JP-7854819-B2 - Vehicle processing system

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Inventors

青木徹夫
竹内俊貴
天野義樹
横沢直哉
宮沢利明
小島弘行
神戸直樹
竹内祐介
荻原隆
徳竹亮志
大田敬和
西澤知義

Assignees

エムケー精工株式会社

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20220215

Claims (4)

A vehicle processing system comprising multiple vehicle processing plants operated by the same operator connected to a network , and terminal devices connected to the network, Each of the vehicle processing facilities comprising the plurality of vehicle processing facilities is equipped with imaging means for imaging the area within the vehicle processing facility and distribution means for distributing information relating to the plurality of vehicle processing facilities. The terminal device includes an image analysis means for analyzing images captured by the imaging means, a congestion determination means for determining the congestion level of the vehicle processing plant from the analysis results of the image analysis means, and a calculation means for calculating the fees for services provided by the multiple vehicle processing plants based on at least the congestion level determined by the congestion determination means. The distribution means of the vehicle disposal facility distributes service fee information of other vehicle disposal facilities, calculated by the calculation means, within the vehicle disposal facility where the distribution means is provided. A vehicle processing system characterized by the following features.
The calculation means calculates the fees for the services provided by each of the vehicle disposal plants based on the degree of congestion at each of the vehicle disposal plants and the positional relationship between each vehicle disposal plant and other vehicle disposal plants with high levels of congestion. The vehicle processing system according to feature 1.
A vehicle processing system comprising multiple vehicle processing plants operated by the same operator connected to a network, terminal devices connected to the network, and user terminals owned by users of the vehicle processing plants, Each of the vehicle processing facilities comprising the plurality of vehicle processing facilities is equipped with imaging means for imaging the area within the vehicle processing facility. The user terminal comprises a distribution means for distributing information related to the multiple vehicle processing plants and a location information acquisition means for acquiring the location information of the user terminal. The terminal device includes an image analysis means for analyzing images captured by the imaging means, a congestion determination means for determining the congestion level of the vehicle processing plant from the analysis results of the image analysis means, and a calculation means for calculating the service fee for each of the vehicle processing plants that make up the plurality of vehicle processing plants, based on the congestion level determined by the congestion determination means and the location information of the user terminal. The distribution means determines, based on the location information of the user terminal, which vehicle processing plant is the target of information distribution from among the multiple vehicle processing plants, and presents the service fee information for that vehicle processing plant, calculated by the calculation means, to each user. A vehicle processing system characterized by the following features.
The terminal device has a storage means for storing the usage history of the multiple vehicle processing plants for each user. The calculation means calculates the fee for the services provided by each vehicle processing plant based on the usage history for each user. The vehicle processing system according to feature 3.

Description

This invention relates to a vehicle processing system. A system is known that can notify car wash operators and users of the congestion status of a car wash. For example, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-122340 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 1) describes a car wash system that can capture images of each car wash, analyze those images to determine the number of vehicles present at each car wash, and publish this vehicle count data as congestion status on the internet. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-122340 This is a diagram showing the configuration of a vehicle processing system 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention.Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the processing server 20 of the vehicle processing system 10.Figure 1 is a side view of the car wash device 30 included in the vehicle processing system 10.Figure 1 is a front view of the car wash device 30 of the vehicle processing system 10 shown in Figure 1.Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the main control unit 60 of the vehicle processing system 10.Figure 1 is a flowchart showing an example of the user notification process of the vehicle processing system 10.This is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the screen of an application 110 in a vehicle processing system 10A according to another embodiment of the present invention.Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of the user terminal 101 related to the vehicle processing system 10A shown in Figure 7.Figure 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the processing server 20A of the vehicle processing system 10A.Figure 1 is a flowchart showing an example of the user notification process of the vehicle processing system 10A.This is a configuration diagram of the main control unit 60B of a vehicle processing system 10B according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiments of the present invention described below, explanations will be divided into multiple sections where necessary. However, in principle, these sections are not unrelated; one may be a modification or detail of part or all of the other. Therefore, in all figures, components with the same function are denoted by the same reference numeral, and repeated explanations will be omitted. Furthermore, the number of components (including quantity, numerical value, amount, range, etc.) is not limited to a specific number unless explicitly stated or clearly limited in principle; it may be greater than or less than a specific number. Also, when referring to the shape of components, unless explicitly stated or clearly considered otherwise, it will include those that are substantially similar or approximate in shape. (First Embodiment) Embodiments of the vehicle processing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments of the present invention, a car wash device having the function of washing the exterior (body surface) of a vehicle will be used as the vehicle processing device installed in a vehicle processing facility connected to a vehicle processing server via a network. Figure 1 shows a diagram of the vehicle processing system 10. The vehicle processing system 10 comprises a processing server 20 and multiple car washes 25 operated by the same operator. The multiple car washes 25 are located on different sites at a distance from each other and are equipped with one or more car wash machines 30. The processing server 20 and the car wash machines 30 are connected via a network 11 using IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The processing server 20 has the function of remotely controlling the car wash machines 30 of the multiple car washes 25 and managing the entire system. The car wash machines 30 have the function of processing the user's vehicle C. The network 11 is composed of wired communication transmission lines and wireless communication transmission lines, etc. More specifically, it consists of, for example, the Internet, P2P (Peer-to-Peer) networks, dedicated lines, power line communication lines, VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), wireless packet communication networks, mobile phone lines, wireless LANs (Local Area Networks), NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, and others. Each of the multiple car washes 25 is further equipped with cameras 50 as imaging devices. The cameras 50 are optical devices such as CCD cameras, and are installed to capture still images or videos of the inside and surrounding areas of each car wash 25. The cameras 50 utilize IoT (Internet of Things) technology and are connected to the processing server 20 and car wash equipment 30 via the network 11. The images acquired by the cameras 50 are used by the congestion determination means 71 (described later) to determine the congestion level within each car wash 25. Therefore, the cameras 50 should be installed so that their field of view includes areas along vehicle movement paths within each