Semi-automatic car park system

A semi-automatic car park system operates small and large non-attended car parks.  The system calculates and collects parking charges and supervises cars driving into and out of a park.

The system is provided with devices enabling a single-time driver to drive into a car park without an attendant helping him and to leave a car park with/without the aid of an attendant or in case of „regulars” to drive into a park or leave it unaided.. 

BASICS OF THE SYSTEM

• controlling entry and exit gates with microcomputers
• wide choice of tariffs thus an universal operation of a car park
• attending single-time and regular customers (period card bearers)
• generation of stats
• reservation of car spaces, separated zones
• full supervision of all system devices in real time
• modern looks
• external devices (terminals and automatons) provided with air conditioning
• external devices housed with corrosion resistant materials or housings painted with corrosion resistant paints

WHAT YOU BENEFIT BY USING OUT CAR PARK SYSTEMS?

• increased speed and quality of service
• “automatic” entry and parking charge calculation
• less duties of car park attendants or even less attendants
• takings flow control
• better supervision of a staff
• reduced threat of car thefts
• possible linking with access control system (e.g. in a building)

WITH THE UNICARD CAR PARK SYSTEM YOU CAN ARRANGE SYSTEMS PROVIDED WITH:

• direct paying
• remote paying
• paying at a check-out (served by an attendant)
• paying at an auto-pay self-service machine 
• a mixed system

SYSTEM ELEMENTS:

Entry gate – its functions:

• printing a car park ticket
• reading a proximity card
• car presence detection
• controlling entry barrier
• customer’s communication with car park attendants over an intercom (option)

Exit gate – its functions:

• reading car park ticket
• reading a proximity card
• car presence detection
• controlling exit barrier
• customer’s communication with car park attendants over an intercom (option)

Checkout station

A checkout station is a system control centre to account the time of parking. A car park can be provided with more checkout stations, however, they have to be linked over a LAN network. A checkout station consists of a PC with an installed car park software operating under  Windows 2000/XP. Possible additional equipment of a checkout station:

• ticket  reader (bar code reader)
• proximity card reader:
• fiscal printer
• display for a customer (option)
• report printer
• cash desk drawer

Software – main features of the car park system:

• clear to read and simple to operate communication interface
• real time counting of vehicles (information on occupied places)
• access to individual programme options depending on authorisation
• alarming irregularities
• extensive creation of tariffs
• generation of stats and reports
• reservation of parking places
• recording when cashiers change
• printouts

Auto-pay machine 

An auto-pay machine is a self-service device for customers to pay for using a car park. This machine is available in two basic versions:

• money collecting machine with change returning (coins)
• money – coins and notes - collecting machine with change returning (coins)

TYPES OF CAR PARK IDs (tickets, cards, tariffs)

• A single-use bar code ticket – printed on a thermo paper at the entry gate. A ticket for a single entry and after paying also for exit from a car park.
  Upon leaving a car park the ticket is invalid and cannot be used again.
• A multiple-use card (a period card) – an electronic proximity card. The system registers every entry and exit and will not allow a car to enter a car park if a car has not before left this car park so this card can be used only by one user.

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Semi-automatic car park system with payment close to exit.

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Automatic car park system with payment distant from exit.

2008-03-25