding to each manager other than the manager who collects the information is output from the tallying output means.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, for a parking lot installed in a department store or the like, for example, a department store or the like (hereinafter, referred to as a manager A) manages the daytime hours and manages a nighttime zone in a different management base from the department store or the like. A case where a manager (hereinafter, referred to as a manager B) performs the operation will be considered.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the parking fee settlement device of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the parking fee settlement apparatus stores a table T1 indicating business hours in a daytime zone, a preset parking fee in a daytime zone, and data on a parking fee settled in accordance with the daytime zone. A storage unit 12 for storing a unit 11, business hours in the night time zone, a table T <b> 2 indicating a parking fee in the preset night time zone, and data relating to the parking fee settled in accordance with the night time zone; That is, a storage unit 13 for storing the adjusted parking fee irrespective of the daytime hours and nighttime hours, and a parking ticket reading unit as a parking ticket reading means for reading the entry date and time recorded in the parking ticket issued at the time of entry. 2
And an arithmetic processing unit 3 that calculates a parking fee according to each time zone and totals sales, a clock unit 4 as a clock unit that counts the current date and time, and total data collected by the arithmetic processing unit 3 5 as total output means for printing
And a charge adjusting unit 6 as a parking charge adjusting means for performing a parking charge adjusting process; and as a manager determining means for determining that the person who collects the sales proceeds is the manager A or the manager B. And an ID confirmation unit 7.

The toll settlement unit 6 is composed of a not-shown toll display unit, a settlement processor, a safe, and the like. The parking fee calculated by the arithmetic processing unit 3 is displayed on the toll display unit to inform the user, and the user is notified. The cash input is processed by the payment processor, change and receipts are issued as required, and the sales proceeds are stored in a safe. The ID confirmation unit 7 determines the person who collects the sales proceeds using, for example, an ID card. The ID card stores data proving that the owner is the manager A or the manager B.

As described above, the storage units 11, 12, and 13 function as a parking fee storage unit and a sales information storage unit, and the calculation processing unit 3 functions as a parking fee calculation unit and a tally calculation unit. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the operation of adjusting the parking fee will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 2, when a participating vehicle is detected in step 10, the entry date and time recorded in the parking ticket inserted by the user is read in the parking ticket reading section 2 in step 11. In step 12, step 1
From the entrance date and time read in 1, the current date and time measured by the clock unit 4, and the daytime parking fee set in the table T <b> 1 stored in the storage unit 11, the vehicle was parked during the daytime. The arithmetic processing unit 3 calculates the parking fee corresponding to the time, and sets it as the daytime parking fee.

In step 13, similarly to the operation in step 12, the vehicle is parked in the night time zone from the entrance date and time, the current date and time, and the parking fee in the night time zone set in the table T2 stored in the storage unit 12. The calculation processing unit 3 calculates the parking fee corresponding to the time, and sets it as a nighttime parking fee. In step S14, the toll settlement unit 6 sets the sum of the daytime parking fee calculated in step S12 and the nighttime parking fee calculated in step S13 as the parking fee.
On the toll display, and prompt the user to settle the parking fee.

In step 15, it is determined whether or not the settlement of the parking fee has been completed. When it is determined that the settlement is completed, the process proceeds to step S16. In step 16, the amount corresponding to the daytime parking fee of the adjusted parking fee is stored in the storage unit 11, and in step 17, the amount corresponding to the nighttime parking fee in the adjusted parking fee is stored. Part 1
2 is stored. At the same time, in step 18,
The sales amount (the sum of the daytime parking fee and the nighttime parking fee) is stored in the storage unit 13.

In step 19, the vehicle leaves the parking lot. Next, the operation at the time of collecting the sales proceeds will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. However, the collection of the sales proceeds is performed at the end of each time slot, for example. FIG.
In step 30, the person who collects the sales proceeds inserts the ID card into the ID confirmation section 57.

In step 31, the ID confirmation section 57 confirms whether or not the inserted ID card is for manager A. If it is confirmed that it is for the manager A, the process proceeds to step 32, and if it is confirmed that it is not for the manager A, the process proceeds to step 33. In step 32, the arithmetic processing unit 53 causes each of the storage units 11, 1
2 and 13 are tabulated, and a tabulation (form) for the manager A is created based on the tabulated result.
Output from the printer 5. The summary sheet for the manager A includes (1) the total of the sales amount (total of the amounts stored in the storage unit 13), and (2) the sales information on the management A side (each of the sales information stored in the storage unit 11). (Amount and data such as the number of users), and (3) the total amount of sales to be passed to the manager B side (total amount of money stored in the storage unit 12) are printed. When the output of the summary sheet for the manager A is completed, the process proceeds to step 35.

In step 33, the ID confirmation section 57 confirms whether or not the inserted ID card is for manager B. If it is confirmed that it is for manager B, the process proceeds to step 34, and if it is confirmed that it is not for manager B, the flow of collecting the sales proceeds without counting. In step 34, similarly to the processing in step 32, the arithmetic processing unit 53 stores each storage unit 1
The stored data of 1, 12, and 13 are totaled, and a totaling slip for the manager B is created based on the totaling result and output from the printer 5. The summary sheet for the manager B includes (1) the total amount of sales, (2) sales information on the manager B side (data such as each amount stored in the storage unit 12 and the number of users), ( 3) The total amount of the sales proceeds (total amount stored in the storage unit 11) to be passed to the manager A is printed. Manager B
When the output of the tally sheet is completed, the process proceeds to step 35.

In step 35, each of the storage units 11, 12,
13 is erased, and the collector collects the sales proceeds from the safe. In this way, at the end of each time slot, one manager collects the sales proceeds. The sales collected at that time also include the sales of the other manager, so that at a later date (for example, once a month), each manager can use the data of the daily By summing the sales amounts to be passed to the manager and offsetting the sum to each other, the sales within each business time zone are recorded.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the settled parking fee is stored for each time zone corresponding to each manager, and each storage data is totaled when the sales are collected. , Only the information of the collector is output on the summary sheet,
By outputting only the total amount of sales to be offset on the counter for information on the other party, sales information can be totaled for each manager, and at the same time, own sales information is known to the other party Is also gone.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the parking lot is managed by the two managers A and B has been described. However, the number of the managers managing the parking lot is not limited to this. Although the ID card is used to identify each manager, any means can be used as long as the manager can be identified with certainty. In addition, a summary sheet for each manager was printed and output by a printer.
The output form of the tally form is not limited to this.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by providing the parking fee calculating means, a plurality of managers manage the parking lot according to the time zone. In this case, the parking fee for each time zone corresponding to each manager can be calculated. Further, the invention according to claim 2 has, in addition to the effects of the invention according to claim 1, stores the parking fee settled by the parking fee adjustment unit for each time zone corresponding to a plurality of managers, With the configuration in which each storage data is totalized and the totalization slip is output when the sales proceeds are collected, the sales information can be totaled for each manager.

The third aspect of the present invention is the second aspect of the present invention.
In addition to the effects of the invention described in the above, at the time of collection of the sales proceeds, the manager who performs the collection is determined by the manager determination means, and only the information on the collection side is collected for the sales information aggregated by the aggregation calculation means. By outputting to the summary sheet and outputting only the total of the sales amount to be offset to the information of the other party on the summary sheet, the own sales information is not known to other managers during each business hours Sales can be accounted for.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the embodiment when the parking fee is settled.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation at the time of sales collection of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional parking fee settlement device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when a conventional parking fee is settled.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a conventional operation at the time of sales collection.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Parking ticket reading unit 3 Arithmetic processing unit 4 Clock unit 5 Printer 6 Charge settlement unit 7 ID confirmation unit 11, 12, 13 Storage unit T1, T2 Table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A parking fee settlement device used in a parking lot management system managed by a plurality of managers by time zone, a parking fee storage means for storing the parking fee by time zone, and the parking lot When a user enters, the parking ticket reading means for reading the entrance date and time from a parking ticket which records the user's entry date and time, a timekeeping means for timing the current date and time, and the parking ticket reading means Based on the entrance date and time and the current date and time measured by the timing unit, the parking fee collected from the user is calculated for each time zone according to the parking fee for each time zone stored in the parking fee storage unit. A charge calculating means; and a parking charge adjusting means for collecting a sum total of the parking charges for each time zone calculated by the parking charge calculating means from the user and performing an adjustment. Toss Parking fee settlement device. 2. A sales information storage unit for storing a sales amount settled by the parking fee adjustment unit and a breakdown of the sales amount for each time zone, based on information stored in the sales information storage unit. Totaling means for classifying and totaling the sum of sales amounts and sales information for each manager; totaling means for outputting the totaling result of the totaling means;
The parking fee adjustment device according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. A manager discriminating means for discriminating the plurality of managers, wherein at the time of sales collection, a manager who performs collection is discriminated by the manager discriminating means, and the tally output means is the tally calculation means. Based on the aggregation result, the sum of the sales amount,
3. The parking system according to claim 2, wherein the sales information corresponding to the manager determined by the manager determining unit and the sum of the sales amounts corresponding to the managers other than the determined manager are output. Charge settlement device.