KR20230077499A - Parking management system using bluetooth beacon and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention comprises the steps of a) a camera capturing a parking surface in a parking lot in real time; b) determining, by a controller, whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis by obtaining an image captured in step a); c) controlling, by the control unit, the operation of a light emitting lamp corresponding to a corresponding parking surface according to whether parking is determined in step b); d) when the control unit is connected to a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in advance and capable of Bluetooth communication, determining that the user's vehicle has entered the parking lot, and receiving location information of the user terminal in real time in a Bluetooth manner; e) generating, by the control unit, random parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the location information in step d), and transmitting the generated parking surface information back to the user terminal; and f) visually displaying, by the notification unit, the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit through step e) on an arbitrary screen,
Since the app of the user terminal automatically generates parking surface information according to location information without having to access the server and provides it to the user, a more efficient and adaptive parking management environment can be achieved, thereby providing convenience for parking users. has the effect of improving

Description

Parking lot management system using Bluetooth beacon and its control method {PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING BLUETOOTH BEACON AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME}

The present invention receives real-time location information from a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in a Bluetooth manner, and automatically generates parking surface information according to location information without the need for an app of the user terminal to access a server and provides it to the user through a configuration. It is possible to achieve a more efficient and adaptive parking management environment, and thus, to a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon that can improve the convenience of parking users and a control method thereof.

In general, the parking lot management system identifies the presence or absence of a vehicle on a parking surface, license plate, etc., turns on a parking availability indicator (full gap lamp), displays information on the number of parking spaces available on a parking display board, transmits vehicle location information to a kiosk, etc. It is a system that manages the driver to park/exit quickly and conveniently.

For example, vehicle recognition of a parking surface is currently mostly using a detection method using an ultrasonic sensor and a vehicle and license plate detection method using a camera image. On the other hand, the method of detecting vehicles and license plates using camera images is characterized in that multiple parking surfaces can be detected with one camera by adjusting the angle of view of the camera lens.

A camera using an omnidirectional (fisheye) lens and a camera using a unidirectional lens to which a general or wide-angle lens is applied are generally used as a parking surface detection camera used for a vehicle and license plate detection method using such camera images.

However, since the conventional camera for detecting parking surfaces is manufactured with a system on chip (SoC) dedicated to the camera mounted, the design is centered on the camera function, so there are many restrictions on implementing additional functions other than the camera, cost and maintenance The problem was that it was expensive.

In addition, in a crowded parking lot, important information is whether there are vacant seats (empty spaces) in the parking lot and where and how many of those seats are available. Since it is necessary to connect and acquire the information, there is a disadvantage that it is somewhat inefficient.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0979752 (registered on 2010.08.27)

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, while receiving real-time location information from a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in a Bluetooth manner, the parking surface according to the location information without the need for the app of the user terminal to access the server. A more efficient and adaptive parking management environment can be achieved through a configuration in which information is automatically generated and provided to users, and thus, a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon that can improve the convenience of parking users, and its Its purpose is to provide a control method.

However, the technical problem to be achieved in the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned will become clear to those skilled in the art from the description below. You will be able to understand.

A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a technical means for achieving the above object, includes a plurality of main bodies installed in a parking lot equipped with a plurality of parking surfaces; a camera coupled to the main body to photograph the parking surface in real time; A plurality of light emitting lamps installed to correspond to the parking surface, respectively, to output preset optical signals; A user terminal possessed by a user of a vehicle entering the parking lot; It is provided in the main body and is communicatively connected to the camera, the light emitting lamp, and the user terminal, and acquires an image taken by the camera to determine whether or not the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis. Controls the operation of the luminous lamp corresponding to the corresponding parking surface according to whether or not the parking is parked, receives location information from the user terminal in real time, and generates arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the luminous lamp corresponding to the location information Then, a controller for transmitting the generated parking surface information back to the user terminal; And a notification unit provided in the user terminal and visually displaying the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit on an arbitrary screen, but the main body, the camera, and the control unit may form part of a smartphone. And, the control unit and the light emitting lamp may further include a Bluetooth communication module provided respectively to enable Bluetooth communication with each other, and the user terminal is a smartphone with a Bluetooth beacon pre-loaded, and the Bluetooth beacon. The location information may be continuously provided to the control unit while performing real-time short-range wireless communication with the Bluetooth communication module by using.

In addition, the parking surface information may be data on the parking status including whether or not the parking surface is full within a preset area range based on the location of the parking surface corresponding to the location information, the number of available parking spaces, and parking coordinates on the empty surface.

In addition, the control unit is configured to transmit the parking surface information to the user terminal only when the parking surface information determined to be not full or the parking surface information determined to be one or more parking spaces are generated. can

In addition, the control unit may be equipped with an Android board to generate an app for communication with an arbitrary management server.

In addition, the control unit may include a camera driving module for driving the camera; A parking recognition module that obtains an image taken by the camera and analyzes the obtained image through a pre-stored image processing program to determine whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface; And a light emitting control module for controlling the operation of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the corresponding parking surface according to whether or not parking is determined through the parking recognition module; And it may include a parking surface information generation module for receiving location information from the user terminal in real time and generating arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the location information.

In addition, the control unit may further include a software management module for managing versions of each software of the camera driving module, the parking recognition module, and the light emitting control module, and performing an update as necessary.

In addition, when an Android-based app is created by the control unit, the management server is connected to the control unit through the app, and the driving environment of the camera driving module, the image processing program environment of the parking recognition module, and the light emission At least one of the control environments of the control module may be configured to be set and changed, and when an update of the software is required due to performance improvement of the software, an update request may be made to the software management module.

In addition, the control unit may further include a manager authentication module that receives arbitrary manager authentication information from the management server through the app and recognizes the manager by matching the provided authentication information with preset manager identification data. .

In addition, the management server may be connected to the control unit through the app and receive identification information including the IP of the app, the IP of the camera, and the IP of the light emitting lamp.

In addition, the management server is connected to the control unit through the app, and may be configured to remotely control at least one of driving of the camera and operation of the light emitting lamp.

In addition, the parking recognition module may analyze through the image processing program to detect a region of interest representing a vehicle number, and recognize the vehicle number through analysis of the region of interest, and the management server may use the app Is connected to the control unit through, it can be provided with data for the license plate number recognized by the parking recognition module.

On the other hand, in the control method of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a technical method for achieving the above object, a) the camera steps of real-time photographing the parking surface in the parking lot; b) determining, by a controller, whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis by obtaining an image captured in step a); c) controlling, by the control unit, the operation of a light emitting lamp corresponding to a corresponding parking surface according to whether parking is determined in step b); d) when the control unit is connected to a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in advance and capable of Bluetooth communication, determining that the user's vehicle has entered the parking lot, and receiving location information of the user terminal in real time in a Bluetooth manner; e) generating, by the control unit, random parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the location information in step d), and transmitting the generated parking surface information back to the user terminal; and f) visually displaying, by a notification unit, the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit through the step e) on an arbitrary screen.

In addition, in the step e), only when the parking surface information determined to be not full or the parking surface information determined that the number of available parking spaces is one or more is generated, the control unit transmits the parking surface information to the user terminal can be sent to

The present invention is a configuration of a control unit that receives real-time location information from a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in a Bluetooth manner and automatically generates parking surface information according to location information without the need for an app of the user terminal to access a server and provides it to the user. Through this, it is possible to achieve a more efficient and adaptive parking management environment, and thus, there is an effect of improving the convenience of parking users.

In addition, according to the present invention, a limited algorithm of the control unit for transmitting parking surface information to the user terminal only when parking surface information determined to be non-full or parking surface information determined to be one or more parking spaces is generated. Through this, it is possible to achieve a smoother and more efficient data processing environment.

In addition, according to the present invention, a control unit equipped with an Android board, including a camera and a control unit constituting a part of a smartphone, controls a light emitting lamp according to an image captured by a camera and shares data with a management server through an app. By configuring it, it is possible to utilize conventional mass-produced smartphone modifications, and thus, the cost of the system's shooting function can be further reduced, and at the same time, there is an advantage in supporting a more efficient parking lot management environment.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, more various app functions including software management function, administrator authentication function, and remote control function for each configuration can be implemented and supported by itself through a control unit and management server that utilizes an app of the Android operating system, , Since the control unit and the light emitting lamp can perform Bluetooth communication without being restricted even in emergency situations where communication with the management server is not performed, the parking lot management function can be substituted, thereby achieving a more reliable parking lot management function. can

However, the effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. You will be able to.

1 is a diagram showing the external configuration of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the electronic configuration of the parking lot management system.
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit of the parking lot management system.
Figure 4 is a view for explaining a parking management process using the parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, since the description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiment can be changed in various ways and can have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto.

The meaning of terms described in the present invention should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element. It should be understood that when an element is referred to as “connected” to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no intervening elements exist. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between components, such as “between” and “immediately between” or “adjacent to” and “directly adjacent to” should be interpreted similarly.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as “comprise” or “having” refer to a described feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or It should be understood that it is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless defined otherwise. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as consistent with meanings in the context of related art, and cannot be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing the external configuration of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the electronic configuration of the parking lot management system, Figure 3 is the parking lot It is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit of the management system, Figure 4 is a diagram for explaining the parking management process used by the parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a flow chart showing the control method of the parking lot management system using beacons.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the parking lot management system 100 using a Bluetooth beacon according to the present invention includes a main body 110, a camera 120, a light emitting lamp 130, a user terminal 140, and a control unit. (150), notification unit 160 and management server 170 can be configured.

The main body 110 is an outer frame in which the camera 120 and the controller 150 to be described later are accommodated, and is preferably manufactured in the form of a housing having a hollow inside, but more preferably, a smartphone terminal. It may be configured to follow the outer shape of, but is not limited thereto.

The body 110 allows the camera 120 and the control unit 150 to be accommodated in the hollow and serves to protect the camera 120 and the control unit 150.

In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the main body 110 may be installed in a plurality in a parking lot provided with a plurality of parking surfaces, more preferably, may be tiltably installed in the parking lot.

For example, the parking lot may be applied to the parking lot inside the building to facilitate the implementation of the present invention. In general, the parking lot inside the building is provided with a rail frame (not shown) at an arbitrary height on the ceiling side of the floor.

At this time, the rail frame is a support frame for supporting components for the parking lot management system 100, such as a camera 120 and a light emitting lamp 130, which will be described later, and cables for connection between each component are also accommodated.

That is, according to the present invention, the main body 110 is preferably installed to be tiltable on the rail frame, and the structure for the tilting operation of the main body 110 is the tilting frame 111 installed vertically with the rail frame And, while being supported by the tilting frame 111, a rotation tool (not shown) installed to be able to rotate about the tilting frame 111 as a reference axis, and a rotation motor (not shown) that provides power for rotating the rotation device ), and the like, and the structure for the rotation is typically a hinge structure.

Since the tilting structure and the rotation structure are generally known technologies, they are not necessarily limited to the embodiments of the present invention, and can be variously modified and designed by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention. there is.

The camera 120 is an image sensor coupled to the above-described main body 110 to capture the parking surface in real time, and may be driven by a camera driving module 152 of the control unit 150 to be described later, preferably, While being accommodated in the inner hollow of the main body 110, a lens (not shown) may be coupled to be exposed.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the camera 120 is preferably installed so that the lens faces the parking surface direction, and since it is integrally coupled with the main body 110, the plurality of main bodies 110 It may be composed of a plurality corresponding to the number.

The camera 120 is preferably a smartphone-specific IP (Internet Protocol) camera mounted on an existing smartphone terminal, but a CMOS camera or a CCD camera may be applied, a speed dome camera, a pinhole camera, a pan-tilt camera, A zoom camera or the like may be used, and furthermore, an infrared camera may be additionally provided to enable shooting even at night.

However, the camera 120 will have to be modified and designed within the technical scope of the present invention capable of data communication for completeness of the configuration according to the present invention.

The light emitting lamps 130 are light sources that directly emit light signals, and may be installed in plurality so as to be supported on the rail frame so as to correspond to the parking surface, respectively. ), it outputs a preset optical signal according to the control of the parking user to visually recognize whether or not to park on the parking surface at a desired location even at a distance.

The light emitting lamp 130 is preferably a light emitting diode (LED), but is not limited thereto, and various light sources may be applied within the technical scope of the present invention, and the light signal is described in the light emitting control module 154 ) will be described in detail later in the description.

The user terminal 140 is a terminal device possessed by a user of a vehicle entering a parking lot, and according to the present invention, it is preferable to apply a smartphone preloaded with a Bluetooth beacon.

Here, the user terminal 140 may continuously provide location information to the control unit 150 while performing real-time short-range wireless communication with the Bluetooth communication module 151 of the control unit 150 to be described later using a Bluetooth beacon.

The control unit 150 is provided in the above-described main body 110 and is communicatively connected to the camera 120, the light emitting lamp 130, and the user terminal 140, and obtains an image captured by the camera 120. While determining whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis, the operation of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the corresponding parking surface is controlled according to the determined parking status, and location information from the user terminal 140 After receiving in real time and generating random parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the location information, the generated parking surface information is transmitted to the user terminal 140 again. , Bluetooth communication module 151, camera driving module 152, parking recognition module 153, lighting control module 154, parking surface information generation module 155, software management module 156, manager authentication module 157 ).

Here, according to the present invention, the control unit 150 can be configured to be equipped with an Android board and generate an app for communication with the management server 170 to be described later, and as described above, the appearance of the smartphone terminal With the main body 110 and the camera 120 having a dedicated configuration for a smartphone, it is possible to form a part of a smartphone terminal.

That is, the present invention can implement a control board (control unit, 150) combining the Android board and a control board (emission control module, 154) functioning to control the light emitting lamp 130, and this configuration is already mass-produced in the conventional art. It will be possible to use by modifying the smartphone of

The Bluetooth communication module 151 is configured to enable Bluetooth communication with a Bluetooth device, and according to the present invention, it may be configured to enable Bluetooth communication with the light emitting lamp 130, and for this purpose It is preferable that the light emitting lamp 130 according to the present invention should also be provided.

Since the Bluetooth communication technology of the Bluetooth communication module 151 is a general known technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The camera driving module 152 is configured to provide power so that the camera 120 can be driven in a preset driving environment, and receives a driving control signal manually from a manager or remotely from a management server 150 to be described later. A driving control signal can be input as

The parking recognition module 153 is configured to obtain an image taken by the camera 120 and analyze the acquired image through a pre-stored image processing program to determine whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface.

For example, the image processing program analyzes the pixels to recognize the color, shade, position, size, etc. of the object of the pixels defined as vectors, or the edge of the object's boundary and outline, line segment, curve, etc. It may be obtained and recognized, or recognition may be performed using a corner point, an invariant point, or a feature point that is invariant for rotation conversion or size change existing in the image, and the feature point of an object included in the image is extracted and recognized. can also be performed.

This image processing program is a generally known technology, and various changes can be made by those skilled in the art, and in the present invention, the image processing program recognizes whether or not the vehicle is parked on the parking surface. Of course, it is possible to recognize the progress of entering / exiting the parking surface, detect a region of interest such as a license plate related to a vehicle number, and recognize even a number shape representing the vehicle number through analysis of the region of interest there is.

That is, the parking recognition module 153 can recognize even the license plate number of a vehicle entering or exiting the parking surface by using the above-described image processing program.

The light emitting control module 154 is configured to control the operation of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the corresponding parking surface according to whether parking is determined through the parking recognition module 153.

Here, it is preferable that the light emitting control module 154 stores lighting pattern information in advance to output various light signals of the light emitting lamp 130 .

The lighting pattern information is a database of lighting patterns that can be produced by the light emitting lamp 130 according to the present invention, and may include blinking pattern information, dimming pattern information, color pattern information, and the like.

The blinking pattern information is information storing an optical signal that causes the light emitting lamps 130 to flicker in an arbitrary periodic pattern. It means data that is blinked through ON/OFF switching.

The dimming pattern information is information in which an optical signal for varying the brightness of the light emitting lamp 130 is stored, and the light emitting lamp 130 operates in an arbitrary periodic pattern by adjusting the current or voltage flowing through the light emitting lamp 130. It refers to data that enables a variety of brightness to be produced.

The color pattern information is information storing an optical signal that allows the color of the light emitting lamp 130 to vary, and means data that allows the light emitting lamp 130 to produce various colors in an arbitrary periodic pattern.

To this end, the light emitting lamp 130 is a method of installing a plurality of light sources having different colors, a red-green-blue (RGB) method of producing various colors by mixing light sources having red/green/blue colors, and a light source A method of individually controlling color by further including a color controller (not shown) capable of controlling the color temperature of the color temperature may be applied.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the light emitting control module 154 determines that the designated vehicle is in a 'parking' state by entering an arbitrary parking surface through the parking recognition module 153, the corresponding parking surface The light emitting lamp 130 can be controlled to output an optical signal indicating 'red', and when it is determined that a designated vehicle leaves a parking surface and is in an 'unparked (empty)' state, the corresponding parking surface The light emitting lamp 130 can be controlled to output an optical signal indicating 'green'.

Furthermore, when the light emitting control module 154 determines that an external vehicle parks on an arbitrary parking surface through the parking recognition module 153 and is in a 'parking' state, the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the parking surface It can be controlled to output an optical signal indicating 'yellow', and when it is determined that the vehicle is 'entering' or 'leaving' from the parking surface, the light emitting lamp corresponding to the parking surface is in progress. 130 can be controlled to output an optical signal flickering in 'yellow'.

On the other hand, in the present invention, since the operating position of the light emitting lamps 130 is directly related to the position of the parking surface that the parking user wants to recognize, it is essential that the number of the light emitting lamps 130 and the number of the parking surface be the same. It is a matter.

For example, in an embodiment of a structure in which one light emitting lamp 130 is installed per the number of cameras 120 in a 1:1 correspondence, the light emitting control module 154 assigns one camera 120' IP to one light emitting lamp 130. It can be configured to control the operation of the light emitting lamp 130' according to the image of the camera 120' by matching the IP of the light emitting lamp 130'.

To this end, identification information including IPs of the plurality of cameras 120 and IPs of the plurality of light emitting lamps 130 may be stored in the light emitting control module 154 in advance.

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 4, in another embodiment of a structure in which at least two or more light emitting lamps 130 are installed 1:1+N per number of cameras 120 to reduce system cost, one camera ( 120") IP must be matched with at least two light emitting lamps 130" IP, so the parking recognition module 153 determines the ROI (region of interest) related to the parking surface from the image obtained from the camera 120" in advance. Classification is set to determine whether each of the divided regions of interest is parked, and the light emitting control module 154 can be configured to match the IP of each of the light emitting lamps 130" to each of the divided regions of interest. there is.

The parking surface information generation module 155 performs a function of receiving location information from the user terminal 140 in real time and generating arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the location information. do.

Here, according to the present invention, the parking surface information is data on the parking status including whether or not the parking surface is full within a preset area range based on the position of the parking surface corresponding to the location information, the number of available parking spaces, and the parking coordinates of the empty surface. it is desirable

In addition, the control unit 150 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, only when the parking surface information determined to be not full or the parking surface information determined that the number of available parking spaces is one or more is generated, the parking surface It can be configured to transmit information to the user terminal 140, and this algorithm can be implemented as an organic action between the parking surface information generation module 155 and the Bluetooth communication module 151.

The software management module 156 is installed in the control unit 150, and each of the modules constituting the control unit 150 including the camera driving module 152, the parking recognition module 153, and the light emission control module 154 It manages the version of the software and performs the function to ensure that updates are carried out as needed.

The manager authentication module 157 is installed in the control unit 150, receives arbitrary manager authentication information from the management server 170 through the app, and matches the provided authentication information with preset manager identification data to match the manager identification data. It can be configured to recognize.

Here, the manager authentication information refers to personal information such as a manager's ID and password (PW), or manager-specific information such as manager's biometric information to confirm that the manager is a manager.

The notification unit 160 is configured to display the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit 150 in a visual form such as text or image on an arbitrary screen, preferably, to be provided in the user terminal 140 It is desirable to configure

That is, the notification unit 160 may be applied to a screen unit of a smartphone, and a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light emitting diode (LCD) It may include at least one of a light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, and a 3D display.

The management server 170 is a terminal device that communicates with the control unit 150 and provides an operating environment capable of monitoring the situation of the parking lot, and includes a security CCTV (not shown) installed separately from the camera 120 in the parking lot. It is preferable to apply a manager's PC (170a) or manager's smartphone (170b) configured to remotely monitor the image in the parking lot through, but is not limited thereto, and within the technical scope of the present invention capable of app communication, those skilled in the art As a result, it may be possible to apply various terminal devices.

When an Android-based app is created by the controller 150, the management server 170 is connected to the controller 150 through the app, and the driving environment of the camera driving module 152 and the parking recognition At least one of the image processing program environment of the module 153 and the control environment of the light emission control module 154 may be set and changed, and when the software needs to be updated due to performance improvement of the software, the software The management module 156 may be configured to request an update.

In addition, the management server 170 may be provided with identification information including the IP of the app, the IP of the camera 120, and the IP of the light emitting lamp 130, based on which the driving of the camera 120, At least one of the operation of the light emitting lamp 130 and the tilting operation of the main body 110 may be remotely controlled.

The control unit 150 may further include a remote control module 158, and at this time, the remote control module 158 may be applied with various known remote support programs (software).

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the management server 170 can receive data on the vehicle number recognized by the parking recognition module 153 from the control unit 150 through the app, and accordingly, the manager can Provides a monitoring environment that can directly enforce control over vehicles.

Next, the method for controlling the parking lot management system 100 using the Bluetooth beacon configured as described above is referred to FIG. 5, parking surface photographing step (S100), parking determination step (S200), light lamp operation control step ( S300), location information receiving step (S400), parking surface information transmission step (S500) and notification unit display step (S600) can be configured to include.

In the parking surface photographing step (S100), the camera 120 photographs the parking surface in real time in the parking lot.

In the parking determination step (S200), the controller 150 obtains the image taken through the parking surface photographing step (S100) and determines whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis.

In the light emitting lamp operation control step (S300), the control unit 150 controls the operation of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the parking surface according to the parking state determined in the parking state determination step (S200).

In the location information receiving step (S400), the control unit 150 determines (S410) whether or not the Bluetooth beacon is connected to the user terminal 140 equipped with the Bluetooth beacon in advance, and as a result of the determination, it is determined that the Bluetooth communication is possible. If it is determined, it is recognized that the user's vehicle has entered the parking lot, and the location information of the user terminal 140 is received in real time in a Bluetooth manner (S420).

In the parking surface information transmission step (S500), the control unit 150 generates arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp 130 corresponding to the location information in the location information receiving step (S400) (S510 ), and transmits the generated parking surface information to the user terminal 140 again (S530).

Here, in the parking surface information transmission step (S500), the control unit 150 determines whether or not parking is possible according to the generated parking surface information (S520), and the parking surface information determined to be not full or the number of available parking spaces Only when parking surface information determined to be one or more is generated, it is determined that parking is possible, and the parking surface information can be transmitted to the user terminal 140 (S530).

In the notification unit display step (S600), the notification unit 160 visually displays the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit 150 through the parking surface information transmission step (S500) on an arbitrary screen.

Therefore, the parking lot management system 100 using a Bluetooth beacon according to the present invention and its control method is an app of the user terminal 140 while receiving real-time location information from the user terminal 140 equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in a Bluetooth manner. It is possible to achieve a more efficient and adaptive parking management environment through the configuration of the control unit 150 that automatically generates parking surface information according to location information and provides it to the user without having to access the server, and accordingly, Convenience can be improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, the controller for transmitting the parking surface information to the user terminal 140 only when parking surface information determined to be non-full or parking surface information determined to be one or more parking spaces is generated ( 150) has the advantage of achieving a smoother and more efficient data processing environment through the limited algorithm.

In addition, according to the present invention, including the camera 120 and the controller 150 constituting a part of the smartphone, the control unit 150 equipped with an Android board is a light emitting lamp according to the image captured by the camera 120 ( 130), it is configured to share data with the management server 170 through the app while controlling the application, so that the conventional mass-produced smartphone can be remodeled and used, and accordingly, the cost of the system's shooting function can be further reduced At the same time, it is possible to support a more efficient parking lot management environment.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, through the control unit 150 and the management server 170 utilizing apps of the Android operating system, more various app functions, including software management functions for each configuration, administrator authentication function, and remote control function, are provided independently. It can be implemented and supported, and the control unit 150 and the light emitting lamp 130 perform the replacement of the parking lot management function regardless of emergency situations in which communication with the management server 170 is not achieved through a configuration in which Bluetooth communication is possible. Therefore, there is an effect of achieving a more reliable parking lot management function.

Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiments of the present invention disclosed as described above are provided to enable those skilled in the art to implement and practice the present invention. Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, those skilled in the art can use each configuration described in the above-described embodiments in a way of combining each other. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

The present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all respects and should be considered as illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. The invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. In addition, claims that do not have an explicit citation relationship in the claims may be combined to form an embodiment or may be included as new claims by amendment after filing.

100: parking lot management system 110: main body
111: tilting frame 120: camera
130: light emitting lamp 140: user terminal
150: control unit 151: Bluetooth communication module
152: camera driving module 153: parking recognition module
154: light control module 155: parking surface information generation module
156: software management module 157: manager authentication module
158: remote control module 160: notification unit
170: management server 170a: manager PC
170b: manager smartphone

Claims (13)

A plurality of main bodies installed in a parking lot equipped with a plurality of parking surfaces;
a camera coupled to the main body to photograph the parking surface in real time;
A plurality of light emitting lamps installed to correspond to the parking surface, respectively, to output preset optical signals;
A user terminal possessed by a user of a vehicle entering the parking lot;
It is provided in the main body and is communicatively connected to the camera, the light emitting lamp, and the user terminal, and acquires an image taken by the camera to determine whether or not the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis. Controls the operation of the luminous lamp corresponding to the corresponding parking surface according to whether or not the parking is parked, receives location information from the user terminal in real time, and generates arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the luminous lamp corresponding to the location information Then, a control unit for transmitting the generated parking surface information to the user terminal again; and
Including a notification unit provided in the user terminal and visually displaying the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit on an arbitrary screen,
The body, the camera and the control unit,
It is characterized in that it forms part of the configuration of the smartphone,
The controller and the light emitting lamp,
It is characterized in that it further comprises a Bluetooth communication module provided respectively to enable Bluetooth communication between them,
The user terminal,
A smartphone equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in advance, wherein the Bluetooth beacon is used to continuously provide the location information to the control unit while performing real-time short-range wireless communication with the Bluetooth communication module. Parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon.
According to claim 1,
The parking surface information,
A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that it is data on the parking status including whether or not the car is full within a pre-set area range based on the location of the parking surface corresponding to the location information, the number of available parking spaces, and the parking coordinates of the vacant surface. .
According to claim 2,
The control unit,
Only when parking surface information determined to be non-full or parking surface information determined to be one or more parking spaces is generated,
Parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that configured to transmit the parking surface information to the user terminal.
According to claim 3,
The control unit,
A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that an Android board is mounted and an app can be created for communication with an arbitrary management server.
According to claim 4,
The control unit,
a camera driving module for driving the camera;
A parking recognition module that obtains an image taken by the camera and analyzes the obtained image through a pre-stored image processing program to determine whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface;
A light emitting control module for controlling the operation of a light emitting lamp corresponding to a corresponding parking surface according to whether parking is determined through the parking recognition module; and
Parking lot using Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that it comprises a parking surface information generation module for receiving location information from the user terminal in real time and generating arbitrary parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the location information management system.
According to claim 5,
The control unit,
Parking lot management using Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that it further comprises a software management module that manages versions of each software of the camera driving module, the parking recognition module, and the light emission control module, and allows updates to be performed as needed. system.
According to claim 6,
The management server,
When an Android-based app is created by the control unit,
It is connected to the control unit through the app, and is configured to set and change at least one of a driving environment of the camera driving module, an image processing program environment of the parking recognition module, and a control environment of the light emission control module. When the software needs to be updated due to performance improvement, the parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that configured to request an update to the software management module.
According to claim 7,
The control unit,
Receive arbitrary administrator authentication information from the management server through the app,
A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that it further comprises a manager authentication module for recognizing a manager by matching the provided authentication information with preset manager identification data.
According to claim 8,
The management server,
A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that connected to the control unit through the app and receiving identification information including the IP of the app, the IP of the camera, and the IP of the light emitting lamp.
According to claim 9,
The management server,
Connected to the control unit through the app, a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that configured to remotely control at least one of the driving of the camera and the operation of the light emitting lamp.
According to claim 10,
The parking recognition module,
It is characterized by detecting a region of interest representing a vehicle number by analyzing through the image processing program, and recognizing the vehicle number through analysis of the region of interest,
The management server,
A parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that connected to the control unit through the app and receives data on the license plate number recognized by the parking recognition module.
As a control method of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon,
a) real-time photographing of a parking surface in a parking lot by a camera;
b) determining, by a controller, whether the vehicle is parked on the parking surface through image analysis by obtaining an image captured in step a);
c) controlling, by the control unit, the operation of a light emitting lamp corresponding to a corresponding parking surface according to whether parking is determined in step b);
d) when the control unit is connected to a user terminal equipped with a Bluetooth beacon in advance and capable of Bluetooth communication, determining that the user's vehicle has entered the parking lot, and receiving location information of the user terminal in real time in a Bluetooth manner;
e) generating, by the control unit, random parking surface information based on the operation result of the light emitting lamp corresponding to the location information in step d), and transmitting the generated parking surface information back to the user terminal; and
f) Control method of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon comprising the step of visually displaying the parking surface information transmitted from the control unit through the step e) by the notification unit on an arbitrary screen.
According to claim 12,
In step e),
Only when parking surface information determined to be non-full or parking surface information determined to be one or more parking spaces is generated,
Control method of a parking lot management system using a Bluetooth beacon, characterized in that the control unit transmits the parking surface information to the user terminal.

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