JPS605421Y2 - parking fee calculator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a parking fee calculator, and particularly to a parking fee calculator that limits the timing of correction of parking fee calculations.

Conventional parking fee calculators calculate parking fees by manually inputting parking ticket entry data.
If you make a mistake in entering parking data, you can operate the correction key to re-enter the parking data and calculate a new parking fee.

However, since this correction key operation was possible until the next vehicle's parking fee calculation started, if there was a considerable time interval before the next vehicle left the parking lot, the parking fee could be corrected by the staff. Sometimes the difference was fraudulently obtained.

This invention aims to provide a parking fee calculator that can prevent fraud according to the attendant.

According to this invention, a vehicle exit detector is installed, and the output signal of this exit detector disables the operation of the correction key, so that while there is a vehicle in the process of paying a toll, correction can be made by operating the correction key. is possible, and once the vehicle leaves the parking lot after calculating the parking fee, the output signal from the exit detector disables further operation of the correction key, and the attendant obtains the parking fee even though the deposited amount and the key input value match. It is possible to prevent the fraud of doing so.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the exit part of a parking lot, where 1 is a parking fee calculator, 2 is a car gate, and 3 is an exit detector consisting of a loop coil, etc. The operation of these is shown in Figure 2. This will be explained along with the control flowchart of the fee calculator.

When the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the fee calculation flow is started by handing the parking ticket received at the time of entry to the attendant.

In step 1, the staff member checks the parking ticket, the vehicle's entrance, and
Reads the warehousing data such as the warehousing time and inputs the keys manually.

In step 2, the parking fee calculator 1 calculates the parking fee from the parking data, and displays the result in step 3.

The attendant opens the car gate 2 in step 4, where the displayed toll is collected.

In step 5, the vehicle exit is monitored, and the car gate 2 is open until the exit detector 3 is turned on. When the exit detector 3 is turned on, the car gate 2 is closed in step 6 and the process ends.

The above is a description of the fee calculation flowchart in the case where the parking fee is not corrected and the exit control flowchart based thereon, but the correction operation flowchart in the case where the attendant makes a manual key error in entering the vehicle's parking data will be described below.

When the correction key is operated in step 7, the exit status of the vehicle is checked in step 8, and if the vehicle has not left the garage, that is, the exit detector 3 is not turned on, the process returns to step 1 of the toll calculation flowchart and a new one is entered. Although it is possible to recalculate the charge by inputting the warehousing data in step 9, if the warehousing detector 3 is turned on and the vehicle has left the parking lot, correction input of the warehousing data is prohibited in step 9.

In the embodiment described above, the parking exit detector 3 is provided at the rear of the car gate 2 to limit the operation timing of the correction key and to control the closing of the car gate 2. A vehicle detector 4 may be separately provided at the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1 to monitor the parking fee settlement process.

In that case, the exit detector 3 in step 8 of the control flowchart in FIG. Delivery is detected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the exit portion of a parking lot where a parking fee calculator is installed, and FIG. 2 is a control flowchart of the parking fee calculator. 1: Parking fee calculator, 2: Car gate, 3: Exit detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In addition to calculating the parking fee by manually inputting parking ticket entry data, the parking fee calculator is capable of correcting the parking fee by operating a correction key. A parking fee calculator characterized in that the operation of the correction key is disabled by the above.