WO2019144290A1

WO2019144290A1 - Locking device control system

Info

Publication number: WO2019144290A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/073869
Authority: WO
Inventors: 范春林; 郭珊毅
Original assignee: 深圳市小猫信息技术有限公司
Priority date: 2018-01-23
Filing date: 2018-01-23
Publication date: 2019-08-01

Abstract

A locking device control system (10), comprising: a central control device (11), and a license plate information acquisition device (12) and a parking space locking device (13) that can respectively communicate with the central control device (11), wherein the license plate information acquisition device (12) is used for acquiring license plate information within a pre-set range, and uploading the license plate information to the central control device (11); the central control device (11) is used for receiving the license plate information, and issuing a control instruction to the parking space locking device (13) according to a pre-set rule; and the parking space locking device (13) is arranged on a parking space, and is used for receiving the control instruction issued by the central control device (11) and executing a corresponding operation according to the control instruction. According to the locking device control system (10), a vehicle owner or a parking lot attendant does not need to take any action when the vehicle owner parks a vehicle, so that the parking process is convenient and quick.

Description

Locking device control system

Technical field

The invention belongs to the field of parking management, and in particular relates to a locking device control system.

Background technique

With the improvement of people's living standards, private cars are becoming more and more popular, and accordingly, the demand for parking lots is increasing. Therefore, each parking lot, especially the parking lot with a large area and a large number of parking spaces, is constantly improving its parking space management method in order to improve the owner's experience.

In the prior art, before the vehicle owner arrives at the destination, the parking space reservation of a parking lot can be made through a terminal such as a mobile phone to ensure that there is an idle parking space after reaching the destination; or, after arriving at the parking lot, the parking space can be directly opened. Go to a parking space to stop without wasting time looking aimlessly. In the above mode, when the owner has not arrived at the parking space, the parking space will be locked by the ground lock to prevent other vehicles from occupying, causing disputes between the owners. However, in the prior art, the above-mentioned ground lock can be manually controlled, that is, after verifying that the owner has reserved the parking space, manually controlling the opening to open, or locking after the vehicle is driven away, the labor cost is increased, and The owner needs a certain waiting time, which not only increases the management cost of the parking lot, but also has a poor owner experience. Alternatively, it can be controlled by Bluetooth, and after the user inputs the correct password, the lock is opened by Bluetooth control. However, in this way, it is also necessary to perform a relatively cumbersome manual operation after the owner arrives at the scene, which requires a certain waiting time. Especially in the peak parking period, due to the parking lot setting, the lane setting is generally narrow. If the front vehicle is stuck in the traffic lane, other vehicles cannot pass. As time goes on, the number of vehicles waiting for parking will increase. The car owner experienced a very messy situation in the car park.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a locking device control system, which aims to solve the prior art, and the method of controlling the opening and locking of the ground lock requires more manual operations, which not only brings a large labor cost to the parking lot, but also makes the owner of the vehicle Experience a poor problem.

The present invention is achieved in such a manner that a locking device control system includes:

a central control device and a license plate information acquisition device and a parking space locking device that are respectively communicable with the central control device;

The license plate information acquiring device is configured to acquire license plate information within a preset range, and upload the license plate information to the central control device;

The central control device is configured to receive the license plate information, and issue a control command to the parking space locking device according to a preset rule;

The parking space locking device is disposed on the parking space for receiving a control command issued by the central control device, and performing a corresponding operation according to the control instruction.

The locking device control system provided by the embodiment of the present invention acquires license plate information in a current preset range by using the license plate information acquiring device, and the central control unit can issue an instruction to the parking space locking device to open or keep locked according to the license plate information. . The system can determine the specific operation of the parking space locking device directly according to the license plate of the vehicle when the vehicle enters the parking space. Therefore, when the vehicle owner stops, the owner or the parking lot staff does not need to take any operation, and the parking process is very convenient and quick. Not only improved the experience of the owner, but also effectively controlled the labor cost of the parking lot. In the prior art, the manner of controlling the opening and locking of the ground lock requires more manual operations, which not only brings a large labor cost to the parking lot, but also causes a poor experience of the owner.

DRAWINGS

1 is a structural diagram of a locking device control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a structural diagram of a locking device control system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

3 is a schematic view showing the installation of a parking space locking device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and are not intended to limit the invention. The singular forms "a", "the" and "the" It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present invention, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, a first terminal may also be referred to as a second terminal without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and does not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order. Similarly, the second terminal may also be referred to as a first terminal. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "when" or "in response to a determination." Furthermore, the term "comprises" or "comprises" or "comprises" or any other variations thereof is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device that comprises a plurality of elements includes not only those elements but also Other elements, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, item, or device.

The locking device control system provided by the embodiment of the invention can determine, according to the license plate of the vehicle, what operation is specifically performed by the parking space locking device when the vehicle enters the parking space, so that the vehicle owner does not need the owner or the parking lot staff when parking. Take any action and the parking process is very convenient and fast.

Embodiment 1:

With the popularity of private cars, the demand for parking spaces has increased accordingly. In the prior art, many car owners can reserve a parking space in advance in order to find a parking space after reaching the destination, and in order to ensure that the reserved parking space will not be illegally occupied by other vehicles, the parking lot will set a lock on the parking space. The device, the owner who has made an appointment, has the right to open the device, but in the prior art, when the vehicle owner opens the locking device, more operations are required, which wastes time and the owner experience is not good.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a locking device control system 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the locking device control system 10 includes a central control device 11, a license plate information acquiring device 12, and a parking space locking device 13.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the central control device 11 described above can communicate with the license plate information acquiring device 12 and the parking space locking device 13, respectively.

The license plate information acquiring device 12 (for example, may be a camera) is configured to acquire license plate information of the vehicle. The license plate information referred to herein refers to specific text content information on the license plate of each vehicle. It should be understood that the range of the license plate that the license plate information acquiring device 12 can obtain (that is, the preset range described above) may be determined according to the nature of the license plate information acquiring device 12 itself, or may be manually set (for example, set to acquire the distance). The license plate information within 10m at a certain point), specifically, is determined according to the actual needs of the parking lot. Further, after the license plate information obtaining means 12 acquires the license plate information, the license plate information is uploaded to the central control device for subsequent processing.

Further, after receiving the license plate information uploaded by the license plate information acquiring device 12, the central control device 11 issues a control command to the parking space locking device 13 according to a preset rule to open or remain locked according to a preset rule. Specifically, the foregoing preset rule may be, for example, determining whether the license plate information matches a preset, and if the matching, issuing an unlocking command, if not, the parking space locking device 13 continues to be locked and the like.

Further, after the above-described parking space locking device 13 receives the control command from the central control device 11, the corresponding action is performed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the parking space locking device 13 corresponds to the parking space, and is a device that can prevent the vehicle from being parked on its corresponding parking space in the unlocked state, and prevents the vehicle from entering in the locked state, and may specifically include There are many forms and no specific restrictions are made here. For example, the above-mentioned parking space locking device 13 can be installed on a certain parking space and occupy a certain area. In the locked state, it is a convex structure. At this time, the vehicle cannot enter the parking due to the obstruction of the parking space locking device 13. However, when in the unlocked state, the parking space locking device 13 can be switched to a state of being leveled on the ground, at which time the vehicle can enter. It should be understood that the above is only one embodiment of the parking space locking device 13 of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited.

Embodiment 2:

A locking device control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, is different from the first embodiment in that the license plate information acquiring device 12 is an image capturing device, and specifically includes: an image collecting unit 121, and a license plate identifying unit 122. And an information uploading unit 123.

Specifically, the above-mentioned license plate information acquiring device 12 continuously collects the license plate image appearing in the imaging range thereof by the image capturing unit 121 in the form of a video stream, and reuses the license plate recognition unit 122 for the image capturing unit 121. The collected license plate image is identified, the license plate information corresponding thereto is generated, and finally the license plate information is uploaded to the central control device 11 through the information uploading unit 123.

In an optimized embodiment of the present invention, since the parking space is generally arranged in a rectangular shape, according to the way the vehicle enters the parking space (generally along a certain side of the rectangle), in order to make the field of view of the camera better. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a mounting position of an image capturing device in a locking device control system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The camera device is installed in an extending direction of a central axis of a parking space, and the dotted line in FIG. 3 is the middle of the parking space. A part of the axis, the direction of the arrow is basically the same as the direction when the vehicle enters the parking space. And the figure shows two mounting positions of the image pickup device. In the above installation manner, since the driving path when the vehicle enters the parking space is consistent with the direction of the central axis, it is ensured that the visual field of the camera is facing the license plate position, and the vehicle can be guaranteed without hindering the normal production of the vehicle. The license plate completely and clearly falls into the field of view of the camera device, so that the license plate image collected by the image capturing unit 121 is more complete and clear, and the license plate recognition unit 122 recognizes the ground more accurately, thereby ensuring the correct control command issued by the central control device 11. Therefore, the parking space locking device 13 does not make a mistake, which is beneficial to the management of the parking lot. It should be understood that the camera device can be arranged in a rotatable form, which can enlarge the field of view and avoid the situation that the license plate collection is incomplete due to the irregular parking of the vehicle.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle owner can reserve a parking space on the Internet through a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a pad, etc.) before reaching the destination, and the parking space can be represented by a parking space identifier (for example, the identifier of a parking space) Set to A10), the owner can enter his own license plate number at this time. When the owner's appointment is successful, the sign of the parking space is bound to the license plate number entered by the owner (ie, the reserved license plate information) and stored in the database.

The central control device 11 includes a receiving unit 111, a determining unit 112, and an instruction issuing unit 112.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the central control unit 11 receives the license plate information from the information uploading unit 123 through the receiving unit 111, and determines whether there is already a reserved license plate information in the database through the determining unit 112. The command issuing unit 113 is configured to issue a control command to the corresponding parking space locking device 13 according to the determination result of the determining unit 112. In the embodiment of the present invention, when the determining unit 112 determines YES, the unlocking command is issued, and if the determination is no, the parking space locking device 13 is controlled to continue to remain in the locked state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each parking space corresponds to a parking space locking device 13. When the determining unit 112 determines that the currently received license plate information has a matching license plate information in the database, the command issuing unit 113 will issue a unlocking command to the parking space locking device 13 on the parking space corresponding to the reserved license plate information, so that the vehicle can enter the parking.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parking space locking device 13 further includes a geomagnetic detecting unit 131 for detecting whether there is currently a vehicle parked on the parking space, and the vehicle is recognized by recognizing the license plate of the vehicle when entering the parking space. The opening and locking of the parking space locking device is controlled. When the vehicle drives away from the parking space, the geomagnetic detecting unit 131 can detect that there is no parking on the parking space at this time, and then control the parking space locking device to return to the locked state again.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection of the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

A locking device control system, comprising:

a central control device and a license plate information acquisition device and a parking space locking device that are respectively communicable with the central control device;

The license plate information acquiring device is configured to acquire license plate information within a preset range, and upload the license plate information to the central control device;

The central control device is configured to receive the license plate information and issue a control command to the parking space locking device;

The parking space locking device is disposed on the parking space for receiving a control command issued by the central control device, and performing a corresponding operation according to the control instruction.
The locking device control system according to claim 1, wherein said license plate information acquiring means is disposed in an extending direction of a center axis of the parking space.
The locking device control system according to claim 1, wherein the license plate information acquiring device is an imaging device;

The camera device specifically includes:

An image acquisition unit for collecting all license plate images in the field of view;

a license plate recognition unit, configured to identify the license plate information corresponding to the license plate image;

And an information uploading unit, configured to upload the license plate information to the central control device.
The locking device control system of claim 1 wherein said central control device comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive the license plate information;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether there is reserved license plate information matching the license plate information in the database;

The command issuing unit is configured to issue an unlock command to the parking space locking device corresponding to the reserved license plate information when the determining unit determines that the vehicle is YES.
The locking device control system according to claim 4, wherein the reserved license plate information is bound with a parking space identifier, and the parking space identifier corresponds to the parking space locking device;

The command issuing unit is specifically configured to: when the determining unit determines to be YES, issue an unlocking command to the parking space locking device corresponding to the parking space identifier bound to the reserved license plate information.
The locking device control system according to claim 1, wherein said parking space locking device further comprises a geomagnetic detecting unit;

The geomagnetic detecting unit is configured to detect whether there is a vehicle parking on the parking space where the parking space locking device is located, and control the parking space locking device to lock when detecting that there is no vehicle parking on the parking space.