TW201539396A - System and method for managing parking spaces - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for managing parking spaces is provided. The system includes a monitoring module, a sending module, and a update module. The monitoring module monitors parking spaces and records the parking spaces when they are parked. The sending module sends information of the parking spaces to a user based on phone number of the user. The booking module updates the information of the parking spaces when a parking space is booked successfully. The present invention also provides a method for managing parking spaces.

Description

Parking space management system and method

The invention relates to a parking space management system and method.

With the rapid development of the automobile industry, the problem of difficult parking in cities is becoming more and more serious. It is urgent to improve parking conditions and facilities and improve parking efficiency. At present, most parking lots are monitored by parking lot staff on the parking space. It is still difficult for the owner to quickly find and reach the free parking space, especially when it is in a large parking lot. In this way, the overall operation of the parking lot is inefficient and even causes confusion in monitoring.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a parking space management system and method, to instantly monitor the use of parking spaces in the parking lot, and to update the free parking space information in time, so that the vehicle owner can quickly stop and improve the operation efficiency of the parking lot.

A parking space management method is applied to a control center, and the control center is connected to a near field communication device, a monitor, and a mobile electronic terminal, and the method includes: using the monitor to monitor usage of all parking spaces in the parking lot, and recording each Status information of the parking space; when the user drives the vehicle into the parking lot, the near field communication device is used to acquire the contact information of the user; when receiving the request for obtaining the parking space information from the mobile electronic terminal, the recording is recorded Status information of the parking space is sent to the mobile electronic terminal; when receiving the movement from the When the parking space reservation request of the mobile electronic terminal is requested and the status of the predetermined parking space is requested to be idle, the status of the parking space for which the request is reserved is updated to be occupied, and the user is prompted to make a predetermined success according to the contact information of the user.

A parking space management system running in a control center, the control center being connected to a near field communication device, a monitor, and a mobile electronic terminal, the system comprising: a first monitoring module, wherein the monitoring device monitors all parking spaces in the parking lot The usage status records the status information of each parking space; the acquisition module is configured to acquire the contact information of the user by using the near field communication device when the user drives the vehicle into the parking lot; and the query module is configured to receive Sending status information of the recorded parking space to the mobile electronic terminal when the mobile electronic terminal obtains the parking space information request; and the predetermined module is configured to receive the parking space from the mobile electronic terminal When the predetermined request is requested and the status of the reserved parking space is idle, the status of the parking space for which the request is reserved is updated to be occupied, and the user is prompted to make a predetermined success according to the contact information of the user.

Compared with the prior art, the invention instantly monitors the usage status of the parking space in the parking lot, updates the free parking space information in time, and sends the information to the mobile electronic terminal to provide the user with the latest parking space information, which not only facilitates the user to quickly stop the parking. It also improves the efficiency of parking lot operations.

1‧‧‧Control Center

2‧‧‧Network

3‧‧‧ Near Field Communication Equipment

4‧‧‧Monitor

5‧‧‧Mobile electronic terminal

10‧‧‧Parking Management System

11‧‧‧ display device

12‧‧‧ Input device

13‧‧‧Storage

14‧‧‧ Processor

101‧‧‧First Monitoring Module

102‧‧‧Get Module

103‧‧‧Query Module

104‧‧‧Scheduled module

105‧‧‧Second monitoring module

106‧‧‧Charging module

1 is a schematic diagram of an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of a parking space management system of the present invention.

2 is a hardware architecture diagram of the control center of FIG. 1.

3 is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the parking space management system of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a parking space management method of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing state information of a parking space in a graphical interface.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing that the user's parking space is scheduled to be successful.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the preferred embodiment of the parking space management system of the present invention is shown. Environmental schematic. The parking space management system 10 is installed and operated in the control center 1. The control center 1 is an electronic device (such as a computer or a server), and the number of the parking spaces can be one or multiple. The control center 1 is connected to the near field communication device 3, the monitor 4, and the mobile electronic terminal 5 through the network 2 for receiving information and requesting and processing the device.

The network 2 can be a wired network or a wireless network for facilitating communication and data transmission between connected electronic devices. The network 2 may be an intranet, an Internet or other types of communication networks such as GPRS, Wi-Fi/WLAN, 3G/WCDMA, 3.5G/HSDPA, and the like.

The near field communication device 3 is disposed in an area such as an entrance or an exit of a parking lot. In this embodiment, the near field communication device 3 may be an NFC (Near Field Communication) electronic device, or may be RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) electronic device. When the user enters the parking lot using the corresponding near field communication tag, the near field communication device 3 reads the information in the tag, and obtains information such as the user's contact information (such as mobile phone number, email address), license plate number, and payment account. . In other embodiments, the near field communication device 3 may also be other identification electronic devices, such as a fingerprint identification device, a face scanning device, an iris recognition device, etc., for identifying a user identity when the user enters and exits the parking lot. Get information such as user contact information, license plate number and payment account.

In this embodiment, the monitor 4 is installed on the ceiling of the parking lot, near the parking space or at any other position, and the monitor 4 can be a rotating, fixed or time-flight electronic camera, which is instantaneously Image monitoring to obtain information on the use of parking spaces in the parking lot. In other embodiments, the monitor 4 can also be a fully enclosed waterproof structure designed to be embedded in an inductive monitoring device in the ground, wall, or even building materials structure (such as a steel pipe) in a parking lot. For example, the monitor 4 is an ultrasonic sensor, through an instant super Sound wave ranging is used to determine the use of parking spaces in the parking lot.

In general, a monitor 4 is installed near each parking space, and when the monitor 4 monitors that there is a vehicle parked on its corresponding parking space, the monitor 4 records the vehicle according to the monitored condition. Parking information (such as stop time, departure time, parking duration) and the status of the corresponding parking space (such as occupied or idle) and other information. The monitor 4 has a communication and routing function, can automatically form a monitoring network through the control center 1, and immediately transmit the recorded information to the control center 1 through the network 2, thereby realizing the instantaneous monitoring of all parking spaces in the parking lot. .

The mobile electronic terminal 5 can be a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet or an e-book, and an application program matched with the parking space management system 10 is installed inside the user to drive through the parking lot when the user drives into the parking lot. The application sends an access request to the control center 1, and performs an operation such as an instant parking space information inquiry, a parking space reservation, and a parking fee inquiry, thereby facilitating quick parking for the user.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a hardware architecture diagram of the preferred embodiment of the control center 1 of FIG. The parking center management system 10 is installed in the control center 1, and the control center 1 further includes, but is not limited to, the display device 11, the input device 12, the storage device 13, and the processor 14 connected through the data bus. The display device 11 and the input device 12 are used as input and output devices of the control center 1. The storage 13 is configured to store the code of the parking space management system 10, the data, and the charging standard of the parking space of the parking lot, such as an hourly parking fee. The storage 13 may be a storage of the control center 1 itself, or an external storage device such as an SD card (Secure Digital Card).

In this embodiment, the parking space management system 10 can be divided into one or more modules, the one or more modules being stored in the storage 13 and configured to be processed by one or more The present invention (this embodiment is a processor 14) is executed to complete the present invention. E.g, Referring to FIG. 3, the parking space management system 10 is divided into a first monitoring module 101, an obtaining module 102, an inquiry module 103, a predetermined module 104, a second monitoring module 105, and a charging module 106. . The module referred to in the present invention is a program segment capable of performing a specific function, and is more suitable for describing the execution process of the software in the control center 1 than the program. The detailed functions of the modules 101-106 will be described later in FIG. Detailed description in the flow chart.

Referring to Figure 4, there is shown a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the parking space management method of the present invention. The order of execution of the steps in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 may be changed according to different requirements, and some steps may be omitted.

In step S21, the first monitoring module 101 monitors the usage of all parking spaces in the parking lot by using the monitor 4, and records the status information of each parking space. When a vehicle stops at a parking space, the first monitoring module 101 records the state of the parking space as occupied; when no vehicle is parked, the state of the parking space is recorded as idle.

In step S22, when the user drives the vehicle into the parking lot, the obtaining module 102 obtains information about the user's contact information (such as a mobile phone number, an email address), a license plate number, and a payment account through the near field communication device 3.

In this embodiment, the user uses the parking card to enter and exit the parking lot, and the parking card includes a near field communication tag used in conjunction with the near field communication device 3, and the near field communication tag stores the user's contact information, the license plate number, and Information such as payment accounts. When the user swipes the card into the parking lot, the near field communication device 3 reads the information in the incoming communication tag, and obtains information such as the contact information, the license plate number, and the payment account of the user.

Step S23, when receiving a request for obtaining parking space information sent by the user through the mobile electronic terminal 5, the query module 103 queries the status information of the recorded parking space, and sends the status information of the recorded parking space to the mobile electronic Terminal 5.

In this embodiment, the mobile electronic terminal 5 is installed with the parking space. The application system used by the management system 10 is used. When receiving the status information of the recorded parking space, the application processes the parking space status information into a display device as shown in FIG. 5 in the display device of the mobile electronic terminal 5. In the chart interface, each space corresponds to a parking space, and when the state of the parking space is occupied, the application marks the space corresponding to the parking space as "X", when the state of the parking space is idle The application does not change the space corresponding to the parking space.

In step S24, when receiving the request for parking space reservation issued by the user, the query module 103 queries the status information of the reserved parking space from the status information of the recorded parking space. When the status of the predetermined parking space is requested to be idle, the predetermined module 104 updates the status of the predetermined parking space to the occupancy, and prompts the user to make a reservation success by means of a short message, mail, or the like according to the contact information of the user. When the user requests that the status of the predetermined parking space is occupied, the user is prompted to make a reservation failure.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the user selects a parking space at a black space in the chart interface through the mobile electronic terminal 5, the query module 103 queries whether the parking space corresponding to the black space has been parked or has been Be booked. When the parking space corresponding to the black space is not parked and not reserved, the predetermined module 104 modifies the state of the parking space corresponding to the black space to the occupied, and sends a short message, mail, etc. to prompt the user to be successful. The format of the newsletter or mail is as shown in FIG. 6, and the content includes the contact information of the user, the license plate number, the reserved parking space number, and the charging standard of the parking lot. When the parking space corresponding to the black space has been parked or has been reserved, the predetermined module 104 prompts the user that the parking space has been occupied, and the reservation fails.

When the parking space is scheduled to fail, the user may obtain the latest status information of the parking space of the parking lot again, select other free parking spaces, and resend the parking space reservation request. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the chart interface includes a function button of “parking place update” when the user presses the button. When the function button is pressed, the mobile electronic terminal 5 issues a request for updating the parking space information to the control center 1 to obtain the latest status information of the parking space of the parking lot.

In step S25, the second monitoring module 105 monitors whether the user's vehicle is parked to its predetermined parking space. When the user parks the vehicle to its predetermined parking space, the second monitoring module 105 records the time when the vehicle starts to stop. . In this embodiment, the second monitoring module 105 determines whether the user's vehicle is parked to a predetermined parking space according to the license plate number of the user.

Step S26, when the user's vehicle leaves the predetermined parking space, the second monitoring module 105 records the time when the vehicle ends the stop, and calculates the stopping time of the vehicle in the parking lot according to the time when the vehicle starts to stop.

In step S27, the charging module 106 calculates the parking fee of the vehicle according to the parking time of the user's vehicle and the charging standard of the parking lot. When the user leaves the parking lot, the charging module 106 acquires the user's payment account by using the near field communication device 3, and deducts the parking fee from the payment account.

The invention timely monitors the state of the parking space in the parking lot, and provides the user with the latest parking space information through the mobile electronic terminal in time, which not only facilitates the user to quickly stop the parking, but also improves the operation efficiency of the parking lot.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications or equivalents are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

10‧‧‧Parking Management System

101‧‧‧First Monitoring Module

102‧‧‧Get Module

103‧‧‧Query Module

104‧‧‧Scheduled module

105‧‧‧Second monitoring module

106‧‧‧Charging module

Claims (10)

A parking space management method is applied to a control center, and the control center is connected to a near field communication device, a monitor, and a mobile electronic terminal, wherein the method includes: a first monitoring step, using the monitor to monitor all parking spaces in the parking lot Usage status, recording status information of each parking space; obtaining step, when the user drives the vehicle into the parking lot, using the near field communication device to obtain the contact information of the user; the query step, when receiving the movement from the Sending, by the electronic terminal, the status information of the recorded parking space to the mobile electronic terminal; the predetermined step, when receiving the request for parking space from the mobile electronic terminal, and requesting the predetermined parking When the status of the bit is idle, the status of the reserved parking space is updated to be occupied, and the user is prompted to make a successful reservation according to the contact information of the user. The parking space management method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: a second monitoring step of recording a time when the user starts to stop when the user's vehicle stops at the predetermined parking space, when the user When the vehicle leaves the predetermined parking space, the time at which the vehicle ends the stop is recorded; and the charging step calculates and collects the parking fee of the vehicle according to the time when the vehicle starts to stop, the time when the vehicle ends the stop, and the charging standard of the parking lot. The parking space management method according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining step further acquires a license plate number of the user, and the second monitoring step determines, according to the license plate number, whether the user's vehicle is parked to a predetermined parking space. . The parking space management method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined step further comprises: when receiving a request for a parking space reservation from the mobile electronic terminal and requesting a state of the predetermined parking space to be occupied When the user's contact information is prompted, the user's reservation fails. The parking space management method according to claim 1, wherein the near field communication device is a short-range wireless communication electronic device or a radio frequency identification electronic device. A parking space management system is operated in a control center, and the control center is connected to a near field communication device, a monitor, and a mobile electronic terminal, wherein the system includes: a first monitoring module, which uses the monitor to monitor the usage of all parking spaces in the parking lot, records status information of each parking space, and acquires a module for utilizing the near when the user drives the vehicle into the parking lot The field communication device obtains the contact information of the user; the query module is configured to: when receiving the request for obtaining the parking space information from the mobile electronic terminal, send the status information of the recorded parking space to the mobile electronic terminal; a predetermined module, configured to: when receiving a request for a parking space reservation from the mobile electronic terminal and requesting that the status of the predetermined parking space is idle, updating the status of the requested parking space to be occupied, and according to the user The contact information prompts the user to book a success. The parking space management system of claim 6, wherein the system further comprises: a second monitoring module, configured to record when the vehicle stops at a predetermined parking space, and records the time at which the vehicle starts to stop. And when the vehicle leaves the predetermined parking space, record the time when the vehicle ends the stop; the charging module is configured to calculate and collect the time according to the time when the vehicle starts to stop, the time when the vehicle ends the stop, and the charging standard of the parking lot. Parking fee for vehicles. The parking space management system of claim 7, wherein the acquisition module is further configured to acquire a license plate number of the user, and the second monitoring module is further configured to determine the user's vehicle according to the license plate number. Whether to park to the reserved parking space. The parking space management system of claim 6, wherein the predetermined module is further configured to: when receiving a request for a parking space from the mobile electronic terminal, requesting a predetermined parking space to be occupied In the middle, the user is prompted to make a reservation failure according to the user's contact information. The parking space management system according to claim 6, wherein the near field communication device is a short-range wireless communication electronic device or a radio frequency identification electronic device.