JPH0439115B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention manages the entry and exit of vehicles and the payment of parking fees by using an IC parking card that incorporates a calculation function, a memory function, and a display function. This invention relates to an automatic parking lot management device.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional parking lots, where all types of management such as entry and exit of vehicles, calculation and collection of parking fees are automated, and the parking lot is managed unmanned or partially manned, a parking lot is issued at the time of parking. Parking tickets generally come in various forms, such as paper parking tickets that are issued with the time of entry punched or printed, and magnetic card parking tickets that are issued with the time of entry magnetically recorded. However, as a recent trend with the remarkable development of electronic technology, there is an increasing demand for magnetic card type parking tickets on which various information such as entry time can be easily written and read.

However, the drawback of this magnetic card type parking ticket is that information such as entry time and fee cannot be displayed on the parking ticket. Therefore, the present applicant filed the earlier patent application filed in 1983-
In application No. 71358, we proposed an IC parking card with a liquid crystal display that can display various information on the liquid crystal.

To manage a parking lot using such an IC parking card, an entry management machine is installed that stores the entry time at the entrance in the memory of the IC parking card and displays it on the display, and at the exit, It was necessary to install various exit control machines, such as a pass machine payment machine that calls the parking time mentioned above, calculates the parking fee, and also pays the fee, as well as a fully automatic payment machine.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the parking lot where the above IC parking card is used,
In addition to the general fee structure, each parking lot and user has its own unique fee structure, such as changing fees depending on the parking category or time of day, or making it free up to a certain time and then charging a fee. In many cases, these various fee structures are managed in one place.
It is not possible to handle the processing using a separate warehouse management machine (toll payment machine) because the memory area to be expanded would expand, the processing burden would increase, and the structure would become extremely complex, resulting in high prices. However, since the setting parameters of the exit management machine differ depending on each parking lot, the setting and changing thereof are complicated and troublesome.

Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is that when managing a parking lot using an IC parking card, it is possible for the system side, that is, the exit management The purpose is to make it possible to deal with it flexibly and universally without placing a burden on the machine side, and to achieve simplification of the structure by making it possible to integrate all systems regardless of the fee structure.

[Means for solving the problems] The following measures were taken to solve the above technical problems.

(1) As a parking card for managing entry and exit, it has a function to store a predetermined amount of money and the time of entry, and a function to calculate the parking fee according to set parameters based on the above entry time when leaving the parking lot. A function to subtract and update the calculated parking fee from the above amount memory, as well as each time of parking and exit,
Use an IC parking card that has a display function that displays the calculated parking fee and the remaining amount in memory.

(2) At the entrance of the parking lot, an entry management machine shall be installed that stores the entry time on the IC parking card and opens the entrance gate after the entry time has been memorized and displayed. .

(3) The exit gate of the parking lot is configured so that the above-mentioned IC parking card calculates the parking fee, and when the calculation, amount memory update, and display operations are performed, the exit gate opens. A delivery control machine shall be provided.

However, in this case, the set parameters mean the parking lot and user (parking ticket holder) unique fee structure that is set taking into account various conditions such as parking category and time of day, and this fee structure Parking fees are calculated based on

[Effect]

The measures consisting of elements (1), (2), and (3) above operate as follows.

When you insert your IC parking card into the parking management machine at the parking entrance, the parking time will be stored in the memory of the IC parking card, the parking time will be displayed in the parking time column on the card display, and the entrance gate will open. This allows vehicles to enter the warehouse. Here,
The parking management machine simply serves as a recorder that stores the parking time on the IC parking card, and all of the above operations are controlled by the IC parking card.

When you insert your IC parking card into the exit management machine at the exit, the parking fee will be calculated based on the entry time in memory and according to the parking lot preset on the IC parking card and the user's own parameters. do. This parking management machine also simply serves as a recorder that allows the IC parking card to calculate the parking fee, and all of the above operations are controlled by the IC parking card.

When the parking fee is calculated, this fee is deducted from the amount memory of the IC parking card, and the exit time, parking fee, and updated balance of the amount memory are displayed on the card display, and the exit gate is opened and the vehicle is parked. allows for the issue of goods. All of these operations are also controlled by the IC parking card.

As described above, the above-mentioned technical problem can be solved by the above-mentioned means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a parking lot management device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parking lot management device according to the present invention.
A driver, etc. (hereinafter simply referred to as a user) of a vehicle (not shown) that has entered the area like a PA enters the entrance 10.
When the IC parking card 1 is inserted from a, the control section of this card is activated and the parking time is stored in the memory provided in the card, and the parking time is displayed on the card display section, which will be described later. It is completed.
Next, when the user pulls out the inserted parking card 1 from the insertion slot 10a, the gate opening signal f1 is inputted from the warehousing management machine 10 to the entrance gate drive machine 11, and the entrance gate drive machine 11 operates based on this signal f1. to open the entrance gate bar 12 and allow the vehicle to enter. Reference numeral 13 denotes an entrance vehicle detector consisting of a loop coil or the like installed in the entrance passageway of the entrance gate bar 12. When an incoming vehicle passes through this detector 13, the entrance control device 1
0, and the warehousing management machine 10 sends a detection signal f2 to the above-mentioned entrance gate drive machine 11 based on this signal f2.
Outputs the gate close signal f3 to the entrance gate bar 1.
3 is closed, and the warehousing is completed.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the above-mentioned IC parking card 1. The parking card 1 is made entirely of a rectangular thin plate shape using synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride. A liquid crystal display 2 is formed with display sections 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D for parking data with indexes of "time", "parking fee", and "remaining amount", and furthermore, on the surface of the parking card 1, An input/output device 3 for inputting/outputting various data and a key switch SW for display/calling are provided. This IC parking card 1 is sold to users in advance, and each card also has each user's name and code number written thereon.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the control device built into the parking card 1 described above. The above-mentioned liquid crystal display 2 and input/output device 3 are connected via controllers 2T and 3T, respectively, and the system also defines the operation of the switch SW, a battery 4 such as a lithium battery for power supply, and a CPU 1M. A program memory ROM5a that stores programs, parking lots, and user-specific fee structures;
A storage unit 5 consisting of a random access memory RAM 5b that stores incoming data, a predetermined amount memory (10,000 yen in the illustrated case), and user identification information is connected to a clock unit 6 that oscillates a reference clock signal. There is. Although the input/output device 3 described above is configured in a non-contact manner using a light emitting diode 3a and a phototransistor 3b, it may also be provided with a contact type terminal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the warehousing management machine 10 into which the above-mentioned IC parking card is inserted.A passage 10b leading to the card insertion slot 10a has an input/output circuit consisting of a light emitting diode 10c and a phototransistor 10d. A device 10M is attached, and this input/output device 10M is connected to a control section 10S via an interface 10N, and this control section 10S
The above-mentioned entrance gate driving machine 11 and entrance vehicle detector 13 are connected to.

Further, in FIG. 1, 20 is a parking management machine installed at the parking exit P2 of the parking lot P. When the user inserts the IC parking card 1 into the parking management machine 20, the control section of this card is activated. , the operation of calculating the parking fee based on the parking time memorized at the time of parking, the parking lot and the user's unique fee structure, the operation of subtracting the calculated fee from the amount memory, the exit time and the parking fee, and , the balance of the amount memory is displayed on the display sections 2B, 2C, and 2D, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the above-described warehouse management machine 20. In the card passage 20b leading to the insertion slot 20a, there is an input/output device 20 consisting of a light emitting diode 20c and a phototransistor 20d.
The input/output device 20M is connected to the control unit 20S via an interface 20N. Further, a motor 23 for the collecting roller 22 is connected to the control section 20S via a motor controller 21. The motor 23 is driven based on a command from the IC parking card 1 side when the amount remaining in the amount memory is less than the parking fee when the calculated parking fee is subtracted from the amount memory. When the motor 23 is driven, the collecting roller 22 collects the IC parking card 1 into the exit management machine 20. still,
When collecting, the insufficient amount is recorded and displayed as a negative value in the memory 5b and display section 2D of the IC parking card 1, respectively, and the insufficient amount is billed to the user at a later date.

Further, in FIG. 1, 24 is an exit gate driving machine, and 25 is an exit vehicle detector provided on the path of the exit P2.
are both connected to the control unit 20S of the exit management machine 20, and are used to extract the IC parking card 1,
Alternatively, when collection is performed, a gate open signal f4 is sent to the drive machine 24 to open the exit gate bar 26.
is opened to enable the vehicle to leave the garage, and when the vehicle to leave the garage passes the detector 25, a detection signal f5 is sent to the exit management machine 20 (specifically, the control unit 20S), and the control unit 20S Based on this signal f5, a gate close signal f6 is sent to the drive machine 24 to close the exit gate bar 26.

Next, the operation of the parking lot management device according to the present invention described above will be explained according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

In the figure, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation at the time of parking in one embodiment of the present invention described above. The procedure shown in FIG. 6 is carried out according to the program.

That is, when the IC parking card 1 is inserted into the warehousing management machine 10 in step S1, the control section of the IC parking card 1 is activated, and in the next step S2, it is determined whether the inserted card is genuine or not. If the card is verified and is legitimate, then the next step is to
Proceeding to S3, the current day, hour, and minute are written to the storage time file in RAM5b, and then the next step is started.
At S4, the warehousing time is displayed on the display section 2A on the right side as shown in the figure, and thereafter the warehousing process is performed in the order of steps S5 to S8. Note that the storage time and amount memory display displayed in step S4 will automatically disappear after a certain period of time has passed, but they can be redisplayed at any time by pressing the call key switch SW.

Figure 7 is a flowchart showing the operation when leaving the parking lot.
The procedure shown in FIG. 7 is carried out according to the program stored in a.

That is, when the IC parking card 1 is inserted into the exit management machine 20 in step S11, it is determined whether or not it is a legitimate card in the next step S12, and if it is a legitimate card, the card is inserted in the next step S13. RAM5
The warehousing time data stored in the warehousing file of b is read. Furthermore, in the next step S14,
The read parking time is compared with the current time, and the parking fee is calculated according to the parking lot and user's own fee system (setting parameters) written in the RAM 5b.

An example of a setting parameter is "Parking time is 1".
``It's free up until that time, and the regular price is after that'', or ``30% off until 11:00 AM, but after that
There are various patterns such as "10% discount", and these are decided between the user and the parking lot at the time of contract and are written in the RAM 5b in advance.

In the next step S15, the amount memory written in advance in the RAM 5b is compared with the calculated parking fee. Specifically, it is determined whether the amount in the amount memory is more or less than the parking fee, and it is determined that it is more. If so, the next subtraction step S16, display step
Steps S17 (see the left figure for a display example) are executed in order, and further steps S18 to S21 are executed to complete the vehicle leaving.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S15 that there is not enough money left in the amount memory, the process proceeds to step S22 where the insufficient amount is calculated.From then on, the insufficient amount is memorized in step S23, and the insufficient amount is displayed in step S24. At the same time, the IC parking card 1 is collected in step S25, and thereafter, the exit processing from step S19 onward is performed.

〔effect〕

The parking lot management device according to the present invention is as described above, and uses an IC parking card equipped with arithmetic functions and storage functions as a parking card to control the parking lot and user's own fee system, as well as various other controls. The above IC where all programs are owned by each user
Since this IC parking card is stored in the memory of the parking card and performs all parking entry and exit, as well as fee calculation and payment, we will focus on the structure of the parking management device, especially the exit management device. IC parking cards can be simplified and can be managed in accordance with a wide variety of fee structures, and are also economical as they can be used repeatedly by rewriting the amount memory. It is suitable for parking in a private parking lot that is only used by users.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of a parking lot management device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of a parking card used in the present invention, and Fig. 3 is an electrical block diagram thereof.
Figures 4 and 5 are block diagrams showing the electrical configurations of the warehousing management machine and the warehousing management machine, Figure 6 is a flowchart explaining the warehousing processing procedure, and Figure 7 is the warehousing processing procedure. It is a flowchart. 1 is a parking card, 2 is a display, 2A, 2B, 2
C and 2D are display units, 3 is an input/output device, 4 is a battery, 5 is a storage unit, 6 is a clock unit, 10 is a storage management machine, 11 is an entrance gate drive machine, 20 is a storage management machine, and 24 is an exit gate Drive machine, P is parking lot, P1
is the warehouse entrance, and P2 is the warehouse exit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. As a parking card for managing entry and exit, the parking card has a function of storing a predetermined amount of money and the time of entry, and calculates the parking fee according to set parameters based on the above-mentioned entry time at the time of exit. IC parking with a function to subtract and update the calculated parking fee from the above amount memory, and a display function to display each time of entry and exit, the calculated parking fee, and the remaining amount in the amount memory. While the card is used, there is an entry management machine at the entrance of the parking lot that stores the entry time on the above IC parking card and opens the entrance gate after the entry time has been memorized and displayed. In addition, there will be a parking lot exit.
The above IC parking card calculates the parking fee, calculates the parking fee and updates the amount memory,
A parking lot management device comprising a parking management machine configured to open an exit gate when each of the displayed operations is performed. 2. Claim 1, characterized in that the exit management machine is equipped with a function of collecting the IC parking card when the amount remaining in the amount memory is less than the calculated parking fee. Parking lot management device as described.