JPS6024515B2 - Parking lot reservation service processing method at telephone exchange - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a parking lot reservation service processing method in a telephone exchange that provides parking lot reservations via automatic transfer machines.

Conventionally, there have been two ways for parking lot users to reserve a parking lot: either they make a reservation directly at the parking lot by telephone, or they go directly to the parking lot and use the parking lot if it is vacant.

With the former, you cannot make a reservation unless you know the parking lot location and phone number of your destination, and with the latter, you have to be there to know whether it is available or not, so you cannot make a reservation with confidence.

In contrast, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to reliably reserve a parking lot from one's home or from a car heading toward the destination without knowing the phone number of the parking lot at the destination. .

Additionally, in order to eliminate any troubles with reservations, it has been decided that reservation tickets and reservation slips will be issued.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a device in a parking lot that provides services, a device that notifies the exchange of the parking lot's occupancy status, and a device that receives reservation tickets issued from the exchange. The system is equipped with a device for receiving reservation tickets issued from exchanges for cars, homes, businesses, etc., and a device for receiving air blockage information sent from parking lots to automobile exchanges or general exchanges. A device that stores that information;
Equipped with a device that accepts reservations, a device that issues reservation tickets and reservation tickets, and a device that controls these devices, when a reservation request is received from a car phone subscriber or general subscriber,
Search for empty parking lots based on the information in the parking lot vacancy information storage device installed in the exchange, issue a reservation ticket to the requester, and issue a reservation ticket for the reserved parking lot. It is characterized by this.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a relay system diagram of the parking lot reservation system when the service is provided at a car telephone exchange, where 1 is an occupancy monitoring device that informs the exchange EX of the empty grave situation in the parking lot T, and 2 is a parking lot monitoring device that informs the exchange 3 is a device for receiving a reservation ticket issued from a car telephone exchange when a parking lot is reserved; 3 is a device for receiving a reservation ticket issued from a car telephone exchange when a reservation is made; 4 is a device for each parking lot; 5 is a device for receiving air block information sent from the parking lot; 5 is a device for accumulating air block information and parking capacity number; 6 is a device for storing air block information sent from the parking lot;
7 is a device for receiving reservations from subscribers; 7 is a device for issuing reservation tickets and reservation tickets; 8 is a control device 9 for performing reservation processing;
10 and 11 are trunk devices. In addition, general subscriber SU
Regarding B, for example, the main exchange E via the local exchange
Connected to X.

Alternatively, the local exchange LS may be connected to the local exchange LS via a relay exchange TS (not shown). Next, the reservation operation will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

As a reservation request from a reservation person riding in a car, a dial from the reservation person is first received in the same way as in a known exchange operation.

This dial code generally uses a special number so that it can be distinguished from the subscriber's telephone number, and consists of a three-digit code, for example, IXY. When the communication side identifies that the received dial is a special number for a parking reservation request, a connection route is established between the received line and the reservation reception device 6 of the car telephone exchange, and a reception ready signal is sent to the reservation person. Send it back. As will be described later, the reservation reception device 6 only needs to have the function of receiving a dial code (for example, a multi-frequency mixed signal PB) and identifying and holding it as a series of data. The function may be performed by the control device on the interface with the trunk. Next, the reservation reception device 6 receives the reservation requester's desired area,
It accumulates information on the person making the reservation, etc., and requests the reservation control device 8 for processing. The reservation control device 8 reads information from the parking lot occupancy information storage device 5 and determines a vacant parking lot. When the reservation is established, the reservation ticket and reservation ticket issuing device 7 is instructed to issue a reservation ticket to the reservation person and a reservation ticket to the reserved parking lot, and the reservation ticket is issued to the parking lot. The information in the air block information storage device 5 is rewritten. The reservation ticket and reservation ticket issuing device 7 issues a reservation ticket to the reservation person and a reservation ticket to the parking lot according to instructions from the reservation control device 8.

This ends the reserved operation. In the signal control shown in Figure 2, the information in C is, for example, the district number (
It consists of a requester's number (XXXXXXXXXX), a car number (△△△△△△), etc., and each reservation information is received by a dial code or the like.

The reservation ticket notification signal sent from the exchange office consists of the parking lot name, telephone number, parking location number, map, etc., and the reservation ticket notification signal of ri consists of the reservation number, car number, parking location number, etc. Become. FIG. 3 shows the reservation process of the present invention in functional blocks, corresponding to the configuration diagram in FIG.
2. In the figure, symbols 1 to 2 indicate processing corresponding to the signal exchange shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows the flow of the air block information update operation between the parking lot and the mobile telephone exchange, and FIG. 5 shows the air block information operation sequence.

First, from the parking lot occupancy monitoring device, for example, a special number I consisting of 3 digits.
By dialing XY (X, Y are codes different from the previous reservation special number), the dedicated CPU of the mobile telephone exchange is activated, and then the air occupancy information receiving device REC is activated. Next, a reception preparation completion signal is transmitted from the vacancy information receiving device REC to the parking lot vacancy monitoring device. Here, the parking lot occupancy monitoring device sends parking lot number 10 vacancy/occlusion information to the vacancy information receiving device REC on the car telephone exchange side, and the parking lot occupancy information receiving device R
The parking lot file in the storage device MEM is sent from the EC and the file is updated. When this file update is completed, control is completed by sending an end signal to the parking lot. It should be noted that the signals shown in FIG. 5 are exchanged in response to the processing of the signals in the processing flow of the parking lot occupancy information updating operation.

The parking lot occupancy monitoring device installed on the parking lot side may be a device that has both a telephone terminal and a data input device, and for example, it notifies the switching center of changes in the occupancy situation using OCR (optical conference call equipment), etc. It is something to do.

The above exchange processing operation has been explained in terms of reservation processing using a car telephone, but the exchange processing for general subscribers is also similar.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reserve a parking lot without going to the destination or knowing the phone number, and there is no need to waste time searching for an empty parking lot. It is highly effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram of the parking lot reservation service processing method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a reservation operation sequence diagram when reserving a parking lot using the method shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the reservation operation when reserving a parking lot according to the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block information operation sequence diagram. 1... Air block monitoring device, 2... Reservation ticket receiving device, 3
... Reservation ticket receiving device, 4... Air block information receiving device, 5...
・A device that accumulates air blockage information and parking capacity numbers, etc., 6
... Reservation reception device, 7. Reservation ticket and reservation ticket issuing device, 8. Control device, 9, 10, 11. Trunk device. Illustration ship No. 2 Wind scroll 3 Illustration scroll 4 Illustration powder 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 The parking lot providing the service is equipped with a device to notify the telephone exchange of the vacant parking lot status and a device to receive the reservation ticket issued by the telephone exchange, and the vehicle, home, or business receiving the service is The telephone exchange is equipped with a device for receiving reservation tickets issued from the telephone exchange, and the telephone exchange is equipped with a receiving device for receiving air block information sent from the parking lot and an air block information storage for storing the information. The system is equipped with a device, a reservation accepting device for accepting reservations, a device for issuing reservation tickets and reservation vouchers, and a device for controlling these devices, and a telephone exchange receives a dial from a car phone subscriber or a general subscriber. If so, connect the subscriber to the reservation reception device, accept a predetermined dial code, search for an empty parking lot in the reservation requesting area from the information of the parking information storage device installed in the telephone exchange, and send the car phone A parking lot reservation service processing method in a telephone exchange, characterized in that a reservation ticket is issued to a subscriber or a general subscriber, and a reservation ticket is issued to a parking lot.