JP2022002062A - Parking fee setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a parking fee setting system that can appropriately perform price fluctuations (dynamic pricing) due to the magnitude of demand, reflecting actual usage conditions in setting parking fees.SOLUTION: A sales data processor includes an information acquisition unit 10 that acquires information on the degree of congestion from devices located within a parking lot P and in a surrounding area within a predetermined range from the parking lot P, and a parking fee change unit 50 that changes the parking fee based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 10. For setting the parking fee, the sales data processor performs dynamic pricing in the parking fee change unit 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a parking fee setting system for setting a parking fee in a parking lot.

Regarding parking lot management, as related to parking fee setting, we will charge based on congestion information inside and outside the parking lot in order to set the grace period from the completion of pre-payment of parking fee to the entry of the vehicle within a reasonable range. It is known that whether or not it is determined (see Patent Document 1).

However, for example, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not change the setting of the parking fee itself, but determines whether or not to charge the fee based on the validity of the grace period. Further, for example, the Internet line is used to grasp the traffic congestion situation outside the parking lot in the above-mentioned prior art 1, but the information for dynamically setting the charge of each target parking lot is transmitted through the Internet line. It is not always obtained from information based on information or big data.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-109586

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in setting a parking fee, it is possible to appropriately perform price fluctuations (dynamic pricing) depending on the size of demand while reflecting actual usage conditions. The purpose is to provide a system.

The parking fee setting system for achieving the above objectives is acquired by the information acquisition unit and the information acquisition unit, which acquire information on the degree of congestion from devices located in the parking lot and in the peripheral area within a predetermined range from the parking lot. It is equipped with a parking fee change section that changes the parking fee based on the information provided.

In the above parking fee setting system, by changing the parking fee of the parking lot based on the information of the degree of congestion in the parking lot and the surrounding area within the predetermined range, the parking fee setting is the price according to the size of the demand. Fluctuations (dynamic pricing) can be appropriately performed by reflecting actual usage conditions.

In a specific aspect of the present invention, the information acquisition unit obtains at least one of congestion information of other parking lots, the number of users of affiliated stores, microphone volume, traffic volume information, event information, and image data. Get as information of. In this case, it is possible to select from various information sources in the vicinity of the parking lot that are involved in the setting of the parking fee.

In another aspect of the present invention, the parking fee changing unit determines the parking fee changing price from the relationship between the information acquired by the information acquisition unit and the number of empty cars in the parking lot. In this case, it is possible to set the price appropriately according to the vacant vehicle situation while referring to the information in the neighborhood.

In still another aspect of the present invention, the information acquisition unit acquires information on the degree of congestion by wireless communication by the LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) method. In this case, it is possible to easily construct a system while making it possible to acquire information in a required range.

In yet another aspect of the present invention, the information acquisition unit acquires information offline without going through an external network line. In this case, the equipment can be easily constructed without requiring a network environment.

In yet another aspect of the present invention, the information acquisition unit is a gateway that enables data communication with the device, and the parking fee change unit determines the change price based on a predetermined threshold value for the congestion degree information. It is a circuit. In this case, the parking fee setting system can be easily configured mainly by the gateway and the arithmetic circuit.

It is a schematic diagram outside showing the state of the parking lot and the surroundings incorporating the parking fee setting system according to the embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows one configuration example of a parking fee setting system. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the facility of a parking lot including each part of a parking fee setting system. It is a figure of the data table which shows an example about the information of the degree of congestion handled in the parking fee setting system. (A) is a conceptual diagram for explaining an example of how the parking fee setting is changed in the parking fee setting system, and (B) is a concept for explaining an example of the setting change standard in (A). It is a figure. It is a figure of the data table which shows an example about the information to handle in parking management. (A) is a conceptual front view showing an example of a signboard provided in a parking lot, and (B) is a conceptual front view showing an example of a ticketing device provided in a parking lot. It is a block diagram which shows an example about the case where the parking fee setting system is used in each of a plurality of parking lots in the neighborhood. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the other configuration example of the parking fee setting system.

Hereinafter, an example of the parking fee setting system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and the like. First, the parking fee setting system 100 according to the present embodiment is a parking lot to be managed (hereinafter referred to as a parking lot P) and a parking lot thereof, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 1 and the conceptual diagram of FIG. 2 as an example. Information is collected from the surrounding area, as well as from nearby affiliated stores (hereinafter referred to as store S) and other nearby parking lots (hereinafter referred to as parking lots A and B), and based on the collected information. Dynamically change the parking fee setting of parking lot P. That is, the parking fee setting system 100 performs dynamic pricing according to the surrounding conditions. In the following, as an example, in the case of a so-called hourly parking fee, more specifically, a case where a usage fee is set in units of one hour and the usage fee fluctuates from moment to moment will be described. Further, in the illustrated example, the parking fee setting system 100 performs short-range wireless communication with the store S and the parking lots A and B so as to cover a certain range by, for example, an LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) method. ..

Hereinafter, an outline of a configuration example of the parking fee setting system 100 will be described with reference to the conceptual diagram shown in FIG. The parking fee setting system 100 includes an information acquisition unit 10 that acquires information on the degree of congestion from various locations, and a parking charge change unit 50 that changes the parking charge based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 10.

The information acquisition unit 10 provides information as an index indicating the number of vehicles and people, which is information on the degree of congestion, from the devices and the like arranged in the parking lot P and in the peripheral area AR1 within a predetermined range from the parking lot P. To get. In the illustrated example, the information acquisition unit 10 is connected to the devices M1 and M3 by wire to communicate with each other, and communicates with the store S and the parking lots A and B provided with the device M2 by short-range wireless communication. There is.

First, the device M1 is a camera that captures a road RR, which is a major road in the vicinity, and shows an example of a camera that acquires information about the vicinity of the parking lot P. The device M1 outputs the acquired image data to the information acquisition unit 10. That is, the information acquisition unit 10 and the parking fee change unit 50 can acquire information on the traffic volume in the vicinity based on the image data from the device M1.

Next, the device M2 is, for example, a gate sensor for detecting the passage of a person or a counter provided in the gate sensor, and is installed at the entrance of the store S with which the manager of the parking lot P is affiliated. As a result, the information acquisition unit 10 and the parking fee change unit 50 can acquire information on the number of users of the store S, that is, data on the number of people. Further, the information acquisition unit 10 acquires information that can have a great influence on the fluctuation of the user, such as event information in the store S, by short-range wireless communication with the store S.

On the other hand, the device M3 is, for example, a microphone installed in a passage, a doorway, or the like in the parking lot P to collect sound in the parking lot. With the device M3, the information acquisition unit 10 and the parking fee change unit 50 can acquire voice data (microphone volume data) indicating the degree of noise in the hall.

In addition, as described above, the information acquisition unit 10 can acquire information from other parking lots A and B in the vicinity by short-range wireless communication. In the illustrated example, the fullness information of each parking lot is received from another parking lot A or parking lot B.

The information acquisition unit 10 outputs the congestion degree information (congestion degree data) acquired as described above to the parking fee change unit 50. The information acquisition unit 10 is a gateway that enables data communication with the device M1 and the like as described above, and is configured as a single gateway device or by connecting a plurality of gateway devices.

The parking fee changing unit 50 manages the information (congestion degree data) acquired by the information acquisition unit 10, and is configured by, for example, an arithmetic circuit or the like in order to change the parking fee based on the information.

As described above, the parking fee setting system 100 targets the devices M1 to M3 in the vicinity of the parking lot P, or the facilities such as the store S and the parking lots A and B, to acquire the congestion degree data. From a different point of view, in the parking fee setting system 100, the peripheral area AR1 for collecting information is limited to a limited range in the neighborhood. Specifically, for the peripheral region AR1, for example, it is conceivable that the vertical and horizontal dimensions DD1 and DD2 are set to about 1 to 2 km capable of short-range wireless communication by the LPWA method. As a result, although it is a simple facility, the information necessary for setting an appropriate charge in consideration of the location conditions of the parking lot P and the like is surely acquired.

In general, as a means for collecting various kinds of information, for example, using an internet line or further, using big data analysis can be considered. However, in order to accurately grasp the degree of use of each parking lot, factors such as the location conditions of each parking lot and the environment of each day have a large influence, and it is always necessary to use information based on big data etc. It is not always a rational basis for dynamically setting parking fees. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the neighborhood information collected as described above is positively utilized, and the parking fee changing unit 50 performs setting processing and the like to realize appropriate fee setting.

Hereinafter, among the facilities of the parking lot P including each part of the parking fee setting system 100, one configuration example of the parking fee changing part 50 will be described in detail with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

As shown in the figure, the parking fee changing unit 50 includes an interface (congestion degree data receiving unit) 53, which is a contact point between the main control unit 51, the storage unit 52, and the information acquisition unit 10, a timer 54, and a parking lot management. It is provided with an interface (setting rank data transmission unit) 55 which is a contact point with the unit 90.

The main control unit 51 is composed of various calculation circuits and the like, and has a data processing unit 51a that processes data for various congestion degree information (congestion degree data) acquired by the information acquisition unit 10, and a price for changing the parking charge setting. It includes a rank setting unit 51b for ranking determinations and a parking fee calculation unit 51c for calculating parking charges at the time of settlement.

The data processing unit 51a assigns a current time to the congestion degree data from the information acquisition unit 10 received by the interface 53 by appropriately referring to the timer 54, and stores the data in a predetermined area of the storage unit 52. A detailed example of the content of the data to be processed will be described later with reference to FIG.

The rank setting unit 51b is based on the congestion degree data stored in the storage unit 52 as described above and the data of the determination criteria regarding the parking charge setting (charge rank setting) stored in the storage unit 52 in advance. Then, change the parking fee setting. A detailed example of the charge rank setting will be described later with reference to FIG.

The parking fee calculation unit 51c has a parking fee system set by the rank setting unit 51b (for example, the set amount of the usage fee per hour) and parking management information (for example, parking time) in the parking lot management unit 90. Information) and the parking fee collected from the user of the parking lot P is calculated.

The storage unit 52 is composed of a chip for storing data or the like, and includes a congestion degree data storage unit 52a, a rank condition data storage unit 52b, and a setting rank data storage unit 52c.

The congestion degree data storage unit 52a stores the congestion degree data as a result of processing the information from the information acquisition unit 10 by the data processing unit 51a. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 4, various data are stored in a time-series manner.

The rank condition data storage unit 52b stores data of determination criteria required when the rank setting unit 51b changes the parking fee setting. For example, when changing the set price (rank setting) shown in FIG. 5 (A), the data serving as the judgment criteria for the rank change (judgment criteria based on the threshold values α to δ) as illustrated in FIG. 5 (B) is the rank condition. It is stored in the data storage unit 52b. That is, such data is appropriately referred to in the ranking process in the rank setting unit 51b.

The setting rank data storage unit 52c records the parking fee (rank setting) set by the rank setting unit 51b. Specifically, the position of the rank setting at the current time indicated by the star in FIG. 5A is stored. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50 determines the changing price in the setting rank data storage unit 52c based on a predetermined threshold value for the congestion degree information.

The interface 53 is connected to the information acquisition unit 10 in order to function as a contact point with the information acquisition unit 10, and acquires various information such as congestion degree data from the information acquisition unit 10. That is, the interface 53 typically functions as a congestion degree data receiving unit.

The timer 54 measures the time and provides information on the current time to the main control unit 51 as described above.

The interface 55 is connected to the parking lot management unit 90 in order to function as a window with the parking lot management unit 90, and outputs the content of the set price change (rank setting) to the parking lot management unit 90. Functions as a transmitter. Further, the parking fee setting system 100 acquires full vacancy information such as the number of vacant cars in the parking lot P and information necessary for calculating the parking fee such as the parking time from the parking lot management unit 90 via the interface 55.

The parking lot management unit 90 is a parking lot management device for comprehensively controlling various types of management in the parking lot P. For example, the parking lot management unit 90 is composed of a management server, a PC, or the like, and includes a CPU for performing various arithmetic processes. It consists of a memory for storing various data and programs. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 6, in addition to the entry / exit time and the completion of payment processing, information regarding the charge setting in the parking charge setting system 100 is managed. Further, in the present embodiment, the parking lot management unit 90 presents information on the parking charge setting from the parking charge setting system 100 to the user, for example, on the display unit DS of each unit under control at present. It is possible to display the set charge (illustrated in FIG. 7).

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 4 and the like, an example of data processing and management of congestion degree information (congestion degree data) in the parking fee setting system 100, and a parking fee setting method based on the data processing and management will be described.

As described above, FIG. 4 is for grasping the external situation required when setting the parking fee system (price setting) including the information on the degree of congestion among the information handled by the parking fee setting system 100. It is a figure of the data table which shows an example about various data. In one example here, the parking fee changing unit 50 collects data every 30 seconds in the shortest cycle via the information acquisition unit 10.

Hereinafter, an example of data collection will be described more specifically. First, the other parking lots A and B transmit full / empty information to the information acquisition unit 10 every hour. In the illustrated example, information on the occupancy rate (%) is provided for each of the parking lots A and B. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50 can grasp the degree of congestion of the nearby parking lot and the change state thereof.

Further, image data is transmitted from the device M1 (camera) every two minutes. The parking fee changing unit 50 analyzes the passing vehicle or the like included in the image data and calculates the traffic volume. For example, regarding the traffic volume, a threshold value is set in advance according to the number of vehicles passing per unit time, and depending on the threshold value, the traffic volume is sparse (low) or honey (crowded), or about normal. Determine and record. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50 can grasp the degree of traffic volume in the vicinity and the change status thereof.

Further, the device M2 (gate sensor) transmits data (number of people data) about the number of people who entered the store S, that is, the number of users, every 30 seconds, and the parking fee changing unit 50 corresponds to this at the affiliated store. Record the number of users (number of people) of S. Further, voice data is transmitted from the device M3 (microphone in the parking lot P) every minute, and the parking fee changing unit 50 records the corresponding microphone volume (dB). That is, the parking fee changing unit 50 can grasp the congestion status and the change status in the store S and the parking lot P from these information.

Further, the parking fee changing unit 50 records information on the number of vacant vehicles in the parking lot P as full vacancy information from the parking lot management unit 90 in addition to the above-mentioned information on the degree of congestion (congestion degree data). That is, the occupancy rate of the parking lot P and its change status are grasped, and this is associated with the above-mentioned various information.

The parking fee changing unit 50 changes the fee setting by using the information in the above data table. That is, from this information, future changes in the surrounding conditions of the parking lot P are predicted, and dynamic pricing is performed for the parking lot use in order to maximize the profit. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50 determines the parking fee change price from the relationship between the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 10 and the number of vacant vehicles in the parking lot P.

Here, various specific methods (price determination methods) for performing dynamic pricing can be considered, but here, in order to simplify the explanation, various information exemplified with reference to FIG. 4 (change amount of each numerical value). ) As input information, it is assumed that there is a function or table data that uniquely determines the output value (numerical data), and further, the price is set by comparing the predetermined threshold value with the output value. ..

Hereinafter, an example of changing the parking fee setting in the parking fee setting system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the example of FIG. 5A, seven levels of set price ranks (rank S to rank C2) are provided for the set price, and the parking fee changing unit 50 reviews the rank every hour to change the setting. (Update the rank). Therefore, with respect to the set price of the usage fee of each vehicle parked in the parking lot P, it is determined which set price rank will be applied at the time of admission. That is, in the above aspect, the usage fee per unit time of the vehicle entering the next time zone (1 hour) is determined based on the change state of various data exemplified in FIG. 4 during 1 hour.

At this time, as illustrated in FIG. 5 (B), regarding the vertical movement of the rank, four predetermined thresholds α to δ (α> β> γ> δ) and the above-mentioned information on various degrees of congestion (congestion). It is determined based on the comparison with the output value calculated from the amount of change in the degree data) in 1 hour. In the case of the figure, up and down movement of up to ± 2 ranks can occur based on the four threshold values α to δ, and in the example of FIG. 5 (A), the rank of the previous time zone (9 o'clock level). And the rank of the next time zone (10 o'clock), of the 7 ranks, the one that was the 4th rank C1 from the top was upgraded to the 2nd rank A1 from the top (+2). Shows the case.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, when the parking lot management unit 90 manages the parking lot of the parking lot P, in addition to the entry and exit times of each parked vehicle and the completion of payment processing, the setting rank regarding the parking fee described above is used. Information is recorded. That is, it is recorded which rank of the charge system was applied at the time of admission for each vehicle (corresponding parking ticket). In the settlement of the parking fee when the vehicle enters, these various pieces of information are output from the parking lot management unit 90 to the parking fee changing unit 50, and the parking fee changing unit 50 calculates the charge.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 7, the mode of the display unit DS for showing the user who intends to enter the parking lot P will be illustrated with respect to the above-mentioned charge system. FIG. 7A is a conceptual front view showing an example of a signboard BB provided in the parking lot P, and FIG. 7B is a conceptual view showing an example of a ticketing device TO provided at the entrance of the parking lot P. It is a front view. In each case, the display mode on the display unit DS is changed based on a command signal or the like from the parking lot management unit 90 (see FIG. 3 or the like). Although various aspects can be applied to the display unit DS, for example, it can be configured by various electric bulletin boards using a liquid crystal panel, a light emitting diode, or the like.

For example, in the signboard BB exemplified in FIG. 7A, the parking fee system set according to the current time in the display unit DS1 (DS) is displayed on the variable display unit DSp. At the same time, the other variable display unit DSt of the signboard BB may display the time zone to which the parking fee system is applied.

Further, for example, the ticketing device TO illustrated in FIG. 7B is provided at the entrance of the parking lot P (see FIG. 3 and the like), and has a speaker SP for providing voice guidance to the display unit DS2 (DS) and a parking ticket. It is equipped with a ticketing unit TD for issuing tickets. The ticketing device TO displays the parking fee system set according to the current time on the variable display unit DSc on the display unit DS2 (DS). At the same time, the parking fee system may be communicated by using the voice guidance by the speaker SP.

As described above, the parking fee setting system 100 according to the present embodiment is the information acquisition unit 10 that acquires information on the degree of congestion from the devices arranged in the parking lot P and in the peripheral area within a predetermined range from the parking lot P. And a parking fee changing unit 50 that changes the parking fee based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 10. In this case, by changing the parking fee of the parking lot P based on the information of the degree of congestion in the parking lot P and the surrounding area within the predetermined range, the price of the parking fee is changed depending on the size of the demand ( (Dynamic pricing) can be performed appropriately by reflecting the actual usage situation.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 8, it is a block diagram showing an example of the case where the parking fee setting system 100 (100P, 100A, 100B) is used in each of a plurality of parking lots P, A, B in the vicinity. As shown in the figure, here, the parking fee setting system 100P that manages the parking lot P collects information in the peripheral area AR1 of the parking lot P. Similarly, the parking fee setting system 100A that manages the parking lot A collects information in the peripheral area AR2 of the parking lot A, and the parking fee setting system 100B that manages the parking lot B manages the parking lot B. Information is collected in the peripheral area AR3 of. The peripheral regions AR1 to AR3 have different ranges while having a partially overlapping range. Along with this, the information handled by each parking fee setting system 100P, 100A, 100B is also different as a whole, although it partially overlaps.

First, the parking fee setting system 100P receives information on the degree of congestion from the devices M1 to M3 existing in the peripheral area AR1 and the parking fee setting systems 100A and 100B of the parking lots A and B via the information acquisition unit 10P. Collect at the parking fee change section 50P. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50P of the parking fee setting system 100P changes the fee setting based on the information from the devices M1, M2, M3 and the full vacancy information from the parking lots A and B.

On the other hand, the parking fee setting system 100A is congested from the devices M2, M4, M5 existing in the peripheral area AR2, the parking fee setting system 100P of the parking lot P, and the other parking lot C. Gather information.

In this case, the device M2 in the range where the peripheral area AR2 and the peripheral area AR1 overlap is not only for the information acquisition unit 10P of the parking fee setting system 100P but also for the information acquisition unit 10A of the parking fee setting system 100A. However, it outputs information. On the other hand, the device M1 which is within the range of the peripheral area AR1 but outside the range of the peripheral area AR2 and the device M3 provided in the parking lot P are not connected to the information acquisition unit 10A. On the other hand, the device M4 which is within the range of the peripheral area AR2 but outside the range of the peripheral area AR1 and the device M5 provided in the parking lot A are connected only to the information acquisition unit 10A, and the information Information is output only to the acquisition unit 10A. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50A of the parking fee setting system 100A changes the fee setting based on the information from the devices M2, M4, M5 and the full vacancy information from the parking lots P, C.

Further, the parking fee setting system 100B collects information on the degree of congestion from the devices M1, M6, M7 existing in the peripheral area AR3, the parking fee setting system 100P of the parking lot P, and the other parking lot D. do. In this case, the device M2 and the device M3 are not connected to the information acquisition unit 10B. That is, the parking fee changing unit 50B of the parking fee setting system 100B changes the fee setting based on the information from the devices M1, M6, M7 and the full vacancy information from the parking lots P, D.

As described above, the parking lots P, A, and B that use the parking fee setting systems 100P, 100A, and 100B are individually different because the information to be handled is partially superimposed but different from each other. Judgment is made based on the criteria of, and dynamic pricing is realized.

In the above, regarding the information given between each parking lot, not only the fullness information but also all or part of the information on the degree of congestion managed in each parking lot is transmitted to other parking lots. May be. At this time, for example, it is conceivable to transmit the information held by the parking fee setting system 100B to the parking fee setting system 100A via the parking fee setting system 100P.

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The present invention is not limited to each of the above embodiments, and can be carried out in various embodiments without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, in the above, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the configuration is such that information transmission is performed by combining not only wired connection but also short-range wireless communication by the LPWA method, but FIG. 9 corresponding to FIG. 2 shows. As in the other configuration example of the parking fee setting system 100 shown, a configuration in which all connections are wired is also conceivable. That is, the information acquisition unit 10 may be configured to acquire information offline without going through an external network line.

Further, in the above example, a case where a parking ticket is issued at the time of entering the parking lot and the parked vehicle is managed based on the parking ticket is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a flap type or a flapless type is described. The present invention can also be applied to parking lots.

Further, in the above, as the information or data acquired by the information acquisition unit 10, the fullness information of other parking lots, the number of users of affiliated stores, the microphone volume, the traffic volume information, the event information and the image data are adopted. However, not all of them are used, but some of them may be used. Alternatively, information other than these may be adopted as information indicating the degree of congestion, that is, information on the degree of congestion. For example, if it is possible to obtain information on traffic congestion in the vicinity by FM radio waves or the like, it may be used. Further, as the store S, in addition to a large-scale commercial facility such as a shopping center, various stores such as a station and an event venue can be considered. Furthermore, if it is known that a large event will be held at a large commercial facility, an event venue, or the like, the parking fee setting standard may be changed in advance.

Further, in the above, a camera that captures the road RR is adopted as the device M1 that detects the condition of the road RR, which is a major road in the vicinity. However, when detecting the road condition, the distance measurement is not limited to the camera. It is conceivable to use various sensors such as sensors. Further, various sensors may be used for detection inside the venue, not limited to outside the venue such as a nearby main road. On the contrary, the microphone as the device M2 installed in the hall may be used as a device for detecting the situation outside the hall. Further, as the devices M1 to M7, in addition to the above-mentioned camera, microphone or date sensor, a rain gauge, a thermometer, a hygrometer, an air gauge, or the like that detects various environments may be used together. ..

Further, the method of collecting data and the mode of use are not limited to the above-mentioned example, and may be various modes. For example, the frequency of collecting data, the frequency of reviewing the rank, and the like can be set not only every 30 seconds or every hour but also according to various situations such as the location conditions of the parking lot and the characteristics of environmental changes. Further, for example, the period of change in the situation, which is a basis for judgment, may be various modes, and for example, the price setting may be changed based on the cumulative change from one day to several days.

Further, the parking fee setting system 100 may be incorporated as a part of the system for managing the parking lot. For example, the information acquisition unit 10 and the parking fee change unit 50 may be attached to the parking lot management unit 90. All or part of it may be provided.

10, 10A, 10B, 10P ... Information acquisition unit, 50, 50A, 50B, 50P ... Parking charge change unit, 51 ... Main control unit, 51a ... Data processing unit, 51b ... Rank setting unit, 51c ... Parking charge calculation unit, 52 ... Storage unit, 52a ... Congestion degree data storage unit, 52b ... Rank condition data storage unit, 52c ... Setting rank data storage unit, 53 ... Interface (congestion degree data reception unit), 54 ... Timer, 55 ... Interface (setting rank) Data transmission unit), 90 ... Parking lot management unit, 100, 100A, 100B, 100P ... Parking fee setting system, A, B, C, D, P ... Parking lot, AR1, AR2, AR3 ... Peripheral area, BB ... Sign , DD1, DD2 ... Dimensions, DS, DS1, DS2 ... Display unit, DSc, DSp, DSt ... Variable display unit, M1 to M7 ... Equipment, RR ... Road, S ... Store, SP ... Speaker, TD ... Ticketing department, TO … Ticketing device, α ~ δ… Judgment criteria (threshold)

Claims (6)

An information acquisition unit that acquires information on the degree of congestion from equipment located in the parking lot and in the surrounding area within a predetermined range from the parking lot.
A parking fee setting system including a parking fee changing section that changes the parking fee based on the information acquired by the information acquisition section. The information acquisition unit acquires at least one of other parking lot full / empty information, the number of users of affiliated stores, microphone volume, traffic volume information, event information, and image data as congestion degree information. The parking fee setting system according to 1. The parking fee according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the parking fee changing unit determines the parking fee change price based on the relationship between the information acquired by the information acquisition unit and the number of vacant cars in the parking lot. Setting system. The parking fee setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information acquisition unit acquires information on the degree of congestion by wireless communication by the LPWA method. The parking fee setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information acquisition unit acquires information offline without going through an external network line. The information acquisition unit is a gateway that enables data communication with the device.
The parking fee setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the parking fee changing unit is an arithmetic circuit that determines a changing price based on a predetermined threshold value for information on the degree of congestion.

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