Parking management system and program

Abstract

This system enables users to make electronic payments by using a communication terminal to communicate with the payment machine and / or management server. [Solution] The system for managing the parking lot 22 includes a control unit configured as parking equipment including a payment machine 210 and / or a management server 50. The control unit includes a function to receive user-specific information of the same type as the user-specific information acquired at the time of entry, which is user-specific information acquired at the time of entry, from a communication terminal 90 as user-specific information at the time of exit, and a function to transmit parking fee data for electronic payment of parking fees to the communication terminal 90 at the time of exit, provided that the user-specific information at the time of entry and the user-specific information at the time of exit match each other. Each piece of user-specific information includes information that can function as a user ID, such as at least one of a number, a sequence of symbols, a telephone number, and an email address unique to the user.

Claims

1. A parking management system that enhances parking spaces, Includes parking facilities including payment machines within the parking lot and / or a control unit configured as a management server outside the parking lot, The control unit is A receiving function that, when a user exits the parking lot, receives user-specific information of the same type as the user-specific information acquired when the user entered the parking lot, as user-specific information when exiting, from the user's communication terminal. A transmission function that, upon exiting the parking lot, transmits parking fee data for electronic payment of parking fees to the communication terminal, provided that the acquired user-specific information at the time of entry and the received user-specific information at the time of exit match. A parking management system including...

2. The parking management system according to claim 1, wherein each user-specific information includes at least one of a number, a sequence of symbols, a telephone number, and an email address unique to the user, which can function as a user ID.

3. Furthermore, it includes a detection unit capable of detecting when a vehicle enters the parking lot, The parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission function includes a function to transmit to the communication terminal, upon exit, parking fee data for electronic payment of a parking fee calculated based on the length of time elapsed since the time of entry corresponding to the detection of entry by the detection unit, provided that the acquired user-specific information at the time of entry and the received user-specific information at the time of exit match.

4. The control unit further, The function of receiving settlement requests from the aforementioned communication terminal, The function calculates the parking time as the elapsed time from the time of entry to the time corresponding to the time when the payment request was received from the communication terminal. A parking management system according to claim 3, including the following:

5. Furthermore, it includes a program executed by the computer of the communication terminal, The aforementioned electronic payment of the parking fee is performed using a payment server, which is an element not belonging to the parking management system. The aforementioned communication terminal has multiple functions, A function to transmit the aforementioned user-specific information at the time of dispatch to the control unit, A function to receive the aforementioned parking fee data from the control unit, A function to send an electronic payment request to the payment server and Includes, The parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the program is executed by the computer of the communication terminal to realize the plurality of functions.

6. The parking management system according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal and / or the control unit has an electronic payment authorization function that determines whether the user is near the parking lot by using the communication terminal, and authorizes the electronic payment when it is determined that the user is near the parking lot.

7. A program executed by the computer of the control unit for managing the parking lot using the parking lot management system described in any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. A program executed by the computer of a communication terminal of a parking lot user managed by a parking management system, The parking management system includes a control unit configured as a management server outside the parking lot and / or as parking equipment including a payment machine within the parking lot, The aforementioned communication terminal is A transmission function that, when a user exits the parking lot, transmits to the control unit user-specific information of the same type as the user-specific information obtained when the user entered the parking lot, as user-specific information when exiting the parking lot, Upon exiting the parking lot, a receiving function receives parking fee data from the control unit for electronic payment of parking fees, provided that the acquired user-specific information at the time of entry and the transmitted user-specific information at the time of exit match. Includes, A program executed by the computer to implement the aforementioned transmission function and reception function.

9. A recording medium in which the program described in claim 5 is recorded in a computer-readable manner.

10. A recording medium in which the program described in claim 7 is recorded in a computer-readable manner.

11. A recording medium in which the program described in claim 8 is recorded in a computer-readable format.

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