JP7325376B2 - Parking lot management device and method, and system provided with parking lot management device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a parking lot management device and method and a system comprising the parking lot management device.

Cash settlement is widely used as a method of paying parking fees calculated based on the time a vehicle enters a parking lot. Also, with the spread of ETC (Electronic Toll Collection), it has been proposed to use ETC settlement instead of cash settlement as a method of paying parking fees. For example, a parking lot management device has been proposed that selects either cash payment or ETC payment as a parking fee payment method before the vehicle leaves the parking lot (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-44671 A

A conventional parking lot management apparatus determines a parking fee payment method when a vehicle enters a parking lot, and the determined parking fee payment method is applied from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot to the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot. It is difficult to change in between because it is not possible to specify the time the vehicle enters the parking lot when changing the parking payment method.

For example, if the payment method for the parking fee is determined to be cash when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the time the vehicle enters the parking lot is not associated with the ETC information on the ETC card associated with the user of the vehicle. . For this reason, when changing the payment method of the parking fee from cash settlement to ETC settlement, it is necessary to specify the time at which the vehicle enters the parking lot based on the ETC information of the ETC card related to the user of the vehicle. Can not. Therefore, it is difficult to change the parking fee payment method from cash payment to ETC payment.

Also, when the payment method for the parking fee is determined to be ETC payment when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the ETC information of the ETC card related to the user of the vehicle associated with the time the vehicle enters the parking lot is It is not associated with information related to cash payments (e.g., the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken from the parking lot ticket machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot). For this reason, when changing the parking fee payment method from ETC payment to cash payment, it is not possible to specify the time at which the vehicle enters the parking lot based on information related to cash payment. Therefore, it is difficult to change the parking fee payment method from ETC payment to cash payment.

An object of the present invention is to determine a parking fee payment method when a vehicle enters a parking lot, and to perform the parking fee payment method determined in this way between the time the vehicle enters the parking lot and the time it leaves the parking lot. It is to provide a parking management device and method that can be modified and a system comprising the parking management device.

The parking lot management device according to the present invention includes at least one information of the vehicle number of the vehicle entering the parking lot and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the parking ticket issuing machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot. , information indicating the first payment method selected as the parking fee payment method, and a combination of the first parking time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number, and the number of the vehicle entering the parking lot Information on at least one of the ETC number associated with the user, information indicating the second payment method selected as the payment method for the parking fee, and the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method. A combination of any one of the combination of the communication unit that receives when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and the first parking time associated with at least one of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number or a storage unit for storing a second parking time associated with at least one of a vehicle number and an ETC number; is changed from the payment method to the first payment method, the second warehousing time associated with at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number stored in the storage unit is set as the first warehousing time. or when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method after the vehicle enters the parking lot and before it leaves the parking lot, the vehicle number stored in the storage unit and a setting unit that sets the first warehousing time associated with at least one of the parking ticket number as the second warehousing time.

A system according to the present invention is a system comprising a parking lot management device that communicates with a control device that detects vehicles entering a parking lot and a parking lot management device that communicates via a communication network. At least one information of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the parking ticket issuing machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and the first payment method selected as the payment method for the parking fee. and at least one of a combination of the first entry time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number and the ETC number associated with the user of the vehicle entering the parking lot; When the vehicle is parked, the information indicating the second payment method selected as the payment method for the charge and the combination of the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method. a communication unit received when entering the parking lot; 2, a storage unit for storing an entry time, and storage when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the second payment method to the first payment method during the period from when the vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. A second parking time associated with at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number stored in the unit is set as the first parking time, or until the vehicle leaves the parking lot after entering the parking lot. when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method during a setting unit that sets the warehousing time of the second warehousing time as a second warehousing time.

The parking lot management method according to the present invention includes at least one information of the vehicle number of the vehicle entering the parking lot and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the ticket issuing machine of the parking lot when the vehicle enters the parking lot. , information indicating the first payment method selected as the parking fee payment method, and a combination of the first parking time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number, and the number of the vehicle entering the parking lot Information on at least one of the ETC number associated with the user, information indicating the second payment method selected as the payment method for the parking fee, and the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method. receiving by the parking management device when the vehicle enters the parking lot; and a first step associated with at least one of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number. or a second parking time associated with at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number; when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the second payment method to the first payment method, the second payment method associated with at least one of the stored vehicle number and ETC number is set as the first parking time, or the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method between the time the vehicle enters the parking lot and the time it leaves the parking lot. setting the first parking time associated with at least one of the stored vehicle number and parking ticket number as the second parking time by the parking lot management device.

According to the parking lot management device and method of the present invention and the system comprising the parking lot management device, when a vehicle enters a parking lot, the parking fee payment method is determined and the determined parking fee payment method is selected. It can be changed from when the vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a first example of changing a parking fee payment method performed in a system including a parking lot management device according to an embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a parking lot management device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when entering the parking lot in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method; 4 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S21 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 3; FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when changing the parking fee payment method in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method; 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in a database 18c in step S33 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 5; FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the system when leaving the parking lot in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method; FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a second example of changing the parking fee payment method performed in the system provided with the parking lot management device according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the system operation when entering the parking lot in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S82 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 9; FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when changing the parking fee payment method in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method; 12 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S93 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 11; FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when leaving the parking lot in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a third example of changing the parking fee payment method performed in the system including the parking management device according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the system operation at the time of entering the parking lot in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method; 16 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S136 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 15; FIG. FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when changing the parking fee payment method in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of a parking lot management device and method, and a system provided with the parking lot management device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a first example of changing a parking fee payment method performed in a system provided with a parking lot management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system 1 shown in FIG. , a parking lot server 18 , an agent company server 19 , a credit card company server 20 , and communication networks 21 and 22 .

In the system 1 shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle 11 entering the parking lot is indicated by a solid line, and the vehicle 11 leaving the parking lot is indicated by a broken line.

A vehicle 11 is associated with a user of the vehicle 11 . An ETC card 23 associated with the user of the vehicle 11 can be inserted into the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 . For example, the vehicle 11 and the ETC card 23 belong to the user of the vehicle 11 .

The ticket issuing machine 13 is connected to loop coils L1 and L2 embedded in the ground for detecting the vehicle 11 entering the parking lot. The ticket issuing machine 13 issues a parking ticket 24 having a parking ticket number recorded when the entering vehicle 11 is detected by the loop coils L1 and L2, that is, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot.

The fare adjustment machine 14 is connected to loop coils L1' and L2' embedded in the ground for detecting the vehicle 11 leaving the parking lot. Further, in the adjustment machine 14, the user of the vehicle 11 performs various operations for adjusting the parking fee based on the time at which the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot.

The control device 15 performs various controls on the ticket issuing machine 13 and the payment machine 14 and determines the parking fee for the vehicle 11 . For clarity, controller 15 is shown as being implemented with a single controller, but controller 15 may be implemented with multiple controllers. The ETC installation determination device 16 is arranged close to the entrance gate of the parking lot so that the ETC information transmitted by the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 in which the ETC card 23 is inserted can be acquired when the vehicle 11 is parked. . The ETC information includes the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the like.

The ETC installation determination device 16' is arranged close to the exit gate of the parking lot so that the ETC information transmitted by the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 in which the ETC card 23 is inserted can be obtained when the vehicle 11 leaves the parking lot. be.

In response to various operations performed by the user of the vehicle 11, the pre-payment machine 17 performs pre-payment of the parking fee based on the time when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot and ETC payment of the parking fee of the vehicle 11 to cash payment. or change from cash settlement to ETC settlement. Cash settlement is an example of a first payment method, and ETC settlement is an example of a second payment method.

The parking lot server 18 is a server device that manages the parking lot used by the user of the vehicle 11 and at least one other parking lot. For clarity, parking server 18 is shown as being implemented with a single server, but parking server 18 may be implemented with multiple servers. The parking lot server 18 is an example of a parking lot management device.

The agent company server 19 is a server device managed by an agent company that associates the ETC information of the ETC card 23 with credit (credit) information. The credit card company server 20 is a server device managed by a credit card company responsible for credit card settlement (electronic settlement) using the ETC card 23 .

The communication network 21 is a wireless or wired communication network for communication among the control device 15, advance payment machine 17, parking lot server 18, and the like. The communication network 22 is a large-scale communication network that connects the parking lot server 18, the agent company server 19, the credit card company server 20, and the like. For the sake of clarity, communication networks 21 and 22 are each shown as being realized by one communication network, but each of communication networks 21 and 22 may be realized by a network combining a plurality of communication networks.

The control device 15, advance payment machine 17, parking lot server 18, agent company server 19, and credit card company server 20 each include a microcomputer comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and peripherals such as input/output ports and interface circuits. a circuit;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a parking lot management device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the parking lot server 18 includes a communication unit 18a, an association unit 18b, a database 18c, a setting unit 18d, and a determination unit 18e.

The association unit 18b, the setting unit 18d, and the determination unit 18e are configured in software by a program executed by the CPU, or configured in hardware by a dedicated circuit of a microcomputer. The database 18c is an example of a storage unit.

The communication unit 18a receives at least one of the ETC information and the parking number of the parking ticket 24 taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13, the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, and either cash settlement or ETC settlement. and information indicating the payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle entering the parking lot selected in (1) is received from the control device 15 when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot.

The association unit 18b associates the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot with at least one of the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24.

The database 18c stores entry time management information in which the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot is associated with at least one of the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24. do.

An example of the entry time management information is a table for each parking lot showing the parking ticket number, ETC number, entry time, payment method, presence/absence of payment method change, vehicle number, etc. associated with each vehicle entering the parking lot. .

If the payment method is changed between when the vehicle enters the parking lot and when it leaves the parking lot, the setting unit 18d sets the parking fee to the database 18c before determining the parking fee based on the time when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot. Refers to the warehousing time management information stored in .

Then, the setting unit 18d uses at least one of the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 as the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot to manage the entry time. Set the warehousing time specified in the information.

The determination unit 18e receives an image representing the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 via the communication network 21 from a camera (not shown in FIG. 1) that has captured the license plate of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and based on the image, determines the vehicle number. 11 vehicle numbers are determined.

In the first example of changing the payment method, as shown in FIG. 1, when a vehicle 11 equipped with an ETC on-board device 12 with an ETC card 23 inserted therein enters the parking lot, the parking ticket 24 is issued by the ticket issuing machine 13. not extracted from The parking ticket 24 not taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13 is collected in the ticket issuing machine 13 and discarded.

In a first example of changing the payment method, the control device 15 responds to the fact that the parking ticket 24 is not taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13, and selects ETC settlement as the payment method when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot. to select.

Furthermore, in the first example of changing the payment method, the payment method is changed from ETC settlement to cash settlement after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when entering the parking lot in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operation of the system shown in FIG. is received by the communication unit 18a.

First, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 transmits ETC information (step S1), and the ETC installation determination device 16 receives the ETC information transmitted by the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 (step S2). Next, the ETC installation determination device 16 transmits the received ETC information to the control device 15 (step S3).

Next, the control device 15 receives the ETC information transmitted from the ETC installation determination device 16 (step S4). Next, the control device 15 transmits the received ETC information to the communication section 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 21 (step S5).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the ETC information transmitted from the ETC installation determination device 16 (step S6), and stores the ETC information in the database 18c (step S7).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 transmits the received ETC information to the agent company server 19 via the communication network 22 (step S8). Next, the agent company server 19 receives the ETC information transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S9).

Next, agency company server 19 transmits credit card information associated with the received ETC information to credit card company server 20 via communication network 22 (step S10). Next, the credit card company server 20 receives the credit card information transmitted from the agent company server 19 (step S11).

Next, the credit card company server 20 acquires authorization information associated with the received credit card information indicating that the user of the vehicle 11 has the ability to pay the parking fee for the vehicle 11 . The credit card company server 20 then transmits the acquired authorization information to the agency company server 19 via the communication network 22 (step S12). Next, the agency company server 19 receives the authorization information transmitted from the credit card company server 20 (step S13).

Next, the agent company server 19 transmits the received authorization information to the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 22 (step S14). Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the authorization information transmitted from the agent company server 19 (step S15).

Next, in response to the received authorization information, the parking lot server 18 transmits an opening command signal for opening the entrance gate of the parking lot from the communication unit 18a to the control device 15 via the communication network 21 ( step S16).

Next, the control device 15 receives the opening command signal transmitted from the communication section 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S17). Next, the control device 15 opens the entrance gate of the parking lot in response to the opening command signal transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S18).

Next, the control device 15 transmits to the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 21 the time at which the vehicle 11 entered the parking lot, which substantially coincides with the time at which the entrance gate of the parking lot was opened ( step S19). The entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, which substantially coincides with the time when the entrance gate of the parking lot is opened, is an example of the first entry time.

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot transmitted from the control device 15 (step S20). Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 associates the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot with the vehicle number and the ETC number included in the ETC information stored in the database 18c. The received time is stored in the database 18c (step S21).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S21 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the database 18c includes a table T1 in which vehicles parked in the parking lot identified by the location ID "aaa" are recorded, and a table T1 for recording vehicles parked in the parking lot identified by the location ID "bbb". and a table T2 in which is recorded. The number of tables stored in the database 18c is the same as the number of parking lots managed by the parking lot server 18, and for the sake of convenience, only two tables T1 and T2 are shown in FIG.

In the table T1 of FIG. 4, the entry time of the vehicle 11 entering the parking lot identified by the location IDaaa is 15:01, and the ETC of the ETC card 23 whose entry time is "12345XXX". number and the vehicle number of vehicle 11, which is "6789", are associated.

It also shows that the payment method is ETC payment and that the payment method has not been changed is recorded in table T1 of FIG. Further, the table T1 in FIG. 4 shows that the parking ticket number is not recorded because the parking ticket 24 has not been taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13 .

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when changing the parking fee payment method in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operations in FIG. 5 is started in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11 after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot.

For example, at the start of the sequence of operations in FIG. 5, the ETC card 23 is inserted into the card insertion portion (not shown) of the advance payment machine 17 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 is read out by the advance payment machine 17 . In order to specify the ETC number of the ETC card 23, information for identifying the user of the vehicle 11 or the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 may be used.

First, in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11, the advance payment machine 17 sends a payment method change command for changing the payment method from ETC payment to cash payment, and the ETC number of the ETC card 23. and are transmitted to the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 21 (step S31).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the payment method change command and the ETC number transmitted from the control device 15 (step S32). Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 changes the payment method from ETC payment to cash payment for the information of the vehicle 11 recorded in the table T1 stored in the database 18c (step S33).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S33 of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. Table T1 in FIG. 6 shows that the payment method is cash settlement and that the payment method has been changed.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when leaving the parking lot in the first example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operation of the system shown in FIG. It starts when it is received by the communication unit 18 a of the server 18 .

First, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 transmits ETC information (step S41), and the ETC installation determination device 16' receives the ETC information transmitted from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12 (step S42). Next, the ETC installation determination device 16' transmits the received ETC information to the control device 15 (step S43).

Next, the control device 15 receives the ETC information transmitted from the ETC installation determination device 16' (step S44). Next, the control device 15 transmits the received ETC information to the communication section 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 21 (step S45).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the ETC information transmitted from the control device 15 (step S46). Next, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 sets the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot based on the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 included in the received ETC information. is set to the warehousing time specified in (step S47).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 transmits the identified parking time to the control device 15 via the communication network 21 (step S48). Next, the control device 15 receives the parking time transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S49).

Next, the control device 15 calculates the parking fee for the vehicle 11 based on the parking time (step S50). Next, the control device 15 performs cash settlement processing (step S51). At this time, the user of the vehicle 11 pays cash to the payment machine 14 .

Next, the control device 15 opens the exit gate of the parking lot (step S52). The user of the vehicle 11 may use the payment machine 14 to change the payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle 11 when the vehicle 11 leaves the parking lot.

As described above, in the first example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, issues the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC card 23. The ETC information including the ETC number and the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot are received.

Further, the association unit 18 b of the parking lot server 18 associates the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot with the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 . Then, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 stores a table T1 in which the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot is associated with the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 in the database 18c.

Furthermore, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 allows the vehicle 11 to enter the parking lot when the payment method is changed from ETC payment to cash settlement after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot. Before determining the parking fee for the vehicle 11 based on the time, the table T1 stored in the database 18c is referred to. Then, the setting unit 18 d of the parking lot server 18 specifies the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot using the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 .

Therefore, according to the first example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the payment method for the parking fee for the vehicle 11 is changed from ETC payment to cash settlement during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. can be changed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a second example of changing the parking fee payment method performed in the system provided with the parking lot management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In a second example of changing the payment method, as shown in FIG. 8, when a vehicle 11 equipped with an ETC on-board device 12 with an ETC card 23 inserted therein enters the parking lot, the parking ticket 24 is issued by the ticket issuing machine 13. taken out from

In a second example of changing the payment method, the control device 15 responds to the parking ticket 24 being taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13, and when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, the payment method is cash. select. Furthermore, in a second example of changing the payment method, the payment method is changed from cash payment to ETC payment during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of the operation at the time of entering the parking lot in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method. In the sequence of operations shown in FIG. 18a when received.

In the sequence of operations in FIG. 9, steps S61 to S78 are the same as steps S1 to S18 in FIG. 3, so description thereof will be omitted. After step S78 is executed, the control device 15 detects that the parking ticket 24 has been taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13, and acquires the parking number of the parking ticket 24 (step S79).

Next, the control device 15 determines the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot that substantially coincides with the issuance time of the parking ticket 24, the information indicating the payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle 11 selected for cash settlement, and the parking ticket 24 parking number is transmitted to the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 22 (step S80). The entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot that substantially matches the issued time of the parking ticket 24 is an example of the second entry time.

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives information indicating the time when the vehicle 11 entered the parking lot and the method of paying the parking fee for the vehicle 11 selected for cash settlement, which are transmitted from the control device 15. , and the parking number of the parking ticket 24 are received (step S81).

Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 associates the entry time with the vehicle number and ETC number included in the ETC information stored in the database 18c and the received parking number. The warehousing time is stored in the database 18c (step S82).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S82 of the system operation sequence shown in FIG. In the table T1 of FIG. 10, the entry time of the vehicle 11 entering the parking lot identified by the location IDaaa is 15:01, and the parking ticket 24 whose entry time is "1234". It indicates that the ticket number, the ETC number of the ETC card 23 which is "12345XXX", and the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 which is "6789" are associated. It also shows that the table T1 in FIG. 10 records that the payment method is cash settlement and that the payment method has not been changed.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system at the time of changing the parking fee payment method in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operations in FIG. 11 is started in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11 after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot.

For example, at the start of the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 11, the parking ticket 24 is inserted into a parking ticket insertion portion (not shown) of the advance payment machine 17, and the advance payment machine 17 reads the parking number of the parking ticket 24. is read out.

First, in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11, the advance payment machine 17 issues a payment method change command for changing the payment method from cash payment to ETC payment, and the parking number of the parking ticket 24. and are transmitted to the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 22 (step S91).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the payment method change command and the parking number of the parking ticket 24 transmitted from the advance payment machine 17 (step S92). Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 changes the payment method from cash settlement to ETC settlement for the information of the vehicle 11 recorded in the table T1 stored in the database 18c (step S93).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S93 of the system operation sequence shown in FIG. Table T1 in FIG. 12 shows that the payment method is ETC payment and that the payment method has been changed.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when leaving the parking lot in the second example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operation of the system shown in FIG. It starts when it is received by the communication unit 18 a of the server 18 .

In the sequence of operation of the system shown in FIG. 13, steps S101 to S106 are the same as steps S41 to S46 shown in FIG. 7, so description thereof will be omitted. After step S106 is executed, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 sets the entry time of the vehicle 11 to the parking lot, the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 included in the received ETC information, and the parking lot number. The entry time specified in the entry time management information is set based on the parking ticket number of the ticket 24 (step S107). Steps S108 to S110 executed after step S107 are executed are the same as steps S48 to S50 shown in FIG. 7, so description thereof is omitted. After step S110 is executed, the control device 15 transmits the parking fee for the vehicle 11 to the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 22 (step S111).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the parking fee for the vehicle 11 transmitted by the control device 15 (step S112). Next, the parking lot server 18 generates billing information in which the parking fee for the vehicle 11 is associated with the ETC number of the ETC card 23 (step S113).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 transmits the generated billing information to the agent company server 19 via the communication network 22 (step S114). Next, the agent company server 19 receives the billing information transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S115).

Next, agency company server 19 transmits billing information associated with the credit card information to credit card company server 20 via communication network 22 (step S116). Next, the credit card company server 20 receives the billing information transmitted from the agent company server 19 (step S117).

Next, the credit card company server 20 executes payment processing based on the received billing information (step S118). Steps S119 to S122 to be executed next are the same as steps S12 to S15 shown in FIG. 3, so description thereof will be omitted.

After executing step S122, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 transmits an opening command signal for opening the exit gate of the parking lot to the control device 15 via the communication network 21 in response to the authorization information. (step S123).

Next, the control device 15 receives the opening command signal transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S124). Next, the control device 15 opens the exit gate of the parking lot in response to the opening command signal transmitted from the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 (step S125). The user of the vehicle 11 may use the payment machine 14 to change the payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle 11 when the vehicle 11 leaves the parking lot.

As described above, in the second example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, issues the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the ETC card 23. The ETC information including the ETC number, the parking number of the parking ticket 24, and the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot are received.

The association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 associates the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot with the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24. FIG.

The association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 stores a table T1 in which the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot is associated with the ETC number of the ETC card 23 and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 in the database 18c.

Further, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 allows the vehicle 11 to enter the parking lot when the payment method is changed from cash payment to ETC payment during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. Before determining the parking fee for the vehicle 11 based on the time, the table T1 stored in the database 18c is referred to.

Then, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 specifies the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot using the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24. FIG.

Therefore, according to the second example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the payment method for the parking fee for the vehicle 11 is changed from cash payment to ETC payment during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. can be changed.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a third example of changing the parking fee payment method performed in the system provided with the parking lot management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. System 2 shown in FIG. 14 is substantially the same as system 1 shown in FIGS.

In a third example of changing the payment method, the camera 25 is placed at a position capable of photographing 11 license plates of vehicles entering the parking lot. Also, in a third example of changing the payment method, the camera 25 has a communication section (not shown) that transmits the captured image via the communication network 21 .

Further, in the third example of changing the payment method, when the vehicle 11 equipped with the ETC on-board device 12 in which the ETC card 23 is not inserted enters the parking lot, the parking ticket 24 is taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13, ETC information is not transmitted from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 12.

In a third example of changing the payment method, the control device 15 changes the payment method to cash when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot in response to the parking ticket 24 being taken out from the ticket issuing machine 13. select. Furthermore, in a third example of changing the payment method, the payment method is changed from cash payment to ETC payment after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot and before it leaves the parking lot.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram of the operation of the system when entering the parking lot in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operation of the system shown in FIG. is received by the communication unit 18a.

In the sequence of operations of the system shown in FIG. 18a (step S131). Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the entry time, the cash settlement information, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 transmitted from the control device 15 (step S132).

Next, the camera 25 transmits the captured image of the license plate of the vehicle 11 to the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 21 (step S133). Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the image transmitted from the camera 25 (step S134). Next, the determination unit 18e of the parking lot server 18 determines the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 from the received image (step S135).

Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 associates the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot with the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 and the vehicle number of the vehicle 11. The time is stored in the database 18c (step S136). Steps S137 to S139 executed after step S136 are the same as steps S14 to S16 shown in FIG. 3, so description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in the database 18c in step S136 of the system operation sequence shown in FIG. In the table T1 of FIG. 16, the entry time of the vehicle 11 entering the parking lot identified by the location IDaaa is 15:01, and the parking ticket 24 whose entry time is "1234". This indicates that the ticket number is associated with the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, which is "6789".

It also shows that the table T1 in FIG. 16 records that the payment method is cash settlement and that the payment method has not been changed. Further, the table T1 in FIG. 16 shows that the ETC number of the ETC card 23 is not recorded because the ETC number of the ETC card 23 is not obtained.

FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram of the operation at the time of changing the parking fee payment method in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method. The sequence of operations in FIG. 17 is started in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11 after the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot.

For example, at the start of the sequence of operations in FIG. The parking number of the parking ticket 24 and the ETC information of the ETC card 23 are read out by the advance payment machine 17 . In order to specify the ETC number of the ETC card 23, information for identifying the user of the vehicle 11 or the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 may be used.

First, in response to the operation of the advance payment machine 17 by the user of the vehicle 11, the advance payment machine 17 issues a payment method change command for changing the payment method from cash payment to ETC payment, and the parking number of the parking ticket 24. , and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 are transmitted to the parking lot server 18 via the communication network 22 (step S141).

Next, the communication unit 18a of the parking lot server 18 receives the payment method change command, the parking number of the parking ticket 24, and the ETC number of the ETC card 23, which are transmitted from the advance payment machine 17 (step S142). ).

Next, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 determines the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 stored in the database 18c, the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24, and the received ETC card 23. It is associated with the ETC number, and the thus associated entry time is stored in the database 18c (step S143).

Steps S144 to S152 executed after step S143 are the same as steps S7 to S14 shown in FIG. 3 and step S93 shown in FIG. 11, so description thereof will be omitted. Thus, by confirming the authorization information, the parking lot server 18 permits the change of the payment of the parking fee for the vehicle 11 from cash payment to ETC payment. The table stored in the database 18c shown in FIG. 2 in step S143 of the system operation sequence shown in FIG. 17 is the same as that shown in FIG.

Also, the sequence of system operations when leaving the parking lot in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method is the same as the sequence of system operations shown in FIG. Furthermore, the user of the vehicle 11 may use the payment machine 14 to change the payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle 11 when the vehicle 11 leaves the parking lot.

As described above, in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, the communication unit 18a of the vehicle 11 indicating the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 An image obtained by photographing the license plate, the parking number of the parking ticket 24, and the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot are received.

Further, the determination unit 18e of the parking lot server 18 determines the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 based on the received image, and the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 determines the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot and the vehicle 11 and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 are associated with each other.

Then, the association unit 18b of the parking lot server 18 stores a table T1 in which the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot is associated with the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 in the database 18c.

Further, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 allows the vehicle 11 to enter the parking lot when the payment method is changed from cash payment to ETC payment during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. Before determining the parking fee for the vehicle 11 based on the time, the table T1 stored in the database 18c is referred to.

Then, the setting unit 18d of the parking lot server 18 specifies the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot using the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24. FIG.

Therefore, according to the third example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the payment method for the parking fee for the vehicle 11 is changed from cash payment to ETC payment during the period from when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. can be changed.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but numerous modifications and variations are possible. For example, in the systems 1 and 2, cash settlement may be selected as a method of paying the parking fee for the vehicle both when the vehicle 11 enters and leaves the parking lot. ETC payment may be selected as the payment method for the toll.

In the first example of changing the parking fee payment method, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, and the ETC number of the ETC card 23 are changed. may be associated with any one of

In this case, before the parking fee for the vehicle 11 is determined, the entry time specified in the entry time management information based on the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 or the ETC number of the ETC card 23 is used as the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot. set.

In the second example of changing the parking fee payment method, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, the setting unit 18d sets the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC An association may be made with one or both of the ETC number of the card 23 and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 .

In this case, before determining the parking fee for the vehicle 11, the setting unit 18d sets the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, the ETC number of the ETC card 23, and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24 as the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot. The warehousing time specified in the warehousing time management information is set based on one or two of them.

Further, in the third example of changing the parking fee payment method, when the vehicle 11 enters the parking lot, the entry time of the vehicle 11 into the parking lot, the vehicle number of the vehicle 11, and the parking ticket of the parking ticket 24 An association may be made with one of the numbers.

In this case, before determining the parking fee for the vehicle 11, the setting unit 18d sets the entry time of the vehicle 11 to the parking lot based on one of the vehicle number of the vehicle 11 and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket 24. to set the warehousing time specified in the warehousing time management information.

In the first example, the second example, and the third example of changing the payment method for the parking fee, the parking fee for the vehicle 11 may be calculated by the parking lot server 18, and the control instead of the parking lot server 18 may be performed. The device 15 may implement a parking lot management device.

In the first example, the second example, and the third example of changing the parking fee payment method, the parking fee may be settled by the advance payment machine 17 immediately after the parking fee payment method is changed.

Furthermore, in the first example, the second example, and the third example of changing the payment method of the parking fee, the change of the payment method of the parking fee can be performed by performing an operation for changing the payment method of the parking fee. Any terminal other than the machine 14 or advance payment machine 17 may be used.

1, 2 System 11 Vehicle 12 ETC on-board device 13 Ticketing machine 14 Payment machine 15 Control device 16, 16' ETC installation determination device 17 Advance payment machine 18 Parking lot server 18a Communication unit 18b Association unit 18c Database 18d Setting unit 18e Judging unit 19 Agent company server 20 Credit card company servers 21, 22 Communication network 23 ETC card 24 Parking ticket 25 Camera

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Information including the vehicle number of the vehicle entering the parking lot and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the parking ticket issuing machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot, information indicating the first payment method for the parking fee, and information including a first combination of a first parking time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number and an ETC number associated with the user of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the parking fee. and the second combination of the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method, and the vehicle entering the parking lot. a communication unit that receives when
a storage unit that stores the first parking time associated with the vehicle number and the parking ticket number or the second parking time associated with the vehicle number and the ETC number;
The parking ticket number and at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot to the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and the payment method for the parking fee is specified in the first payment method. When the payment method of 2 is changed to the first payment method, the second parking time associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and the ETC number, and the provided parking ticket. number, or the ETC number and at least one of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot, and the the first receipt associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and parking ticket number when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method; an associating unit that associates the time with the provided ETC number;
When the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the second payment method to the first payment method between the time the vehicle enters the parking lot and the time it leaves the parking lot, the associating unit associates the parking ticket number with the parking ticket number. The associated second parking time is set as the first parking time, or the payment method for the parking fee is set to the first parking fee during the period from when the vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. a setting unit that sets the first warehousing time associated with the ETC number by the association unit as the second warehousing time when the payment method is changed to the second payment method;
with
The parking lot management device , wherein the first payment method is cash settlement, and the second payment method is ETC settlement . The communication unit receives information indicating the second payment method via a communication network from a control device that detects a vehicle entering the parking lot, and receives the information on the vehicle number and the ETC number and the information on the second payment method. 2, the entry time and, via the control device and the communication network, received from the ETC installation determination device that acquired the information of the vehicle number and the ETC number possessed by the ETC on-board device of the vehicle entering the parking lot,
2. The parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the second parking time associated with the vehicle number and the ETC number. The communication unit receives an image representing the vehicle number via a communication network from a camera that captures the license plate of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and receives information indicating the first payment method and the parking ticket. receiving number information and the first parking time from a control device that detects a vehicle entering the parking lot via a communication network;
The parking lot management device further includes a determination unit that identifies the vehicle number based on the image,
The parking lot management device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the first parking time associated with the vehicle number and the parking ticket number specified by the determination unit . A system comprising a control device that detects vehicles entering a parking lot and a parking management device that communicates via a communication network,
The parking lot management device
Information including the vehicle number of the vehicle entering the parking lot and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the parking ticket issuing machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot, information indicating the first payment method for the parking fee, and information including a first combination of a first parking time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number and an ETC number associated with the user of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the parking fee. and the second combination of the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method, and the vehicle entering the parking lot. a communication unit that receives when
a storage unit that stores the first parking time associated with the vehicle number and the parking ticket number or the second parking time associated with the vehicle number and the ETC number;
The parking ticket number and at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot to the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and the payment method for the parking fee is specified in the first payment method. When the payment method of 2 is changed to the first payment method, the second parking time associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and the ETC number, and the provided parking ticket. number, or the ETC number and at least one of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot, and the the first receipt associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and parking ticket number when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method; an associating unit that associates the time with the provided ETC number;
When the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the second payment method to the first payment method between the time the vehicle enters the parking lot and the time it leaves the parking lot, the associating unit associates the parking ticket number with the parking ticket number. The associated second parking time is set as the first parking time, or the payment method for the parking fee is set to the first parking fee during the period from when the vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. a setting unit that sets the first warehousing time associated with the ETC number by the association unit as the second warehousing time when the payment method is changed to the second payment method;
with
The system , wherein the first payment method is cash settlement and the second payment method is ETC settlement . A parking lot management device
Information including the vehicle number of the vehicle entering the parking lot and the parking ticket number of the parking ticket taken out from the parking ticket issuing machine when the vehicle enters the parking lot, information indicating the first payment method for the parking fee, and information including a first combination of a first parking time of the vehicle in the case of the first payment method, the vehicle number and an ETC number associated with the user of the vehicle entering the parking lot, and the parking fee. and the second combination of the second parking time of the vehicle in the case of the second payment method , and the vehicle is in the parking lot receiving upon receipt;
storing the first parking time associated with the vehicle number and the parking ticket number or the second parking time associated with the vehicle number and the ETC number;
The parking ticket number and at least one of the vehicle number and the ETC number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot to the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and the payment method for the parking fee is specified in the first payment method. When the payment method of 2 is changed to the first payment method, the second parking time associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and the ETC number, and the provided parking ticket. number, or the ETC number and at least one of the vehicle number and the parking ticket number are provided from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot until it leaves the parking lot, and the the first receipt associated with at least one of the provided vehicle number and parking ticket number when the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the second payment method; associating the time of day with the provided ETC number;
When the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the second payment method to the first payment method between the time the vehicle enters the parking lot and the time it leaves the parking lot, the payment method associated with the parking ticket number The second parking time is set as the first parking time, or the payment method for the parking fee is changed from the first payment method to the parking fee during the period from when the vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot. setting the first warehousing time associated with the ETC number as the second warehousing time when the payment method is changed to the second payment method;
with
The parking lot management method, wherein the first payment method is cash settlement, and the second payment method is ETC settlement .

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