JPH11296796A - Composite parking lot management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a parking mode of a parking vehicle to perform proper distribution of sales and guide in a parking lot. SOLUTION: Proper distribution of sales and guide control in the parking lot are performed by a vehicle specifying device 10 which specifies the parking mode of a vehicle using the parking lot, a parking route detection device 14 which detects the route of the vehicle, and a parking position detector 16 which detects the parking position of the vehicle. By this constitution, the parking mode of the parking vehicle in the composite parking lot is specified, and proper distribution of sales and guide control in the parking lot are performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking lot system in which a plurality of parking lots are integrally connected inside, and the owners of each parking lot are different.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a parking lot of a type in which a plurality of parking lots are integrally connected inside, there is a tendency that the management of each parking lot will be different in the future. As a result, the distribution of sales for each parking lot is currently distributed according to the parking time for each parking lot.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, if the vehicles used in the parking lot are only time-lending general vehicles, the actual results can be distributed according to the parking time. In addition to vehicles, there are other forms of parking such as fixed-term contract vehicles. There has been a problem that they are not properly allocated according to the requirements.

The present invention realizes a method for determining whether a parked vehicle in a parking lot is a general vehicle or a regular vehicle contract, and appropriately allocating sales based on the determination information in accordance with the actual performance. Aim.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a complex parking lot management device according to the present invention provides a parking lot in which a plurality of parking lots are internally connected from the start to the end of use of the parking lot. Vehicle identification means for detecting vehicle identification information that enables identification of the vehicle that passes through the entrance when the vehicle passes through the entrances of a plurality of parking lots or areas, and the passage of the entrance of the utilization vehicle At the time, passing point adding means for generating passing point information in which the vehicle identification information is associated with the passing place time and the passing position, and extracting route information from the start to the end of using the parking lot based on the passing point information A configuration is provided in which a traveling route extraction unit and an operation management unit that performs operation management in the parking lot based on the passing point information are provided. Therefore, since it is possible to specify which parking lot has been parked, the sales distribution for each parking lot can be appropriately distributed according to the actual use.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. It comprises 10 to 13 in the principle block diagram of the present invention shown in FIG. Reference numerals 100 to 103 denote a regular contract specifying means 100 for reading the license plate of the vehicle that has passed through the entrance of the parking lot and specifying whether or not the vehicle is a regular contract vehicle, and a regular contract vehicle registration in which the license plate of the regular contract vehicle is registered in advance. DB 102 and a vehicle type information adding unit 10 for adding information of a passing point to the specified regular contract vehicle
1 and vehicle specifying devices 10 to 13 each including a vehicle specifying information registration DB 103 for registering the vehicle specifying information added by the vehicle type information adding unit 101. Route information extraction unit 1
4 extracts the vehicle identification information 103 registered for each doorway of each parking lot in the same vehicle unit, generates route information based on the extracted information, and the route information registration DB 15
The specific information to which the route information is added is registered, and the parking position specifying unit 16 specifies the parking position of the regular contract vehicle based on the route information registration DB 16, and the specified parking position information is registered as the parking position information. Registered in the DB 17, the sales distribution unit 18 performs sales distribution for each parking lot based on the positional information of the fixed-term contract vehicle whose parking position is specified. Further, the parking lot entrance / exit control unit 19 guides vehicles used in the parking lot based on the route information registration DB 15.

[0007] To specify the parking position of a regular contract vehicle, the vehicle identification plate 100 provided at the entrance of each parking lot reads the license plate of the vehicle when the vehicle passes and registers the license plate of the regular contract vehicle in advance. A comparison is made with the registered information in the regular contract vehicle registration DB 102 to identify the regular contract vehicle. At this time, when the vehicle is identified as a regular contract vehicle, the information at the time of passing is added to the ID of the regular contract vehicle by the vehicle type information adding unit 101, and the vehicle identification information registration DB 10
Register to 3. This registration process is performed at all entrances and exits of each parking lot, for example, from the business start time to the end time of the parking lot. Next, from the accumulated vehicle identification information registration DB 103 provided for each of the stored parking lots, based on the license plate information of the regular contract vehicle, the information is extracted into information units having the same license plate, and extracted. The route information is generated by the route information extracting unit 14 from the specific information, and the generated information is registered in the route information registration DB 15. Then, based on the information in the route information registration DB 15, the parking position of the regular contract vehicle is determined by the parking position identification unit 16, and the determined parking position information is registered in the parking position information registration DB 17, and the registered information parking position information is registered. The sales distribution unit 18 performs sales distribution for each parking lot based on the above. In addition, guidance in the parking lot is performed by the parking lot entry / exit control unit 19 based on the information in the route information registration DB 15.

Hereinafter, the gist of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS.

Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of parking lots are integrally connected internally, and the owners of the respective parking lots are different from each other. And how to allocate them properly.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation mode of a parking lot to which the present system is applied, and shows four parking lots (a parking lot A22, a parking lot B23, a parking lot C20, and a parking lot D2).
1) is integrally connected inside, and the owner of each parking lot is different. Entrance from outside is parking lot A
The entrance and exit of 22 are common, and the entrance to each parking lot inside is free. Parking tickets have also been standardized from the viewpoint of improving convenience for users, and the distribution of sales for each parking lot will be performed at a later date.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the overall processing flow of the present system. First, a vehicle that passes through the entrance of each parking lot is checked whether it is a regular contract vehicle by a regular contract vehicle specifying process 30. The identification is performed based on the information of the regular contract vehicle identification DB 102 and the license plate information of the passing vehicle,
Next, when it is determined by the vehicle type information adding process 31 that the vehicle is a regular contract vehicle, information on the passing time and the passing position is added and registered in the vehicle specifying information DB 103. In the route information adding process 32, the mobile station generates the movement information of the parking lot of the regular contract vehicle based on the registration information of the vehicle specifying information DB 103, and stores the information in the route information registration DB.
15, the parking position of the regular contract vehicle is specified by the parking position specifying process 16 and registered in the parking position information registration DB 17. The sales distribution for each parking lot is performed by a sales distribution process 34.
Is performed based on the registration information in the parking position information registration DB 17.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the regular contract vehicle specifying process. First, cameras 200 to 207 (the entrance is camera 2) installed at the entrance of each parking lot shown in FIG.
Exit at camera 201, at 00, 202, 204, 206
203, 205, 207), the license plate of the passing vehicle is imaged, and only the four-digit number or all character codes are recognized by the vehicle number recognition processing 40, and the recognition result and the registered vehicle are registered in the regular contract vehicle registration DB 102 in advance. The vehicle is compared with the license plate information, and when they match each other, it is determined that the vehicle is a regular contract vehicle, and information on the passing time and the passing position of the vehicle is added and registered in the vehicle specifying information DB 103. Here, for the sake of associating the information of the parking position with the installation position of the camera, the entrance of the parking lot A is set to Ain and the exit of the parking lot C is set to Cout for convenience.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the registered contents of the regular contract vehicle registration DB 102. In this case, the four-digit number of the license plate information of the regular contract vehicle is used as the identification information. In the case of a new contract or cancellation, the information in this DB is updated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the registered contents of the vehicle identification information registration DB 103. The vehicle ID, which is the license plate information of the passing vehicle, the passing position, the vehicle type information, and the information of the passing time are combined from the left. Registered for each passing vehicle.
Here, it is not necessary to distinguish the vehicle type from other vehicle types as long as it detects only regular contract vehicles. However, general vehicles and vehicles of other usage types are also classified and registered, and later used for other purposes. Can also be used. As for the passing time, a timer built in the vehicle number recognition device or an externally synchronized timer can be used.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the route information extraction processing. First, the vehicle identification information registration DB provided at the entrance from outside (in this example, the entrance 204 of the parking lot A in FIG. 2). (70), the registration contents of the vehicle identification information registration DB 61 provided at other entrances (camera installation positions other than 204) are sequentially extracted (7).
For 1), the vehicle identification information having the same vehicle ID is extracted (72). The extracted result is shown at 81 in FIG. Next, the vehicle identification information 8 having the same vehicle ID extracted earlier
1, the vehicle identification information is rearranged in ascending order of the passing time 82 (73). FIG. 9 shows the rearranged result.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining information generated in the process of extracting route information. Vehicle identification information having the same vehicle ID is extracted for each regular contract vehicle.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents registered in the route information registration DB 15. Since the contents are rearranged in the order of the passing time, the vehicle ID 4862 is obtained from the parking lot A by following the parking position information 92. Enter, parking lot C
To enter the parking lot C, enter the parking lot B, enter the parking lot B, and enter the parking lot A. Therefore, it is possible to specify the movement route for each vehicle. Become.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a process of specifying the parking position of a regular contract vehicle.
5, registration information is extracted for each vehicle (1000), and a pair of in and out having the same parking lot name is searched based on the passing position information 92 (1001). In the example of FIG. 9, the parking lot C and the parking lot B are candidates for the parking position. Next, in the corresponding parking lot
The parking time is calculated from the passing times of “out” and “out”. If the parking time is equal to or greater than a certain reference value, it is determined that the vehicle is parked.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the contents registered in the parking position information registration DB 17, where the parking position and the parking time of the regular contract vehicle are recorded. The distribution of sales is based on this information. For example, from the total parking time of each parking lot,
Sales are distributed to the remaining parking time after subtracting the total parking time of the regular contract vehicle.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a camera installation position for detecting whether or not a specific parking area is used in a parking lot where a regular contract vehicle is located. With this method, the parking position can be specified. Specifically, cameras 1200 and 1201 are installed on the approach side and the approach side, respectively, according to the traveling direction of the vehicle with respect to the passage facing the parking area, and image license plate information.

With the above-described configuration, the distribution of sales for each parking lot in a complex parking lot can be properly distributed according to the actual use.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine whether a vehicle used in a parking lot is a general vehicle or a regular contract vehicle, and to specify which parking lot has been parked. The distribution can be appropriately performed according to the use results. Further, since the travel route information of the vehicle used can be obtained, it can also be used for guidance and guidance inside the parking lot by a queue simulation or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of the present system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a parking lot to which the present system is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the present system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a vehicle identification information registration processing flow.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing registered contents of a regular contract vehicle registration DB.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing registered contents of a vehicle identification information registration DB.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a path information extraction processing flow.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing contents of information collected for each vehicle.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing registered contents of a route information registration DB.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a parking position specifying process flow.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing registered contents of a parking position information registration DB.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a method of specifying a parking position in a specific area in a parking lot.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle specification apparatus, 14 ... Route information extraction part, 15 ... Progress information registration DB, 16 ... Parking position specification part, 17 ... Parking position information registration DB, 18 ... Sales distribution part, 19 ... Parking lot entrance / exit control part, 100: regular contract identification means, 101: vehicle type information adding unit, 102: regular contract vehicle registration DB, 103:
Vehicle identification information registration DB.

Claims (9)

[Claims] In a parking lot in which a plurality of parking lots are internally connected, when a use vehicle passes through an entrance to a plurality of parking lots or areas from the start to the end of the use of the parking lot, the entrance / exit is provided. Vehicle identification means for detecting vehicle identification information for identifying the use vehicle passing through the vehicle; and generating passing point information in which the vehicle identification information is associated with the passage time and the passage position when passing through the entrance of the use vehicle. Passing point adding means, traveling route extracting means for extracting route information from the start to end of use of the parking lot based on the passing point information, and performing operation management in the parking lot based on the passing point information Complex parking lot management device provided with operation management means. 2. The vehicle identifying means identifies a vehicle when passing through an entrance of the parking lot based on characteristic information such as a shape and a color of the vehicle and an ID such as a license plate or an IC card. The combined parking lot management device according to the above. 3. The vehicle passing point adding means determines a vehicle type of a vehicle specified when entering or exiting a parking lot based on the recorded vehicle specifying information, and adds the vehicle type information to the vehicle specifying information. 2. The complex parking lot management device according to claim 1, further comprising a vehicle type identification unit. 4. The running route extracting means compares the vehicle specifying information recorded at another entrance with the vehicle specifying information based on the vehicle specifying information specified at the time of entry, and matches the vehicle specifying information to each specified vehicle. 2. The complex parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein the extracted vehicle identification information for each vehicle unit is rearranged in chronological order. 5. The complex parking lot management device according to claim 3, wherein said vehicle type specifying means determines the vehicle type of the vehicle specified at the time of entering and exiting based on vehicle specific information and vehicle type information registered in advance. 6. The operation management means specifies or estimates a parking position of a vehicle of a different type of parking, such as a general rental vehicle or a regular contract, based on vehicle specification information recorded for each parking lot. 2. The complex parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein an appropriate sales distribution is performed in accordance with the performance of the parking lot. 7. The combined parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein said operation management means guides outside and inside the parking lot based on the use route information and the predicted future use result information. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operation management means performs guidance outside and inside the parking lot using a queue simulation based on the use route information and the future predicted use result information.
The combined parking lot management device according to the above. 9. In a parking lot having a common entrance and exit and a plurality of parking areas connected internally, vehicle identification means for detecting and identifying vehicles entering and exiting each of the parking areas. And a management unit for managing information on the parked vehicle in each parking area in accordance with information from the vehicle identification unit.