EP0565014A1 - Fahrzeugerkennungssystem für Autoparkplätze oder dergleichen - Google Patents

Fahrzeugerkennungssystem für Autoparkplätze oder dergleichen Download PDF

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EP0565014A1
EP0565014A1 EP93105577A EP93105577A EP0565014A1 EP 0565014 A1 EP0565014 A1 EP 0565014A1 EP 93105577 A EP93105577 A EP 93105577A EP 93105577 A EP93105577 A EP 93105577A EP 0565014 A1 EP0565014 A1 EP 0565014A1
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Antonio Calace
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    • 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
    • G07B15/04—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 comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like

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  • the present invention refers to a system for the recognition of vehicles, by carrying out a check on the same, for example at the entrance and at the exit from a car-park or the like.
  • the vehicle is checked at the entrance to the car-park by special security staff, who issue a ticket relating to the vehicle.
  • This document has a dual function: the first is that it proves the entering into a contract for guarding the vehicle, with the related guarantees, and the other is that it establishes the amount to be paid for the stay at the moment the vehicle leaves the car-park.
  • EP-A-0 367 725 describes a system for the recognition of vehicles combining the outline of the body with the possible elements personalizing the vehicle, such as for example the antenna, the distance bewteen the wheels, the type of bumpers, the lights etc.
  • This data is associated with the number of a ticket the user takes at the car-park and are compared with the data detected on leaving the car-park.
  • This system makes use of a single telecamera for filming the vehicle, normally from the rear of the same, or in any case of telecameras filming the whole outline of the vehicle, necessarily compressing all the details that must be extrapolated. This system is therefore neither completely satisfying nor reliable, since it can cause, in some cases, errors when comparing the data of the vehicle on entering and leaving the car-park.
  • FR-A-2 570 528 describes a system for the identification of vehicles making use of two telecameras filming the vehicle: one records the moving vehicle in order to determine its speed, while the other, perpendicularly positioned with respect to the first one, films the outline of the vehicle through prisms which are used to compress the image.
  • the purpose of the invention is to eliminate the drawbacks described above by providing a system for the recognition of vehicles which is completely automatic and reduces to the minimum or even removes the possibility of unlawful exchange inside the car-park.
  • the system according to the invention comprises at least two telecameras positioned at each entrance to the car-park, and at least two telecameras positioned at each exit, one of said telecameras being capable of recording the outline and the other front number plate of the vehicle itself.
  • a respective measuring device suitable for detecting at least one dimension of the moving vehicle.
  • the telecameras and the measuring device at each entrance or at each exit are linked with a respective "Server" computer, which transforms the data relating to the vehicle, such as the outlines of the same, the particular shade of grey, the plate number and the data relating to the dimensions into digital ones.
  • the various Server computers are connected on the local network to another "Master" computer into which is fed the data on the ticket issued to the user and which controls the whole system.
  • the Master control computer provided with a special electronic card, compares the data concerning the vehicle which is leaving the car-park with the data of the corresponding vehicle on entering, including the identification numbers on the relevant entrance ticket, and, on the basis of such comparison, allows or does not allow the vehicle to leave the car-park.
  • the reference letter I indicates an entrance to a car-park
  • U indicates an exit, in correspondence to which are positioned respective movable bars 3 and 4 for stopping the vehicle, as well as a ticket dispenser 5 and a ticket reader 6 respectively.
  • telecameras 7I, 8I and 7U, 8U are foreseen, which film the vehicle from the same angle.
  • the telecamera 7I or 7U films the whole outline of a vehicle 9 from the front, while the telecamera 8I or 8U, positioned lower down, only films the portion of the front number plate of the same.
  • Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a possible installation of a telecamera 8I or 8U lower down for filming the front number plate of vehicle 9.
  • a telecamera 8I or 8U lower down for filming the front number plate of vehicle 9.
  • such camera is mounted on a stopping bar 3, 4 at the entrance or at the exit of the vehicles.
  • a respective ultrasonic meter type measuring device 30I, 30U is positioned, suitable for detecting at least one dimension of the vehicle 9.
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows such a measuring device 30I or 30U for detecting the length and the width of the vehicle 9. It comprises two ultrasonic sensors S1, S2, positioned on a longitudinal axis x, and two further sensors S3, S4 positioned on a transversal axis y.
  • the sensors S1, S2 are positioned at a distance L1 and the sensors S3, S4 are positioned at a distance l1.
  • the telecameras 7I, 8I and the measuring device 30I are connected, by means of respective cables 11I, 12I, 13I to a computer 10I, while the telecameras 7U, 8U and the measuring device 30U are connected by means of cables 11U, 12U, 13U to a computer 10U.
  • Computers 10I and 10U are in turn connected by means of local networks 14I, 14U to another computer 15 with a corresponding video 16, which makes up the operator console, and which is connected, by means of data lines 17, 18, to a ticket dispenser 5 and to the ticket reader 6 respectively, and by means of connection lines 19, 20 to the actuators of the movable bars 3, 4 of the entrance and exit respectively.
  • the computers 10I, 10U control in practice the corresponding entrance I and the corresponding exit U. They will also be called “Server” and have a special card 21I, 21U for piloting the telecameras 7I, 8I or 7U, 8U and the measuring device 30I or 30U.
  • the computer or "Master" 15 is provided with a graphic card 22, suitable for reproducing the images of the vehicle on the monitor screen 16.
  • the user takes a numbered ticket 23 from the dispenser 5.
  • the number of the ticket 23 is memorized in the console 15, which effects the opening of the stop bar 3, and at the same time, by means of the Server 10I, effects the switching of the telecameras 7I, 8I and activates the measuring device 30I.
  • the data of the telecameras 7I, 8I relating to the outline or shape of the vehicle 9, to its shade of grey and to its registration number are memorized in digital form in the Master 15, together with the data relating to dimensions L and l.
  • the vehicle enters the car-park and begins its stay, at the end of which it moves to the exit U and stops in front of the movable bar 4.
  • the user will insert the ticket 23 in his possession into the reader 6, which will send the relative number to the console 15 by means of the data lines 18.
  • the telecameras 7U and 8U are activated, which respectively film the outline and number plate of the vehicle, at the same angle as that of the telecameras at the entrance 7I and 8I, and the relevant data, including the shade of grey, are sent to the Server 10U, together with the dimensional data coming from the measuring device 30U, also activated in the meantime.
  • the data is acquired by the Master 15 which checks whether it matches with the data which was memorized when the vehicle 9 entered the car-park, and if it finds that such data coincide, including the data relating to the number of the ticket 23 therein contained, it authorizes, by means of the connection line 20, the opening of the exit bar 4.
  • the vehicle 9, then, can leave the car-park, and when the bar 4 is lowered, the data relating to such vehicle is erased from the electronic memory in the Master 15.
  • the system warns the operator, who will be able to carry out the operation which he considers most suitable, for example, visually checking the matching of the data on the screen 16, or carrying out a direct check on the vehicle at the exit, and deciding to allow the vehicle to leave the car-park manually, by means of a switch on the console 15 or by going directly to the exit. Alternatively, the operator can prevent exit by operating the appropriate switches on the console 15.
  • the system according to the invention foresees, in addition, the automatic periodic filming over each twenty-four hours of the colour of the background without the vehicle 9, so as to allow each Server 10I, 10U to equalize the shades of grey of the vehicle to be checked.
  • backing memory of the system is digital, and therefore all information and images are in digital form, which allows their processing by means of different physical means, compression, graphic print and transmission e.g. via modem.
  • a further detection of the outline of the vehicle 9 can be foreseen, by means of a microwave reflection radar tecnique and an electronic image superimposable on the monitor screen 16 with the one filmed by the telecameras 7I, 8I or 7U, 8U.
  • the illumination of the vehicle 9 to be filmed is obtained by means of focalized light, with a stroboscopic system, or with a lighting source of the laser type.

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DE4446642A1 (de) * 1994-12-19 1996-06-20 Teledrive Telematik Im Verkehr Vorrichtung zur automatischen Kontrolle des Zuganges von Fahrzeugen zu einem Verkehrsraum
GB2302608B (en) * 1995-06-23 1997-09-24 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd Parking lot control system
DE19631746A1 (de) * 1996-08-06 1998-02-12 Siemens Ag Optische Leseeinrichtung zum automatischen Fernlesen von Etiketten
EP0674293A3 (de) * 1994-03-24 1998-12-30 Omron Corporation Fahrzeugkamerasystem
EP0908851A3 (de) * 1997-10-13 2000-03-29 Quality Information Systems, S.A. System zur Kontrolle und zur Überwachung der Durchfahrt von leichten Fahrzeugen in öffentlichen Parkhäusern
ES2170707A1 (es) * 2000-11-20 2002-08-01 Quality Information Systems S Sistema para la deteccion del intercambio de placas de matricula de vehiculos en aparcamientos.
WO2003036569A1 (en) * 2001-09-24 2003-05-01 Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd Car park system and method for facilitating entry and exit
EP1163129A4 (de) * 1999-02-05 2003-08-06 Brett Hall Computergesteuertes verwaltungssystem für parkhaus
EP1160734A3 (de) * 2000-06-01 2004-09-01 Quality Information Systems, S.A. System zur Steuerung und Überwachung der Durchfahrt von Fahrzeugen in einem begrenzten Zugangsbereich
ES2284358A1 (es) * 2005-10-28 2007-11-01 Manuel Angel Cordon Cano Sistema y metodo para el reconocimiento automatico de vehiculos.
CN103914886A (zh) * 2013-01-09 2014-07-09 深圳市中联创新自控系统有限公司 一种停车场管理方法及系统
CN104282048A (zh) * 2014-10-28 2015-01-14 江苏惠居乐信息科技有限公司 新型停车收费系统

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DE9406948U1 (de) * 1994-03-18 1994-06-23 Farmont Technik GmbH & Co KG, 40217 Düsseldorf Ein- und Ausfahrtstation für gebührenpflichtige Parkräume
EP0674293A3 (de) * 1994-03-24 1998-12-30 Omron Corporation Fahrzeugkamerasystem
DE4446642A1 (de) * 1994-12-19 1996-06-20 Teledrive Telematik Im Verkehr Vorrichtung zur automatischen Kontrolle des Zuganges von Fahrzeugen zu einem Verkehrsraum
GB2302608B (en) * 1995-06-23 1997-09-24 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd Parking lot control system
DE19631746A1 (de) * 1996-08-06 1998-02-12 Siemens Ag Optische Leseeinrichtung zum automatischen Fernlesen von Etiketten
DE19631746C2 (de) * 1996-08-06 1999-06-02 Siemens Ag Optische Leseeinrichtung zum automatischen Fernlesen von Etiketten
EP0908851A3 (de) * 1997-10-13 2000-03-29 Quality Information Systems, S.A. System zur Kontrolle und zur Überwachung der Durchfahrt von leichten Fahrzeugen in öffentlichen Parkhäusern
AU776448B2 (en) * 1999-02-05 2004-09-09 Brett Hall Computerized parking facility management system
EP1163129A4 (de) * 1999-02-05 2003-08-06 Brett Hall Computergesteuertes verwaltungssystem für parkhaus
EP1160734A3 (de) * 2000-06-01 2004-09-01 Quality Information Systems, S.A. System zur Steuerung und Überwachung der Durchfahrt von Fahrzeugen in einem begrenzten Zugangsbereich
ES2170707A1 (es) * 2000-11-20 2002-08-01 Quality Information Systems S Sistema para la deteccion del intercambio de placas de matricula de vehiculos en aparcamientos.
WO2003036569A1 (en) * 2001-09-24 2003-05-01 Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd Car park system and method for facilitating entry and exit
ES2284358A1 (es) * 2005-10-28 2007-11-01 Manuel Angel Cordon Cano Sistema y metodo para el reconocimiento automatico de vehiculos.
ES2284358B1 (es) * 2005-10-28 2009-01-01 Manuel Angel Cordon Cano Sistema y metodo para el reconocimiento automatico de vehiculos.
CN103914886A (zh) * 2013-01-09 2014-07-09 深圳市中联创新自控系统有限公司 一种停车场管理方法及系统
CN104282048A (zh) * 2014-10-28 2015-01-14 江苏惠居乐信息科技有限公司 新型停车收费系统

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