Billing management system of parking facility

• US 20060259354A1
• Filed: 05/11/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chen Yan
• Original Assignee: Chen Yan
• Inventors: Yan, Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/431,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/127 Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/16 Payments settled via telecommunication systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/04 comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like turnstiles with registering means G07C9/10; coin-freed aspects G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00

Abstract

A billing management system of parking facility mainly comprises: The vehicle enters the parking facility and initiates LOOP sensor to start up the voice operation instruction; The vehicle owner inputs the number of his cellular phone and selects the charging method for opening the gate bar to drive it into the parking facility for parking; When picking the vehicle to leave, the vehicle owner re-input the same cellular phone number as that during entering the parking facility so as to let the management system display or voice inform parking duration and the amount of the parking fee obligated; Next, the vehicle owner selects to pay the parking fee by cash payment on-site or by the telephone bill of his cellular phone to complete the parking fee payment so as to let the system print out the invoice or receipt; Then, the exit gate bar will open to let the vehicle owner drive his vehicle out of the parking facility. That effectively eliminates the printing and losing possibility of the park ticket or picking voucher and achieve the safe control effect in preventing the parking vehicle from stealing Meanwhile, it provides the vehicle owner the convenience in combination of cellular phone number as input method as well as promotes the manual management and running efficiency of the parking facility.

Claims

1. A billing management system of parking facility consist of an electronic LOOP sensor for controlling the gate bar at the entrance/exit gate, a voice operation instruction device, an automatic video-recording device and a park time &

fee counter;

The steps of the system comprises;

(a) The vehicle enters the parking facility and initiates LOOP sensor;

Meanwhile, the voice operation instruction is started up, and the automatic video-recording device records the entrancing status with date, time and license plate etc of the vehicle;

(b) The vehicle owner inputs the number of his cellular phone and selects the charging method for opening the gate bar to drive it into the parking facility for parking;

After parking, the vehicle owner can leave his vehicle without need to consult anyone;

Wherein, the charging method can be counted by the duration or times selected by the vehicle owner;

the system will automatically charge by duration counting if no selection;

Moreover, if the digit number of the cellular phone number input is inadequate or not matched, said gate bar will not open and the voice operation instruction device will instruct the vehicle owner re-inputting meanwhile said gate bar keeping closed;

(c) After the parking charge system beginning, the parking charge data is sent back to main computer in the management center for processing;

Then, said computer will issue short message of the beginning of the park time counting and address of greeting/welcome together with the accumulating consuming point to inform the vehicle owner via his cellular phone for his confirmation; and

(d) When picking the vehicle to leave, the driver/vehicle goes to the billing station and input the same cellular phone number as that during entering the parking facility so as to let the management system display or voice inform parking duration and the amount of the parking fee obligated;

Next, the vehicle owner pays the parking fee by cash payment on-site so as to get the invoice or receipt printed out;

Then, the exit will gate bar to let the vehicle owner driving his vehicle out of the parking facility;

Meanwhile, said computer will issue short message of the accumulating consuming point to inform the vehicle owner via his cellular phone for his reconfirmation.

2. A billing management system of parking facility as recited in claim 1, wherein the parking fee can be selected by the vehicle owner to pay it through the telephone bill of his cellular phone.

3. A billing management system of parking facility consist of an electronic LOOP sensor for controlling the gate bar at the entrance/exit gate, a voice operation instruction device, an automatic video-recording device and a park time &

fee counter;

The steps of the system comprises;

(a) The vehicle enters the parking facility and initiates LOOP sensor;

Meanwhile, the voice operation instruction is started up, and the automatic video-recording device records the entrancing status with date, time and license plate etc of the vehicle;

(b) The vehicle owner selects inputting the number of his cellular phone or selects pushing “

show identification code”

button for opening the gate bar to drive it into the parking facility for parking;

After parking, the vehicle owner can leave his vehicle without need to consult anyone;

(b-1) When selecting inputting the cellular phone number, the individual cellular phone number can be used as identification code in leaving the parking facility due to its uniqueness and retentiveness;

The charging method can be counted by the duration or times selected by the vehicle owner;

the system will automatically charge by duration counting if no selection;

If the digit number of the cellular phone number input is inadequate or not matched, said gate bar will not open and the voice operation instruction device will instruct the vehicle owner re-inputting meanwhile said gate bar keeping closed;

Moreover, after the parking charge system beginning, the parking charge data is sent back to main computer in the management center for processing;

Then, said computer will issue short message of the beginning of the park time counting and address of greeting/welcome together with the accumulating consuming point to inform the vehicle owner for his reconfirmation;

(b-2) When the vehicle owner wants to drive into the parking facility quickly or to be reluctant to input long cellular phone number string, he can select directly pushing the “

show identification code”

button on the voice operation instruction device;

Next, said voice operation instruction device will output an “

identification code”

voucher; and

the parking charge begins to count time in the meantime;

The charging method can be counted by the duration or times selected by the vehicle owner;

the system will automatically charge by duration counting if no selection;

Wherein, said “

identification code”

is selected via the computer random generating program without any duplication possibility;

Hence the same “

identification code”

for two vehicles will not happen;

(c) When picking the vehicle to leave, the driver/vehicle goes to the billing station;

(c-1) If the vehicle owner selects inputting the cellular phone number when entering the parking facility, he must input the same cellular phone number so as to let the management system display or voice inform parking duration and the amount of the parking fee obligated;

Next, the vehicle owner selects to pay the parking fee by cash payment on-site or by the telephone bill of his cellular phone to complete the parking fee payment so as to let the system print out the invoice or receipt;

Meanwhile, said computer will issue short message of the accumulating consuming point to inform the vehicle owner via his cellular phone for his reconfirmation;

(c-2) If the vehicle owner selects pushing the “

show identification code”

button when entering the parking facility, he must input the same “

identification code”

on that voucher so as to let the management system display or voice inform parking duration and the amount of the parking fee obligated;

Then, the vehicle owner pays to complete the parking fee payment so as to let the system print out the invoice or receipt; and

(d) Then, the exit gate bar will open to let the vehicle owner drive his vehicle out of the parking facility.

4. A billing management system of parking facility as recited in claim 3, wherein the parking fee can be selected by the vehicle owner to pay it through the telephone bill of his cellular phone.