JPS6180385A - Parking lot managing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a management device suitable for use in a parking lot that can automatically manage the entry and exit of vehicles and the calculation and payment of parking fees using an IC parking card. [Prior Art] Conventional self-managed parking lots are configured to automate all management such as entry and exit of vehicles, calculation and collection of parking fees, and can be managed unmanned or partially manned. , a parking fee payment machine is installed at the exit exit, and once the parking fee is paid, which is calculated based on the time of entry recorded on the parking ticket,
It is designed to open the exit gate to allow vehicles to exit the garage. Therefore, when leaving the garage, the vehicle must be moved to the exit gate one by one, and the toll payment must be made while remaining in the vehicle, which is very inconvenient and can lead to an accident due to being distracted by the toll payment. There is a high risk of overtaking the vehicle, and furthermore, it takes time to pay the fee, so especially when large parking lots are crowded with vehicles leaving the parking lot, there is a long line of vehicles at the exit, making it difficult to exit the parking lot smoothly. There were problems that caused various operational problems, such as long waiting times and overtime parking fees, which caused damage to customers. Additionally, in large parking lots with multiple exits, an expensive fare payment machine must be installed at each exit, which poses an economic problem, as the overall cost of the management system increases significantly. Ta. Therefore, the present applicant applied for the patent application No. 58-6166 filed earlier.
Inventions such as No. 8 and No. 59-86974 eliminate congestion at the exit gate and speed up vehicle operation by making the fare payment at the time of exit from the garage be done in advance using a fare adjustment machine installed at a location other than the exit exit. In addition, even in the case of parking lots with multiple exit exits, there is no need to install a payment machine at each exit exit, and instead, an inexpensive exit management machine can be installed to improve overall efficiency. We have provided a parking lot management device that has the advantage of significantly reducing costs.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, with the parking lot management devices related to these applications, each payment, such as parking fees and time-over penalty fees, must be made in cash each time, so it is especially difficult for regular customers who frequently use the parking lot. This was very troublesome for the customers, who had to keep coins on hand at all times. In addition, collecting parking fees in cash has a high risk of theft, so it is necessary to strengthen the structure of the fee collection department and have full-time staff manage the collected fees. There was also the problem that the cost increased accordingly. There are cashless ways to pay for parking fees, etc., such as a commuter pass system, a multi-ticket system, or a phone card, which is currently being developed. Various methods are possible, such as a card system that allows for more deductions, but a commuter pass system would be expensive for infrequent users, and a coupon system would be treated the same as cash, making the payment process easier. There is a problem that it becomes troublesome, and in the case of a card type, the card itself does not have a display function, so the number of parking hours, paid parking fee, etc.
There was a problem in that it was not possible to check various situations such as the balance of the card, which caused anxiety when using the card, and even if a mistake occurred when using the card for some reason, it was not possible to identify or point out the error. .

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to prevent congestion at the exit by allowing the payment of fees at the time of exit to be made in advance at a location other than the exit. In addition to eliminating the need to issue a parking ticket every time a vehicle enters the parking lot, the above-mentioned parking fee can be settled using the memory of the amount recorded on the pre-purchased IC parking card. It is possible to make a cashless transaction by subtracting the amount one by one, and each time the parking is done, information such as entry/exit time, parking fee, and balance is displayed on each person's card, so that the parking status is displayed to the customer. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management device i'lf that is devised so that it is possible to visually check the parking lot management device i'lf. When you insert a parking ticket that records the parking time, the parking fee will be calculated based on the recorded parking time, and once the calculated parking fee is paid, the parking fee will be paid by adding the predetermined time to the current time. A fare adjustment machine is installed that records the permitted time on the parking ticket and returns it, and when the parking ticket with the above-mentioned permitted exit time is inserted into the exit gate of the parking lot, the recorded permitted exit time will be displayed. If the current time is within the permitted exit time, the exit gate will be opened, and if the current time has exceeded the permitted exit time, the exit gate will not be opened. In a parking lot management device which is equipped with an exit management machine configured as described above, the above-mentioned parking lot management device has a parking ticket information processing function, a memory function that stores at least an amount memory and each time data of entry and exit permission. , an IC parking card equipped with a display unit that displays each information stored in the memory, and the above-mentioned IC parking card is configured so that the payment of the parking fee is sequentially deducted from the memory. The display section displays at least the entry time, parking fee, exit permission time, and
It is configured to display the balance of each amount memory. [Operation 1] According to the parking lot management device according to the present invention configured as described above, when a user inserts a pre-purchased IC parking card into the parking management machine when parking a vehicle, the parking management machine stores the parking time in the memory. The IC parking card is stored and displayed on the display section to return the IC parking card and enable the vehicle to be parked. Furthermore, when the customer leaves the vehicle after completing errands such as shopping or business negotiations, the user inserts the IC parking card into a fare adjustment machine provided at various appropriate locations such as parking lots and stores. In addition, if a customer uses a tenant store listed in 2.2, they can use a terminal installed at the storefront, etc. to enter the code of the tenant store on the above IC parking card and the parking fee can be sold on credit or discounted. information is entered and displayed. I like this
The fare adjustment machine that accepted the C parking card calculates the parking fee from the parking time entered on the card, subtracts this fee from the card's amount memory, rewrites the amount memory, and rewrites it as the parking fee. The balance in the amount memory is displayed, and the card is returned after inputting and displaying the exit permission time, which is the current time plus a predetermined time. still,
The above IC parking card can be sold on credit by the tenant store, or
If discount information has been entered, the credit sale and discounted parking fee will be credited to the tenant store. When exiting the parking lot, insert the TC parking card into the exit management machine at the exit exit. The exit management machine compares the exit permission time recorded on the IC parking card with the current time, and when the current time is within the exit permission time, opens the exit gate to enable the vehicle to exit the garage. On the other hand, if the current time has exceeded the exit permission time, the exit management machine does not open the exit gate and instructs, through a display or the like, that the charge for the time overage is to be settled again at the charge settlement section. Embodiment 1 A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking lot management device according to the present invention, and in the figure, 1 is an entrance 1 of a parking lot 10.
The warehousing control machine installed at 0A, and 11 the first artificial vehicle detector such as a photoelectric detector or loop coil detector installed at the entrance side of the warehousing entrance 10A. When passing the detector 11, a detection signal f1 is inputted from the detector 11 to the warehousing management machine 1, and the warehousing management machine 1 opens the shutter 2 of the card acceptance port 1a based on this signal f1 to accept the IC parking card P. enable. The IC parking card P used in the present invention is made of a synthetic resin plate such as vinyl chloride, as shown in Figure 2, and is made entirely in a thin plate shape like a bank deposit card or credit card. Has an IC40 and a 40V battery built into it.
Further, a liquid crystal display R is formed on the card P surface. This liquid crystal display R1 has indexes for entering, exiting, time-over charges, stores, and balances.
, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, and a signal terminal TA for manually inputting control signals for the IC 40 is provided at the leading edge of the card P. Incidentally, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the IC parking card P described in -1-, where the IC 40 is the central processing unit CP.
Reads the TJ 4.1, the program memory ROM 42a that stores the system program, data from each device, and the usable amount memory of this card P (10,000 yen in the case shown). It is constituted by a memory 42 consisting of a data memory RAM 4-2b which can be freely stored. In the figure, 43 is a push button for checking the balance, 44 is a battery check circuit, and 45 is a push button for checking the balance.
is the battery capacity indicator lamp. FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of the warehousing card processing device IA provided inside the warehousing management machine 1 configured to allow the IC parking card P configured as described above to be freely inserted.
As shown in the figure, a card insertion passage 3 is connected to the card reception slot 1a equipped with a shutter 2 that opens in accordance with the signal f1, and a card insertion passage 3 consisting of a pair of light emitting and light receiving elements provided at the entrance of this passage 3 is connected to the card reception slot 1a. When the detector 4 detects insertion of the IC parking card P, a drive circuit described later is turned on. Further, 5 is a main body signal terminal provided at the inner bottom of the card insertion passage 3, and the signal terminal TA of the inserted IC parking card P is this main body signal terminal 5.
When contact conduction is established between the IC and the IC, the time information sent from the drive circuit IT configured using a microcomputer etc.
The time information is written in the RAM 41b of the parking card P, and the time information is displayed on the liquid crystal display section R1- as the parking time. 6 is a card ejection roller rotated by motor 7;
When the above liquid crystal display is displayed, it will rotate and the IC parking card P will appear.
Send it back to its original position. Furthermore, if the inserted IC parking card P is read and checked by the drive circuit IT on the warehousing management machine 1 side, and the discharge roller 6 determines that it is not a legitimate card or that the balance in the amount memory is zero, , the card P is immediately ejected. It should be noted that the configuration of the drive circuit IT is a simplified configuration of the drive circuit of the fare adjustment machine, which will be described later.
The details will be explained later. In FIG. 1, 12 is an opening/closing actuator for the entrance gate 12G provided in the passageway 2 of the storage entrance 10A.
When the IC parking card P is removed from the guard receiving port 1a of the warehousing management machine 1, it is operated by the gate opening signal f2 outputted from the drive circuit 1T and is sent to the parking lot game 112G.
to allow vehicle entry. 13 is a second artificial vehicle detector, and the part of this detector 13 is installed at the entrance gate 12.
When an incoming vehicle passes by by opening G, a gate close signal f3 is output to the gate opening/closing actuator 12 to close the entrance gate 12G. Then, as shown in ``2'', storage entrance 1. After passing through the OA, the vehicle enters the parking area of the parking lot 10 as indicated by an arrow PAf. Next, 21 is the first
When a vehicle leaving the garage passes over this detector 21 as shown by the arrow PB, the exit exit 1.
An acceptance start signal f4 is output to the exit management machine 20 installed in the OB, and the shutter 22 provided in the card acceptance slot 20a opens to allow insertion of the IC parking card P. Inside the card receiving port 21a, as described with reference numerals in FIG.
OA is provided. That is, in FIG. 3, 23 is a card insertion path, 24 is a card detector, and 25 is a drive circuit 2.
The main body signal terminal 26 connected to 0T is a card discharge roller rotated by a motor 27. Next, what is generally indicated by the symbol S in FIG. Shows the fare adjustment machine installed in the store S. 30a is the fare adjustment machine 30
In the ICC parking card slot provided in the ICC parking card slot, inside this slot 30a, as explained with reference numerals in FIG. , and a card fee processing device 30A having exactly the same structure as the exit card processing device 2OA of the exit management fi20. That is, in FIG. 3, 33 is a card insertion passage, 34 is a card detector, 35 is a main body signal terminal communicating with the drive circuit 30T, and 36 is a card ejection roller rotated by a motor 37. When the signal terminal TA of the IC parking card P contacts and conducts with the signal terminal 35 of the IC parking card P, the drive circuit 30T of the fare adjustment machine 30 drives the memory 42 of the IC parking card P.
Reads the parking time information stored in the memory file in b, calculates the time difference between this and the current time, and calculates the parking fee.
This parking fee is also subtracted from the amount memory stored in the memory 42b, the record of the amount information is rewritten, and a preset time (10
Calculate the exit permission time by adding the amount of time (about 30 minutes to 30 minutes),
This is stored as a storage file in the memory 42b, and each liquid crystal display part of the liquid crystal display R provided in the parking card P, namely, the exit permission time display part R2, the parking fee display part R4, and the balance. Each time and amount of money is displayed on each display section R6 on a liquid crystal display. In addition, 30B in the figure is used when paying the parking fee in cash, or when the amount recorded on the parking card P cannot cover the fee payment and the insufficient fee is paid in cash. The cash slot 30C is a display that displays information such as parking fees and insufficient amount. Further, the drive circuit 20T of the above-mentioned parking management machine 20 is configured to drive the IC parking card P inserted from the card insertion passage 23.
When the signal terminal TA contacts the main body terminal 25, the exit permission time information stored in the memory 42b is read out, and this is compared with the current time, and if the current time is within the exit permission time, the game - The opening signal f5 is sent to the opening/closing actuator 29 for the exit gate 29G provided on the path of the exit 10B. This actuator 29 is
Insert the above parking card P into the card acceptance slot 21. When the vehicle is removed from a, the gate opening signal f5 output from the arithmetic processing section 20T is activated to open the exit gate 29G, allowing the vehicle to exit the garage. In addition, if it is determined that the current time has exceeded the exit permission time, the roller 26 immediately discharges the IC parking card P and displays the time-over charge on the display 20B and returns it to the charge adjustment machine 30. The screen is configured to display an instruction to pay again. Incidentally, when the time-over charge is settled by the charge adjustment machine 30, the time-over charge is debited from the amount memory in the same manner as the parking charge, and the new exit permission time is displayed on the time-over display section R3 of the display section R. In the figure, 60 is a second exit vehicle detector, and when a vehicle leaving the garage passes over this detector 60, it outputs a gate close signal f6 to the actuator 29 and closes the exit gate 29Gl, which causes the arrow PBf to close. Complete the removal of the vehicle. Next, the electrical configuration of the drive circuit 30T built into the fare adjustment machine 30 will be explained with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the above drive circuit 30T configured using a microcomputer or the like is mainly configured with an arithmetic control unit CPU61 that monitors the overall control, and a program in which the main part of the flowchart described later is stored in this CPU61.・Memory 62 consisting of a memory ROM 62a and a data memory RAM 62b for temporarily storing various processing data, a clock circuit 63, a cash adjustment machine 64, a card detector 34, a card ejection motor 37, and a display 30C1
Main body signal terminals 35 are connected to each other via a bus. In FIG. 1, Ta, Tb...Tn are companies that have a contractual relationship with the owner or management company of the parking lot 10,
At various tenant stores such as stores, 50... are terminals installed at customer service counters, etc. of each of these tenant stores Ta-Tn. Each of these terminals 50... has the above-mentioned IC.
The parking card P reception port 50a is opened, and the parking card P reception port 50a is opened.
Inside 0a, there is provided a tenant store processing device 50A that is exactly the same as the in/out card processing devices IA and 2OA shown in FIG. 3 (except for the shutters 2 and 22). The second tenant utilization processing device 50A is a main body connected to a drive circuit 50T mainly composed of a card insertion passage 53, a card detector 54, and a microcomputer, as described with reference numerals in FIG. signal terminal 55,
When the signal terminal TA of the IC parking card P inserted from the receiving slot 50a connects to the main body signal terminal 55 and becomes conductive, the drive circuit 50T acts to discharge the card. We sell the tenant store code and parking fee on credit,
Or, the information on discounting a certain amount is IC4 of IC parking cart P.
0 and is stored, and at the same time, this information is displayed on the store-specific liquid crystal display section R4 of the liquid crystal display R. 6A, 7A, 8A, 9 and 10A are flowcharts for entering and leaving the parking lot 10 by using the management device of the present invention, and these flowcharts are The main parts are each drive circuit 1T, 20'
F, 30T, 50T progerato memory ROM and I
It is stored in the program memory ROM 42a incorporated in the IC 40 of the C parking card P. The warehousing process shown in Figure 6A is carried out using an IC with an amount memory that the customer purchases himself or is given in advance by the tenant store.
This is carried out by inserting the parking card P into the warehousing management machine 1, and steps 81 to 813 explain the procedure in order. In particular, the IC parking card inserted in step S4 If it is determined that P is not a legitimate card, and in the next step S5, the amount memory RA is
If it is determined that the balance in M42b is zero, the card ejecting motor 7 is driven in step 14, and the card is ejected by the roller 6, and warehousing is not permitted. Further, in step S7, as shown in FIG. 6B, the warehousing time display section R1 of the liquid crystal display R displays the day, hour, and minute of warehousing (in the case shown, 11:30 on the 15th). The tenant store processing shown in Figure 7A is based on the customer's card P.
By inserting the IC parking card P into the terminal 50 installed in the tenant store Ta"Tn, steps S20→S25 are executed in the illustrated order, and the IC parking card P inserted in step S21 is used for the above-mentioned warehousing process, that is, the warehousing time. If it is determined that the card has not been entered or is otherwise an unauthorized cart, the discharge roller 56 is rotated by the motor 57 to discharge the card in step S26, and the tenant store processing is not permitted. .Furthermore, in step S23,
As shown in FIG. 7B, the store code of the tenant store and the discounted parking fee (100 yen for store B in the illustrated case) are displayed on the store display section R5 of the liquid crystal display R5A. still,
If the customer does not use the above-mentioned tenant store, the tenant store processing will not be performed and parking will be performed at the normal rate. In the settlement process shown in FIG. 8A, the storage time, tenant store code, and discount rate are input and displayed R1A and R1A, respectively.
This is accomplished by inserting the IC parking card P marked 5A into the fare adjustment machine 30 before leaving the parking lot.Normally, the process proceeds in the order of steps S30 → S38, and the IC parking The exit permission time, which is the current time plus a predetermined time, is input and displayed for the card P.
If it is determined in step 831 that the entry time of the IC parking card P has not been entered or that there is some other reason for fraud, the discharge roller 36 is rotated by the motor 37 in step 839 to discharge the card. The item will not be allowed to be shipped. Furthermore, if it is determined in the next step S32 that the code of the tenant store has not been entered in the card P, that is, the parking is at the normal rate and does not use the tenant store, then the steps S40, S41, and S4 are performed. .2, each step of S43 is executed in order, and it is possible to pay the parking fee cashlessly using the memory amount of the card P, and furthermore, if the balance of the memory amount of the card P is insufficient in step S41. If it is determined, S44, S45
．． 846 steps of shortfall payment are executed. In addition, FIG. 8B shows the balance of the memory amount after subtracting the discount parking fee in step S35 on the balance display section R of the liquid crystal display R.
FIG. 8C shows a state in which the leaving permission time R2A is displayed on the display section R2 in step 837, and the leaving permission time R2A is displayed on the display section R2 in steps 84.3 and 837. , regular parking fee R
4A and the balance R6A are each displayed as examples. The exit process shown in FIG. 9 is to perform the payment process shown in FIG.
Normally, the exit process proceeds in the order of steps S50→S60, but the IC parking card I) inserted in step 853 is
If it is determined that the IC parking card P is an unpaid card for which the parking fee has not been paid, the process proceeds to step S61, where the discharge roller 26 immediately sends back the IC parking card P, and the old one is displayed on the display 20B in step 8B2. [Payment Fulfillment J] will be displayed to prompt the customer to make payment. If it is determined in step S54 that the current time has exceeded the exit permission time recorded on the card P, the process proceeds to step 863, where the ejection roller 26 ejects the card P, and at the same time, in step S64 ``Time over payment payment'' is displayed on the display 20B to prompt the customer to pay for the amount of time over. In the time-over settlement process shown in FIG. 10A, the exit time has already timed out the exit permission time (displayed R2A on the display section R2) stored in the memory 4.2b of the IC parking card P. By inserting the IC parking card P whose time has expired into the fare adjustment machine 30, the payment is normally processed in the order of steps S70 → S78, and a new exit permission time is set. be done. Incidentally, if it is determined in step S73 that the amount memory of the card is insufficient,
The insufficient charge is paid in cash through each step of S79, S80, and S81. In addition, regarding the handling when a customer using a tenant store exceeds the allowed exit time,
All of the processing shown in FIG. 10A requires a fee, but if the processing is to be free of charge, the same processing as the payment processing shown in FIG. 8A may be performed again to determine a new leaving permission time. FIG. 10B shows the new parking permission time displayed on the time-over display section R3 of the display R provided on the IC parking card P.
At the same time, the time over charge is also displayed on the charge display section R4 R4A L, and the balance of the memory amount after deducting this time over charge is displayed on the balance display section R6 R
This shows an example of a display in a state where 6A is applied. Generally, each of the liquid crystal displays R is configured to automatically turn off after a certain period of time to save power; however, the remaining balance can be checked by pressing the dedicated button 43 on the IC parking card P. It can be displayed on the balance display section R6 at any time. [Effect 1] Since the parking lot management device according to the present invention is as described above, the customer who has finished pawning the vehicle, etc., first goes to the fare settlement office set up in the parking lot etc. and then enters the parking lot. Since the parking fee is paid using an IC parking card with the time entered, there is no need to worry about the exit gate being crowded with vehicles paying for the fee, and it is very convenient to exit the parking lot smoothly. The vehicle is configured to record the exit permission time, which is the current time (payment time) plus a predetermined time, on the IC parking card, to make the vehicle exit within this time, and to collect an additional overage fee if the time is over. Because of this, you don't have to worry about your vehicle being illegally parked for free for a long time after paying the fee, and all you need to do is set up a simple exit management machine at each exit that simply checks the permitted exit time. The present invention has various excellent advantages such as being very economical when using a large parking lot with many exits such as a department store or a supermarket. Since the RC parking card equipped with a Since the entry/exit time, exit permission time, parking fee, and memory amount balance are displayed on the card, you can use the card accurately while visually checking these displays, and
Since there is no need to collect cash, there is no need to worry about theft.
It has the advantage of being able to manage the parking lot labor-savingly and economically, since the structure of the toll storage section is strengthened and there is no need for dedicated staff to manage the collected tolls.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a parking lot management device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing an example of an IC parking card with a liquid crystal display used in the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a parking management device. Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the IC parking card. A block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the drive circuit used,
Fig. 6A is a flowchart showing each processing procedure at the time of warehousing, Fig. 6B is a front view showing the state of the liquid crystal display during processing, and Fig. 7A is a flowchart 1 to 1 showing the procedure of tenant store processing. FIG. 7B is a front view showing the state of the liquid crystal display, FIG. 8A is a flowchart showing the payment processing procedure, and FIGS. 8B and 8C are front views showing the state of the liquid crystal display, respectively. , FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the delivery process, FIG. 10A is a flowchart of the time-over settlement process, and FIG. 10B is a front view showing the state of the liquid crystal display. P is IC parking card, R is liquid crystal display, R1, R2, R
3. R4, R5, R6 are liquid crystal display units, 1 is a storage management machine,
20 is an exit management machine, 29G is an exit gate, 30 is a fare adjustment machine, 41 is a CPU, 42 is a memory, Ta"Tn is a tenant store, and 50 is a terminal device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) When you insert a parking ticket with the entry time recorded in the parking lot or another place other than the parking lot, the parking fee will be calculated based on the recorded entry time and the payment of the calculated parking fee will be processed. Once completed, a fare adjustment machine will be installed that will record the parking ticket with the current time plus a predetermined time added to the parking ticket and return it, and the parking lot exit will also record the parking ticket with the parking ticket permitting time. When you insert the parking ticket, the recorded exit permission time is compared with the current time, and if the current time is within the exit permission time, the exit gate will be opened, and the exit gate will be opened if the current time is within the exit permission time. If the number of parking tickets exceeds the limit, the parking lot management device, which is equipped with an exit management machine configured so as not to open the exit gate, stores the above-mentioned parking tickets at least in the amount memory. The IC parking card is configured with an IC parking card that is equipped with a memory function that stores time data for entry and exit permission, and a display section that displays each information stored in the memory, while the payment of the parking fee is stored in the above-mentioned amount memory. The parking lot is configured so that the amount is withdrawn in order, and the display section is configured to display at least the entry time, the parking fee, the exit permission time, and the balance of the amount memory. Management device. (2) The fee adjustment machine calculates the excess parking fee when the IC parking card whose time has expired is inserted again;
Claim 1: When the excess charge is debited from the amount memory, the IC parking card is configured to input and display a new exit permission time again on the IC parking card and return the card. Parking lot management device as described. (3) For each customer that has a contractual relationship with the parking lot,
A terminal is installed for inputting the code of each customer and information for selling the parking fee to each customer or reducing the parking fee to a predetermined discount amount for the IC parking card with the entry time entered. , the fare adjustment machine has a function of subtracting and rewriting the amount memory of the IC parking card by the above-mentioned discount amount, and displaying this rewritten amount as the balance on the display section. A parking lot management device according to claim 1.