TW201430770A - Ticket-free parking lot with enhanced and assisted image acquisition device for access control purpose - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a parking lot with enhanced and assisted image acquisition device for access control purpose, having one entrance and one exit, and including: an entrance control station corresponding to the entrance, a main image acquisition device; a vehicle drive-in sensor corresponding to the entrance; an entrance barrier device for blocking the entrance, movable between a blocking position and an access position; an assisted image acquisition device corresponding to the entrance barrier device; an exit control station corresponding to the exit and having an exit image acquisition device; an exit barrier device for blocking the exit, movable between a blocking position and an access position; and a central processing station having a processor for receiving access image data continuously transmitted from the main image acquisition device and interacting with the assisted image acquisition device; and a charging device for calculating parking fees and transmitting signals of charged fees to be collected to the processor.

Description

Ticket-free parking lot with auxiliary image capture device with entrance control reinforcement

The present invention relates to a parking lot system, and more particularly to a ticketless card type parking system.

The metropolitan area has a very high traffic volume. According to the traffic traffic survey conducted by the Taipei Traffic Control Engineering Office in 2011, only one-day traffic from Zhongxiao East Road to Bade Road has exceeded 10,000 vehicles. The peak period of traffic flow is distributed during commuting hours, blocking and delaying traffic, and seriously delaying the time of using the car to commute. In particular, the metropolitan area is densely populated due to the use of cars, and the use period is excessively concentrated. It is difficult to find a parking lot. The time wasted when looking for a parking space is particularly impressive, and the traffic is impeded. Therefore, the demand for parking lots in the metropolitan area has increased greatly.

The entrance and exit certification of the traditional parking lot is controlled by the ticket card. It is a kind of trouble for the holder to save the ticket card, and it has a lot of procedures in management, and it relies heavily on manual management. It is a burden on the efficiency and cost of parking lot operation, thus giving birth to a new generation of ticketless card parking lot. Management system; computerized management of all entry and exit data and payment materials. The improvement of the ticketless card type parking lot management system is firstly determined by a car detector such as an inductive coil on the ground, after the sensor car enters the predetermined position, the processor is notified, and the image capturing module such as a camera is activated by the processor. Capture the license plate of the car, then let the car pass, then follow the license plate identification.

After the above method of first release, if the image capture is unclear, the target moves and the license plate is stained with sludge, water marks or the body structure near the license plate is similar to the number, the identification of the number cannot be completed, and the admission is not completed. The car has been released, resulting in the number of cars in the parking lot. The troubles of statistics, and the resulting omission of fees, require human resources to supplement, and can not effectively save labor costs. Therefore, the applicant of this case further designed the parking lot structure that was identified and released, and the operator improved the image capturing device to continuously and simultaneously capture the image capturing ability of the license plate and the vehicle detection capability. In this way, it is not necessary to wait for the car to touch the induction coil, and the vehicle shape can be captured at a distance, and the license plate recognition is performed once the vehicle shape is captured. It is recognized by the processor during the time when the car approaches the induction coil, and then released.

This design greatly prevents the leakage of missing cars without sacrificing the speed of the car. However, in terms of identification, it is still limited by the unfavorable identification of the license plate with sludge, water marks or the similarity of the body structure and figures in the vicinity of the license plate. Once the identification fails, it is in the high flow period. In order to prevent the single car from blocking the flow of the traffic, the design has only two options: one is to release it directly and then confirm it by manpower, or simply give up the charge. This makes it necessary for the industry to make a choice between giving up part of the income, parking space or increasing the cost of labor. It can be seen that the key core of how to improve the operational efficiency of the automated parking lot and save the labor cost is the identification problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the present invention is to provide a ticketless card type parking lot that can smoothly record car entry information and calculate parking fees without using a ticket card.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ticketless card type parking lot that avoids the inability of the license plate to recognize the entry of the car and reduces the need for subsequent manpower processing.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a substantially improved license plate recognition probability to minimize subsequent manpower processing requirements and to enhance an automated ticket-type parking lot.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a ticketless card type parking lot with a strained release/blocking option.

The invention relates to a ticketless card parking lot with an entrance control reinforcement auxiliary image capturing device, which has an entrance and an exit. The cardless parking lot includes: an entrance control station corresponding to the entrance, including a main image capturing device , for continuously capturing the entrance image data corresponding to the entrance; a parking sensing device corresponding to the inlet setting, for sensing whether a car wants to enter the entrance; one for a blocking position blocking the entrance, and a standard An inlet blocking device that moves between the in-positions; and an auxiliary image capturing device corresponding to the above-mentioned blocking device; an exit control station corresponding to the outlet, including an exit image capturing device for extracting an exit image corresponding to the outlet And an outlet blocking device for moving between a blocking position blocking the outlet and a predetermined position; and a central processing station including a processing device for receiving the continuous transmission of the main image capturing device Entrance image data and export image data from the above-mentioned export image capturing device Instantly identifying the entry image data, and when identifying the license plate number of the car, recording the recognized license plate number, the entrance image data including the license plate, and the entry time of the car, and instructing the entrance blocking device to block Positioning to the access position; and when the entry image data cannot identify the license plate number of the car, and the vehicle sensing device senses that the car intends to enter the entrance, instructing the auxiliary image capturing device to further Extracting the image data corresponding to the inlet blocking device and receiving the vehicle license plate number again, and recording the image data corresponding to the inlet blocking device; one for inputting the identified license plate number, and recording the admission time according to the processing device Calculating a parking fee, charging the foregoing parking fee, and transmitting a charging signal to the charging device of the processing device; and when the processing device identifies the license plate number of the charged car from the export image data, the instruction The above outlet blocking device blocks the Moved to the blocking position opening the quasi position.

Therefore, the present invention has a ticketless card parking lot with an entrance control enhanced auxiliary image capturing device, and provides a far and near double camera function to ensure successful license plate capture and greatly improve the recognition rate. If there is a breakthrough in identification, it will ensure that the operational criteria of the release and release are first identified, further reducing labor costs and improving the automation of the parking lot.

1‧‧‧ entrance

2‧‧‧Export

10‧‧‧Environmental Control Station

20‧‧‧Export Control Point

101, 201‧‧‧ blocking position

102‧‧‧Admission position

202‧‧‧Location

103, 103 ¹ , 103 ² , 103 ³ ‧‧‧Inlet blocking device

203, 203 ¹ , 203 ³ ‧‧‧Exporting discharge device

104,104 ² ‧‧‧Main image capture device

105,105 ³ ‧‧‧Induction sensor

205,205 ³ ‧‧‧Out of the car sensing device

204‧‧‧Export image capture device

106,106 ¹ ‧‧‧Auxiliary image capture device

3, 3 ¹ , 3 ² ‧ ‧ processing equipment

31 ¹ ‧‧‧Switching device

4‧‧‧ Billing device

5‧‧‧Cars

6 ² ‧‧‧Baffling device

61 ² ‧‧‧Specific parking spaces

7 ² ‧‧‧Memory device

1 is a partial structural view of an inlet control station according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural relationship diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is an image of a main and auxiliary image capturing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 is a partial structural view of an entrance control station according to a first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 is a structural view of an exit control station according to a first embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 6 is a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a barrier device according to a third embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a barrier device according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a vehicle sensing device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; .

The present invention is a ticketless card parking lot with an auxiliary image capturing device for forced reinforcement of the entrance. As shown in FIG. 1, when the car 5 arrives at the parking lot, it first hits the entrance control station 10 of the parking lot exit 1, and the entrance control station 10 is provided. A main image capture device 104. When the car 5 enters the extraction range, the main image capturing device 104 disposed at a high position can sense the car 5 and capture the license plate image. When the car 5 touches the vehicle sensing device 105 outside the entrance control station 10, if the license plate has been successfully identified, the inlet blocking device 103 is moved by the blocking position 101. Move to the admission position 102 and let the passage pass to the car 5. When the car 5 is in contact with the inboard sensing device 105, the representative body has fully entered the parking lot, and the inlet blocking device 103 is moved back to the blocking position 101 by the access position 102. Referring to the structural relationship of the central processing station of FIG. 2, the main image capturing device 104 first senses the shape of the vehicle and captures the license plate information, transmits it to the processing device 3 to recognize the license plate, and records the entry time of the vehicle. The processing device 3 directs the entrance blocking device 103 to release.

When the license plate cannot be identified, it may be that the image capture is unclear, the target moves and the license plate is stained with sludge, water marks or the body structure and the number near the license plate are similar. The processing device cannot recognize the main image capture device. The situation of the license plate is shown in Figure 3. For example, the TOYOTA car ALTIS series, the AUDI Q5 series, and the FORD METROSTAR series all adopt the design of the straight-type water tank cover, so that the dynamic camera may be captured during long-distance shooting. The water tank cover and the wrong recognition license plate number is 111111. Therefore, in the present case, an auxiliary image capturing device 106 is provided at the entrance control station 10 in Fig. 4, and the auxiliary image capturing device 106 in this example is disposed at the front of the vehicle head for the purpose of capturing images at a close distance.

Referring to FIG. 2 together, when the entrance car 5 is to enter the parking lot, the main image capturing device 104 first captures the image of the license plate and transmits the information to the processing device 3 when the car 5 is detected. If the processing device 3 cannot recognize the license plate, it will then send an instruction to the auxiliary image capturing device 106 when the entrance car 5 travels to the incoming sensing device 105, which is interpreted as an induction coil, to capture the license plate of the front end at a close distance, so that the camera Maximize the clarity and return the license plate image information. After the identification of the processing device 3 is successful, the entry time of the car is recorded, and the next command is issued to the entrance blocking device 103. . As shown in FIG. 3, the lower close-up image of the auxiliary image capturing device 106 can greatly improve the sharpness of the license plate image compared to the remote image taken by the main image capturing device 104.

The advantage of this design is that if the long-distance identification is successful, the admission car can almost no need to wait at all, effectively improving the efficiency of admission; relatively, due to the assistance of the close-range auxiliary image capturing device, the recognition success rate can be improved. The recognition success rate is increased again by 95%, and the failure rate can be smoothly reduced to less than about 1%. When paying for such a parking lot, you only need to enter the car number to the payment machine, pay cash, swipe the card, or pay by electronic means such as a leisure card, settle the parking amount, greatly reduce the environmental problems of ticket recovery and ticket reading. Take the wrong chance.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 together, the outlet 2 is provided with an exit control station 20 for screening the departing car. When the car 5 is about to leave the parking lot, the exit image capturing device 204 with a long field of view and the inner side is provided at the height to perform the image capturing of the license plate image, and the processing device 3 and the charging device 4 confirm that the car 5 has completed the payment. When the car 5 touches the out-of-port control device 20 inside the outlet control station 20 as the induction sensing device 205 of the induction coil, the processing device 5 instructs the outlet blocking device 203 to move the blocking lever from the blocking position 201 to the designated position 202. Open car 5 access. When the contact of the car 5 with the outboard sensing device 205, which is exemplified as the induction coil, ends, indicating that the body has been disengaged from the exit, the outlet blocking device 203 is moved back to the blocking position 201 by the designated position 202. In this example, the exit sensing device 205, such as an induction coil, is also provided at the exit, so that when the vehicle touches, the instruction is given to the outlet blocking device for release.

The second embodiment of the present invention further includes a set of switching means for providing elastic selection, and the switching means 31 ¹ disposed at the central management station as shown in FIG. 6 are respectively coupled to the processing means 3 ¹ . Once the processing unit ³¹ can not determine the license plate image pickup auxiliary image capturing device ¹⁰⁶¹ taken; in the case of admission of the car, may be artificially controlled processing apparatus ³¹¹ indicates ³¹ opening / closing the inlet barrier discharge ^switching device 103 device, the outlet The discharge device 203 ¹ . When the sudden situation causes the user to be inconvenient, the switching device can artificially judge the car park involved in the automatic operation. For example, when the identification fails repeatedly, the operator can set whether the system is released according to the situation. If it belongs to the monthly fee parking lot, the member-made parking lot, the resident parking lot and other parking lots, each parking space has a specific number. If it is unrecognizable, it is very likely that it will not be qualified. Therefore, the system can directly reject the car and ask the owner to contact the customer service. If it is confirmed as a company customer, it can be released directly by the switching device. In the general parking lot, the vacancy rate can be determined according to the time and the vacancy rate. In the peak period, if the system cannot be identified, the operator can set it to be released directly, so as not to hinder the follow-up traffic flow, otherwise it will not be released; The rate is high, and the operator can also set direct release. If the vacancy is limited, only the system can identify it. Of course, if the industry does not want to miss the opportunity of charging for any parking space, anyone who identifies the bad can be blocked. First identify the post-release, switch device and other settings, giving the operator an additional choice.

The parking lot of the third embodiment of the present invention is provided with a blocking device. The conventional purpose of the blocking device is to ensure the charging, and the person who has paid the parking fee can move the car. The existing parking lot often encounters the problem of occupying the parking space. It is nothing more than the general people occupying the disabled parking space, the exclusive parking space is used by others, and the parking space for unloading is occupied for a long period of time. In the present case, in combination with the image capturing and license plate recognition function of the present invention, an exclusive guaranteed parking space is achieved. Structural relationship shown in FIG 7, the primary image capturing apparatus ¹⁰⁴² detects the vehicle license plate or captured by the recognition processing means ^32, if the identification result that the license plate belonging to the disabilities, dedicated account, specific unloading trucks The user informs the entrance blocking device 103 ^{2 to} release, and at the same time, instructs the blocking device 6 ^{2 that} protects the specific parking space to remove the barrier so that the specific user enters the corresponding specific parking space. 8 the embodiment, the barrier means ⁶² with a particular parking space ^612, e.g. handicapped parking; monthly membership fee, residents in the building, company employees exclusive parking spaces; temporary parking or the like. These specific parking spaces 61 ² correspond to a fixed use group and are exclusive. Further processing apparatus connected to a set further memory means Please refer to FIG. 7, the memory means records the license plate ⁷² of a particular user spaces, to processing apparatus ³² searches. The blocking device 6 ² therein is exemplified as the lifting baffle of FIG. 8 .

According to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 9, the in-vehicle sensing device 105 ³ is a group of photointerrupters respectively disposed on the outer and inner sides of the inlet blocking device 103 ³ , and the outer side of the light is blocked, representing that the car has Drive into the mouth and open the inlet blocking device 103 ³ if the license plate is identified smoothly. The inner light is blocked, indicating that the car has entered the parking lot, and the entrance blocking device 103 ³ can return to the blocking state. The light-blocking device of the vehicle sensing device 205 ³ is also disposed inside and outside the outlet blocking device 203 ³ , and the inner light is blocked. If it is confirmed that the vehicle has paid the fee, the outlet blocking device 203 ³ is opened, and the outer light is received. Blocking and recovery, representing the body to leave the parking lot, the exit blocking device 203 ³ replies.

The image capturing device in the structure of the present invention, continuous photography or intermittent photography; wherein the auxiliary image capturing device can also be set at the exit control station, depending on the situation. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are All should remain within the scope of the invention patent.

103‧‧‧Inlet blocking device

104‧‧‧Main image capture device

106‧‧‧Auxiliary image capture device

3‧‧‧Processing device

203‧‧‧Exporting discharge device

204‧‧‧Export image capture device

4‧‧‧ Billing device

Claims (9)

A ticketless card parking lot with an entrance control enhanced auxiliary image capturing device has an entrance and an exit, the ticketless card parking lot includes: an entrance control station corresponding to the entrance, including a main image capturing device for continuing Importing image data corresponding to the entrance; a parking sensing device corresponding to the inlet setting for sensing whether a vehicle intends to enter the entrance; one for a blocking position blocking the entrance and an access position a moving inlet blocking device; and an auxiliary image capturing device corresponding to the above-mentioned discharging device; an outlet control station corresponding to the outlet, comprising an exit image capturing device for extracting the image of the exit corresponding to the outlet; An outlet blocking device for moving between a blocking position blocking the outlet and a predetermined position; and a central processing station including a processing device for receiving the incoming image data continuously transmitted by the main image capturing device And the export image data from the above-mentioned export image capturing device, instantly The inlet of image data, and when the above-identified car number plates which have been recorded the license plate number recognition, image data including the entry of the license plate, the car and the entry time, and instructs said inlet means of the discharge resistance barrier Positioning to the access position; and when the entry image data cannot identify the license plate number of the car, and the vehicle sensing device senses that the car intends to enter the entrance, instructing the auxiliary image capturing device to further Extracting the image data corresponding to the inlet blocking device and receiving the vehicle license plate number again, and recording the image data corresponding to the inlet blocking device; one for inputting the identified license plate number, and recording the admission time according to the processing device Calculating a parking fee, charging the foregoing parking fee, and transmitting a charging signal to the charging device of the processing device; and when the processing device identifies the license plate number of the charged car from the export image data, the instruction The outlet blocking device is moved to the above-mentioned designated position by the blocking position blocking the outlet. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 1 further includes a switching device for the above processing device to still be transmitted by the auxiliary image capturing device. In the image data of the entrance blocking device, when the license plate number of the car is recognized, an instruction of the processing device to the inlet blocking device is selected by an admission command and a blocking command. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 1, wherein the export control station further includes an exit sensing device for sensing whether there is a car leaving the vehicle to arrive. The above exit, and the vehicle signal is transmitted to the processing device. An auxiliary image with entrance control reinforcement as described in item 2 of the patent application scope撷 Taking the ticketless card parking lot of the device, the switching device further has a function of: when the processing device cannot identify the license plate number of the vehicle to be exited from the exit image data, the switch is selected by an order command and a blocking command. The processing device commands the outlet blocking device. The ticketless card parking lot with the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, further includes at least one specific parking space, and each of the foregoing specific parking spaces is respectively provided with a set And a blocking device for instructing the blocking device to open the specific parking space when the processing device recognizes that the license plate number of the vehicle meets a predetermined specification. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with entrance control reinforcement according to claim 5, wherein the blocking device is a set of adjustable lifting baffles. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 5, wherein the specific parking space is a disabled parking space. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 5, wherein the specific parking space is a temporary unloading truck position. The ticketless card parking lot of the auxiliary image capturing device with the entrance control reinforcement as described in claim 5, wherein the specific parking space is a dedicated parking space, and the ticketless parking lot further includes a set of memory devices for storing the above Exclusive parking space