Parking Space Information System

Abstract

Provided is a parking space information system including at least one sensor set up for detecting vehicle data of vehicles in the parking space, an evaluation device set up for receiving the detected vehicle data and for determining a drive type of the vehicle depending on the detected vehicle data, and set up for outputting the determined drive type.

Claims

1-13. (canceled)

14. A parking space information system comprising fire alarm control center; at least one sensor arranged to detect vehicle data from vehicles in the parking space, an evaluation device arranged to receive the detected vehicle data and to determine a drive type of the vehicle as a function of the detected vehicle data, and arranged for outputting the determined drive type, wherein the fire alarm control center is arranged for processing the output determined drive types.

15. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the evaluation device outputs the drive types, determined as a function of the detected vehicle data, of at least one vehicle currently present in the parking space.

16. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the evaluation device outputs the detected vehicle data and/or the determined drive types assigned to a respective parking space.

17. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the parking space has at least two spatially defined parking lots.

18. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the fire alarm control center outputs the determined drive types in the event of an active fire alarm signal.

19. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the fire alarm control center outputs the determined drive types in the event of a fire alarm signal, in particular in that the fire alarm control center outputs the determined drive types assigned to a respective parking space.

20. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein at least one sensor is arranged at an entrance and at least one sensor is arranged at an exit of the parking space, and in that the evaluation device outputs all determined drive types of the vehicles staying in the parking space as a function of the detected vehicle data at the entrance and at the exit.

21. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein at least one sensor is arranged directly at a parking lot, in particular integrated in the floor of the parking lot.

22. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein at least one sensor is a fiber line, in particular a fiber optic line, in particular in that the fiber line is a fiber optic fire alarm cable.

23. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the evaluation device uses the sensor to evaluate at least one temperature profile at the parking lot, and the evaluation device compares the detected temperature profile with stored temperature profiles and, depending on the comparison, determines a drive type of a vehicle parked in the parking lot.

24. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the evaluation device evaluates a temporally first temperature profile and determines a drive type on the basis of the evaluation, and subsequently evaluates a temporally second temperature profile as a function of the determined drive type in order to output a fire alarm signal.

25. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein at least one sensor is an image sensor and/or a near-field sensor.

26. The parking space information system according to claim 14, wherein the evaluation device spatially associates the determined drive types of vehicles in parking lots which are different from one another, and in that the fire alarm control center outputs control signals which are different from one another depending on the spatial association of two drive types.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0042] In the following, the subject matter is explained in more detail with reference to a drawing. In the drawing show:

[0043] FIG. 1 a schematic view of an entrance and exit of a parking space;

[0044] FIG. 2 a schematic top view of an entrance and exit of a parking space;

[0045] FIG. 3 a schematic top view of a plurality of parking lots;

[0046] FIG. 4 a schematic representation of a system according to an embodiment;

[0047] FIG. 5 a schematic representation of a list of an evaluation device.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0048] FIG. 1 shows an entrance 2 as well as an exit 4 of a parking space. In the area of the entrance 2 as well as in the area of the exit 4, a barrier 6 can optionally be provided respectively. If a vehicle 8 wants to enter the parking space, it must pass through the barrier 6 at the entrance 2. If a vehicle 8 wants to leave the parking space, it must pass through barrier 6 at exit 4. A sensor 10 can be provided at both the entrance 2 and the exit 4. In FIG. 1, the sensor 10 is a camera.

[0049] When the vehicle 8 passes the camera 10 at the entrance 2, the camera 10 captures an image of the vehicle 8 including the license plate 8a. The capture of the license plate 8a is conventionally known.

[0050] The same happens when a vehicle 8 passes the sensor 10 at the exit 4. Again, the license plate 8a is read out. The license plates read out by the sensors 10 can be made available as vehicle data to an evaluation unit, as described below.

[0051] It is also possible for radio-based acquisition of vehicle data to take place. This is shown in FIG. 2. Here, too, vehicles 8 are shown at entry 2 and exit 4. In the area of the entrance 2 as well as the exit 4, in particular in the area of the barriers 6, a radio sensor 12, for example a near field sensor, an RFID sensor, an NFC sensor, a Bluetooth sensor, a WLAN sensor or the like can be arranged. For example, a transponder 8b may be provided within a vehicle. It is also possible that a Bluetooth token is provided. The transponder 8b or the Bluetooth token is a wirelessly readable information carrier. The information carrier contains, for example, a vehicle identification number or directly information about a drive type of the vehicle 8. If the barrier 6 is passed, the transponder 8b is read by the radio sensor 12 and the vehicle data is made available to the evaluation device.

[0052] It is also possible for one sensor 10, 12 to be arranged at each parking lot. This is shown in FIG. 3. Different parking lots 14 can each be equipped with a sensor 10, 12. The reading of the vehicle data of the vehicles 8 at the parking lots 14 is carried out according to the above explanations. A sensor 10 and/or a sensor 12 may be provided. With the aid of this information, information about the vehicle 8 in the parking lot 14 can be determined for each parking lot 14 and made available to the evaluation device.

[0053] FIG. 4 shows the connection of the sensors 10, 12 at the parking lots 14 with an evaluation device 16. A corresponding connection can also be made for the sensors 10, 12 according to FIGS. 1 and 2. Via a wired or wireless connection, the vehicle data read out by the sensors 10, 12 are made available to the evaluation device. With the aid of this vehicle data, the evaluation device 16 queries an external database 20 via a wide area network 18, for example, and thus determines the drive types of the corresponding vehicles 8 on the basis of the vehicle data. If the drive type is read out directly with the aid of the sensors 10, 12, this step can be omitted.

[0054] In the evaluation device 16, it is thus optionally stored which vehicles 8 with which drive types are currently parked in the parking space. A list 22 can store general information about all vehicles 8 with their drive types, or specific information for each parking lot 14.

[0055] In the event of a fire or other alarm, particularly in the event of a fire alarm signal or pre-alarm, the evaluation device 16 can provide the information on the drive types to a fire alarm control center 22.

[0056] A corresponding list 22 may be maintained in the evaluation device 16 as shown in FIG. 5. Each time a vehicle 8 or the vehicle data is detected by a sensor 10 when a vehicle 2 enters the parking space through the entrance or parks at a parking space 14, information 22a on a drive type is added to the list 22. The information 22a may additionally include information about a parking lot 14, if any.

[0057] Each time a vehicle 8 leaves a parking space 14 or exits the parking space via exit 4, the corresponding information 22a of that vehicle is removed from the list 22. Thus, the list 22 always contains the information of all the drive types of the vehicles 8 that are in the parking space. Using this information, a fire department can select the appropriate firefighting strategies in the event of a fire. The information could also be used to provide a firefighting system with information about where and what is burning so that it is activated at the correct location. The extinguishing agent could also be selected accordingly.