TWI779529B - How to park in a shared parking space - Google Patents

Abstract

A parking method for shared parking spaces, comprising: a user inputs a parking space search command from a first mobile device, and a server matches the parking spaces. The user of the first mobile device parks the vehicle to the corresponding parking space when parking; when picking up the car, the user takes a picture of the vehicle with a camera module of the first mobile device to obtain an end parking image file, the end parking image The file contains a time information; the first mobile device sends the end parking image file to the server; the server stores the end parking image file and records a parking end time in the corresponding parking space item in the database according to the time information and sends a notification message to a second mobile device. In this way, the owner of the parking space can be notified when the owner picks up the car.

Description

How to park in a shared parking space

The invention relates to parking management; in particular, it refers to a parking method for sharing parking spaces.

It is known that with the prosperity of the social economy, cars have become the means of transportation for most people, especially self-driving, which has a higher degree of freedom than taking public transportation, and is not limited by time. However, as the number of people owning cars increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to find a parking space, even to the point where it is hard to find one. Therefore, most people who own cars will bring their own parking spaces, either privately owned or rented from parking lots, to avoid the dilemma of no parking spaces.

Generally speaking, the vehicle of the owner of the parking space is not always parked in the parking space. For example, the vehicle of the owner of the parking space is used for commuting to work. During the working hours during the day, the vehicle leaves the parking space and only stops at night In the parking space. In this way, when the car is in the daytime period, it belongs to the idle period.

There are also operators on the market that provide a parking space matching system for the owner of the parking space and the vehicle user to match the parking space to fill the vacant period of the parking space, increase the utilization rate of the parking space, and solve the problem of insufficient parking spaces.

However, when the vehicle user parks and picks up the car, the owner of the parking space cannot know whether the vehicle user has left. It is necessary to go to the scene of the parking space to watch to know, which will cause inconvenience to the owner of the parking space.

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a parking method for shared parking spaces, which can notify the owner of the parking space when the owner picks up the car.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a parking method for shared parking spaces, which is applied to a shared parking system, the shared parking system includes a server, a database, a first mobile device and a second mobile device, The database stores a plurality of parking space items, and each of the parking space items corresponds to a parking space and includes a parking space data, and the parking space data includes an idle period and a location information; the first mobile device, the second mobile device and the server communication; the parking method includes the following steps:

A. Input a parking space search command from the first mobile device, and transmit the parking space search command to the server; wherein, the parking space search command includes at least one parking period;

B. The server obtains at least one parking space data of the parking space project from the database according to the parking space search command, and the free time period in the obtained parking space data matches the parking time period; the parking space that the server will obtain The data is sent to the first mobile device, and the user selects the parking space item corresponding to the parking space data on the first mobile device;

C. The user of the first mobile device parks a vehicle in the corresponding parking space according to the parking space information when parking;

D. When picking up the car, the user takes a picture of the vehicle with a camera module of the first mobile device to obtain an image file of the end parking, which contains a time information; the first mobile device will end the parking The parking image file is sent to the server;

E. The server stores the end parking image file and records a parking end time in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the time information, and establishes a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the end parking image file; and sends a A notification message is sent to the second mobile device.

The effect of the present invention is that it can be determined that the user of the first mobile device actively confirms the time to end the parking, and there is an image file of the end of parking as the basis for picking up the car, and the owner of the parking space can be indeed notified.

In order to illustrate the present invention more clearly, preferred embodiments are given and detailed descriptions are given below in conjunction with drawings. Please refer to Fig. 1, which is a shared parking system applied to the parking method of shared parking spaces according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The shared parking system includes a server 10, a database 12, and a first mobile device. 20 and a second mobile device 30 .

The server 10 is connected to the database 12 and an Internet 40, and the database 12 stores a plurality of parking space items. Each of the parking space items includes a parking space data, and the parking space data at least includes a free period and a location information. The parking space data is uploaded to the server 10 by the owner of the parking space, and the free period of each parking space data can be defined by the owner. The location information may be the location of the parking space. The parking space information may further include the receiving account number, the size of the parking space, and the charging price.

The first mobile device 20 is held by the vehicle user, and the first mobile device 20 can be a portable device with a screen 22 and a camera module 24 such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer. The first mobile device 20 is connected to the Internet. The first mobile device 20 executes a shared parking application program to communicate with the server 10, the shared parking application program records a vehicle information, the vehicle information includes vehicle number, basic information of the owner and other information, and the first mobile device 20 transmits the vehicle information to the server 10, and is stored in the database 12 by the server 10.

The second mobile device 30 is held by the owner of the parking space, and the second mobile device can be a portable device with a screen 32 and a camera module 34 such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer. The second mobile device 30 is connected to the Internet, and the second mobile device 30 executes a shared parking application to communicate with the server 10 .

With the above structure, the parking method of the shared parking space of this embodiment can be implemented, and the parking method includes the following steps shown in FIG. 2 .

Step S11: Input a parking space search command from the first mobile device 20, and transmit the parking space search command to the server 10; wherein, the parking space search command includes at least a parking period.

In this embodiment, the user operates the first mobile device 20 to input a parking space search command, and the parking period can be defined by the user, and the parking period includes a start time and an end time. In addition, in other embodiments, the parking space search command may further include the location information of the desired parking location. The location information of the desired parking location may be automatically retrieved from a location information of the first mobile device 20, or the user may use the location information of the first mobile device 20 to Specify on the electronic map (for example, google map can be used).

Step S12: The server 10 obtains at least one parking space data of the parking space item from the database 12 according to the parking space search command, and the free time period in the obtained parking space data matches the parking time period; the server 10 will The obtained parking space data is sent to the first mobile device 20 , and the user selects the parking space item corresponding to the parking space data on the first mobile device 20 .

In this embodiment, after the server 10 receives the parking space search instruction, it will filter the database 12 according to the parking time period to obtain the parking space data of one or more parking space items that meet the parking time period. And the matching parking space data is sent to the first mobile device 20, displayed on the screen 22, and the user selects one of them on the first mobile device 20. After determining the desired parking space, the server 10 records in the corresponding parking space item that a certain time period in the free time period has been reserved, and records the vehicle information.

Step S13: The user of the first mobile device 20 parks a vehicle in the corresponding parking space according to the parking space data when parking.

In this embodiment, the user parks the vehicle in the selected parking space according to the parking space information displayed on the screen 22 of the first mobile device 20 .

Step S14: When picking up the car, the user takes a picture of the vehicle with the camera module 24 of the first mobile device 20 to obtain an image file of the end of parking, and the image file of end of parking includes a time information; the first mobile device 20 The end parking image file is sent to the server 10 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 , the user can click on the "car pickup" image 52 in the user interface 50 on the first mobile device 20 to take pictures of the vehicle. The frame 54 displays the current shooting time, and displays the image 56 of the parking image file, and the first mobile device 20 adds time information to the image 56 to become a time stamp. The first mobile device 20 can further recognize the car number, and add the car number to the image 56 . If the number of the vehicle cannot be recognized, a re-photographing request is displayed on the first mobile device 20, and the user re-photographs the vehicle. In addition, the time information and the location information of the first mobile device 20 at the time of shooting are recorded in the attribute data of the parking image file. The first mobile device 20 can transmit the identified car number to the server.

Step S15: The server 10 stores the parking end image file and records a parking end time in the corresponding parking space item of the database 12 according to the time information, and establishes a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the parking end image file; And send a notification message to the second mobile device 30 .

In this embodiment, the server 10 can store the parking image file at the end in the database 12, and compare the parking end time with the end time of the parking period in step S11 to determine the real end time of the parking as The basis for the amount of parking fee collection, for example, the server 10 can transfer the parking fee to the payment collection account of the owner of the parking space according to the credit card account number that the user can use on the first mobile device 20 to connect to the third-party cash flow service . If it is judged that the real end time of parking exceeds the end time of the original parking period, then the server 10 can add an overtime parking fee when collecting money.

In addition, the server 10 further records the location information in the parking image file at the end of parking in the corresponding parking space item in the database 12 . The server 10 can further judge whether the positioning information matches the location information of the parking space data, so as to determine whether the user is shooting the parking image file around the parking space.

And this notification message can notify the owner of the parking space, making it known that the vehicle user has picked up the car. In addition, the server 10 can also transmit the parking end image file to the second mobile device 30, or the owner of the parking space can operate the second mobile device 30 to connect with the server 10 to view the image of the parking end image file.

The above are the main steps of this embodiment. Through the above steps, it can be determined that the user of the first mobile device 20 (i.e. the owner) confirms the time to end the parking, and the image file of the end of the parking is used as the basis for picking up the car, and it can be Make sure to notify the owner of the space.

In order to protect the rights and interests of the owner of the parking space or the next person to park, this embodiment can optionally include:

Step S16: Take a picture of the vehicle with the camera module 32 of the second mobile device 30 or another camera module of the first mobile device to obtain a parking image file, which contains another time information; the second action The device 30 or another first mobile device transmits the parking image file to the server 10 .

Please cooperate with FIG. 4, the owner of the parking space clicks the "report" image 62 on the user interface 60 on the second mobile device 30 or the next person who parks on another first mobile device to take pictures of the vehicle, and at the same time , in the user interface 60, the current time of shooting is displayed in the frame 64 of "reporting time", and the image 66 of the parking image file is displayed, and the second mobile device 30 or another first mobile device attaches the time information to The image 66 becomes a time stamp. The second mobile device 30 or another first mobile device can further recognize the vehicle number, and add the vehicle number to the image 66 . If the car number of the vehicle cannot be recognized, a re-shooting request is displayed, requiring a re-shooting of the vehicle. In addition, time information and location information of the mobile device at the time of shooting are recorded in the attribute data of the parking image file. The second mobile device 30 or another first mobile device can transmit the identified vehicle number to the server.

Step S17: The server 10 stores the parking image file and records a delay time in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the other time information, and establishes a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the parking image file.

The server 10 can send a notification message to the first electronic device to notify it of the parking timeout.

If it is taken by another first mobile device, the server 10 can also send a notification message to the second mobile device 30 to notify that there is a parking overtime situation.

FIG. 5 shows the parking method of the shared parking spaces according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. Steps S21-S25 of this embodiment are substantially the same as steps S11-S15 of the first embodiment. the difference is:

In step S21, the parking space search command further includes a vehicle number information, wherein the user can input the vehicle number of the vehicle to be parked on the first mobile device 20 to form the vehicle number information.

In step S22, the server 10 records the vehicle number information in the database 12 corresponding to the parking space item selected by the user.

In step S23, after the vehicle is parked in the parking space, it further includes: the user takes a picture of the vehicle with the camera module 22 of the first mobile device 20 to obtain a parking start image file, and the parking start image file includes another time Information. The first mobile device 20 transmits the parking start image file to the server 10 .

Please cooperate with FIG. 6, the user can click on the "start parking" image 72 in the user interface 70 on the first mobile device 20 to take a picture of the vehicle. The frame 72 displays the current shooting time, and displays the image 76 of the start parking image file, and the first mobile device 20 adds time information to the image 76 to become a time stamp. The first mobile device 20 can further recognize the car number, and add the car number to the image 76 . In addition, time information and location information of the first mobile device 20 at the time of shooting are recorded in the attribute data of the parking start image file. The first mobile device 20 can transmit the identified car number to the server 10 . If the number of the vehicle cannot be recognized, a re-photographing request is displayed on the first mobile device 20, and the user re-photographs the vehicle.

The server 10 can store the start parking image file in the database 12 and record a parking start time in the corresponding parking space item in the database according to the time information of the start parking image file, and create the corresponding parking space item and the start parking space item. Link relationship of parking image files. The server 10 can also record a parking vehicle number in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the vehicle number transmitted from the first mobile device. The server 10 also transmits another notification message of parking start to the second mobile device 30 . In addition, the server 10 can also transmit the parking start image file to the second mobile device 30, or the owner of the parking space can operate the second mobile device 30 to connect with the server 10 to view the image of the parking start image file.

In addition, the server 10 further records the positioning information in the parking start image file in the parking space item corresponding to the database 12 . The server 10 can further judge whether the positioning information matches the location information of the parking space data, so as to determine whether the user parks in the correct parking space. If not, the server 10 may send a notification message to the first mobile device 20 to notify the user of the wrong parking space.

In this way, it can be confirmed that the user of the first mobile device 20 (ie, the owner) confirms the time to start parking, and there is an image file for starting parking as a basis for starting parking. And the owner of the parking space can also know that parking has started.

In this embodiment, in step S23, when the server 10 judges that the identified vehicle number sent by the first mobile device 20 matches the vehicle number information, the above-mentioned storage of the parking start image file and recording of the parking start time can be performed. , Establish the link relationship between the parking space item and the parking image file, and record the parking number. If the server 10 compares the identified vehicle number with the vehicle number information, it sends a warning message and sends it to the first mobile device 20 and/or the second mobile device 30 . To inform that the vehicle currently in use is not the vehicle originally intended to park, and cannot be parked in this parking space.

In this embodiment, in step S24, the first mobile device 20 identifies the vehicle number of the vehicle and uploads it to the server 10, and the server 10 compares the identified vehicle number with the parking vehicle number in the parking space item corresponding to the database. At this time, a warning message is sent and sent to the first mobile device 20 to inform the user that the vehicle currently picking up the car is not the original parking vehicle, and it is necessary to confirm whether the parking space is correct.

FIG. 7 shows the parking method of the shared parking spaces according to the third preferred embodiment of the present invention. Steps S31-S35 of this embodiment are substantially the same as steps S11-S15 of the first embodiment. the difference is:

Between step S34 and step S35 includes, after a buffer time, according to a positioning information of the first mobile device 20, when it is judged that the first mobile device 20 moves away from the parking space at a speed greater than a predetermined speed, it means that the user has Drive the vehicle out of the parking space, then proceed to step S35. The buffer time can be set to 5-10 minutes. The predetermined speed may be set to be 10 Km/hr or more.

If it is judged that the first mobile device 20 is moving away from the parking space at a moving speed less than the predetermined speed (meaning that the user leaves the parking space on foot), or the first mobile device 20 is not far away from the parking space, the server 10 will save the parking space in the database. The corresponding parking space item in 12 records an extended time. The server 10 compares the extended time with the end time of the parking period to determine that the end time of the original parking period is exceeded, and the server 10 can send a notification message to the first electronic device 20 to notify it of the parking overtime. The server 10 can also send a notification message to the second mobile device 30 to notify that there is an overtime parking situation.

According to the above, with the shared parking parking method of the present invention, the user of the first mobile device 20 can take a photo to confirm the parking time, which can be used as the basis for calculating the parking time, and the owner of the parking space can also know the parking space. A mobile device user has picked up the car. There is no need to install additional monitoring equipment in the parking space, effectively reducing the cost of the parking space owner.

The above description is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes made by applying the description of the present invention and the scope of the patent application should be included in the scope of the patent of the present invention.

[The present invention] 10: server 12: database 20: first mobile device 22: screen 24: camera module 30: second mobile device 32: screen 34: camera module 40: Internet 50: user interface 52: Image 54: Frame 56: Image 60: User Interface 62: Image 64: Frame 66: Image 70: User Interface 72: Image 74: Frame 76: Image S11~S17: Step S21~ S25: step S31~S35: step

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a shared parking system in a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a parking method for a shared parking space according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a user interface displayed on the screen of the first mobile device according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a user interface displayed on the screen of the second mobile device according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a parking method for a shared parking space according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a user interface displayed on the screen of the first mobile device according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a parking method for a shared parking space according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

S11~S17: Steps

Claims (13)

A parking method for a shared parking space is applied to a shared parking system, the shared parking system includes a server, a database, a first mobile device and a second mobile device, the database stores a plurality of parking space items, Each of the parking space items corresponds to a parking space and includes a parking space data, the parking space data includes an idle period and a location information; the first mobile device, the second mobile device communicate with the server; the parking method includes the following steps: A. Input a parking space search command from the first mobile device, and transmit the parking space search command to the server; wherein, the parking space search command includes at least one parking period; B. The server obtains at least one parking space data of the parking space project from the database according to the parking space search command, and the free time period in the obtained parking space data matches the parking time period; the parking space that the server will obtain The data is sent to the first mobile device, and the user selects the parking space item corresponding to the parking space data on the first mobile device; C. The user of the first mobile device parks a vehicle in the corresponding parking space according to the parking space information when parking; D. When picking up the car, the user takes a picture of the vehicle with a camera module of the first mobile device to obtain an image file of the end parking, which contains a time information; the first mobile device will end the parking The parking image file is sent to the server; E. The server stores the end parking image file and records a parking end time in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the time information, and establishes a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the end parking image file; and sends a A notification message is sent to the second mobile device. The parking method of the shared parking space as described in claim 1, wherein in step D, the parking image file at the end includes a positioning information of the first mobile device; in step E, the server further stores the corresponding parking space item in the database Record this location information in . The parking method for a shared parking space as described in Claim 1, wherein step C includes that the user photographs the vehicle with the camera module of the first mobile device to obtain a parking start image file, and the parking start image file includes another A time information; the first mobile device transmits the parking start image file to the server; the server stores the parking start image file and records a parking start in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the other time information start time, and establish a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the start parking image file; and send another notification message to the second mobile device. The parking method for a shared parking space as described in claim 3, wherein in step C, the parking start image file includes a location information of the first mobile device, and the server further records the location in the corresponding parking space item of the database Information. The parking method for a shared parking space as described in claim 3, wherein step C includes identifying the vehicle number of the vehicle in the parking start image file; the server records a parking vehicle number in the corresponding parking space item of the database. The parking method for a shared parking space as described in claim 5, wherein step C includes displaying a re-shooting request on the first mobile device if the number of the vehicle cannot be identified. The parking method for shared parking spaces as described in claim 5, wherein the parking space search command includes a vehicle number information in step A; in step B, recording the vehicle number information in the corresponding parking space item in the database; in step C When the recognized vehicle number of the vehicle matches the vehicle number information, record the parking vehicle number. The parking method of the shared parking space as described in claim item 7, wherein in step C, when the vehicle number of the vehicle identified by comparison does not match the vehicle number information, a warning message is sent and sent to the first mobile device and the vehicle number information At least one of the second mobile devices. The parking method for shared parking spaces as described in claim 5, wherein step D includes identifying the vehicle number of the vehicle, and the server compares the identified vehicle number with the parking vehicle number in the corresponding parking space item of the database. , send a warning message and send it to the first mobile device. The parking method for shared parking spaces as described in Claim 9, wherein step D includes displaying a re-shooting request on the first mobile device if the number of the vehicle cannot be identified. The parking method for a shared parking space as described in Claim 1, wherein between step D and step E includes, after a buffer time, judging that the first mobile device is faster than a predetermined speed according to a positioning information of the first mobile device When the moving speed of is far away from the parking space, go to step E. The parking method for a shared parking space as described in claim 11, wherein between step D and step E includes judging that the first mobile device moves away from the parking space at a moving speed less than the predetermined speed, or when not far away from the parking space, the server An extension time is recorded in the corresponding parking space item in the database. The parking method of the shared parking space as described in claim 1 further includes after step E: F. Take a picture of the vehicle with a camera module of the second mobile device or another first mobile device to obtain a parking image file, and the parking image file contains another time information; the second mobile device or another first mobile device The first mobile device transmits the parking image file to the server; G. The server stores the parking image file and records a delay time in the corresponding parking space item of the database according to the other time information, and establishes a link relationship between the corresponding parking space item and the parking image file.

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