JP2013214265A - Vacant parking lot management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a convenient and highly economical vacant parking lot management system in which a parking lot user can park even for an extremely short time such as several minutes and some dozen minutes, and a parking lot provider can lease it to another person even in a short vacant time when the user does not use, without providing extra supplementary facilities.SOLUTION: The vacant parking lot management system according to the present invention comprises: an application service management server 1; a terminal 2 of a vacant parking lot user; a terminal 3 of a vacant parking lot provider (an owner); a terminal 4 of a parking lot manager; and an electronic settlement operator 5. An order of using the vacant parking lot comprises: a vehicle registration step S1 including photographing of a vehicle number, an input of a settlement method, and a registration of personal information; a vacant parking lot retrieval step S2 by an application; a loading step S3 of designating a parking lot on the application and loading; a step S4 of transmitting unloading certification information (an image or the like); and a step 5 of settling a parking fee by a credit card and an electronic money.

Description

  The present invention relates to a management system that can arrange and arrange an empty parking lot via an information network such as the Internet.

  Parking spaces in the central urban areas (especially downtown areas) in each urban area are not enough in number, and street parking is becoming chronic. Street parking not only hinders the smooth progress of traveling vehicles and causes traffic jams, but it can also cause pedestrians' visibility and cause traffic accidents. In addition, there is an adverse effect that parking on the street prevents the progress of the emergency vehicle. Furthermore, in recent years, it has become difficult to park on the street even in a very short time, such as a few minutes, in connection with the strengthening of enforcement of on-street parking.

  For this reason, a person who needs a parking lot in an urban area often finds a parking lot for rent such as a coin parking lot and hesitates in the street. On the other hand, corporations and individuals individually own or rent out urban parking lots. However, the owner (hereinafter simply referred to as the owner) does not occupy the parking lot 24 hours a day. Therefore, if the parking lot can be rented to another person only during a free time when the person does not use the parking lot, it is extremely useful as a storage place for street parking.

  With the spread of the Internet and the development of IT in various industrial fields, various information can be acquired in real time using communication terminals such as mobile phones, computers, mobile terminals such as smartphones that can be connected to the Internet. Is possible.

  Conventionally, for example, a vehicle number is photographed at the time of admission ticketing, the vehicle number is extracted from the image, the vehicle number identification system identifies the vehicle number, and one vehicle installed for each parking space in the parking lot Using the camera for shooting, the information identified by the vehicle number authentication system from the vehicle number of the vehicle that has been received is managed and grasped by the system control computer installed on the network, and the management of the storage time, fee settlement, and storage location is made efficient. In addition, a management system that provides information to the user from the user's mobile phone Web service via the Internet (see Patent Document 1).

  Collect at least parking lot information such as parking lot information, congestion information and individual information of each parking lot via a telephone line or a PC communication network using a telephone line, manage this information, and transmit it via this network A parking lot management system that obtains the latest congestion information, individual information, parking information, and parking reservation acceptance information of each parking lot by providing a central monitoring device and a parking lot user accessing the central monitoring device (patent Reference 2).

  At least a parking lot placement management server, a parking lot provider's terminal, and an empty parking lot user's terminal are configured. The parking lot placement management server can search for free parking lot information from the parking lot database by the parking information search means in response to a parking lot information search request from the user terminal. For this purpose, the parking lot placement management server stores a parking lot information from a parking lot provider terminal, a search program for obtaining information necessary for an information search request from a user, a user terminal An empty parking lot placement system and a placement method for displaying a parking information on a display unit and executing a program for concluding a lease for an empty parking lot (see Patent Document 3).

  A card having wireless communication means for storing unique identification information and transmitting the information, a card reader for reading the identification information from a card installed in each parking lot, and a card reader connected to the card reader via a network The parking lot management system provided with the management server which memorize | stored parking lot information (refer patent document 4).

  A parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces, a plurality of location receivers installed in the parking lot, an ID tag provided in a vehicle to be driven, and an arrival time of each radio wave transmitted from the ID tag to each location bar And a management server that acquires the position of the ID tag as position coordinates from the difference between the two. The management server searches for an empty parking space from the position coordinates of an ID tag provided on each vehicle in the parking lot, and a parking lot management system including a garage number lamp corresponding to the searched parking space (see Patent Document 5). ).

  A plurality of two-dimensional color barcodes that display information for identifying a plurality of parking positions in a parking lot, an imaging unit that simultaneously images a plurality of parking positions deployed in the parking lot, and image information acquired by the imaging unit A parking lot management system provided with base station information transmitting / receiving means for transmitting the information to the server apparatus via the network and an empty parking lot position recognition means for recognizing the parking position specified by the color barcode (see Patent Document 6). .

  However, “2D code unique to parking space on wall surface or floor of parking space” in Patent Document 1, “Individual parking lot distribution card” in Patent Document 4, “ID tag provided on parked vehicle” in Patent Document 5, In terms of the necessity of “color bar code installed at the parking position” and “imaging means” in Patent Document 6, costs associated with the corresponding equipment are generated.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a parking lot user uses a home phone, a mobile phone, a FAX, or the like to provide desired parking lot information [full availability or congestion forecast status] regardless of whether it is in the home or in the car. Although it is described that it can be obtained, Patent Document 3 describes a parking lot placement system via the Internet that allows a parking lot owner to lend his / her parking lot only for the free time. What is the point of being able to park for a very short time of several minutes to several tens of minutes, such as loading and unloading luggage, simple shopping at a store facing the road, and time for taking snacks? Neither listed nor suggested.

Japanese Patent No. 4352433 Japanese Patent No. 4120953 JP 2007-164554 A Japanese Patent No. 4807082 Japanese Patent No. 4536743 JP 2010-250394 A

That is, there is currently no service that collects information on temporary parking lots in various locations in the city and discloses the information on mobile terminals, web pages, navigation systems, and the like. For this reason, parking lot owners have lost the opportunity provided by parking spaces that are not filled in monthly parking lots. In addition, the problem that the user does not have enough parking space in a city area (especially a downtown area), no volume merit when using coin parking, etc., and no definite search means have not been solved.
In the present invention, in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a parking lot user can spend several minutes to several tens of hours such as delivery, loading and unloading, simple shopping at a store facing the road, and time for taking a snack. The parking lot can be parked even for a very short time, on the other hand, and on the other hand, the parking provider can lend it to others even when there is little free time that the owner does not use without installing special incidental facilities. The purpose is to provide an empty parking lot management system that is highly efficient and economical.

  In order to achieve the above object, an empty parking lot management system according to the present invention includes an administrator terminal entrusted by a parking lot owner to manage a parking lot, a user terminal that requests an empty parking lot, and the administrator An empty parking lot management system including an application service operating server connected to a terminal and a user terminal via the Internet, the application service operating server including an attribute of an empty parking lot owner and an owned parking lot Means for registering information in a parking database in advance, means for registering the user ID and password in advance in a user database, and permission to rent an empty parking lot from the provider terminal via the Internet Means for receiving notifications and storing them as vacant parking lots that can be rented in a parking lot database; Prompting the user to input an identification ID, querying the input identification ID to the user database, and determining whether to permit access from the user terminal; and an authorized user An empty parking lot search request including location information is received from the terminal via the Internet, and an empty parking lot that exists near the specified location is searched by searching for an empty parking lot from the parking lot database using the location information as a keyword. It comprises means for extracting and means for transmitting the vacant parking lot information to the user terminal.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following excellent effects are obtained.
(1) A parking lot provider (owner) can effectively utilize an empty parking space without making a special capital investment.
(2) The user can easily secure a parking space in an urban area (business district) or the like.
(3) According to the empty parking lot placement system of the present invention, a registered person can obtain information on the location of an empty parking lot 24 hours a day via a communication service of a mobile phone terminal or the Internet. . Users of vacant parking lots can quickly find where the necessary parking lot is in their immediate vicinity and rent a vacant parking lot closest to where they want to stop or park on the street. No need to park. This will eliminate the chronic shortage of parking spaces in the centers of large and local cities and downtown areas. The expulsion of street parking leads to social contributions such as eliminating traffic congestion.

  The owner of the parking lot can disclose the vacancy information of the parking lot on the web via a terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a personal computer that can be connected to the Internet. Sharing free parking lot information on the Internet increases the opportunity to rent a free parking lot to others for a fee.

  Even public / private time-rented parking lots can be used to send out empty parking lot information. By sharing information on vacant parking lots at various locations, effective use of vacant parking facilities is further promoted.

  The operator of the application service management server can collect registration fees and annual membership fees from parking lot providers and / or vacant parking lot users, and can collect brokerage fees each time a parking lot rental contract is established. It is.

  The Internet is configured so that user terminals, provider terminals, and application service management servers can be connected to each other via a line such as a subscriber line, a dedicated line, and a radio by a facility of a connection provider called a provider. . In addition to being accessible to a personal computer, the Internet can communicate with a smart phone, a mobile phone, and a car navigation system that can be connected to a web by using a portal communication service.

  The provider of the parking lot is not particularly limited as long as it is a person who owns the parking lot and allows others to use the parking lot owned by him / her when not in use or idle. That is, anyone who has one or more parking spaces can become a parking lot owner of the system of the present invention. For example, each business entity can provide its own parking lot as a parking lot of this system only during the daytime while business vehicles are paying out. Private and public parking facilities with hourly parking are also available at all times. An individual can provide an empty space after he / she goes out by car on a holiday or the like. The owner who manages the parking lot can be a parking lot provider of this system only during the idle period of the monthly parking lot (for example, one week to two months). Since these parking lots already exist and there is no need to introduce mechanical equipment such as existing coin parking, no initial investment is required.

  A user of an empty parking lot is a person who has come to the city by car and wants to stop or park on the street for a few minutes to a few hours. For example, a person who has to stop a business vehicle for delivery or pickup, delivery or loading / unloading, simple shopping at a store facing the road, time for taking snacks, etc. For example, an individual who parks a car in an urban area only for a very short time.

  The application service management server that is always connected to the Internet communicates with the provider terminal of the parking place owner, acquires the usage status of the empty parking lot, and communicates with the user terminal that wants to use the empty parking lot. The server computer has a function of transmitting the obtained vacant parking lot usage status to the user terminal in response to a user terminal search request. When the server computer is established as a unique server, the user computer and the provider terminal designate the URL of the empty parking lot placement management server and browse as a web site in the application service management server. The server can be linked to a portal site such as Yahoo (registered trademark) or an i-mode (registered trademark) by contract. Such cooperation is preferable for improving the awareness of the present system, increasing the usage of vacant parking lot users, and motivating the owners to actively provide vacant parking lots.

  In the management system of the present invention, the parking provider needs to be registered in advance. On the other hand, the user of the empty parking lot also needs to register the personal attribute in the user database in the mediation management server in advance. In the user database, it is preferable to register a credit settlement account for the rent of an empty parking lot and a billing destination. Therefore, the application service placement management server has a means for receiving a request for renting the extracted vacant parking lot from the user terminal via the Internet and issuing a bill to the user or performing a credit settlement. Is preferred.

  The present invention also includes a step of receiving a vacant parking lot time rental permission notification from the provider terminal via the Internet, storing the vacant parking lot in the parking lot database, and a user terminal via the Internet from the user terminal. Prompting input of the identification ID of the user, inquiring the input identification ID into the user database, determining whether or not to permit an empty parking lot search request from the user terminal, and the permitted user terminal Receives an empty parking lot search request including location information from the Internet, searches for an empty parking lot from the parking lot database using the location information as a key, and extracts an empty parking lot existing near the specified location And a step of transmitting the empty parking lot information to the user terminal.

  The application service management server further receives a request to rent one of the extracted vacant parking lots from the user terminal via the Internet, concludes a parking lot rental contract, and issues a bill to the user. It is preferable to have a step of issuing or credit settlement.

  The procedure for using an empty parking lot includes taking a vehicle number, inputting a payment method, registering personal information, a vehicle registration step including an application, an empty parking lot searching step by an application, and specifying a parking lot on the application. It consists of a warehousing step, a step of transmitting shed certification information (image, etc.), and a step of paying the parking fee with a credit card or electronic money.

It is a network block diagram which shows the structure of one Example of the management system of the empty parking lot which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the utilization procedure of the empty parking lot which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in the drawings.

  The empty parking lot placement system of the present invention is a system that can operate on a computer as a website accessible via the Internet from a communication terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone terminal, a personal computer or the like equipped with a web browser. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of an empty parking lot management system according to the present invention.
The system of the present invention includes an application service management server 1, a vacant parking lot user terminal 2, a vacant parking lot provider (owner) terminal 3, a parking lot manager terminal 4, and an electronic payment operator 5 It consists of.

  The owner terminal 3 is a terminal operated by the owner, is connected to the Internet, and can perform two-way communication with the parking lot manager terminal 4. For this reason, the owner terminal 3 has a web browser function, information about the owner (name, address, settlement account, etc.) and information about the parking lot (the location of the parking lot, the size of the parking lot, the presence of the roof, the parking lot Information transmission means for registering the user's selection criteria, etc. in the parking lot database of the parking lot manager server 4. Such terminals are smart phones, mobile phone terminals, personal computers, tablet terminals and the like.

  The user terminal 2 is a communication terminal operated by the user, and provides a web browser function accessible to the application service management server 1 and user information (name, address, settlement account, etc.) about the user application service. User information transmission means for registering in the user database of the operation server 1 and user request information transmission means for transmitting a user search request regarding an empty parking lot to the application service operation server 1 are provided. Such a terminal is a smart phone, a mobile phone, a personal computer or the like, like the provider terminal.

  The application service management server 1 is executed by reading an application program stored in an external storage device or the like into an execution server (CPU). The operation server 1 has the same configuration as that of a normal computer, and performs operation control means for controlling each unit such as an input unit, an output unit, and a storage unit, transferring data, performing various calculations, temporarily storing data, and the like. , Input control means for controlling data input from a terminal connected via the Internet, output control means for controlling data output to the terminal, external storage device storing various databases and application programs Etc.

  The calculation control unit of the application service management server 1 includes at least a parking lot information recording unit, a parking lot user recording unit, and a parking lot information search unit. The management server 1 further has a database unit, in which empty parking lot data and user data are stored.

  The parking lot information recording means has a function of creating a file by registering the owner information in the database section when the owner information is transmitted from the owner terminal 3. The parking lot database is a file aggregate created for each owner and parking lot. Each file contains the owner's identification ID, login ID, password, payment account for rented revenue in empty parking lots, parking location information, parking lot special notes (accommodating space: width x height x depth, photos, etc.) The permission status of the rental contract is stored and managed. The location information includes a postal code, a telephone number, an address, and the like, and these location information are used as keywords searched by the parking lot information search means.

The parking lot user recording means has a function of registering the user information in the user database when the user information is transmitted from the user terminal 2. The user database is a file for registering and managing as a parking lot user in advance in order to rent an empty parking lot. The file includes a user ID, a user name, a user contact information, an occupation, a settlement account, a credit number, and the like. Of course, the owner may become a user.
User information consists of the following information, for example.
<User information>
User identification information: Information for uniquely identifying a user.
User name: Indicates the name of the user.
Date of birth: Shows the date of birth of the user.
User contact information: Shows the user's address, telephone number, etc.
User dress: Indicates the e-mail address of the customer.
User settlement account: credit card number

  It is preferable that the user make an electronic payment using a credit card or a prepaid card in order to facilitate payment of the consideration when the user concludes a lease contract for an empty parking lot. Therefore, it is desirable to register the user's credit number in the user database of the management server 1. The registration of the credit number can also serve as confirmation of the user's identity.

  The user database can also store parking lot user credit information such as contracted but not used, parking fees being delinquent, parking facilities have been damaged, etc. The owner can also select a user based on this credit information.

  The parking lot information search means inquires of the user database for the function of prompting the user to input the user ID, login ID and password, and the input ID and the like from the user terminal 2 before the search. It has a function of determining whether or not to permit a parking lot search request.

  The parking lot information search means uses the position information (postal code, telephone number, part of address) transmitted from the user terminal 2 after user authentication, and the priority when a plurality of parking lots are extracted as appropriate. A parking lot search request including (for example, a large parking lot is good, a parking lot with a high user evaluation record is good, etc.) is received.

  As another method of specifying the position information, an empty parking lot may be searched from map information on the web. The parking lot information search means sequentially reads out the parking lot file of the parking lot database, refers to each attribute information stored in the parking lot database using the position information such as a zip code or a part of the address as a keyword, It has a series of functions to extract a parking lot information file that matches the information. If there are multiple matching files, all those files are extracted.

  The parking lot information search means includes a plurality of extracted parking lot information, for example, the distance from the location where the parking is desired to the parking lot, the travel time or distance from the current location to the parking lot, the positional relationship between the current location and the parking lot, It has a function of determining priority based on the area of the parking lot, the credit information of the parking lot provider (the past results), and a combination thereof.

  The contents of the acquired parking lot file are temporarily stored in the work storage area of the control calculation means of the management server 1.

  The extracted empty parking lot information is transmitted to the user terminal by the empty parking lot information transmitting means. The display of the empty parking lot in the user terminal is a list of parking lot addresses, for example. Furthermore, a parking lot mark may be displayed on a map information service of a portal site or a car navigation system mounted on an automobile based on the location information of the parking lot. This is convenient in that the route to an empty parking lot becomes clear. Furthermore, an external appearance image of the parking lot may be displayed by indicating a parking lot list or a parking lot mark on the map.

  The user terminal 2 browses the received list of vacant parking lots and the map in which the vacant parking lot points are recorded, selects an vacant parking lot from the list, and sends the contents for requesting the rental contract to the management server 1. Send. The management server 1 receives a rental contract request from the user terminal 2 and concludes the contract and takes a procedure with the electronic payment operator 5 so as to deduct the rental payment to the user's payment account or invoice Has an empty parking lot lease contract means to issue.

  Next, an example of an empty parking lot utilization procedure in the embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  As a procedure for using an empty parking lot, a vehicle registration step S1 including shooting of a vehicle number, input of a payment method, registration of personal information, an empty parking lot search step S2 by an application, and a parking lot is designated on the application. It consists of a warehousing step S3 for warehousing, a step S4 for sending proofing information (image etc.), and a step S4 for paying the parking fee with a credit card or electronic money.

1 application service management server 2 user terminal 3 owner terminal 4 parking lot manager terminal 5 electronic settlement operator terminal

Claims (2)

  An administrator terminal that is entrusted by the parking lot owner and manages the parking lot, a user terminal that requests an empty parking lot, and an application service management server that is connected to the administrator terminal and the user terminal via the Internet; An empty parking lot management system including the application service management server, a means for previously registering an attribute of an empty parking lot owner and information on a owned parking lot in a parking lot database, the identification ID of the user, and Means for pre-registering a password in a user database; means for receiving a vacant parking lot hourly rental notice from the provider terminal via the Internet; and storing the vacant parking lot as a vacant parking lot that can be rented in the parking lot database; , Prompting the user's identification ID to be input from the user terminal via the Internet, and using the input identification ID An inquiry to the database, a means for determining whether or not to permit access from the user terminal, and an empty parking lot search request including location information from the authorized user terminal via the Internet, Means for searching for an empty parking lot from the parking lot database using the position information as a keyword and extracting an empty parking lot existing in the vicinity of a designated position; and means for transmitting the empty parking lot information to the user terminal. An empty parking lot management system characterized by comprising.   As a procedure for using an empty parking lot, taking a vehicle number, entering a payment method, registering personal information, a vehicle registration step, an empty parking lot search step by an application, and entering a parking lot by specifying the parking lot on the application The vacant parking lot management system according to claim 1, comprising a step, a step of transmitting exit proof information (image or the like), and a step of paying the parking fee with a credit card or electronic money.

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