TWI746008B - Parking billing and payment system and its backup method - Google Patents

Abstract

The parking billing and payment system of the present invention includes a plurality of parking sensors and a smart parking meter. Each parking sensor and smart parking meter have built-in battery modules and wireless network modules, and each parking sensor system Installed on the edge of the corresponding parking grid on the roadside to detect the vehicle status of the parking grid and capture the license plate image of the parking grid. The license plate image can be uploaded to the external parking management platform through the smart parking meter, and the external parking management After the platform recognizes the license plate image, it returns the individual parking information corresponding to the license plate image to the smart parking meter, and displays the individual parking information on the smart parking meter to provide users with electronic payment for payment. The smart parking meter and each parking sensor are set separately and connected by wireless communication, so that the installation position of the smart parking meter includes but is not limited to the position of the edge of the parking grid, and achieves the wireless integration of a smart parking meter The effect of managing multiple parking spaces.

Description

Parking billing and payment system and its backup method

The present invention mainly provides a system that can be applied to parking management, especially a parking billing and payment system and its backup method.

The off-street parking grid is different from the management of general off-street parking lots. Off-street parking lots are closed parking spaces with specific entrances and exits. Therefore, it is quite convenient for the management of vehicles entering or leaving. In recent years, it has even gradually changed to automatic license plate recognition. And payment system to accurately grasp the individual parking information of each vehicle.

However, on-street parking grids are located in open spaces and do not have specific entrances and exits. Therefore, for related parking management operations, each on-street parking grid must be an independent unit for individual timing and charging management. Therefore, most on-street parking In case of billing, manual inspection is still used for billing, and manual billing may have time difference or missed billing. Even if a parking toll pole for prepaid fees is installed next to each parking grid, or a toll pole that can be used for smart card inductive payment in advance, these parking poles still need to be patrolled by manpower for replenishment or issuance of tickets. Homework problems.

The management of on-street parking often results in the government having to prepare a budget to pay for the huge parking management costs. In addition to the cost of manpower inspections, when the general public takes the parking ticket to the supermarket to pay, the supermarket will also charge the government to replace it. Operating expenses collected. And if various electronic parking poles are installed next to each parking grid, the road or sidewalk must be excavated in the construction to lay the related wired power lines and wired network lines, so a long installation period and installation cost are required. , And easily cause inconvenience to surrounding residents. It even involves the integration of urban power grids and wired network systems. The integration of equipment may take a high cost and time to solve, but future maintenance and management will also involve common management issues between different authorities. .

The inventor has developed inventions applied to parking management earlier, and has filed a domestic patent application for approval, such as: I624809 "Parking Metering System and Its Operation Method" and I662515 "Parking Metering System". In order to enable the management of on-street parking, it can be further implemented through the Internet of Things (IOT). The main implementation method is to set multiple parking meters on the edges of the corresponding on-street parking grids, and use the parking meters The vehicle license plate in the parking space is photographed and identified, and charging management is carried out for profit. The parking meter has built-in related battery modules and wireless network modules, so that the installation of smart parking meters can be quickly installed without burying and connecting external power lines or external network lines. Make the related construction of smart cities easier.

In addition, it can be known from the prior art that in order to simplify the number of parking meters, one parking meter can be installed at the edge of the two parking spaces to detect the parking of the two parking spaces respectively. In other words, two parking bays must be equipped with a parking meter, and if the two adjacent parking bays are too far or the middle is obstructed by terrain or public facilities, a parking meter must be installed next to each parking bay. A parking meter.

In order to facilitate the user's visual inspection and operation, the parking meter usually has a certain height, and the surrounding environment of each roadside parking space is different. In addition to being adjacent to the sidewalk, the roadside parking space is sometimes also It will be adjacent to fences, buildings, telecommunications facilities, power facilities, street lights, traffic signs, advertising signs, arcades, bicycle lanes, public bicycle parking areas, areas that hinder store operations, or other areas that are not suitable for erecting parking meters The special environment caused the problem that the parking meter could not be set up.

In addition, when any parking meter fails or cannot be displayed normally, the user cannot interpret the parking information, or even make payment.

In view of this, the inventor carried out further research and development and improvement for the earlier invention, and then proposed a parking billing and payment system to make parking management and related payment operations more convenient, and to make the parking billing and payment system The installation, maintenance and management are easier.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a parking billing and payment system, so that the installation position of the smart parking meter includes but not limited to the position of the edge of the parking grid, and greatly improves the parking that a single smart parking meter can manage The number of cells. To achieve the above objective, the parking billing and payment system of the present invention includes: a plurality of parking sensors, each parking sensor is installed on the edge of a corresponding parking grid on the side of the road and includes a first control circuit, a first control circuit Electrically connect a detection element, a camera, a first wireless local area network transmission module, a first battery module and a first solar panel to detect the state of the vehicle in the parking space through the detection element, The camera captures the license plate image of the parking grid after the detection element detects that the vehicle is parked. The first battery module supplies the power required for the operation of the parking sensor, and the first solar panel charges the first battery module. ; And a smart parking meter, which is set separately from each parking sensor, so that the installation position of the smart parking meter includes but is not limited to the position of the edge of the parking grid. The smart parking meter includes a second control circuit and a second control circuit Electrically connected to a second wireless local area network transmission module, a mobile communication network module, a display interface, an operation interface, an electronic payment sensor, a second battery module, and a second solar panel. The wireless local area network transmission module communicates with the first wireless local area network transmission modules so that the smart parking meter receives the license plate images captured by each parking sensor. The smart parking meter is Upload these license plate images to an external parking management platform through the mobile communication network module. After the external parking management platform recognizes the license plate images, it returns the individual parking information corresponding to the license plate images to the smart parking meter, and displays the interface Used to display the individual parking information, the operating interface is for the user to operate and select the display interface, the electronic payment sensor is for the user to carry on the electronic payment device for sensing payment, the second battery module is for smart parking It indicates the power required for operation, and the second solar panel charges the second battery module.

In this way, a smart parking meter can manage multiple parking grids at the same time, not limited to only being able to manage Managing two parking spaces can greatly reduce the overall use of smart parking meters for on-street parking spaces. For example, one smart parking meter can be used with more than six parking sensors to manage more than six parking spaces at the same time. The number of smart parking meters used is more than two to four times less than the previous technology, and even more than twenty parking spaces can be managed at the same time when necessary. Secondly, the installation location of the smart parking meter includes but is not limited to the location of the edge of the parking grid, when nearby walls, buildings, telecommunications facilities, power facilities, street lights, traffic signs, advertising signs, arcades, bicycle lanes, public utilities In bicycle parking areas, areas that hinder store operations or other special environments, the smart parking meter can be installed at a more appropriate location around the parking grid. In addition to making the installation of the smart parking meter more convenient, it can also be installed in a more convenient location. Safe location. Furthermore, a one-to-many wireless communication connection method is used between the smart parking meter and the plurality of parking sensors for pairing and data transmission, so it is quite suitable for instant wireless communication backup between nearby systems in the event of a failure. In addition, multiple parking sensors and smart parking meters do not need to be wired with external power lines or external network lines, and the erection can be completed quickly. And when any one of the parking sensor or smart parking meter fails to be replaced and repaired, it does not involve the removal of external power lines or external network routes.

In implementation, each parking sensor further includes a first infrared induction charging module to charge the first battery module, and the smart parking meter further includes a second infrared induction charging module to charge the second battery module. Charging; charging the parking billing and payment system through infrared charging.

In implementation, the operation interface includes a non-contact gesture operation device; to provide users with non-contact operation means to operate.

During implementation, the display interface displays a mobile payment barcode corresponding to the individual parking information; this allows the user to choose whether to pay by scanning the mobile payment barcode.

When implemented, the smart parking meter further includes an active payment input unit for the user to input vehicle number information or parking ticket information. The smart parking meter uploads the vehicle number information or parking ticket information to The parking management platform obtains the arrears information of the vehicle number information or the parking ticket information, and displays the arrears information and payment options through the display interface; the user can perform the arrears of the parking fee through any smart parking meter installed on the roadside Enquiry and payment.

When implemented, the active payment input unit includes a voice recognition input device to input vehicle number information or parking ticket information through voice input.

When implemented, the active payment input unit includes a code scanning input device to input vehicle number information or parking ticket information by means of barcode scanning input.

When implemented, the active payment input unit includes a Bluetooth connection device, which connects with the user's mobile device via Bluetooth, and inputs vehicle number information or parking ticket information through the mobile device.

In the implementation, the display interface is provided by electronic paper to save the power consumption of the display interface and provide a clear display.

During implementation, the display interface is provided by Micro LED to save the power consumption of the display interface and provide a clear display.

In implementation, the parking sensor further includes a beacon receiving module.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a backup payment method between multiple parking billing and payment systems. When any smart parking meter fails, you can go to a nearby or any other smart parking meter to enter the car number Make a payment. To achieve the above purpose, the backup payment method between multiple parking metering and payment systems includes multiple parking metering and payment systems. Each smart parking meter of these multiple parking metering and payment systems has an active payment system. The input unit, when the smart parking meter corresponding to any parking compartment fails and cannot be paid, the active payment input unit of other non-faulty smart parking meters is used to input the vehicle number of the vehicle in the parking compartment, and through the non-faulty The smart parking meter starts the parking payment procedure corresponding to the vehicle number.

Please refer to the first figure, the implementation of the parking billing and payment system includes a plurality of parking sensors 10 and a smart parking meter 20. Each parking sensor 10 is installed on the edge of a corresponding parking compartment on the side of the road. The smart parking meter 20 is installed separately from each parking sensor 10. The installation location of the smart parking meter 20 includes but is not limited to the parking compartment. The position of the edge 20.

Please refer to the first to fifth figures, each parking sensor 10 includes a first control circuit 11, the first control circuit 11 is electrically connected to a detection element 12, a camera 13, a first wireless zone The network transmission module 14, a first battery module 15, a first solar panel 16 and a first infrared induction charging module 17.

The detection element 12 can detect the state of the vehicle in the parking space. The detection element 12 can be a radar, a lidar, or an ultrasonic detector. The detection effect is the best; the camera 13 captures the license plate image of the parking grid after the detection element 12 detects the parking of the vehicle. The first battery module 15 supplies the power required for the operation of the parking sensor 10. The solar panel 16 is used to charge the first battery module 15 after receiving sunlight during the day or the street lamp 30 at night. The first infrared induction charging module 17 can receive an infrared transmitter 31 mounted on the street lamp 30. The first battery module 15 is charged after infrared rays.

The smart parking meter 20 includes a second control circuit 21, which is electrically connected to a second wireless local area network transmission module 22, a mobile communication network module 23, a display interface 24, an operation interface 25, An electronic payment sensor 26, a second battery module 27, a second solar panel 28, and a second infrared induction charging module 29.

The second wireless local area network transmission module 22 communicates with the first wireless local area network transmission modules 14, and the WIFI communication protocol or the Bluetooth communication protocol can be used in between, so that the smart parking meter 20 can receive the data from each The license plate images captured by the parking sensor 10, the smart parking meter 20 uploads the license plate images to an external parking management platform through the mobile communication network module 23, and the external parking management platform recognizes the license plate images Then return the individual parking information corresponding to the license plate images to the smart parking meter 20. The display interface 24 is used to display the individual parking information. The operation interface 25 is for the user to operate and select on the display interface 24. Electronic payment induction The device 26 is for the user to carry on the electronic payment device for inductive payment. The second battery module 27 supplies the power required for the operation of the smart parking meter 20. The second solar panel 28 receives the sunlight during the day or the street lamp 30 at night. The second battery module 27 is charged, and the second infrared induction charging module 29 can receive the infrared rays generated by the infrared transmitter 31 mounted on the street lamp 30 to charge the second battery module 27.

When the sunlight is sufficient or the light source in the environment is sufficient, the first battery module 15 can be charged through the first solar panel 16 and the second battery module 27 can be charged through the second solar panel 28. When it enters the night or when the sun is insufficient, or the environment where the light source is insufficient, the first infrared induction charging module 17 and the second infrared induction charging module 29 can be irradiated by setting up an infrared transmitter 31 in the environment to make The first infrared induction charging module 17 charges the first battery module 15 and the second infrared induction charging module 29 charges the second battery module 27. Accordingly, the parking billing and payment system of the present invention can be used all-weather. It can be charged in a 24-hour use environment, and it is especially suitable for implementation in buildings, under elevated highways, or places with many road trees to charge the parking billing and payment system without contact.

Regarding the setting of the aforementioned external parking management platform, its related operations and connection methods may vary according to different management and government units. For example, the parking management platform can provide a data transmission intermediary layer (DCU) for the data transmission The intermediary layer is also communicatively connected to the AI license plate recognition system, the background parking management system, the electronic ticket system, the banking system, and the third-party payment system. The parking billing and payment system can be connected to the data transmission intermediary layer through the smart parking meter 20 Then carry out integrated operation.

Regarding the payment method through the smart parking meter 20, in addition to the electronic payment sensor 26 for the user to carry on the electronic payment device (such as electronic ticket, contactless financial charge card, contactless credit card or mobile device) for sensor payment A mobile payment barcode corresponding to individual parking information can also be displayed on the display interface 24, so that the user can choose whether to use the mobile payment barcode to pay.

The display interface 24 can be displayed by electronic paper or a Micro LED screen to save power consumption of the display interface and provide a clear display in daylight.

The operation interface 25 includes a non-contact gesture operation device 251 to provide the user with a non-contact operation method for operation, which can effectively reduce the risk of contagious infections.

The smart parking meter 20 further includes an active payment input unit 40 for the user to actively input vehicle number information or parking ticket information. The smart parking meter 20 uploads the vehicle number information or parking ticket information to the parking management platform to obtain the vehicle number information Or arrears information of the parking ticket information, and the display interface displays 24 arrears information and payment options; through this, the user can query and pay the arrears of parking fees through any smart parking meter 20 installed on the roadside payment. In implementation, the active payment input unit 40 may include a voice recognition input device 41 to input vehicle number information or parking ticket information through voice input; Enter the vehicle number information or parking ticket information by scanning input. The setting of the active payment input unit 40 can facilitate the user to actively pay the previous parking fee at any time, and can also save the operation cost of the government department for related operations.

In order to cope with the parking management of special vehicle types, such as vehicles with handicapped parking permits, or other special vehicles announced by the competent authority that are different from the general roadside parking management rules, a letter can be added to the parking sensor 10 during implementation. The beacon receiving module 18 (as shown in the third figure), and a beacon transmitter (for example, Bluetooth beacon) is set on the special vehicle to release the identification beacon of the special vehicle to the parking sensor 10 , And upload it to an external parking management platform through the smart parking meter 20, so that the parking information corresponding to the special vehicle is presented in response to the special vehicle, and then sent back to the smart parking meter 20 for display.

Please refer to the second and sixth figures. Since the parking sensor 10 is installed on the edge of the parking grid, the license plate image will have three-dimensional angle oblique imaging and perspective imaging problems. This embodiment will The background work involved in uploading the license plate image to an external parking management platform. The identification and correction method used in the background operation for the license plate image has gradually matured in recent years. Today's digital image correction technology can produce tilt and perspective in the license plate image. The deformed image 50 is corrected, and a normalized image 60 is generated to facilitate the license plate recognition operation. Therefore, even if the parking sensor 10 is set closer to the ground or the sidewalk, and the license plate image is obtained at an inclined lateral angle, there is still Method to obtain high-accuracy identification results.

Please refer to the fifth and seventh diagrams. Since a smart parking meter can manage multiple parking spaces at the same time, unlike the previous technology that can only manage one or two parking spaces, it can greatly reduce the overall cost of on-street parking spaces. The usage of smart parking meter 20. Furthermore, a one-to-many wireless communication connection method is used between the smart parking meter and the plurality of parking sensors for pairing and data transmission, so it is quite suitable for instant wireless communication backup between nearby systems in the event of a failure. When the smart parking meter 20a fails, you can go to the nearby or any other smart parking meter 20 and enter the car number and then pay to provide a backup payment method between multiple parking billing and billing systems, such as multiple parking billing and billing. Each smart parking meter 20 of the payment system is equipped with an active payment input unit 40. When the smart parking meter 20a corresponding to any parking grid fails and cannot be paid, the automatic payment is made through other non-faulty smart parking meters 20 The input unit 40 inputs the vehicle number of the vehicle in the parking grid, and activates the parking fee payment procedure corresponding to the vehicle number through the non-faulty smart parking meter 20, so as to backup the effect of the fee payment. In addition, the smart parking meter 20 can also be notified through the external parking management platform during implementation. When the smart parking meter 20a of the nearby parking metering and payment system fails, the smart parking meter 20 will replace the other nearby parking meter 20a. The smart parking meter 20a of the parking metering and payment system communicates and integrates with each parking sensor 10a of another parking metering and payment system nearby, so that the nearby systems can perform instant wireless communication backup. .

The above are only examples to illustrate the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of implementation. All simple replacements and equivalent changes made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification of the present invention belong to the patent of the present invention. Application category.

10: parking sensor 10a: Each parking sensor of another parking metering and payment system 11: The first control circuit 12: Detection component 13: Camera 14: The first wireless local area network transmission module 15: The first battery module 16: The first solar panel 17: The first infrared induction charging module 20: Smart parking meter 20a: Another smart parking meter for parking metering and payment system 21: The second control circuit 22: The second wireless local area network transmission module 23: Mobile communication network module 24: display interface 25: Operation interface 251: Non-contact gesture operation device 26: Electronic payment sensor 27: The second battery module 28: The second solar panel 29: The second infrared induction charging module 30: street lights 31: Infrared transmitter 40: Active payment input unit 41: Voice recognition input device 42: Barcode scanning input device 50: Distorted image 60: Correct image

The first figure shows a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the parking sensor according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure shows the circuit diagram of the parking sensor according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the smart parking meter according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of the smart parking meter according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a schematic diagram of image correction of the license plate of the parking management platform connected to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the adjacent arrangement of plural systems according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

10: parking sensor

20: Smart parking meter

30: street lights

31: Infrared transmitter

Claims (12)

A parking billing and payment system, comprising: a plurality of parking sensors, each parking sensor is installed on the edge of a corresponding parking grid on the side of the road and includes a first control circuit, the first control circuit is electrically connected to a Detection element, a camera, a first wireless local area network transmission module, a first battery module and a first solar panel; to detect the state of the vehicle in the parking bay through the detection element, the camera After the detection element detects that the vehicle is parked, the parking grid is captured by the license plate image, the first battery module supplies the power required for the operation of the parking sensor, and the first solar panel is the first The battery module is charged; and a smart parking meter is arranged separately from each parking sensor, so that the installation position of the smart parking meter includes but is not limited to the position of the edge of the parking grid. The smart parking meter includes a first Two control circuits, which are electrically connected to a second wireless local area network transmission module, a mobile communication network module, a display interface, an operation interface, an electronic payment sensor, and a second battery module And a second solar panel, the second wireless local area network transmission module is communicatively connected with the first wireless local area network transmission modules, so that the smart parking meter receives from each parking sensor The license plate images captured, the smart parking meter uploads the license plate images to an external parking management platform through the mobile communication network module, and the external parking management platform recognizes the license plate images and then the smart parking The table returns the individual parking information corresponding to the license plate images, the display interface is used to display the individual parking information, the operation interface is for the user to operate and select the display interface, and the electronic payment sensor is for use A portable electronic payment device is used for inductive payment. The second battery module supplies the power required for the operation of the smart parking meter, and the second solar panel charges the second battery module. The parking charging and payment system according to claim 1, wherein each parking sensor further includes a first infrared induction charging module to charge the first battery module, and the smart parking meter further includes a The second infrared induction charging module is used to charge the second battery module. The parking charging and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the operation interface includes a non-contact gesture operation device. The parking billing and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the display interface displays a mobile payment barcode corresponding to the individual parking information. The parking billing and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the smart parking meter further includes an active payment input unit for the user to input vehicle number information or parking ticket information, and the smart parking meter is the vehicle number information Or the parking ticket information is uploaded to the parking management platform and the vehicle number information or the arrears information of the parking ticket information is obtained, and the arrears information and payment options are displayed through the display interface. The parking charging and payment system according to claim 5, wherein the active payment input unit includes a voice recognition input device. The parking charging and payment system according to claim 5, wherein the active payment input unit includes a code scanning input device. The parking charging and payment system according to claim 5, wherein the active payment input unit includes a Bluetooth connection device. The parking billing and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the display interface is provided by electronic paper. The parking billing and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the display interface is provided by Micro LED. The parking billing and payment system according to claim 1, wherein the parking sensor further The step includes a beacon receiving module. A backup payment method between multiple parking billing and payment systems, which includes multiple parking billing and payment systems as described in any one of request items 5 to 8, when a smart parking corresponding to any parking grid occurs When the meter is faulty and cannot be paid, the vehicle number of the vehicle in the parking grid is entered through the active payment input unit of other non-faulty smart parking meters, and the parking payment procedure corresponding to the vehicle number is activated through the non-faulty smart parking meter.

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