Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for managing the payment of parking taxes, a validation coupon and a terminal for verifying this payment.
• the means used to settle parking fees are based on time stamping machines which issue the driver, against payment in immediate and full currency, a ticket indicating the end time of the parking fee. The driver leaves this ticket in view behind his windshield. The agents responsible for verifying the proper payment of taxes can then validate, during their rounds, the parking of the vehicle.
• certain parking machines offer payment by prepaid card, which is debited for the amount of the desired parking time.
• the present invention therefore aims to facilitate access by drivers to the payment of their parking taxes.
• the present invention relates to an ⁇ estior method. payment of parking taxes in a given geographic area for a user of at least one vehicle, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
• the user goes to an approved point D for a subscription to a virtual parking meter service where he fills out a subscription form, where he provides a statement of bank identity, and where he receives an identifier in two parts: on the one hand a sticker with an optical code, on the other a secret code; - he affixes the sticker on the windshield of a said vehicle.
• the user can program another parking end time by accessing the telephone server, by dialing the determined access number to it.
• the user can also request, by mail, a certification of his payment.
• a vantageusement the optical code is a barcode.
• the user receives an ID in the form of a voucher in two parts, the first forming the vi ⁇ nette, the second containing the secret code.
• the vi ⁇ nette may be a sticker, or a material, such gue paper or cardboard, allowing the user to insert the label into a transparent pocket fixed on the windscreen of a said vehicle.
• the secret code can be a secret code to be scratched on the second part of the coupon.
• the officer responsible for verifying the proper payment of parking taxes uses an optical reader to read the optical code applied to the windshield of a vehicle, this reading being transmitted using a mobile phone to the telephone server, which verifies the payment of the parking fee for the identifier concerned.
• an optical or audible signal emitted by the mobile telephone warns the officer responsible for checking in the event of invalid parking.
• the invention also relates to the coupon for the payment of parking taxes, characterized in that it comprises two parts, the first forming a sticker comprising an optical code, which may be a bar code, the second containing a secret code.
• This coupon can be made of any material, such as paper or cardboard, such that the user can insert it into a transparent pocket fixed to the windshield of a vehicle.
• the secret code can be a secret code to be scratched.
• the sticker can also be a sticker.
• the invention also relates to a terminal for verifying the payment of parking taxes, characterized in that it comprises a mobile telephone coupled to an optical reader.
• the implementation of the method of the invention modifies: - the means of payment of parking taxes, by introducing a technique of direct debit;
• the method of the invention makes it possible to facilitate the access of users to the payment of their parking taxes thanks in particular to:
• This method of the invention also makes it possible to give municipalities the means to more flexibly manage the payment of parking taxes: - by reducing the equipment (parking ticket machines) costly to maintain, this mistletoe leads to municipalities reduce their operating costs by eliminating causes of vandalism and money collection costs; - by an independent implementation of changes in the format of coins, which will allow municipalities in particular to reduce their costs of switching to the Euro;
• Figure 1 illustrates the different ways in ervenant t in the process of the invention.
• FIG 2 illustrates the dialogue between 5 the user and the time stamp telephone server according to the method of the invention.
• FIG. 3 illustrates a coupon that the user can receive when subscribing to the virtual parking meter service.
• C Figure 4 illustrates the verification of the correct payment of parking fees in the method of 1 invention.
• FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the payment verification terminal.
• the present invention is directed to drivers or users who wish to park a vehicle on a parking under0 falling the scope of a tax, for example clockwise, s t a t ioning that the driver must immediately and completely set for limited time.
• the user goes initially to the town hall or tout5 ocint approved for subscribing to a service virtual timestamp, where he meets a subscription form, where it provides a bank account statement so that payment can be made by direct debit, and is given in exchange unC identifying in two parts: on the one hand a sticker with an optical code, on the other a secret code.
• the subscriber user 1C then affixes said sticker 11 to a vehicle 12.
• customers of the system need only dial a free number from any telephone 14 (payphone, mobile or landline).
• This free access number to a parking ticket server 15 is specifically translated by the subscriber switches 16 attached to the municipality so that access is made to the parking server of this municipality.
• the same access number connects him to the parking meter of the municipality concerned by the parking and not of the municipality of origin of the subscription to the service.
• a voice server After dialing this number, which for reasons of ease of use can be a short number, a voice server asks him to authenticate (encrypted identifier of the barcode) and to dial his secret code, then asks him for presumed time of end of parking after having given him the tariff in force in the geographic area concerned. Once the user has validated his order, the direct debit can be made from his bank account 17.
• the user realizes that he cannot pick up his vehicle before the deadline, he can program another parking end time, always by accessing the voice server by dialing the free number. The user can then ask by mail for certification of his payment.
• the identifier is presented in the form of a coupon 20 in two parts: on the one hand a sticker 21, comprising a bar code, to be affixed to the windshield of his vehicle or of one of his vehicles, on the other hand a secret code 22 to scratch.
• the sticker 21 may be a self-adhesive sticker, or may be a sticker insertable into a transparent pocket fixed to the windshield of a vehicle.
• This sticker can be associated with a vehicle or a driver. In the latter case it can be used for several vehicles, which is possible by using a sticker insertable in several pockets.
• the agents responsible for verifying the correct payment of parking taxes have a mobile terminal 31 coupled to an optical reader 32, which allows them to read the bar code 11 applied on the windshield of the vehicle 12. This reading is transmitted by the mobile terminal 31 to the parking meter server 15 which verifies the payment of the parking fee for the identifier concerned.
• a signal for example an audible or light signal, emitted by the mobile informs the officer in charge of the check in the event of invalid parking.
• the parking meter server 15 has sufficient capacity to establish a dialogue with the user 10 in order to receive the identifier and the secret code thereof, to take account of any credit corresponding to this identifier, to provide the 'user 10 the hourly amount of parking tax, guide user 10 so that he can enter a consistent parking end time, calculate the amount to be debited according to any credit, indicate the amount to user 10, and send the debit order to the bank account corresponding to the identifier.
• This server must also be able to communicate with the mobile terminals 31 of the agents responsible for verification in order to receive the identifiers read by optical reading which are transmitted to it and to check the credit associated with an identifier before returning a positive or negative acknowledgment of receipt to from the terminal of a said agent.
• the verification terminal 31 may be composed of a mobile phone coupled to an optical ae barcode reader 32.
• O n can thus use a mobile phone operating under the GSM standard, provided on one of its sides of an optical receiver.
• the access number soirphonigue timestamp server reserved for agents can be made in t omatiquement.
• the agent can then point the optical reader at the co-bar of a vehicle under control.
• the information captured (identifier) is transmitted by the mobile phone to the time clock telephone server and the verification device waits for a positive or negative acknowledgment from the server.
• the server then consults the parking end time corresponding to this identifier before sending a negative acknowledgment in the event of non-validity.
• the verification device emits an audible or light signal.
• the characteristics of the invention are as follows:
• the coupon is thick paper, the first part has a length of about 7 cm, a width of about 4 cm, the second portion is a square of 4 cm square, the background is white and the ink is by example of black color;
• the coupon is delivered with one or more self-adhesive pockets in which the first part to be affixed to the windshield can be inserted; thus, the coupon is not stuck to the windscreen and may be affixed to the windshield of any vehicle cvennan t the availability of a self-adhesive pocket size.
• the parking meter server is a telephone server ⁇ available on the market having at least the following capacities:
• - a database containing one table per subscriber ; this table has the identifier as its key (mistletoe is on the digital coupon for the user and in co-bars for the verification officer); the other fields are the name of the subscriber, his secret code, its a ⁇ resse possibly bank account number and current credit; - an intelligent peripheral function to provide voice announcements.
• This server can be installed in the premises of the municipality managing parking fees.
• the switches of the public network make it possible to translate the access code to the server (four-digit number typee type 3609 identical throughout the country, in numerc ⁇ to the server actually present in their coverage area, the t ax calls to the server is at the discretion of the operator under the regulatory framework.
• the invention is particularly advantageous raw user is not taxed when a call to the server.
• the verifier has a verifier that can read barcodes and establish communication with the time server.
• This device consists of the coupling of a barcode reader and a GSM terminal.
• the invention is intended for the general public and doi t get a very wide distribution ae fashion (tobacco shops, telecom shops, municipality, supermarkets, ••) and simple (providing a bank account number (RIE ) and proof of address against supply of the coupon which can be used immediately because the direct debit orders issued by the real-time server are processed a posteriori, 1969 so after recording ⁇ the driver's contact details)
• RIE bank account number
• the user provides a bank details and proof of address and fills out a subscription form.
• the distributor gives him the coupon and self-adhesive pockets.
• the user scratches his secret cost and affixes the cost-bar part to the coupon in a pocket on his windshield.
• the distributor transmits the file (RIE, documentary evidence, form) to the telecommunications operator, who is responsible for recording the subscription data in all of the parking meters that it has installed.
• RIE documentary evidence, form
• the server issues a direct debit order (ticket including the date and time of the order, the end date and time for parking, the amount of the tax to be taken and the identifier concerned) , for each call that resulted in parking charges to be levied.
• Debit order tickets can also serve as supporting documents to be sent to the user on his / her ⁇ th year.
• the subscribed user can park on all the parking spaces managed by a municipality using the invention, that is to say, the parking spaces along the streets or in parking areas without any work ⁇ intended for the tax regulations .
• the agents responsible for verifying the correct payment taxesthe taxes stationêtthe parking lot have a GSM terminal coupled with a barcode reader which they apply, during their verification rounds ⁇ the barcodes of vehicles parked in the pay zones ( if they do not otherwise have a ticket provided by a physical parking meter).
• the terminal connects in a permanent logistical link with the server.
• the data tag corresponding to the identifier is sent to the server, which then consults its database and sends an audible alert signal if the parking end time is exceeded for the controlled vehicle.
• the steps of the invention are then set forth ⁇ essous each é t ape being composed ⁇ 'une user action, a treatment and a response from the server by a voice announcement (if the user hangs up before validation, the operation does not issue a direct debit order).

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