JP7112221B2 - parking lot management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a parking lot management system.

Mechanisms to reduce the workload of parking lot managers are being studied. In Patent Document 1, a parking lot management computer converts the vehicle number of an entering vehicle recognized by an image processing device, the entrance image captured by an entrance vehicle number camera, and the entrance time of the entering vehicle into a parking ticket issued for the vehicle. The parking ticket number is stored in association with the parking ticket number, and when the vehicle leaves the parking ticket, the payment machine reads the parking ticket number, compares it with the parking ticket number obtained from the parking management computer, and enters if the parking ticket number does not match. The time image is displayed together with the parking ticket number and the entry time, the parking fee is calculated based on the entry time and the exit time, and a receipt displaying the entrance image, the entry/exit time and the fee is issued, and the grounds for the parking fee are shown. , a parking lot admission information confirmation system is disclosed.

JP 2011-13951 A

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to permanently install a parking ticket issuing machine and a camera for capturing the vehicle number. It is difficult to apply.

One of the objects of the present invention is, for example, in a temporary parking lot or the like, to enable collection of fees according to parking time without installing permanent equipment.

A parking lot management system according to claim 1 of the present invention stores, in a storage device, entrance characteristic information recognized from an image of a car entering a parking lot captured by a camera carried by a manager, together with an entrance time, and Parking feature information recognized from an image of a car parked in a parking space of a parking space is stored in the storage device together with identification information of the parking space, and entry recognized from an image of a car exiting the parking lot. When the time feature information matches the stored time feature information, the parking fee for the car is specified based on the elapsed time from the time of entry, and the exit time feature information matches the parking time feature information. In this case, the parking lot management system deletes the parking feature information and the identification information of the parking space corresponding to the parking feature information from the storage device .

A parking lot management system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the parking lot management system according to the aspect of claim 1, which recognizes the entrance characteristic information when an operation by a manager is received.

A parking lot management system according to claim 3 of the present invention is a parking lot management system according to the aspect of claim 1 or 2, wherein the parking fee is specified when an operation by a manager is received.

According to claim 4 of the present invention, in the parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the car indicated by the entrance characteristic information recognized from the image is a registered car. A parking lot management system that notifies the manager when the situation arises.

According to claim 5 of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the car indicated by the feature information at the time of entry recognized from the image is a registered car. A parking lot management system that notifies the manager when the situation arises.

A parking lot management system according to claim 6 of the present invention is a parking lot management system in any one of the aspects of claims 1 to 5 that notifies a parking space corresponding to a specified car.
A parking lot management system according to claim 7 of the present invention stores, in a storage device, characteristic information at the time of entry recognized from an image of a car entering the parking lot taken by a camera carried by a manager, together with the entry time, in the storage device. Parking feature information recognized from an image of a car parked in a parking space of a parking space is stored in the storage device together with identification information of the parking space, and entry recognized from an image of a car exiting the parking lot. When the time feature information matches the stored time feature information, the parking lot identifies the parking fee of the car based on the elapsed time from the time of entry, and notifies the parking space corresponding to the specified car. management system.

According to claim 8 of the present invention, there is provided a parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the camera captures the image while being attached to the body of the manager who carries the camera. It is a parking lot management system that

According to the invention of the present application, for example, in a temporary parking lot or the like, it is possible to collect a fee according to the parking time without installing a permanent device.

The figure which shows the structure of the parking lot management system 9 which concerns on this embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a management device 1; FIG. The figure which shows the example of DB121 at the time of entrance. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a price list 122; FIG. The figure which shows the example of DB123 at the time of parking. The figure which shows the example of registered vehicle DB124. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information terminal device 2; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a management device 1; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of operations of the management device 1 in the parking lot management system 9. FIG.

<Embodiment>
<Overall configuration of parking lot management system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a parking lot management system 9 according to this embodiment. The parking lot management system 9 is an information processing system that manages information about cars entering, parking, and exiting the parking lot. and have

The parking lot managed by the parking lot management system 9 is a temporary parking lot that temporarily uses plazas, parks, public roads, etc., which are not originally intended for parking, for various events such as concerts, lectures, and product exhibitions. be. This parking lot is divided into inside and outside by, for example, a plurality of temporarily arranged pole cones and a chain or the like connecting them. In addition, the inside of this parking lot is partitioned into parking spaces, which are spaces in which vehicles are parked, by ropes arranged on the ground, drawn white lines, or the like, for example. One or more managers are stationed in the hall.

The management device 1 is a server device that manages the above-described vehicle information, and is an information processing device that specifies the parking fee according to the parking time. The information terminal device 2 is carried by the manager of the parking lot, and by exchanging information with the management device 1, the information terminal device 2 causes the management device 1 to store information about cars entering and exiting the parking lot. It is a terminal device that acquires from and notifies the administrator.

The information terminal device 2 is, for example, a smart phone, a glasses-type wearable device, or the like, as shown in FIG. This spectacles-type wearable device has, for example, transparent lenses and a frame that supports the lenses. Parking lot managers use the wearable device on the front of their face so that the lens covers their field of view.

The communication line 3 is a line that communicably connects the management device 1 and the information terminal device 2, and may be, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the Internet. or a combination thereof. Also, the communication line 3 may include a relay device such as a gateway or router for relaying communication with the management device 1 or the information terminal device 2 . Also, the communication line 3 may include a public switched telephone network (PSTN), an integrated services digital network (ISDN), or the like.

Note that the management device 1 and the information terminal device 2 may communicate with each other using, for example, an ad-hoc mode in IEEE802.11. In this case, the parking lot management system 9 does not have to have the communication line 3 .

<Configuration of management device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the management device 1. As shown in FIG. The management device 1 has a control section 11 , a storage section 12 and a communication section 13 . Note that the management device 1 may have an operation unit that receives an operation by an administrator.

The control unit 11 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the CPU is a computer program stored in the ROM and the storage unit 12 (hereinafter simply referred to as a program). is read and executed to control each part of the management device 1 .

The communication unit 13 is a communication circuit that connects to the information terminal device 2 directly or via the communication line 3 by wire or wirelessly. The management device 1 exchanges information with the information terminal device 2 through the communication unit 13 .

The storage unit 12 is storage means (storage device) such as a solid state drive or a hard disk drive, and stores various programs, data, and the like read by the CPU of the control unit 11 .

The storage unit 12 also has an entrance DB 121 , a price list 122 , a parking DB 123 , and a registered car DB 124 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the entrance DB 121. As shown in FIG. The entrance DB 121 is a database that associates and stores the entrance characteristic information and the entrance time. Here, the entry feature information is feature information indicating the features of the vehicle, which is generated based on an image captured when the vehicle enters the parking lot. The entry time is information indicating the time when the vehicle entered the parking lot.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the price list 122. As shown in FIG. The charge table 122 is a table in which parking time segments and fees required to be paid for the parking time segments are stored in association with each other. Here, the parking time segment is a segment of the time (referred to as parking time) from when a vehicle enters the parking lot to when it leaves the parking lot.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the parking DB 123. As shown in FIG. The parking DB 123 is a database that associates and stores parking characteristic information and parking space IDs. Here, the parking feature information is feature information indicating the features of the vehicle, which is generated based on an image captured when the vehicle is parked in one of the parking spaces in the parking lot. A parking space ID is identification information of a parking space in which a vehicle is parked.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the registered vehicle DB 124. As shown in FIG. The registered vehicle DB 124 is a database that associates and stores registered vehicle characteristic information and registration information. Here, the registered vehicle characteristic information is characteristic information indicating characteristics of a vehicle registered in advance (referred to as a registered vehicle). Further, the registration information is information related to the above-described registered vehicle.

The registered information may be, for example, information indicating the name, gender, age, career, etc. of the owner, driver, passenger, etc. of the registered vehicle described above, or information such as the year of manufacture, transaction history, driving history, etc. of the registered vehicle. Information indicating a history or the like may be used. In the registered vehicle DB 124, for example, characteristic information such as vehicles suspected of being used by terrorists, stolen vehicles, and vehicles owned by dignitaries are registered.

<Configuration of information terminal device>
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. The information terminal device 2 has a control section 21 , a storage section 22 , a communication section 23 , an operation section 24 , a display section 25 , a camera 26 and a positioning section 27 .

The control unit 21 has a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and the CPU controls each unit of the information terminal device 2 by reading and executing programs stored in the ROM and the storage unit 22 .

The communication unit 23 is a communication circuit that connects directly to the management device 1 via the communication line 3 by wire or wirelessly. The information terminal device 2 exchanges information with the management device 1 through the communication unit 23 .

The storage unit 22 is storage means such as a solid state drive or a hard disk drive, and stores various programs, data, etc. read by the CPU of the control unit 21 .

The operation unit 24 includes operation buttons, a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like for giving various instructions, receives operations by the user, and sends signals corresponding to the operation contents to the control unit 21 .

Further, when the information terminal device 2 is the glasses-type wearable device described above, the operation unit 24 may be an operation button provided on a frame. You may have the structure which detects a direction. The operation unit 24 may receive an operation by the administrator according to the detected direction.

Various configurations are conceivable for detecting the direction of the line of sight. For example, one including an imaging unit that captures an image of the eyeball and an analysis unit that analyzes the captured image of the eyeball and estimates the direction described above. mentioned. Further, the information terminal device 2 is not limited to the spectacle type, and may be a wearable device that is used by being attached to an arm, leg, body, or the like.

The display unit 25 has a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and displays images under the control of the control unit 21 . A transparent touch panel of the operation unit 24 may be superimposed on the display screen.

Further, when the information terminal device 2 is the glasses-type wearable device described above, the display unit 25 may be a transmissive display provided on a lens. According to the display unit 25, for example, an image instructed to be displayed by the control unit 21 is displayed superimposed on the landscape within the field of view of the administrator.

Moreover, the display unit 25 may have a sound emitting device such as a speaker or an earphone that emits sound under the control of the control unit 21 in addition to or in place of the display screen. In short, the display section 25 only needs to have a configuration (notifying means) for notifying information under the control of the control section 21 .

The camera 26 is imaging means having an optical system such as a lens, a reflecting mirror, a prism, etc., and a solid-state imaging device such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary) image sensor. An image of an object is captured to generate image data representing an image in which the object is captured.

If the information terminal device 2 is, for example, the wearable device described above, the camera 26 captures an image while attached to the body of the administrator who carries it.

The positioning unit 27 is a device or the like that measures the position of itself (the information terminal device 2), and receives navigation signals from a plurality of navigation satellites based on, for example, the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). It has a receiver, etc. The positioning unit 27 may have a processor that measures (calculates) the position of the information terminal device 2 based on the received navigation signals. Also, the control unit 21 may measure the position of the information terminal device 2 using a plurality of navigation signals received by the positioning unit 27 .

In addition, the means by which the positioning unit 27 measures the position is not limited to GNSS. For example, the positioning unit 27 receives a beacon (radio beacon) transmitted from a beacon transmitter installed at a predetermined location, and extracts position information included in the beacon to determine whether the information terminal device 2 may be measured. For example, infrared rays, short-range wireless communication, or the like may be used for this exchange of beacons.

<Functional Configuration of Management Device>
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the functional configuration of the management device 1. As shown in FIG. The control unit 11 of the management device 1 functions as an acquisition unit 111 , a recognition unit 112 , a collation unit 113 , an identification unit 114 and a notification unit 115 by reading and executing programs stored in the storage unit 12 . 8, the components of the communication line 3, the communication unit 13, and the information terminal device 2 are omitted.

The acquisition unit 111 acquires an image from the information terminal device 2 carried by the manager of the parking lot. This image is an image of a car entering the parking lot, a car parked in one of the parking spaces of the parking lot, and a car exiting the parking lot.

The recognition unit 112 recognizes, from the image acquired by the acquisition unit 111, feature information indicating the above-described vehicle features included in the image. The feature information that the recognition unit 112 recognizes from the image includes, for example, a character string indicating the number (vehicle number) written on the license plate of the vehicle, the vehicle type, color, accessory parts, and so on. specifications and the like.

The recognition unit 112 may recognize the feature information when the acquisition unit 111 acquires the image. Further, the recognizing unit 112 may recognize the entrance feature information from the images acquired so far when receiving an operation by the administrator. An operation by the administrator may be received by the information terminal device 2 and may be received by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 via the communication unit 13, or may be received by an operation unit provided in the management device 1. good.

For example, BRIEF (Binary Robust Independent Elementary Features), FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test), ORB (Oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF), SIFT (Scale-invariant feature transform), SURF (Speed-Upped Robust Feature), HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradient), and other algorithms are used.

When the acquired image is of a "car entering the parking lot", the recognition unit 112 recognizes the above-described characteristic information at the time of entry for this car, and stores it together with the entry time when this car entered the parking lot. Stored in DB 121 at entrance of unit 12 . Then, the recognizing unit 112 passes the recognized entrance feature information to the collating unit 113 .

When the acquired image is an image of "a car parked in one of the parking spaces of the parking lot", the recognition unit 112 recognizes the parking characteristic information described above for this car, and recognizes the parked car. The information is stored in the DB 123 at the time of parking of the storage unit 12 in association with the parking space ID of the space. Then, the recognizing unit 112 passes the recognized parking feature information to the matching unit 113 .

Note that, when the recognition unit 112 recognizes the parking characteristic information, the recognition unit 112 refers to the entrance DB 121 to identify the entrance characteristic information corresponding to the recognized parking characteristic information, and determines the correspondence between the two characteristic information. The relationship may be stored in the parking DB 123 , the entrance DB 121 , or other databases stored in the storage unit 12 .

When the acquired image is an image of "a car exiting from a parking lot", the recognition unit 112 recognizes the characteristic information of this car (referred to as characteristic information when exiting), and uses the recognized characteristic information when exiting as It is handed over to the matching unit 113 .

The matching unit 113 receives the characteristic information when entering, the characteristic information when parking, and the characteristic information when exiting recognized by the recognition unit 112, and compares the received characteristic information with the registered vehicle characteristic information stored in the registered vehicle DB 124. are compared to determine whether the match exceeds the threshold. If it is determined that the feature information received as a result of the comparison matches any one of the registered vehicle feature information, the collation section 113 instructs the notification section 115 to notify that effect.

In addition, upon receiving the entry characteristic information recognized by the recognition unit 112, the collation unit 113 searches the entrance DB 121 for entry characteristic information that matches the entry characteristic information, and associates the found entry characteristic information with the entry characteristic information. The specified entry time is handed over to the specifying unit 114 .

Upon receiving the entry time from the collation unit 113, the identification unit 114 calculates the parking time, which is the elapsed time from the entry time to the current time (that is, the exit time of the car leaving the parking lot). Then, the specifying unit 114 refers to the fee table 122 and specifies the fee corresponding to the parking time segment to which this parking time belongs as the parking fee for this car. The specifying unit 114 conveys the specified parking fee to the notification unit 115 and instructs the information terminal device 2 to notify it.

The identification unit 114 may calculate the parking time and identify the parking fee when receiving an operation by an administrator. An operation by the administrator may be received by the information terminal device 2 and may be received by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 via the communication unit 13, or may be received by an operation unit provided in the management device 1. good.

Note that the control unit 11 detects that after the identification unit 114 informs the notification unit 115 of the parking fee for the car indicated by the feature information at the time of entry recognized by the recognition unit 112, the settlement of the parking fee is completed. 2, the aforementioned car feature information (entry feature information and parking feature information) stored in the entry DB 121 and the parking DB 123, and information associated with each of them (entry time and parking space ID). and delete respectively.

The notification unit 115 notifies the information terminal device 2 of the above-described contents instructed by the matching unit 113 and the above-mentioned contents instructed by the specifying unit 114 .

<Operation of parking lot management system>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of operations of the management device 1 in the parking lot management system 9. As shown in FIG. When the control unit 11 of the management device 1 acquires an image captured by the camera 26 of the information terminal device 2 from the information terminal device 2 carried by the manager (step S101), the control unit 11 determines the characteristics of the vehicle included in this image. Recognizes the indicated feature information (entry feature information, parking feature information, and exit feature information) (step S102).

The control unit 11 collates the vehicle characteristic information recognized in step S102 with the registered vehicle characteristic information stored in the registered vehicle DB 124 (step S103), and determines whether or not the vehicle indicated by the characteristic information is a registered vehicle. (step S104).

Then, when determining that the vehicle indicated by the characteristic information is a registered vehicle (step S104; YES), the control section 11 notifies the information terminal device 2 to that effect (step S105).

On the other hand, when determining that the vehicle indicated by the feature information is not a registered vehicle (step S104; NO), the control unit 11 advances the process to step S106.

The control unit 11 determines whether or not the recognized characteristic information is the characteristic information at the time of entry (step S106). If it is determined that the recognized characteristic information is the entry characteristic information (step S106; YES), the control unit 11 specifies the parking fee of the car for which the entry characteristic information is recognized (step S107). The parking fee is notified to the information terminal device 2 (step S108).

Then, for example, when the control unit 11 detects that the payment for the notified parking fee has been completed, the control unit 11 retrieves from the storage unit 12 the characteristic information of the vehicle that paid the parking fee and the information associated with the characteristic information. Delete (step S109) and terminate the process.

On the other hand, when determining that the recognized feature information is not the feature information at the time of entry (step S106; NO), the control section 11 stores the recognized feature information in the storage section 12 (step S110).

At this time, if the recognized characteristic information is the entrance characteristic information, the control unit 11 stores it in association with the aforementioned entrance time.

Also, at this time, if the recognized characteristic information is the parking characteristic information, the control unit 11 stores it in association with the above-described parking space ID.

By the above operation, for example, in a temporary parking lot or the like, it is possible to collect a fee according to the parking time without installing a permanent device.

<Modification>
The above is the description of the embodiment, but the contents of this embodiment can be modified as follows. Also, the following modifications may be combined.

<Modification 1>
In the above-described embodiment, when the acquiring unit 111 acquires an image of a parked car, the recognizing unit 112 recognizes the parking characteristic information of this car, and the parking space ID of the parking space where this car is parked. is stored in the parking DB 123 of the storage unit 12 in association with , the control unit 11 may notify the parking space corresponding to the specified car.

For example, the management device 1 receives specification of vehicle feature information from the information terminal device 2, compares the feature information with parking feature information stored in the parking DB 123, and matches the specified feature information. A parking space ID associated with the parking characteristic information may be specified and the information terminal device 2 may be notified of the parking space ID. That is, the control unit 11 may notify the information terminal device 2 of the identification information of the parking space in which the vehicle having the characteristics indicated by the vehicle characteristics information for which the designation is accepted is parked.

According to this configuration, for example, even if the user forgets where he or she parked his/her car, if the user informs the administrator of the characteristic information such as the license plate number of the car and the model of the car, the administrator can By inputting the feature information to the information terminal device 2, it is possible to know in which parking space the car having the feature indicated by the feature information is parked.

<Modification 2>
Programs respectively executed by the control unit 11 of the management device 1 and the control unit 21 of the information terminal device 2 can be used for magnetic recording media such as magnetic tapes and magnetic disks, optical recording media such as optical discs, magneto-optical recording media, and semiconductor memories. etc., stored in a recording medium readable by a computer device. Also, these programs may be downloaded via a communication line such as the Internet. Various devices other than the CPU may be applied as the control means exemplified by the control unit 11 and the control unit 21 described above, and for example, a dedicated processor or the like may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Management apparatus, 11... Control part, 111... Acquisition part, 112... Recognition part, 113... Verification part, 114... Identification part, 115... Notification part, 12... Storage part, 121... Entrance DB, 122... Price list , 123 parking DB 124 registered vehicle DB 13 communication unit 2 information terminal device 21 control unit 22 storage unit 23 communication unit 24 operation unit 25 display unit 26 ... camera, 27 ... positioning unit, 3 ... communication line, 9 ... parking lot management system.

Claims (8)

Entry feature information recognized from an image captured by a camera carried by a manager of a car entering the parking lot is stored in a storage device together with the entry time, and the image captured of the car parked in the parking space of the parking lot is stored. The recognized characteristic information at the time of parking is stored in the storage device together with the identification information of the parking space, and the characteristic information at the time of exit recognized from the captured image of the car leaving the parking lot matches the characteristic information at the time of entry stored. In this case, the parking fee for the car is specified based on the elapsed time from the entry time, and if the feature information at exit matches the feature information at parking, the feature information at parking and the feature information at parking and the identification information of the parking space corresponding to from the storage device . 2. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the entry characteristic information is recognized when an operation by a manager is accepted. 3. The parking lot management system according to claim 1, wherein the parking fee is specified when an operation by a manager is received. 4. The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein if the car indicated by the entrance feature information recognized from the image is a registered car, the manager is notified. 4. The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein if the car indicated by the feature information at the time of exit recognized from the image is a registered car, the manager is notified. 6. The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the parking space corresponding to the specified car is notified. Entry feature information recognized from an image captured by a camera carried by a manager of a car entering the parking lot is stored in a storage device together with the entry time, and the image captured of the car parked in the parking space of the parking lot is stored. The recognized characteristic information at the time of parking is stored in the storage device together with the identification information of the parking space, and the characteristic information at the time of exit recognized from the captured image of the car leaving the parking lot matches the characteristic information at the time of entry stored. If so, the parking lot management system identifies the parking fee for the car based on the elapsed time from the entry time , and notifies the parking space corresponding to the specified car . 8. The parking lot management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the camera captures the image while being attached to the body of the manager who carries the camera.

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