TWM507047U - Parking management system - Google Patents

Description

Parking management system 【0001】

The present invention relates to a parking system for parking fees and parking, and in particular, a parking management system that can achieve unmanned and fast unimpeded entry and exit.

【0002】

According to parking, parking is a problem that drivers must face. For the increasing number of vehicles today, it is difficult for people to find a parking space without a charge on the roadside. The only way to solve parking is to go to the parking lot. Opportunity to find parking spaces for parking.

[0003]

The traditional parking lot has a number of parking spaces. There is a management station and an automatic ticket feeder at the entrance. The driver approaches the automatic ticket feeder and presses the ticket button, waiting for the automatic ticket machine to issue a parking ticket from the ticket gate. The card, while the fence is open, the vehicle can enter. At this time, in the face of the huge parking lot, many vehicles have been parked. In this case, the driver must spend time searching for the parking space one by one in the parking lot. Once the vehicle is parked, the driver must properly keep the parking ticket card. When returning to the vehicle, the driver must first pay the fee to the ticket machine, and must first prepare the appropriate change or small banknote, and then take it. car. However, it is often the case that the driver forgets where the vehicle is parked, so it takes some time to find the parking place of the vehicle. At present, although some parking lots provide the use of the leisure card to sense the deduction, it is still inconvenient for the parking space when parking, or the inconvenience of finding the vehicle. In addition, the parking lot and the nearby factory stores often have a matching fee for parking. For the deduction of the traditional parking lot, the driver must first obtain the deduction receipt of the merchant, and then manually deduct the parking lot management station. It is troublesome and time consuming, and it is necessary to wait in line for the deduction work, which is extremely inconvenient.

[0004]

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a parking management system, which has a door management control method for license plate recognition, a parking guide, a quick payment and a parking management method for a ticket-free card, to solve the shortcomings of the traditional parking card. In order to achieve the goal of unmanned and fast unblocking.

[0005]

Another object of the present invention is to provide a parking management system, which can quickly offset the consumption of a special merchant of a parking lot to offset the parking fee, and can find the parking space after parking, and search for the parking lot and the number of parking spaces before parking. .

[0006]

To achieve the foregoing objectives, the parking management system of the present invention is applied to an parking lot having an entrance fence machine, an exit fence machine, and a parking number. The parking management system includes: at least two vehicle identification devices, respectively located at the entrance and exit of the parking lot. For identifying the license plate or electronic tag (E-tag) code of the vehicle, and transmitting the identification result to a remote database; a plurality of indicator bars corresponding to the parking space setting in the parking lot, each of the indicator bars There is a parking space image recognition device corresponding to the vehicle number for identifying and recording the license plate of the stopped vehicle in the database; a plurality of bar code components are disposed in the parking lot, and the plurality of bar code components can be provided by an electronic device Shooting and decoding, and providing installation information of a parking application unit for inputting at least a license plate number to be installed on the electronic device, the parking application unit is used for at least calculating a parking fee; at least one payment machine electrically connected to a management center And including an operation unit and a deduction unit, when the vehicle leaves the field, the operation unit first inputs the license plate number and automatically calculates The parking fee will be charged by the deduction unit.

【0007】

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a ticket issuing machine is further included. When the vehicle identification device cannot recognize the license plate or cannot sense the electronic tag when the vehicle enters the field, the ticket issuing machine sends a voice message to inform the driver to collect the ticket, and The fence of the entrance fence is raised after the ticket is issued.

[0008]

According to another embodiment of the present invention, each of the indicator rods further has a guiding light number electrically connected to the console of the management center. After the vehicle is stopped, the guiding light number is automatically determined by the parking number. Turned to the parking number to guide the parking route of the imported vehicles.

【0009】

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the parking application unit of the electronic device further has a car-seeking function, which can know the parking number of the stopped vehicle, the parking floor and/or the parking lot from the vehicle parking information provided by the database. Parking area code.

[0010]

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the barcode component includes a QR Code, which includes at least the name, address, and installation information of the parking application unit.

[0011]

The parking management system of the present invention utilizes the vehicle identification device as a medium for access control and exit control, and installs a parking application unit with a bar code component, so that the driver can calculate the parking fee without holding a ticket card, thereby effectively solving the traditional need. The inconvenience caused by the ticket holding card and the custody ticket card can be automatically displayed by the input of the license plate number when the payment is made, or the parking fee after the consumption is deducted by the special merchant, which greatly saves the payment time. Furthermore, the driver stops at the parking lot. The parking is guided by the guiding light, and the parking space can be found through the parking application unit after parking. The parking space and the number of parking spaces can be searched before parking, so as to effectively solve the traditional problem of finding the vehicle. The inconvenience of parking spaces, the inconvenience of parking spaces after parking, and the inconvenience and time spent searching for parking lots before parking.

[0023]

1‧‧‧Parking Management System
10‧‧‧Parking management method
11~16‧‧‧Steps
121‧‧‧Steps
2‧‧‧Parking
20‧‧‧Vehicle identification device
201‧‧‧Car parking image recognition device
21‧‧‧ entrance fence machine
22‧‧‧Export fence machine
23‧‧‧ indicating pole
24‧‧‧ barcode components
25‧‧‧Guide light
26‧‧‧Parking
27‧‧‧ Ticketing Machine
3‧‧‧Parking application unit
31‧‧‧ parking space inquiry function
32‧‧‧ Calculate parking fees
33‧‧‧Check the consumption status of merchants
34‧‧‧Search function
4‧‧‧Management Center
5‧‧‧Payment machine
51‧‧‧Operating unit
52‧‧‧Deduction unit
6‧‧‧Electronic devices

[0012]

The first figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the new parking management system.
The second figure is a block flow diagram of the new parking management system.
The third figure is a functional block diagram of the new parking application unit.

[0013]

The parking management system 1 of the present invention is applied to a parking lot 2 having an entrance and exit fence machine and a plurality of parking spaces with a parking number. The parking lot 2 can be a ground parking lot, a basement parking lot or a parking lot located in the building.

[0014]

Referring to the first figure, the new parking management system 1 includes an entrance fence machine 21, an exit fence machine 22, a vehicle identification device 20 at an appropriate distance between the entrance fence machine 21 and the exit fence machine 22, a plurality of indicator bars 23, and a ticket issuing. The machine 27, the parking application unit 3, the management center 4, the payment machine 5, and the electronic device 6. Each of the indicator bars 23 is provided with a parking space image recognition device 201, a bar code component 24 and a guide lamp number 25. A deduction unit 51 and an operation unit 52 are provided in the payment machine 5.

[0015]

The parking management method 10 for entering, parking, and picking up the vehicle through the parking management system 1 includes the following steps: Step 11: Providing at least two vehicle identification devices 20 at the entrance and exit of the parking lot 2 for photographing the vehicle The license plate or the inductive electronic tag (E-tag) code is used to identify the license plate number. In other words, when the vehicle is located in front of the entrance or exit of the parking lot, the vehicle identification device 20 can automatically identify the license plate number over a long distance, and the vehicle The identification device 20 is electrically connected to a management center 4; Step 12: The vehicle identification device 20 transmits the identification result to a remote database, and starts the fence of the entrance fence machine 21 to rise, and the vehicle can enter the parking place; Step 13 A plurality of indicator bars 23 are provided, which are corresponding to the parking space setting in the parking lot 2. Each of the indicator bars 23 is provided with a parking space image recognition device 201 and a guiding light number 25, wherein when the vehicle enters the parking space, the parking space image recognition The device 201 is configured to identify and record the license plate of the stopped vehicle in the database; in addition, the vehicle may be guided by the indicator light 23 of each of the indicator bars 23 in the entrance driving. Guided parking for the driver to know the location of the parking space, wherein the number of the guiding light 25 can be marked with a color, such as green indicating that the parking space is a parking space, and red indicates that the parking space is a non-parking space , that is, a private parking space or has been deactivated; Step 14: Provide a plurality of barcode components 24 in the parking lot, such as a pedestrian entrance, a hall, a payment machine 5 or a signing pole 23, after the vehicle is stopped, the parking light of the parking space No. 25 is turned into the parking number, and the driver takes the barcode component 24 by using one of the electronic devices 6 to carry out the installation information of the parking application unit 3, and inputs at least the license plate number to install the parking application unit 3 on the electronic device. 6. The parking application unit 3 is an application provided by a parking lot operator for calculating at least a parking fee 32 (as shown in the third figure) and assisting in finding a car, and the electronic device 6 can be a smart mobile phone or a An electronic device having a camera function, such as a tablet computer; step 15; providing a payment machine 5 electrically connected to the management center 4 and including an operation unit 51 and a deduction unit 52 for leaving the vehicle At the first time, the license plate number is input by the operation unit 51, and the parking fee is automatically calculated by the deduction order source 52, which is displayed on the operation unit 51, and the debit payment unit 52 performs deduction payment, wherein the deduction unit 52 can accept coins, The banknote, the electronic card is deducted, or the electronic device 6 senses the deduction unit 52, and is deducted by the agreed account provided by the electronic device 6; and step 16: when the vehicle leaves the field, the vehicle identification device 20 at the exit is long After the license plate is identified, after the vehicle identity is determined, the fence of the exit fence machine 22 is raised, and the vehicle can leave the vehicle. After the vehicle identification device 20 at the exit recognizes the license plate number or the electronic tag, the management center 4 The central control computer confirms whether the vehicle has paid the parking fee. Once the parking fee has not been paid, the fence will not rise, and the export fence machine 22 will send a message to pay the parking fee first.

[0016]

Specifically, the entrance of the parking lot 2 is further provided with a ticket issuing machine 27. When the vehicle identification device 20 cannot recognize the license plate or cannot sense the electronic tag when the vehicle enters the vehicle (if the vehicle is not provided with an E-tag), The ticket issuing machine 27 located in front of the entrance fence machine 21 issues a voice message for picking up the card, and the driver can obtain a parking card from the ticket issuing machine 27 to raise the fence of the entrance fence machine 21 (step 121). The parking card may further be provided with a code element 24, and the bar code component 24 may be photographed by the electronic device 6 and the parking application unit 3 may be installed. The owner of the card pick-up machine by the ticket machine 27 will leave the venue after the card is settled at the exit card at the exit card (as shown in the second figure).

[0017]

The sensing of the electronic device 6 and the payment machine 5 can be achieved by wireless transmission, wherein the wireless transmission can be a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology or a near field communication (NFC) technology, and in this embodiment, NFC transmission is preferred; Therefore, the driver can use the electronic card (such as a leisure card) or the electronic device 6 (ie, the mobile phone) to complete the deduction payment operation. In addition, the barcode component 24 includes a QR Code, which includes at least the name of the parking lot 2, the address, the parking number of the parking space, and the installation information of the parking application unit.

[0018]

The guiding lights 25 are electrically connected to the console of the management center 4 respectively, and correspond to corresponding car numbers. The parking space image recognition device 201 is configured to identify and record the license plate of the stopped vehicle in the database, so that if the driver forgets the parking position when parking, the parking application unit 3 can be used to connect to the database before the vehicle is picked up. The location of the parking space, that is, the car search function 34. Specifically, the user can know which parking space in which area the car is parked on the text message displayed on the screen of the electronic device 2; or in another implementation, the parking application unit 3 can provide a parking lot map. , wherein the grid number is displayed on the parking lot map and corresponds to the parking license plate. In this way, the driver can not worry about forgetting the parking place of the vehicle, but it takes time to find the trouble of the car.

[0019]

In addition, the parking application unit 3 further has a parking space inquiry function 31, which allows the driver to search for the number of parking spaces 2 near the location and the number of empty parking spaces of the parking lot 2 through the global positioning system of the electronic device 6, and then decides to go. Parking parking, so you can avoid the time spent by drivers looking for parking.

[0020]

In particular, the payment machine 5 or the parking application unit 3 of the present invention can also provide merchant information that is specially matched with the parking lot 2, that is, the merchant consumption status 33 is inquired, which includes the vacancy or consumption activity of the merchant. In other words, the parking lot 2 can agree with the special merchant to have a consumption offset parking fee, and the special merchant can be a theater or a restaurant. The consumer can download the application of the merchant by the parking application unit 3 link, and the parking application unit 3 provides a set of account passwords for installation. After the merchant consumes, the electronic device 6 can sense the sensor of the special merchant, and The deductible parking fee is calculated based on the consumption time or the amount of consumption through the application of the special merchant, and the deducted parking fee is returned to the parking application unit 3 and the management center 4, and the driver pays the fee as long as the payment machine 5 Entering the license plate number will automatically display the parking fee after the offset, without requiring the special merchant to open any deductible or need to be manually charged by the parking lot management personnel, effectively reducing the payment operation time.

[0021]

In summary, the parking management system of the present invention utilizes the vehicle identification device 20 as a medium for access control and exit control, and cooperates with the QR code to install the parking application unit 3, so that the driver can calculate the parking without holding a ticket card. The cost can effectively solve the inconvenience caused by the need for a ticket card and a vouchers card. When the payment is made, the parking fee can be automatically displayed through the input of the license plate number or the parking fee after the consumption is deducted by the special merchant, which greatly saves the payment time. The driver can guide the parking by the guiding light 25 when parking, and can find the parking space through the parking application unit 3 after parking, and can also search for the parking lot 4 position and the number of parking spaces before parking, effectively It solves the inconvenience of finding a parking space around the traditional car, the trouble of forgetting the parking space after parking, and the inconvenience and time spent searching for parking in front of parking.

[0022]

The above detailed description is intended to be illustrative of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and other equivalents and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Changes are to be included in the scope of patents covered by this new model.

1‧‧‧Parking Management System

2‧‧‧Parking

20‧‧‧Vehicle identification device

201‧‧‧Car parking image recognition device

21‧‧‧ entrance fence machine

22‧‧‧Export fence machine

23‧‧‧ indicating pole

24‧‧‧ barcode components

25‧‧‧Guide light

26‧‧‧Parking

27‧‧‧ Ticketing Machine

4‧‧‧Management Center

5‧‧‧Payment machine

51‧‧‧Operating unit

52‧‧‧Deduction unit

Claims (8)

[Item 1] A parking management system is applied to an parking lot with an entrance fence machine, an exit fence machine and a parking number. The parking management system includes:
At least two vehicle identification devices are respectively disposed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot to identify the license plate or electronic tag (E-tag) code of the vehicle, and transmit the identification result to a remote database;
a plurality of indicator bars, which are corresponding to the parking space setting in the parking lot, each of the indicator bars is provided with a parking space image recognition device corresponding to the vehicle number for identifying and recording the license plate of the stopped vehicle in the database;
a plurality of bar code components disposed in the parking lot, the plurality of bar code components being capable of being decoded by an electronic device, and providing installation information of a parking application unit for inputting at least a license plate number to the electronic device, the parking application unit At least one payment machine; and at least one payment machine electrically connected to a management center, including an operation unit and a deduction unit. When the vehicle leaves the field, the operation unit first inputs the license plate number, and automatically calculates the parking fee. Then, the deduction unit will deduct the payment. [Item 2] The parking management system of claim 1, further comprising a ticket issuing machine, wherein the vehicle identification device cannot identify the license plate or cannot sense the electronic tag when the vehicle enters the field, and the ticket issuing machine issues a The voice message informs the driver to pick up the ticket and raises the fence of the entrance fence after picking up the ticket. [Item 3] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein each of the indicator rods further has a guiding light number electrically connected to the console of the management center, and the guiding light is automatically after the vehicle is stopped. The parking number can be changed to the parking number to guide the parking route of the imported vehicles. [Item 4] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein the debit unit of the payment machine can accept coins, banknotes, electronic card deductions, or sense the deduction unit by the electronic device, and is provided by the electronic device. The agreed account deduction. [Item 5] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein the parking application unit of the electronic device further has a car-seeking function, and the vehicle parking number provided by the database is used to know the parking number of the stopped vehicle and parking. Parking area number on the floor and/or parking lot. [Item 6] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein the parking application unit can pre-search for a parking lot near the location by the driver through the global positioning system of the electronic device, and provide a parking space for the searched parking lot. Quantity. [Item 7] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein the bar code component comprises a QR Code, which includes at least a name, an address of the parking lot, and installation information of the parking application unit. [Item 8] The parking management system of claim 1, wherein the parking application unit further provides a merchant information, including a consumption status of a special merchant near the parking lot, the consumption condition including a vacancy or consumption activity of the merchant, when the consumption After the consumer of the special merchant consumes, the consumer can sense the sensor of the special merchant with the electronic device, and record the consumption time or consumption amount of the special merchant through the parking application unit, thereby offsetting the parking fee, and When the vehicle is taken off the site, the payment machine is directly sensed and the parking fee after the offset is settled.