JP3221209U - Parking charge system using empty space - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a parking lot charging system provided with a parking meter for improving convenience when driving an electric vehicle and preventing unauthorized long-term parking. A parking lot charging system comprising a parking meter and a charging device for an electric vehicle using a national road, a prefectural road, a vacant space beside a road in a city road, or a fallow land facing the road, the parking meter comprising And a parking charge collecting device for collecting a parking charge for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more. The fixed time is a time required to charge the electric vehicle, and when it exceeds the fixed time, a parking fee is collected to prevent parking for a long time. [Selected figure] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention installs a parking meter and a charging device using available spaces such as vacant lands facing the roads, vacant lands facing the roads, and vacant lands facing public roads such as national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. Related to the parking lot charging system.

  Today, so-called hybrid cars and electric cars with low CO2 emissions are attracting attention. In particular, electric vehicles have zero CO2 emissions and are the most environmentally friendly vehicles. Patent Document 1 is an invention of a parking lot installation having a plurality of storage spaces, and discloses a system including an installation that enables charging of an electric vehicle.

  On the other hand, convenience stores, drug stores, mass retailers such as home appliances usually face a large street, and many of the customers who use such stores come using cars, and most stores There is a parking lot. However, in recent years, an increasing number of customers have illegally parked in such parking lots for a long time.

  In addition, in the case of a charging device for an electric car provided in a service area or parking area of an expressway, it takes time to charge, so the time is spent by the purchase of meals and souvenirs, and the parking time is extended. In this case, the charging time of the originally required electric car is exceeded, and the parking time is often long. In addition, on Sundays and public holidays, it is often not a parking area but a long train waiting for parking before the entrance of the service area.

JP, 2011-182588, A

  In the case of electric vehicles, a charging device is required, but today only a few are installed in large parking lots such as the above convenience stores, mass retailers, and service areas of expressways in Japan. The charging device of has not been installed. This is also a factor that hinders the spread of electric vehicles. Also, although the charging facility is provided in the parking lot as described above, no method has been proposed for effectively preventing long-term parking of the customer.

  Therefore, the present invention is not limited to convenience stores and large parking lots such as mass retailers and service areas of expressways, but also open spaces along roads such as national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. The charging equipment is installed using available places such as vacant lands and fallow lands, and it is equipped with a parking meter for preventing unauthorized long-term parking while enhancing convenience when driving an electric car It provides a parking lot charging system.

  According to the present invention, according to the present invention, the parking meter and the available space such as vacant land facing the roads, vacant land facing the roads, etc. can be used with vacant spaces on general roads such as national roads, prefectural roads and city roads. A parking lot charging system provided with a charging device for an electric vehicle, the processing of charging the electric vehicle while parking, and the processing of collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a certain period of time by a parking meter In addition to promoting the spread of electric vehicles, it is intended to prevent adverse effects such as traffic jams caused by long-time parking.

  Further, the predetermined time is, for example, a time required to charge an electric vehicle using a charging device installed in a parking area of an expressway, etc., and when the parking is continued beyond this time Start charging by the parking meter.

  According to the present invention, the charging device of the electric vehicle is used by using available spaces such as vacant spaces facing the roads, vacant lands facing these roads, vacant lands such as national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. In addition to promoting the widespread use of electric vehicles by installing the system, by providing a parking meter, it helps to eliminate traffic jams due to illegal long hours parking and long hours parking in service areas and parking areas.

It is a figure explaining the parking lot charge system of the bus stop vicinity provided with the parking meter of this embodiment, and the integrated device which has a charge function. It is an example of an integrated device, and is a figure which shows the part in which the display part and the charging device were accommodated especially. (A) is a figure which shows the state which open | released the cover of the charging device, (b) is a figure which shows the state which connected the charging cable to the outlet socket of the charging device. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example which a customer inserts a card into a card insertion part. It is a figure which shows the charge condition of an electric vehicle. It is a figure explaining the parking lot charge system of a service area or a parking area.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a parking lot charging system of the present embodiment, and is a diagram for explaining a parking lot charging system provided with a parking meter and a charging facility. In particular, in this example, a parking lot charging system using an empty space on the side of a road near a bus stop installed at a predetermined interval is described, and an integrated device 2 having a parking meter and a charging function of an electric vehicle is set up. In the figure, the bus 22 is stopped at the bus stop 23.

In the figure, three parking spaces 1-1 to 1-3 are provided in the parking lot 2 installed in a vacant space near a bus stop, and each parking space 1-1 to 1-3 is provided with a parking meter and the like. The integrated devices 2-1 to 2-3 having the charging function of the electric vehicle are respectively installed.
In addition to the use of the parking space in the vicinity of the bus stop where the parking space originally existed, for example, a charging facility can be provided if there is an available space such as an open space facing the road or a fallow land.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the integrated devices 2-1 to 2-3, and particularly shows a portion in which a display unit and a charging facility are accommodated. In addition, since all the integration apparatuses 2-1 to 2-3 of this example are the same structures, they are demonstrated as the integration apparatus 2 below. The integrated device 2 includes a clock display unit 3, a card processing unit 4, an undelivered light 5, a coin insertion unit 6, a receipt issuance button 7, a receipt extraction opening 8, a return opening 9, and a charging instruction button 10, Is an explanatory part of how to use the integrated device 2.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a checkout button, which is operated when the customer pays a parking fee. Reference numeral 18 denotes a sensor, which detects that a car has parked in the parking spaces 1-1 to 1-n. Furthermore, a charging device 12 is disposed below the integrated device 2.

  The time display unit 4 measures an elapsed time since the start of parking. Further, the card processing unit 4 is used when paying a parking fee and a charging fee of an electric car using a card, and is configured of a card insertion unit 4a and an operation unit 4b. The card insertion portion 4a is not limited to the cards that can be used at the gas station of the present example, but it is possible to use cards of other gas stations, and various cards such as bank cards and credit cards.

  In addition, the operation unit 4b is configured by a ten key or the like, and inputs information on the amount for paying a parking fee and a charging fee using a card. The undelivered light 5 is turned on when parking without paying a parking fee, and the coin insertion unit 7 is an insertion unit of a predetermined parking fee. In addition to paying a parking fee and a charging fee by a card, it is also possible to pay a parking fee and a charging fee by a coin. In this case, the coin insertion portion 6 is used.

  A receipt issue button 8 is a button operated by a customer who needs a receipt. When the button 8 is pressed, a receipt is outputted to the receipt port 9. Further, the return port 9 is, for example, a return port for fishing when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion unit 6.

  Further, the charge instruction button 10 is a button pressed by a customer (driver) when it is desired to charge a car, and after pressing the charge instruction button 10, a card is inserted into the above-mentioned card insertion portion 4a, Operate the operation unit 4b to pay the charging fee. In addition, by inserting a coin from the coin insertion portion 6, it is possible to charge the amount of the inserted coin. The charging device 13 can be charged by an amount specified by the customer by a power supply circuit described later.

  FIG. 3A is a view showing the configuration of the charging device 12, and is a view showing a state in which the lid 13 of the charging device 12 is opened. An outlet 14 is disposed on the front of the charging device 12 of this embodiment, and the outlet 14 is connected to a power supply circuit to be described later. In addition, the outlet 14 is provided with a switch 14 a. In addition, the same figure (b) is a figure which shows the state which connected the charging cable 16 to the outlet 14 of the charging device 12. FIG.

In the parking lot charging system configured as described above, the processing of this example will be described below according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
When the electric car is in operation, the control system in the car constantly measures the charge amount of the battery (step (hereinafter indicated by S) 1 is NO, S1), and when the charge amount of the battery decreases (S1 is YES), The driver recognizes the decrease in the charge amount by display or the like, and goes to the installation place of the charging device (S2). As mentioned above, the charging device of the electric car is conventionally installed only at places such as convenience stores and parking lots of large stores such as mass retailers, but according to this example, for example, a general road such as a bus stop The driver can easily go to the location of the charging device.

  Then, for example, when a car (for example, an electric vehicle) is parked in any of the parking spaces 1-1 to 1-3 where the aforementioned parking meter and charging facility are installed, the corresponding parking spaces 1-1 to 1-3 The sensor 18 of the integrated device 2 disposed in the vehicle 2 detects a car (S3), and causes the time display unit 3 to display the elapsed time (S4).

  Thereafter, it is determined whether to charge the car. For example, when the customer presses the charge instruction button 10 and there is a charge instruction (S5 is YES), the charge amount is calculated according to the charge (S6). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the customer 20 inserts the card 19 into the card insertion unit 4a and the deposit amount to be input from the operation unit 4b is instructed, the charge amount is calculated according to this amount. In addition, when the charge fee is charged from the coin insertion portion 6, the charge amount to the car is calculated according to the charged amount. Thereafter, charging of the car is started (S7).

  FIG. 6 is a view showing this state, and when the lid 13 of the charging device 12 is opened and the charging cable 16 is connected to the outlet 14 of the charging device 12, an electric car (not shown) is connected via the charging cable 16 thereafter. Battery is charged. In addition, although the charging cable 16 uses what is attached to a vehicle, it is good also as a structure with which the integrated device 2 side is provided. In addition, when the vehicle is not charged, only the measurement of the parking time is performed without performing the charging operation (NO in S5).

  The customer then completes the errand and returns to the parking lot and uses the parking meter to pay the parking fee. In this case, the customer first presses the checkout button (S8 is YES). In this case, first, the parking time when the settlement button is pressed is calculated (S9). Then, if the preset parking time has not been exceeded (S10 is NO), it is possible to leave the house without charging the parking fee (S11). On the other hand, when the preset parking time is exceeded (S10 is YES), the calculated parking fee is charged (S12).

  The parking time that separates whether or not the parking fee is billed is the time required to charge the electric vehicle, and is usually set in advance as the necessary time, and when this time is exceeded, the parking fee is collected is there. Therefore, a parking fee can be billed to a customer who parks for a long time, and long-term parking can be prevented.

For example, FIG. 7 shows an example of a charging device of an electric vehicle installed in the service area 24 of a highway, and a plurality of integrated devices of this example are installed.
When using the service area 24 of the normal expressway, it is normal to use the store 25 or the toilet in the service area 24 and return within a few minutes or a few minutes. However, in the case of charging to an electric car, it takes about 30 minutes to 40 minutes, and this kills time by purchasing meals and souvenirs, etc., and the parking time becomes long. In this case, the originally required charging time may be exceeded and the parking time may be long.

  However, on Sundays and public holidays, there are many cases where cars waiting to be parked before the entrance to the service area are not in the parking area. Therefore, installation of the charging device of this embodiment can be used to alleviate this condition. That is, since a parking meter is also attached to the integrated device of this example, charging will start if parking is performed for a certain period of time as described above, and parking fees will be generated. As you return to the car and leave the parking lot immediately, you can use the parking lot efficiently, because the parking space is empty.

  In the above description of the present embodiment, the parking meter and the integrated device having the charging function of the electric vehicle are used, but the integrated device is not necessarily required. For example, the charging of the parking meter and the electric vehicle The device may be separate. Therefore, for example, the charging device of the electric vehicle may be installed at a place where the existing parking meter is installed, and the parking meter may be installed at a place where the charging device of the electric vehicle is installed.

1 ... parking lot 1-1-1-n · · · parking space 2-1-2-n · · · integrated device 3 · · · time display unit 4 · · · card processing unit 4a · · · card insertion unit 4b · · Operation unit 5 · · · undelivered light 6 · · · coin insertion unit · · · · · receipt issue button 8 · · · receipt opening port · · · · return port 10 · · charging instruction button 11 · · integrated How to use the device 12 · · · charging device 13 · · lid 14 · · outlet 14a · · switch 15 · · power supply circuit 16 · · charging cable 17 · clearing button 18 · · · sensor 19 · card 20 · · · Customer 22 · · · bus 23 · · bus stop equipment 24 · · service area 25 of the highway · · · store

Claims (3)

Parking space equipped with a parking meter and a charging device for electric vehicles using available spaces such as vacant lands facing the roads, vacant lands facing the roads, vacant lands along public roads such as national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. It is a parking lot charging system,
The process of charging the electric car while parking,
A process of collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more by the parking meter;
A parking lot charging system that prevents long-time parking that is characterized by doing. Parking space equipped with a parking meter and a charging device for electric vehicles using available spaces such as vacant lands facing the roads, vacant lands facing the roads, vacant lands along public roads such as national roads, prefectural roads, city roads, etc. It is a parking lot charging system,
Means for charging the electric car while parking,
Means for collecting a parking fee for a customer who has parked for a predetermined time or more by the parking meter;
Parking lot charging system that prevents long-time parking.   The said fixed time is a time required for charge of an electric vehicle, A parking fee is collected when this fixed time is exceeded, The parking according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Vehicle charging system.

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