JP2006079557A - Reservation method, reservation parking method, wireless call number acquisition method, communication processing method, and parking lot reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an efficient reservation method enabling smooth parking without waiting when parking in a parking lot and a reservation parking method, as well as a wireless call number acquisition method which is characteristic to these methods, a communication processing method and a parking lot reservation system. <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises portable telephones which are connected communicably via a communication network, a reservation server and a parking lot server. The parking lot server has a storage means for storing a WCN which can recognize an on-vehicle ETC of a user vehicle, reservation information including at least parking desired date and time desired by a user vehicle, and vacancy information for each predetermined date and time in the parking lot. Parking reservation is managed by transmitting/receiving the reservation information and the vacancy information between the portable telephones and the parking lot server via the reservation server. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a reservation method, a reservation system warehousing method, a wireless call number acquisition method, a communication processing method, and a parking lot reservation system.

  In parking lot entry / exit management, a ticket issuing machine is generally installed near the parking gate entry gate, and a ticket recording the entry time is automatically issued when a vehicle approaches the entry gate. . When the driver (user) of the vehicle receives the ticket, the ticket issuing machine inputs the warehousing information to the parking lot management system. Upon receipt of this input, the management system opens the warehousing gate (breaker) and enters the parking lot. The vehicle is allowed to enter the vehicle.

  By the way, in recent years, ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) that automatically collects tolls on toll roads (highways, etc.) and allows users on toll roads to pass through the toll gate almost non-stop. System) has already been put to practical use. This ETC is a system that is realized by exchanging information necessary for toll collection by wireless communication between an ETC on-board device mounted on a vehicle and a roadside device provided at a loading / unloading gate of a toll gate.

  This ETC will be described in more detail. First, a post-payment IC (Integrated Circuit) card (so-called ETC card, hereinafter referred to as an “ETC card”) is prepared in the ETC in-vehicle device when a fee is collected from the user. Is done. The ETC in-vehicle device in which the ETC card is inserted and the roadside device of the entry / exit gate read DSRC wireless communication (Dedicated Short Range Communication) to read the personal information stored in the ETC card. It is like that.

  The toll road usage history of the user received at the toll gate is totaled for each user by the toll road operator and processed as road toll information. The road fee information processed by the toll road operator is handed over to the credit card company that issues the ETC card, the credit card company pays the road fee to the toll road operator on behalf of the user, and the road from the credit card company to the user at a later date You will be charged.

  In this way, ETC can pass through the loading / unloading gate non-stop. However, in the parking lot management method using the ticket issuing machine described above, in order to receive tickets from the ticket issuing machine, it is necessary for the user to stop the vehicle at the storage gate one by one, and parking lots and stores with a small number of storage gates. The problem was that it caused traffic congestion near the warehousing gate when there was congestion.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, Patent Document 1 describes a technique in which the ETC described above is applied to a parking lot management system. The parking lot management system described in Patent Document 1 employs an ETC in an existing parking lot management system. For an ETC vehicle equipped with an ETC in-vehicle device, the function of the ETC in-vehicle device is used at the warehousing gate. Since vehicle information is acquired, it is not necessary to issue a ticket at the time of warehousing, and the warehousing process can be performed automatically. Therefore, the user does not need to receive the ticket, and can enter the parking lot non-stop without having to stop the vehicle once at the warehousing gate. Along with this, it was said that the traffic jam near the warehousing gate could be solved.
JP 2002-140740 (Claim 1, FIG. 2)

  However, in the parking lot management system described in Patent Document 1, if there is an empty garage in the parking lot, the parking gate can of course pass non-stop, but if the parking lot is full Even if it is an ETC vehicle, it is not possible to enter the warehouse, and if necessary, it is necessary to wait at the entry gate. The parking lot management system described in Patent Document 1 only has a configuration in which an ETC vehicle can pass through the warehousing gate in a non-stop manner. For example, the parking lot management system is long until the user grasps the full state in advance and the occupancy gate becomes empty. It does not perform parking management that can respond to requests from the standpoint of the user who do not have to wait for the time.

  On the other hand, as the situation in recent years, the number of ETC in-vehicle devices installed has been steadily increasing due to the increase in the number of ETC-compatible toll booths, the motivation of users by various ETC discounts, and the introduction of a subsidy system for purchasing ETC in-vehicle devices. It is increasing. Under these circumstances, it is highly desirable for a user who owns an ETC vehicle to expand not only toll roads but also various scenes such as department stores and performance venue parking lots where ETC functions can be used effectively. This is a trend.

  Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention has been made with particular attention paid to a vehicle equipped with an ETC vehicle-mounted device, and the purpose thereof is to efficiently store without waiting for the storage of an area such as a parking lot. The purpose is to provide a reservation method and a reservation system warehousing method. In addition, another object is to provide a wireless call number acquisition method, a communication processing method, and a parking lot reservation system that are characteristic of these methods.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the reservation method according to claim 1 includes a user terminal, a reservation server, and an area server that are communicably connected via a communication network, and the area server is mounted on the DSRC of the user vehicle. Storage means for storing reservation information including at least an identification code that can identify a machine, a desired storage date and time desired by the user, and vacant information for each predetermined date and time in the area, from the user terminal to the reservation server The reservation information and vacancy information are transmitted / received to / from the area server via the communication network and the reservation management of warehousing is performed, and there is an access request from the user terminal to the reservation site. A reservation site screen display step in which the reservation server displays a screen of the reservation site on the user terminal, and the reservation site When the specific area desired to be reserved and the desired date and time of entry are input based on the screen of the reservation site displayed in the screen display step, and when there is a free information request based on the desired entry date and time of the specific area, the reservation A free information search request step for causing the area server of the specific area to search for free information of the area, and after the free information search request step, the area server searches for the free information and results in free information. A free information search result transmission step of transmitting a search result to the reservation server; and a free information search result display step of causing the reservation server to display a free information search result transmitted in the free information search result transmission step. The reservation information is input based on the availability information displayed in the availability information search result display step. When there is a reservation request by reservation information, the reservation server transmits the reservation information to the area server, and the area server receives the free information stored in the storage means of the area server. And a reservation information registration step of updating the reservation information to store the reservation information in the storage means.

  In the reservation method according to claim 2, in the reservation method according to claim 1, the DSRC in-vehicle device of the user vehicle is an ETC in-vehicle device, and the identification code is a wireless call number.

  The reservation method according to claim 3, wherein in the reservation method according to claim 1 or claim 2, reservation confirmation that is reservation information stored in the storage means of the area server by the area server after the reservation information registration step. A reservation confirmation result transmission step of transmitting a result to the reservation server; and a reservation confirmation result display step of causing the reservation server to display the reservation confirmation result transmitted in the reservation confirmation transmission step. Features.

  The reservation method according to claim 4, wherein in the reservation method according to claim 3, the reservation information includes an email address of a user, and the reservation server transmits the reservation confirmation result transmitted in the reservation confirmation result transmission step. A reservation confirmation mail sending step for sending to the user terminal by e-mail is further executed.

  In the reservation method according to claim 5, in the reservation method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, a reservation available period in which a reservation reception period is limited for a certain reservation date and time is set, The reservation server or the area server further executes a reservation period determination step for determining whether or not reservation information is input within the reservation period.

  The reservation method according to claim 6, wherein the area is a parking lot and the reservation information is a specific parking space in the parking lot according to any one of claims 1 to 5. It includes parking space designation information for designating.

  The reservation-based warehousing method according to claim 7 is a reservation-based warehousing method based on the reservation method according to claims 1 to 6, wherein a DSRC roadside machine capable of DSRC wireless communication is provided at the warehousing gate of the area. The identification code received by the DSRC roadside device from the DSRC in-vehicle device and the identification code of the reservation information stored in the storage means when the user vehicle is close to the warehousing gate is provided. The reservation information collation process step which collates whether or not and performs a predetermined | prescribed process with the collation result is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The reservation system warehousing method according to claim 8, wherein in the reservation warehousing method according to claim 7, the DSRC in-vehicle device of the user vehicle is an ETC in-vehicle device, and the identification code is a wireless call number. Features.

  The reservation-based warehousing method according to claim 9, wherein the reservation-based warehousing method according to claim 8 includes control means for controlling opening and closing of the warehousing gate, and the wireless call number received by the DSRC roadside device and the reservation When the wireless call number in the information matches, the control means opens the warehousing gate and permits the warehousing of the user vehicle.

  In the reservation warehousing method according to claim 10, in the reservation warehousing method according to claim 9, the wireless call number received by the DSRC roadside device matches the wireless call number of the reservation information, and The control means permits the warehousing when the difference between the desired warehousing date and time and the actual warehousing time is within a predetermined numerical value.

  In the wireless call number acquisition method according to claim 11, the user terminal as a portable user terminal receives a digital camera unit that captures an image, and an image of an optically readable code captured by the digital camera unit. The reservation method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or the reservation according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising an acquisition unit that acquires character information by signal processing. The user terminal obtains the wireless call number, which is one of the reservation information in the in-store storage method and is recorded as character information in an in-vehicle device code as the code.

  The wireless call number acquisition method according to claim 12 is the wireless call number acquisition method according to claim 11, wherein the on-board device code is a two-dimensional barcode.

  The communication processing method according to claim 13, wherein the user terminal includes an Internet connection unit, and a communication address indicating the location of the reservation server recorded as character information in the reservation site code as the code is displayed by the user terminal. The wireless terminal obtained by the wireless call number obtaining method according to claim 9, wherein the user terminal is automatically connected to the reservation server by the Internet connection unit based on the obtained communication address. It transmits to a reservation server, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

The communication processing method according to claim 14 is the communication processing method according to claim 13, wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone.
In the communication processing method according to claim 15, in the communication processing method according to claim 13 or 14, the reservation site code is a two-dimensional barcode.

  The parking lot reservation system according to claim 16 includes a user terminal, a reservation server, and a parking lot server that are communicably connected via a communication network, and the parking lot server identifies a DSRC in-vehicle device of a user vehicle. Reservation information including at least a possible identification code, a desired warehousing date and time desired by the user, and empty information for each predetermined date and time in the parking lot are stored, and from the user terminal via the reservation server A parking lot reservation system in which the reservation information and vacancy information are transmitted / received to / from the parking lot server via the communication network and reservation management of warehousing is performed, and an access request to the reservation site from the user terminal is made If there is a reservation site screen display means for the reservation server to display a screen of the reservation site on the user terminal, the reservation site screen table If a specific parking lot to be reserved and a desired date / time of warehousing are input based on the screen of the reservation site displayed by the means, and the vacancy information request based on the desired parking date / time of the specific parking lot is received, the reservation After the server causes the specific parking lot server to search for the empty information of the parking lot, and the free parking information search request means searches the empty information of the parking lot by the empty information search requesting means, the parking lot server stores A free information search result transmitting means for searching for free information stored in the means and transmitting a free information search result as a result thereof to the reservation server; and a free information search result transmitted by the free information search result transmitting means. Based on the empty information search result display means displayed on the user terminal by the reservation server and empty information displayed by the empty information search result display means. When the reservation information is input and there is a reservation request based on the reservation information, the reservation server transmits the reservation information to the parking lot server, and the parking lot server stores the storage information in the parking lot server. Reservation information registration means for updating the available vacancy information to new vacancy information based on the inputted reservation information and storing the reservation information in the storage means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can be set as the efficient reservation method and reservation system warehousing method which can be smoothly received without waiting at the time of warehousing of areas, such as a parking lot. In addition, it is possible to provide a wireless call number acquisition method, a communication processing method, and a parking lot reservation system that are characteristic of these methods.

  1 to 15 show an embodiment in which the reservation method, reservation system entry method, wireless call number acquisition method, communication processing method, and parking lot reservation system of the present invention are embodied in the reservation reservation entry system 1 of a parking lot. Therefore, it explains.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system configuration of a reservation system storage system 1 for a parking lot according to the present embodiment (hereinafter simply referred to as “reservation system storage system 1”). As shown in FIG. 1, the reservation warehousing system 1 is roughly divided into a parking lot block 2, a user block 3 on the user side that uses the parking lot, and a reservation block 4 that performs reservation management of the parking lot (= reservation center). ). The parking lot block 2 includes a roadside device 6 that is provided in the parking gate 5 of the parking lot and performs DSRC communication, and a parking lot server 7 that manages empty garage information and the like for each predetermined date and time in the parking lot. The user block 3 includes a mobile phone 8 as a user terminal serving as an input means when making a parking reservation, an ETC in-vehicle device 9 (DSRC in-vehicle device), and a user vehicle 11 equipped with the ETC in-vehicle device 9. . Furthermore, the reservation block 4 includes a reservation server 12 for accepting reservations from the user (mobile phone 8) and performing overall reservation management for each parking lot.

(System configuration)
In the present system 1, the reservation server 12, the parking lot server 7, and the mobile phone 8 are each connected to the Internet 13. The reservation server 12 is a well-known three-layer client in which a server OS (Operating System) is installed so as to constitute a server capable of communication using a TCP / IP protocol, for example, and the parking lot server 7 and the mobile phone 8 are clients. / It is configured as a server system. Moreover, the parking lot server 7 is configured to function as a server in accordance with each process executed by the system 1 as with the reservation server 12.

  Various data such as reservation information and vacancy information, which will be described in detail below, can be input / output between each mobile phone 8 and the parking lot server 7 via the reservation server 12 configured as described above. Yes. Although simply shown in FIG. 1, there are a plurality of parking lot servers 7 and mobile phones 8 depending on the number of parking lots that are reserved and managed by the reservation system storage system 1 of this embodiment. The mobile phone 8 is connected to the Internet 13 via the communication network of the mobile phone 8.

  Here, an outline of the system of the present embodiment will be described. In the parking lot reservation system warehousing system 1 according to the present embodiment, a wireless call number (hereinafter referred to as “WCN”) that is a self ID of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 mounted on the user vehicle 11 is recorded as character information. The obtained two-dimensional barcode 14 (see FIG. 2) is acquired by imaging with the mobile phone 8, and the acquired WCN is accessed as a piece of reservation information from the mobile phone 8 to the reservation site via the Internet 13 to make a reservation center. Reservation is made via (= reservation block 4). After the reservation is made, the user vehicle 11 that arrives at the parking lot at the reservation time can pass through the warehousing gate 5 almost non-stop without waiting for an empty garage in front of the garage gate 5 in the parking lot. It is a system that can do it. There are a plurality of parking lots managed by the reservation center (reservation block 4), and the user can make a reservation by selecting a desired parking lot on the screen by accessing the reservation server 12 of the reservation center from the mobile phone 8. It has become.

  First, the two-dimensional barcode 14 (see FIG. 2) used as a prerequisite technology in this system will be briefly described. First, a one-dimensional barcode (JAN code or the like) is a code that is currently widely used. Although the amount of information that can be recorded per unit density is small, since it is easy to read and stable, it is widely used in merchandise management including POS systems. On the other hand, the two-dimensional barcode has a low level of name recognition, but since the recording amount per unit density is large, there is a high possibility that the use range will be expanded in the future.

  There are more types of two-dimensional barcodes 14 than types of one-dimensional barcodes, but there are roughly two types: stack type and matrix type. A stack bar code is obtained by vertically stacking conventional one-dimensional bar codes, and a matrix bar code is information (data) expressed in a vertical and horizontal mosaic pattern with black and white cells (cells).

  A CCD area sensor type scanner is used to read these two-dimensional barcodes 14. Unlike the one-dimensional bar code, the two-dimensional bar code 14 is read in a plane and angle recognition is incorporated in the code. Therefore, there is no directionality in reading, and 360-degree reading in all directions is possible. Further, since there is an error correction function, it is resistant to dirt and input errors are extremely small, so that correct input is guaranteed. A two-dimensional barcode can record 45 times as much information as a one-dimensional barcode, and most two-dimensional barcodes have a capacity of about 2000 bytes. As described above, the two-dimensional barcode has a merit that a large amount of data can be recorded in a small area, and unlike the one-dimensional barcode, a kanji code can also be recorded. Therefore, although the present invention can be implemented with a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode is desirable.

(Configuration of mobile phone 8)
Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 8 having the function as the reader of the two-dimensional barcode 14 as described above will be described. FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing the external appearance of the mobile phone 8 (mobile communication terminal), and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the mobile phone 8. As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile phone 8 includes a wireless communication unit 15, an operation input unit 16, a call processing unit 17, a CCD camera 18, a CPU 19, a liquid crystal display unit 20, a storage unit 21, An Internet connection unit (Internet connection means) 25 is included, and these units are connected by a bus 26.

  The operation input unit 16 has a plurality of operation buttons 27 (see FIG. 3) for inputting numbers, characters, operation instructions, and the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation of these operation buttons 27 to the CPU 19. To do. The call processing unit 17 includes, for example, a microphone, a speaker, a voice processing unit, and the like, and performs call processing including call connection / disconnection under the control of the CPU 19. The CCD camera 18 corresponds to the digital camera unit of the present invention and captures a two-dimensional barcode image. The Internet connection unit 25 connects to a desired Internet website based on the URL acquired from the two-dimensional barcode.

  The storage unit 21 includes a ROM 22, a RAM 23, and a non-volatile memory 24 such as an SRAM (Static-RAM) or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable-ROM).

  The non-volatile memory 24 stores decoding software 24a that identifies a two-dimensional barcode from an image captured by the CCD camera 18 and decodes character information from the two-dimensional barcode image.

In the above-described configuration, the CPU 19 and the nonvolatile memory 24 constitute an acquisition unit that acquires character information by performing signal processing on a two-dimensional barcode represented by a graphic image.
(Configuration of the reservation server 12)
Next, the configuration of the reservation server 12 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram conceptually showing the reservation server 12. The reservation server 12 is connected to the Internet 13 through a communication port 31, the communication port 31 is connected to an I / O port 32, and the I / O port 32 is connected to a bus 33. A CPU 34, a ROM 35, a RAM 36, and an HDD 37 (hard disk drive) as storage means are provided via the bus 33.

  The HDD 37 serving as a large-capacity storage unit includes various databases such as a parking lot information database 38 input via the Internet 13 (or input independently), a reservation confirmation result database 39 referred to for transmitting a reservation confirmation mail, and the like. Is provided.

  As conceptually shown in FIG. 6, the parking lot information database 38 can accommodate a parking lot name, location, prefecture, location (address below city), telephone number, and parking lot for specifying the location. Various data such as the number of vehicles accommodated and the parking lot usage time are stored.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a program storage unit 41 is set in the HDD 37. In addition to the server OS described above, various programs for performing reservation processing based on information input from the mobile phone 8 through the Internet 13 and access to the parking lot server 7 are stored. Examples of this program include a reservation site screen display program 42, a vacancy information search request program 43, a vacancy information search result display program 44, a reservation information transmission program 45, a reservation confirmation result display program 46, a reservation confirmation mail transmission program 47, and the like. It is done.

  The reservation site screen display program 42 executes processing for displaying the reservation site screen on the liquid crystal display unit (= liquid crystal screen) 20 of the mobile phone 8 when the user requests access to the reservation site. The vacant information search request program 43 executes a process for causing the parking garage server 7 to search for vacant information when a parking lot desired to be reserved and a desired warehousing date and time are input. The vacant information search result display program 44 executes a process of displaying the vacant information of the parking lot on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the user's mobile phone 8. The reservation information transmission program 45 executes a process of transmitting the reservation information to the parking lot server 7 when the reservation information is input. The reservation confirmation result display program 46 executes a process of displaying a reservation confirmation result which is the content of the completed reservation on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the user's mobile phone 8. The reservation confirmation mail transmission program 47 executes a process of transmitting the reservation confirmation result to the user's mobile phone 8 by mail. The detailed processing relating to the above program will be described in detail later. Further, the CPU 34 of the reservation server 12 corresponds to a reservation site screen display unit, a free information search request unit, and a free information search result display unit of the present invention.

(Configuration of parking server 7)
Next, the configuration of the parking lot server 7 will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram conceptually showing the parking lot server 7. The internal configuration of the parking lot server 7 is substantially the same as that of the reservation server 12, and the configuration indicated by reference numerals 51 to 57 in FIG. 7 is the same as the configuration indicated by reference numerals 31 to 37 in FIG. Omitted, the database configuration and program configuration will be described.

The HDD 57 serving as a large-capacity storage unit is provided with databases such as an empty information database 58 and a reservation information database 59.
As conceptually shown in FIG. 8, the reservation information database 59 stores various data such as the WCN of the reserved user vehicle, the e-mail address of the user's mobile phone 8, the warehousing date, and the warehousing time.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a program storage unit 61 is set in the HDD 57. In addition to the server OS described above, various programs for performing reservation processing (warehousing processing) based on access from the reservation server 12 are stored. Examples of this program include a vacancy information search program 62, a vacancy information search result transmission program 63, a vacancy information update program 64, a reservation information registration program 65, a reservation confirmation result transmission program 66, a reservation information collation processing program 67, and the like.

  The vacant information search program 62 executes a process of searching the vacant information database 58 in the parking lot server 7 when there is a vacant information search request from the reservation server 12. The empty information search result transmission program 63 executes a process of transmitting the result of searching for empty information to the reservation server 12. The vacant information update program 64 executes a process of updating to new vacant information when the reservation information is transmitted from the reservation server 12 to the parking lot server 7. The reservation information registration program 65 is executed together with the vacancy information update program 64, and executes a process of registering reservation information when reservation information is transmitted from the reservation server 12 to the parking lot server 7. The reservation confirmation result transmission program 66 executes a process of transmitting a reservation confirmation result that is reservation information registered in the parking lot server 7 to the reservation server 12. The reservation information collation processing program 67 executes a process of collating whether or not the user vehicle belongs to the reserved user when the user vehicle is received. Although the processing of each program has been briefly described above, details thereof will be described in detail next to each program in the reservation server 12. Further, the CPU 54 of the parking lot server 7 corresponds to a vacant information search result transmission means, reservation information registration means, and control means for controlling opening and closing of the warehousing gate 5 of the present invention.

(Reservation system warehousing system 1 processing, overview at the time of reservation)
FIG. 9 is a sequence chart showing an example of the processing flow of the reservation warehousing system 1, and particularly shows the reservation processing part. As shown in FIG. 9, first, the user images a two-dimensional barcode in which the WCN of the vehicle-mounted device 9 is recorded as character information with the mobile phone 8, and reads the WCN into the mobile phone 8 (step 101 (hereinafter referred to as step 101). Is abbreviated as S.)). Next, the user images a two-dimensional barcode in which the URL of the reservation site is recorded as character information with the mobile phone 8, and reads the URL into the mobile phone 8 (S102). Next, the mobile phone 8 is connected to the Internet 13 (S103), and the reservation site screen indicated by the URL is downloaded (S104).

  Then, according to the instruction on the downloaded reservation site screen, the user makes a request for vacant information of a predetermined parking lot from the mobile phone 8 (S105). Receiving this vacancy information request, the reservation server 12 makes a vacancy information search request to a predetermined parking lot server 7 (S106). The parking lot server 7 receives the empty information search request, searches for empty information in the parking lot (S107), and transmits the empty information search result to the reservation server 12 (S108). Next, the reservation server 12 displays the empty information search result on the mobile phone 8 (S109). The user makes a reservation request by inputting a desired warehousing date and time etc. for reserving a parking lot with reference to the displayed empty information search result (S110). Receiving this reservation request, the reservation server 12 transmits the input reservation information to a predetermined parking lot server 7 (S111). The parking lot server 7 registers the transmitted reservation information (S112).

  Next, the parking lot server 7 transmits the reservation confirmation result to the reservation server 12 (S113), and the reservation server 12 displays the transmitted reservation confirmation result on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the mobile phone 8 (S114). Thereafter, the reservation server 12 transmits a reservation confirmation mail to the user's mail address input as the reservation information (S115). The above is the flow of the reservation process of the reservation system warehousing system 1.

Next, each process in the reservation process will be described in more detail.
(WCN reading step of in-vehicle device (S101))
FIGS. 11A to 11E are views showing screen display examples of the mobile phone 8 at the time of reservation, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the WCN barcode reading process of the in-vehicle device. When a two-dimensional barcode image in which the WCN of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 is recorded as character information is captured using the CCD camera 18, the CPU 19 generates captured image data (S301), and the image data is nonvolatile. The data is stored in the memory 24 (S302).

  Next, the CPU 19 activates the decoding software 24a stored in the nonvolatile memory 24 (S303), and identifies a two-dimensional barcode image from the captured image (S304). Then, the CPU 19 decodes the identified two-dimensional barcode image to acquire WCN character information (S305). Then, as shown in FIG. 11A, the decoded WCN character information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 (S306). When “Save” is selected on this screen, the CPU 19 stores the decoded WCN character information in the nonvolatile memory 24 (S307), and ends the in-vehicle device barcode reading process. The WCN barcode reading process of the in-vehicle device corresponds to the “wireless call number acquisition method” of the present invention.

(Reservation site barcode reading step (S102))
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the reservation site barcode reading process. The process of the reservation site barcode reading step (S102) shown in FIG. 13 is the same as the WCN barcode reading process of the in-vehicle device shown in FIG. In this reservation site barcode reading step (S102), as shown in FIG. 11B, the decoded character information of the reservation site is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 (S406). When “connection” is selected on this screen, the CPU 19 stores the decoded URL character information in the nonvolatile memory 24 (S407), and ends the reservation site barcode reading process. Then, the process continues to the Internet connection process.

(Internet connection step (S103), reservation site screen display step (S104))
This Internet connection process will be described with reference to FIG. After the decoded URL character information is stored in the non-volatile memory 24 (FIG. 6, S407), as shown in FIG. 14, the mobile phone 8 is connected to the Internet (S501) and obtained from the two-dimensional barcode. The data of the reservation site screen is downloaded from the received URL (S502). At this time, the reservation server 12 executes the reservation site screen display program 42, and the reservation site screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the mobile phone 8 (S503). This completes the Internet connection process. In the above description, the reservation site barcode reading process (FIG. 13) and the Internet connection process (FIG. 14) have been described separately for convenience, but actually the reservation site barcode reading process to the Internet connection process are continuously executed. The reservation site barcode reading process and the Internet connection process correspond to the “communication processing method” of the present invention.

  As described above, the character information of the WCN and the reservation site can be acquired by imaging the two-dimensional barcode with the CCD camera 18 of the mobile phone 8. For this reason, the burden which a user requires for character information input will be reduced significantly.

(Free information request step (S105))
In the vacant information request step, a parking lot for which a reservation is desired, a desired date and time of entry, and the like are input from the screen of the displayed reservation site. That is, the designation of the parking lot where the empty information is to be searched is performed by an input from the user.

(Free Information Search Request Step (S106))
When the vacancy information request is made, the reservation server 12 executes the vacancy information search request program 43, searches the parking lot information stored in the parking lot information database 38, and extracts the parking lot for which the reservation is desired. Then, the parking lot server 7 of the extracted parking lot is accessed.

(Free information search step (S107), Free information search result transmission step (S108))
The parking lot server 7 that has received the vacancy information search request executes the vacancy information search program 62, searches the vacancy information database 58, and extracts vacancy information corresponding to the desired warehousing date and time. Next, the parking lot server 7 executes the vacancy information search result transmission program 63 and transmits the vacancy information corresponding to the extracted reservation desired date and time to the reservation server 12.

(Free information search result display step (S109)
Next, the reservation server 12 executes the empty information search result display program 44, and the received empty information search result is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the mobile phone 8, as shown in FIG. In this example, the designated parking lot is a parking lot in Seto City, and the desired date of entry is September 20, 2004, from 12:00 to 13:00. In FIG. Each warehousing possibility in the time slot | zone which divided from 9:00 to 17:00 every hour is shown. Thus, by displaying the vacant information in the time zones before and after the designated (input) desired warehousing time, the user can grasp the vacant information around the desired time at a time. Then, from this screen display, the user can make a reservation, that is, confirms the date and time when there is an empty garage, and subsequently makes a reservation request.

(Parking lot reservation request step (S110))
As shown in FIG. 11 (d), in the parking lot reservation request step, reservation information such as desired warehousing date (date, time zone), WCN, mail address, etc. is input from the mobile phone 8 by the user. Here, the WCN is automatically read from the data stored in the nonvolatile memory 24 in the in-vehicle device barcode reading process and displayed on the screen.

(Reservation information transmission step (S111))
When “reservation” is selected on this screen and a parking lot reservation request is made, the reservation server 12 executes the reservation information transmission program 45 and transmits the reservation information to the parking lot server 7.

(Reservation information registration step (S112))
The parking lot server 7 that has received the reservation information executes the vacancy information update program 64 and the reservation information registration program 65, and updates the vacancy information stored in the vacancy information database 58 to new vacancy information based on the inputted reservation information. The reservation information (such as WCN) is stored in the reservation information database 59 (see FIG. 8). The data stored in the reservation information database 59 is referred to at the time of WCN verification such as whether or not the user vehicle is reserved in the warehousing process.

(Reservation confirmation result transmission step (S113))
Next, the parking lot server 7 executes the reservation confirmation result transmission program 66 and transmits the reservation confirmation result stored in the reservation information database 59 that is confirmed reservation information to the reservation server 12.

(Reservation confirmation result display step (S114))
Next, the reservation server 12 executes the reservation confirmation result display program 46, and the received reservation confirmation result is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the mobile phone 8, as shown in FIG. Thus, in this embodiment, the reservation date, the reserved parking mail address, the reservation time zone, and the user's WCN are displayed.

(Reservation confirmation email sending step (S115))
Further, the reservation server 12 searches the reservation information database 59 to extract the user's e-mail address input as the reservation information, and the contents substantially the same as the contents described on the screen shown in FIG. Send an email with.

(Processing of the reservation system warehousing system 1, overview at the time of warehousing)
FIG. 10 is a sequence chart showing an example of a processing flow of the reservation-based warehousing system 1, and particularly shows a part of the warehousing process. As shown in FIG. 10, the roadside device 6 provided in the parking gate 5 of the parking lot always performs a wireless communication operation, and checks whether or not the WCN transmission signal from the user vehicle 11 entering the warehouse is received. (S201: WCN request). If the signal from the user vehicle 11 is not received, it waits as it is. When the user vehicle 11 that reserved the parking lot approaches the entry gate 5 and enters the communication area of the roadside device 6, the roadside device 6 performs wireless communication with the ETC onboard device 9 of the user vehicle 11 and is sent from the ETC onboard device 9. WCN as incoming vehicle information is received (S202: WCN response). And the parking lot server 7 receives the WCN confirmation request from the roadside machine 6 (S203), and collates whether or not the received WCN matches the reserved WCN (S204).

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the process of the reservation information collation step (S204) for collating whether or not the received WCN matches the reserved WCN. As shown in FIG. 15, when the parking lot server 7 executes the reservation information matching processing program 67, the WCN received by the roadside device 6 by searching the reservation information database 59 and the reserved WCN in the reservation information database 59 are obtained. It is determined whether they match, that is, whether the WCN is reserved (S601). If it is determined that the reservation is a reserved WCN (S601: YES), the control means (CPU 54) controls to open the warehousing gate 5, and the warehousing of the user vehicle 11 is permitted (S602). End the process. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not a reserved WCN (S601: NO), warehousing is rejected (S603), and the process is similarly terminated. In this case, the storage gate 5 is not opened by the control means.

  In the reservation system warehousing system 1 described in detail above, WCN as an identification code that can identify the ETC in-vehicle device 9 of the user vehicle is adopted as reservation information, and a desired parking lot is set in advance via the reservation server 12 before warehousing. By making a reservation, a garage for the user's warehousing time is secured, so it is not necessary to wait for an empty garage for a long time in front of the parking lot (near the warehousing gate 5), and the traffic jam is eliminated.

  In addition, for the user vehicle 11 equipped with the reserved ETC in-vehicle device 9, the vehicle information (WCN) is obtained by the function of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 at the warehousing gate 5 and the verification process is performed. There is no need to issue a warehousing process. Therefore, the user does not need to receive the ticket, and can enter the parking lot in a non-stop manner without having to stop the vehicle once at the warehousing gate 5.

  Further, since the WCN is used as vehicle information for management from reservation to warehousing, for example, the ETC card storing the charging information in the normal ETC specifications is not inserted in the ETC in-vehicle device 9 and the reserved parking You can enter the parking lot.

  In addition, since the WCN in the present embodiment uses a method of acquiring the two-dimensional barcode recorded as character information by imaging with the CCD camera 18 of the mobile phone 8, the WCN is easily acquired and thereafter Can be used for reservation processing. Further, when connecting to the reservation site (connection to the Internet), the two-dimensional barcode in which the URL of the reservation site is recorded as character information is captured by the CCD camera 18 of the mobile phone 8 in the same manner as the WCN. Automatically connect to the Internet.

  Usually, a URL is composed of a combination of alphabets and numbers, and has a large number of characters. The operation of manually inputting this long character information is complicated and troublesome. In particular, the cellular phone 8 has a total of 12 operation buttons 27 of “0 to 9”, “*”, “?”, And some instructions that indicate power ON / OFF, operation mode switching, cursor movement, and the like. Only 20 operation buttons in total with the operation buttons 27 are provided. A plurality of hiragana characters and roman characters are assigned to specific operation buttons such as numeric buttons, and the selected character can be switched according to the number of times the operation button is pressed. For this reason, when inputting the URL to the mobile phone 8, the data input operation becomes extremely complicated. However, in this embodiment, as described above, it is not necessary to manually input the WCN or URL of the reservation site one character at a time by eliminating the input mistake by capturing the two-dimensional barcode and reading the character information. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly enter the WCN at the time of reservation and access to the reservation site with an easy operation.

Further, in the series of reservation processing from acquisition of WCN, it is possible to easily make a reservation from anywhere as long as the mobile phone 8 is present, so it can be said that it is very convenient for the user.
Thus, in the reservation system warehousing system 1 of the present embodiment for the user vehicle 11 equipped with the ETC in-vehicle device 9 that can be implemented in an existing parking lot management system, the waiting for arrival of vehicles, ease of reservation, etc. By realizing the above, it is possible to greatly improve user convenience. Further, for the parking lot (area) side, it is possible to produce a secondary effect such as use expansion by improving user convenience.

According to the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the above embodiment, since the WCN of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 of the user vehicle 11 is adopted as one of the reservation information as vehicle information for specifying the vehicle, the desired information is stored in advance via the reservation server 12 before warehousing. By reserving the parking lot, it is possible to eliminate the waiting time for a long vacant garage at the warehousing gate 5 and eliminate the traffic jam.

  (2) In the above embodiment, for the user vehicle 11 equipped with the reserved ETC in-vehicle device 9, vehicle information (WCN) is acquired by the wireless function of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 at the warehousing gate, and collation processing is performed. Therefore, it is not necessary to issue a ticket at the time of warehousing, and the warehousing process can be performed automatically. Therefore, the user does not need to receive the ticket, and can enter the parking lot in a non-stop manner without having to stop the vehicle once at the warehousing gate 5.

  (3) In addition, in order to perform management from reservation to warehousing using WCN as vehicle information, for example, in a state where an ETC card storing charging information in a normal ETC specification is not inserted in the ETC in-vehicle device 9, You can enter the reserved parking lot.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the WCN is acquired by capturing the two-dimensional barcode recorded as character information with the CCD camera 18 of the mobile phone 8. For this reason, WCN can be easily acquired and used for subsequent reservation processing.

  (5) In the above embodiment, when connecting to the reservation site (connection to the Internet), the two-dimensional bar code in which the URL of the reservation site is recorded as character information is used by the CCD camera 18 of the mobile phone 8 in the same manner as the WCN. It is acquired by taking an image and is automatically connected to the Internet. For this reason, it is not necessary to manually input the URL one character at a time, and the reservation site can be accessed while eliminating an input error with an easy operation.

  (6) In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone 8 is used as the user terminal, and a series of reservation processing from acquisition of the WCN can be easily performed by operation from the mobile phone 8. In addition, a method of reading a two-dimensional bar code that produces the effect shown in (5) is adopted in a mobile phone 8 that is troublesome to input characters compared to a desktop PC, a PDA driven by a battery or a dedicated battery, and the like. Thus, a preferred embodiment that is more convenient for the user as a whole system can be obtained.

The above embodiment may be changed to another embodiment (another example) as follows.
In the above-described embodiment, a reservation available period in which a reservation is accepted for a certain reservation date and time is set, and the reservation server 12 determines whether or not a reservation from the user is made within the reservation available period. The reservation period determination step may be further executed. The reservation period may be set, for example, from one week before the reservation desired date to the previous day, or in the city center where there is not much planability to make reservations in advance due to heavy entry / exit. In a parking lot or the like, reservation may be made only on the day. It can be set as appropriate depending on the characteristics of the parking lot usage and the intention of the parking lot owner.

  This reservation available period determination step can be executed, for example, between the parking lot reservation request step (S110) and the reservation information transmission step (S111) in FIG. 9 of the above embodiment. When it is determined that the reservation period is not reached, the fact can be transmitted to the mobile phone 8 and the reservation at another time can be continued. According to this configuration, it is possible to provide an efficient reservation system that further responds to the request of the parking lot owner.

  -At the time of warehousing of the above embodiment, the control means may permit the warehousing when the difference between the desired warehousing date and the actual warehousing time is within a predetermined numerical value. For example, when the “predetermined numerical value” is set to 30 minutes, for example, the desired warehousing time is from 13:00 to 14:00, but the actual warehousing time is before 12:30 or 14:30 If it is after, warehousing is not permitted.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the reservation information collating process in this another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 16, in this other embodiment, when it is determined that the reservation is a reserved WCN (S701: YES), the difference between the reserved warehousing date and the actual warehousing time is determined in advance. It is determined whether it is within the given numerical value (S702). And when it is judged that it is within a predetermined numerical value (S702: YES), the control means controls to open the warehousing gate 5, and warehousing of the user vehicle 11 is permitted (S703). The verification process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not a reserved WCN (S702: NO), warehousing is rejected (S704), and the process is similarly terminated.

  In this alternative embodiment, when the actual storage time is earlier than the predetermined numerical value, that is, when the parking lot is reached too early, the empty information database 58 is searched for If there is an empty garage during the warehousing time, the warehousing may be permitted.

  -In the above-mentioned embodiment or the above-described example, if the warehousing does not occur even after a predetermined time, the vacancy information database 58 is updated from the corresponding reservation information with reference to the reservation information database 59 and the vacancy information database 58. Then, a reservation cancellation process for canceling the reservation may be executed. For example, when the predetermined time is set to 30 minutes, the desired warehousing time is from 13:00 to 14:00, but the reservation is automatically canceled after 14:30. In the present embodiment, since the reservation is made in advance by setting a range of the desired warehousing time by dividing the time zone every hour, such as from 13:00 to 14:00 at the time of reservation, this desired warehousing date has passed. In this case, that is, the configuration may be such that the cancellation process is performed immediately after 14:00.

  In the vacant information requesting step (S105) of the above embodiment, a parking lot for which reservation is desired may be sequentially specified based on an instruction displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 20 of the mobile phone 8. FIG. 17 shows a screen display example of the mobile phone 8. A predetermined top page (not shown) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit of the mobile phone 8, and then a Japanese region selection screen is displayed as shown in FIG. appear. For example, when “Tokai” is selected, a more specific prefecture name of Tokai is displayed as shown in FIG. 17B. When “Aichi” is selected here, as shown in FIG. A specific area (city etc.) of Aichi is displayed. When “Nagoya City” is selected here, the names of parking lots in Nagoya city are displayed in a list format as shown in FIG. According to this configuration, the user does not need to directly input the name of the parking lot, the address for specifying the parking lot, the telephone number, etc., and can easily perform the reservation operation.

  In the above embodiment, the reservation information includes the WCN of the ETC in-vehicle device 9 and the desired date and time of warehousing. However, if necessary, the reservation information includes a credit number, license plate information, and user name (using SSL communication). Personal name), vehicle classification, etc. may be used as reservation information. For example, when a credit number or a user name is adopted, the billing system at the time of delivery can be automatically implemented, and can be implemented in a manner corresponding to the request of the system operator and the user. .

In the above-described embodiment, the reservation information may include disabled person garage designation information, and a user who desires a disabled person dedicated garage may be configured to select at the time of reservation.
In the above embodiment, the WCN as the vehicle information is read by imaging the two-dimensional barcode with the mobile phone 8, and the stored character information is read when the reservation information is input. It may not be coded and may be configured to be input by direct input by the user. The same applies to the URL acquisition of the reservation site in the above embodiment, and the domain name of the reservation site may be input by the user's direct input.

  In the above embodiment, the parking system reservation system warehousing system 1 has been described. However, it is not a parking lot, but a specific area, for example, a safari park or the like where a user vehicle enters a predetermined site and observes the site. May be implemented as a reservation system entrance system.

In the above embodiment, the mobile phone 8 is used as the user terminal. However, the present invention can be implemented as various terminals such as a mobile PC, a PDA, a car navigation system, and a camera with a next generation communication function.
In the above embodiment, the ETC in-vehicle device 9 is exemplified as the DSRC in-vehicle device. However, with the development of DSRC communication, not only the ETC-dedicated DSRC in-vehicle device but also various in-vehicle devices capable of various DSRC communication can be adopted. Further, the vehicle is not limited to a four-wheeled vehicle, but includes various moving bodies and ships including a two-wheeled vehicle. Furthermore, the DSRC in-vehicle device may be a portable mobile type or a wearable type without being fixed to the vehicle.

Schematic which shows the system configuration | structure of the reservation system warehousing system of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a two-dimensional barcode. The whole perspective view which shows the external appearance of a mobile telephone. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. The block diagram which shows a reservation server notionally. The figure which shows an example of a parking lot information database notionally. The block diagram which shows a parking lot server notionally. The figure which shows an example of a reservation information database notionally. It is a sequence chart which shows an example of the process flow of the reservation system warehousing system of this embodiment, and is a figure which shows the part of a reservation process especially. It is a sequence chart which shows an example of the process flow of the reservation warehousing system of this embodiment, and is a figure which shows the part of the warehousing process especially. (A)-(e) is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the mobile telephone at the time of reservation. The flowchart which shows the WCN barcode reading process of vehicle equipment. The flowchart which shows a reservation site barcode reading process. The flowchart which shows an internet connection process. The flowchart which shows a reservation information collation process. The flowchart which shows the reservation information collation process in another embodiment. (A)-(d) is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the mobile telephone in the parking lot designation | designated at the time of reservation in another embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Parking reservation system entrance system, 2 ... Parking block (parking area, area), 3 ... User block, 4 ... Reservation block (reservation center), 5 ... Storage gate, 6 ... Roadside machine, 7 ... Parking lot Server (area server), 8 ... mobile phone (user terminal), 9 ... ETC in-vehicle device (DSRC in-vehicle device), 11 ... user vehicle, 12 ... reservation server, 13 ... internet, 14 ... two-dimensional barcode, 34 ... CPU (Reservation site screen display means, empty information search request means, empty information search result display means), 54... CPU (empty information search result transmission means, reservation information registration means), 57... HDD (storage means).

Claims (16)

A user terminal, a reservation server, and an area server that are communicably connected via a communication network;
The area server has storage means for storing reservation information including at least an identification code that can identify a DSRC on-vehicle device of a user vehicle, a desired warehousing date and time desired by the user, and vacant information for each predetermined date and time in the area. Have
A reservation method in which reservation information and vacancy information are transmitted and received by the communication network from the user terminal to the area server via the reservation server, and reservation management of warehousing is performed,
When there is an access request to the reservation site from the user terminal, the reservation server displays a reservation site screen on the user terminal.
When a specific area to be reserved and the desired date / time of entry are input based on the reservation site screen displayed in the reservation site screen display step, and there is a free information request based on the desired entry date / time of the specific area A free information search request step in which the reservation server causes the area server of the specific area to search for free information of the area;
After the empty information search request step, the area server searches for the empty information and transmits a free information search result as a result to the reservation server,
A free information search result display step in which the reservation server displays the free information search result transmitted in the free information search result transmission step on the user terminal;
When the reservation information is input based on the empty information displayed in the empty information search result display step and there is a reservation request based on the reservation information, the reservation server transmits the reservation information to the area server. A reservation information registration step in which the area server updates the empty information stored in the storage means of the area server to new empty information based on the input reservation information, and stores the reservation information in the storage means; The reservation method characterized by performing. The reservation method according to claim 1, wherein the DSRC in-vehicle device of the user vehicle is an ETC in-vehicle device, and the identification code is a wireless call number. After the reservation information registration step, the area server transmits a reservation confirmation result that is the reservation information stored in the storage means of the area server to the reservation server.
The reservation method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a reservation confirmation result display step in which the reservation server displays the reservation confirmation result transmitted in the reservation confirmation transmission step on the user terminal. . The reservation information includes a user's e-mail address, and further executes a reservation confirmation mail transmission step in which the reservation server transmits the reservation confirmation result transmitted in the reservation confirmation result transmission step to the user terminal by e-mail. The reservation method according to claim 3. A reservation available period determining step for setting a reservation available period for which a reservation is accepted for a certain reservation date and time and determining whether or not the reservation information is input within the reservation available period; 5. The reservation method according to claim 1, wherein the area server further executes the reservation method. The said area is a parking lot, The said reservation information contains the parking space designation | designated information which designates the specific parking space in the said parking lot, The any one of Claim 1 thru | or 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Reservation method. A reservation system warehousing method based on the reservation method according to claim 1,
A DSRC roadside machine capable of DSRC wireless communication is provided at the storage gate in the area,
Whether the identification code received by the DSRC roadside device from the DSRC in-vehicle device and the identification code of the reservation information stored in the storage means match when the user vehicle approaches the warehousing gate. A reservation information warehousing method characterized by executing a reservation information collation processing step of performing collation and performing predetermined processing according to the collation result. 8. The reservation system storage method according to claim 7, wherein the DSRC in-vehicle device of the user vehicle is an ETC in-vehicle device, and the identification code is a wireless call number. The area server includes control means for controlling opening and closing of the warehousing gate, and when the wireless call number received by the DSRC roadside machine matches the wireless call number of the reservation information, the control means opens the warehousing gate. The reservation system warehousing method according to claim 8, wherein warehousing of the user vehicle is permitted. The control is performed when the wireless call number received by the DSRC roadside device matches the wireless call number of the reservation information, and the difference between the desired entry date and the actual entry time is within a predetermined numerical value. The reservation system warehousing method according to claim 9, wherein the means permits warehousing. The user terminal as a portable user terminal includes a digital camera unit that captures an image, and an acquisition unit that acquires character information by performing signal processing on an optically readable code image captured by the digital camera unit. Have
The reservation method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or the reservation information storage method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the reservation information is one of the reservation information. A wireless call number acquisition method comprising: acquiring, by the user terminal, a wireless call number recorded as character information in an in-vehicle device code. The wireless call number acquisition method according to claim 11, wherein the in-vehicle device code is a two-dimensional barcode. The user terminal has an Internet connection means, acquires a communication address indicating the location of the reservation server recorded as character information in the reservation site code as the code by the user terminal, and based on the acquired communication address The user terminal is automatically connected to the reservation server by the Internet connection means, and transmits the wireless call number acquired by the wireless call number acquisition method according to claim 11 or 12 to the reservation server. A characteristic communication processing method. The communication processing method according to claim 13, wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone. 15. The communication processing method according to claim 13, wherein the reservation site code is a two-dimensional barcode. A user terminal, a reservation server, and a parking lot server that are communicably connected via a communication network;
The parking server stores storage information that includes at least an identification code that can identify a DSRC in-vehicle device of a user vehicle, a desired warehousing date and time desired by the user, and vacant information for each predetermined date and time in the parking lot. Have
A parking lot reservation system in which the reservation information and vacancy information are transmitted and received by the communication network from the user terminal via the reservation server and the reservation management of warehousing is performed,
Reservation site screen display means for causing the reservation server to display a screen of the reservation site on the user terminal when there is an access request to the reservation site from the user terminal;
Based on the reservation site screen displayed by the reservation site screen display means, a specific parking lot desired to be reserved and a desired storage date / time are input, and there is a free information request based on the desired storage date / time of the specific parking lot. In this case, the reservation server causes the specific parking server to search for empty information of the parking lot,
After the vacant information search request means searches for the vacant information of the parking lot, the parking lot server searches the vacant information stored in the storage means and transmits the vacant information search result as a result to the reservation server. Free information search result transmission means to perform,
Empty information search result display means for causing the reservation server to display the empty information search result transmitted by the empty information search result transmission means on the user terminal;
When the reservation information is input based on the empty information displayed by the empty information search result display means and there is a reservation request by the reservation information, the reservation server transmits the reservation information to the parking lot server. Reservation information registration in which the parking lot server updates the empty information stored in the storage means of the parking lot server to new empty information based on the inputted reservation information, and stores the reservation information in the storage means And a parking lot reservation system.

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