KR101200327B1 - Parking area management system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A parking management system and an operating method thereof are provided to accurately check a plate number of a plurality of registered vehicles using image processing by taking a photograph of the plate number in various directions. CONSTITUTION: A control unit(10) leads a registered vehicle into a parking lot and restricts a violation vehicle to enter into the parking lot. A loop sensor(20) detects the registered vehicle. A blocking unit(30) restricts or allows the registered vehicle to enter into the parking lot. A number recognition unit(40) takes a photograph of the parking state of the registered vehicle and recognizes a plate number. A parking monitor(50) transmits the recognized plate number information to the control unit. [Reference numerals] (10) Control unit; (22) First loop; (24) N-th loop; (26) First detector; (28) N-th detector; (30) Blocking unit; (42,51) First camera; (44,52) N-th camera; (46) First LPR unit; (48) N-th LPR unit; (54) First image unit; (55) N-th image unit; (57) Analyzing unit; (62) Electronic display; (64) Flashing light; (66) Speaker; (70) Data terminal unit; (80) Center unit; (90) D/B unit

Description

Parking lot management system and method of operation

The present invention relates to a parking lot management system and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, to identify a location of a rental space where a registered vehicle parks in a parking lot operated by a regular parking method, and to search and record a vehicle that does not park in a designated rental space. The present invention relates to a parking lot management system and a method of operating the same, which establishes a parking order at a low cost by displaying a warning message and limiting the entry of parking lots when violations are accumulated.

Vehicles expand the range of human activities and the need for modern social life is increasing as a convenient means of transportation that shortens their travel time.

Due to the convenience and necessity of the use of the vehicle, the number of vehicles running is constantly increasing, and the parking lot is necessary because the vehicle must be parked at a time when the vehicle is not operating. On the other hand, there is a general problem that occurs in the process of securing a rental space because the space for parking the vehicle is limited in the workplace and the work processing area, such as working in a dense state or processing business.

Part of solving the problem of securing a rental space for a vehicle is to install and operate a car parking lot.

There are two types of parking, which are targeted at a number of unspecified vehicles, and a time-based parking method that receives a parking fee based on the time of parking and a regular parking method that receives a parking fee for a registered period of time.

The parking lot generally secures a large area in order to park multiple vehicles at the same time, and displays and manages the rental space by dividing the rental space in order to prevent contact accidents among the parked vehicles.

In addition, each rental space of the large parking lot may be near or far from the entrance, and may be shaded, dark, or bright and safe from contact accidents.

There may be a problem for securing a preferred rental space inside the parking lot, so it is necessary to manage the rental space.

The conventional technology for managing rental spaces in a parking lot has a 'parking management system that can easily check the parking location' according to Patent Registration No. 10-0851030 (2008. 08. 01.), so that the detailed description of the composition and operation effect I decided not to.

In the prior art, a cover bottle 14 is installed in each rental space 12 to manage vehicles parked in each rental space 12 (parking block), and each vehicle entering the parking lot has an RFID function in which a vehicle number is recorded. Parking tag 16 is provided.

Each beacon bottle 14 detects whether the vehicle is parked by a magnetic field sensor and reads the vehicle number recorded in the parking tag 16 by the RFID reader. Each cover bottle 14 transmits the detected and read information to the parking management server 30 through the relay base station 20 wirelessly connected.

The prior art has a problem that the cover bottle 14 is installed in each rental space to identify the vehicles parked in each rental space, so that the installation, maintenance and management of the cover bottle 14 takes a lot of cost.

In addition, since each vehicle to be parked each time to provide an RFID parking tag 16 with the vehicle number recorded and to recover the parking tag 16 from the vehicle that has finished parking, it takes a lot of time and money to operate and manage the vehicle. there is a problem.

Meanwhile, the cover bottle 14 wirelessly transmits the corresponding information to the relay base station 20. The engine of the vehicle continuously generates a high frequency radio signal, and the high frequency radio signal acts as a noise to the data transmitted by the cover bottle 14. There is a problem of including an error in the data.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a technology for identifying and managing the vehicle number of the vehicle parked in each rental space of the parking lot without error of data while consuming less installation and maintenance costs.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention provides a parking lot management system and a method of operating the vehicle number of a registered vehicle parked in a designated rental space of a parking lot without a data error.

On the other hand, the present invention provides a parking lot management system and its operation method for accurately confirming whether or not a registered vehicle is parked in each rental space of the parking lot while consuming less facility and maintenance costs.

The present invention provides a parking lot management system and its operation method for finding a registered vehicle that is not parked in a designated rental space of a parking lot, showing a warning message, and limiting entry to the parking lot when the number of times allowed is repeated.

The parking lot management system for achieving the object of the present invention is a parking lot management system for parking a registered vehicle in a regular parking method, parking the registered vehicle into the parking lot and parked in the designated rental space for another registered vehicle in the parking lot A control unit which receives the information of the violating vehicle and restricts the entry while outputting a guide or warning message when the violating vehicle reenters the parking lot from the state of leaving the parking lot; A loop sensor unit detecting a state in which the registered vehicle enters or leaves the parking lot under control of the control unit; Blocking unit for limiting or allowing the entry or exit of the registered vehicle in the parking lot under the control of the control unit; A number recognition unit for photographing a state of entry of the registered vehicle under the control of the control unit, recognizing the photographed signal by analyzing the photographed signal, and transmitting the recognized vehicle number to the control unit; And identify the location of the rental space in which the registered vehicle parks under the control of the control unit, recognize the location information of the identified rental space and the vehicle number of the registered vehicle parked in the rental space, and recognize the recognized vehicle number. Parking monitoring unit for transmitting information to the control unit; It may include.

The parking monitoring unit may include a plurality of cameras respectively photographing the registered vehicles parked in the rental space in at least one direction; A plurality of image units connected to the plurality of cameras, respectively, for receiving and analyzing the photographed signal to identify a plurality of rental spaces and recognizing the vehicle number of the registered vehicle parked in each of the identified rental spaces; And an analysis unit receiving and analyzing the vehicle numbers recognized for each rental space from the plurality of image units, and recognizing a corresponding part of each vehicle number as a final vehicle number and transmitting the final vehicle number to the control unit. It may include.

The control unit may output the position information of the rental space in which the registered vehicle of the vehicle number is parked to a monitor, and receive a signal photographing the vehicle number and the parking state of the registered vehicle from a data terminal unit.

The parking lot management system further includes a message unit for outputting a guide or warning message to any one or more selected from text, light, and sound when the entrance of the violation vehicle is recognized under the control of the control unit, wherein the text includes numbers, images, and the like. A sign is included, and the message unit comprises: an electronic display board for visually outputting a message including any one or more selected from letters, numbers, images, and symbols under control of the control unit; A warning light outputting a light message of a color selected by the control unit; And a speaker for outputting a sound message of contents selected by the control unit. It may include.

The parking lot management system includes: a center unit connected to the control unit to centrally manage registration information including the vehicle number and registration period of the registered vehicle and violation information of the violation vehicle, and monitor an operation state of the parking lot management system; And a database unit for recording the registration information of the registered vehicle and the violation information of the violation vehicle under control of the center unit and outputting the searched information. Further comprising, the database unit registered vehicle DB for recording the vehicle number of the registered vehicle; A violation information DB for recording the violation information including the number of violations parked in the rental space other than the designated rental space of the parking lot and the corresponding location information; And a designated vehicle DB for recording the vehicle number of the registered vehicle designated to park in the rental space. It may include.

The number recognition unit includes a plurality of cameras for respectively photographing a vehicle entering or leaving the parking lot; And an LPP unit which processes the image signals photographed by the plurality of cameras, recognizes the vehicle number, and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the control unit. It includes, The loop sensor unit A plurality of loops for detecting a vehicle entering or leaving the parking lot; And a plurality of detectors each connected to the plurality of loops, receive and amplify the detected signals, and transmit the amplified signals to the control units. It includes, The blocking unit A plurality of blocking unit for limiting or allowing the entry or exit of the vehicle entering or leaving the parking lot under the control of the control unit; . ≪ / RTI >

The operation method of the parking lot management system for achieving the object of the present invention is a parking lot management system including a control unit, a loop sensor unit, a blocking unit, a number recognition unit, a parking monitoring unit, a message unit, a data terminal unit, a center unit, a database unit. In the operating method of, the control unit monitors the loop sensor unit when it is confirmed that there is a registered vehicle entering the parking lot by controlling the number recognition unit to photograph the vehicle to enter and analyze the image of the photographed signal to determine the vehicle number A step of recognizing and including time information in the recognized vehicle number and recording it in a designated area of the database unit; The control unit searches for the registered vehicle DB of the database unit to check whether the recognized vehicle number is included in the vehicle number of the registered vehicle registered as a regular parking, and if the vehicle number of the registered vehicle is included in the registered vehicle number, violation information of the database unit. A checking step of searching for the DB and searching whether the violation information is recorded; The control unit analyzes the violation information of the registered vehicle and if the number of violations falls within the allowable range, the control unit outputs a guide message by controlling the message unit, and controls the blocking unit to allow the occupancy and the rental space in which the registered vehicle parks. A rental space step of operating a positioning routine for checking the position information of the; The control unit monitors the loop sensor unit, and when it is determined that there is the registered vehicle leaving the parking lot, controls the number recognition unit to photograph the registered vehicle leaving the vehicle and analyzes the image of the photographed signal to recognize the vehicle number. A step of including the time information in the recognized vehicle number and recording it in a designated area of the database unit; It may include.

If the vehicle number of the vehicle to be entered in the checking step by the control unit is different from the vehicle number of the registered vehicle registered as a regular parking vehicle in the registered vehicle DB, the control unit controls the message unit to output a parking limit message A deletion step of deleting the recognized information of the occupied vehicle and proceeding to an end step; As shown in FIG.

Analyzing the violation information of the registered vehicle in the lease space step by the control unit, if the number of violations is more than the allowed number of times, by controlling the message unit outputs a warning message for limiting the entrance and proceeds to the end step step; As shown in FIG.

The positioning routine controls the parking monitoring unit by the control unit and drives a plurality of cameras to photograph each rental space and analyze the photographed signal to determine whether the registered vehicle is parked in a state occupied the rental space. Confirming the space; When it is confirmed by the control unit that the registered vehicle is parked in the state occupying the rental space, the parking monitoring unit is controlled to photograph the registered vehicles parked by the plurality of cameras in one or more directions, respectively, and the taken signal. A vehicle number step of recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing each of them and checking whether there is an error in the recognized vehicle number; If there is an error in the vehicle number recognized by the control unit, the position information of the rental space in which the registered vehicle is located is displayed and displayed on the monitor, and the data terminal unit inputs the photographed signal and the vehicle number of the registered vehicle again. A manual input step of outputting and displaying a request message and confirming whether the photographed signal and the vehicle number have been re-entered through the data terminal; A designated position for retrieving a designated vehicle DB of the database unit connected to the center unit by the control unit, checking position information of a rental space specified in the recognized or re-entered vehicle number, and confirming whether the vehicle is parked in the rental space of the designated position step; And if it is determined by the control unit that the registered vehicle is normally parked in the designated rental space, the routine proceeds to the end of the routine. A recording step of accumulating in association with the vehicle number and proceeding to the end of the routine; . ≪ / RTI >

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above configuration has the advantage of photographing vehicle numbers of a plurality of registered vehicles parked in a designated rental space of a parking lot in multiple directions with multiple cameras and accurately identifying and confirming them without errors by image processing. have.

On the other hand, the present invention has the advantage of accurately and remotely confirm the vehicle number of the parked registered vehicles while using a small facility cost and maintenance costs.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of recording and managing the information of the off-vehicle vehicle that is not parked in the designated rental space, warning about violations and limiting the number of violations when the number of violations is accumulated.

1 is a functional configuration diagram for explaining a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an explanatory view of an arrangement state of a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a state explanatory diagram for photographing a location and a vehicle number of a registered vehicle parked in a rental space by a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
And
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a positioning routine included in a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description, the registered vehicle is a vehicle that is allowed to park because it pays a predetermined fee in a period allowed for regular parking in the parking lot.

In addition, the rental space is a space designated or allocated so that the registered vehicle can park, and the violation vehicle is described as a case where the registered vehicle does not park in the designated rental space.

1 is a functional configuration for explaining the parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an explanatory view of the arrangement state of the parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is The parking lot management system according to an embodiment is a state explanatory diagram of photographing a location and a vehicle number of a registered vehicle parked in a rental space.

Hereinafter, referring to the accompanying drawings in detail, the parking lot management system 1 includes a control unit 10, a loop sensor unit 20, a blocking unit 30, a number recognition unit 40, and a parking monitoring unit 50. And a message unit 60, a data terminal unit 70, a center unit 80, and a database unit 90.

The parking lot management system 1 operates in a manner that pays a parking fee on a regular basis and allows parking for a registered period only for a registered regular parking vehicle or a registered vehicle.

Private parking lots for companies, parking lots for university staff and students, etc. are generally operated on a regular parking basis.

On the other hand, there is a case of specifying a rental space (parking surface) that can be parked in the regular parking method, the parking lot management system 1 is operated in a manner to specify the rental space for each vehicle registered as a regular parking.

The control unit 10 monitors and controls the entire parking lot management system 1 and monitors the operation state, and incorporates a parking management program and places the registered vehicle 3 registered as a regular parking lot into the parking lot 4.

The control unit 10 manages the information of the violating vehicle parked in the designated rental space (2) for the other registered vehicle (3) in the parking lot (4), and guide or warning message when the violating vehicle enters the parking lot (4) again It restricts entry and monitors all operating conditions.

The roof sensor unit 20 may input the first loop 22 and the signal detected by the first loop 22 to the control unit 10 to detect a vehicle to be entered into the parking lot 4 by a magnetic field sensing method. And a first detection unit 26 for amplifying and outputting at a level as high as possible.

The loop sensor unit 20 is operated by the control and monitoring of the control unit 10, the first loop 22 and the first detection unit 26 is made of a set (set), the parking lot (4) In order to detect the registration vehicle 3 entering, it can comprise with n number 24 and 28 many.

In the case where one or more n first loops 22 and the first detection unit 26 are installed in order to detect the registered vehicle 3 entering or leaving the parking lot 4, the reliability of the detected signal is increased and the corresponding control is performed. You can do it more accurately.

Meanwhile, the loop sensor unit 20 may be installed at any position selected for the detection of the registered vehicle 3 passing through any area selected in the parking lot 4 or the like.

The blocking unit 30 may limit or allow a state in which the registered vehicle 3 enters or leaves the parking lot 4 under the control and monitoring of the control unit 10. 34).

The blocking unit 30 is operated in a way of raising and lowering the bar shape, and it is common to block or restrict the entry and exit of the parking lot 4 of the registered vehicle 3 and other methods may be used.

The number recognition unit 40 captures the state of entry of the registered vehicle 3 in the parking lot 4 by the control and monitoring of the control unit 10, and captures an image signal of the captured image by a digital signal processing (DSP) method. Analyze the vehicle number.

The number recognition unit 40 analyzes the image processing method and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the control unit 10. The number recognition unit 40 includes a plurality of digital cameras composed of the first to n th cameras 42 and 44 and a plurality of LP portions comprised of the first to nth ELF parts 46 and 48.

License plate recognition (LPR) may recognize letters, numbers, and symbols included in an image by digital signal processing (DSP) processing of an image signal of a photographed image.

Since the digital signal processing (DSP) technology analyzes the digitally captured image signal, it will be described as further including a technology for identifying whether an object exists at a designated position, a position where a specific object exists, and the like.

The number recognition part 40 can install many in the parking lot 4 as needed.

The parking monitoring unit 50 includes a plurality of cameras 51 and 52 including first to nth, a plurality of image units 54 and 55 and an analyzing unit 57 including first to nth. .

The first to nth cameras 51 and 52 are composed of n or a plurality of digital cameras, and the front of the plurality of rental spaces 2 when the plurality of rental spaces 2 are arranged in a line in the parking lot 4. Or one or more are respectively installed in a fixed state on the left, middle and right side of the back.

Since the first to n-th cameras 51 and 52 are fixed, digital images of the registered vehicles 3 parked in the rental spaces 2 are fixed at a fixed angle.

The first to n th image parts 54 and 55 are composed of n or a plurality, and are connected to the first to n th cameras 51 and 52 respectively.

The first to n th image units 54 and 55 analyze the digital image signals applied from the connected first to n th cameras 51 and 52 in a DSP manner, thereby identifying the position information of each lease space 2. At the same time, the vehicle number of the registered vehicle 3 parked in each rental space 2 is recognized.

Since the vehicle number recognized by the first to n th image units 54 and 55 is composed of a plurality of letters, the entire vehicle number may be recognized or only a part thereof may be recognized.

The analyzer 57 receives and analyzes both the location information of each rental space 2 transmitted from the first to nth image units 54 and 55 and the vehicle number of the vehicle parked in the rental space 2. do.

The analysis unit 57 analyzes the signals applied from the image unit photographed from at least three locations including the left, the right side, and the middle, respectively, and analyzes them, thereby reducing errors (errors) between the identified location information and the recognized vehicle number. Can be.

The analysis unit 57 analyzes data signals applied from the plurality of image units 54 and 55, respectively, and when the signals applied from the majority of the image units 54 and 55 coincide, or the entire image units 54 and 55. When the data signals applied from the same match, the corresponding data signals can be finally recognized.

The vehicle number consisting of a plurality of letters (characters) may be finally recognized in the unit of the separated letters or the final recognition of the whole, but the method of final recognition in the unit of the separated letters is preferred.

Letters or characters will be described as including numbers, symbols, images, and Korean or English.

In this case, the analysis unit 57 processes the character that is not the final recognition object and displays that it is not recognized.

The analysis unit 57 transmits the finally recognized location information and the data signal of the vehicle number to the control unit 10, and increases the recognition rate of the finally recognized information, the plurality of camera units 51 and 52 and the plurality of image units. Analyze the data signals applied from (54, 55), respectively.

That is, the parking monitoring unit 50 identifies the location information of the rental space 2 in which the registered vehicle 3 parks, transmits the location information of the identified rental space 2 to the control unit 10, and identifies it. The registered vehicle (3) parked in each rented space (2) is photographed and digitally analyzed by the DSP method, thereby recognizing the vehicle number and finally recognizing the vehicle number in the state of reducing the error or error of the recognized vehicle number to the control unit (10). send.

The control unit 10 analyzes the signal provided by the parking monitoring unit 50 to determine whether the registered vehicle 3 of the designated vehicle number is parked in the designated rental space 2, and determines the vehicle designated in the designated rental space 2. If the registered vehicle 3 of the number is not parked, the corresponding vehicle number is recorded and managed as a violation vehicle in the allocated area of the database unit 90.

On the other hand, the control unit 10 analyzes the vehicle number that the parking monitoring unit 50 is finally recognized and transmitted, and if there is an error in one letter (letter) or some letters or all letters by the set method, the analyzed vehicle number is an error. Outputs a message requesting to manually input the corresponding vehicle number through the data terminal unit 70 while outputting the position information of the leased space 2 to the monitor.

Such a request message may be output by being displayed on a separate display board installed in a parking lot, a monitor of a control unit, or a display unit of a data terminal unit.

At this time, the driver or worker can manually input the correct information of the vehicle number by using any one selected from the plurality of data terminals 70.

The message unit 60 includes an electronic sign 62, a warning light 64, and a speaker 66.

The message unit 60 may include letters, numbers, symbols, images, etc. through the signboard 62 when the registered vehicle 3 enters or leaves the parking lot 4 under the control and monitoring of the control unit 10. Text, welcome message, guide message, warning message and so on.

In addition, the message unit 60 may output light of a corresponding color through the warning lamp 64 and output a corresponding sound signal through the speaker 66.

Here, the message unit 60 may output a warning message when the entrance of the violating vehicle which does not park more than a predetermined number of times set in the designated rental space 2 is detected.

The data terminal 70 inputs the vehicle number and the photographed information of the registered vehicle 3 parked in the rental space 2 by manual control under the control and monitoring of the control unit 10, and the parking lot 4. Multiple may be installed at any designated place inside.

In addition, the data terminal 70 may be connected to the control unit 10 in a wired or wireless manner to transmit and receive data signals, to take an image of the vehicle parked in the rental space (2), the vehicle number You can enter it directly. The data terminal 70 may be operated by a corresponding manager or driver.

The center unit 80 connects to the control unit 10 and monitors or monitors all the information provided by the control unit 10 through a monitor and records or stores them in the allocated area of the database unit 90.

On the other hand, the center unit 80 can be connected to a plurality of control unit 10.

The database unit 90 includes a database, and includes a registered vehicle database (D / B), a violation information database, and a designated vehicle database.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a positioning routine included in a parking lot management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. to be.

Hereinafter, the operation method of the parking lot management system will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the control unit monitors the loop sensor to determine whether the vehicle enters the parking lot (S210).

If it is determined that the vehicle enters the parking lot by the control unit, the number recognition unit is controlled to photograph and analyze the license plate, recognize the vehicle number, and simultaneously record all the photographed and recognized information in the allocated memory area (S220).

The control unit searches the database of the registered vehicle DB and determines whether the vehicle number recognized from the vehicle to be entered is the vehicle number of the registered vehicle registered as regular parking (S230 and S240).

If the vehicle number recognized by the search is not registered as regular parking, the control unit controls the message unit to output the corresponding warning message of the parking limit, delete all the corresponding information, and proceed to the end (S310).

On the other hand, if the control unit is confirmed that the vehicle number recognized by the search is registered as a regular parking, this time to check whether the number of violations is recorded by searching the violation information DB in the database (S250).

If the number of violations is recorded, the control unit determines whether or not the allowed number of times (S260).

If it is determined that the number of violations is more than the allowed number of times, the control unit controls the message unit to output a warning message of limit of occupancy and proceeds to termination (S320).

In addition, if the number of violations is less than the set number of violations or there is no violation, the control unit controls the message unit to output the corresponding guide message, and controls the blocking unit to allow the parking (S270).

At this time, the registered vehicle is entered into the parking lot by the admission of the blocking unit and moves to the designated rental space.

Meanwhile, the control unit controls the parking monitoring unit and analyzes whether the registered registered vehicle is parked in the designated rental space or in the designated rental space for another registered vehicle through the operation of a positioning routine (S280).

The positioning routine drives a plurality of cameras included in the parking monitoring unit under control and monitoring of the control unit (S510).

The parking monitoring unit under the control of the control unit may be installed in a large number inside the parking lot, the parking monitoring unit or the entire parking monitoring unit specified by the operating method may be driven.

Under the control of the control unit, the parking monitoring unit photographs the rental space and analyzes the image signal photographed by the digital signal processing, thereby confirming whether there is a registered vehicle parked in the empty rental space (S520).

If the control unit is confirmed that the registered vehicle is parked in the empty rental space (S530), the location and vehicle number of the parked registered vehicle is recorded and recorded, and the image signal is analyzed to analyze the location of the rental space, vehicle number Recognize and record the information (S540).

The control unit analyzes the recognized vehicle number to determine whether there is an error (S550).

If it is determined that the vehicle number recognized by the control unit is in error, a message for requesting manual entry of the vehicle number is displayed while outputting the location information of the rented space where the registered vehicle is parked, and the vehicle number is entered through the data terminal. It is manually input (S560, S570).

If there is no error in the recognized vehicle number or if the vehicle number is manually input through the data terminal, the control unit searches the designated vehicle database in the database to check whether the registered vehicle of the designated vehicle number is parked at the location of the parked rental space. (S580).

The control unit determines whether the vehicle number is normally parked in the designated rental space (S590), and if the violation state is not parked in the designated rental space, accumulates the number of violations together with the violation information divider vehicle number in the database unit (S600). .

On the other hand, if the control unit monitors the loop sensor unit and confirms that the registered vehicle in the parking lot exits (S290), the control unit recognizes and records the vehicle number of the registered vehicle leaving the control by the number recognition unit, and recognizes and records it as a letter (letter). And control the blocking unit to allow the leaving (S300).

The parking lot management system and its operation method of this configuration outputs a message stating that if the registered vehicle that is regularly parked in the parking lot does not park in the designated rental space, the next time it is entered, it violated, and the number of violations exceeded the allowed number of times. In some cases, there is an advantage of establishing parking order because it restricts occupancy.

In addition, the registered vehicle parked in the rental space is photographed in multiple directions with multiple cameras, and the image processing is performed in a DSP manner to check the parking position and the vehicle number, so there is an advantage that it can be quickly and accurately confirmed at a remote place.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

1: parking lot management system 2: rental space
3: registered vehicle 4: parking lot
10: control unit 20: loop sensor unit
30: blocking unit 40: number recognition unit
50: parking monitoring unit 60: message unit
70: data terminal 80: center
90: database unit

Claims (10)

In the parking lot management system that parks a registered vehicle in a regular parking method,
When the registered vehicle enters the parking lot and receives the information of the violating vehicle parked in the designated rental space for the other registered vehicle in the parking lot, and the violating vehicle reenters the parking lot from the state of leaving the parking lot, a guide or warning is issued. A control unit which restricts occupancy while outputting a message;
A loop sensor unit detecting a state in which the registered vehicle enters or leaves the parking lot under control of the control unit;
Blocking unit for limiting or allowing the entry or exit of the registered vehicle in the parking lot under the control of the control unit;
A number recognition unit for photographing a state of entry of the registered vehicle under the control of the control unit, recognizing the photographed signal by analyzing the photographed signal, and transmitting the recognized vehicle number to the control unit; And
Under the control of the control unit to identify the location of the rental space in which the registered vehicle parked, recognizes the location information of the identified rental space and the vehicle number of the registered vehicle parked in the rental space and the recognized vehicle number information Parking monitoring unit for transmitting to the control unit; Parking management system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The parking monitoring unit
A plurality of cameras respectively photographing the registered vehicles parked in the rental space in at least one direction;
A plurality of image units each connected to the plurality of cameras, analyzing the photographed signals to identify a plurality of rental spaces, and recognizing the vehicle number of the registered vehicle parked in each of the identified rental spaces; And
An analysis unit receiving and analyzing the vehicle numbers recognized for each rental space from the plurality of image units, and recognizing a corresponding part of each vehicle number as a final vehicle number and transmitting the final vehicle number to the control unit; Parking management system comprising a.
The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The control unit
The parking lot management system, characterized in that for outputting the position information of the rented space in which the registered vehicle of the vehicle number is parked on a monitor and receiving a signal photographing the vehicle number and the parking state of the registered vehicle from a data terminal unit. .
The method of claim 1,
The parking lot management system
When the entrance of the violation vehicle is recognized by the control of the control unit further comprises a message unit for outputting a guide or warning message to any one or more selected from the text, light, sound,
The letters include numbers, images, symbols,
The message unit
An electronic display board that visually outputs a message including at least one selected from letters, numbers, images, and symbols under control of the control unit;
A warning light outputting a light message of a color selected by the control unit; And
A speaker for outputting a sound message of contents selected by the control unit; Parking management system comprising a.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The parking lot management system
A center unit which accesses the control unit and centrally manages registration information including the vehicle number and registration period of the registered vehicle and violation information of the violation vehicle, and monitors an operation state of the parking lot management system; And
A database unit for recording the registration information of the registered vehicle and the violation information of the violation vehicle under control of the center unit, and outputting the registered information by searching; Further comprising:
The database unit
A registered vehicle DB for recording the vehicle number of the registered vehicle;
A violation information DB for recording the violation information including the number of violations parked in the rental space other than the designated rental space of the parking lot and the corresponding location information; And
A designated vehicle DB for recording the vehicle number of the registered vehicle designated to park in the rental space; Parking management system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The number recognition unit includes a plurality of cameras for respectively photographing a vehicle entering or leaving the parking lot; And an LPP unit which processes the image signals photographed by the plurality of cameras, recognizes the vehicle number, and transmits the recognized vehicle number to the control unit. Including,
The loop sensor unit includes a plurality of loops for detecting a vehicle entering or leaving a parking lot; And a plurality of detection units respectively connected to the plurality of loops and amplify the detected signals and transmit the amplified signals to the control unit. Including,
The blocking unit may include a plurality of blocking units limiting or allowing entry or exit of a vehicle entering or leaving the parking lot under control of the control unit; Parking management system comprising a.
In the operation method of the parking lot management system including a control unit, loop sensor unit, blocking unit, number recognition unit, parking monitoring unit, message unit, data terminal unit, center unit, database unit,
The control unit monitors the loop sensor unit, and when it is confirmed that there is a registered vehicle entering the parking lot, the controller controls the number recognition unit to photograph the entering vehicle, analyzes the image of the photographed signal, recognizes the vehicle number, and recognizes the vehicle. A occupancy step of including time information in the number and recording it in a designated area of the database unit;
The control unit searches for the registered vehicle DB of the database unit to check whether the recognized vehicle number is included in the vehicle number of the registered vehicle registered as a regular parking, and if the vehicle number of the registered vehicle is included in the registered vehicle number, violation information of the database unit. A checking step of searching for the DB and searching whether the violation information is recorded;
The control unit analyzes the violation information of the registered vehicle and if the number of violations falls within the allowable range, the control unit outputs a guide message by controlling the message unit, and controls the blocking unit to allow the occupancy and the rental space in which the registered vehicle parks. A rental space step of operating a positioning routine for checking the position information of the;
The control unit monitors the loop sensor unit, and when it is determined that there is the registered vehicle leaving the parking lot, controls the number recognition unit to photograph the registered vehicle leaving the vehicle and analyzes the image of the photographed signal to recognize the vehicle number. A step of including the time information in the recognized vehicle number and recording it in a designated area of the database unit; Operation method of the parking lot management system comprising a.
The method of claim 7, wherein
If the vehicle number of the vehicle to be entered in the checking step by the control unit is different from the vehicle number of the registered vehicle registered as a regular parking vehicle in the registered vehicle DB, the control unit controls the message unit to output a parking limit message A deletion step of deleting the recognized information of the occupied vehicle and proceeding to an end step; Operation method of the parking lot management system further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein
Analyzing the violation information of the registered vehicle in the lease space step by the control unit, if the number of violations is more than the allowed number of times, by controlling the message unit outputs a warning message for limiting the entrance and proceeds to the end step step; Operation method of the parking lot management system further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The positioning routine is
A space checking step of controlling the parking monitoring unit by the control unit and driving a plurality of cameras to photograph each rental space and analyzing the photographed signals to determine whether the registered vehicle is parked in a state occupied by the rental space; ;
When it is confirmed by the control unit that the registered vehicle is parked in the state occupying the rental space, the parking monitoring unit is controlled to photograph the registered vehicles parked by the plurality of cameras in one or more directions, respectively, and the taken signal. A vehicle number step of recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing each of them and checking whether there is an error in the recognized vehicle number;
If there is an error in the vehicle number recognized by the control unit, the position information of the rental space in which the registered vehicle is located is displayed and displayed on the monitor, and the data terminal unit inputs the photographed signal and the vehicle number of the registered vehicle again. A manual input step of outputting and displaying a request message and confirming whether the photographed signal and the vehicle number have been re-entered through the data terminal;
A designated position for retrieving a designated vehicle DB of the database unit connected to the center unit by the control unit, checking position information of a rental space specified in the recognized or re-entered vehicle number, and confirming whether the vehicle is parked in the rental space of the designated position step; And
If it is confirmed by the control unit that the registered vehicle is normally parked in the designated rental space, the routine proceeds to the end, and when it is confirmed that the registered vehicle is parked in another rental space, the number of violations of the violation information divider in the database unit is determined. A recording step of accumulating in association with the number and then proceeding to the end of the routine; Operation method of the parking lot management system comprising a.

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