EP1493885A2 - Système de gestion d'une aire de rangement de véhicules - Google Patents

Système de gestion d'une aire de rangement de véhicules Download PDF

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EP1493885A2
EP1493885A2 EP04015368A EP04015368A EP1493885A2 EP 1493885 A2 EP1493885 A2 EP 1493885A2 EP 04015368 A EP04015368 A EP 04015368A EP 04015368 A EP04015368 A EP 04015368A EP 1493885 A2 EP1493885 A2 EP 1493885A2
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Michael Hartig
Mirko Wendler
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/14—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/42—Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices, monitoring and operating schemes; centering devices
    • E04H6/422—Automatically operated car-parks
    • 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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  • the invention relates to a system for managing a Parking space for vehicles with a variety of parking spaces has, with vehicles identifying data carriers and with the storage area associated with the terminals a data processing center are connected, wherein the Data carrier a contactless interface for wireless remote data transmission between the data carrier and the terminal.
  • the surveillance system is with at least one for issuing and redeeming parking tickets provided entry and exit station trained.
  • the parking tickets are provided with an electronic identification element fitted.
  • At each pitch is at least a communicator arranged one on the associated one Pitch-facing detection area possesses, so that the Parking tickets can be recognized by the communicators.
  • the Communicators and the entry and exit stations are over Data lines connected to a central computer.
  • a problem of this monitoring system and generally known Management systems of vehicle parking spaces with a large number of parking spaces has the difficulty of to find a parked vehicle again.
  • On the other hand will be issued as a parking ticket disks only for handling floor space-related operations, such as paying the parking fee and checking the way or exit authorization used.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, a management system a storage area for vehicles with a variety to provide parking spaces, which improved User friendliness and in which the vehicles versatile data carriers are used, being a simple and quick retrieval of a parked Vehicle should be guaranteed.
  • the object is achieved by a management system of the type mentioned, in which at least another terminal of a storage area assigned Device is assigned to wireless data transmission is formed with the data carriers.
  • the invention works from the basic idea that large vehicle parking spaces often certain facilities, such as shopping malls, airports or railway stations, company premises, car rental companies, final assembly plants the automotive industry, auto dealers and the like, and that a particular Vehicle assigned volume also for this vehicle related operations within the associated device Can be used. So can businesses within one Shopping centers set up terminals to their assigned Shelving customers use discounts in the form of To grant parking fee reductions. These are the corresponding ones Data between the customer's vehicle identifying Data carrier and the device-side terminal contactless transferable, so that the disk as both Parking ticket as well as a bonus card serves.
  • a data carrier carried by the company employee on the one hand serves as access authorization to the company car park and on the other hand as access authorization for the company premises.
  • a terminal on a Porter set up where the company by intrusion of the data carrier in the telecontrol area of this terminal a release signal for access to the company grounds triggers.
  • the data medium serves as a parking ticket for the assigned car park and can do it at the same time for solving a train ticket or checking in used in an airport terminal when in these Equipment terminals at the machines or switches for the ticket sales or check-in are arranged.
  • device-side terminals at the end of a band Final assembly work of the automobile industry are arranged, where on a respectively finished mounted vehicle assigned Data carrier transmitted the identification number of the vehicle becomes.
  • the vehicle storage area of the factory can then the individually assembled vehicles over the floor-side end devices quickly found again and handed to a buyer.
  • the storage area is assigned a reservation office, in which a terminal at a customer counter or a Self-service terminal is arranged.
  • the system is registered on which Pitch which is to be rented vehicle parked, what by a data transmission upon the return of the vehicle done by the previous tenant.
  • the inventive Management system for a variety of applications extensible, in which a feedback of disk-based Operations assigned in a storage area Device on the management of the storage area itself to be held.
  • Management system is the disk as a card with a Microprocessor for processing the transmitted data, a Memory for the transmitted data and a transmitter / receiver for data transmission by means of electromagnetic waves educated.
  • a Microprocessor for processing the transmitted data
  • a Memory for the transmitted data
  • a transmitter / receiver for data transmission by means of electromagnetic waves educated.
  • microprocessor, Memory and transmitter / receiver in a self-adhesive label be integrated as a carrier material.
  • the data carrier still contains a battery, from which he supplies the receives energy needed for data transmission.
  • the disk works passively, with the required Energy for data transmission completely electromagnetic Field of terminals is removed. Is the Memory formed rewritable, the transponder cards reused after returning to a system cycle become.
  • Management system are the disks and the workstation side Terminals designed such that a data transmission between a disk and only the one each nearest terminal is possible. In this system mode interacts only one terminal within a particular Fern Ecks Kunststoffes with a passing disk such that when passing data wirelessly transferable are.
  • a management system with intelligent Addition created for parking garage management which the passing of a data carrier identifying a vehicle registered on a specific terminal. It will both the information about the respective terminal passed written on the disk, as well as the information of the Passing data carrier read from the terminal and to the Data processing center of the management system forwarded.
  • the data carriers and workstation-side devices designed such that a data transmission between a Disk and multiple devices is possible simultaneously.
  • the telecontrol area is for data transmission between a disk and the footprint assigned terminals larger, so that a simultaneous Data transfer, for example, to three spanning a plane End devices is possible.
  • these three Panel-side terminals may be due to measurements the transit time difference of the signals to two terminals unique determine the position of a volume.
  • the is stored in the data processing center is a Location system for storage media located on the storage area and thus the parking space information on the parking area parked vehicle.
  • the data carriers of the invention Management system in addition a magnetic stripe interface and / or a contact interface for data transmission with appropriately trained terminals on.
  • a disk is provided for a Data transmission to or from terminals with different Interfaces is suitable.
  • the wireless as well as the data transmitted via pins from a common Microprocessor processed. This will increase the scope of application the management system according to the invention in addition enlarged, since already existing terminals in recourse to a device associated with the storage area can be.
  • the volumes are associated with each other by pairs Cards are formed, with the first card of each User carried for data transfer with facility side Terminals and the second card to stay is provided in the vehicle.
  • the second card permanently close to the windscreen of a Vehicle and serves the access right to a storage area or the theft protection at exit the parking space by the vehicle identifying data be exchanged with terminals at the entrance or exit.
  • the vehicle-side card of the data carrier for the position of the vehicle within the parking area used.
  • the first card of the volume contains the same identifier identifying the vehicle as the second card and is personally carried by the user to for further operations within a storage space assigned Device for data transmission available stand.
  • the parking fee will be paid, with an exit of the Vehicle is released from the storage area only when the pair of cards associated with each other are kept ready at the exit or is returned.
  • the serves entrained, first map further additional functions in the Facility, such as reserving a rental car, payment relevant data transfers, company access authorization for employee badges, as a customer bonus card the granting of discounts, as well as the pursuit of the shopping path within a shopping center for market research purposes.
  • Management system is a desktop-side terminal portable trained.
  • a transportable Terminal is a single control of on the shelf parked vehicles by a control personnel possible.
  • this terminal has a short range of telecontrol on, allowing a data transfer only with one in the vehicle remaining disk is possible, in the vicinity of the terminal is held. This can be stored parking permits, Check parking duration etc.
  • the system according to the invention is suitable for managing a shown in FIG 1 storage area 10 for vehicles 20, preferably passenger cars.
  • the storage area 10 has a variety of parking spaces 12, which in practice, for example 14,000 may be.
  • the shelf 10 are Terminals 14 assigned, of which a terminal 14a at an entrance in the storage area 10, terminals 14b to access roads to Zones of the shelf 10, terminals 14c at exits of the Zones and a terminal 14d at the exit of the parking area 10 are arranged.
  • These terminals 14 include a non-illustrated read / write head with transmitter / receiver, for wireless remote data transmission into their telecontrol area Penetrated data carriers, the closer in FIG 2 are described are formed.
  • terminals 34 are in arranged one of the storage area associated device 30;
  • a terminal 34a is at the entrance to the facility 30 and another terminal 34b within the device 30 shown arranged.
  • the footprint side Terminals 14 and / or the device-side terminals 34th are either wired to a data processing center 16 or connected by radio.
  • a disk is shown in FIG 2 as a card 40 in the usual credit card format formed, in which a transmitter / receiver 43 for contactless data transmission by means of electromagnetic Waves, on the terminals described in FIG 1 14 and 34, a microprocessor 41 for processing the transmitted data and a memory for the transmitted Data is integrated.
  • the card 40 comprises a magnetic stripe 44 and a chip as a contact interface 45, which is also identical to the microprocessor 41 can be.
  • the chip 45 is connected via styli a corresponding contacted trained terminal.
  • a data carrier formed as a pair of cards associated with each other, the first card 40 being carried by the user while the second card 40 'is to remain in the vehicle is provided.
  • the second card 40 ' may also be formed as an adhesive label and behind the windshield of a vehicle 20 be glued permanently.
  • Storage areas designed as large parking garages or parking areas 10 are often facilities 30 in the form of shopping centers, Assigned to company premises or airports.
  • An inventive Disk is either already in possession of the Driver or is this by entering the parking area 10 requested.
  • the user is already in possession of a data carrier with whose help his Access entitlement can be determined by a terminal 14a can, without the approaching user the vehicle window open or operate an output device.
  • At present Entry authorization opens, for example automatically a barrier.
  • Transponder card 40 trained disk by the user in the storage area 10 associated device 30 carried.
  • a second card 40 'remains which is the first map 40 is assigned and as well as this the vehicle 20 identified in the vehicle 20 back.
  • the user of the card 40 makes his purchases, having shops that give their customers discount in the form of a Want to grant parking fee reduction, terminals 34a or Place 34b approximately in the area of their cash register. It can the Customer when paying indicate that he is on the rebate system participates and has a suitable card 40.
  • terminal 34 a and 34 b - without the Customer show his card 40 or somehow ready must - transfer the corresponding data without contact.
  • terminal At a payment station, not shown, for the payment of Parking fees can also not shown terminal be arranged where the customer holds his card 40 to on a display device the pitch 12 of his vehicle 20 to query. Are all fees either by direct payment or paid over a discount grant and the driver can choose the pair of Holding cards 40, 40 'at the exit of the storage area 10, For example, a terminal 14d gives an enable signal for about one Gate means.
  • a terminal 34a be arranged at the gate to the access to the To enable company premises.
  • Those carried by company members Card 40 exchanges data with the terminal 34a wirelessly without the cardholder holding the card 40 in hand must take.
  • Within the company premises can over the same Card 40 for example via a magnetic stripe interface 44 on a suitably trained terminal 34b the payment transactions are handled in the company canteen.
  • Is the device 30 an airport terminal, so can a terminal 34 by an airline be provided, on which the user of the card 40 the check-in process at a vending machine or a switch can.
  • the device 30 through a final assembly plant of the automotive industry formed, can disk on a terminal 34a described with a vehicle-specific identifier and before leaving the assembly hall in each case identified by this Vehicle be deposited.
  • the on individual Customer wishes tailored and equipped Vehicles 20 are together with their disk on a assigned to the work storage area 10 until delivery or pickup stopped. As described above is doing the Position of the parking space 12 of each vehicle 20 determined and stored in the data processing center 16. In this way, the vehicle can by pickup the customers quickly on such huge shelves 10 Find.
  • Terminal 34b becomes a pair for rental formed maps associated with each other, on which the data of the renter, the rental vehicle 20, the rental period and rental conditions are stored.
  • the tenant goes to the selected vehicle 20, whose pitch 12 him at a not shown display in the device 30 communicated was, and thus drives to the exit of the shelf 10.
  • a terminal 14d can check whether in the vehicle, the one another associated pair of cards 40, 40 'is present, and from this query result the release to exit from the Make parking space 10 dependent.
  • the return of the rental vehicle 20 may be at another storage area 10 at another Place the same car rental done when the data processing centers 16 different places together are connected.
  • the inventive management system of a storage area for vehicles is not on the use cases mentioned here limited but can be compared to similar situations - such as the automotive wholesaler - accordingly be transmitted.

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