JPS6325800A - Provision of information or the like for parking lot upon user's request - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a means for a vehicle driver or the like who possesses a user-side terminal to
This invention relates to a method for providing information on parking lots to users when they need information such as the location of parking lots, the status of full or vacant cars, fees, etc., and information on road congestion.

[Prior Art] Traditionally, motorists have used (+) signs on roads to obtain information about motor vehicle operation.

(ii) Public broadcasting.

■ f! In episode 5, contact the traffic information center and get information from the operator.

There were three methods.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] For a car driver to obtain information regarding car operation,
(1) Road signs and (n) Public broadcasting methods can only provide general information rather than the specific information that motorists need at the time, and information only available near the relevant location. was not obtained. In addition, the method (2) of contacting the traffic information center has the disadvantage that information is obtained from the operator, which is inaccurate, prone to mistakes, and cannot produce hard copies of maps, etc.

The present invention connects an information provider and an information center through a communication network, accumulates the latest various information in the information center's database, and allows users to access their home, office, drop-in place, etc. as long as they have a terminal. The purpose is to make it possible to obtain information wherever you are, such as in a car.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an information center having a transceiver, a processing device connected to the transceiver, a database connected to the processing device and storing information, and a transceiver connected to the information center. an information provider having an information collection terminal connected via a communication network;
It is equipped with a user terminal connected to a transmitter/receiver via a communication network, and the information collected by the information collecting terminal is stored in a database, and the information is stored in the database in response to an information request signal from the user terminal. This method is characterized by providing information to a user terminal, and provides information such as parking lot information to a user when needed.

[Operation] When the user terminal issues an information request signal, the information center provides the latest information to the user terminal.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

A user l such as a car driver operates as a user terminal 2.
It owns a telephone, facsimile, videotex with printer, computer terminal with printer, family computer with printer, car phone with facsimile, etc. This user terminal 2 exchanges information with a transmitter/receiver 5 installed in an information center 4 via a communication network 3 such as a telephone network, fax network, videotex network, wireless network, or automatic telephone network. It is possible to input and output.

The information center 4 is provided with a response device 6 and a processing device 7 connected to a transceiver 5, and the response device 6 and the processing device 7 are coupled to each other, and the processing device 7 stores information. A database 8 is connected.

A transmitter/receiver 9 is further connected to the processing device 7, and this transmitter/receiver 9 is connected to an information collection terminal 12 of an information provider 11 via a communication network IO.

The information provider 11 is a parking lot, road administrator, etc.
As the information gathering terminal 12, a telephone, a facsimile, a video tex with a printer, a computer terminal with a printer, a family convenience store with a printer, etc. are used. There are two methods for inputting information to the information collection terminal 12: a method in which an operator manually inputs the information, and a method in which the information is automatically input by connecting to the control device 13 of a mechanical device such as a multi-level parking system.

As the communication network 10, a telephone network, a fax network, a videotex network, a wireless network, a car phone, etc. can be used. The transceiver 5.9 of the information center 4 is a device compatible with the communication network 3.10 for transmission, but even if the communication network 3 on the user side 1 and the communication network IO on the information provider 11 side are of the same type. Ba,
The transceiver 5.9 can also be shared.

In the above-mentioned device, the information collection terminal 12 of the information provider 11 automatically or manually collects information, and automatically or manually collects the information when the information center 4 requests information, at regular intervals, when the situation changes, etc. It is processed by the processing device 7 via the communication network IO and the transceiver 9, and the data is stored in the database 8.
Update and store information.

When a user 1 needs information, he issues an information request signal from the user terminal 2, and when the request content reaches the processing device 7 via the communication network 3, transceiver 5, via the response device 6, or directly. , the processing device 7 extracts information from the database 8 and processes it, or requests the information collection terminal 12 to provide the information via the transceiver 9 and the communication network 10, and the information collection terminal 12 then sends the information to the communication network 10 and the transceiver. Process the information sent via 9.

The processed information then passes through the response device 6 or directly from the transceiver 5 to the user terminal 2 via the communication network 3.
automatically provide information to

When the information provider 11 is a parking lot and its manager is the user 1, information on the parking lot is stored in the database 8 from the information collection terminal 12, and when a special situation occurs in the parking lot, The information collection terminal 12 sends the situation details to the communication network l.
It is sent to the processing device 7 via the O1 transceiver 9. The processing device 7 can also automatically select the user-side terminal 2 of the parking lot manager and display the status details on the user-side terminal 2 via the transceiver 5 and the communication network 3. Note that if the manager of the parking lot is the user 1, the user terminal 2 may be directly connected to the processing device 7 of the information center 4.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention allows users to access information not only in limited places;
You can obtain the information you need in a wide area, and since the information is constantly updated, you can obtain the latest information, and it is also possible to make hard copies.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a system diagram of the apparatus used in the present invention. In the figure, 2 is a user terminal; 3. 10 is a communication network, 4 is an information center, 5 and 9 are transceivers, 7 is a processing device, 8 is a database, 11 is an information provider, and 12 is an information collection terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) a transceiver, a processing device connected to the transceiver,
an information center having a database connected to the processing device and storing information; an information provider having an information collection terminal connected to the transmitter/receiver via a communication network; and an information provider connected to the transmitter/receiver via a communication network. and a user-side terminal, the information collected by the information collecting terminal is stored in the database, and the information stored in the database is transmitted to the user in response to an information request signal from the user-side terminal. A method for providing information, etc. regarding parking lots to a user when needed, characterized by providing the information to a terminal.