WO1998007123A1 - Parking meter - Google Patents
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- WO1998007123A1 WO1998007123A1 PCT/EP1996/005595 EP9605595W WO9807123A1 WO 1998007123 A1 WO1998007123 A1 WO 1998007123A1 EP 9605595 W EP9605595 W EP 9605595W WO 9807123 A1 WO9807123 A1 WO 9807123A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
- G07B15/02—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/24—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for parking meters
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/24—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for parking meters
- G07F17/248—Housing construction
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- the invention relates to a parking machine with an input device for means of payment, in particular with a coin insertion device, and a display device for displaying the expiry of a paid parking time.
- the invention further relates to a control device for a parking machine.
- parking meters are used according to the prior art, which have a coin slot, into which different coins can be inserted depending on the desired parking time and necessary parking fee.
- a rotary knob on the parking meter By activating a rotary knob on the parking meter, the parking meter unlocks the selected and paid parking time.
- a turntable connected to a clock rotates back to an "O-mark" which indicates the end of the paid parking time.
- the disadvantage of these parking meters is the very complex mechanics required, which is also susceptible to wear. Even if such parking meters are designed as double parking meters for two parking spaces, a corresponding time-synchronous mechanism is ultimately required for each parking space.
- parking ticket machines are also used, which can be entered after inserting a certain amount of money and choosing the desired parking time Put the printing unit into operation, which outputs the parking time resulting from the paid fee as the final parking time.
- the parking lot user is instructed to visibly arrange the released parking ticket inside the motor vehicle in order to enable checks as to whether the parking time has been exceeded. This process is not only cumbersome for the parking lot user, since he has to cover both the way there and back from the vehicle to the parking ticket machine before he can lock the vehicle and leave the parking location.
- the parking tickets are blown when inserted into the vehicle by external air movements or even by slamming the door from the dashboard, where they should be stored regularly, and are unrecognizable on the vehicle floor for inspection.
- the parking ticket machines are also complex because they must have an electrically controlled printing unit.
- German utility model 296 06 229 it is also known to provide an additional housing with a viewing window for the insertion of a parking ticket at a parking ticket machine for each parking lot.
- the display device has at least two optical or acoustic display means for a corresponding number of parking spaces, one actuating means being operatively connected to the display means assigned to it, and furthermore all display means, the actuating means and the input device for payment means having one common control device are connected.
- the selected, saved and paid parking time is confirmed acoustically and thus has the function of a receipt.
- the current parking time is communicated optically or acoustically via the display means.
- the parking machine has a column-shaped or box-shaped housing, the actuating means being a rotary slide, the display means being light-emitting diodes, the display device being a light-emitting diode field, the control device having at least one, in particular electronic watch , which is in each case connected to the display means, the control device has a keyboard which has the actuating means, the actuating means has at least two keys, and wherein each display means is assigned a key, and / or the keys are keys with spring elements or touch keys or sensors or proximity switches are.
- the input device for payment means advantageously has a checking device, in particular a coin checking device.
- the parking machine also has a sound reproduction device, which preferably announces a paid parking time acoustically and is in particular a voice module.
- the control device preferably has at least one, in particular electronic, clock, which is in each case connected to the display means.
- An, in particular electronic, clock is advantageously provided for each parking space.
- control device has a microprocessor system which is connected to the input device for payment means and the display means.
- the control device has at least one, in particular electronic, clock which is connected to the microprocessor system.
- An, in particular electronic, clock is advantageously provided for each parking space.
- the input device for payment means preferably has a sensor which emits a signal to the control device when an input of payment means occurs.
- the input device for payment means preferably also has an actuating means which, when actuated, triggers a return of the entered means of payment.
- the parking lot machine is equipped with an actuating means which initializes the parking lot machine into a predetermined initial state.
- a microprocessor system which is connected to a time measuring device, an input means for payment means, at least two display means for displaying the expiry of a paid parking time and an input device for selecting a display means.
- the time measuring device is an electronic watch
- input device for payment means is a coin insertion device
- the input device for selecting a display means is a keyboard
- the input device for selecting a display means has at least two keys, whereby a key is assigned to each display means, the keys are keys with spring elements or touch keys or sensors or proximity switches
- the input device for selecting a display means is a rotary slide
- the display means are light-emitting diodes, in particular a light-emitting diode field
- / or a separate time measuring device is provided for each parking space is.
- Increased operational security and protection against fraudulent manipulation can be achieved in that the input device for payment means has a checking device, in particular a coin checking device.
- the parking machine also having a sound reproduction device which is connected to the microprocessor system.
- the sound reproduction device preferably announces a paid parking time acoustically.
- the sound reproduction device is preferably a speech module.
- the input device for means of payment preferably has a sensor which emits a signal to the microprocessor system when an input of means of payment occurs.
- the input device for payment means preferably also has an actuating means which, when actuated, triggers a return of the entered means of payment.
- an actuating means which initializes the control device into a predetermined initial state.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a parking machine according to the invention and Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a control device according to the invention for a parking machine.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a parking machine 100 according to the invention with actuation buttons 22, a zero button 20, flashing lights 24 and a small canopy 26 for protection against weather influences.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a control device 200 according to the invention for an automatic parking lot 100.
- This has a central microprocessor unit 10, a coin insertion device 16 with a coin insertion slot 16a, a keypad 14 with actuation keys 22, a light-emitting diode field 12 with flashing lights 24 and one electronic clock 18 on.
- the microprocessor unit 10 is preferably connected to the other components by means of a data transmission network with data bus lines 18.
- a zero key 20 is also provided.
- the keyboard 14 as a manually operable mechanism for this electronic control system 200 is formed by keys with micro switches, which are arranged directly on the board 14 with electronic contact to the microprocessor 10. Spring elements can be located between buttons and micro switches. However, touch buttons (sensors) can also be used. The micro switches are used for communication of the electronic system 200 with the keys.
- the actuation keys 20, 22 are designed, for example, as spring-loaded pushbuttons or as touch keys.
- the system 200 can have a photocell or a micro-switch which receives a signal from the coin input device 16 via a spring lever.
- the input or data input components of this system 200 are the keyboard 14, the coin input device 16 and the timer (electronic clock) 18.
- the LED field is the output or display component.
- An acoustic or visual display means 24 is assigned to each actuation button 22.
- the number of actuation buttons 22 with the display means 24 corresponds to the number of parking spaces to be operated.
- the parking lot machine 100 can be designed only for the operation of one parking space as well as for the operation of several parking spaces.
- the electronic system of the parking machine is characterized by the microprocessing system, connected to the mechanical device in the form of a coin dispenser and an electronic clock, with a keypad being switched on for the system input and a diode light field being switched on for the system output.
- the key 20 labeled "zero” Before the coin is inserted, the key 20 labeled "zero" must be pressed. Then one or more coins are inserted into the coin slot. Then the key from the number series “1 to 8" is pressed to the number that corresponds to the correspondingly numbered parking space. If someone parks in place "5", then press the key to the number "5". If this button is pressed, an acoustic announcement of the parking time is given via an integrated loudspeaker. This acoustic announcement is also the confirmation that the fee for the corresponding parking time has been paid. Takes place over the acoustic announcement a reference to "30 minutes", then the parking time is only 30 minutes. However, the acoustic announcement can announce other parking times, for example if two coins have been inserted and a parking time of "60 minutes" results.
- An optical signal lamp flashing light
- the parking lot occupier for the number "5" not only triggers the acoustic announcement when the button is pressed, but at the same time the flashing light is activated as soon as the parking fee is confirmed.
- This optical signal is intended for people (control persons or municipal supervisory bodies) who check the parking meters. If the light flashes for the key with the assigned number "5", the control person knows that the fee for this parking space number "5" has been paid and that the parking time has not yet expired.
- This flashing light is in operation as long as the parking time is running.
- buttons “1 to 8" can be chosen arbitrarily.
- keys “1 to 12" can also be provided.
- the acoustic announcement is made via a voice module arranged in the interior of the parking machine housing. This must be connected once to the coin counter when inserting and also with each individual key from the row of keys "1 to 8", because depending on the number of coins inserted, the announcement must also indicate the corresponding parking time, ie, for example, when inserting a single coin - The acoustic announcement will not take place for a parking period of 30 minutes. When two coins are inserted, followed by pressing the "5" button, the acoustic announcement that a 60-minute parking time is available.
- the acoustic announcement of the duration of the parking time can also be made via a carrier system such as a sound reproduction device, which is built into the parking machine.
- a carrier system such as a sound reproduction device, which is built into the parking machine.
- the corresponding announcement is contained on a tape which is played back accordingly.
- buttons keyboards instead of button keyboards, other types of pushbuttons can also be used, such as also proximity switches.
- the advantage of the new parking machine is in particular that receipts are no longer issued, which are to be arranged in the parked car in the area of the car window.
- the parking lot visitor parked his car and operated the parking machine and if the parking machine guasi acoustically confirmed the paid parking time, the parking lot user no longer had to go back to his car, since he had already received the receipt from the parking machine and every controller at the parking machine also from a larger one Removal confirms in optical form that the parking fee has been paid for a certain time.
- the eternal back and forth race with regard to the fee gating in the known parking systems is eliminated. Neither printer's ink nor a roll of paper rolls is required with the new parking system.
- the parking machine can also contain a coin checker. Wrong coins will not be returned. After the coin has been inserted, a coin checking device is preferably activated. It can optionally be provided that counterfeit coins from the parking lot automation ten are retained, which can prevent multiple attempts with similarly large and similarly heavy coins of foreign currency, but of lesser value, from being carried out in parking lot tampering or from these multiple tampering attempts finally leading to a coin jam in the insertion shaft. By means of an operating instruction on the parking machine with the note that unsuitable coins are retained without the possibility of return, the user of the parking machine is prevented from doing so from the outset. As an alternative to this and as is known in principle from the prior art, a money return button with a corresponding removal shaft can be provided.
- the parking machine described can also be combined with a money changer, for example when the parking fee to be paid in each case corresponds to a coin that is not used so often.
- the coin checking device which is preferably provided in the parking lot machine is designed such that when a money return button or a coin checking device activation switch is operated, only those coins are returned for which the parking ticket machine is aligned. Coins of foreign currency or counterfeit money are not issued when the money return button is pressed, but remain in the parking machine.
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Priority Applications (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT96943946T ATE208939T1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | PARKING MACHINE |
US09/242,150 US6243028B1 (en) | 1996-12-13 | 1996-12-13 | Parking meter |
DE59608220T DE59608220D1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | PARKING MACHINE |
AU13713/97A AU1371397A (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | Parking meter |
EP96943946A EP0917693B1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | Parking meter |
JP50931198A JP2001505677A (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | Parking meter |
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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PL96315608A PL315608A1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-08-09 | Electronic circuitry of a parking meter |
PLP.315608 | 1996-08-09 | ||
DE29621088.9 | 1996-12-05 | ||
DE29621088U DE29621088U1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-05 | Parking machine |
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WO1998007123A1 true WO1998007123A1 (en) | 1998-02-19 |
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PCT/EP1996/005595 WO1998007123A1 (en) | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-13 | Parking meter |
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JP (1) | JP2001505677A (en) |
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WO (1) | WO1998007123A1 (en) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO1999030282A1 (en) | 1997-12-10 | 1999-06-17 | Agenor Krygler | Automatic machine for parking places |
Citations (8)
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FR2339216A1 (en) * | 1976-01-21 | 1977-08-19 | Euro Export | Parking meter controlling several parking places - displays waiting time for each on digital electronic display and has common coin insertion unit |
FR2341168A1 (en) * | 1976-02-16 | 1977-09-09 | Vdo Schindling | PARKING TIME LENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM |
EP0001416A1 (en) * | 1977-10-05 | 1979-04-18 | Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH | Electronic attending system for a covered parking space |
US4173272A (en) * | 1975-04-11 | 1979-11-06 | Ab Transporteknik | Parking control system |
WO1981000778A1 (en) * | 1979-09-10 | 1981-03-19 | Computer Meters Pty | Time metering devices |
FR2580417A1 (en) * | 1985-04-11 | 1986-10-17 | Desarnauts Marie Helene | Paying garage for vehicles and car park including such garages |
DE3803387A1 (en) * | 1988-02-02 | 1989-08-10 | Fontane Electronic Co Ltd | Electronic timepiece |
JPH0452718A (en) * | 1990-06-14 | 1992-02-20 | Toshiba Corp | Data input controller |
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- 1996-12-13 EP EP96943946A patent/EP0917693B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-12-13 AU AU13713/97A patent/AU1371397A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1996-12-13 WO PCT/EP1996/005595 patent/WO1998007123A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1996-12-13 JP JP50931198A patent/JP2001505677A/en active Pending
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US4173272A (en) * | 1975-04-11 | 1979-11-06 | Ab Transporteknik | Parking control system |
FR2339216A1 (en) * | 1976-01-21 | 1977-08-19 | Euro Export | Parking meter controlling several parking places - displays waiting time for each on digital electronic display and has common coin insertion unit |
FR2341168A1 (en) * | 1976-02-16 | 1977-09-09 | Vdo Schindling | PARKING TIME LENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM |
EP0001416A1 (en) * | 1977-10-05 | 1979-04-18 | Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH | Electronic attending system for a covered parking space |
WO1981000778A1 (en) * | 1979-09-10 | 1981-03-19 | Computer Meters Pty | Time metering devices |
FR2580417A1 (en) * | 1985-04-11 | 1986-10-17 | Desarnauts Marie Helene | Paying garage for vehicles and car park including such garages |
DE3803387A1 (en) * | 1988-02-02 | 1989-08-10 | Fontane Electronic Co Ltd | Electronic timepiece |
JPH0452718A (en) * | 1990-06-14 | 1992-02-20 | Toshiba Corp | Data input controller |
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 241 (P - 1363) 3 June 1992 (1992-06-03) * |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO1999030282A1 (en) | 1997-12-10 | 1999-06-17 | Agenor Krygler | Automatic machine for parking places |
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JP2001505677A (en) | 2001-04-24 |
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