KR102429515B1 - System for parking management based mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a server for performing parking management for vehicles parked in a parking lot, the parking management terminal for transmitting parking information on the parked vehicles to the cloud server in real time; a user mobile device that extracts a license plate number from the photographed license plate image and transmits it to a cloud server, and receives and displays parking information matching the license plate number from the cloud server; A cloud server that stores the parking information received from the parking management terminal in real time, extracts the parking information matching the vehicle number received from the user's mobile device and provides it to the user's mobile device; may include.

Description

Vehicle number mobile recognition-based parking management system {System for parking management based mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to a vehicle number mobile recognition based parking management system that performs parking management through vehicle number mobile recognition as a parking management system.

Due to the development of information and communication technology, the development of information providing technology that provides information in various fields to a plurality of subscribers in real time through at least one host server through a long-distance data communication network is being actively developed.

Based on this, recently, peripheral technologies such as cache memory expansion technology to provide accurate information to subscribers more quickly, and information screening technology and compression technology that can more conveniently access the tastes and preferences of subscribers are being developed. It is accelerating the development of various contents and their solutions.

1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the configuration of a parking lot management system to which the existing vehicle number recognition system is added.

Referring to this, the conventional parking lot management system to which the vehicle number recognition system is attached is installed at the entrance of the parking lot to issue a general parking ticket, and a parking ticket machine 20 that reads general parking ticket information registered as a commuter pass, and general parking fee payment processing and An unmanned settling machine 30 that generates a regular parking ticket registration request signal, automatically receives the purchase price for a regular parking ticket, and transmits the parking ticket processing information and general parking ticket information registered as a commuter pass to the management mobile device 10, and a well-known vehicle License Plate Recognition (LPR) (hereinafter referred to as "LPR") 70 and the LPR 70 and components installed at the parking lot vehicle entrance and parking lot vehicle exit to enter and exit the parking lot. A camera (71, 72) for automatically recognizing the vehicle number is further included. In addition, it is located in the parking lot, receives the license plate number information from the LPR (70), and receives general parking ticket information and parking fee settlement information from the unmanned payment machine 30, and a manager mobile device 10 that performs exit approval processing is included. is composed

However, this existing parking management system is only a useful management tool from the point of view of a parking manager, and it is difficult for the driver to easily obtain information about his or her parked vehicle (eg, parking usage time, rate information, etc.). .

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0087676

An object of the present invention is to provide a means for easily providing parking information to a driver as well as a parking manager using a mobile device.

An embodiment of the present invention is a server for performing parking management for vehicles parked in a parking lot, the parking management terminal for transmitting parking information on the parked vehicles to the cloud server in real time; a user mobile device that extracts a license plate number from the photographed license plate image and transmits it to a cloud server, and receives and displays parking information matching the license plate number from the cloud server; A cloud server that stores the parking information received from the parking management terminal in real time, extracts the parking information matching the vehicle number received from the user's mobile device and provides it to the user's mobile device; may include.

The parking information is parking usage information including parking usage time, parking fee information, and payment information of each vehicle parked in the parking lot, and the user mobile device is a driver mobile device used by the driver, and the parking usage information is stored in the cloud server. Parking payment can be performed by receiving from

The parking information is parking management information including whether the vehicle parked in the parking lot is a regular vehicle, whether a resident vehicle, whether a visiting vehicle, whether a long-term parking vehicle, whether a blacklisted vehicle, entry/exit history, and parking frequency, and the user mobile The device is a parking manager mobile device used by the parking manager, and may receive and display parking management information from a cloud server.

The parking manager mobile device, when notified from the cloud server that the photographed vehicle is an illegally parked vehicle including a long-term parked vehicle or a blacklisted vehicle, generates a vehicle number and parking usage time warning alarm and displays an illegally parked vehicle confirmation button It can be characterized as

When the mobile device of the parking manager receives an illegally parked vehicle confirmation button pressed from the manager, it transmits the vehicle number identified as an illegally parked vehicle to the cloud server, and the cloud server provides the driver of the illegally parked vehicle confirmed by the parking manager. It may be characterized in that the transmitted parking fee information includes the illegal parking penalty and transmitted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the driver can easily check information about the parking usage time, parking fee information, payment information, etc. of his or her parked vehicle only through the vehicle license plate shooting, and also pay the parking fee using the driver's mobile device. can do.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the parking manager for each vehicle parked in the parking lot is a regular vehicle, a resident vehicle, a visiting vehicle, a long-term parking vehicle, whether a blacklisted vehicle, entering/exiting history, parking frequency, etc. By grasping information in real time, parking management can be facilitated.

1 is a picture of a conventional parking lot management system.
2 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle number mobile recognition based parking management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a driver's mobile device receives parking information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a mobile device of a parking manager receives parking management information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto and may be variously implemented by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated.

2 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle number mobile recognition based parking management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a mobile device as a parking manager receives parking management information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As used herein, the term "vehicle" refers to a vehicle that is moved by power, such as a passenger car, a van, a bus, a truck, a construction machine vehicle, a motorcycle, etc. .

The vehicle number mobile recognition-based parking management system of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, is a wired/wireless communication network 100 that provides wired communication or wireless communication, and a server that performs parking management for vehicles parked in the parking lot. , a parking management terminal 300 that transmits parking information for parked vehicles to the cloud server 400 in real time, and extracts the license plate number from the photographed license plate image and transmits it to the cloud server 400 A user mobile device 200 that receives and displays parking information matching a vehicle number from 400) and a server that manages parking for vehicles parked in a parking lot, and provides parking information for parked vehicles in real time The parking management terminal 300 to transmit to the cloud server 400 and the parking information received from the parking management terminal 300 are stored in real time, and parking information matching the vehicle number received from the user mobile device 200 is provided. It may include a cloud server 400 that is extracted and provided to the user mobile device 200 . It will be detailed below.

The wired/wireless communication network 100 is a communication network that provides wireless communication between the user mobile device 200 and the cloud server 400 and provides wired communication between the parking management terminal 300 and the cloud server 400 . When such a wired/wireless communication network 100 is implemented as a wireless communication network, a wireless mobile communication network consisting of a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR) is provided. can be used for data communication. In addition, when the wired/wireless communication network 100 is implemented as a wired communication network, it may be implemented as a network communication network, and data communication may be performed according to an Internet protocol such as TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).

The parking management terminal 300 is a terminal that performs parking management (entry/exit management, parking payment management, etc.) for vehicles parked in the parking lot, and may correspond to a desktop PC or the like. The parking management terminal 300 transmits parking information about parked vehicles to the cloud server 400 in real time. For example, parking usage information including parking usage time and parking fee information of vehicles parked in the parking lot, and whether the vehicle parked in the parking lot is a regular vehicle, whether a resident vehicle, whether a visiting vehicle, whether a long-term parking vehicle, black It transmits parking management information including list vehicle availability, entry/exit history, and parking frequency to the cloud server 400 in real time.

The cloud server 400 is a server in which data is stored and managed on a network, and is a server in which a data storage body and software for data management are driven.

The cloud server 400 of the present invention stores the parking information received from the parking management terminal 300 in real time. In addition, parking information matching the vehicle number received from the user mobile device 200 is extracted and provided to the user mobile device 200 . For example, when a vehicle number of '12 street 3456' is provided from the user's mobile device, parking information of the vehicle '12 street 3456' is extracted and provided to the user mobile device 200, and similarly, '98 from the user's mobile device When the vehicle number 'A5566' is provided, '98A5566' extracts the parking information of the vehicle and provides it to the user mobile device 200 .

Here, the parking information may correspond to parking usage information including parking usage time, parking fee information, and payment information of each vehicle parked in the parking lot. Parking management information including whether a vehicle is visited, whether a vehicle is long-term parked, whether a vehicle is a blacklisted vehicle, an entry/exit history, and a parking frequency may be applicable.

The user mobile device 200 is a terminal used by a driver (hereinafter referred to as a 'driver terminal'), a terminal used by a parking manager (hereinafter referred to as a 'parking manager terminal'), and various A mobile device may be applicable.

The user mobile device 200 captures the license plate of the parked vehicle, and extracts the license plate number from the photographed license plate image. Extracting the license plate number from the license plate image may be accomplished by processing various known character recognition algorithms. The extracted vehicle number is transmitted to the cloud server 400 . For reference, the vehicle number can be extracted from the user mobile device 200 and transmitted to the cloud server 400 , but the user mobile device 200 transmits the photographed vehicle license plate image to the cloud server 400 , and the cloud server 400 ) may be implemented in a way that extracts the license plate image from

The user mobile device 200 receives and displays parking information matching the vehicle number from the cloud server 400 . For example, when the vehicle number plate of '12 street 3456' is photographed and the vehicle number of '12 street 3456' is transmitted to the cloud server 400, the parking information of the vehicle '12 street 3456' is received from the cloud server 400, indicate

To describe a specific example, when the user mobile device 200 is the driver mobile device 200a used by the driver, parking usage information is received from the cloud server 400 and parking payment is performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the driver photographs his or her license plate parked in the parking lot, the driver mobile device 200a transmits the license plate number of the driver's vehicle to the cloud server 400, and the cloud server ( 400) receives and displays the parking usage information including the parking usage time of the driver's vehicle, parking fee information, and payment information. In addition, parking fee payment can also be made using the driver's mobile device 200a. Therefore, the driver can easily check information about the parking usage time, parking fee information, payment information, etc. of his or her parked vehicle only by photographing the license plate, and also the parking fee payment can be made using the driver's mobile device 200a. .

In addition, when the user mobile device 200 is the parking manager mobile device 200b used by the parking lot manager, the parking management information is received from the cloud server 400 and displayed. That is, as shown in Figure 4, when the parking manager shoots a certain license plate parked in the parking lot, the parking manager mobile device 200b transmits the vehicle number of the photographed vehicle to the cloud server 400, Receives and displays parking management information including whether the vehicle is a regular vehicle, a resident vehicle, a visiting vehicle, a long-term parked vehicle, a blacklisted vehicle, an entry/exit history, and a parking frequency from the cloud server 400 . Therefore, for each vehicle parked in the parking lot, the parking manager identifies in real time information on whether a vehicle is a regular vehicle, a resident vehicle, a visiting vehicle, a long-term parking vehicle, a blacklisted vehicle, entry/exit history, parking frequency, etc. management becomes easier

Furthermore, the parking manager mobile device 200b generates a warning alarm together with a vehicle number when notified from the cloud server 400 that the photographed vehicle is an illegally parked vehicle including a long-term parking vehicle and a blacklisted vehicle. Therefore, when the parking manager sequentially shoots the license plates of vehicles parked in the parking lot, the alarm warning of the illegally parked vehicle can be heard in real time, so that the illegally parked vehicle can be easily identified.

Furthermore, the parking manager mobile device 200b, when notified from the cloud server 400 that the photographed vehicle is an illegally parked vehicle including a long-term parked vehicle and a blacklisted vehicle, displays an illegally parked vehicle confirmation button with a warning. do.

After visually confirming whether the vehicle notified as illegal parking from the cloud server 400 is an illegally parked vehicle, the parking manager presses the illegally parked vehicle confirmation button displayed on the parking manager mobile device 200b if he is sure that it is an illegally parked vehicle do.

When the parking manager mobile device 200b receives the illegally parked vehicle confirmation button pressed from the manager, it transmits the vehicle number identified as the illegally parked vehicle to the cloud server 400, and the cloud server 400 receives from the parking manager The illegal parking penalty is included in the parking fee information transmitted to the driver of the confirmed illegally parked vehicle. Therefore, in the case of an illegally parked vehicle, an illegal parking penalty is imposed through the confirmation of the parking manager, so it is possible to reduce the probability of an incorrect penalty being imposed.

As a result, as described above, the present invention can perform various mobile vehicle management functions as follows.

(1) Vehicle information confirmation function through real-time shooting of license plate

- The app uses the camera to take a picture of the license plate.

- Recognizes the license plate from the photographed image -> Connects to the cloud server and retrieves the relevant license plate information.

- Provides various services by bringing vehicle information, and can be combined with various services such as low-pollution discounts and visitor registration when linking with other systems and DBs such as apartment systems/government system systems.

(2) Available services

- Can be used on any mobile device (cell phone, tablet, etc.) that has a camera and can use the Internet.

- Vehicle owners parked in the parking lot are provided with convenience such as usage time, fee information, and payment of parking fees.

- In the case of a parking lot manager, it is linked with management convenience functions such as regular vehicles/visiting vehicles/long-term parking of vehicles in the parking lot.

- You can receive real-time feedback on information such as visit registration and parking frequency.

(3) Examples of service functions

- Check entry/exit history

- Check parking fee

- Check whether there is a resident vehicle

- Check whether the vehicle is reserved for visiting

- Blacklist vehicle check function

- Registered vehicle entry/exit alarm (push function) function

- Parking fee payment function (interlocking payment module)

As described above, the best embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms are used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention, and are not used to limit the meaning or the scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: wired and wireless communication network
200: user terminal
300: parking management terminal
400; cloud server

Claims (5)

A server for performing parking management for vehicles parked in a parking lot, comprising: a parking management terminal for transmitting parking information on parked vehicles to a cloud server in real time;
a user mobile device that extracts a license plate number from the photographed license plate image and transmits it to a cloud server, and receives and displays parking information matching the license plate number from the cloud server;
A cloud server that stores the parking information received from the parking management terminal in real time, extracts the parking information matching the vehicle number received from the user's mobile device, and provides it to the user's mobile device;
The parking information is parking usage information including parking usage time, parking fee information, and payment information of each vehicle parked in the parking lot, and whether the vehicle parked in the parking lot is a regular vehicle, whether a resident vehicle, whether a visiting vehicle or not, a long-term parking vehicle It is parking management information including whether or not there is a blacklisted vehicle, entry/exit history, and parking frequency,
The user mobile device is a mobile device used by the driver, which receives parking information from the cloud server and performs parking payment while receiving and displaying the parking management information from the cloud server as a parking manager mobile device used by the parking manager. As a parking manager mobile device used by a parking manager, it receives and displays parking management information from a cloud server,
The parking manager mobile device, when notified from the cloud server that the photographed vehicle is an illegally parked vehicle, including a long-term parked vehicle or a blacklisted vehicle, generates a vehicle number and parking usage time warning alarm and displays an illegally parked vehicle confirmation button and
When the mobile device that is the parking manager receives a button to confirm the illegally parked vehicle from the manager, it transmits the vehicle number identified as the illegally parked vehicle to the cloud server,
The cloud server, vehicle number mobile recognition-based parking management system, characterized in that the parking fee information transmitted to the driver of the illegally parked vehicle confirmed by the parking manager, including the illegal parking penalty is transmitted. delete delete delete delete

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