JPH11195154A - Parking lot managing device with parking fee discounting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking lot managing device with a parking fee discounting function for discounting a parking fee for promoting reuse for all customers who uses this parking lot by using only a parking ticket used at the time of parking a vehicle without using any a service ticket, token, or equipment or device or the like such as a punch equipment. SOLUTION: An automatic fee adjusting machine 6 constituted so that a parking time and the parking fee can be calculated when a parking ticket TX received at the time of entering a parking lot is inserted, is provided with a parking ticket returning means for returning the used packing ticket TX whose parking fee adjustment is finished to the user, and a parking fee discounting means for discounting the parking fee when the used parking ticket TX is inserted at the next time of parking fee adjustment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking lot management device having a parking fee discount function for discounting a current parking fee for a customer who has used a previous parking lot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to reduce a parking fee in a toll parking lot, for example, a method using a parking service ticket for discount as shown in FIG. For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-189284, a method is used in which a parking ticket issued at the time of parking is punched with a discount code at a tenant store, etc. Exists.

[0003]

However, in the former case, in addition to the parking ticket, a service ticket or token for exclusive use of a discount is required, and such a service ticket and token must be specially manufactured. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to manage the service ticket, token, etc., and to give it to the customer in some way to use it, and it is not easy to use it .

The latter method of punching a parking ticket is for discounting a parking fee of a customer who uses a parking lot on that day. This service cannot be received unless a tenant store is used, so that all customers who have used the parking lot cannot exert the repeat effect of encouraging the reuse of the parking lot itself. There is the uneconomical necessity of building a punching machine for each tenant and distributing it to each tenant store, and the complexity of having to operate the punching machine every time a discount is available. There was a problem that could not be done.

Therefore, a technical problem of the present invention is to use only a parking ticket used at the time of parking without using any service ticket or token or any equipment or device such as a punch machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management device having a parking fee discount function capable of discounting a parking fee for promoting reuse for all customers who use a parking lot.

[0006]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems are as follows.

(1) When a parking ticket issued at the time of entry of a vehicle is read by an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at the exit of the parking lot, a parking fee is calculated, and the calculated parking fee is settled. A parking lot management device configured to permit leaving of the vehicle, wherein the automatic fare adjustment machine described above includes:
A parking ticket return means to return the used parking ticket for which the parking fee has been settled to the customer, and a discount on the parking fee or parking time when receiving the returned used parking ticket at the next parking fee adjustment And parking fee discount means for carrying out. (Claim 1)

(2) When a parking ticket issued at the time of entry of the vehicle is read by an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at a place other than the exit of the parking lot, the parking fee is calculated, and the payment of the parking fee is completed. A lag time obtained by adding a predetermined time to the current time is recorded and returned to the parking ticket, and when the parking ticket is inserted into the exit of the parking lot, the lag time is read. A parking lot management device provided with a lag time reader that permits the vehicle to leave the car when it is within the time, wherein the lag time reader includes:
While the parking ticket return means for returning the used parking ticket whose lag time has been read to the customer is provided, the above-mentioned automatic fare adjustment machine uses the used parking ticket returned by the above lag time reader at the next parking fee payment When parking lots are received, parking fee discount means for discounting parking fees or parking hours should be provided. (Claim 2)

(3) When the parking ticket is returned to the automatic fare adjustment machine installed at the exit of the parking lot or at a place other than the exit, and the parking ticket is returned, the next time the parking ticket is used. A discount data writing means for writing the details of the discount, and a parking rate discount means for reading the discount data from the parking ticket at the next use and discounting the parking fee or parking time based on the discount data are provided. The automatic fare adjustment machine or lag time reader installed in the mouth shall be provided with a waste ticket processing means for processing the used parking ticket used for discounting the parking fee. (Claim 3)

(4) When returning a used parking ticket whose lag time has been read to a customer to a lag time reader provided at the exit of the parking lot, the contents of a discount for the next use of this parking ticket While providing discount data writing means for writing
The automatic fare adjustment machine installed at a place other than the exit of the parking lot shall be provided with parking fee discount means for reading the discount data from the above-mentioned parking ticket and discounting the parking fee or parking time at the next use. (Claim 4)

[0011]

According to the means of claim 1 described in the above (1), the used parking ticket returned from the automatic fare adjustment machine at the time of leaving the vehicle after completing the payment is used for the next parking fee payment. If you insert it into the automatic fare adjustment machine together with this parking ticket and make the payment, you can discount the parking fee or parking time, and in this way the used parking ticket can be forwarded as a discount ticket as it is Because it can be used, it is possible to directly provide a service that encourages all customers who use the parking lot to reuse it, and it does not use service tickets, tokens or punch machines at all, so it is extremely low cost It is possible to demonstrate the economics that can realize the discount of parking fee.

According to the means according to claim 2 described in the above (2), the same operation as described in the above (1) can be performed by setting the automatic fare settlement machine in a parking lot other than the exit of the parking lot or in the parking lot. It can also be used with a so-called central pay parking lot management device provided in the peripheral area, and a lag time reader installed at the exit returns the used parking ticket to the customer and encourages reuse by discount parking. Make it possible.

According to the means of claim 3 described in the above (3), the parking fee or the amount of time written on the used parking ticket by the automatic fee settlement machine or the discount content consisting of time etc. is used. The parking time can be discounted, and it is possible to encourage all customers to reuse the parking lot by discounting the parking fee.

[0014] According to the means of claim 4 described in the above (4), according to the discount content consisting of the amount or time written on the used parking ticket by the lag time reader installed at the exit, The parking fee or parking time can be discounted, and the discounted parking fee enables all customers to be encouraged to reuse the parking lot.

As described above, the above (1) to (1)
By solving the above technical problem by means of (4),
The problem of the conventional technique can be solved.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a parking lot management apparatus having a parking fee discount function according to the present invention. FIG. It is a block diagram, in which PK is a toll parking lot,
PN and PT are the entrance and exit, respectively. The entrance PN is a ticket issuing machine 1 for a parking ticket TX, a vehicle type discriminator 2 for identifying the type (large, small, etc.) of a vehicle coming in, and an entrance gate. 3
An entrance gate opening / closing device 3 that opens and closes G is provided, and when an incoming vehicle detection sensor 4 provided on the entrance passage detects an incoming vehicle, a parking lot code Ta as shown in FIG. A parking ticket TX which prints the card number Tb, the vehicle type Tc identified by the vehicle type identifier 2, and the entry data consisting of the entry date Td and the time Te, and writes these entry data in the magnetic stripe MS. , The ticket issuing machine 1 is configured to issue a ticket.

When the user withdraws the parking ticket TX from the ticket issuing port, the entrance gate opening / closing device 3 moves the entrance gate 3
When the entrance gate opening / closing sensor 5 provided inside the entrance passage detects a vehicle entering the parking lot PK, the entrance gate switch 3 closes the entrance gate 3G. To complete the parking of the vehicle.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at the exit PT of the parking lot PK.
When the parking ticket TX received at the time of entry into the parking lot is inserted, the parking ticket T
When the parking data recorded in X is read, the parking time and the fee are calculated from the time difference from the current time, and the customer completes the payment (payment by cash or card) of the calculated parking fee. When the exit gate opening / closing device 7 opens the exit gate 7G to allow the vehicle to exit, and the exit gate opening / closing sensor 8 provided on the exit passage detects the exiting vehicle, the exit gate opening / closing device 7 is activated. Exit gate 7
The system is configured to close G and complete the retrieval of the vehicle.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the automatic toll adjusting machine 9 is provided with the used parking ticket T for which the toll has been settled.
The date and time Th of the delivery as shown in FIG. 4A are printed on X, and the delivery time data is recorded on the magnetic stripe M.
The parking ticket return means recorded in S and returned to the passenger, and the next time the parking fee is settled using the parking lot PK, the insertion of the used parking ticket TX in addition to the current parking ticket TX is performed. There is a parking fee discount means that evenly discounts the parking fee or parking time when it is received, and the parking fee is uniformly discounted just by using the used parking ticket TX received last time when the parking fee is settled It is a mechanism to be done.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of the above-described automatic fare settlement machine 6, and includes a CPU 10 which forms the center of the control unit, and the above-mentioned parking ticket returning means and parking fee discount means. An interface circuit 13 connected to a memory 11 storing various system programs via a bus 12 includes a parking ticket detector 14, a motor 15 for transporting a parking ticket, and a magnetic stripe MS of the parking ticket TX. A parking ticket reading and writing device 16 for writing and reading in and out data from and to a warehouse using a magnetic head (not shown) is connected.

Further, in the above-mentioned interface circuit 13, data written in the previously used used parking ticket TX (determining whether the previous parking ticket or the current parking ticket is based on the presence / absence of exit data). A parking ticket reading device 17 for reading the parking ticket TX using a magnetic head (not shown), a printer 18 for printing data on entry and exit from the parking ticket TX,
An input device 19 (for example, a numeric keypad) for inputting various data including a discount fee and a discount time to be described later, and a display 20 for displaying a time, a message, a calculated parking fee, and the like.
And a clock circuit 21 for a reference clock.

In addition to the above, the interface circuit 13 includes a cash settlement device 22 used when the settlement of the parking fee is performed by cash, a prepaid card settlement device 23 used also when the settlement is performed by the prepaid card, and a change payment. The device 24, the waste ticket processing device 25 for processing the used parking ticket TX reused for discount, and the exit gate opening / closing device 7 and the exit gate opening / closing sensor 8 described above are connected, Each of the memories 11 is monitored by the CPU 10.
The mechanism is controlled and operated according to a program stored in the system.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a central pay parking lot management apparatus for carrying out the invention according to claim 2 described above. In this scheme, in order to alleviate the congestion of the exit PT, The automatic fare settlement machine 6 having the structure shown in FIG. 2 is installed inside or outside the parking lot PK away from the exit PT, and the parking ticket reading / writing device 16 also shown in FIG. , Parking ticket TX to return to customers after settlement
And a lag time recording means for recording a lag time (exiting permission time) obtained by adding a predetermined grace time to the current time.
A lag time reader 9 is installed at T to read the lag time recorded on the inserted parking ticket TX, and if the lag time is within the time limit, the exit gate 7G is opened to allow the vehicle to leave the vehicle. doing.

The lag time reader 9 is provided with a parking ticket return means 9A for returning the used parking ticket TX for which the lag time has been read back to the user and using it for the next discount. Used parking ticket TX to return
4B, a discount data writing means 9B for recording a discount amount Tf as shown in FIG. 4B or a discount time Tg as shown in FIG. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the automatic fare adjustment machine 6 installed at the exit port PT shown in FIG.
Alternatively, for each parking ticket reading and writing device 19 of the central pay type automatic fee adjusting machine 6 installed at a place other than the exit port PT shown in FIG. The discount amount Tf shown in FIG.
(C) is provided with a discount data writing means for recording the number of discount hours Tg, and when the used parking ticket TX is next used, the recorded discount charge amount Tf or discount time A parking fee discount means for reading several Tg and discounting these fees or time from the current fee data is provided.

Further, in the invention according to the third aspect, in the parking management apparatus of the central pay system shown in FIG. 3, the used parking ticket TX returned to the lag time reader 9 provided at the exit PT. Instead of providing the discount data writing means 9B for writing the discount data composed of the above-mentioned discount amount Tf and the number of discount hours Tg, the discount data is written into the automatic fee settlement machine 6 installed at a place other than the outlet PT. It is configured such that the parking fee discount means and the waste ticket processing device 25 described above are provided without providing any means.

The parking ticket read / write device 16 shown in FIG.
The method of writing the discount amount Tf and the number of discounted times Tg into the parking ticket TX using the printer 18 or the discount data writing means 9B shown in FIG. 3 is described in (b) and (c) of FIG. As shown, a method of directly writing the discount amount Tf and the number of discount hours,
There is a method of coding and writing these, but the selection is arbitrary.

The contents of the discount of the parking fee include a method of discriminating according to the type of vehicle, a method of determining the next discount amount based on the current parking fee (the number of parking hours), and a ratio of cash to the paid parking fee. There is a method of determining a discount rate, a method of performing a discount unique to a tenant store using a tenant store code, and the like.

Next, the processing operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
Steps S10 to S24 shown in FIG. 6 are steps S1 to S24 shown in FIG. 6 in which no discount data is written at all. Is a flowchart for explaining a procedure for executing a uniform discount service for parking fee using the parking ticket TX as shown in FIG.
If it is determined in step 5 that the used parking ticket TX has expired, the parking ticket TX is sent back so that the service of the parking fee cannot be received, and it is determined that the used parking ticket TX has expired. Then, the processing after step S16 is performed, so that a uniform discount service of the parking fee can be received.

Further, step S30 shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
Steps S47 to S47 are the steps in the case where the parking ticket discount service based on the discount data is executed using the parking ticket TX in which the discount data is written as shown in (b) or (c) of FIG. It is a flowchart described above, wherein step S35
If it is determined that the used parking ticket TX has expired, the parking ticket TX is sent back so that the discount service cannot be received. , And the processing after step S36 is performed.
The parking ticket discount service is configured to be received based on the discount data written in the parking ticket TX.

The determination as to whether or not the expiration date is within the validity period is made by using the data of the leaving date and the time Th recorded on the parking ticket TX as shown in FIGS. The parking ticket reading / writing device 16 reads and judges.

[0032]

As described above, according to the parking lot management device having the parking fee discount function according to the present invention, the parking fee discount service can be received when the parking fee is settled. In the present invention, in particular, a discount service can be obtained by using the used parking ticket used for the settlement of the parking fee at the next time of the payment settlement without using a service ticket, a token, or a punch machine at all. Because it can be used, it has the economics of being able to use it easily without incurring costs, and it also encourages customers who have used the parking lot to reuse it because the used parking ticket is used, and repeats using the same parking lot again It can be used in toll parking lots of various structures, in combination with the fact that it can exhibit the recycling effect of reusing a used parking ticket. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an entire parking lot management device having a parking fee discount function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of an automatic fare adjustment machine used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating the entirety of a central pay parking lot in which the present invention is implemented.

FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C are front views of a parking ticket used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a storage procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a uniform discount service of a parking fee is performed without writing any discount data.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a parking fee service is performed based on written discount data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 PK Parking PN Entry port PT Exit port TX Parking ticket MS Magnetic stripe Td Entry date Te Entry time Th Departure date and time 1 Ticketing machine 3 Entrance gate opening and closing machine 6 Automatic fare adjustment machine 7 Exit gate opening and closing 9 Ragtime reader 9A Parking ticket return Means 9B Discount data writing means 16 Parking ticket reading and writing device 25 Waste ticket processing device

Claims (4)

[Claims] When a parking ticket issued at the time of entry of a vehicle is read by an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at an exit of a parking lot, a parking fee is calculated, and when the calculated parking fee is settled, the vehicle is cleared. A parking lot management device configured to permit the exit of the parking lot, wherein the automatic fare adjustment machine described above, a parking ticket return means for returning the used parking ticket for which the parking fee has been settled to the user, A parking lot with a parking fee discount function, characterized in that it is provided with parking fee discount means for discounting the parking fee or parking time when receiving the returned used parking ticket at the time of parking fee settlement. Management device. 2. A parking fee is calculated when a parking ticket issued at the time of entry of a vehicle is read by an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at a place other than the exit of the parking lot, and the parking fee is calculated. The lag time obtained by adding a predetermined time to the current time is recorded and returned to the parking ticket, and when the parking ticket is inserted into the exit of the parking lot, the lag time is read. A lag time reader that permits a vehicle to be taken out of the car when it is within the time limit, wherein the lag time reader returns the used parking ticket whose lag time has been read to the user. The automatic fare adjustment machine above will provide a discount on parking fees or parking hours if the used lag time reader returns the used parking ticket when it is inserted at the next parking fee adjustment. Parking management apparatus having a parking fee discount function, characterized in that it allowed comprising a parking fee discount means. [3] A discount for the next use of this parking ticket when returning a parking ticket after completing payment of the parking fee to an automatic fare adjustment machine installed at the exit of the parking lot or at a place other than the exit. A discount data writing means for writing the contents, and a parking rate discount means for reading the discount data from the parking ticket at the next use and discounting a parking fee or parking time based on the discount data are provided. 3. The parking system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic fare settlement machine or lag time reader installed in the parking lot is provided with waste ticket processing means for processing a used parking ticket used for discounting a parking fee. Parking lot management device with fare discount function. 4. When returning a used parking ticket whose lag time has been read to a customer, a lag time reader provided at the exit of the parking lot is provided with a discount content for the next use of this parking ticket. While providing the discount data writing means for writing, the automatic fare adjustment machine installed at a place other than the exit of the parking lot reads the discount data from the above parking ticket at the next use and discounts the parking fee or parking time. 3. A parking lot management device having a parking fee discount function according to claim 2, further comprising parking fee discount means.