JP4587507B2 - Parking lot automatic management system and method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a parking lot automatic management system and method that can smoothly and smoothly enter / exit a time-rented parking lot or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a system for exchanging information without contact with a moving vehicle, various systems for collecting tolls on toll roads have been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 05217041 and 08287308).
[0003]
FIG. 6 is a layout diagram disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05217041. 2 is a lane, 1 is a vehicle entering the lane, 3 is an in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle, 4 is a vehicle type discrimination device, and 5 is a road device. (Antenna), 6 is a control device for controlling transmission / reception of signals between the roadside device (antenna) and the vehicle-mounted device, 7 is an automatic ticket issuing machine, 8 is a start detection device, and 6b is data for processing data from the control device. The processing device 6c is a center computer.
[0004]
In this toll collection system, when the vehicle 1 enters, the vehicle type is detected and discriminated by the vehicle type discriminating device 4 and recorded in the memory of the in-vehicle device 3 by wireless communication between the roadside device (antenna) 5 and the in-vehicle device 3. ID information, etc. is read and traffic is automatically issued.
[0005]
On the other hand, in the “toll road toll collection device” of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08287308 (not shown), the in-vehicle communication unit and the IC card are used as in-vehicle devices, the wireless communication device, the wireless communication antenna, the image processing device, the camera, It is equipped with a blocking machine, road-to-vehicle communication monitoring device, toll gate processing device, IC card settlement machine, vehicle detection device, etc., and automatically collects toll gates on toll roads such as expressways.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The above-described conventional automatic toll collection system (ETC) on toll roads is suitable for toll collection on toll roads and the like, but when this is applied to an automatic management system for parking lots, there are various problems as follows. There was a point.
[0007]
(1) In ETC, various types of information are transmitted from the vehicle side to the toll gate side. Conversely, only the toll is transmitted to the vehicle, and the two-way communication is essentially one-way traffic. Close to communication. For this reason, the user cannot enjoy the merit beyond entering / exiting at a time-rented parking lot used by unspecified customers, etc., smoothly and non-stop.
[0008]
(2) In large-scale parking lots, for each individual vehicle, a parking space suitable for the vehicle is designated and guidance in the hall to the parking space is conducted. The automation has been desired in order to reduce the cost and labor.
[0009]
(3) Paid parking lots are often provided alongside storefronts such as department stores, and it has been desired to provide specific service information before vehicles are parked for individual vehicles. In addition, customers who participate from the parking lot often want to know the road information and store information of the neighborhood, but it is difficult to deal with this unattended.
[0010]
(4) Department stores and other stores often offer discount services for paid parking lots for customers, but it is hoped that this service will continue even in parking lots where entry / exit is virtually non-stop. It was.
[0011]
The present invention has been made to solve the various problems described above. That is, the object of the present invention is to enable smooth entry / exit in a time-rental parking lot, etc., to specify a parking space suitable for the vehicle for each vehicle, to guide the vehicle to the parking space, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic parking lot management system and method that can provide various service information to individual vehicles before and after, and can smoothly perform a charge discount service.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, information unique to each vehicle that is mounted on each of a plurality of moving vehicles is stored, and a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices (10) that can communicate with each other, and user-specific information that is detachably attached to the vehicle-mounted device. A stored IC card (12), an antenna (14) installed at a plurality of locations in a parking lot and capable of communicating with each vehicle-mounted device, and a management control device (16) communicating with the plurality of vehicle-mounted devices via the antenna. Prepare two-way communication between the moving vehicle and the management control device,
The in-vehicle device (10) includes a communication device (10a) that can communicate with the management control device, and an output device (10b) that outputs information received by the communication device as an image or sound,
The management control device (16) receives the vehicle-mounted device specific information of each vehicle via the antenna, and transmits and outputs position information that can be parked on each vehicle, and further, the vehicle is parked. In addition to transmitting the guidance information to the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle to be output, and providing information on incidental facilities from the nearest antenna to the vehicle-mounted device for the vehicle parked in the parking space,
Parking completion information indicating that the vehicle is parked is transmitted to the management control device, thereby identifying whether the vehicle is parked and information corresponding to the identification is provided to the vehicle. A parking lot automatic management system is provided.
[0013]
According to the configuration of the present invention, bidirectional communication between the vehicle-mounted device (10) mounted on each moving vehicle and the management control device (16) via the plurality of antennas (14) installed in the parking lot. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly perform entrance / exit processing at a time-rental parking lot, designation of a parking space, guidance in the hall, a fee discount service, and the like.
In addition, with this configuration, it is possible to centrally control guidance information and incidental facility information in accordance with vehicle-mounted device specific information of each vehicle.
[0014]
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the communication between the in-vehicle device and the antenna is narrow-band communication using microwaves. By such narrow area communication, interference with other in-vehicle devices can be avoided, and an individual information service corresponding to each vehicle can be provided.
[0015]
The in-vehicle device (10) further includes a display switching device that can be connected to the Internet.
[0016]
With this configuration, it is possible to provide individual information services using images and / or sounds. In addition, it is possible to provide information services over a wide range by connecting to the Internet with a display switching device.
[0017]
Furthermore, the management control device (16) reads the entrance information of the vehicle-mounted device from the antenna at the time of participation, calculates the parking lot usage fee from the entrance time, the entry time, and the service information, and transmits the fee to the vehicle-mounted device to charge The fee settlement information is transmitted to the financial institution, the settlement information is transmitted to the in-vehicle device, and written in the IC card.
[0018]
With this configuration, it is possible to centrally control charging processing and the like according to the in-vehicle device specific information of each vehicle.
[0019]
The antenna (14) is provided at the entrance and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device and receives the vehicle-specific information unique to each vehicle. The antenna (14a) is provided at the exit and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device. Participation antenna (14b) for charging the usage fee, induction antenna (14c) for receiving vehicle-mounted device-specific information and guiding the vehicle, and service provided in the parking area in the field It consists of a service information antenna (14d) for transmitting information.
[0020]
With this configuration, it is possible to receive the vehicle-mounted device specific information of each vehicle by each antenna and perform an individual information service corresponding to each vehicle.
[0021]
The IC card (12) has a writable area for storing user information, contract information, parking lot system information, store service information, parking information, and parking lot usage details information. Further, the IC card (12) can be extracted by the user, and service information obtained by purchasing at the store can be written at the store side terminal.
[0022]
With this configuration, necessary information specific to the parking lot can be stored in the IC card (12), and the information can be read / written.
In addition, according to the present invention, information that is mounted on each of a plurality of moving vehicles and stores information unique to each vehicle, and that can be communicated with a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices (10), and detachably mounted on the vehicle-mounted device and user-specific. An IC card (12) storing information, an antenna (14) installed at a plurality of locations in a parking lot and capable of communicating with each vehicle-mounted device, and a management control device (16) communicating with the plurality of vehicle-mounted devices via the antenna And two-way communication between the moving vehicle and the management control device,
The in-vehicle device (10) includes a communication device (10a) that can communicate with the management control device, and an output device (10b) that outputs information received by the communication device as an image or sound,
The management control device (16) receives vehicle-mounted device-specific information of each vehicle via the antenna, transmits and outputs position information that can be parked on each vehicle, and further moves the vehicle to the parking position. The guidance information to be guided is transmitted to the in- vehicle device of the vehicle and output, and for the vehicle parked in the parking space, information on incidental facilities is provided from the nearest antenna to the in-vehicle device,
Parking completion information indicating that the vehicle is parked is transmitted to the management control device, whereby it is identified whether the vehicle is parked and information corresponding to the identification is provided to the vehicle. A characteristic automatic parking lot management method is provided.
[0023]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
[0024]
FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram of an automatic parking lot management system according to the present invention. As shown in this figure, in the system of the present invention, an in-vehicle device 10 and an IC card 12 respectively mounted on a plurality of mobile vehicles 1, and an antenna 14 installed at a plurality of locations in a parking lot and capable of communicating with each in-vehicle device 10. And a management control device 16 that communicates with each vehicle-mounted device 10 via the antenna 14.
[0025]
In this example, the communication between the vehicle-mounted device 10 and each antenna 14 is narrow-area communication using microwaves, so that bidirectional communication can be performed via the nearest antenna 14 in the area indicated by a broken-line circle in the figure. It has become. For this narrow area communication, for example, a 5.8 GHz microwave used in ETC is used. Note that the present invention is not limited to such narrow area communication, and may be well-known wide area communication or Internet communication, or may be a partial combination thereof.
[0026]
In this example, the antenna 14 includes an entrance antenna 14a, an exit antenna 14b, an induction antenna 14c, and a service information antenna 14d.
The entrance antenna 14a is provided at the entrance of the parking lot and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 10 to receive vehicle-vehicle-specific information unique to each vehicle. In addition, a gate and sensors 11a and a display are further provided at the entrance.
The participation antenna 14b is provided at the exit of the parking lot and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 10 to charge a usage fee. A gate and sensors 11a and a display are further provided at the outlet.
The induction antenna 14c is provided at a specific position, such as before an intersection in the parking lot, and communicates with the in-vehicle device 10 to receive the in-vehicle device specific information and guide the vehicle.
The service information antenna 14 d is provided in the parking area 13 in the parking lot and transmits service information to each vehicle 1.
The provision of service information is not limited to narrow-area communication, and may be well-known wide-area communication or Internet communication, or may be a partial combination thereof.
[0027]
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the fixed side of the system of the present invention. As shown in this figure, a lane 2 of a moving vehicle 1 is provided with a gate and sensors 11a, a display 11b, a communication control device, an antenna 14 and the like, and moves via an on-vehicle device 10 mounted on the moving vehicle 1 and the antenna 14. Bidirectional communication is performed between the vehicle 1 and the management control device 16.
[0028]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the system of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the in-vehicle device 10 includes a communication device 10a that can communicate with the management control device 16, and an output device 10b that outputs information received by the communication device 10a as an image and / or sound. The output device 10b is, for example, a liquid crystal display and a speaker. Also, a known car navigation system may be installed to output images and sounds.
The in-vehicle device 10 further includes a display switching device (not shown) that can be connected to the Internet, and is connected to the Internet via the management control device 16 so that a wide range of information services can be received.
[0029]
In FIG. 3, the management control device 16 includes a management computer 16a, a communication controller 16b, an entrance control device controller 16c, and an exit control device controller 16d. In this example, the control devices 16a to 16d are independent control devices, and are connected to each other via Ethernet. Further, the Internet server 17 is connected in the same manner so that the Internet connection can be made.
The present invention is not limited to this configuration, and depending on the scale of the system, some or all of the control devices 16a to 16d and 17 constituting the management control device 16 may be the same control device.
[0030]
In addition, the IC card 12 has a writable area for storing user information, contract information, parking lot system information, store service information, parking information, and parking lot usage details, and can be extracted by the user. Thus, service information obtained by purchase at the store can be written by the terminal 18 on the store side.
[0031]
FIG. 4 is a business flow diagram for one vehicle according to the system of the present invention. As shown in this figure, in the system of the present invention, two-way communication is performed between a moving vehicle 1 and the management control device 16 from one visit to the other for a single vehicle to provide various services.
[0032]
This service can be broadly divided into an entrance process 21, a guidance / passage process 22, a service information provision / redisplay process 23, an internet connection process 24, a parking completion process 25, a storeroom use process 26, and an entry process 27.
[0033]
In the admission process 21, the in-vehicle device specific information is received for the admission vehicle 1 by using the admission antenna 14a, and the parking information / guidance information is provided. In addition, after performing necessary authentication and confirmation, the entrance gate is opened and closed, and an entrance message is output to the entrance display. In addition, you may issue a parking ticket etc. to the vehicle which does not have a vehicle-mounted machine with a ticketing machine.
[0034]
In the guidance / passing process 22, guidance information is transmitted using the guidance antenna 14c or the entrance antenna 14a, and guidance messages are displayed or voice guidance is performed. FIG. 5 is a display example of guidance information on the in-vehicle device side. In addition, in combination with the display on the output device 10b on the vehicle-mounted device side, a display device (not shown) may be provided for the roadway to display the same.
[0035]
In the service information provision / redisplay process 23, service information is transmitted to the vehicle in the irradiation range (communication range) of the service information antenna 14d, and display and voice guidance are performed.
[0036]
In the Internet connection process 24, an Internet connection service is performed by the display switching device for vehicles in the irradiation range (communication range) of the service information antenna 14d.
[0037]
In the parking completion process 25, an ignition OFF signal of the vehicle 1 is captured, parking completion information is written to the IC card 12, and this information is transmitted to the server (management computer 16a).
Alternatively, instead of the ignition, a parking completion button can be provided separately to deal with it. In this manner, by identifying whether or not the vehicle in the hall is parked, it is possible to provide optimal information to the vehicle that is entering / exiting.
[0038]
In the store use processing 26, store service information is written to the user's IC card 12 at the store terminal 18. Writing is done by the store clerk. The store terminal 18 may be stand-alone or connected to the management computer 16a via Ethernet or the like.
[0039]
In the participation process 27, the vehicle-mounted device specific information (IC card information, store service information, etc.) is received from the participating vehicle 1 using the participation antenna 14b. Next, based on this, the usage fee is calculated and charged, and the parking lot usage details information is transmitted to the participating vehicle 1 to display the usage details or provide voice guidance. The in-vehicle device 10 writes the parking lot usage details information to the IC card 12.
It also opens and closes the entry gate and outputs an entry message to the entry display. A fee settlement machine may be provided for parking ticket users.
[0040]
According to the configuration of the present invention described above, bidirectional communication can be performed between the vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on each mobile vehicle and the management control device 16 via the plurality of antennas 14 installed in the parking lot. It is possible to smoothly perform entrance / exit processing in a time-rented parking lot, designation of a parking space, guidance in the hall, a fee discount service, and the like.
[0041]
In addition, by narrow-band communication using microwaves, it is possible to avoid interference with other in-vehicle devices and provide individual information services corresponding to each vehicle.
[0042]
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, Of course, it can change variously in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, in the above-described example, the application to the time-rental parking lot has been described in detail, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be similarly applied to a general parking lot or the like.
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the automatic parking lot management system of the present invention can smoothly enter / exit, specify the parking space suitable for the vehicle for each vehicle, and guide the parking space to the parking space. Various services information can be provided to individual vehicles before and after parking, and a fee discount service and the like can be smoothly performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram of an automatic parking lot management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the fixed side of the system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the system of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a business flow diagram for one vehicle according to the system of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a display example on the in-vehicle device side of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a conventional automatic toll collection system on a toll road.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Vehicle 2 Lane 3 Vehicle-mounted device 4 Vehicle type identification device 5 Roadside device (antenna)
6 control device 6b control device 6c center computer 7 automatic ticket issuing machine 8 start detection device 10 in-vehicle device 10a communication device 10b output device 12 IC card 14 antenna 14a entrance antenna 14b exit antenna 14c induction antenna 14d service information antenna 16 management control device

Claims (9)

A plurality of vehicle-mounted devices (10) that are mounted on a plurality of mobile vehicles and store unique information for each vehicle, and an IC card (12) that is detachably attached to the vehicle-mounted device and stores user-specific information. ), An antenna (14) that is installed at a plurality of locations in the parking lot and can communicate with each vehicle-mounted device, and a management control device (16) that communicates with the plurality of vehicle-mounted devices via the antenna, Two-way communication between control devices
The in-vehicle device (10) includes a communication device (10a) that can communicate with the management control device, and an output device (10b) that outputs information received by the communication device as an image or sound,
The management control device (16) receives the vehicle-mounted device specific information of each vehicle via the antenna, and transmits and outputs position information that can be parked on each vehicle, and further, the vehicle is parked. In addition to transmitting the guidance information to the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle to be output, and providing information on incidental facilities from the nearest antenna to the vehicle-mounted device for the vehicle parked in the parking space,
Parking completion information indicating that the vehicle is parked is transmitted to the management control device, thereby identifying whether the vehicle is parked and information corresponding to the identification is provided to the vehicle. An automatic parking lot management system characterized by   The parking lot automatic management system according to claim 1, wherein the parking completion information is transmitted to the management control device by turning off an ignition key of a vehicle or an operation of a parking completion button.   3. The parking lot automatic management system according to claim 1, wherein the communication between the in-vehicle device and the antenna is narrow-area communication using a microwave. 2. The automatic parking lot management system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-vehicle device (10) further includes a display switching device connectable to the Internet.   The management control device (16) reads entrance information of the vehicle-mounted device from the antenna at the time of entry, calculates a parking lot usage fee from the entry time, entry time, and service information, and transmits the fee to the vehicle-mounted device to charge the fee. 3. The parking lot automatic management system according to claim 1, wherein the fee settlement information is transmitted to a financial institution, the settlement information is transmitted to an in-vehicle device, and is written in an IC card.   The antenna (14) is provided at the entrance and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device and receives the vehicle-specific information unique to each vehicle. The antenna (14a) is provided at the exit and communicates with the vehicle-mounted device. Participation antenna (14b) for charging the usage fee, induction antenna (14c) for receiving vehicle-mounted device-specific information and guiding the vehicle, and service provided in the parking area in the field The automatic parking lot management system according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a service information antenna (14d) for transmitting information.   The said IC card (12) has a writable area which memorize | stores user information, contract information, parking lot system information, shop service information, parking information, and parking lot use detailed information. 1 or 2 parking lot automatic management system. A plurality of vehicle-mounted devices (10) that are mounted on a plurality of mobile vehicles and store unique information for each vehicle, and an IC card (12) that is detachably attached to the vehicle-mounted device and stores user-specific information. ), An antenna (14) that is installed at a plurality of locations in the parking lot and can communicate with each on-vehicle device, and a management control device (16) that communicates with the plurality of on-vehicle devices via the antenna. Two-way communication between control devices
The in-vehicle device (10) includes a communication device (10a) that can communicate with the management control device, and an output device (10b) that outputs information received by the communication device as an image or sound,
The management control device (16) receives vehicle-mounted device-specific information of each vehicle via the antenna, transmits and outputs position information that can be parked on each vehicle, and further moves the vehicle to the parking position. The guidance information to be guided is transmitted to the in- vehicle device of the vehicle and output, and for the vehicle parked in the parking space, information on incidental facilities is provided from the nearest antenna to the in-vehicle device,
Parking completion information indicating that the vehicle is parked is transmitted to the management control device, whereby it is identified whether the vehicle is parked and information corresponding to the identification is provided to the vehicle. A featured automatic parking management method. 9. The parking lot automatic management method according to claim 8 , wherein the parking completion information is transmitted to the management control device by turning off an ignition key of the vehicle or operating a parking completion button.

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