KR20030050024A - A method of pay for parking by using mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A parking fee charging method using a mobile communication system is provided to automate a parking lot facility management by using a parking management system connected to a mobile communication system. CONSTITUTION: A driver dials a specific number of a parking management system for connection by using a mobile terminal to park his/her car(S100,S110). The mobile terminal inputs data for parking the car according to an announcement and requests an approval(S120). The parking management system outputs a response signal for allowing parking if there is a vacancy in a parking facility(S130), opens a traffic lifting gate, and counts parking time(S140). As the parking is allowed, the car enters into a parking lot and parks the car at a suitable parking place(S150). If the driver wants to move out of the parking lot(S160), he/she connects to the parking management system by using the mobile terminal(S170) and inputs data requesting car move-out according to an announcement(S180). The parking system calculates billing amount of a parking fee for the parking time from the car entry to car move-out and displays it on a display unit of the mobile terminal(S190). The user depresses a corresponding button of the mobile terminal to let the parking management system recognize an acknowledge signal(S200). The parking management system terminates counting on the parking time and controls the traffic lifting gate to allow the car to pass(S210).

Description

Parking method using mobile communication system {A METHOD OF PAY FOR PARKING BY USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

The present invention manages a parking lot using a cellular type mobile communication system, and more particularly, relates to an unmanned parking lot facility.

Cellular mobile communication system makes a nationwide service area by repeatedly installing a wireless base station having a certain service area at regular distance intervals, and the mobile terminal located in the service area as described above. Or let your mobile device instantly communicate with anyone anytime, anywhere.

The present invention intends to automatically manage and charge the receipt and release of vehicles in a parking lot by using a cellular type mobile communication system that secures service areas nationwide as described above. It is about a parking lot management method suitable when it is difficult to obtain.

Hereinafter, a parking lot management method according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is attached to explain the parking lot management method according to the prior art, Figure 1 is a flow chart of the conventional parking lot management method.

Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional parking lot management method includes a first step (S10) of determining whether a vehicle to be parked is put in a state in which a management agent is always waiting in a parking lot;

When the vehicle is received as determined in the step (S10), the management agent is the second step (S20) for displaying the issue time of the vehicle on the parking timetable and issued;

The vehicle received the parking timetable by the step (S20) is a third step (S30) to enter the parking lot and parked at a suitable position,

A fourth step (S40) in which the management personnel checks whether the parked vehicle is released by the step (S30);

If it is determined in step S40 that the vehicle is released, the management personnel is configured to include a fifth step (S50) for recovering the parking timetable, and instant charging by time calculation.

Hereinafter, the prior art of the configuration as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying FIG.

In the parking lot according to the prior art, the management personnel should always be resident or waiting, the management personnel checks whether the vehicle is in stock (S10), when the vehicle enters to park in the check (S10) step In addition, the management personnel, for example, issues a parking timetable that fills in the number and the arrival time of the vehicle to be received and delivers it to the owner (S20).

In the step S20, the owner or driver of the vehicle having received the parking timetable enters the parking lot and parks the vehicle to complete the receipt of the vehicle (S30), and when the parked vehicle is released (S40). In addition, the parking lot management agent collects the parking timetable, and immediately calculates the management cost for the corresponding parking time in preparation for the receipt time and the present time of delivery, and ends the charge and the collection at the same time (S50).

However, according to the prior art as described above, there is a problem that the personnel managing the parking lot must always be resident at the same time, and the application of parking time to which the parking fee is charged often occurs.

In particular, labor costs for management personnel are constantly rising, and it is difficult to secure necessary manpower, and at the same time, physiological phenomena must be solved.

In addition, since the cash for the parking costs are directly traded, there is a problem such as careful management.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation system for unattended management of vehicle entrance and exit of a parking lot using a mobile terminal of a cellular type mobile communication system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a parking lot management using a parking management system connected to a cellular type mobile communication system; If the vehicle driver wants to park, the receiving process of connecting to the parking management system using a mobile terminal and requesting the wearing for parking; If the receipt for parking is approved by the parking management system connected in the above process, the parking management system starts the counting of the parking time and the parking process is to receive and park the vehicle; When the vehicle parked by the above process is released, a shipment process of accessing the parking management system by using the corresponding mobile terminal used for the receipt and requesting the vehicle to be released; The parking management system, which is authorized to release the goods by the above process, displays the parking fee charge amount according to the current counting time on the portable terminal, and upon confirmation of the parking charge charge amount from the portable terminal, charges the mobile terminal at the same time. It is characterized by the billing process of ending counting and leaving the vehicle.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional parking lot management method.

2 is a functional diagram of the connection between the parking management system and the portable terminal to which the present invention is applied;

3 is a flowchart of a parking charging method according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a charging signal of a parking fee using a mobile communication system of the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

10: portable terminal 20: mobile communication base station

30: parking management system

Hereinafter, according to the present invention, a parking charging method using a mobile communication system will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is attached to explain the present invention, Figure 2 is a functional diagram of the connection between the parking management system and the portable terminal to which the present invention is applied, Figure 3 is a flowchart of the parking charging method according to the present invention, Figure 4 is The charging signal flow chart of the parking fee using the mobile communication system.

Referring to FIG. 2, the system to which the present invention is applied includes a mobile terminal 10 capable of instant communication with anyone at any time, anywhere, while moving;

A mobile communication base station 20 that is wirelessly connected to the portable terminal and supports communication with anyone anytime, anywhere, and;

The parking management system 30 is connected to the cellular base station 20 for mobile communication, manages the receipt and exit of the vehicle received in the parking lot, calculates the parking fee and outputs the corresponding charging signal.

When the above system is described in detail, when the corresponding telephone number of the parking management system is dialed by using the mobile terminal 10 used by the vehicle driver, the base station 20 receiving the signal receives the corresponding switching action. It is connected to the parking management system 30 by the.

The above connection may be directly made through a leased line or the like, or may be made through another public communication network (PSTN). The mobile terminal 10 and the parking management system 30 may be connected by the above connection. Communication is performed between the), the corresponding charging information by the parking of the vehicle is stored and managed in the memory by the base station 20, and billed together with the bill of use of the mobile terminal 10.

According to the present invention with reference to the accompanying FIG. 3, a parking charging method using a mobile communication system will be described. In the parking lot management using a parking management system connected with a cellular mobile communication system, ,

When the vehicle driver intends to park, the mobile terminal 10 connects to the parking management system 30 and requests for wearing for parking by using the mobile terminal 10. The terminal 10 is connected to the parking management system 30 connected to the mobile communication system (S110), and the corresponding signal for requesting vehicle arrival to the connected parking management system 30 is the portable terminal 10. Input and transfer using the (S120) wearing process and,

When the receipt for parking is approved by the parking management system 30 connected in the above process, the parking management system 30 starts the counting of the parking time and the vehicle is parked by the receipt of the vehicle. When the parking management system 30 connected by the receiving process permits parking (S130), a device for controlling the vehicle wearing starts and counts the parking time for charging (S140). Parking and wearing the parking process (S150),

When the vehicle parked by the above process is released, the vehicle driver is requested to leave the vehicle by connecting to the parking management system 30 using the corresponding mobile terminal 10 used at the time of receipt and requesting the vehicle to be released. When (S160), using the portable terminal 10 used at the time of receipt is connected to the parking management system 30 (S170), and inputs the corresponding signal for requesting the exit of the vehicle using the portable terminal (10) (S180) delivery process,

The parking management system 30, which has received the release request by the above process, displays the parking fee billed amount by the current counting time on the portable terminal 10, and confirms the parking fee billed amount from the portable terminal 10. (Acknowledge), and charges the parking fee to the mobile terminal 10 and at the same time to finish the counting and vehicle release, when the release request by the above-mentioned delivery process, the parking management system 30 is present from the time of receipt of the vehicle When the parking fee charge amount for the parking time to be displayed on the corresponding mobile terminal 10 and at the same time request for confirmation (S190), when the signal to confirm (Acknowledge) from the mobile terminal 10 (S200), Charge the parking fee to the corresponding phone number of the mobile terminal and at the same time to end the counting, by operating the device to control the vehicle release is configured to be released (S210) billing process .

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the above configuration, a parking charging method using a mobile communication system will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The driver who wants to park the vehicle in the parking lot (S100) uses the mobile terminal 10 owned by the base station 20, and manages, operates and controls the parking lot by the corresponding unique number of the parking management system 30. The connection is made by dialing (S110).

As described above, the portable terminal 10 connected to the parking management system 30 (S110) inputs the corresponding data for parking of the vehicle, for example, data such as a vehicle number by guide broadcasting, and approves (Approval). Request (S120).

The parking management system 30 recognizing the request (S120), for example, when there is a space in the parking facility, outputs a signal allowing the parking as a response signal (S130) and at the same time physically control the vehicle traffic. Open the traffic breaker (Open) to start the counting time (Count) (S140).

If parking is permitted as described above, the vehicle is put into a parking lot and parked in search of a parking place (S150).

In order to achieve the purpose of the above-mentioned parking and to release the vehicle in order to use the vehicle (S160), the driver of the vehicle by using the portable terminal 10 used when wearing the parking management system 30 (S170), and the corresponding data requesting the release of the vehicle, for example, by entering the vehicle number to be released by the announcement, such as requesting the vehicle release (S180).

The parking system 30 that has been requested to leave the vehicle as described above calculates the billed amount of the parking fee for the parking time from the arrival of the vehicle to the present time and displays it on the display unit of the corresponding mobile terminal 10 (S190).

When the parking fee is displayed on the portable terminal 10 as described above, the parking management system 30 recognizes an acknowledgment signal by inputting the corresponding button of the portable terminal 10 (S200).

When the confirmation of the parking fee is completed from the mobile terminal 10 as described above, the parking management system 30 outputs a signal for charging the parking fee to the mobile station 10 to the base station 20. Thus, the base station 20 stores and manages the memory in the corresponding memory, and notifies the parking fee together with the charge bill of the mobile terminal 10.

As described above, the parking management system 30 receiving the confirmation signal for the parking fee from the mobile terminal 10 terminates the count for the parking time and controls the circuit breaker that restricts the traffic of the parking lot. Allow the vehicle to pass through, and the vehicle ends by leaving the factory.

As described above, the flow of signals transmitted and received between the mobile terminal 10, the base station 20, and the parking system 30 is shown in detail in FIG. 4, and the same applies to the case of receipt and release of the vehicle. Signal flow chart.

Therefore, the present invention does not require an agent for parking lot management, so it is not necessary to pay labor costs, while reducing the cost of parking fees, dismissing risk factors such as theft by cash transactions, and operating 24 hours a day. There is such an advantage.

The present invention having the above configuration has the effect of fully automating the parking lot facility management by using the parking management system connected with the mobile communication system.

In addition, there is an effect that can reduce labor costs, reduce the cost of parking fees, eliminate the risk of cash storage and operate 24 hours efficiently.

Claims (3)

In parking lot management using a parking management system connected with a cellular type mobile communication system, If the driver of the vehicle wants to park, the receipt process for connecting to the parking management system using a mobile terminal and requesting the receipt for parking, When the receipt for parking is approved by the parking management system connected in the above process, the parking management system starts the counting of the parking time, and the parking process for receiving and parking the corresponding vehicle; When the vehicle parked by the above process is released, a shipment process for accessing the parking management system by using the corresponding mobile terminal used for the receipt and requesting the vehicle to be released; The parking management system, which is authorized to release the goods by the above process, displays the parking fee charge amount according to the current counting time on the portable terminal, and upon confirmation of the parking charge charge amount from the portable terminal, charges the mobile terminal at the same time. Parking charging method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that consisting of the charging process for the completion of counting and vehicle release. According to claim 1, In the receiving process, a driver of a vehicle to be parked accesses a parking management system connected to a mobile communication system using a specific portable terminal, and sends a corresponding signal for requesting vehicle arrival to the connected parking management system as described above. To enter and to send, The parking process, when the parking management system connected by the receiving process permits parking, operates a device for controlling the vehicle wearing and starts counting the parking time for charging, and the vehicle is put in a parking lot and parked. Parking charging method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that. According to claim 1, In the case of leaving the vehicle, when the driver leaves the vehicle, the vehicle driver accesses the parking management system by using the mobile terminal used at the time of receipt, and inputs a corresponding signal requesting the vehicle to be released by using the mobile terminal. In the charging process, when the release request is made by the release process, the parking management system requests the confirmation of the parking fee charge amount for the parking time from the time of arrival of the vehicle to the corresponding mobile terminal, and requests confirmation. When a signal to confirm from the portable terminal is input, the mobile communication characterized in that the parking fee is charged to the corresponding phone number of the portable terminal, the counting is terminated, and the device is controlled by operating the device for controlling the vehicle leaving. Parking charging method using system.