TWI775224B - Intelligent parking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent parking management system includes a plurality of sensors, an indication device, and a management device. Each sensor is applied for sensing if a corresponding parking lot has a vehicle parking therein. The indication device is disposed on a vehicle for generating the location signal of vehicle. The management device stores the graphic information of the parking court, and determines the status of each parking lot according to the signal of the sensor, and records the signal of each sensor in the graphic information. When the vehicle enters the parking court, the management device, according to the location signal and the parking court graphic information, calculates the moving route and generates the parking route information, and accordingly controls the indication device to project a guidance image toward the front of the vehicle. Therefore, the present invention explicitly guides the driver to a vacant parking lot.

Description

Smart Parking Management System

The present invention relates to a management related field, in particular to a smart parking management system.

Generally, when the vehicle arrives at the parking lot, the parking lot will display the current number of remaining parking spaces at the entrance. When the vehicle enters the parking lot, the driver always has to find an empty parking space from the dense parking spaces. Therefore, it often takes a long time to find a parking space. bit.

Furthermore, some parking lots are equipped with managers who can guide drivers to vacant parking spaces, but most parking lots are not equipped with managers. Drivers need to find parking spaces by themselves. Parking space, resulting in the phenomenon of grabbing a parking space.

Therefore, in order to improve the above-mentioned problems, there is a parking space lighting design. When the parking space becomes vacant, the green light will turn on, so that the driver can know where the empty parking space is. Although the parking space lighting design allows the driver to find the light However, if multiple drivers see the same green light at the same time, the problem of grabbing the same parking space will still occur, and it will also cause the problem of disordered parking in the parking lot.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an intelligent parking management system, which generates parking path planning information according to the vehicle position, and the parking path planning information cooperates with the control guidance image to clearly guide the driver to the empty parking space, so as to provide the driver with fast The effect of parking.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent parking management system, which includes: a plurality of sensors, which are respectively arranged in a plurality of parking spaces, each sensor provides a sense of whether a vehicle is parked in the corresponding parking space; an indication device , which is installed in the vehicle, the pointing device has the function of image projection, wherein the pointing device provides a position signal for generating the vehicle; and a management device, which stores a parking lot map, and the management device judges according to the signal of each sensor The status of each parking space, and the signal of each sensor is recorded in the parking lot map; wherein, when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the management device corresponds to the parking lot map according to the position signal, performs path planning calculation and generates a parking path planning information , the management device controls the indicating device to project a guiding image toward the front of the vehicle according to the parking path planning information.

Through the above, the present invention generates parking path planning information according to the vehicle position, and the parking path planning information is combined with the control guidance image to clearly guide the driver to the vacant parking space, thereby providing the driver with the effect of fast parking.

In one of the embodiments, the management device has a server terminal and a detector, the server terminal signal is coupled to each sensor and the indicating device, and the server terminal stores the parking lot map; the detector is installed at the entrance fence of the parking lot The detector provides confirmation that the vehicle enters the parking lot and generates a planning command. The server terminal receives the planning command and couples the signal to the indicating device to perform path planning calculation and generate parking path planning information, wherein the detector has a camera. function, the detector provides a photo of the vehicle's license plate number and generates a license plate information to transmit to the server terminal, and the server terminal matches the license plate information with the location information to record the parking time of the vehicle; thereby, the present invention can have both guided parking and The effect of managing the parking status.

In one of the embodiments, the present invention further has an application program, which is set up on a cloud server, the application program can be executed on the smart mobile device, the application program is connected with the signal of the management device through the cloud server, and the application program has an information The module and a financial module, the information module provides the license plate number of the input vehicle and triggers a settlement instruction, the information module transmits the license plate number and the settlement instruction to the management device, and the management device transmits the license plate number and the license plate information according to the settlement instruction. Matching, in order to obtain the parking time and calculate a parking fee, the financial module can display the parking fee and offer to pay the parking fee; thereby, the effect of intelligently paying the parking fee is achieved.

In order to facilitate the description of the central idea of the present invention expressed in the column of the above-mentioned summary of the invention, specific embodiments are hereby expressed. Various objects in the embodiments are drawn according to proportions, sizes, deformations or displacements suitable for description, rather than the proportions of actual elements, which will be described first.

1 to 6, the present invention provides a smart parking management system 100, which includes:

The plurality of sensors 10 are respectively disposed in the plurality of parking spaces 1 in the parking lot, and each sensor 10 has an exclusive number, wherein the exclusive number of each sensor 10 can be one of numbers, English, or a combination thereof . Furthermore, each sensor 10 provides a sense of whether a vehicle 2 is parked in the correspondingly arranged parking space 1 , and when a vehicle 2 is parked in the parking space 1 , the sensor 10 will generate a sensing signal.

An indicating device 20, which is installed in the vehicle 2. In the embodiment of the present invention, the indicating device 20 is disposed at the windshield of the front of the vehicle; wherein, the indicating device 20 can be the original equipment of the vehicle 2 or an additional device. The present invention does not limit its type.

Furthermore, the indicating device 20 has an exclusive code to provide information identification; the indicating device 20 has a projection module 21, the projection module 21 has an image projection function, the projection module 21 faces outside the windshield of the front of the vehicle, and the projection module 21 The image can be projected towards the ground or building wall in front of the vehicle 2 .

In addition, the pointing device 20 further has a positioning module 22, the positioning module 22 provides a position signal for generating the position of the vehicle 2 in the parking lot, and the positioning module 22 can transmit the position signal to the outside.

A management device 30 has a server terminal 31 and a detector 32. The server terminal 31 provides a signal to couple the sensor 10 provided in each parking bay 1 and the indicating device 20 installed in each vehicle 2, and the servo The terminal 31 stores a parking lot map information and a discount information. The server terminal 31 of the management device 30 can judge the state of each parking space 1 according to the signal of each sensor 10, and record the signal of each sensor 10 in the In the parking lot map, the discount information can be related information of monthly renters, parking fee discount information of the parking lot cooperating with the merchant, or other information that can be discounted to the parking fee in cooperation with the parking lot, and the present invention is not limited to this.

Furthermore, the detector 32 is set at the entrance fence 3 of the parking lot, and the signal of the entrance fence 3 is coupled to the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 , wherein the detector 32 has a photographing function, and the detector 32 provides a picture of the vehicle 2 . The license plate number is generated and a license plate information is sent to the server terminal 31. The server terminal 31 matches the license plate information with the location information to record and calculate the parking time of the vehicle 2. The server terminal 31 will control the entrance barrier 3 to open accordingly, so as to allow the vehicle 2 to enter the parking lot.

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 , when the vehicle 2 drives to the entrance fence 3 to enter the parking lot, the detector 32 will photograph the license plate number and generate the license plate information to the server terminal 31 . After the server terminal 31 receives the license plate information, It will control the entrance barrier 3 to open for the vehicle 2 to enter the parking lot; when the detector 32 confirms that the vehicle 2 has entered the parking lot, it will generate a planning command; when the server terminal 31 receives the planning command, a signal will be coupled to the vehicle 2 The indicating device 20 receives the position signal generated by the positioning module 22 of the indicating device 20 , and the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 performs a route planning calculation and generates a parking route planning information corresponding to the parking lot map according to the position signal. According to the parking path planning information, the projection module 21 of the indicating device 20 is controlled in sequence to project a guide image 23 toward the front of the vehicle 2 to guide the vehicle 2 to the vacant parking space 1 to park the vehicle 2; when the vehicle 2 is parked in the parking space In 1, the sensor 10 of the parking space 1 will generate a sensing signal, and the server terminal 31 will receive the sensing signal of the sensor 10 and record the parking space 1 set by the sensor 10 in the parking lot map. The existing vehicle 2 is parked, and other vehicles 2 are no longer planned to be parked; and the server terminal 31 will also pair the license plate information with the exclusive number of the sensor 10 to record it in the parking lot map; wherein, the server terminal 31 will According to the change of the position signal and the signal changes of the sensors 10, the parking lot map is updated in real time, and the server terminal 31 will continuously perform route planning and calculation in real time according to the updated parking lot map.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parking route planning information is a continuous control signal, and the server terminal 31 will sequentially transmit the parking route planning information to the indicating device 20 according to the position signal of the position of the vehicle 2, so that the projection mode of the indicating device 20 is set. The group 21 projects the guide images 23 in sequence; for example: the currently vacant parking space 1 requires the vehicle 2 to drive forward and then turn right, then the server terminal 31 will first control the projection module of the pointing device 20 according to the parking path planning information 21 Projects a forward arrow-shaped guidance image 23 in front of the vehicle 2; when the position signal of the vehicle 2 indicates that the vehicle 2 has reached the turning point, the server terminal 31 will then control the projection model of the pointing device 20 according to the parking path planning information. The group 21 projects a guide image 23 in the form of a right-turning arrow toward the front of the vehicle 2 , as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 .

An application 40 is set up on a cloud server 50, the application 40 can be executed on the smart mobile device 4, the application 40 is connected with the management device 30 via the cloud server 50, and the application 40 has an information module 41 and A financial module 42, the information module 41 provides input of the license plate number of the vehicle 2 and triggers a settlement instruction, the information module 41 transmits the license plate number and settlement instruction to the server terminal 31 of the management device 30, and the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 According to the settlement instruction, the license plate number is matched with the license plate information to obtain the parking time and calculate a parking fee. The financial module 42 can display the parking fee and provide payment of the parking fee; wherein, the server terminal 31 stores the parking fee calculation information of the parking lot , for example: the parking fee is 30 yuan per hour; the financial module 42 provides payment of the parking fee by credit card, mobile payment, etc., and the present invention is not limited to this.

It is further explained that the information module 41 provides setting of a member mode or a non-member mode. In terms of the member mode, the information module 41 provides registration as a member. When registering, you can enter your name, phone number and license plate number to create an exclusive member. When the user uses the application 40 to enter the information module 41 through the smart mobile device 4, the member mode can be directly selected, and the information module 41 will display the license plate number of the exclusive member and the graphic objects that can trigger settlement instructions; when the user needs When leaving the parking lot, the user with the membership can click on the graphic object to trigger the settlement instruction, the information module 41 transmits the license plate number and the settlement instruction to the server terminal 31 of the management device 30, and the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 according to the settlement instruction, The license plate number unique to the member is matched with the license plate information to obtain the parking time and calculate the parking fee. The financial module 42 can display the parking fee and provide the user to pay the parking fee.

In the non-member mode, when the user needs to leave the parking lot, the user enters the information module 41 through the smart mobile device 4 using the application 40 to provide the graphic object for entering the license plate number and triggering the settlement instruction. The number and the settlement instruction are sent to the server terminal 31 of the management device 30. The server terminal 31 of the management device 30 matches the license plate number of the non-member with the license plate information according to the settlement instruction to obtain the parking time and calculate the parking fee. The financial module 42 It can display the parking fee and provide the user to pay the parking fee.

The cloud server 50 is connected with a point of sale (POS) signal set by the merchant, and the application 40 generates an identification code 43 according to the license plate number of the vehicle 2; The identification code 43 of the application 40 is displayed, and the identification code 43 is inductively connected to the point-of-sale information system 5 of the merchant to record a consumption amount. The application 40 transmits the consumption amount and the identification code 43 to the management device 30 through the cloud server 50 The server terminal 31 and the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 accumulate the consumption amount corresponding to the identification code 43; the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 will read the license plate number from the identification code 43 according to the settlement instruction, and obtain the corresponding accumulated amount from the license plate number. The consumption amount and parking time, the obtained consumption amount and parking time and a discount information are used to calculate the parking fee. The parking fee will generate the original parking fee, the discounted parking fee or the free fee. After the discounted parking fee, the user can pay the parking fee through the financial module 42; the server terminal 31 stores multiple discount information, and the discount information is the monthly rent user information, consumption invoices, medical receipts, matching business vouchers, etc. The present invention is not limited to this.

The information module 41 provides the input of a discount certificate. The method of inputting the discount certificate can depend on the user manually inputting the discount certificate code, scanning the discount certificate or sensing the discount certificate. The present invention is not limited to this; the information module 41 transmits the discount certificate to The server terminal 31 of the management device 30, the server terminal 31 of the management device 30 matches the discount certificate with the discount information, and obtains the parking time according to the license plate number, and then calculates the parking fee as the original parking fee, the discounted parking fee or the free fee, such as As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 ; wherein, the discount voucher can be monthly rent user information, consumption invoice, medical receipt, cooperating merchant voucher, etc., and the present invention is not limited to this.

For example: Store A cooperates with the parking lot, and if you spend over 500 yuan in store A, a discount for 1 hour parking fee will be provided, and the server terminal 31 stores the discount information of store A's parking discount and the parking fee of the parking lot is hourly. 30 yuan; if B parker spends 600 yuan in store A, store A will provide a discount voucher to deduct the 1-hour parking fee, and parker B has a total parking time of 2 hours. When parker B wants to leave the parking lot, parker B It is possible to input the license plate number in the information module 41 to obtain the parking time of 2 hours, and then input the discount certificate provided by the store A through the information module 41, and the server terminal 31 converts the original 2 hours of parking time into one hour, and then calculates The parking fee that a person who parks in B needs to pay is 30 yuan, and a person who parks B can pay the parking fee of 30 yuan through the financial module 42 .

In summary, the present invention can achieve the following effects:

1. The smart parking management system 100 of the present invention can generate parking path planning information according to the position of the vehicle 2 , and the parking path planning information will cooperate with the control guide image 23 to clearly guide the driver to the empty parking space, thereby providing the driver with a quick The effect of parking.

2. The smart parking management system 100 of the present invention can record the relevant information of the vehicles 2 parked in the parking lot, so as to provide the parking lot managers to accurately grasp the parking status of the parking lot, so as to achieve the effect of both guiding the parking and managing the parking status.

3. The intelligent parking management system 100 of the present invention can intelligently calculate the parking fee according to the license plate information, and can use the discount voucher to deduct the parking fee; thereby, the function of intelligently managing parking discounts is achieved.

4. The smart parking management system 100 of the present invention can calculate and pay the parking fee online through the application program 40, which can save the trouble of paying the fee through the payment machine, so as to achieve the effect of convenient and intelligent payment of the parking fee.

5. The smart parking management system 100 of the present invention projects the guide image 23 through the pointing device 20 installed in the vehicle 2 to ensure that the guide image 23 is located in front of the vehicle 2 , which can avoid blind spots and provide the driver with a clearer way to follow the guide. Drive vehicle 2 to the vacant parking space 1 to park.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, but not to limit the scope of the present invention. All the modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of the present invention belong to the intended protection category of the present invention.

1: Parking compartment 2: Vehicle 3: Entrance fence machine 4: Smart mobile device 5: Point-of-sale intelligence system 100: Smart parking management system 10: Sensor 20: Indicating device 21: Projection module 22: Positioning module 23: Guide image 30: Management device 31: Server Terminal 32: Detector 40: Applications 41: Information Modules 42: Financial module 43: Identification code 50: Cloud server

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection block of the system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the system architecture of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention where a vehicle is about to enter a parking lot. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the pointing device of the present invention projecting a guiding image from the vehicle. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a vehicle according to the present invention going to an empty parking space according to a guide image. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an application program used in the present invention.

100: Smart Parking Management System 10: Sensor 20: Indicating device 21: Projection module 22: Positioning module 30: Management device 31: Servo terminal 32: Detector 40: Apps 41: Information Module 42: Financial Modules 50: Cloud server

Claims (5)

An intelligent parking management system, comprising: a plurality of sensors, which are respectively arranged in a plurality of parking spaces, each of the sensors provides a sense of whether a vehicle is parked in the correspondingly arranged parking spaces; an indication device, which is installed on the vehicle, The pointing device has an image projection function, wherein the pointing device provides a position signal for generating a vehicle; a management device has a server terminal and a detector, and the server terminal signal is coupled to each of the sensors and the indicator The device, the server terminal stores a parking lot map, the detector is installed at the entrance gate of the parking lot, the detector has a photographing function, and the server terminal judges the status of each parking space according to the signals of the sensors , and record the signal of each sensor in the parking lot map; wherein, when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the detector provides confirmation that the vehicle enters the parking lot, and generates a planning command, when the server terminal receives the planning command The meeting signal is coupled to the indicating device, the server terminal corresponds to the parking lot map according to the position signal to perform path planning calculation and generate a parking path planning information, the management device controls the indicating device to move forward of the vehicle according to the parking path planning information Projecting a guide image, wherein the detector provides the license plate number of the photographed vehicle and generates a license plate information and transmits it to the server terminal, and the server terminal matches the license plate information with the location information to record the parking time of the vehicle; and An application program, which is set up on a cloud server, the cloud server is connected with the signal of the point-of-sale information system set by the merchant, the application program can be executed on a smart mobile device, and the application program communicates with the management device signal through the cloud server connected, the application program has an information module and a financial module, the information module provides input of the license plate number of the vehicle and triggers a settlement instruction, the information module transmits the license plate number and the settlement instruction to the management device, the According to the settlement instruction, the management device assigns the license plate The number matches the license plate information to obtain the parking time and calculate a parking fee. The financial module can display the parking fee and offer to pay the parking fee. The application generates an identification code according to the vehicle's license plate number; After the merchant consumes, the user displays the identification code of the application through the smart mobile device, and the identification code is inductively connected to the point-of-sale information system to record a consumption amount, and the consumption amount can be accumulated in the management device with the identification code; the According to the settlement instruction, the management device obtains the parking time from the accumulated consumption amount, a discount information and the license plate number read from the identification code, and then calculates the parking fee. The smart parking management system of claim 1, wherein the information module provides input of a discount certificate, the information module transmits the discount certificate to the management device, and the management device matches the discount certificate with the discount information , and obtain the parking time according to the license plate number, and then calculate the parking fee. The smart parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the parking route planning information updates the parking lot map in real time according to the change of the position signal and the signal change of each of the sensors. The smart parking management system according to claim 3, wherein each of the sensors has an exclusive serial number; the license plate information is paired with the exclusive serial number of the sensor to be recorded in the parking lot map. The smart parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the indicating device has a projection module, the projection module faces outside the windshield of the front of the vehicle, and the projection module provides the guidance image to be projected to the ground in front of the vehicle or building walls.

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