Where to park? Architecture and implementation of an empty parking lot, automatic recognition system

Abstract

<jats:p>The traffic congestion present in practically every city has, among its increasing factors, the unavailability of enough parking spaces. A typical driver invests a considerable part of the total trip time looking for a free space where to park his vehicle; in many cases, this leads to delays and the consequent discomfort due to the undesired consequences of the generated tardiness. For this problem it is possible to find partial palliative solutions, minimizing the time spent searching for parking by applying Internet of Things techniques, oriented to smart cities and buildings. This research has been focused on finding an appropriate computer architecture that will allow the implementation of a distributed system, which, thanks to the use of computer vision and machine learning techniques, detects free parking spaces inside a parking lot, and provides real time information to the driver, allowing him to go as directly as possible to a vacant parking space.</jats:p>

Proposal of Technological GIS Support as Part of Resident Parking in Large Cities–Case Study, City of Brno

“…The methods of graph theory and image recognition were used in algorithmization. In related works (Chapter 2), the methods of the Internet of Things (IoT) [5,22], were used in particular, while Machine Learning (ML) [9,12], and image processing were used [11,12], in other contexts than in our solution. The use of a modified Chinese postman algorithm (The Chinese Postman Problem) has proved to work best for our project.…”

“…Performance is measured by a special parameter. The work in [12] proposes a distributed system that informs drivers about free parking spaces in real time. The detection of vacant places works on the principles of computer vision and machine learning.…”

Smart parking management system using SSGA MQTT and real-time database

“…This fact then demands a more increasing need for parking area especially in the public service areas such as offices, shopping centres, hospitals and playgrounds. Now, the number of parking spaces is not balanced with the number of users and this has made the drivers frequently find it difficult to find the availability of comfortable and safe parking space either in shopping centre or in office areas [1][2][3]. This issue indirectly not only can consume more times but also might create a traffic jam just to find the empty parking space [4,5].…”