Parking station supervisory system

• US 4,571,490 A
• Filed: 04/09/1984
• Issued: 02/18/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Amano Corporation
• Original Assignee: Amano Corporation
• Inventors: Hiroshi, Kato, Hidemi, Komine
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitts, Harold I.
• Application Number:
  US06/598,452
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 235/384, 235/378
• US Class Current: 235/384
• 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: G07F 17/145 for revolving doors or turnstiles

Abstract

A parking station supervisory system particularly contemplated to avoid a traffic congestion when a vehicle is leaving is disclosed. It has a vehicle entry detector provided at an entrance, an automatic ticket issuance device installed close to the entrance, a parking fee adjusting device installed at an adequate place where drivers or users often drop in, and a vehicle departure control device installed at an exit of the parking station. When a parking ticket is inserted, the parking fee adjusting device reads the entry time recorded on the ticket and calculates the parking fee. Upon payment of the parking fee, the ticket is returned to a driver with an allowable departure time recorded on it. When a vehicle is going to leave, the driver is only required to insert the ticket into the vehicle departure control device. As long as it is within the allowable departure time, an exit gate bar is immediately opened for allowing the vehicle to leave.

Claims

1. A parking station supervisory system comprising:

a vehicle entry detector provided at an entrance of the parking station;

an automatic ticket issuance device installed close to said entrance, said automatic ticket issuance device issuing a ticket responsive to a detecting signal sent from said vehicle entry detector and when the ticket is pulled out of a ticket pocket, an entrance gate bar being opened responsive to an opening signal sent from said automatic ticket issuance device enabling a vehicle to enter;

a parking fee adjusting device installed at an adequate place for reading the entry time recorded on the ticket inserted therein in order to calculate a parking fee and recording an allowable departure time on the ticket upon payment of the parking fee; and

a vehicle departure control device installed close to an exit of the parking station for reading the allowable departure time recorded on the ticket inserted therein and opening an exit gate bar only when the present time is within the allowable departure time, by sending an opening signal thereto.

2. A parking station supervisory system according to claim 1, wherein said parking fee adjusting device comprises a reading, calculating and recording circuitary unit.

3. A parking station supervisory system according to claim 2, wherein said circuitary unit is constituted by a microcomputer.

4. A parking station supervisory system according to claims 2 and 3, wherein said reading, calculating and recording operation is effected in accordance with a program stored in a read only memory provided in said reading, calculating and recording unit.

5. A parking station supervisory system according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle entry detector comprises a loop coil responsive to the vehicle.

6. A parking station supervisory system according to claim 1, wherein said parking fee adjusting device is installed the inside of the parking station.

7. A parking station supervisory system according to claim 1, wherein said parking fee adjusting device is installed the outside of the parking station.