Management system for a parking site for vehicles

• US 20050228715A1
• Filed: 03/31/2003
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Wendler, Mirko, Hartig, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/515,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20050228715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas

Abstract

A management system is for a parking site for vehicles with at least one parking zone including a plurality of parking places. The system includes an output device for data carriers that are to be carried by users of the site and equipment for reading and/or writing information on the data carriers, the output device and the read/write equipment being connected to a data processing centre. The read/write equipment interacts with passing data carriers within a specific remote action area, in such a way that data can be wirelessly transmitted in passing, thus allowing the displacement, the parking zone used and optionally even the occupied parking space to be tracked and the data to be made available in a centralized manner in the data processing centre and also in a decentralized manner on the data carrier of each individual user.

Claims

1. A management system for a vehicle car park which has at least one parking zone with a plurality of parking spaces, comprising:

data carriers, for users of the car park;

read/write devices for at least one of reading from and writing to the data carriers, the read/write devices being adapted to interact with passing data carriers within a specific telecontrol range in such a way that data is transmittable in a wireless fashion when a data carrier passes, wherein the data carriers include an issuing device; and

a data processing center with which the issuing device and the read/write devices are connected, the read/write devices being arranged at least one of in a parking zone and at a parking space so that, after a parking space is occupied, the presence of the data carrier of the user is registered by the respective read/write device and is passed on to the data processing center.

2. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a data carrier includes a transceiver device for transmitting data via electromagnetic radiation, a microprocessor for processing the transmitted data and at least one storage device for storing the transmitted data.

3. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the issuing device is adapted to write user data to a data carrier which is to be issued.

4. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the read/write devices are arranged in the region of at least one of an entrance and exit of a parking zone so that when the data carrier of the user passes on the way to a parking space, the respective read/write device and the passing data carrier register this and pass it on to the data processing center.

5. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the read/write devices include means for confirming that registration has taken place.

6. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reading devices with a display device are arranged in a parking zone, and information, stored on a data carrier, about at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking space are adapted to be output and displayed via said display device.

7. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a payment device is provided for paying parking fees via the data carrier, the payment device including means for playing back the position of at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking space in the car park.

8. The management system as claimed in claim 7, wherein light signal devices, adapted to be activated after the parking fee for a parking space has been paid, are installed at said parking spaces.

9. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the issuing device is designed to issue, as a pair, a first data carrier of the user and a second data carrier, assigned to the first data carrier and provided to stay in the parked vehicle, and wherein a monitoring device, connected to the data processing center, is embodied in such a way that an exit from the car park is not cleared until after the parking fee has been paid and after the pair of data carriers have been returned.

10. The management system as claimed in claim 9, wherein a monitoring device is provided which at least one of triggers the photographing of at least one of the vehicle and user located at the monitoring device, and triggers an alarm signal if at least one of the second data carrier is not returned and if a second data carrier which is not assigned to the first data carrier is returned.

11. The management system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the issuing device is adapted to write user data to a data carrier which is to be issued.

19. The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a payment device is provided for paying parking fees by use of the data carrier, the payment device including means for playing back the position of at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking place in the car park.

20. The management system as claimed in claim 19, wherein a light signal devices, activated after the parking fee for a parking place has been paid, are installed at said parking spaces.

12. A management system for a vehicle car park which has at least one parking zone with a plurality of parking spaces, comprising:

an issuing device for data carriers to be carried by users of the car park;

reading devices for reading the data carriers; and

a data processing center, wherein the issuing device and the reading devices are connected to the data processing center, and the reading devices are adapted to interact with passing data carriers within a specific range in such a way that data is transmittable in a wireless fashion when a data carrier passes, and wherein the reading devices are also designed to write to the data carriers, and the issuing device is designed to issue, as a pair, a first data carrier to be carried by the user and a second data carrier assigned to the first data carrier and is provided to stay in the parked vehicle, and wherein a monitoring device, connected to the data processing center, is embodied in such a way that an exit from the car park is not cleared until after the parking fee has been paid and after the pair of data carriers assigned to one another have been returned.

13. The management system as claimed in claim 12, wherein a monitoring device is provided which at least one of triggers the photographing of at least one of the vehicle and user located at the monitoring device and triggers an alarm signal, if at least one of the second data carrier is not returned and if a second data carrier not assigned to the first data carrier is returned.

14. The management system as claimed in claim 12, wherein a data carrier includes a transceiver device for transmitting data via electromagnetic radiation, a microprocessor for processing the transmitted data and at least one storage device for storing the transmitted data.

15. The management system as claimed in claim 12, wherein user data is adapted to be written by the issuing device to a data carrier to be issued.

16. The management system as claimed in one of claims 12, wherein read/write devices are arranged in the region of at least one of an entrance and exit of a parking zone so that when the data carrier which is carried by the user passes on the way to a parking space, the respective read/write device and the passing data carrier being adapted to register this and pass it on to the data processing center.

17. The management system as claimed in claim 12, wherein read/write devices are arranged in at least one of a parking zone and at a parking space so that, after a parking space has been occupied, the presence of the data carrier carried by the user is adapted to be registered by the respective read/write device and by the data carrier which is present and is adapted to be passed on to the data processing center, the read/write devices including means for confirming that registration has taken place.

18. The management system as claimed in claim 12, wherein reading devices with a display device are arranged in a parking zone and information, stored on a data carrier about at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking place, is adapted to be output and displayed via said display device.

21. A management system for a vehicle car park which has at least one parking zone with a plurality of parking spaces, comprising:

data means for users of the car park to carry data;

read/write means for at least one of reading from and writing to the data carriers, the read/write means being adapted to interact with data means in such a way that data is transmittable in a wire-free fashion when a data carrier passes; and

means for processing data, wherein the read/write means are arranged at least one of in a parking zone and at a parking space so that, after a parking space is occupied, the presence of the data means of the user is registered by the respective read/write means and is sent to the means for processing data.

22. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein a data means includes means for transmitting data via electromagnetic radiation, means for processing the transmitted data and means for storing the transmitted data.

23. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein the data means includes an issuing means for writing user data to a data means which is to be issued.

24. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein the read/write means are arranged in the region of at least one of an entrance and exit of a parking zone so that when the data carrier of the user passes on the way to a parking space, the respective read/write means and the passing data means register this and pass it on to the means for processing data.

25. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein the read/write means include means for confirming that registration has taken place.

26. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein display means is arranged in a parking zone, and information stored on a data means, about at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking space, is adapted to be output and displayed via said display means.

27. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein a payment means is provided for paying parking fees via the data means, the payment means including means for playing back the position of at least one of the used parking zone and the occupied parking space in the car park.

28. The management system as claimed in claim 27, wherein light signal means for being activated after the parking fee for a parking space has been paid, are installed at said parking spaces.

29. The management system as claimed in claim 21, wherein a first data means of the user and a second data means, assigned to the first data means and provided to stay in the parked vehicle, are issued as a pair, and wherein a monitoring means is for monitoring an exit of a vehicle from the car park so as to not clear the vehicle until after the parking fee has been paid and after the pair of data means have been returned.

30. The management system as claimed in claim 29, wherein a monitoring means at least one of triggers the photographing of at least one of the vehicle and user located at the monitoring means, and triggers an alarm signal, if at least one of the second data means is not returned and if a second data means which is not assigned to the first data means is returned.