KR20230020174A - Indoor parking information system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an indoor parking information providing system. The indoor parking information providing system includes: an indoor positioning unit receiving a positioning signal necessary for indoor positioning from a positioning signal transmission unit located indoors, to calculate a current location; a communication unit receiving parking lot information corresponding to parking spot arrangement and a passage and an exit from a parking lot information providing unit; an entrance route providing unit calculating an exit route for vehicle exiting through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit, from the parking lot information acquired by the communication unit; a display unit displaying the exit route calculated by the entrance route providing unit; a control unit performing a control operation to display the exit route calculated by the entrance route providing unit can be displayed on the display unit; and a memory unit storing parking lot information and information necessary for operations to provide the information. In accordance with the present invention, the indoor parking information providing system can guide a route to an entrance of an indoor parking lot, thereby enabling a vehicle to conveniently exit. The system can provide a guide to an empty spot for indoor parking, thereby minimizing a moving path for parking to increase convenience and efficiency in terms of a user or parking lot management. The system can enable information required for the use of an indoor parking lot to be easily identified, thereby satisfying various demands of an indoor parking lot user. The system can provide access route information from an indoor parking lot to a specific shopping center, thereby providing convenience in the use of the shopping center.

Description

Indoor parking information providing system {Indoor parking information system}

The present invention relates to an indoor parking information providing system, and more particularly, by guiding a route to an entrance and exit of an indoor parking lot, making it easy to get out of a car, and guiding vacant seats in an indoor parking lot, thereby reducing traffic flow for parking. The present invention relates to an indoor parking information providing system that minimizes and enhances convenience and efficiency in terms of users or parking lot operation and satisfies the various needs of indoor parking lot users by enabling them to easily grasp the information required when using an indoor parking lot.

In general, GPS is a technology that can be used outdoors that can catch satellite signals by receiving microwaves transmitted to 24 or more artificial satellites orbiting in mid-orbit and positioning a latitude by receiving microwaves from a GPS receiver. Therefore, in the case of an indoor parking lot, it is difficult to apply the GPS as it is.

As a result, it is difficult to find a way using a navigation in an indoor parking lot, and in particular, it has been difficult to find an entry and exit and parking location when using a parking lot in a shopping mall, amusement facility, or business facility that has recently become large-scale.

As a related technology for solving the problems of the conventional indoor parking lot, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0055361 "Indoor parking location notification device and method using Wi-Fi gateway and image information" has been proposed, which is a smart An indoor parking location notification device using Wi-Fi and image information performed by a phone, which transmits a movement route tracking request to a vehicle, and transmits image information, first vehicle location information, second vehicle location information, and third vehicle location information to the vehicle. Communication unit for transmitting / receiving to; If the location of the vehicle is in the location correction area, a location correction operation is performed based on the received first vehicle location information and the image information to generate the second vehicle location information, and the third vehicle location information and pre-stored Parking space information is compared to display the nearest parking space as the vehicle location, a movement route tracking request is transmitted to the vehicle, the first vehicle location information and image information are received from the vehicle, and the generated second vehicle location information is generated. A controller for transmitting to the vehicle; and a display unit displaying the nearest parking space as a vehicle location according to instructions from the control unit.

However, such a prior art does not display a route for the entrance and exit of the indoor parking lot, in particular, fails to provide a vehicle exit route guide, which still causes inconvenience for use of the indoor parking lot, and other related to the use of the indoor parking lot. There was a problem of lack of convenience provision.

In addition, the prior art has a problem of causing inconvenience in using facilities attached to an indoor parking lot by failing to provide convenience for using a specific shopping center in an indoor parking lot.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention guides the route to the entrance and exit of the indoor parking lot, making it convenient to get out and guiding the vacancy of the indoor parking lot, thereby improving the traffic line for parking. Minimize to increase convenience and efficiency in terms of users or parking lot management, and satisfy the various needs of indoor parking lot users by making it easy to grasp the information required when using an indoor parking lot, and access route information from an indoor parking lot to a specific shopping mall By providing it, the purpose is to provide the convenience of using the shopping mall together.

Other objects of the present invention will be easily understood through the description of the following embodiments.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, an outdoor navigation device operating outside is stopped when entering a building, and a positioning signal required for indoor positioning is transmitted from a positioning signal transmitter located indoors. an indoor positioning unit that receives and calculates a current location; A communication unit receiving parking lot information corresponding to a parking lot arrangement and aisle and exit from the parking lot information providing unit; an entrance route providing unit that calculates an exit route for exit through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit from the parking lot information obtained by the communication unit; a display unit configured to display the exit route calculated by the entrance route providing unit; a control unit controlling the exit path calculated by the entrance path providing unit to be displayed on the display unit; And a memory unit for storing the parking lot information and information necessary for operation to provide the information; there is provided an indoor parking information providing system including a.

Further comprising a vacancy path providing unit for calculating a parking path for guiding to a parking vacancy through a current position calculated by the indoor positioning unit from parking vacancy information provided as the parking lot information, and displaying the vacancy path through the display unit; The communication unit may receive the parking vacancy information from the parking lot information providing unit and provide it to the vacant spot path providing unit.

Further comprising an additional information providing unit for displaying additional information corresponding to a construction zone in the parking lot, a body temperature measurement zone, a no-entry zone or an event zone through the display unit, wherein the communication unit receives the additional information from the parking lot information providing unit. It may be provided and provided to the additional information providing unit.

The communication unit receives the information related to the mall using the indoor parking lot from the mall information providing unit, and when the vacancy route providing unit calculates a parking route for guiding to a vacant parking spot, the mall information that is matched with the mall information input by the control unit is displayed. The location may be confirmed from the shopping mall-related information, and a parking route for guiding a parking space closest to an access passage to reach the shopping mall by the shortest route may be calculated and displayed through the display unit.

When the vacancy route providing unit arrives at a parking vacancy guided along the parking path, the display displays a shopping mall route screen in which a path from the parking vacancy to the access passage and a path from the access passage to the location of the shopping mall are overlapped in plan. It may further include a final image transmission unit for displaying through the display unit, capturing a screen of a shopping street displayed through the display unit, and providing the captured image to a predetermined terminal.

According to the indoor parking information providing system according to the present invention, by guiding the route to the entrance and exit of the indoor parking lot, it is possible to make it convenient to get out of the car, and by minimizing the traffic line for parking by guiding vacant seats in the indoor parking lot Convenience and efficiency can be increased from the user side or parking lot management side, and the various needs of indoor parking lot users can be met by making it easy to grasp the information required when using an indoor parking lot, and access route information from an indoor parking lot to a specific shopping mall can be By providing it, it has the effect of providing the convenience of using the shopping mall together.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an indoor parking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a route screen of an indoor parking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood in such a way as to include all changes, equivalents, or substitutes included in the technical spirit and scope of the present invention, and may be modified in various other forms. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals will be assigned to the same or corresponding components regardless of reference numerals, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an indoor parking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an indoor parking information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an indoor positioning unit 11, a communication unit 12, an entrance route providing unit 13, a display unit 14, and a control unit. (15) and a memory unit 20, which may include, for example, a navigation device directly installed in a vehicle, or a separate portable terminal device as another example, or an original device such as a smartphone as another example. It can be implemented as an additional function to the device used for the function.

The indoor positioning unit 11 stops the outdoor navigation device when it enters the building, receives the positioning signal required for indoor positioning from the positioning signal transmitter 1 located indoors, and calculates the current position. . To this end, the indoor positioning unit 11 enables control of the outdoor navigation device, so that the operation of the outdoor navigation device is stopped when entering a room. The indoor positioning unit 11 may apply various indoor navigation methods for indoor positioning. For example, as a positioning signal transmitter 1 corresponding to an indoor positioning method using GPS location information mapping, the indoor positioning unit 11 has a fixed location indoors. It can be configured to perform indoor positioning by receiving beacon signals transmitted from a plurality of locator beacons that transmit beacon signals including launch angle information and GPS location information mapped according to the GPS coordinate system. As the transmitter 1, it may be configured to calculate the current location using trilateration based on distance information between anchors, base stations or access points (APs) whose location is accurately known, and as another example, Fingerprinting By applying the technology, the strength of the signal received from the base station of the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or AM / FM radio corresponding to the positioning signal transmission unit (1) is measured at various reference locations where the location is known in advance to obtain a radio map (radio map) ), and then determine the reference location having the most similar signal strength characteristics on the radio map to the strength of the received signal as the current location. As another example, as Cell ID technology, proximity-based technology is applied. Therefore, it may be configured to determine the position of the base station as the current position as the currently connected positioning signal transmitter 1 by the positioning method of Cell ID, which means a unique number assigned to each base station in the wireless communication network. In addition, by using short-range wireless communication technology that exchanges data at a speed of 10 gigabytes per second using visible light emitted from LEDs, semiconductors installed in LED lights transmit current location information, or indoor lighting and displays are installed. Various indoor positioning technologies may be applied, such as indoor positioning by performing visible light communication or indoor positioning using a beacon and an acceleration sensor.

The communication unit 12 receives parking lot information corresponding to the parking lot arrangement, aisle and exit from the parking lot information providing unit 2 . The communication unit 12 uses various communication methods including Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE, 5G, etc. to receive parking lot information from the parking lot information providing unit 2. The parking lot information providing unit 2 may correspond to any system capable of providing parking lot information, including, for example, a server for managing an indoor parking lot.

The entrance route providing unit 13 calculates an exit route for exiting the vehicle through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit 11 from the parking lot information obtained by the communication unit 12 . That is, the entrance route providing unit 13 may select a route to the exit of the shortest distance among routes from the current location to each exit and guide the route through the display unit 14 .

The display unit 14 displays the exit path calculated by the entrance path providing unit 13 . A touch panel serving as the function of the control unit 19 may also be used as the display unit 14 .

The control unit 15 may control the exit route calculated by the entrance route providing unit 13 to be displayed on the display unit 14, and may also be configured to perform control of all operations required by the present invention. .

The memory unit 20 stores parking lot information and information necessary for operation, and in addition, various information necessary for all operations required by the present invention, and programs or applications may be stored.

The vacancy path providing unit 16 calculates a parking path for guiding to a vacant spot through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit 11 from the parking vacancy information provided as parking lot information, and is controlled by the control unit 15. so that it is displayed through the display unit 14. The vacancy path providing unit 16 may select a path from the current location to each vacant parking spot and guide the path through the display unit 14 to the shortest parking spot. At this time, the communication unit 12 may receive parking vacancy information from the parking lot information providing unit 2 and provide it to the vacant spot path providing unit 16 . On the other hand, the parking lot information providing unit 2 may determine whether the parking spot is vacant through a sensor installed for each empty parking spot.

An indoor parking information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays additional information corresponding to a construction zone in a parking lot, a body temperature measurement zone, a no-entry zone, or an event zone on a display unit 14 under the control of a control unit 15. ) may further include an additional information providing unit 17 to be displayed through.

The communication unit 12 may receive the additional information from the parking lot information providing unit 2 and provide it to the additional information providing unit 17 . In addition, the communication unit 12 may receive information related to a store using an indoor parking lot from the store information providing unit 3 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , when calculating a parking path for guiding to a vacant parking spot, the vacancy route providing unit 16 determines the location of a mall that matches the mall information input by the operation unit 19 from mall-related information. After confirming, a parking path P1 for guiding to reach the parking vacant spot closest to the access passage to reach the location of the store by the shortest path is calculated, and through the display unit 14 under the control of the control unit 15. can be displayed. Here, the store information input by the manipulation unit 19 may correspond to a brand name, store name, phone number, or the like to be handled. In addition, the information related to shopping malls can include flat shopping mall layout in the case of a single floor or data on access passages along with three-dimensional layout of shopping malls in the case of multi-story shopping malls. can include Therefore, the vacancy path providing unit 16 calculates the parking path P1 for guiding the parking vacant spot closest to the access passage of the corresponding floor of the parking lot, which is the shortest distance in entering a specific shopping mall (shopping mall A), and displays the display unit 14 ) can be used as a guide.

When the vacancy path providing unit 16 arrives at a parking vacancy guided along the parking path, the path P2 from the parking vacancy to the access passage and the path P3 from the access passage to the shopping mall (shopping mall A) are overlapped in plan. The designated shopping route screen (see FIG. 2 ) may be displayed through the display unit 14 . At this time, the indoor parking information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention captures the shopping route screen displayed through the display unit 14 and provides the final image transmission unit 18 to the predetermined terminal 4. ), and a power supply unit 21 for supplying power required for operation may be provided. Therefore, the user can easily check the shortest path to the desired mall through the shopping mall route screen transmitted to the terminal 4 and also easily check the parking location.

According to the indoor parking information providing system according to the present invention, by guiding the route to the entrance and exit of the indoor parking lot, it is possible to make getting out of the car convenient, and by guiding the vacancy of the indoor parking lot, the traffic line for parking is reduced. By minimizing it, convenience and efficiency can be increased in terms of users or parking lot management.

In addition, the present invention can satisfy the various needs of indoor parking lot users by enabling them to easily grasp the information required when using an indoor parking lot, and provide convenience in using a shopping mall by providing access route information from an indoor parking lot to a specific shopping mall. can

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and should be defined by not only the claims to be described later, but also those equivalent to these claims.

1: positioning signal transmission unit 2: parking lot information provision unit
3: Shopping mall information provider 4: Designated terminal
11: indoor positioning unit 12: communication unit
13: entrance route providing unit 14: display unit
15: control unit 16: vacant path providing unit
17: additional information providing unit 18: final image transmission unit
19: control unit 20: memory unit
21: power supply

Claims (5)

an indoor positioning unit that stops an outdoor navigation device operating outside when it enters a building, receives a positioning signal necessary for indoor positioning from a positioning signal transmitter located indoors, and calculates a current position;
A communication unit receiving parking lot information corresponding to a parking lot arrangement and aisle and exit from the parking lot information providing unit;
an entrance route providing unit that calculates an exit route for exit through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit from the parking lot information obtained by the communication unit;
a display unit to display the exit route calculated by the entrance route providing unit;
a control unit controlling the exit path calculated by the entrance path providing unit to be displayed on the display unit; and
a memory unit for storing the parking lot information and information necessary for operation;
Including, indoor parking information providing system. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a vacancy path providing unit for calculating a parking path for guiding to a vacant spot through the current location calculated by the indoor positioning unit from the parking vacancy information provided as the parking lot information, and displaying the vacancy path through the display unit;
The communication department,
An indoor parking information providing system for receiving the parking vacancy information from the parking lot information providing unit and providing it to the vacant spot path providing unit. According to claim 1 or claim 2,
Further comprising an additional information providing unit for displaying additional information corresponding to a construction zone in the parking lot, a body temperature measurement zone, an off-limits zone, or an event zone through the display unit,
The communication department,
An indoor parking information providing system for receiving the additional information from the parking lot information providing unit and providing the additional information to the additional information providing unit. The method of claim 2,
The communication department,
Receive information related to shopping malls using indoor parking lots from the mall information provider,
The vacancy path providing unit,
When calculating a parking path for guiding a parking vacancy, the location of a shopping mall that matches the shopping mall information input by the control unit is checked from the shopping mall-related information and is closest to the access passage for reaching the location of the shopping mall by the shortest path. An indoor parking information providing system that calculates a parking path for guiding to reach a parking vacancy and displays it through the display unit. The method of claim 4,
The vacancy path providing unit,
When a parking vacancy guided along the parking path is reached, a shopping mall route screen in which a path from the parking vacancy to the access passage and a path from the access passage to the location of the shopping mall are flatly overlapped is displayed through the display unit,
The indoor parking information providing system further comprises a final image transmission unit that captures a shopping mall route screen displayed through the display unit and provides it to a predetermined terminal.

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