JPH1040431A - Parking fee managing system with register - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system in which a parking fee is automatically calculated from the paying rate and parked time and automatically deducted when using the parking lot of a facility having a register. SOLUTION: When a vehicle in parked inside a parking block, it is sensed by a device 1 at the rear frame part and a number plate is read, sent to a recorder 2 together with the time and recorded in the entry of a sent parking block number. In the case of payment at the register, a card number, number plate and the result of account settlement are sent to an automatic parking fee processing system while using a card, which is registered beforehand, and recorded in the entry of the relevant number plate. When leaving the vehicle out of the parking block, it is sensed by the device 1, the time is sent to the recorder 2 and recorded in the entry and based on the paying rate and the parking time, the parking fee is calculated and automatically deducted from the account of a card number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking fee management system, and more particularly to a supermarket, department store, restaurant,
The present invention relates to a parking fee management system suitable for parking fee management of a parking lot in a facility such as a convenience store that uses a cash register such as a receipt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The prior art of this kind of conventional parking fee management system will be described below with reference to FIG. The user
When entering a parking lot, when a parking ticket with the date and time of entry recorded is received by an automatic gate opening / closing device 31 provided at the entrance to the parking lot, a gate (blocking bar) 32 is opened to allow entry.

When entering, a parking ticket is inserted into a parking ticket inlet 33 of an automatic gate opening / closing device 31 at the exit of the parking lot. The automatic gate opening / closing device 31 calculates a parking fee based on the data on the date and time of entry of the parking ticket, and displays the amount in the display window 34.
The user indicates the displayed amount in the coin insertion slot 35.
When the money is received from the bill insertion slot 36, the automatic gate opening / closing machine 31 adjusts the amount of money deposited, discharges the change and the receipt to the change and receipt discharge port 37, and sets the blocking rod 32
To open the gate.

[0004]

The problems of the above-mentioned conventional system will be described below.

[0005] (1) The first problem is that when parking fees are discounted in accordance with the usage amount (purchase amount, etc.), a separate fee is required based on the usage slip of the facility user at the time of entry.
This means that it is necessary to settle the parking fee.

The reason is that, in the above-mentioned conventional method, only the data of the entry date and time written at the time of issuance are recorded in the parking ticket, and the amount automatically settled at the time of entry is converted from this date and time data. It is because it is assumed that it was done. That is, the automatic gate opening / closing device 31 is not provided with a function of discounting a parking fee according to a usage amount (a purchase amount or the like).

(2) The second problem is that when using the parking lot, the user always stops at the entrance or exit of the parking lot, receives or inserts a card, and performs payment. Operation is required. Therefore, it takes time to enter and exit the parking lot, and congestion often occurs at the entrance and exit of the parking lot.

The reason is that it is necessary to know the entry time and the exit time in order to settle the parking fee, and all these operations are performed by the devices at the entrance and exit of the parking lot.

[0009] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to allow a registered card member to use a parking facility without putting in and out of a parking ticket and without paying a difference. It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking management system that eliminates the trouble of paying a parking fee, and makes it possible to settle a cashier and a parking fee using a card.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention monitors the parking of a vehicle in the frame of a parking lot,
When the vehicle is parked in the frame, the license plate of the vehicle is read, the license plate information of the vehicle, and the parking time are recorded, and when the vehicle departs from the frame,
A parking monitoring device for recording the departure time is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the license plate information read at the time of parking the vehicle in the parking frame and the time information at the time of parking are recorded in the storage unit in correspondence with the parking frame number, and are sent at the time of settlement. A parking fee automatic processing system for automatically calculating a parking fee based on the card information, the settlement result, and the time of leaving the vehicle.

Further, in the present invention, preferably,
The automatically calculated parking fee is automatically deducted from the cardholder's account based on the card information.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In the embodiment of the present invention, a user of a department store, a supermarket or the like registers a license plate of a used car in addition to a debit account for shopping, a name, etc. in advance, and receives a card recording such information. ,
You have it.

When a car is parked in a parking lot of a department store or the like in which a card is registered, a license plate reading device installed at the rear of the parking frame detects that the car is parked, reads the license plate, and reads license plate information. And the parking time is sent to the recording device.

When a user makes a purchase at a department store, supermarket, or the like and performs a checkout at a checkout station (register), the registered card is passed through a register, and the license plate recorded on the card and the checkout amount are paid. Is sent to the recording device, and the settlement amount is recorded in the recording device in correspondence with the number plate.

When a car parked in a parking lot departs, a license plate reader detects the departure of the car and sends the departure time to a recording device.

A parking fee is calculated by the recording device based on the entry time, the exit time, and the settlement amount. When the user passes the card at the exit gate, the parking fee is calculated from the user's account. Automatic debit.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the time at which the user stops the car in the frame of the parking lot is automatically sensed and recorded. No operation is required to pause and receive the parking ticket.

Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, the time at which the user leaves the car from the frame of the parking lot is automatically detected, the parking fee is calculated from the amount of money paid in the facility and the parking time, and the automatic debit is made. With this configuration, the user does not need to temporarily stop at the parking lot exit, insert the parking ticket received at the time of entry into the automatic gate opening / closing device, and pay the parking fee.

[0020]

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following specific examples showing the embodiments of the present invention. 1 and 2
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
Indicates a license plate reading device, a parking fee processing system, and a card processing register installed at the rear of the parking frame of the parking lot. FIG. 2 shows an example of storage contents of a storage device provided in the automatic parking fee processing system.

The license plate reading device 1 detects the parking of a car in a parking frame, reads the license plate, and transmits the license plate information and the parking time to the automatic parking fee processing system 2. Further, the license plate reading device 1 senses when the car leaves the vehicle and transmits the leaving time to the parking fee processing system 2. The license plate reading device 1 includes, for example, an optical sensor such as a photo-interrupter for detecting the entry and exit of a car, and a CCD camera and the like for acquiring license plate information (image information) when the vehicle is stopped. And an interface for transmitting license plate information and time to the parking fee automatic processing system 2. Note that in order to ensure that the license plate information is read, the license plate is read after a predetermined time has elapsed and the vehicle has completely stopped after sensing the entry.

When a user passes a card registered in advance through a card slot at the time of payment, the card processing cash register 3 sends the card number, license plate information, user department store information, and the like to the automatic parking fee processing system 2. Send the settlement result. If the license plate has not been registered, the information is not transmitted to the automatic parking fee processing system 2.

When the license plate information and the time are sent from the license plate reading device 1, the automatic parking fee processing system 2 sends the information in a storage device (management table) as shown in FIG. The license plate information, the entry time (stop time), and the exit time (departure time) are recorded in the license plate field and time field of the entry of the parking lot number where the license plate reading device 1 is disposed. It should be noted that, as long as each field in the entry of these parking lot numbers can be identified, the arrangement order may be variable.

When the card number, the license plate information, and the settlement result are sent from the card processing register 3, the automatic parking fee processing system 2 searches the corresponding license plate from the list recorded in the storage device. If found, the received card number and the settlement result are recorded in the card number column and the settlement result column.

If the license plate information transmitted from the card processing register 3 is not found in the storage device, the automatic parking fee processing system 2 discards the license plate information as it is. When only the time is transmitted from the license plate reading device 1, the data is recorded after the data of the transmitted location number, and the parking fee is calculated based on all the data up to that time.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIGS. 3 and 4 are separated for convenience of drawing.

(1) First, when the user uses the parking lot, the car stops within the frame of the parking lot.

At this time, a device installed at the rear of the frame detects the parking of the car (step S1), reads the license plate (step S2), and records the read data and time in the automatic parking fee processing system 2. It is sent to the device (step S3), and is recorded after the number of the place sent by the recording device (step S4).

(2) Next, when paying at the facility that owns the parking lot, the user uses a card that has been registered in advance (step S5), and the license plate is registered on the card. If yes (Y in step S6), the data of the card number, license plate, and settlement result are sent to the recording device of the automatic parking fee processing system 2 (step S7). On the other hand, if the license plate is not registered on the card (N in step S6),
This card number is not sent.

The automatic parking fee processing system 2 searches the recording device for the transmitted data to see if there is a corresponding license plate already (step S8), and if it is stored (Y in step S9). ) Is recorded thereafter (step S10).

(3) Then, when the user leaves the car from the frame of the parking lot, the license plate reading device detects this (step S11), and the parking time automatic processing system 2 sends the leaving time to the recording device. (Step S1 in FIG. 4)
2).

The automatic parking fee processing system 2 records the transmitted data in the entry of the parking lot number of the recording device (step S13).

The automatic parking fee processing system 2 calculates a parking fee based on these data (step S1).
4) When you pass the card at the exit of the parking lot,
It is automatically debited (step S15).

In the above embodiment, at the time of payment,
The current parking time, parking fee, remaining time, etc. may be described on the receipt. Payment may be made by simply passing the card with cash or by card.

In the card processing register, the position where the card is passed may be in front, sideways, or in an insertion format.

The parking fee may be paid by an automatic debit or by cash on the spot.

In the processing of (1), (2), and (3), the data list only needs to have necessary data. For example, in (1), only the license plate information is sent and the parking fee is charged. The time at which the license plate was received may be entered on the automatic processing system 2 side.

In the process (2), only the card number and the settlement result may be sent, and a license plate may be searched from the registrant list based on the card number.

In the process (3), only the information that the car has left is sent, and the parking fee automatic processing system 2 determines the leaving time. The calculation such as settlement is performed on another computer system. May be performed. Further, the data list of the recording device may be externally referred to. The format of the data may be changed or the other items may be added as long as necessary items are entered.

It should be noted that, if there is no corresponding license plate information in the recording device of the automatic parking fee processing system 2 side, the information is not recorded. Also, even if the license information is not registered in the card information, it is not recorded. In addition,
Even if the payment is made in cash, the payment may be made through a member card.

When a passenger who has not registered a license plate pays a parking fee, a registered card may be used. Further, information such as the current parking time, the parking amount, and the remaining time may be recorded on the receipt.

As explained in the above embodiment, the user
It is necessary to use a card that has been registered in advance when paying at a checkout place (checkout counter) such as a department store. In this card, in addition to a debit account, name, address, telephone number, etc., license plate information of the vehicle to be used is registered.
When a user parks a car other than the license plate registered, a parking fee must be paid. For this reason,
As a use form of the present embodiment, the user may register a license plate of a vehicle which is assumed to be used by the user himself or his family in advance.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The user can enter the parking lot directly without performing a pause operation such as receiving a parking ticket etc., just stop the car,
There is an effect that the operation of putting in and out a parking ticket and paying a parking fee can be omitted.

The reason is that the time at which the vehicle is parked at the parking lot, the time at which the car is released, and the payment amount are automatically recorded, the parking fee is automatically calculated, and the card can be automatically debited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional automatic opening / closing gate device of a parking fee system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parking detection number plate reading device 2 Parking list recording device 3 POS terminal device 31 Automatic gate opening and closing device 32 Shut-off bar 33 Parking ticket inlet 34 Display window 35 Coin insertion slot 36 Bill insertion slot 37 Receipt outlet

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Claims (4)

[Claims] The present invention monitors parking of a vehicle in a frame of a parking lot, reads a license plate of the vehicle when the vehicle is parked in the frame, and records license plate information and parking time of the vehicle. A parking monitoring device that records the departure time when the vehicle departs from within the frame. 2. The license plate information read at the time of parking of the vehicle in the parking frame and the time information at the time of parking are recorded in a storage unit corresponding to the parking frame number, and the card information sent at the time of settlement is recorded. A parking fee automatic processing system, wherein a parking fee is automatically calculated based on a settlement result and a time when the vehicle leaves the vehicle. 3. The automatic parking fee processing system according to claim 2, wherein said automatically calculated parking fee is automatically deducted from said cardholder's account based on said card information. 4. The license plate information of a vehicle is recorded on the card, and the license plate information is transmitted when the card is read at the time of the settlement, and the license plate information is searched in the storage unit for matching. 3. The automatic parking fee processing system according to claim 2, wherein when there is a license plate, settlement information is stored in the storage unit.