JP2007193460A - Parking lot system, base station device and in-vehicle terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
When entering the parking lot, it may take a long time to park after arriving at the destination due to congestion of the facility and contract store. There are also vehicles that give up parking due to the long waiting time until warehousing.
[Solution]
The parking lot system of the present invention is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of the device itself, can be transmitted to a base station device by wireless communication, and is installed in the vicinity, entrance and exit of the parking lot. Each base station device that receives unique information when passing and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and receives the unique information transmitted by each base station device, and performs parking fee calculation and settlement processing from the reception time It consists of a fee acquisition processing device, and the parking fee acquisition processing device calculates the parking waiting time and parking time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot according to the reception time received from each base station device, and calculates the parking fee. It was configured to apply the parking discount fee according to the predetermined waiting time for warehousing and perform the settlement process.
[Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a parking lot service that automatically performs non-stop payment processing of parking fees by wireless communication when a vehicle parked in a parking lot enters, and implements a parking fee discount service.

A parking lot where gates are installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot and a parking ticket with a magnetic stripe is issued at the time of entry, and the parking fee is settled based on the entry time recorded on the parking ticket at the time of exit. The system is widely implemented.
In addition, there is a service that discounts parking fees according to purchases at related facilities affiliated with parking lots.

As an effective way to implement such a parking fee settlement method and parking fee discount service, the ID of the IC card installed in the in-vehicle communication device installed in the vehicle is received wirelessly at the entrance gate of the parking lot. Patent Document 1 proposes a parking lot system that calculates the parking time based on the IC card ID received again at the exit gate and settles the parking fee.
Also, when entering the parking lot, by sending the mobile phone email address to the parking management center along with the ID of the IC card installed in the in-vehicle communication device installed in the vehicle, the service information of related facilities around the parking lot is sent. Patent Document 2 proposes a parking service that can be received at the e-mail address.

JP 2000-285157 A JP 2005-228173 A

As mentioned above, the conventional parking fee discount service is based on purchases at stores that are affiliated with parked parking lots, or when purchases are made at parking facilities. Most are discounted according to the price.
On the other hand, when entering the parking lot, it may take a long time to park after arriving at the destination due to congestion of the facility and contracted stores. In addition, there are vehicles that give up parking because of the long waiting time until warehousing.

  The present invention provides a convenient parking lot use service to customers by preventing a decrease in the number of parking lot users due to parking lot congestion by carrying out a parking fee discount for a large waiting time that occurs during parking. For the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problems, a parking lot system according to the present invention is installed in a vehicle, is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of the device itself, can be transmitted to a base station device by wireless communication, and is installed around a parking lot. When the vehicle passes the vicinity before entering the parking lot, the base station device A that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and the entrance of the parking lot When the vehicle enters the parking lot, the vehicle is installed at the exit of the parking lot and the base station device B that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device. When the vehicle exits from the parking lot, it receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device through wireless communication, and receives the unique information transmitted by the base station device C and the base station device that transmits to the parking fee acquisition processing device. , Parked from the reception time of specific information A parking fee acquisition processing device that calculates a fee and performs a parking fee settlement process, wherein the parking fee acquisition processing device receives the base station device A when the vehicle passes through the parking lot before entering the parking lot From the unique information and reception time, and the unique information received from the base station apparatus B when the vehicle enters the parking lot and the reception time, the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot is calculated and determined in advance. The amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from the parking fee based on the parking time calculated from the unique information received from the base station device C when the vehicle leaves the parking lot and the reception time when the parking discount fee corresponding to the waiting time for entry is applied As a parking fee, it is possible to provide a parking lot system that applies the waiting time until entering the parking lot as a parking discount fee.

  Further, the parking lot system of the present invention is configured to install the base station device A by realizing wireless communication to transmit and receive specific information performed between the base station device A used in the parking lot system and the parking fee acquisition processing device. It becomes possible to move the location according to the degree of parking lot congestion.

  Further, in the parking lot system of the present invention, the base station device A used in the parking lot system communicates between the in-vehicle terminal device and the base station device A when a vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle terminal device passes nearby. By measuring the possible time and performing congestion detection, it is possible to detect whether or not the vehicle that has entered the store has parked and apply a parking discount fee.

  Further, the base station device used in the parking lot system of the present invention includes a wireless communication means for receiving the unique information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device, and a communication means for transmitting the unique information received by the parking fee acquisition processing device. And a congestion detecting means for detecting whether the surrounding road is congested by measuring a communicable time with the in-vehicle terminal apparatus, a time means, and a control means for controlling the entire base station apparatus, The communication between the terminal device and the wireless communication unit of the base station device performs narrow-area communication, and the congestion detection unit is configured such that when the vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal device is mounted passes the road around the installation location of the base station device A. Measures the time within the communicable range, and if it detects that it has been within the communicable range for a time longer than a predetermined time, it operates to notify the parking fee acquisition processing device of congestion detection information. Thus, it becomes possible to operate as a base station device capable of detecting whether the vehicle that has entered the parking wait state.

  The parking lot system of the present invention is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of the device itself, can be transmitted to a base station device by wireless communication, and is installed at the entrance of the parking lot. At the time of warehousing, the base station device B that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and installed at the exit of the parking lot, when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, wireless The base station device C that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device through communication and transmits the information to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and the unique information transmitted by each base station device. A parking fee acquisition processing device that manages, calculates a parking fee from the reception time of the specific information, and performs a payment processing of the parking fee, the parking fee acquisition processing device, when the parking lot is full, The incoming vehicle passes through the base station device B. From the reception time of the unique information transmitted at the time and the reception time of the specific information transmitted when the next warehousing vehicle passes through the base station apparatus B, the warehousing waiting time required until the next warehousing vehicle enters the parking lot is calculated, Apply the parking discount fee according to the predetermined waiting time, and the parking discount fee from the parking fee calculated from the unique information received from the base station device C when the next vehicle leaves the parking lot and the reception time By paying out the amount after deducting as a parking fee, it is possible to provide a parking lot system that applies the waiting time until entering the parking lot as a parking discount fee.

  In addition, the parking lot system of the present invention is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of the device itself, can be transmitted to the base station device and the parking fee acquisition processing device by wireless communication, and is installed at the entrance of the parking lot. When the vehicle enters the parking lot, it is installed at the base station device B that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and at the exit of the parking lot. Base station device C that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and the unique information transmitted by each of the base station devices and the in-vehicle terminal device when leaving the car park And a parking fee acquisition processing device that manages the parking lot availability, calculates the parking fee from the reception time of the specific information, and settles the parking fee, and the vehicle enters the parking lot Before the in-vehicle terminal device When the parking fee acquisition processing device receives the transmitted unique information, it is held in the unique information list before warehousing, and the unique information transmitted when the vehicle is full when entering the parking lot and passes through the base station device B is When present in the unique information list before warehousing, the reception time of the unique information transmitted when the warehousing vehicle passes the base station apparatus B last time, and the reception time of the unique information transmitted when the vehicle passes the base station apparatus B From the base station device C when calculating the parking waiting time required to enter the parking lot, applying a discounted parking fee according to the predetermined parking waiting time, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot The parking fee calculated by subtracting the parking discount fee from the parking fee calculated from the unique information and the reception time will be settled as a parking fee to enter the parking lot for pre-registered vehicles. Latency becomes possible to provide a parking system to be applied as a parking discounted rates of at.

  Further, the in-vehicle terminal device installed in the vehicle of the present invention includes a recording unit that records the unique information of the own device, and a narrow area communication unit that can transmit the unique information recorded in the recording unit to the base station apparatus by narrow area wireless communication. And a wide area communication means capable of transmitting the unique information recorded in the recording means to the base station device by wide area wireless communication, and a control means for controlling the recording means, the narrow area communication means, and the wide area communication means. Thus, even when the base station apparatus exists remotely or when it exists at a short distance, the unique information can be transmitted.

  Further, the in-vehicle terminal device installed in the vehicle of the present invention includes a recording unit that records the unique information of the own device, and a narrow area communication unit that can transmit the unique information recorded in the recording unit to the base station apparatus by narrow area wireless communication. And wide area communication means capable of transmitting the unique information recorded in the recording means to the base station apparatus by wide area wireless communication, and the recording means, the narrow area communication means, a control means for controlling the wide area communication means, When there is a vehicle away from the parking fee acquisition processing device before entering the parking lot, send the unique information recorded in the recording means to the parking fee acquisition processing device using the wide area communication means, When passing the base station device B when entering the parking lot, the base station device C transmits the specific information recorded in the recording means to the base station device B using the narrow area communication means, and when the parking lot is delivered. When passing through By operating to transmit the unique information recorded in the recording means to the base station apparatus C using the narrow-area communication means, even if the vehicle is in a remote place, the parking fee acquisition processing apparatus The unique information can be transmitted, and the unique information can be transmitted when passing through the base station apparatus B and the base station apparatus C.

  According to the present invention, a parking fee discount is implemented for a large waiting time caused by congestion when entering a parking lot, a decrease in the number of parking lot users due to parking lot congestion is prevented, and the parking lot use beneficial to the user Service can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A first embodiment of the parking lot system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a parking lot system according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 100 denotes a parking lot peripheral management device which is installed around the parking lot 400 and receives a mobile station identification ID transmitted when a vehicle 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 passes through the vicinity and transmits the mobile station identification ID to the parking management device 700. , 200 is installed at the entrance of the parking lot 400, receives the mobile station identification ID transmitted from the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 when the car 500 enters, and transmits it to the parking management device 700 for gate opening / closing processing. The parking lot entrance gate device 300 to be installed is installed at the exit of the parking lot 400, receives the mobile station identification ID transmitted by the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 when the car 500 leaves, and transmits it to the parking management device 700. A parking lot exit gate device that performs a gate opening and closing process, 400 has a parking lot entrance gate device 200 installed at the entrance, and a parking lot exit gate device 300 at the exit. A parking lot 500, an automobile, 600 an in-vehicle communication terminal device for narrow area communication fixedly mounted on the automobile 500, 700 a parking lot periphery management device 100, a parking lot entrance gate device 200, a parking lot exit gate A parking management device that manages the mobile station identification ID received from the device 300 and requests the financial institution 800 to settle the parking fee, and the movement 800 received in response to the parking fee settlement request requested from the parking management device 700 It is a financial institution that collects parking fees from the account corresponding to the station identification ID.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 mounted in the automobile 500 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. Reference numeral 601 denotes an identification ID recording unit that records a mobile station identification ID, which is identification information unique to the vehicle. Reference numeral 602 denotes the mobile station identification ID data recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601. 200 and a communication control unit that performs control to transmit when passing through the parking lot exit gate device 300, and 603 is a wireless data communication unit for narrow area communication that wirelessly communicates mobile station identification ID data.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the parking lot periphery management device 100 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. 101 is a base station communication unit A for narrow area communication that transmits / receives a mobile station identification ID to / from a wireless data communication unit 603 when an automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 passes, and the received mobile station identification A communication control unit A that performs control to transmit the ID to the parking management device 700 via the parking lot management device communication unit A103, 103 is a parking management device communication unit A that performs data communication with the parking management device 700. .

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of the parking lot entrance gate device 200 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. 201 is a base station communication unit B and 202 for narrow area communication that transmits and receives a mobile station identification ID to and from the wireless data communication unit 603 when an automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 enters the parking lot 400. The communication control unit B, 203 that controls the mobile station identification ID transmitted to the parking management device 700 via the parking lot management device communication unit B203 to open and close the gate of the entrance gate unit 204 is connected to the parking management device 700. The parking management device communication units B and 204 that perform data communication are entrance gate units that restrict the passage of vehicles entering from the parking lot 400 and open and close the gates under the control of the communication control unit B202.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing details of the parking lot exit gate device 300 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. Reference numeral 301 denotes a base station communication unit C and 302 for narrow area communication that transmits and receives a mobile station identification ID to and from the wireless data communication unit 603 when an automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 enters the parking lot 400. The communication control units C and 303 that transmit the mobile station identification ID to the parking management device 700 via the parking lot management device communication unit C303 and control to open and close the gate of the exit gate unit 304 are connected to the parking management device 700. The parking management device communication units C and 304 that perform data communication in the above are exit gate units that restrict the passage of vehicles entering the parking lot 400 and open and close the gates under the control of the communication control unit C302.

  As a wireless communication method performed between the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 and the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300, a standard established by the Japan Radio Industry Association. Standard "Narrowband communication system standard ARIB STD-T75" compliant system is raised. The in-vehicle communication terminal device compliant with the ARIB standard holds unique identification information for each in-vehicle communication terminal device called a wireless call number (WCN), and communicates with each other in communication with each other. Can be sent. In the case of narrow-area communication, the communication device that communicates opposite to the in-vehicle terminal device has a communication area of several meters to several tens of meters.

  Accordingly, the parking lot periphery management device 100 is installed on a road around the parking lot 400 and the mobile station identification ID is configured to be transmitted and received when the automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 passes. In addition, by installing the parking lot entrance gate device 200 and the parking lot exit gate device 300 at the entrance and exit of the parking lot 400, the mobile station 500 on which the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 is mounted passes through the entrance and exit of the parking lot 400. It is configured so that the identification ID can be transmitted and received.

  In the case of the configuration example of FIG. 2, the radio paging code is recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 as the mobile station identification ID, and is controlled by the communication control unit 602 via the wireless data communication unit 603 and the parking lot periphery management device. 100, the mobile station identification ID is transmitted to the parking lot entrance gate device 200 and the parking lot exit gate device 300 when moving to each communicable area.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing details of the parking management device 700 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. 701 is a financial institution communication unit that performs data communication with the financial institution 800, 702 is a parking vehicle that is recorded in the parking information management unit 704 and control of data transmitted and received by the parking management device communication unit D 703 and the financial institution communication unit 701. The communication control units D and 703 that control information are the parking management device communication units D and 704 that perform data communication with the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300. A parking information management unit 705 is a clock for managing and recording the mobile station identification ID information received from the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300 for each reception time.

  The parking management device 700 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit of each device when the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 passes through the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300. Receive. The communication method between the parking management device communication unit A103, the parking management device communication unit B203, the parking management device communication unit C303, and the parking management device communication unit D703 is a wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b, a, g) method, portable Use wireless data communication systems such as CDMA2000 and W-CDMA systems used in telephones, or wired data communication systems such as FDDI, ISDN, CATV, and ADSL.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of parked vehicle information held by the parking information management unit 704 of the parking management device 700. Parking that collects the mobile station identification ID information received from the parking lot peripheral management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300 together with the reception time information, and collects the parking lot exit gate device 300 at the time of delivery. Record charges and discounts.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating each arrangement example of the automobile 500, the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot 400, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300. A parking lot entrance gate device 200 is installed at the entrance of the parking lot 400, a parking lot exit gate device 300 is installed at the exit, and the parking lot peripheral management device 100 is installed along the road facing the parking lot 400. In this way, the automobile 500 passes the point a on the side of the parking lot peripheral device 100 before entering the parking lot 400, and then enters the parking lot 400 from the point b where the parking lot entrance gate device 200 is installed. At the time of delivery, the vehicle exits through point c where the parking lot exit gate device 300 is installed. Note that the arrangement locations of the financial institution 800 and the parking management device 700 are arbitrary and are not specified.

  The in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 mounted on the automobile 500 identifies the mobile station with respect to the parking lot periphery management device 100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300 when passing through the points a, b, and c. ID is transmitted. As shown in FIG. 8, when a waiting time occurs before the car 500 enters due to congestion of the parking lot 400, the parking management device 700 is a mobile station from the parking lot periphery management device 100 and the parking entrance gate device 200. An entrance waiting time is calculated from the time at which the identification ID information is acquired, and a parking fee discounted according to the entrance waiting time is issued to the financial institution 800 at the time of delivery.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram in the case where the parking fee discount according to the waiting time is performed when a waiting time occurs before the admission due to parking lot congestion in the parking lot system of the present invention.
In the parking system of the present invention, when a car 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 is parked in the parking lot 400, the parking fee is discounted when a waiting time occurs before entering the parking lot 400 due to congestion. The operation in this case will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the car 500 parks in the parking lot 400, it passes through the vicinity of the parking lot peripheral management device 100 installed in front of the parking lot 400 and then enters from the parking lot entrance gate device 200. To do. When the car 500 passes through the vicinity of the parking lot periphery management device 100, the communication control unit 602 in the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 is capable of wireless data communication with the base station communication unit A101 of the parking lot periphery management device 100. The mobile station identification ID recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 is acquired and transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 to the parking lot periphery management device 100 (S901).

  The communication control unit A102 of the parking lot periphery management device 100 receives the mobile station identification ID via the base station communication unit A101, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit A103 to the parking management device 700 (S902). ). When the communication control unit D702 of the parking management device 700 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking lot periphery management device 100 via the parking management device communication unit D703, the communication control unit D702 acquires the current time from the clock 705 and sets the mobile station as the warehousing start time. It records on parking information management part 704 with identification ID (S903).

Next, when the car 500 arrives at the entrance of the parking lot 400, the communication control unit 602 in the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 confirms that wireless data communication is possible with the base station communication unit B201 of the parking lot entrance gate device 200. The mobile station identification ID detected and recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 to the parking lot entrance gate device 200 (S904).
The communication control unit B202 of the parking lot entrance gate device 200 receives the mobile station identification ID via the base station communication unit B201, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit B203 to the parking management device 700 (S905). ).

Further, the communication control unit B202 performs control to open the gate of the entrance gate unit 204, and the automobile 500 enters the parking lot 400 (S906).
On the other hand, when the communication control unit D702 of the parking management device 700 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking lot entrance gate device 200 via the parking management device communication unit D703, the communication control unit D702 acquires the current time from the clock 705 and sets the mobile station as the warehousing time. It records on parking information management part 704 with identification ID (S907).

Next, when the car 500 arrives at the exit of the parking lot 400 when leaving the vehicle, the communication control unit 602 in the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 can perform wireless data communication with the base station communication unit C301 of the parking lot exit gate device 300. The mobile station identification ID recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 to the parking lot exit gate apparatus 300 (S908).
The communication control unit C302 of the parking lot exit gate device 300 receives the mobile station identification ID via the base station communication unit C301, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit C303 to the parking management device 700 (S909). ).
When the communication control unit D702 of the parking management device 700 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking lot exit gate device 300 via the parking management device communication unit D703, the communication control unit D702 acquires the current time from the clock 705 and sets the mobile station identification ID as the departure time. At the same time, it is recorded in the parking information management unit 704 (S910).

Furthermore, the parking information management unit 704 starts the settlement process when receiving the delivery time. For the mobile station identification ID of the car 500 to be delivered, the warehousing start time, warehousing time, and warehousing time are acquired from the parked vehicle information, and the parking time and the warehousing time are calculated.
The parking time is obtained from the difference between the warehousing time and the leaving time, and the parking waiting time is obtained from the difference between the warehousing time and the warehousing waiting start time. The parking fee corresponding to the parking time is subtracted from the parking fee service for the warehousing waiting time, and the parking fee is calculated. Thereafter, when it is transmitted to the communication control unit D702 as parking fee information, the communication control unit D702 transmits the mobile station identification ID and the acquired parking fee information to the financial institution 800 via the financial institution communication unit 701, and makes a parking fee settlement request. (S911).

  When a parking fee settlement request response is received from the financial institution 800 (S912), parking fee settlement information such as parking time, parking waiting service discount fee, parking fee, etc. is transmitted to the parking lot output gate device 300 (S913). The communication control unit C302 of the parking lot exit gate device 300 transmits parking fee settlement information from the base station communication unit C301 to the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 via the parking management device communication unit C303, and performs a process of opening the exit gate unit 304. (S914). The in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 receives the parking fee settlement information, and the car 500 passes through the parking lot exit gate device 700 and leaves the parking lot 400.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when using the parking lot, it is possible to implement appropriate services by the parking lot user by discounting the waiting time before entering the parking lot. become.

  In this embodiment, the parking waiting start time, the parking start time, and the parking end time are the times when the parking management device 700 has received the mobile station identification ID, but the parking lot periphery management device 100 and the parking lot entrance gate device 200. In addition, a clock is provided in each of the parking exit gate device 300, and the time when each of the devices receives the mobile station identification ID from the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 may be set as a parking waiting start time, a parking start time, and a parking end time. Absent. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which a clock is provided in the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 and the mobile station identification ID is transmitted with time information added at the time of transmission.

  In this embodiment, the communication method between the parking lot periphery management device 100 and the parking management device 700 is not specified, but a wireless data communication method is adopted so that the installation location of the parking lot periphery management device 100 can be moved. I do not care. By making the parking lot periphery management device 100 movable, it becomes possible to change the installation location according to the congestion situation of the cars waiting for the parking lot and receive the mobile station identification ID for starting parking waiting.

A second embodiment of the parking lot system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing details of a parking lot periphery management device B1000 that is equipped with a function equivalent to the parking lot periphery management device 100 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. 1 and further detects the congestion state of vehicles passing through the periphery. It is.
101 to 103 are the same as the parking lot periphery management device 100. 104 is a congestion detection unit that detects the congestion state of the road around the parking lot periphery management device B1000 by measuring the communicable time between the base station communication unit A101 and the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600, and notifies the communication control unit A102, Reference numeral 105 denotes a clock.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a communicable range between the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 and the parking lot periphery management device B1000 when the automobile 500 passes through the parking lot periphery management device B1000.
In the parking lot system of the present invention, when the car 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 is parked in the parking lot 400, the parking fee is discounted for the waiting time that occurs before entering the parking lot 400 due to congestion. The operation for detecting the occurrence of the waiting time will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 8, 10, and 11. FIG.

  In this embodiment, instead of the parking lot periphery management device 100 installed in FIGS. 1 and 8, a parking lot periphery management device B1000 shown in FIG. 10 is installed. The parking lot periphery management device B1000 has the same function as the parking lot periphery management device 100, and performs the operation described in the first embodiment when a parking lot waiting time occurs.

The shaded portion in FIG. 11 shows an area where the parking lot peripheral device B1000 and the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 can communicate wirelessly when the automobile 500 passes through the parking lot peripheral device B1000.
As shown in FIG. 11, when the automobile 600 comes to the point a, the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 and the parking lot peripheral device B1000 can wirelessly communicate, and the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 transmits the mobile station identification ID to the parking lot peripheral device B1000. Send.
When receiving the mobile station identification ID, the communication control unit A102 notifies the congestion detection unit 104.
When the congestion detection unit 104 receives the mobile station identification ID, the congestion detection unit 104 acquires the current time from the clock 105, and determines the time A when the automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 holding the received mobile station identification ID passes the point a. Record.

  Next, when the car 500 comes to the point b, the communication control unit A102 detects that the car 500 on which the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 is mounted is out of the wireless communication area via the base station communication unit A101. When the communication control unit A102 notifies the congestion detection unit 104 of the mobile station identification ID of the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 out of the area where wireless communication is possible, the congestion detection unit 104 acquires the current time from the clock 105 and receives the received movement. The time B when the automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 holding the station identification ID passes the point b is recorded.

The congestion detection unit 104 calculates the time during which the automobile 500 was present in the wireless communicable area of the parking lot periphery management device B1000 from the difference between the acquired time A and time B. When the calculated time is longer than the predetermined congestion detection time, the communication control unit A102 is notified of the occurrence of congestion, and the communication control unit A102 that has received the notification notifies the parking management device 700 via the parking management device communication unit A103. Send.
The parking management device 700 sets the congestion occurrence state, and the parking fee for the parking waiting time described in the first embodiment when the car 500 enters the parking lot 400 from the parking lot entrance gate device 200 in this state at the time of delivery. Operates to carry out discounts.

  In this way, in this embodiment, it is detected whether the vicinity of the parking lot is congested, and the waiting time that occurred before entering the parking lot in the case of the congested state is subject to a discount on the parking fee. The parking lot user who pretends to be excluded, and it becomes possible to implement an appropriate parking fee discount service by the parking lot user who actually waited for parking.

A third embodiment of the parking lot system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the parking lot system of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1100 denotes an in-vehicle terminal device fixedly mounted on the automobile 500. An in-vehicle communication terminal device B, 1200 having a narrow-area wireless communication unit for narrow-area communication and a wide-area wireless communication unit using a mobile phone network, a wireless LAN, or the like. Is a parking management device B that manages the mobile station identification ID received from the parking lot entrance gate device 200, the parking lot exit gate device 300, and the in-vehicle communication terminal device B 1100 and makes a payment request for the parking lot fee to the financial institution 800. The parking lot entrance gate device 200, the parking lot exit gate device 300, the parking lot 400, the automobile 500, and the financial institution 800 have the same functions as those in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing details of the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 mounted in the automobile 500 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. An operation unit 604 performs input operation processing of the driver, and a wireless data communication unit B 605 performs wireless data communication through a mobile phone network or a wireless LAN network. The identification ID recording unit 601, the communication control unit 602, and the wireless data communication unit 603 have the same functions as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing details of the parking management device B1200 of the parking lot system shown in FIG. Reference numeral 706 denotes an in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, a parking lot entrance gate device 200, and a parking management device communication unit E that performs data communication with the parking lot exit gate device 300. Reference numeral 707 denotes an in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, a parking lot entrance gate device. 200 and the parking information management unit B 708 that manages and records the mobile station identification ID information received from the parking lot exit gate device 300, and controls the data transmitted and received by the parking management device communication unit E706 and the financial institution communication unit 701. The communication control unit E that controls the parked vehicle information B recorded in the parking information management unit B707, the financial institution communication unit 701, and the clock 705 have the same functions as in the first embodiment.

  The parking management device B1200 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit B605 of the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, the parking management device communication unit B203 of the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking management device communication unit C303 of the parking lot exit gate device 300. The mobile station identification ID is received by the parking management device communication unit E706. The communication method between the wireless data communication unit B605 and the parking management device communication unit E706 is a wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b, a, g) method, or a wireless such as CDMA2000 method and W-CDMA method used in mobile phones. Use the data communication method. The communication method between the parking management device communication unit B203 or the parking management device communication unit C303 and the parking management device communication unit E706 is a wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b, a, g) method, CDMA2000 used in mobile phones. Wireless data communication methods such as CDMA, W-CDMA, or wired data communication methods such as FDDI, ISDN, CATV, and ADSL.

  The wireless communication method performed between the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300 is the same as the in-vehicle communication device 600 described in the first embodiment. Is raised. As in the first embodiment, when the automobile 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 moves to the communicable area of the parking lot entrance gate device 200 and the parking lot exit gate device 300, it is recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601. The transmitted mobile station identification ID is transmitted via the wireless data communication unit 603 under the control of the communication control unit 602.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parked vehicle information B held by the parking information management unit B707 of the parking management device B1200. Parking fee for storing mobile station identification ID information received from the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300 together with the reception time information, and collecting the parking lot exit gate device 300 at the time of delivery Record discounted rates.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement example of each of the automobile 500, the parking lot 400, the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the parking lot exit gate device 300. A parking lot entrance gate device 200 is installed at the entrance of the parking lot 400, and a parking lot exit gate device 300 is installed at the exit.
When the automobile 500 is at the starting point, the mobile station identification ID is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit B605 of the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 to the parking management device B1200.
Also, when the vehicle 500 reaches the point a before entering the parking lot 400, the parking lot waits, and therefore, the car 500 is queued up. Thereafter, the vehicle enters the parking lot 400 from the point b where the parking lot entrance gate device 200 is installed, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the wireless data communication unit 603 of the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100.

  When the car 500 leaves the vehicle, the mobile station identification ID is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 of the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 when passing the point c where the parking lot exit gate device 300 is installed, and the parking management device B1200. When the parking fee settlement process is completed, the goods are delivered. Note that the arrangement locations of the financial institution 800 and the parking management device 700 are arbitrary and are not specified.

  As shown in FIG. 16, when a waiting time occurs before the car 500 enters due to congestion of the parking lot 400, the parking management device B 1200 transmits the congestion status of the parking lot 400 and the parking entrance gate device 200. The congestion state is detected from the time interval of the mobile station identification ID information. When a car that has acquired a mobile station identification ID in advance before entering the car leaves the bank, the financial institution 800 performs a settlement request process for a discounted parking fee according to the congestion situation.

FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram when the parking management device B1200 detects a parking lot congestion state from the parking lot full state of the parking lot 400 and the parking lot entry interval.
FIG. 18 is a sequence diagram in the case where a parking fee discount is performed when a waiting time occurs before entering due to parking lot congestion in the parking lot system of the present invention.

  FIG. 4 shows an operation when a parking fee is discounted when a waiting time occurs before the car 500 equipped with the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 parks in the parking lot 400 until it enters the parking lot 400 due to congestion. 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.

  The communication control unit E708 of the parking management device B1200 performs a process of detecting the congestion state of the parking lot 400 from the number of warehousing units, the mobile station identification ID transmitted from the parking lot entrance gate device 200, and the warehousing time. The congestion state detection sequence will be described with reference to FIG.

When a car enters the parking lot 400, a mobile station identification ID and a warehousing time are transmitted from the parking lot entrance gate device 200. In addition, when a car leaves the parking lot 400, a mobile station identification ID and a leaving time are transmitted from the parking lot exit gate device 300.
When receiving the parking entry / exit information (S1701), the communication control unit E708 calculates the current number of parking spaces in the parking lot 400 (S1702). It is determined whether the parking lot 400 is full (S1703). If the parking lot 400 is full, the time interval A from the previous entry is calculated (S1704). When the calculated time interval A is longer than the congestion detection time B determined for detecting the congestion state (S1705), a congestion state is set (S1706).

  On the other hand, when the time interval A is smaller than the congestion detection time B (S1705), an uncongested state is set (S1707). The congestion state setting information is also recorded in association with the congestion state information when the mobile station identification ID received from the parking lot entrance gate device 200 when the car 500 enters the parking vehicle information B. During the checkout process for the delivery, the parking fee discount is applied to the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 that holds the mobile station identification ID entered in the congested state. The communication control unit E708 periodically performs a congestion state detection process.

Next, a sequence in which the automobile 400 performs parking registration in the parking lot 400 at the time of departure and enters and exits the parking lot will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.
At the starting point illustrated in FIG. 16, the driver of the automobile 500 performs a parking registration operation on the destination parking lot 400 from the operation unit 604 of the on-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 installed. In response to a request from the operation unit 604, the communication control unit 602 acquires the mobile station identification ID from the identification ID recording unit 601 and transmits the mobile station identification ID to the parking management device B1200 via the wireless data communication unit B605 (S1801). When the communication control unit E708 of the parking management device B1200 receives the mobile station identification ID via the parking management device communication unit E706, the communication control unit E708 acquires the reception time from the clock 705 and transmits the reception time together with the mobile station identification ID to the parking information management unit B707 for parking. Recorded in the vehicle information B (S1802).

  When the automobile 400 arrives at the point a, as shown in FIG. At this time, the parking lot 400 is full, and the communication control unit E708 of the parking management device B1200 detects and sets the congestion state.

Next, when the car 500 arrives at the point b and enters the parking lot 400, the communication control unit 602 in the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 can perform wireless data communication with the base station communication unit B201 of the parking lot entrance gate device 200. The mobile station identification ID recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 to the parking lot entrance gate device 200 (S1803).
The communication control unit B202 of the parking lot entrance gate device 200 receives the mobile station identification ID via the base station communication unit B201, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit B203 to the parking management device B1200 (S1804). ). Further, the communication control unit B202 performs control to open the gate of the entrance gate unit 204, and the automobile 500 enters the parking lot 400 (S1805).

  On the other hand, when the communication control unit E708 of the parking management device B1200 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking lot entrance gate device 200 via the parking management device communication unit E706, the communication control unit E708 checks whether the ID is registered for parking. In the case of ID, the current time is acquired from the clock 705, and the mobile station identification ID is recorded in the parked vehicle information B together with the parking start time and the congestion state (S1806).

Next, when the car 500 arrives at the exit of the parking lot 400 when leaving the vehicle, the communication control unit 602 in the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 can perform wireless data communication with the base station communication unit C301 of the parking lot exit gate device 300. The mobile station identification ID recorded in the identification ID recording unit 601 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 603 to the parking lot exit gate apparatus 300 (S1807).
The communication control unit C302 of the parking lot exit gate device 300 receives the mobile station identification ID via the base station communication unit C301, and transmits the mobile station identification ID from the parking management device communication unit C303 to the parking management device B1200 (S1808). ).

When the communication control unit E708 of the parking management device B1200 receives the mobile station identification ID from the parking lot exit gate device 300 via the parking management device communication unit E706, the communication control unit E708 acquires the current time from the clock 705 and sets the mobile station identification ID as the departure time. At the same time, it is recorded in the parking information management unit B707 (S1809).
Furthermore, parking information management part B707 will start a check-out process, if the delivery time is received. For the mobile station identification ID of the car 500 to be delivered, the parking registration time, the entry time, the exit time, and the congestion status are acquired from the parked vehicle information B, and the parking fee is calculated. The parking time is obtained from the difference between the entry time and the exit time, and whether or not the parking wait discount is applied is obtained from the congestion status information.

  In the case of applying the parking waiting discount, the parking fee is calculated by subtracting the parking fee discount amount for the parking waiting that occurred at the time of entry from the parking fee corresponding to the parking time. Thereafter, when it is transmitted to the communication control unit E708 as parking fee information, the communication control unit E708 transmits the mobile station identification ID and the acquired parking fee information to the financial institution 800 via the financial institution communication unit 701, and makes a parking fee settlement request. (S1810). When a parking fee settlement request response is received from the financial institution 800 (S1811), parking fee settlement information such as parking time, parking waiting service discount fee, and parking fee is transmitted to the parking lot output gate device 300 (S1812).

  The communication control unit C302 of the parking lot exit gate device 300 transmits parking fee settlement information from the base station communication unit C301 to the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 via the parking management device communication unit C303, and performs a process of opening the exit gate unit 304. (S1813). The in-vehicle communication terminal device 600 receives the parking fee settlement information, and the car 500 passes through the parking lot exit gate device 700 and leaves the parking lot 400.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when using the parking lot, if a parking waiting time occurs due to congestion at the time of entering the parking lot with respect to a vehicle that has been registered in advance, the parking fee is discounted. Thus, it becomes possible for the parking lot user to carry out an appropriate service.
In this embodiment, the parking fee is discounted when a waiting time for entering the parking lot occurs when the vehicle has entered the parking lot in advance, but the parking lot usage must be registered. Alternatively, the parking fee may be discounted for a vehicle that has a waiting time for entering the parking lot.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the in-vehicle communication terminal device mounted on the automobile 500.
In-vehicle communication terminal device C 1901 holds mobile station identification ID and transmits mobile station identification ID data from wireless data communication unit 603 when passing through parking lot entrance gate device 200 and parking lot exit gate device 300. A car navigation apparatus 1902 having a function of searching for a destination and guiding a driver to the destination is a mobile phone apparatus.
The overall configuration of the in-vehicle communication terminal device includes the in-vehicle communication terminal device C1900, the car navigation device 1901, and the mobile phone device 1902. The in-vehicle communication terminal device C1900 and the mobile phone device 1902 are connected to the car navigation device 1901. To do.

In the in-vehicle communication terminal device C1900, 606 is connected to the car navigation device 1901 and transmits / receives data, the car navigation connection unit A, the identification ID recording unit 601, the communication control unit 602, and the wireless data communication unit 603 have the same functions as the in-vehicle communication terminal device 600. Have
In the car navigation apparatus 1901, reference numeral 609 denotes an operation unit where a driver performs input operations such as setting of a destination, 610 denotes a display unit which displays a map, the current position of the own vehicle, etc., and 611 denotes a destination search, guidance, and own vehicle. A navigation processing unit that performs navigation processing such as position measurement, 612 is a mobile phone connection unit that is connected to the mobile phone device 1902 and transmits / receives data, and 613 is an in-vehicle device that is connected to the in-vehicle communication terminal device C1900 and transmits / receives data. It is a communication terminal connection part.
In the mobile phone device 1902, 607 is a mobile phone communication unit that performs a call or data communication process, and 608 is a car navigation connection unit B that is connected to the car navigation device 1901 to transmit and receive data.

  In the third embodiment, the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100 is configured to include all of the operation unit 604, the wireless data communication unit 603, and the wireless data communication unit B605. However, as in the in-vehicle communication terminal device illustrated in FIG. The terminal device C1900 and the car navigation device 1901 are externally connected, and instead of the operation unit 604 provided in the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100, the operation unit 609 of the car navigation device 1901 is used to perform wireless data communication provided in the in-vehicle communication terminal device B1100. Instead of the part B605, the mobile phone device 1902 may be connected to the car navigation device 1901 for use.

  With the parking system according to the present invention, when a vehicle equipped with a DSRC in-vehicle communication terminal uses a parking lot in which a DSRC roadside machine having an automatic toll collection function is used, a large amount of parking space is generated due to congestion. Therefore, it is possible to provide a parking lot system that collects a parking fee for automatically performing a parking fee discount for a long waiting time.

It is the figure which showed an example of the whole structure of the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the vehicle-mounted communication terminal device which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking lot periphery management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking lot entrance gate apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking lot exit gate apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the parked vehicle information recorded inside the parking management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of arrangement | positioning in the case of installing each part which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the sequence figure which showed an example of the sequence in case the parking lot system in this invention collects a parking fee. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking lot periphery management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of arrangement | positioning of the parking lot periphery management apparatus for a parking lot periphery management apparatus to demonstrate the surrounding congestion detection method in the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the whole structure of the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the vehicle-mounted communication terminal device which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the parking management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the parked vehicle information recorded inside the parking management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of arrangement | positioning in the case of installing each part which comprises the parking lot system in this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the sequence which the parking management apparatus which comprises the parking lot system in this invention detects the congestion condition of a parking lot. It is the sequence figure which showed an example of the sequence in case the parking lot system in this invention collects a parking fee. It is the figure which showed an example of the internal structure of the vehicle-mounted communication terminal device which comprises the parking lot system in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

100 Parking Area Perimeter Management Device 101 Base Station Communication Unit A
102 Communication control unit A
103 Parking management device communication part A
104 Congestion detection unit 105 Clock 200 Parking lot entrance gate device 201 Base station communication unit B
202 Communication control unit B
203 Parking management device communication part B
204 Entrance gate unit 300 Parking lot exit gate device 301 Base station communication unit C
302 Communication control unit C
303 Parking management device communication part C
304 Exit gate unit 400 Parking lot 500 Car 600 In-vehicle communication terminal device 601 Identification ID recording unit 602 Communication control unit 603 Wireless data communication unit 604 Operation unit 605 Wireless data communication unit B
606 Car navigation connection A
607 Mobile phone communication part 608 Car navigation connection part B
609 Operation unit 610 Display unit 611 Navigation processing unit 612 Mobile phone connection unit 613 In-vehicle communication terminal connection unit 700 Parking management device 701 Financial institution communication unit 702 Communication control unit D
703 Parking management device communication part D
704 Parking information management unit 705 Clock 706 Parking management device communication unit E
707 Parking Information Management Department B
708 Communication control unit E
800 Financial institution 1000 Parking lot management device B
1100 In-vehicle communication terminal B
1200 Parking management device B
1900 In-vehicle communication terminal C
1901 Car Navigation Device 1902 Mobile Phone Device

Claims (11)

An in-vehicle terminal device that is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of its own device, and can be transmitted to a base station device by wireless communication;
A base station device A that is installed in the vicinity of a parking lot and receives the specific information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle passes the vicinity before entering the parking lot and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device. When,
Base station device B installed at the entrance of the parking lot, receiving the specific information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
Base station device C installed at the exit of the parking lot, receiving the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
In the parking system configured to receive the specific information transmitted by each of the base station devices, calculate the parking fee from the reception time of the specific information, and the parking fee acquisition processing device that performs the payment processing of the parking fee,
The parking fee acquisition processing device receives the unique information and reception time received when the vehicle passes through the base station device A before entering the parking lot, and the unique information and reception received from the base station device B when the vehicle enters the parking lot. Calculate the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot from the time, apply a discounted parking fee according to the predetermined waiting time for parking, and from the base station device C when the vehicle leaves the parking lot A parking system characterized in that an amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from a parking fee calculated from the received unique information and a reception time is calculated as a parking fee. It is installed in a vehicle, records its own device's unique information, can be transmitted to the base station device by wireless communication, and installed around the parking lot, at the entrance and exit, and when the vehicle passes, The base station devices A, B and C that receive the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device and transmit to the parking fee acquisition processing device, the unique information transmitted by each base station device, and the reception time of the unique information A parking fee acquisition processing device used in a parking system configured to calculate a parking fee and perform a payment processing of the parking fee;
The parking fee acquisition processing device receives the unique information and reception time received when the vehicle passes through the base station device A before entering the parking lot, and the unique information and reception received from the base station device B when the vehicle enters the parking lot. From the time and the unique information received from the base station device C when the vehicle leaves the parking lot and the reception time, calculate the parking fee due to the parking time and the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot, A parking fee acquisition processing device, wherein an amount obtained by subtracting a parking discount fee corresponding to a predetermined waiting time for warehousing from the parking fee is settled as a parking fee. The parking fee acquisition processing device includes communication means for receiving unique information specific to the in-vehicle terminal device transmitted from the base station device A, the base station device B, and the base station device C, and unique information. A time means for acquiring the received time, a recording means for recording the received unique information and the reception time, a parking lot information management means for managing the recording means, and a parking fee settlement for performing a parking fee settlement process A communication control means for controlling the processing means, the communication means, the parking lot information management means, the time means, and the parking fee settlement processing means;
The parking lot information management means receives the unique information and reception time received when the vehicle passes through the base station device A before entering the parking lot, and the unique information and reception received from the base station device B when the vehicle enters the parking lot. From the time, the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot is calculated, and a parking discount fee corresponding to a predetermined waiting time is recorded in the recording means, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the base The recording unit records the parking fee based on the parking time calculated from the unique information received from the station apparatus C and the reception time in the recording unit, and collects the amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from the calculated parking fee. The parking fee acquisition processing device according to claim 2, wherein the parking fee adjustment processing unit requests the payment processing to be recorded.   The parking lot system according to claim 1, wherein transmission / reception of the specific information performed between the base station apparatus A and the parking fee acquisition processing apparatus used in the parking lot system is performed by wireless communication. The base station device A is
Perform narrow-area communication with the in-vehicle terminal device, measure the time that was present in the communicable range when a vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle terminal device passes the road around the installation location of the base station device A, and determine in advance When it is detected that it has been within a communicable range for a longer time than the time, the congestion detection information is notified to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
When the parking fee acquisition processing device receives the congestion detection information, the unique information received when the vehicle passes the base station device A and the reception time, and the unique information received from the base station device B when the vehicle enters the parking lot And the reception time, the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot is calculated, a parking discount fee corresponding to the predetermined waiting time for parking is applied, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the base station The parking lot system according to claim 1, wherein an amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from a parking fee based on the parking time calculated from the unique information received from the device C and the reception time is processed as a parking fee. It is installed in a vehicle, records its own device's unique information, can be transmitted to the base station device by wireless communication, and installed around the parking lot, at the entrance and exit, and when the vehicle passes, The base station devices A, B and C that receive the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device and transmit to the parking fee acquisition processing device, the unique information transmitted by each base station device, and the reception time of the unique information A parking fee acquisition processing device that calculates a parking fee and performs a payment processing of the parking fee, and a base station device used in a parking system comprising:
The parking fee acquisition processing device receives the unique information and reception time received when the vehicle passes through the base station device A before entering the parking lot, and the unique information and reception received from the base station device B when the vehicle enters the parking lot. From the time and the unique information received from the base station device C when the vehicle leaves the parking lot and the reception time, calculate the parking fee due to the parking time and the waiting time required for the vehicle to enter the parking lot, The amount calculated by subtracting the parking discount fee according to the predetermined waiting time from the parking fee is settled as the parking fee,
The base station device A is
At least wireless communication means for receiving unique information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device, communication means for transmitting unique information received to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and a communicable time with the in-vehicle terminal device are measured. Consists of congestion detection means for detecting whether the surrounding road is crowded, clock means, and control means for controlling the entire base station apparatus A,
Communication between the in-vehicle terminal device and the wireless communication means of the base station apparatus A installed in the vicinity of the parking lot performs narrow-area communication, and the congestion detection means is configured such that the vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal device is mounted is a base station apparatus. Measure the time that was in the communicable range when passing the road around the installation location of A, and if it detects that it has been in the communicable range for a time longer than a predetermined time, obtain the parking charge information A base station apparatus that operates to notify a processing apparatus. An in-vehicle terminal device that is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of its own device, and can be transmitted to a base station device by wireless communication;
Base station device B installed at the entrance of the parking lot, receiving the specific information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
Base station device C installed at the exit of the parking lot, receiving the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
A parking fee acquisition processing device that receives the unique information transmitted by each base station device, manages the parking lot fullness, calculates the parking fee from the reception time of the unique information, and performs a parking fee settlement process; In the parking system consisting of
When the parking lot is full, the parking fee acquisition processing device transmits the reception time of the specific information transmitted when the previous storage vehicle passes the base station device B and the next storage vehicle transmits when the base station device B passes. Calculate the warehousing waiting time required for the next arriving vehicle to enter the parking lot from the reception time of the specific information, apply the parking discount fee according to the predetermined warehousing waiting time, and the next vehicle leaves the parking lot A parking lot system characterized in that an amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from a parking fee calculated from the unique information received from the base station device C and the reception time is subtracted as a parking fee. An in-vehicle terminal device that is installed in a vehicle, records unique information of the device itself, and can be transmitted to the base station device and the parking fee acquisition processing device by wireless communication;
Base station device B installed at the entrance of the parking lot, receiving the specific information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle enters the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
Base station device C installed at the exit of the parking lot, receiving the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, and transmitting it to the parking fee acquisition processing device,
A parking fee that receives the unique information transmitted by each of the base station devices and the in-vehicle terminal device, manages the parking space availability, calculates a parking fee from the reception time of the unique information, and performs a parking fee settlement process In a parking system configured with an acquisition processing device,
When the parking fee acquisition processing device receives the unique information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device before the vehicle enters the parking lot, it is held in the before-entry unique information list, and the vehicle is full when the parking lot is received, and When the unique information transmitted when passing through the base station device B exists in the unique information list before warehousing, the reception time of the unique information transmitted when the warehousing vehicle passes through the base station device B last time, and the vehicle is the base station Calculate the waiting time required to enter the parking lot from the reception time of the unique information transmitted when passing through the device B, apply a parking discount fee according to the predetermined waiting time, and the vehicle When the vehicle is released from the vehicle, the amount obtained by subtracting the parking discount fee from the parking fee based on the parking time calculated from the unique information received from the base station device C and the reception time is processed as a parking fee. A parking system that is a feature. It is installed in the vehicle, records its own device's unique information, is installed at the entrance of the parking lot and the in-vehicle terminal device that can be transmitted to the base station device and the parking fee acquisition processing device by wireless communication, and when the vehicle enters the parking lot, The base station device B that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device by wireless communication and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and is installed at the exit of the parking lot. The base station device C that receives the unique information transmitted by the in-vehicle terminal device and transmits it to the parking fee acquisition processing device, and the unique information transmitted by each of the base station devices and the in-vehicle terminal device, and the parking lot is full A parking fee acquisition processing device that manages the state, calculates the parking fee from the reception time of the specific information, and performs a payment processing of the parking fee, and an in-vehicle terminal device used in the parking system,
When the parking fee acquisition processing device receives the unique information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device before the vehicle enters the parking lot, the parking fee acquisition processing device holds the unique information list before entry, and the vehicle is parked. When the specific information transmitted when passing through the base station apparatus B exists in the pre-entry specific information list when the vehicle is full at the time of warehousing, the reception time of the specific information transmitted by the previous warehousing vehicle when passing through the base station apparatus B And calculating the warehousing waiting time required to enter the parking lot from the reception time of the specific information transmitted when the vehicle passes through the base station device B, and a parking discount fee corresponding to a predetermined warehousing waiting time. When the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the parking fee is calculated by subtracting the parking discount fee from the parking fee calculated from the unique information received from the base station device C and the reception time. An in-vehicle terminal device used in a parking lot system that is processed as gold.   The in-vehicle terminal device includes a recording unit that records the unique information of the own device, a narrow-area communication unit that can transmit the unique information recorded in the recording unit to the base station device by narrow-area wireless communication, and a base station by wide-area wireless communication. 10. A wide area communication means capable of transmitting unique information recorded in the recording means to a station apparatus, the recording means, the narrow area communication means, and a control means for controlling the wide area communication means. The in-vehicle terminal device described. The in-vehicle terminal device includes a recording unit that records the unique information of the own device, a narrow-area communication unit that can transmit the unique information recorded in the recording unit to the base station device by narrow-area wireless communication, and a base station by wide-area wireless communication. A wide area communication means capable of transmitting the unique information recorded in the recording means to the station device, the recording means, the narrow area communication means, a control means for controlling the wide area communication means,
When there is a vehicle away from the parking fee acquisition processing device before entering the parking lot, send the unique information recorded in the recording means to the parking fee acquisition processing device using the wide area communication means, When passing the base station device B when entering the parking lot, the base station device C transmits the specific information recorded in the recording means to the base station device B using the narrow area communication means, and when the parking lot is delivered. 10. The in-vehicle terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle-mounted terminal device operates so as to transmit the unique information recorded in the recording unit to the base station device C using the narrow area communication unit.

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