KR20020018781A - Apparatus for displaying a parking information using a mobile communication network and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network that can significantly reduce the time required for parking and the time required for finding a parking location. The present invention provides a plurality of parking lots for parking a plurality of vehicles; A plurality of parking detectors installed at predetermined positions of the plurality of parking lots to remotely transmit parking information; A parking control server configured to receive the parking information of the parking detection unit, analyze parking information, and transmit the analyzed parking data; A vehicle database which receives parking data of the parking control server through an internet network and stores parking information including a parking location, a vehicle number, and a parking fee, and a telephone number of a mobile terminal for the vehicle number; And a mobile terminal configured to display the parking information input through the mobile communication network and to calculate the parking fee, and display the parking status data, the parking fee data, and the parking location data transmitted through the internet network on the mobile terminal for the vehicle number. By doing so, it is easy to grasp the parking position and easily settle the parking fee.

Description

Parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network {APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A PARKING INFORMATION USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network that can facilitate parking location information and parking fee settlement.

A car is a means of transporting roads, starting from a certain parking lot, driving on the road, and then parked in the destination parking lot.

These parking lots could be their own garages, yards or parking lots of production plants, or, in regular cases, reserved parking lots, roadside parking lots, ramped buildings, underground parking lots, and mechanical parking lots.

These car parks are connected to roads in the city center and usually have independent exits and entrances. When a car on the road is parked, the vehicle has no direct relationship except for road traffic problems, and when it comes out of the car's parking lot, it becomes an object of traffic problems.

However, if the vehicle arriving at the destination parking lot simply runs through the city center for parking, this may be a cause of traffic for parking.

Although the statistical observation by the operation of the vehicle for parking purposes is unknown, the fact that a large part of the traffic volume in Seoul is such a parking traffic will be experienced by all drivers.

This traffic volume is a waste of time and resources, it is obvious that it is an unproductive part in weakening the function of the city, and is an urgent task to be improved as part of solving the traffic problem.

Since parking lots are limited in either parking capacity, the parking lot design is subject to the economics or environmental constraints of the parking lot. In other words, when constructing a paid parking lot in an area, the parking demand and the peak time parking speed are considered. Even if it is economical to secure a place for the expansion of the parking capacity, if the required number of vehicles cannot be put in or taken out of the parking lot at the required time, the parking lot will not be able to evaluate the parking capacity based on the size of the place alone. Since the parking speed of the parking lot is related to the parking capacity, the parking lot size is limited by the parking speed.

In addition, since the parking lots in the city form a so-called parking zone that views a certain urban area as the parking target area, the parking capacity and the parking distance of the parking lot should be considered. Parking lot with large parking area causes on-street parking, and due to the size of parking lot, peak-time parking capacity is a problem. On the contrary, parking lots adjacent to a small parking area have narrow parking lanes, which adversely affects the flow of vehicles. Therefore, the size of the parking lot should be designed with appropriate parking area and appropriate size parking lot.

However, even if the parking lot is constructed in accordance with the ideal parking area division and canter, the deterioration of parking operation by other factors can be pointed out. This is the induction of parking operation due to the absence of parking information.

A vehicle running in the city approached the parking lot according to the parking lot's guide or local broadcasting guide that guided the parking. Eventually, the vehicle will go to a different parking lot, but often finds it is the same situation.

In addition, even after reaching a parking lot after a considerable time, a problem that often takes a long time to find a parking position has occurred.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to display the parking information including the parking fee, the parking location on the mobile terminal, the time required to park and the time required to find the parking location considerably A parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network can be reduced.

Parking information display apparatus using a mobile communication network according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A plurality of parking lots for parking a plurality of vehicles;

A plurality of parking detectors respectively installed at predetermined positions of the plurality of parking lots to remotely transmit the parking position and the parking vehicle number information;

The parking control unit analyzes the parking information by receiving the parking position and the parking vehicle number information, transmits the analyzed parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee data remotely, and calculates the total parking fee when the parking is completed. server;

A vehicle database which receives parking data of the parking control server through an internet network and stores parking information including a parking location, a vehicle number, and a parking fee, and a telephone number of a mobile terminal for the vehicle number; And

And a mobile terminal for displaying the parking information input through the mobile communication network and calculating the parking fee online.

Preferably in the parking information display apparatus and method using a mobile communication network according to the present invention, the parking information is characterized in that it includes a parking location, a vehicle number and a parking fee.

Preferably, the parking information display apparatus using a mobile communication network according to the present invention receives a parking fee supplied from a parking control server through an internet network and a vehicle number and a card number supplied from the mobile terminal through a mobile communication network. It is characterized in that it further comprises a card company server for calculating the parking fee.

In addition, the parking information display method using a mobile communication network according to another aspect of the present invention,

a) analyzing the parking information supplied from the parking detector installed at a predetermined position of the plurality of parking lots and outputting parking location data and parking fee data;

b) supplying the vehicle information including the vehicle number, the parking position, and the parking fee data analyzed in step a) and the telephone number of the mobile terminal for the vehicle number among the vehicle information to the mobile communication network through the Internet network;

c) requesting a subscriber of the telephone number of the mobile terminal by using the telephone number of the mobile terminal supplied through the internet network, and visually and audibly recognizing the vehicle information to the call requested subscriber; And

d) calculating the parking fee among the vehicle information visually and aurally recognized in step c).

According to the present invention, the parking fee and the parking location are displayed on the mobile terminal, thereby saving time required for billing and finding a parking location.

1 is a view showing a parking information display apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the mobile terminal of FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a parking information display process according to the present invention.

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101: multiple parking lot 103: parking information sensor

105: parking control server 107: vehicle database

109: mobile terminal

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a parking information display apparatus using a mobile communication network according to the present invention. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal 109 of FIG. 1. First, referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of parking lots and vehicles 101, a plurality of vehicle detectors 103, a parking control server 105, a vehicle database 107, a mobile terminal 109, a card company server 111 )

The plurality of vehicle detectors 103 are respectively installed at predetermined positions of the plurality of parking lots 101 and are provided to detect parking positions and vehicle number information 211 of each of the plurality of vehicles.

The vehicle information 211 is supplied to the parking control server 105 via wired and wireless communication network 109, and the parking control server 105 which has received the parking information 211 receives the parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking. The fee settlement data 213 is generated. Herein, the wireless communication network 109 uses optical communication or radio waves. Here, the parking fee settlement data 213 represents a parking fee per minute, for example, a parking fee of 1,000 won per 30 minutes.

The parking location, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee data 213 are provided to the vehicle database 107 through the internet network 113, and the parking location, the parking car number, and the parking fee data 213 are received. The vehicle database 107 outputs a phone number, a parking position, and parking fee data of the mobile terminal corresponding to the parking vehicle number. The phone number, parking position, and parking fee data of the mobile terminal supplied from the vehicle database 107 are supplied to the mobile communication network 115, and the mobile communication network 115 requests a call to the mobile number of the mobile terminal, and connects the call. The parking location, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee, as shown in FIG.

The parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee may be acoustically recognized by the subscriber using the voice over IP service, or visually recognized by the subscriber using the short message transmission service.

The driver finds the parking position based on the parking position and the parking fee displayed on the mobile terminal 109 and calculates the parking fee. Here, the fare settlement is one of online payment using a card held by the driver and offline payment paid directly by the driver in cash.

At this time, if the subscriber enters the card number to pay the parking fee with the card, it is provided to transmit the parking fee, the card number and the vehicle number possessed by the driver to the card company server 111 through the mobile telephone network.

Hereinafter, the operation according to the above configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart for describing a parking information display process based on FIGS. 1 and 2. The parking information display process according to the present invention will be described.

First, the parking position and parking vehicle number information is detected from the parking detection unit 103 installed at a predetermined position of a plurality of parking lots (step S401), and the detected parking position and parking vehicle number information 211 is a wired or wireless communication network. It is supplied to the parking control server 105 via 111.

The parking control server 105 having received the parking position information 211 generates a parking position, a parking vehicle number, and parking fee data from the parking position and the parking vehicle number information (step 403), and the vehicle arrives at the parking lot. If the car key 107 is detached from the car after parking, the parking control server 105 counts the parking time (step S404).

The parking control server 105 supplies the parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee data to the vehicle database 107 through the internet network 113. The vehicle database 107 receiving the parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee data detects the telephone number of the mobile terminal 109 corresponding to the parking vehicle number (step S405).

The mobile communication network 115 which has received the detected telephone number of the mobile terminal 109 checks whether a predetermined time has elapsed through the base station (not shown) (step 406), and if it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, If a call connection of a number is requested, and a call connection is made with the telephone number of this mobile terminal 109 (step S407), the parking position and parking fee are visually and audibly recognized by the call-connected mobile terminal 109. (Step S408).

After the parking is completed, it is checked whether the car key is inserted or the vehicle is in the parking position (step S409), and when it is determined whether the car key 107 is inserted or the vehicle is moved from the parking position, the total parking time and The parking control server 105 that has received the parking fee data calculates the parking fee to be settled (step S411), and the calculated parking fee is supplied to the mobile communication network through the internet network, and the mobile communication network 115 that received this parking fee Provides the parking fee to the mobile terminal 109 through the base station (not shown), and the mobile terminal 109 having received the parking fee displays the parking fee (step S413).

In addition, the mobile communication network 115 checks whether the card number has been input from the mobile terminal 109 to settle the parking fee (step S415), and if it is determined that the card number has been input, the card number, parking The vehicle number and the parking fee are transmitted to the card company server 111 via the Internet network (step S417), and the card company server 111 pays the parking fee after inquiry of this card number (step S419).

However, if it is determined in step S415 that the card number has not been entered, the flow advances to step S419 to settle the parking fee in cash.

As described above, the parking information display apparatus and method using the mobile communication network according to the present invention calculates the parking fee and displays the calculated parking fee and the parking location on the mobile terminal, thereby identifying the parking location and parking fee. Easy to settle In addition, by paying the parking fee by selecting one of the online payment card payment and offline cash payment, it is possible to reduce the time due to the parking fee payment. Further, by preventing unnecessary vehicle entry due to accurate parking information, smoke and energy inside the parking lot due to unnecessary vehicle entry may be reduced.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments thereof, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and is commonly used in the art to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone with knowledge will be able to make various variations.

Claims (4)

A plurality of parking lots for parking a plurality of vehicles; A plurality of parking detectors respectively installed at predetermined positions of the plurality of parking lots to remotely transmit the parking position and the parking vehicle number information; A parking control server that receives the parking position information of the parking detection unit, analyzes the parking position and the parking vehicle number information, remotely transmits the analyzed parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee data, and calculates a total parking fee; Receive the parking location, parking number and parking fee data of the parking control server via the Internet network to store parking information including the parking location, car number, and parking fee and the mobile number of the mobile terminal for the vehicle number Vehicle database; And And a mobile terminal for recognizing the parking information input through the mobile communication network to at least one of visual and auditory to the subscriber and calculating the parking fee on-line. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal The parking information display apparatus using a mobile communication network, characterized in that the parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee to be audited to the subscriber using a voice over IP service. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal And the parking position, the parking vehicle number, and the parking fee are visually recognized by the subscriber using a short message transmission service. a) analyzing the parking information supplied from the parking detectors installed at predetermined positions of the plurality of parking lots and outputting parking location data and parking fee data; b) supplying the vehicle information including the vehicle number, the parking position, and the parking fee data analyzed in step a) and the telephone number of the mobile terminal for the vehicle number among the vehicle information to the mobile communication network through the Internet network; c) requesting a subscriber of the telephone number of the mobile terminal by using the telephone number of the mobile terminal supplied through the internet network, and visually and audibly recognizing the vehicle information to the call requested subscriber; And d) calculating a parking fee among vehicle information visually and audibly recognized in step c).