JP2006107147A - Parking lot management system and its method and provider server used for the same and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a user of a vacant parking space meeting a user's request. <P>SOLUTION: A business unit server managing a parking lot is provided with: a parking lot information database 34 storing a use state for each parking area in the parking lot; a user information database 32 pre- storing desire information on the parking area for the user; and a store information database 33 pre-storing information on a store. When user's vehicle enters the parking lot, the parking area is selected by referring to the desire information in the user information database 32 for the user and the use state in the parking lot information database 34. The parking lot information is provided to a user terminal. In addition, when the user's vehicle parks in the parking lot area, information on the store near the parking area is read from the store information database 33 to provide the information to the user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot management system and method thereof, and a provider server device and program used therefor, and more particularly to a parking lot management system and method suitable for managing a large-scale parking lot, and a provider server device and program used therefor. is there.

  In recent years, large-scale suburban shopping centers and amusement facilities are increasing, and large parking lots are indispensable in such facilities. In large parking lots, hire a large number of security personnel and assign them to the parking lot as vehicle guides to guide the vehicle to a vacant place or ask the customer to find a vacant place at their own risk It has become. Hiring a large number of guards has the problem of labor costs, and when looking for a place at the customer's own risk, the vehicle will search around while moving around in the parking lot. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to use the parking lot effectively.

  In view of this, Patent Documents 1 and 2 propose a technology that solves the above-described problems by providing guide information on an empty parking space to a customer (driver) as a user. Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for transmitting information related to a facility that has a partnership with a parking lot that is already parked to a user's mobile phone or the like.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-141689 JP-A-8-297800 JP 2004-15369 A

  In the techniques of Patent Documents 1 and 2, in order to guide the user vehicle to the empty parking space, only the empty parking space is notified to the user, so that the user is not notified of the desired parking space. That is, as described above, in large parking lots such as suburban large shopping centers, it is not sufficient to simply notify the user of an empty parking space, and as a user, as close as possible to the store or facility desired by the user. However, the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 cannot notify such a parking space that meets the user's requirements.

  Moreover, in the technique of patent document 3, the information of the parking lot and the affiliated facility is provided to the already parked user, and as described above, the parking space notification that matches the user's request is provided. Has the disadvantage that it cannot be done.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management system and method capable of notifying a user of an empty parking space that matches a user's request (parking position, fee, etc.) as much as possible, and a parking lot management server and terminal used therefor. It is.

  A parking lot management system according to the present invention is a parking lot management system that provides information on a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal, and usage information for each parking area in the parking lot and a user's desire regarding a parking area. In response to the storage of the information stored in advance in the parking lot of the user's vehicle, the parking area information is selected from the user's desired information and the usage status information. Information providing means for providing the information to the user terminal.

  The business operator server device according to the present invention is a business operator server device in a parking lot management system that provides information related to a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal, and the usage status of each parking area in the parking lot and the user's In response to the storage of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, the information storage means that stores the desired information about the parking area in advance, and selecting the parking area from the user's desired information and the usage status information, Information providing means for providing the parking area information to the user terminal.

  The parking lot management method according to the present invention is a parking lot management method for providing information relating to a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal, the usage status information for each parking area in the parking lot, and the user's desire regarding the parking area. In response to receiving the user's vehicle into the parking lot, selecting a parking area from the user's desired information and the usage status information, Providing area information to the user terminal.

  The program by this invention contains the database which stored beforehand the utilization condition for every parking area in a parking lot, and the desired information regarding a user's parking area, and provides the information regarding the parking area in a parking lot with respect to a user terminal. Is a program for causing the computer to execute the operation in response to entry of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, selecting a parking area from the user's desired information and the usage status information, The process includes providing the parking area information to the user terminal.

  The operation of the present invention will be described. In the company server device that manages the parking lot, in the parking lot information database that stores the usage status of each parking area in the parking lot, the user information database that stores in advance the desired information about the user's parking area, and the information about the store A store information database stored in advance is provided, and when a user's vehicle enters the parking lot, a parking area is selected from the desired information in the user information database of the user and the usage status in the parking lot information database. Then, this parking area information is provided to the user terminal. Moreover, when a user's vehicle parks in the said parking area, the information regarding the shop near this parking area is read from a shop information database, and is provided to a user terminal.

  According to the present invention, there is no need for the user himself / herself to search for an empty parking space in a vast parking lot, and parking can be performed in a parking space that matches the conditions desired by the user (including the parking position and fee) as much as possible. There is an effect that can be done. In addition, among the information related to the parking area, in particular, there is an effect that it is possible to receive distribution of information on the user interest field registered in advance by the user.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment basically includes a user terminal 100, a parking lot terminal 200, a store terminal 300, a business server 400, and a communication network 500 that connects them to each other. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the parking lot terminal 200 includes an entrance / exit device 220 installed in the vicinity of the entrance and exit of the parking lot and a plurality of divided parking areas A to C (see FIG. 4). Are connected to the area devices 240A to 240C arranged in FIG.

  The user terminal 100 is an information processing device such as a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) having a wireless communication function, or an in-vehicle car navigation device. In addition to the function of receiving parking position instruction (parking area) information and notifying the user by display or voice, it has a function of sending and receiving e-mails.

  Assuming that a mobile phone is used as the user terminal 100, as shown in its functional block in FIG. 3, the wireless communication unit 1 that transmits and receives wireless signals to and from a wireless base station (not shown), and an image and text display are displayed. Display unit 2 to be operated, operation unit 3 capable of key operation, voice information input / output unit 4 including a speaker and a microphone for inputting / outputting voice information, telephone directory information, transmitted / received mail information, incoming / outgoing call information, mobile phone A memory unit 5 that stores various setting information of the telephone itself, and a control unit (CPU: computer) that controls each of these units and controls the telephone function and the e-mail function according to the program procedure stored in the ROM 7 6.

  The parking lot terminal 200 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer installed in the parking lot, and has functions such as management of entry / exit of vehicles and management of empty parking positions. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle information (vehicle ID) is acquired from the entrance / exit device 220 installed in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the parking lot, thereby managing entry / exit and dividing the parking lot into a plurality of settings. The area information 240A to 240C installed in each of the areas A to C (the parking fee varies depending on the area) is used to obtain the vehicle information (vehicle ID), thereby managing entry / exit to each area. is there.

  In addition, acquisition of vehicle information (vehicle ID) by the entrance / exit device 220 and the area devices 240A to 240C is specific to the vehicle such as information on the license plate of the vehicle and information from the ETC device (ETC on-board device of the automatic toll collection system). It shall be done by acquiring information.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the parking lot terminal 200. The communication unit 21 that communicates with the network 500, the interface unit 22 that interfaces with the entrance / exit device 220 and the area devices 240A to 240C, and the interface unit 22 Connected to the entrance / exit device 220 and the area devices 240A to 240C to obtain vehicle information and entry / exit information, and an entry / exit management unit 24 for managing entry / exit of each vehicle based on the obtained information. , A memory unit 25 that temporarily stores information, and a control unit (CPU) 26 that controls these units 21 to 25 according to a program procedure stored in the ROM 27.

  The store terminal 300 is an information processing device such as a personal computer installed in a store for providing various products and services such as restaurants and retail stores in the vicinity of the parking lot, and information on the products, services, places, etc. to be provided Suppose that it has the function to transmit the delivery information (for example, campaign information, coupon information, etc.) to user terminal 100 to company server 400.

  The business server 400 is an information processing device such as a workstation server installed in a business that provides a service related to a parking lot. As shown in FIG. 5, a communication unit 31 that communicates with the network 500 and a user An information database (DB) 32, a store information database 33, a parking lot information database 34, and a control unit (CPU) 35 that controls these units according to a program procedure stored in advance in the ROM 36 are configured. ing.

  User information in the user information database 32 includes vehicle information (vehicle ID) for each user, user terminal information (terminal ID), desired conditions for parking position (fee), information distribution (mail), as shown in FIG. Information, such as the number of emails, the field of interest, and the stores used, etc., and is registered in the database 32 by conducting a questionnaire to the user in advance.

  The store information in the store information database 33 is various information related to each store transmitted from the store terminal 300 and distribution information (coupon information, campaign information, etc.) to the user terminal 100 and is registered in advance. . The parking lot information in the parking lot information database 34 includes the parking lot information transmitted from the parking lot terminal 200 (the latest information on the parking situation (empty) for each parking area).

  The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the operation sequence diagrams of FIGS. When a vehicle on which a user (user) having the user terminal 100 is boarded enters the parking lot (step S0), vehicle information (vehicle ID) is acquired by the entrance / exit device 220, and the parking lot terminal 200 and the communication network 500 are obtained. Is transmitted to the business operator server 400 (steps S1 and S2). In the company server 400 that has received the vehicle information (vehicle ID) from the parking lot terminal 200 (step S3), the user information database 32 is searched and user information of the matching vehicle ID is acquired and extracted (steps S4 and S5).

  In the user information database 32, as a desired condition regarding the parking position and fee by the user, for example, “I want a low parking fee even if it is a little away from a service or product provision place (store, etc.)”, “Near a normal use store” Registration is made in advance. When the operator server 400 refers to the user information database 32 and the vacant information in the parking lot information database 34 to satisfy the user's request, the parking lot area information is transmitted to the user terminal 100. (Step S6).

  In the user terminal 100 that has received the parking area information from the business server 400, the information is output by voice or display (step S8). By doing so, the user can be notified of the parking lot usage position. When the vehicle of the user who uses the user terminal 100 reaches the parking area (parking position) (step S9), vehicle information (vehicle ID) is acquired by the area device 240, and the network 500 is received from the parking area terminal 200. Is transmitted to the business operator server 400 (steps S10 and S11).

  In company server 400 which acquired vehicle information from parking lot terminal 200, store information database 33 is searched with reference to user information and a parking lot area (Steps S12 and S13). In this case, information related to the field of interest (gourmet, fashion, etc.) registered by the user in advance, that is, personal preference information and information based on the currently parked parking area (store information in the vicinity of the parking area) are preliminarily obtained by the user. Only the registered allowable distribution number (the number of mails in the example of FIG. 6) is extracted (step S14) and distributed to the user terminal 100 as an electronic mail (step S15). In the user terminal 100, store information from the business server 400 is received (step S16), displayed on the display unit, and notified to the user (step S17).

  The parking fee discount may be set according to the allowable number of distributions (the allowable number of receptions for the user). For example, for users who have set a large allowable number of receptions, the parking fee can be discounted accordingly, so that the advertising effect of the store to the user can be expected more. Can be higher.

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows each relationship with the parking lot terminal 200 in FIG. 1, the gateway apparatus 220, the area apparatus 240, and parking lot (area) AC. It is a functional block diagram of the user terminal 100 in FIG. It is a functional block diagram of the parking lot terminal 200 in FIG. It is a functional block diagram of the provider server 400 in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of the user information database 32 in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 wireless communication unit
2 display section
3 Operation part
4 Voice information input / output unit 5,25 Memory unit 6,26,35 Control unit (CPU)
7, 27, 36 ROM (read only memory)
21, 31 Communication Department
23 Information acquisition unit
22 Interface section
24 Entry / Exit Management Department
32 User information database
33 Store information database
34 Parking information database
100 user terminal
200 Parking lot terminal
220 gateway device
240 area equipment
300 store terminal
400 operator server
500 communication network

Claims (16)

A parking lot management system that provides information on a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal,
Information storage means for storing in advance usage information for each parking area in the parking lot and desired information regarding the user's parking area;
In response to entry of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, the desired information and the usage status information are read from the information storage means of the user, a parking area is selected from these information, and the parking area information Providing information to the user terminal;
A parking lot management system comprising:   The information storage means stores information related to the store and the user's preference information in advance, and the information providing means responds to the entry of the user's vehicle into the parking area, and the location of the parking area and 2. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein store information related to the preference information is provided to the user terminal with reference to the preference information of the user.   3. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the desired information includes information on a desired parking position and a parking fee.   The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user terminal is a communication terminal having an electronic mail function, and the information providing means provides information by the electronic mail function.   The information storage means further includes means for preliminarily storing a permissible information number provided by the user terminal from the information providing means, and setting a parking fee according to the permissible information number. The parking lot management system in any one of Claims 1-4. An operator server device in a parking lot management system that provides information on a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal,
Information storage means for storing in advance the usage information for each parking area in the parking lot and the desired information regarding the user's parking area;
In response to entry of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, the user's desired information and usage status information are read from the information storage means, and a parking area is selected from these information, and the parking area information Providing information to the user terminal;
A business server apparatus comprising:   The information storage means stores information about the store and the user's preference information in advance, and the information providing means responds to the user's vehicle entering the parking area in response to the location of the parking area. The store information relating to the preference information is provided to the user terminal with reference to the preference information of the user and the user server device according to claim 6.   The provider server device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the desired information includes information on a desired parking position and a parking fee.   The provider server device according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the user terminal is a communication terminal having an electronic mail function, and the information providing means provides information by the electronic mail function.   The information storage means further includes means for preliminarily storing a permissible information number provided by the user terminal from the information providing means, and setting a parking fee according to the permissible information number. The provider server device according to any one of claims 6 to 9. A parking lot management method for providing information on a parking area in a parking lot to a user terminal,
Preparing a database that stores in advance usage information for each parking area in the parking lot and desired information regarding the user's parking area;
In response to entry of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, the user's desired information and usage status information are read from the database, a parking area is selected from these information, and the parking area information is Providing to the user terminal;
A parking lot management method comprising: The database stores in advance information about the user's preference information and stores,
In response to warehousing of the user's vehicle into the parking area, referring to the position of the parking area and the preference information of the user, providing store information related to the preference information to the user terminal, The parking lot management method according to claim 11, further comprising:   13. The parking lot management method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the desired information includes information regarding a desired parking position and a parking fee.   14. The parking lot management method according to claim 11, wherein the user terminal is a communication terminal having an electronic mail function, and information is provided by the electronic mail function.   15. The database according to any one of claims 11 to 14, further comprising a step of preliminarily storing a permissible information number provided by the user terminal and setting a parking fee according to the permissible information number. The parking lot management method described. Includes a database pre-stored with usage information for each parking area in the parking lot and desired information regarding the user's parking area, and the computer executes the operation of the provider server device that provides the user terminal with information about the parking area in the parking lot A program for
In response to entry of the user's vehicle into the parking lot, the user's desired information and usage status information are read from the database, a parking area is selected from these information, and the parking area information is The program characterized by including the process provided to a user terminal.

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