JPH0749998A - Parking lot control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the effective use of a parking lot and also to improve its service performance by placing a portable terminal equipment containing a display means at the parking lot in order to secure the mutual contact between the control side of the parking lot and the users and also to inform the parking positions of cars. CONSTITUTION:A parking lot control system consists of a controller 1 and a fixed transceiver device R installed in a control room of a parking lot and a portable transceiver device T used by a user. When the user inputs his scheduled parking time through the device (portable terminal) T of a designated garage number, this scheduled time is stored in a computer and the garage entering time and the scheduled returning time are shown on the displays 5 of the terminal T and the device R respectively. Then the garage position guide information stored in a PROM of the terminal T is displayed, and the user parks his car at a designated position. If the parking position of a car is unknown after shopping, the user operates a mode coversion part 7b of the terminal T to select the parking guide information. Thus the guide information is shown on the display 5 and the device R detects that the user returned to his car. Then a vacant state is registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data transmission device using a specific low-power facility that can be used without a license, and in particular, a driver can park a garage in a department store, supermarket, event hall, amusement park, or the like. The present invention relates to a parking lot management system which is used when confirming a number or a place where a car has been parked, or when a parking lot manager intends to effectively use the parking lot and improve serviceability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a parking lot such as a department store, a supermarket, an event venue, an amusement park, etc., when getting on by car, a ticket with an entry time and a garage number is written at the entrance of the parking lot. After being handed over, the driver drives the vehicle to the designated garage number, parks it, and goes to the desired sales floor of the department store or, in the case of an event venue, to the intended venue. In addition, in the case of an amusement park or the like, you will go to the intended play place. Then, after completing the desired shopping at a department store or a supermarket, the driver has the parking ticket handed over at the parking lot stamped with a mark certifying the shopping at the sales floor, and passes the ticket at the exit of the parking lot. It has become. The person who manages the parking lot confirms that the garage number was vacant when the ticket was handed over, then puts the next arriving car on the parking ticket with the vacant garage number, and The driver of the car searches for the garage number and enters the car.

[0003]

However, in the conventional case, when a driver, who has finished shopping at a department store or a supermarket, returns to the car, he cannot know where the driver parks his / her car. Even if the time for searching around or parking / stopping was set within a predetermined time, it often happened that the user was overwhelmed by the talk, such as during a business meeting, and exceeded the predetermined time. In urban areas, the lack of parking is a serious problem, but with conventional systems,
Even if the parking lot is in a mess, there is no system for communication between the driver and the driver who manages the parking lot, so it is difficult to operate the parking lot efficiently. This caused customers to wait for a long time, which not only hindered sales, but also caused problems with services. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to allow a driver who came to shopping or play to return accurately and quickly without being lost in the place where the car is parked and parked. By providing a mutual contact between a car park manager and a car park user, it is possible to provide a car park management system capable of efficiently operating a car park and improving service aspects.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention described in claim 1, the vehicle detecting means provided at the entrance of the parking lot and the vacant garage number of the parking lot are researched. And a sending / receiving unit that is connected to the searching unit and that is provided for each garage to notify the position of the garage, and is connected to the garage detecting unit, and is used to store the vehicle. Management control means for registering / managing storage time between parking lots and parking fees, and a portable terminal device provided with communication means for communicating with the transmission / reception means and having display means for notifying the parking position of the vehicle are provided. It is characterized by being

[0005]

In the invention according to claim 1, which has the above-mentioned structure, the management side of the parking lot and the user of the parking lot can communicate with each other, and further, there is provided a display means for notifying the parking position of the car. By configuring the system so that the terminal is provided in the parking lot, it is possible to efficiently operate the parking lot and improve the service aspect.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a parking lot management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a usage state of a parking lot management system according to the present invention,
2 is a perspective view showing an outline of a management room used in the device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing an overall outline of the use state of the parking lot management system according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a portable transmission / reception device. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing details of the internal configuration in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the parking lot management system A of the present invention
Is a fixed-side information communication device (fixed-side transmitting / receiving device) R used in place of the control device 1 and the parking meter installed in the management room side, and is used as a receiving means on the user side, and is carried around. For this reason, it is roughly configured with a portable information receiving device (portable transmitting / receiving device) T which is formed to be portable. The fixed transmitter / receiver R is
For example, it is provided as a parking meter in a parking lot such as a department store, an event hall, or an amusement park, and the power is turned on by inserting the card C into the card slot 6 of the case body 2, and the portable transmitter / receiver T is A case cover 30 that is configured to be operable and that is unlocked when the power is turned on when the card is inserted into the card insertion port 6 of the portable transmitter / receiver T is provided with a case cover 30. Has been. In this embodiment, the fixed sending / receiving device R and the portable sending / receiving device (terminal) T are different only in the outer shape of the case itself and the printer part and the microphone part, and their main parts are substantially the same. The portable transmitter / receiver T will be mainly described because it is composed of the above members. The portable transmission / reception device T is configured as a compact casing that can be inserted into a shirt pocket or the like for carrying, and a buzzer or other speaker unit 2 of a voice IC, which will be described later, is provided at the right end of the central portion on the front surface side. The display device 5 is disposed in the upper central portion. A microphone unit 3 for recording voice in the voice IC is provided at a central position above the display device 5. Further, a switch section 7 is arranged above the microphone section 3, and an antenna 9 is rotatably and expandably planted on a part of the upper end surface side above the microphone section 3. The lower side of the display device 5 is the operation unit 1
1 is formed, and the printer unit 4 is provided therebelow. The printer unit 4 is a unit for setting a charge calculated by a computer under the control of a control unit, which will be described later, into a slip, and includes a paper roll unit 4a, a printing unit 4b such as a line printer, and a paper cutter unit 4c. Has been done. The display device 5 is mainly composed of a liquid crystal display body, and an upper part displays a time display part 5a, a lower part displays a contact information display part 5b which is displayed by characters and symbols, and a backlight part 5c which illuminates both display parts. It is composed of. The switch section 7 includes a power switch section 7a, a mode conversion switch section 7b for converting information displayed on the display sections 5a and 5b, and the power switch section 7
It is composed of a power input display lamp 7c which lights up when a is turned on. In addition, the mode conversion switch section 7b
By turning on / off, the input selection from the ten-key pad 11a or the character / symbol input section 11b constituting the operation section 11 can be performed. Information such as date, day of the week, warehousing / leaving time, current time, amount of money, garage calling key number, etc. is input to the terminal T as entry data, and a purchase proof card for shopping at the sales floor is also inserted. A card insertion section 6 is provided. Further, the control device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The control device 1 is connected through an interface to a host computer 60 provided in a management room at the entrance of a parking lot and a main computer 61 connected to the host computer 60. The communication communication device 62, the portable transmitter / receiver T described above are set, and a set charging unit 63 for charging from a power source and a vehicle detection sensor 64. In the figure, 60a is a display of the host computer 60, and 60b is a keyboard portion for inputting the above-mentioned various information and changed items to the main computer 61.
Although the outlet and the inlet of the management room are configured in substantially the same manner, the same operation and handling are performed even if the outlet and the inlet are combined. The details of the internal circuit of the portable terminal T will be described with reference to the circuit block diagram of FIG.
Is connected to the control unit 12, which is connected to the wireless unit 10 of the transceiver device. Then, as shown in the figure, the antenna 9 of the portable terminal T is connected to the demodulator 14 via the duplexer circuit 13 a and the high frequency amplifier 13. The demodulator 14 is linked to the CPU 12a of the control unit 12 via an interface circuit (not shown). The CPU 12a is also connected to the main computer 61, and when a command signal from the main computer 61 is input from the demodulator 14, PRO is pre-set.
The vibrator 4a is driven and controlled based on the program set in the M12b, and a desired audio signal recorded in the audio IC 2a is output-controlled to the speaker 2 which is an audio output unit. The vehicle time and contact information are displayed on the display device 5, and output control of the audio signal of the audio IC 2a input from the microphone 3 and stored is performed. Also, CPU1
2a is also linked to the operation unit 11, and the numeric keypad 11
Information input from a or the character / symbol input unit 11b is stored in the RAM.
12c is set to be write-controlled. The other output side of the demodulator 14 is connected to an audio / image codec circuit 17 via a waveform shaping circuit 15 and a channel coder 16. Further, the audio / image codec circuit 17 includes a channel coder 18 and a roll-off filter circuit 1 via the audio / image codec circuit 17.
9, a voice / image signal controlled and controlled by the CPU 12 via the modulator 20, the power amplifier 21, and the dual-plexer circuit 13 is transmitted to the fixed transceiver A via the antenna 9. In the figure, 21 is
The timing control circuit 22 is a synthesizer. Next, the operation of the management system of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. First,
When the vehicle enters the parking lot, the vehicle detection sensor 64 detects the entry of the vehicle and outputs a detection signal to the main computer 61 via the host computer 60. In this case, the vehicle number may be detected at the same time. Then, the main computer 61 displays the vehicle information and the vacant garage number on the display 60a of the host computer 60, and the manager in the control room instructs the driver of the portable terminal T having the frequency setting of the garage number. The driver receives the portable terminal Tn having the designated number at the set charging unit 63 arranged in the front of the control room. At that time, after turning on the power switch unit 7a of the portable terminal Tn,
The mode conversion switch section 7b is operated. For example, the parking time setting mode is selected, and the ten-key 11a of the operation unit 11 is operated to input the planned parking time. Then,
The signal is input to the communication transmitter / receiver 62 in the management room, and the scheduled parking time is input to the main computer 61 via the host computer 60 and stored in the main computer 61. At the same time the main computer 61
Then, after calculating the expected return time, the signals of the entering time and the expected return time are input to the host computer 60. In the host computer 60, the arrival time and the expected return time are displayed on the display 60a, and at the same time, the communication wireless device 62 linked to the host computer 60 sends a signal indicating the arrival time and the expected return time to the portable terminal Tn. To the receiver R. Therefore, the display time 5 of the portable terminal device Tn and the receiver R is displayed and the estimated return time is displayed, and then the position guidance information of the garage number programmed in the PROM 12b of the portable terminal device Tn is displayed on the portable terminal. Machine T
Based on the information displayed on the display device 5 of n, the driver's vehicle moves to the designated garage number and parks. In this way, the driver puts the portable terminal Tn in his pocket and, in this example, goes to the department store as shown in FIG. 4 to shop at the desired store.
At this sales floor, the parking lot user obtains a purchase proof card and inserts it into the insertion portion 6 of the portable terminal Tn. From the portable terminal device Tn, the amount of money purchased by the parking lot user at each sales floor is transmitted to the communication wireless device 62 linked to the host computer 60, and the information is input to the main computer 61. In the main computer 61, the amount of money purchased by the parking lot user is added up and stored at any time. In addition, when the parking lot user exceeds the scheduled return time, the operation unit 11 of the portable terminal Tn is previously prepared.
When the operation is transmitted to the communication wireless device 62 in advance, the main computer 61 changes and stores the initially scheduled return time, and displays it from the display 60a of the host computer 60. In addition, regarding any matters such as emergency contact, if the operation unit 11 of the portable terminal Tn is operated and the fact is transmitted to the communication wireless device 62 in advance, the display 6 of the host computer 60 is displayed.
It is displayed from 0a. In addition, the parking lot user who has finished shopping will return to the car parked at the designated garage number in the parking lot. For example, when the place is unknown, the portable terminal When the parking lot guide is selected by operating the operation unit 11 of the machine Tn and the mode conversion unit 7b, the guide information is displayed from the display device 5, and the parking lot user can use the information to guide the parking lot to the garage designated for the parking lot. You will be able to get back to the car parked at the number quickly without getting lost.
Further, when the vehicle returns to its own car parked at a predetermined garage number, the receiver R detects it and transmits it to the contact radio 62, and the garage number in the parking lot is managed as an empty number. . Next, when the parking lot user drives his / her vehicle and comes to the exit of the parking lot and hands the portable terminal device Tn to the manager, the manager communicates with the operation unit 11 of the portable terminal device Tn. When the mode conversion unit 7b is operated and the leaving time information is sent to the main computer 61, the main computer 61 calculates the parking fee for use and outputs the parking fee amount from the printer unit 4 of the portable terminal Tn. The voucher that was launched in this way is passed to the parking lot user, and the parking lot user pays the parking fee. After that, when the manager returns the portable terminal device Tn to the set charging section 63, the contents stored in the portable terminal device Tn are cleared and charging is performed. In this way, in the management room, the vacant information of the parking lot is always kept accurate and the parking lot user can be provided with an efficient service. In addition, in this embodiment, the portable terminal T
The speaker 3 is installed in n, and it is possible to inform the parking lot user who is shopping of the return time and emergency notices by buzzer or voice, and more thorough service and management will be performed. .

[0007]

As is apparent from the above-described structure, in the parking lot management system according to the present invention, the parking lot management side and the parking lot user can communicate with each other, and the parking lot user's purchase amount. Of the parking lot and the garage availability information of the parking lot can be performed at any time, and the parking lot is equipped with a portable terminal device having a display means for notifying the parking position of the car. Various effects will be achieved, such as improvement of operation and service aspects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a usage state of a parking lot management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an outline of a management room used in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing an overall outline of a parking lot management system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram showing details of the internal configuration of the portable transmitter / receiver used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Control device 2 ... Speaker 3 ... Microphone 4 ... Printer part 5 ... Display device 7 ... Switch part 10 ... Wireless part 10a ... Transmitting part 10b ... Receiving part 11 ... Operating part 12 ... Control part 12a ... CPU 12b ... PROM 12C ... RAM T ... Portable terminal R ... Receiver

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle detection means provided at an entrance of a parking lot, a search means for researching a vacant garage number of the parking lot, and a search means connected to the search means and arranged for each garage. A transmission / reception means that is installed to report the position of the garage, a management control means that is connected to the garage detection means, and that registers and manages the entry time of the vehicle, the length of time it takes to leave the vehicle, the parking fee, etc. A parking lot management system, comprising: a portable terminal device that is provided so as to be able to communicate with the reception device and that has a display device that indicates the parking position of the vehicle.