JPH1186058A - Parking lot system for electric automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic automobile parking lot system which can charge the battery of an electric automobile during its parking, by providing the parking lot with a charging means and an information transmitting and receiving means and also manages the charging of the battery and the transmission and reception of various information during the parking of the electric automobile. SOLUTION: This electric automobile parking lot system is equipped with the parking lot where electric automobiles equipped with batteries as travel power sources are parked and a POS terminal 4, and each electric automobile 6 is provided with a computer 6-2, which processes and stores various information and a connection terminal 6-3 for charging and input input and output which charges the battery 6-1. The parking lot is provided with a connection terminal 2-4 for charging and information input and output which can be connected to the connection terminal 6-3 of the electric automobile 6 and also provided with a charging device 2, and the battery 6-1 is charged by the charging device 2 through both the connection terminals 6-3 and 2-4 when the electric automobile 6 is parked in the parking lot. Then the computer 6-2 and POS terminal 4 are enabled to send and receive information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric vehicle in which a POS device can manage a parking fee, a charging fee, and various information in a toll parking lot linked to a POS device owned by a store or the like when an electric vehicle spreads. The present invention relates to an automobile parking system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, electric vehicles are not widely used, so there is no equivalent of a conventional example of this kind of technology. An example of a toll parking lot will be described. At stores that have a toll parking lot (sometimes shared by multiple stores), customers receive tickets, etc. when entering the parking lot, record the effective parking time on the ticket at the time of accounting in the store, The reading device of the gate reads the effective parking time recorded on the ticket, checks the effective time,
If you exceed the time, you will be paid for the extra fee and will be sent out.

[0003]

However, in the above-described parking lot system, when a parking lot is shared by a plurality of stores, the customer may need to purchase the total amount of money at the plurality of stores, and cannot cope with the situation. There is a problem.
There is also a problem that it is difficult to appropriately allocate the parking lot operation cost to each store according to the frequency of use.

[0004] Even when a large number of customers use a parking lot at a large store or a mixed store of different types of business, customer information such as a customer's staying time, shopping route (traffic line), and trade area survey from the parking lot. There was a problem that it was difficult to collect information and obtain useful information for improving management.

[0005] In an electric vehicle that is expected to spread in the future, the battery is charged during parking, information such as road congestion information and weather forecast is received. It would be convenient if information could be obtained, but there was a problem that the current parking system could not.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a charging means and an information transmitting / receiving means in a parking lot so that a battery can be charged while an electric vehicle is parked and various kinds of information are stored in the electric vehicle information. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric vehicle parking system configured to transmit and receive data between processing storage units and to perform charging and charging of a battery and transmission and reception management of various information while the electric vehicle is parked.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a parking lot for parking an electric vehicle having a battery as a driving power source and a parking lot system for an electric vehicle having a POS device. The electric vehicle is provided with information processing storage means for processing and storing various information, and a charging connection terminal for charging a battery and an information input / output connection terminal for inputting / outputting information to / from the information processing storage means are provided. In the parking lot, a charging connection terminal and an information input / output connection terminal connectable to a charging connection terminal and an information input / output connection terminal of the electric vehicle are provided, and a charging device is provided,
When the electric vehicle is parked in the parking lot, the battery can be charged from the charging device through both charging connection terminals, and information can be transmitted and received between the information processing storage means and the POS device through both information input / output connection terminals. It is characterized in that it can be configured.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a parking lot system for an electric vehicle according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the parking system for an electric vehicle has an entrance gate 1, charging devices 2 provided at a plurality of parking positions, and an exit gate 3, and the entrance gate 1, Each charging device 2 and exit gate unit 3 are connected to a main computer 5 together with a POS terminal 4 in the store. The POS terminal 4 has a function of transmitting, receiving, processing, managing, and recording various kinds of information such as sales in the store and the main computer 5, and the main computer 5 has information on various parts of the parking lot. It has a function of transmitting and receiving, processing, and controlling each part, and a function of transmitting and receiving information between the computer 6-2 of the parked electric vehicle 6 and a processing function.

An entrance gate 1 is a gate 1-1 for preventing / permitting entry of an electric vehicle 6 to enter, a gate control unit 1-2 for controlling the gate 1-1, and a parking ticket for a customer. Is provided. The charging device 2 has a parking ticket input / output unit 2-1, a control unit 2-2, a charging power source 2-3, and a connection terminal 2-4 for connecting to the electric vehicle 6. An exit gate unit 3 is a gate 3-1 for preventing / permitting the exit of the electric vehicle 6, and a gate control unit 3 for controlling the gate 3-1.
-2, an accounting processing unit 3-3 for performing accounting processing is provided.

The electric vehicle 6 utilizing the parking lot includes a driving power source, a battery 6-1 serving as a power source for each unit, a computer 6-2, and a connection terminal 6-3 for connection to the outside. The computer 6-2 has a vehicle registration No. It has a function of storing personal information such as the address, name, age, etc. of the owner of the electric vehicle 6 and transmitting and receiving various types of information with the outside, and processing and storing the information.

In the parking system for an electric vehicle having the above-mentioned structure, the main computer 5 monitors whether or not the electric vehicle 6 is parked at each parking position, and issues a parking ticket issuing unit 1 at a parking position that is not parked. -3 is instructed to prepare for issuing a parking ticket, and the parking ticket issuing unit 1-3 at the parking position where the vehicle is parked is instructed to prohibit issuing a parking ticket. A customer who uses the parking lot system receives a parking ticket from the parking ticket issuing section 1-3 at the entrance gate section 1 at the vacant parking position. At this point, the entry time is recorded on the parking ticket. The parking ticket issuing unit 1-3 notifies the main computer 5 that a parking ticket has been issued,
The main computer 5 sends a command to the gate control unit 1-2 to open the gate 1-1.

As a result, the electric vehicle 6 passes through the entrance gate 1, and the passed electric vehicle 6 is parked at the parking position, and the connection terminals 6-3 and 2-4 are connected. The control unit 2-2 of the charging device 2, the battery 6-1 of the electric vehicle 6, and the computer 6-3 are connected.

When the customer inserts the parking ticket into the parking ticket input / output device 2-1 of the charging device 2, the control unit 2-2, the connection terminal 2-4, and the connection terminal 6-3 are supplied from the charging power source 2-3. A charging current is supplied to the battery 6-1 through the charging port, and charging is started. At the same time, when various information such as personal information stored in the computer 6-2 is transferred to the main computer 5, the information is transmitted from the parking ticket input / output device 2-1 according to a command from the main computer 5. Is recorded on the parking ticket, and the parking ticket is returned to the customer.

Each time a customer receives a product purchase or a service in a store, the POS terminal 4 records data such as a product name and a price on the parking ticket via the main computer 5. On the other hand, the POS terminal 4 is connected to the computer 6-2 of the electric vehicle 6 at any time via the main computer 5 to provide advertisements such as product introductions and advertisements, traffic information such as traffic jams around the vehicle, weather forecasts, and the like. After transmitting the information, the computer 6-2 receives, processes, and stores the information in the storage means. These pieces of information may be transmitted in response to a request from the computer 6-2.

When the customer returns to his / her car after shopping and inserts the parking ticket into the parking ticket input / output device 2-1, the amount of charge and the charge are recorded on the parking ticket, and the data recorded on the parking ticket is further recorded. The connection terminal 2-4 is released (released) when it is confirmed that there is no fraud or error by checking the data with the main computer 5.

[0016] The user inserts the parking ticket into the accounting processing unit 3-3 at the exit gate unit 3 and completes the accounting, whereby the gate 3-
1 can be opened and exited.

In the above description, the accounting processing section 3-3 of the exit gate section 3 collectively performs the accounting, but the charging apparatus 2 may be provided with an accounting processing section. Of course, the POS terminal 4 can process the transaction. In addition, the used parking ticket can be collected and reused, and can also be used as a receipt.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the customer charges while the electric vehicle is parked, and the transaction in the store can be collectively processed when the customer finally leaves the parking lot, and cash can be collected. Less troublesome handling. In addition, product information such as traffic information, weather forecasts, and advertisements can be automatically obtained. Also, on the store side, customer information necessary for management such as customer stay time, shopping route (traffic line), and trade area survey can be easily obtained from the parking lot vehicle, and can be used for store management.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the electric vehicle is parked in the parking lot, the battery can be charged from the charging device through both charging connection terminals, and both information input / output connections are provided. Since the information is transmitted and received between the information processing storage means and the POS device through the terminal, the following excellent effects can be expected.

By connecting to the information processing means in the store, the customer can charge the battery while parking, and can collectively pay in the store when exiting the parking lot. Less troublesome handling.

Further, as necessary, product information and various information such as traffic information, weather forecast, and advertisement are obtained.

On the store side, customer information necessary for management, such as the customer's stay time, shopping route (traffic line), and trade area survey, can be easily obtained from the parking lot vehicle, and can be used for store management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an electric vehicle parking lot system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 entrance gate section 1-1 gate 1-2 gate control section 1-3 parking ticket issuing section 2 charging device 2-1 parking ticket input / output device 2-2 control section 2-3 charging power supply 2- 4 Connection Terminal 3 Exit Gate Section 3-1 Gate 3-2 Gate Control Section 3-3 Accounting Processing Section 4 POS Terminal 5 Main Computer 6 Electric Vehicle 6-1 Battery 6-2 Computer 6-3 Connection terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A parking lot for parking an electric vehicle having a battery as a driving power source and a parking lot system for an electric vehicle having a POS device, wherein the electric vehicle stores and processes various information. Means, and a charging connection terminal for charging the battery and an information input / output connection terminal for inputting / outputting information to / from the information processing storage means. A charging terminal and an information input / output connection terminal connectable to the connection terminal and the information input / output connection terminal are provided, and a charging device is provided, wherein the electric vehicle is used for charging when the electric vehicle is parked in the parking lot. The charging device is configured to be able to charge the battery through the connection terminal, and the information processing storage unit is connected to the information input / output connection terminal. A parking system for an electric vehicle, wherein information is transmitted and received between the POS devices.