Patent ID: 7821423
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06Q,G07B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A parking control system comprising: a photographing unit installed at an entrance of a parking lot for photographing vehicles entering the parking lot for identification thereof; a photographing unit installed at an exit of the parking lot for photographing vehicles getting out of the parking lot for identification thereof; an inner photographing unit disposed to photograph at least a current parking status for each unit compartment within the parking lot and identification information of parked vehicles; a server unit incorporating a database including at least an overall layout of the parking lot and a parking management program therein, wherein the server unit receives and stores the photographed information provided by the photographing units for photographing vehicles entering the parking lot and getting out of there, receives and stores the information photographed by the inner photographing, settles a parking fee, stores at least the number of vehicles entering the parking lot and getting out of there, parking time and parking position based on the received photographed information, and derives information on individual unit compartments available for parking and information on a total number of currently parked vehicles; a management terminal connected to the server unit; a parking guidance screen installed at a place where a driver of vehicle entering the parking lot can identify for displaying the layout of the parking lot, wherein a unit compartment currently available for parking and a path for going to the unit compartment are displayed; a search terminal connected to the server unit for providing a display screen for displaying parking information having a parking position to be searched and a path for going thereto upon input of information of the parked vehicle and/or for providing the parking information as voice; and a guidance screen for exit of the parked vehicle for photographing congestion status of a center for settlement of a parking fee and conditions of outside road upon exit of the vehicle to display the photographed information for a driver of the vehicle.