TWM586438U - Parking guidance system - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation provides a parking guidance system, including: a plurality of vehicle sensing devices installed in a plurality of roadside parking spaces, which senses whether there is a car on each of the roadside parking spaces and sends a parking space status signal; the first base station , At least one off-street parking lot, including off-street parking information; the cloud platform receives the parking status signal through the base station to obtain the use status of on-street parking spaces and integrates it into on-street parking information, and uses wired or wireless To obtain off-street parking information, and integrate on-street parking information and off-street parking information to obtain integrated parking information; and a display device including a communication module, which communicates with the cloud platform via the second base station through the communication module, and receives and Display integrated parking information provided by the cloud platform.

Description

Parking guidance system

This creation is about a parking guidance system, specifically a parking guidance system that integrates on-street parking spaces and off-street parking lots.

Since humans invented the engine and applied it to vehicles, the convenience of moving in daily life has improved significantly. Among them, the car is one of the most widely used vehicles in daily life. The advantage of a car is that it can take multiple people at one time, can move long distances, carry items, and is less affected by weather conditions.

However, when using a car as a moving vehicle, the most common problem is finding no place to park. After moving to the destination, the driver of the car must park the car in a prescribed location, such as on-street parking or off-street parking. If it is parked randomly or parked outside the prescribed location, it may be towed or fined. .

According to the definition of Article 2 of the Parking Lot Law, a parking lot means a place provided for parking of vehicles in accordance with the law. On-street parking lot refers to a place demarcated by part of the road surface for the public to park vehicles. Off-street parking lot refers to the place where the vehicle is parked in a flat, three-dimensional, mechanical or tower type, etc., outside the road surface. Urban planning parking lot refers to the place where public parking spaces are set up in accordance with the Urban Planning Decree for public parking. A parking space attached to a building means that the building shall Attached space for parking of vehicles. Therefore, the parking lot referred to in this specification includes the parking lot described above.

In the prior art, the use status of off-street parking lots can usually be seen at its entrance, or the remaining parking spaces can be queried on its corresponding webpage, but for car driving, it is necessary to reach the off-street parking entrance to know if there is any Parking spaces, or the need to go to each parking lot to check for vacancies, is quite cumbersome. Except for off-street parking, there has been no effective way to know the status of parking on the side of the road. Car drivers often need to travel around until they find a parking space. The final parking location may not be short from the destination. distance.

Therefore, how to obtain the usage status of on-street parking spaces and off-street parking spaces and integrate them so that car drivers can easily know where parking spaces are available for parking is an urgent issue.

In view of the problems of the above-mentioned knowledge, the purpose of this creation is to provide a parking guidance system to improve the shortcomings of the known technology.

According to the purpose of the present invention, a parking guidance system is provided, including: a plurality of vehicle sensing devices respectively arranged in a plurality of on-street parking spaces to sense whether there are cars parked on each of the on-street parking spaces, each of which should The vehicle sensing device includes a signal transceiver module that sends a parking status signal. The parking status signal includes an occupation signal and an idle signal. When the vehicle sensing device detects that a car is parked on the corresponding on-street parking space, The signal transceiver module sends the occupancy signal, but sends the idle signal when no car is parked; the first base station transmits the parking space status signal from the plurality of vehicle sensing devices; at least one off-street parking lot, including a plurality of roads Off-street parking spaces are integrated into at least one off-street parking information based on the use status of the plurality of off-street parking spaces; the cloud platform receives them through the base station The parking space status signal is used to obtain the use status of the plurality of on-street parking spaces and integrated into the first on-street parking information, and to obtain the at least one off-street parking information in a wired or wireless manner and integrate the first on-street parking information And the off-street parking information to obtain integrated parking information; and a display device including a communication module, which communicates with the cloud platform via the second base station through the communication module, and receives and displays the integrated parking information provided by the cloud platform .

Preferably, the parking guidance system further includes an off-street parking information platform that integrates the at least one off-street parking information and makes it public through the Internet, and the cloud platform obtains the at least one off-street parking information through the Internet.

Preferably, the parking guidance system further includes a roadside parking information platform, which integrates the second roadside parking information and makes it public through the Internet. The cloud platform obtains the second roadside parking information through the Internet.

Preferably, the cloud platform integrates the first on-street parking information, the second on-street parking information and the off-street parking information to obtain the integrated parking information.

Preferably, the first base station and the second base station are the same base station.

Preferably, the plurality of on-street parking spaces includes at least one first on-street parking space in a first area and at least one second on-street parking space in a second area, and the cloud platform integrates the at least one first road The first parking information is obtained from the use state of the side parking space and the second parking information is obtained by integrating the use state of the at least one second on-street parking space.

Preferably, the display device includes: a first display area to display the first parking information; and a second display area to display the second parking information.

Preferably, the vehicle sensing device includes a geomagnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, or any combination thereof.

Preferably, the signal transceiver module uses a low power wide area network (LPWAN).

Preferably, the low-power wide area network includes eMTC, EC-GSM, Lora, Sigfox, and NB-IoT.

Preferably, the communication module uses 4G, 5G or NB-IoT networks for communication.

Preferably, the parking guidance system further includes a mobile terminal wirelessly connected to the cloud platform to receive the parking information.

Preferably, the cloud platform provides navigation information according to the current location of the mobile terminal.

The present invention further provides a display device for a parking guidance system, which includes: at least one display area; a position indicator including the current position of the display device; a communication module for connecting the display device to a cloud platform; and a processing unit, Electrically connected to the at least one display area and the communication module. Wherein, the display device receives parking information from the cloud platform through the base station, including direction indication, display name and remaining parking space of at least one parking lot corresponding to the current position of the display device, and the at least one display area displays the parking information.

Preferably, the cloud platform updates the parking information according to a predetermined time and transmits the parking information to the display device.

Preferably, the communication module uses 4G, 5G or NB-IoT networks for communication.

As mentioned above, the parking guidance system according to this creation may have one or more of the following advantages:

(1) The parking guidance system of this creation senses the use status of the vehicle through a vehicle sensing device installed on the roadside parking space, and transmits it to a cloud platform for integration through a low-power wide area network and a base station. In addition to integrating the use of on-street parking spaces, the cloud platform also integrates off-street parking spaces to make parking information more complete.

(2) The parking guidance system of this creation includes display devices installed on each road section. The integrated parking information on the cloud platform can be obtained through the communication module, and the nearby parking space status is displayed according to its corresponding location.

(3) The parking guidance system of this creation may include a mobile terminal. By acquiring the current position of the mobile terminal, the cloud platform can provide the navigation route of the nearest parking space.

100‧‧‧ Cloud Platform

200‧‧‧Base Station

201‧‧‧First Base Station

202‧‧‧Second Base Station

300‧‧‧Off-street parking

301‧‧‧Off-street parking information platform

400‧‧‧Street parking

401‧‧‧Geomagnetic sensor

402‧‧‧cement

403‧‧‧Signal Transceiver Module

410‧‧‧First Zone

411, 412, 412‧‧‧ First roadside parking space

420‧‧‧Second Zone

421, 422, 423‧‧‧‧Second on-street parking

500‧‧‧ display device

501, 502, 503‧‧‧ display area

504‧‧‧Location

510‧‧‧Communication Module

520‧‧‧processing unit

600‧‧‧Parking Information

601‧‧‧Parking status signal

602‧‧‧ Off-Street Parking Information

610‧‧‧The first parking information

620‧‧‧Second Parking Information

700‧‧‧ mobile terminal

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the parking guidance system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of setting up a vehicle sensing device of the parking guidance system of this creation.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the parking guidance system.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of still another embodiment of the parking guidance system.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a display device for the creation.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a display device for the creation.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the mobile terminal navigation for this creation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the parking guidance system of the present invention will be described with reference to related drawings. In order to facilitate understanding, the same elements in the following embodiments are described with the same symbols.

Please refer to FIG. 1 at the same time. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the parking guidance system of the present invention. The created parking guidance system includes a cloud platform 100, a base station 200, an off-street parking lot 300, an on-street parking space 400, and a display device 500.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of setting up a vehicle sensing device of the parking guidance system of the present invention. A vehicle sensing device 401 is provided in a plurality of on-street parking spaces 400 provided on each roadside. The vehicle sensing device 401 can sense whether a vehicle (not shown) is parked in the on-street parking space 400. In the embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle sensing device 401 may be any applicable technology such as a geomagnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor or an infrared sensor, a bead, and the like. In the embodiment of the present creation, a hole with a depth of about 10 cm can be dug in the center of the on-street parking space 400 and the vehicle sensing device 401 can be set therein, and cement 402 can be filled around it to increase its stability.

In addition, the vehicle sensing device 401 also includes a signal transceiving module 403. The signal transceiving module 403 uses a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) as a transmission path, and may include eMTC, EC-GSM, Lora, Sigfox, narrowband Internet of Things ( NB-IoT, Narrow Band-Internet of Things) and combinations thereof, or other suitable transmission methods.

The vehicle sensing device 401 sends a parking space signal 601 to the base station 200 through the signal transceiver module 403, and the base station 200 forwards the parking space signal 601 to the cloud platform 100 for integration. The parking space signal 601 includes an occupation signal and an idle signal. When the vehicle sensing device 401 detects that the on-street parking space 400 has a vehicle parked, it will send an occupation signal through the signal transceiver module 403, and when it detects that the on-street parking space 400 does not park a vehicle, it uses the signal transceiver module Group 403 sends an idle signal. The vehicle sensing device 401 detects whether there is a vehicle parked on the on-street parking space 400 according to a preset time interval. The time interval may be 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or any suitable interval time. . In addition to the automatic detection of the vehicle sensing device 401, the cloud platform 100 may also issue a request via the base station 200 to confirm whether there is a vehicle parked in the on-street parking space 400 corresponding to each vehicle sensing device 401.

The off-street parking lot 300 includes a plurality of off-street parking spaces, and provides off-street parking information 602, including its location information, the total number of parking spaces, the number of occupied parking spaces, the number of remaining parking spaces, and the like. In the embodiment of the present creation, the off-street parking information 602 of the off-street parking lot 300 can be disclosed through the Internet, and any user can directly check the use status of each off-street parking lot online, or by wired or wireless means Connect to cloud platform 100 for integration.

After the cloud platform 100 receives the parking status signals 601 from each of the on-street parking spaces 400 via the base station 200, it integrates them to learn the distribution location, quantity and other information of the idle on-street parking spaces 400 and stores them in In the library. At the same time, the cloud platform 100 can integrate the off-street parking information 602 of the off-street parking lot 300 with the on-street parking space 400 to obtain complete parking information 600. The cloud platform 100 then sends the parking information 600 to the corresponding display device 500 via the base station 200, so that the car driver can know the status of the nearby parking space when seeing the display device 500.

In another embodiment, an on-street parking information platform may be further included, which includes on-street parking information obtained by integrating the parking conditions of on-street parking grids in other locations, and may be disclosed through the Internet or any method. The cloud platform 100 can obtain the on-street parking information provided by the on-street parking information platform through the Internet or any method, and integrate with the off-street parking information 602 and the on-street parking space 400 to obtain a complete parking information 600.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a block diagram of another embodiment of the parking guidance system of the present invention. The basic architecture of the parking guidance system of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 is substantially the same as that of the previous embodiment, and the same components are not described herein. In this embodiment, the parking space status signal 601 from the vehicle sensing device 401 of the on-street parking space 400 is transferred to the cloud platform 100 via the first base station 201, and the cloud platform 100 will integrate the parking information 600 via the second base station 202 Transfer to display 500. In the case of this embodiment, the distance between the setting position of the on-street parking space 400 and the setting position of the display 500 is relatively small. Signal transmission service cannot be provided by the same base station, so signal transmission is performed by different base stations. When the setting position of on-street parking space 400 and the setting position of display 500 are close, the first base station 201 and the first base station 201 The two base stations 202 are the same base station. In addition, this embodiment includes an off-street parking information platform 301, which integrates the off-street parking conditions of a plurality of off-street parking lots 300 through the network or any suitable method, and then integrates them into off-street parking information 602 and discloses them on the Internet. , And the cloud platform 100 integrates after obtaining the off-street parking information 602 through the Internet.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a block diagram of another embodiment of the parking guidance system of the present invention. In this embodiment, the present invention divides the on-street parking space 400 into a first area 410 and a second area 420 according to its distribution position. The first area 410 includes a plurality of first on-street parking spaces 411, 412, and 413, and the second area 420 includes a plurality of second on-street parking spaces 421, 422, and 423. Each on-street parking space in the first area 410 and the second area 420 transmits its parking space status signal 601 to the cloud platform 100 via the base station 200, and the cloud platform 100 performs the operation according to whether it belongs to the first area 410 or the second area 420. Integration, integrate the parking status of the first area 410 into the first parking information 610, integrate the parking status of the second area 420 into the second parking information 620, and pass the first parking information 610 and the second parking information 620 via The base station 200 transmits to the display device 500.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a block diagram of the display device of this creation. The display device 500 may include a plurality of display areas 501, 502, and 503, a position indicator 504, a communication module 510, and a processing unit 520. The position indicator 504 indicates the location of the display device 500. The icons and text shown on the display device 500 are different according to the location, and can be achieved by any suitable method such as film printing or an electronic bulletin board. Therefore, the position indicator 504 can be It is electrically connected to the processing unit 520. The communication module 510 included in the display device 500 can communicate using a 4G, 5G, or NB-IoT sim card.

The cloud platform 100 sends the integrated parking information 600 to the display device 500 through the base station 200. In addition, the cloud platform 100 can update the parking information 600 sent to the display device 500 according to a predetermined time, and the predetermined time can be any predetermined interval such as 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or every time the cloud The platform 100 integrates the new parking information 600 and sends it immediately.

Next, an actual embodiment will be used to explain the parking guidance system of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic diagram of the display device 500 of this creation. In this embodiment, the display device 500 is disposed at the intersection of Xinfu Road and Xianmin Road. The display areas 501, 502, and 503 may include direction indications, names, and remaining parking spaces, which can be achieved by any suitable method such as film printing or electronic bulletin boards. In this embodiment, three display areas 501, 502, and 503 are provided, and the number is not limited thereto, and may be increased or decreased according to actual needs.

In a hypothetical environment, a vehicle sensing device 401 provided on the on-street parking space 400 of Xinfu Road (that is, regarded as the first area) detects whether a vehicle is parked thereon, of which 80 vehicle sensing devices 401 pass The base station 200 transmits an idle signal to the cloud platform 100, and the remaining vehicle sensing devices 401 transmit an occupation signal to the cloud platform 100. At this time, 30 vehicle sensing devices 401 installed on the on-street parking space 400 on Hansheng East Road (that is, regarded as the second area) transmit idle signals to the cloud platform 100 via the base station 200, and the remaining vehicle sensing devices 401 transmit occupation Signal to cloud platform 100. At the same time, the cloud platform 100 obtains off-street parking information 602 from the off-street parking lot 300 via the Internet, and learns that the city square parking lot closest to the location set by this display device 500 is full, and the remaining parking spaces are 0 Each. The cloud platform 100 obtains the parking information 600 by integrating the above information, and transmits it to the communication module 510 of the display device 500 through the 4G, 5G, or NB-IoT network of the base station 200. After receiving the parking information 600, the communication module 510 transmits the content contained in it to the corresponding display area 501, 502, or 503 on the display device 500 through a physical line such as RS232 or other methods.

In this embodiment, since the display device 500 is disposed at the intersection of Xinfu Road and Xianmin Road, the display area 501 is marked with a plastic film to the right as Xinfu Road, and based on the parking information 600 received by the communication module 510 , LED display shows that there are still 80 parking spaces available for parking on Xinfu Road. The front of this display device 500 is Hansheng East Road, so in the display area 502, it is indicated by a plastic film to turn right into Hansheng East Road. Based on the parking information 600 received by the communication module 510, there are 30 Hansheng East Roads displayed on the LED display. Parking spaces are available. The left front of the display device 500 is the city square parking lot. Therefore, in the display area 503, the front of the city square parking lot is turned to the city square parking lot. Based on the parking information 600 received by the communication module 510, the LED display displays the city There are 0 parking spaces available at Fu Square parking lot. With the information displayed on the display device 500, the user can know that the parking lot of the city square is full, and can choose to park on the nearest Xinfu Road or Hansheng East Road with more parking spaces. The above embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of this creation.

In other embodiments, the display device 500 may include one, two, four, five, or other number of display areas, and the film used for marking the on-street parking space or off-street parking area may be replaced by an LED display. The display 500 shown in FIG. 6 includes a position indicator 504 and display areas 501, 502, and 503, and the communication module 510 is set to be exposed. However, in other embodiments, the display areas 501, 502, and 503, and the position indicator 504 can be set in the same panel instead of being independent. The communication module 510 can be built in the panel without being exposed.

Then refer to FIG. 7, which is a schematic diagram of the navigation of the mobile terminal of this creation. The mobile terminal 700 may be a smart phone, a car navigation system, or any other device having a wireless communication function and a positioning function. In this embodiment, the mobile terminal 700 uses a smart phone as an example. After the user connects to the cloud platform 100 through the smart phone, the cloud platform 100 obtains the current location of the smart phone by positioning the smart phone, and then obtains the current location of the smart phone from the cloud platform. Access to the current location of the smartphone in a database of 100 Real-time on-street parking space status, and visit off-street parking lot 300 to obtain off-street parking information 602. After integration, provide parking information 600 to the smart phone. When the user selects the on-street parking spot or off-street parking lot, The optimal route to the place is displayed on the smartphone, and voice navigation is optional.

In summary, the parking guidance system of this creation collects the usage status of multiple on-street parking spaces and off-street parking lots, aggregates and stores them through the cloud platform, and then sends them to the display device or mobile terminal via the base station to pass nearby. Information on vacant parking spaces for user inquiries or navigation. Therefore, the parking guidance system of this creation can greatly reduce the time required to find a parking space and improve the convenience of life.

The above description is exemplary only, and not restrictive. The technical features of the embodiments in this creation can be combined or modified in part or all in a suitable manner. Any equivalent modification or change made without departing from the spirit and scope of this creation shall be included in the scope of the attached patent application.

Claims (17)

A parking guidance system includes: a plurality of vehicle sensing devices respectively disposed in a plurality of on-street parking spaces to sense whether there is a car parked in each of the on-street parking spaces, wherein each of the vehicle sensing devices includes: A signal transceiver module sends a parking space status signal. The parking space status signal includes an occupancy signal and an idle signal. When the vehicle sensing device detects that there is a car parked on the corresponding on-street parking space, the signal The transceiver module sends the occupancy signal, but sends the idle signal when there is no car parked; a first base station relays the parking space status signal from the plurality of vehicle sensing devices; at least one off-street parking lot, including a plurality of off-streets The parking space is integrated into at least one off-street parking information according to the use status of the plurality of off-street parking spaces; a cloud platform receives the parking status signal through the base station to obtain the use status of the plurality of on-street parking spaces and integrates them into one First roadside parking information, and obtain the at least one off-street parking information in a wired or wireless manner, and integrate the first roadside parking information Information and the off-street parking information to obtain an integrated parking information; and a display device including a communication module, which communicates with the cloud platform through a second base station through the communication module, and receives and displays the information provided by the cloud platform The integrated parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising an off-street parking information platform, integrating the at least one off-street parking information and making it public through the Internet, and the cloud platform obtains the at least one off-street parking through the Internet. Information. The parking guidance system described in item 1 of the patent application scope further includes a roadside parking information platform that integrates a second roadside parking information and makes it public through the Internet. The cloud platform obtains the second road through the Internet. Side parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the cloud platform integrates the first on-street parking information, the second on-street parking information and the off-street parking information to obtain the integrated parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first base station and the second base station are the same base station. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the plurality of on-street parking spaces include at least one first on-street parking space in a first area and at least one second on-street parking area in a second area. For parking spaces, the cloud platform integrates the use status of the at least one first on-street parking space to obtain a first parking information and integrates the use status of the at least one second on-street parking space to obtain a second parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the display device comprises: a first display area to display the first parking information; and a second display area to display the second parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the vehicle sensing device comprises a geomagnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, or any combination thereof. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the signal transceiver module uses a low-power wide area network (LPWAN). The parking guidance system according to item 9 of the patent application scope, wherein the low power wide area network includes eMTC, EC-GSM, Lora, Sigfox or NB-IoT. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the communication module uses a 4G, 5G or NB-IoT network for communication. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising a mobile terminal wirelessly connected to the cloud platform to receive the integrated parking information. The parking guidance system according to item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the cloud platform provides a navigation information according to a current position of the mobile terminal. The parking guidance system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the cloud platform updates the integrated parking information according to a predetermined time and transmits the integrated parking information to the display device. A display device for a parking guidance system includes: at least one display area; a position indicator including a current position of the display device; a communication module for connecting the display device to a cloud platform; and a processing unit , Which is electrically connected to the at least one display area and the communication module; wherein the display device receives a parking information from the cloud platform through a base station, and the parking information includes at least one corresponding to the current position of the display device A parking area direction indication, a display name and a remaining parking space, the at least one display area displays the parking information. The display device according to item 15 of the scope of patent application, wherein the cloud platform updates the parking information according to a predetermined time and transmits the parking information to the display device. The display device according to item 15 of the scope of patent application, wherein the communication module uses 4G, 5G or NB-IoT networks for communication.