US 2016/0104325 A1Published application

Carpark access management system and parking lot using the same

AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorPEN-UEI LU

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Abstract

A parking lot can include an entrance, an exit, a plurality of parking spaces, and a carpark access management system including an entrance management module, a central control module, a management module, and an exit management module. The entrance management module can be configured to recognize a parking information of a car about to enter the parking lot. The central control module can be configured to control the entrance management module to permit or prevent the car to enter the parking lot. The management module can be configured to pay the parking fee automatically when the car leaves the parking lot, and deliver and transfer payment information to the central control module. The central control module can be configured to control the management module to permit the car to leave the parking lot in event that a driver of the car has finished payment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A parking lot for receiving parked cars, the parking lot comprising:

an entrance;
an exit;
a plurality of parking spaces;
and
a carpark access management system comprising:
a central control module;
an entrance management module positioned at the entrance;
the entrance management module comprising:
an entrance monitor unit coupled to the central control module, the entrance monitor unit configured to recognize a license plate number of a car about to enter the parking lot, and to transfer the license plate number to the central control module;
an entrance access control unit configured to permit the car to enter the parking lot, and configured to prevent the car from entering the parking lot;
a management module positioned in the parking lot, and coupled to the central control module, the management module comprising:
a plurality of main monitor units positioned adjacent to the parking spaces respectively, each of the main monitor units configured to recognize a parking information about the license plate number of the car, a number of the parking space the car parking in, a real time the car starting to park, and a real time the car starting to leave;
and configured to transfer the parking information to the central control module;
and
a plurality of payment units positioned in the parking lot, configured to pay the parking fee automatically when the car leaves the parking lot, and deliver and transfer payment information to the central control module;
and
an exit management module positioned at the exit, and coupled to the central control module, the exit management module comprising:
an exit monitor unit positioned at the exit, configured to recognize a license plate number of the car about to leave the parking lot, and to transfer the license plate number to the central control module;
and
an exit access control unit positioned at the exit,
wherein the central control module is configured to search retrieve payment information corresponding to the leaving car from the payment information sent by the payment unit, and to control the exit access control unit to permit the car to leave the parking lot in event that a driver of the car has finished payment.

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A carpark access management system applied in a parking lot, the carpark access management system comprising:

a central control module;
an entrance management module comprising:
an entrance monitor unit coupled to the central control module;
the entrance monitor unit configured to recognize a license plate number of a car about to enter the parking lot, and to transfer the license plate number to the central control module;
an entrance access control unit configured to permit the car to enter the parking lot, and configured to prevent the car from entering the parking lot;
a management module coupled to the central control module;
the management module comprising:
a plurality of the main monitor units positioned in the parking lot, each of the main monitor units configured to recognize a parking information about the license plate number of the car, a real time the car starting to park, and a real time the car starting to leave, and configured to transfer the parking information to the central control module;
and
a plurality of payment units configured to pay the parking fee automatically when the car leaves the parking lot, and configured to deliver and transfer payment information to the central control module;
and
an exit management module coupled to the central control module, the exit management module comprising:
an exit monitor unit configured to recognize a license plate number of the car about to leave the parking lot, and to transfer the license plate number to the central control module;
and
an exit access control unit coupled to the central control module;
wherein, the central control module is configured to search a retrieve payment information corresponding to the leaving car from the payment information sent by the payment unit, and to control the exit access control unit to permit the car to leave the parking lot in event that a driver of the car has finished payment.

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A carpark access management system applied in a parking lot, the carpark access management system comprising:

a central control module;
an entrance management module comprising:
an entrance monitor unit coupled to the central control module;
the entrance monitor unit configured to recognize a parking information about a license plate number of a car about to enter the parking lot, a real time the car starting to park, and configured to transfer the parking information to the central control module;
an entrance access control unit configured to permit the car to enter the parking lot, and configured to prevent the car from entering the parking lot;
an exit management module coupled to the central control module;
the exit management module comprising:
an exit monitor unit configured to recognize leaving information about the license plate number of the car about to leave the parking lot, a real time the car intending to leave, and configured to transfer the leaving information to the central control module;
and
an exit access control unit coupled to the central control module;
and
at least one payment unit configured to pay the parking fee automatically when the car leaves the parking lot, and configured to deliver and transfer payment information to the central control module;
wherein, the central control module is configured to search a retrieve payment information corresponding to the leaving car from the payment information sent by the payment unit, and to control the exit access control unit to permit the car to leave the parking lot in event that a driver of the car has finished payment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.