KR102465124B1 - Parking Fee Settlement System for On-Street Parking Lots - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a parking fee settlement system for photographing a front license plate of a vehicle entering an area where an on-street parking lot is installed and a rear license plate of a vehicle exiting from that area, respectively, wherein a parking fee is calculated based on the time the front license plate was photographed, and by using the time at which the rear license plate was photographed, the subject of the parking fee can be selected. The parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot according to the present invention includes: a smart pole in which one or more first cameras for photographing a front license plate of a vehicle entering a designated photographing area and one or more second cameras for photographing a rear license plate of a vehicle advancing from the designated photographing area are installed in both directions, and which has a function of analyzing the photographed image, recognizing a vehicle number, dividing the recognized vehicle number and the photographing time into first information by the first camera and second information by the second camera, and transmitting the first and second information to a management server; a management server for receiving the first information transmitted from the smart pole to calculate the parking fee based on the vehicle number and the photographing time, receiving the second information to select parking fee targets based on the vehicle number and photographing time, and transmitting real-time parking fees to a manager terminal; and a manager terminal that can check and settle the parking fees in real time transmitted from the management server.

Description

Parking Fee Settlement System for On-Street Parking Lots

The present invention relates to a parking fee settlement system for an on-street parking lot, and more particularly, photographing a front license plate of a vehicle entering an area where an on-street parking lot is installed and a rear license plate of a vehicle entering the area, respectively, and the front It relates to a parking fee settlement system that calculates a parking fee based on the time when the license plate is photographed, but uses the time when the rear license plate is photographed so that the subject of the parking fee can be selected.

In general, a circuit breaker for temporarily blocking the entry and exit of vehicles is installed in a paid parking lot where parking fees are generated, and a payment terminal for collection of parking fees is installed with the breaker, but the The above-described circuit breaker cannot be installed in an on-street parking lot installed along the road surface.

Therefore, a parking manager for the collection of parking fees and management of parked vehicles is resident in the on-street parking lot operated for a fee. .

However, due to the nature of a general parking lot, a situation in which multiple vehicles enter and exit at the same time can occur at any time, and a situation where the parking manager is vacant, the reality is that it is difficult to calculate or collect parking fees. This may lead to disputes with the borrower.

In addition, in the current situation where the full authority for the collection and management of parking fees is delegated to the parking manager, the problem of embezzlement by some unscrupulous parking managers may occur.

Therefore, as an alternative to the above problems, the “on-street parking lot management system” of Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1778780 and the “vehicle information recognition detection device and on-street parking lot operating system using the same” of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0077925 Inventions such as ” have been proposed and published.

First, in the "Street Parking Lot Management System" of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1778780, a management device that detects the parking state of a vehicle is installed along the roadside, so that the calculation and collection of the parking fee and the issuance of a receipt are included. An invention related to a system that can reduce the burden on the manager for work to improve the management efficiency of parked vehicles and at the same time prevent the occurrence of various problems such as embezzlement of collected parking fees at the source has been proposed. have.

In addition, in the "vehicle information recognition detection device and the on-street parking lot operating system using the same" of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0077925, multiple filtering is performed on the information collected through the sensor to provide more accurate information about the parked vehicle. An invention has been proposed regarding a system that enables the collection of information and enables reliable settlement and settlement of parking fees based on this.

However, in the invention of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1778780, there is a structural loophole in which a means for specifying a vehicle to be charged a parking fee, such as recognizing the vehicle number of a vehicle parked in a parking area, is not proposed, In the invention of Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2021-0077925, a short-distance communication means that the driver of the vehicle possesses or must be attached to the vehicle is included as an essential component of the invention, so there is a problem in the feasibility of the invention.

That is, when the above-described prior inventions are implemented, there is a lot of room for a problem that it is difficult to obtain a sufficient effect desired by a user in the collection of a parking fee in an on-street parking lot, or a limitation according to the configuration of the invention.

Therefore, it is a situation in which a new invention is required for a system configured to effectively calculate a parking fee for a vehicle targeting an on-street parking lot where a circuit breaker cannot be installed.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1778780 (2017. 09. 08) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0077925 (2021. 06. 28)

The parking fee settlement system used in the on-street parking lot according to the present invention is an invention proposed for the purpose of solving the above problems,

In street parking lots where it is practically impossible to collect parking fees using circuit breakers and payment terminals, a vacancy may occur in the performance of the parking manager’s work in a congested situation where multiple vehicles enter and exit at the same time, resulting in disputes with the owner. can,

The purpose of this is to suggest a solution to the problem of embezzlement by some unscrupulous parking managers who have full authority on the collection and management of parking fees.

The present invention is to realize the above object,

At least one first camera for photographing the front license plate of a vehicle entering the designated shooting area and one or more second cameras for photographing the rear license plate of the vehicle advancing from the designated shooting area are installed in a form that is installed in both directions, and the captured image a smart pole having a function of recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing the vehicle number and dividing the recognized vehicle number and shooting time into first information by the first camera and second information by the second camera, and transmitting to the management server; Receive the first information transmitted from the smart pole, calculate the parking fee based on the vehicle number and the shooting time, and receive the second information to select the parking fee charge target based on the vehicle number and the shooting time and a management server that transmits real-time parking fees to the manager terminal; And, a manager terminal capable of checking and settlement processing of the real-time parking fee transmitted from the management server; We present a parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot, characterized in that it comprises a.

At this time, the management server compares the vehicle number included in each of the received one or more first information and the one or more second information to find a matching vehicle number, compares the shooting time for the same vehicle number, and the difference is preset. If it is confirmed that it is less than the time, it is configured to exclude the relevant vehicle number from the calculation of the parking fee. If it is confirmed that the settlement processing of the parking fee has been completed, the management procedure for the vehicle number is terminated. and is configured to generate a claim material.

The parking fee settlement system used in the on-street parking lot according to the present invention,

Since it is configured to automatically generate the recognition of the number of the car parked in the parking area of the street parking lot and the calculation of the parking fee according to the parking time, even in a congested situation where multiple vehicles enter and exit the parking area at the same time It is possible to minimize the gap in performance and to prevent embezzlement.

In addition, using the first and second cameras installed in both directions on the smart pole, the front license plate of the vehicle entering the shooting area and the rear license plate of the vehicle exiting from the shooting area are photographed so that the parking fee can be calculated. Therefore, compared to the prior inventions described above, the number of smart poles installed can be reduced, and the effect of building a system at a lower cost is additionally generated.

In addition, since the recognition of the vehicle number is configured to occur immediately on site, the data transmission amount is greatly reduced compared to the existing method of transmitting a high-capacity image file to an external server for analysis, resulting in data transmission failure or error due to network load, etc. There is an additional effect that can prevent the occurrence of

1 is a basic configuration diagram of a parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an external perspective view of the smart pole constituting the present invention.
3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a smart pole constituting the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing process of a management server for calculating a parking fee.
5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a function of a management server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a parking fee settlement system for an on-street parking lot,

One or more first cameras for photographing the front license plate of the vehicle entering the designated shooting area and one or more second cameras 102 for photographing the rear license plate of the vehicle advancing from the designated shooting area are installed in a form that is installed in both directions, The management server 110 by analyzing the captured image to recognize the vehicle number, and dividing the recognized vehicle number and shooting time into first information by the first camera 101 and second information by the second camera 102 . ) smart pole 100 with a function to transmit; The first information transmitted from the smart pole 100 is received, the parking fee is calculated based on the vehicle number and the shooting time, and the second information is received and the parking fee is charged based on the vehicle number and the shooting time. a management server 110 for performing selection of the target and transmitting a real-time parking fee to the manager terminal 120; And, the manager terminal 120 capable of checking and settlement processing of the real-time parking fee transmitted from the management server 110; It is characterized in that it comprises a.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the smart pole 100 of FIG. 1 is a device in the form of a street lamp installed around a parking area for the purpose of lighting, and any one or more of a plurality of street lamps installed at regular intervals along the roadside of a place where an on-street parking lot is installed. may be installed instead.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2 , the smart pole 100 may be installed in any one of a variety of forms that can be illuminated downward with the LED installed on the upper part, and the surrounding road including the parking area in dark weather or at night. By illuminating, effects such as securing the driver's field of vision can be generated.

In this case, the smart pole 100 may be configured to automatically turn on at a preset time to illuminate the surroundings, and may be configured to automatically turn off at a preset time. It may be configured to automatically turn on by sensing, and may be configured to turn on or turn off by being collectively or individually controlled by an external signal.

In addition, the smart pole 100 is a device installed for another purpose of collecting vehicle numbers as well as lighting for the surroundings, and a plurality of cameras 101 and 102 are installed on the upper part for the purpose of achieving the above purpose. should be installed

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the smart pole 100 includes one or more first cameras 101 for photographing the front license plate of the vehicle entering the designated shooting area and the rear license plate of the vehicle advancing from the designated shooting area. One or more second cameras 102 for photographing are installed with a photographing direction in both directions, and photographing for a designated photographing range may be performed at all times or may be performed according to a time when an on-street parking lot is operated for a fee.

Accordingly, during the time when the on-street parking lot is operated for a fee, license plates for all vehicles entering the section in which the on-street parking lot is installed and exiting from the section in which the on-street parking lot is installed can be photographed twice.

At this time, the form in which the first camera 101 and the second camera 102 are installed may be installed in the form shown in FIG. 2 , but this is not necessarily the case, and considering the installation environment in the street parking lot, It is free to be installed in any form suitable for it.

In addition, the smart pole 100 is installed at the midpoint of the street parking lot by comprehensively considering the length at which the road parking lot is installed on one side of the road and the performance of the first camera 101 and the second camera 102, or the like. A plurality may be installed in a form spaced apart from each other, and one may be installed on the opposite side of the road in the same manner, or a plurality may be installed in a form spaced apart from each other.

In addition, the smart pole 100 includes an analysis device for recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing an image captured by one or more first cameras 101 and one or more second cameras 102 and a vehicle number recognized by analysis. and a transmission device for transmitting the shooting time to the external management server 110 is installed.

That is, in the present invention, since the recognition of the vehicle number by analysis is configured to occur in the smart pole 100, the amount of data transmission compared to the existing method of transmitting and analyzing a high-capacity image file generated by photographing to an external server This is greatly reduced, and there is an effect that can prevent data transmission failure or error due to network load.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 , the smart pole 100 first recognizes the shape of the vehicle included in the image by using an object recognition technique, and recognizes the license plate of the recognized vehicle using a Harris corner detection method. , check the shape of various characters displayed on the license plate by performing image binarization and outline extraction targeting the license plate of the recognized vehicle, perform angle adjustment of the identified shape, and compare the angle adjusted shape with the pre-stored comparison group It may be configured in a form including a vehicle number recognition unit 103 for recognizing a vehicle number in a manner that lists characters identified as the same or most similar by comparison in order after specifying.

At this time, the vehicle number recognition unit 103 may be configured to use the Si-Tomasi corner detection method instead of the Harris corner detection method, and furthermore, the vehicle number recognized by the Harris corner detection method and the Si-Tomash corner detection method It may be configured to perform the next step, image binarization, only when the vehicle numbers recognized as ' and' are matched with each other.

However, if there is a discrepancy between the vehicle number recognized by the Harris corner detection method and the vehicle number recognized by the Shi-Tomasi corner detection method, the vehicle can be classified as an unrecognized vehicle, and image information about the vehicle By transmitting to the management server 110 in the form of a short video or still image within seconds, it is possible to finally confirm the vehicle number by the parking manager.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3 , the smart pole 100 converts the recognized vehicle number and shooting time into first information by the first camera 101 and second information by the second camera 102 . It may be configured in a form that further includes a data labeling unit 104 that separates and labels data.

That is, when the data labeling unit 104 is based on the image captured by the first camera 101, the vehicle number and the photographing time recognized by the analysis, classifies and labels the first information.

In addition, when the data labeling unit 104 is based on the image photographed by the second camera 102, the vehicle number and the photographing time recognized by the analysis, it labels by classifying it as second information.

Therefore, the vehicle number and the shooting time recognized by the shooting of the first camera 101 can be used for the purpose of calculating the parking fee in a subsequent process, and recognized by the shooting of the second camera 102 . The vehicle number and shooting time can be used for the purpose of screening the target of parking fee charge in the subsequent process, and accordingly, the present invention provides a front license plate of a vehicle entering the shooting area and a rear license plate of a vehicle entering the shooting area. The effect of making it possible to accurately calculate the parking fee and the number of installations of the smart pole 100 can be reduced by the method of photographing the .

In addition, the smart pole 100 may be equipped with a payment terminal that provides a parking fee payment function, and the borrower uses the payment terminal to settle the parking fee in advance, and presents the issued receipt to the parking manager. After that, you can leave the parking area.

In addition, the smart pole 100 includes CCTV for crime prevention and video evidence collection, a display panel for displaying advertisements and various information, a lighting lamp to illuminate toward the sidewalk, a smartphone charger, and a call button for calling a parking manager. By installing more than one device, it can be used for both commercial and public purposes at the same time.

In addition, the management server 110 of FIG. 1 is a server device provided for the purpose of calculating the parking fee, and is configured to use the vehicle number and the shooting time transmitted from the smart pole 100 for the calculation of the parking fee. do it with

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 , the management server 110 receives one or more first information transmitted from the smart pole 100 and calculates the parking fee based on the vehicle number and the shooting time. It is configured to be able to do this, and it is configured to receive one or more second information transmitted from the smart pole 100 again to select the parking fee charge target based on the vehicle number and the shooting time.

That is, all vehicle numbers included in the first information are subject to the calculation of the parking fee by the management server 110, taking into account the difference between the shooting time when shooting actually occurred and the time when parking is completed in the parking area of the street parking lot. At the same time, it is desirable to calculate the actual parking fee in consideration of the situation in which the vehicle parked in the parking area immediately exits the parking lot, based on the time when a certain time has elapsed from the shooting time.

In addition, the management server 110 compares the vehicle number included in the one or more first information transmitted and received from the smart pole 100 and the vehicle number respectively included in the one or more second information to find a matching vehicle number.

Then, by comparing the difference in shooting times for the same vehicle number, if the difference is found to be less than a preset time, the corresponding vehicle number is excluded from the calculation of the parking fee.

That is, if the front license plate and rear license plate of the vehicle are photographed within a short time, the vehicle is classified as a vehicle that simply passes through the road where the on-street parking lot is installed and is excluded from the calculation of the parking fee.

However, the management server 110 is configured to check whether the settlement processing for the corresponding vehicle number when it is confirmed that the difference between the shooting times for the same vehicle number exceeds a preset time.

In other words, if the front license plate and rear license plate of the vehicle are photographed with a significant time difference, the vehicle is classified as a vehicle with a history of parking in the parking area of the street parking lot, and it is difficult to check whether the parking fee is settled or not. configuration that will occur.

At this time, when it is confirmed that the settlement processing of the parking fee for the corresponding vehicle number is completed, the management server 110 may end the management procedure for the vehicle number.

However, if it is confirmed that the settlement processing of the parking fee for the relevant vehicle number has not been completed, data on the claim for the unpaid parking fee is generated so that it can be used as a basis for collection in the subsequent process.

In other words, since it is difficult in reality to collect the parking fee of the parking manager for the vehicle that has already left the parking area and the rear license plate has been photographed, the present invention provides for the collection of the parking fee for the vehicle leaving the parking fee in an unpaid state after and to generate a claim material to be enforced.

At this time, the claim data should be configured to include information such as the shooting screen (collected by requesting smart polo from the management server) of the front and rear license plates of the vehicle, the shooting time, the parking fee to be paid by the owner, and the payment account number. , it can be sent in the form of an electronic bill or postal mail using the borrower's phone number and address, which can be confirmed through inquiry of the vehicle number.

In addition, the claim data may include a difference between the shooting times of the front license plate and the rear license plate, and may include a parking state shooting screen that can be secured through a CCTV installed in the smart pole 100 .

In addition, as described above, the management server 110 transmits the corresponding image information to the manager terminal 120 when the image information is transmitted because the identification of the vehicle number in the smart pole 100 is impossible.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the management server 110 receives weather forecast information that is updated on the homepage of the Korea Meteorological Administration every designated time once a day, or the local weather forecast information inquiry service, which is an open API of the Korea Meteorological Administration, at the sunset time of each region. It may be configured to automatically collect sunrise information about sunset information and sunrise time, and the collected sunset information and sunrise information are transmitted to the smart pole 100 to turn on and turn off corresponding to the local sunset time and sunrise time. can be used for the purpose of

And in the smart pole 100 or the management server 110, the information on the lighting time and the light-off time is corrected by several minutes (min), respectively, so that the lighting occurs before the sunset time and the light-off occurs after the sunrise time has elapsed. can be

In addition, the management server 110 may be configured to collect weather information about the weather of each region, and the collected weather information is transmitted to the smart pole 100 to each region even in time zones except for sunrise and sunset times. Lights on and off may occur depending on the weather.

In this case, it is preferable for the effectiveness of the invention that the collection and transmission of the weather information by the management server 110 are continuously performed at intervals of a specified time.

In addition, the manager terminal 120 of FIG. 1 is a mobile device possessed by a parking manager of an on-street parking lot, and is configured to enable confirmation and settlement of real-time parking fees transmitted from the management server 110. .

That is, the parking manager of the street parking lot can directly input the number of the vehicle he wants to get out of using the manager terminal 120, which can be composed of a smart phone or other dedicated device, or by photographing the license plate. Alternatively, it may be input by selecting any one of one or more vehicle numbers that are provided from the management server 110 and displayed in a list.

In addition, by checking the parking fee of the corresponding vehicle displayed on the screen of the manager terminal 120 by input, and also checking the vehicle owner, the vehicle owner can settle the parking fee.

At this time, the borrower can settle the parking fee by any one of various known methods such as a cash payment method, a card payment method, and an account transfer method, and as described above, use the payment terminal installed in the Smart Pole 100 You can leave the parking area after paying the parking fee in advance and presenting the issued receipt to the parking manager.

In addition, as described above, the manager terminal 120 may receive image information as a short video or still image of less than 3 seconds transmitted from the management server 110 , and the parking manager confirming the received image information is the vehicle The parking fee can be calculated by finding the matching vehicle among the vehicles parked in the parking area using the type and color of the vehicle and partially identified vehicle number and registering the complete vehicle number.

In this case, the manager terminal 120 may be configured to specify the vehicle number recognized only through the second information and display it on the screen.

Therefore, the parking manager compares the image information generated based on the image captured by the first camera 101 with the image information generated based on the image captured by the second camera 102 to determine if the unrecognized vehicle is on the street parking lot. It can be confirmed that the installed road has simply passed, and by comparing the image information generated based on the image captured by the first camera 101 and the vehicle number recognized only through the second information, the unrecognized vehicle is the road on which the on-street parking lot is installed. It can be confirmed that it simply passed.

The embodiments introduced above are provided as examples so that the technical idea of the present invention can be sufficiently conveyed to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, and the present invention is based on the embodiments described above. It is not limited and may be embodied in other forms.

In order to clearly explain the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted from the drawings, and in the drawings, the width, length, thickness, etc. of components may be exaggerated or reduced for convenience.

Also, like reference numbers refer to like elements throughout.

100: smart pole
→ 101: first camera
→ 102: second camera
→ 103: vehicle number recognition unit
→ 104: data labeling unit
110: management server
120: administrator terminal

Claims (4)

At least one first camera 101 for photographing the front license plate of a vehicle entering the section where the on-street parking lot is installed and at least one second camera 102 for photographing the rear license plate of the vehicle exiting from the section where the on-street parking lot is installed are bidirectional It is configured in a form to be installed, analyzes the photographed image to recognize the vehicle number, and the recognized vehicle number and shooting time are first information by the first camera 101 and second information by the second camera 102 a smart pole 100 having a function of dividing and transmitting to the management server 110, and having one installed in the middle point of the street parking lot;
The first information transmitted from the smart pole 100 is received, the parking fee is calculated based on the vehicle number and the shooting time, and the second information is received and the parking fee is charged based on the vehicle number and the shooting time. a management server 110 for performing selection of the target and transmitting a real-time parking fee to the manager terminal 120; and,
a manager terminal 120 capable of checking and settlement processing of real-time parking fees transmitted from the management server 110; consists of,
The management server 110,
When it is confirmed that the difference is less than or equal to a preset time by comparing the received one or more first information and the vehicle number included in each of the one or more second information to find a matching vehicle number, and comparing the shooting times for the same vehicle number is configured to exclude the relevant vehicle number from the calculation of the parking fee,
If it is confirmed that the difference in shooting times for the same vehicle number exceeds a preset time, it is configured to check whether the vehicle number is settled or not,
If it is confirmed that the settlement of parking fees has been completed, the management procedure for the vehicle number shall be terminated,
A parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot, characterized in that it is configured to generate billing data for unpaid parking fees when it is confirmed that the settlement processing of parking fees is not completed.
According to claim 1,
The smart pole 100,
The shape of the vehicle included in the image is first recognized using the object recognition technique, the license plate of the recognized vehicle is recognized by the Harris corner detection method or the Si-Tomasi corner detection method, and image binarization targeting the recognized vehicle license plate and outline extraction to check the shape of various characters displayed on the license plate, adjust the angle of the confirmed shape, and compare the angle adjusted shape with the pre-stored comparison group to identify the character identified as the same or most similar. a vehicle number recognition unit 103 for recognizing a vehicle number in a sequential order; and,
a data labeling unit 104 for data labeling by dividing the recognized vehicle number and shooting time into first information by the first camera 101 and second information by the second camera 102; A parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot, characterized in that it comprises a.
delete According to claim 1,
The management server 110,
The weather forecast information updated on the website of the Korea Meteorological Administration or the local weather forecast information inquiry service, which is an open API of the Korea Meteorological Administration, automatically collects sunset information about the sunset time of each region and sunrise information about the sunrise time and transmits it to the Smart Pole 100. composed,
The smart pole 100,
A parking fee settlement system used in an on-street parking lot, characterized in that it is configured to turn on and off using the sunset information and sunrise information transmitted from the management server 110 .

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