This paper introduces an intelligent parking slot detection and tracking with ARM7LPC2148 microcontroller. The parking problem in big cities, especially the mega-cities, has become one of the key causes of the city traffic congestion. The Vacant Parking slot detection and tracking is considered to be an effective way to improve parking situation. The parking slot occupancy classification stage ...

With the increase in vehicle production and world population, more and more parking spaces and facilities are required. In this paper a new parking system called Smart Parking System (SPS) is proposed to assist drivers to find vacant spaces in a car park in a shorter time. The new system uses ultrasonic (ultrasound) sensors to detect either car park occupancy or improper parking actions. Differ...

Nowadays, in big cities, parking management is a critical issue from both the driver's side and the city government's side. From the driver's side, how to find an available parking lot in a city is a considerable concern. As a result, smart parking systems recently have received great interest, both in academia and industry. From the city government's side, how to manage and distribute such a l...

As the number of automobiles increases, the task of providing parking lots to accommodate more vehicles becomes very difficult and challenging. The design of parking lots needs more attention in order to have efficient and safe design. The capacity of a parking lot depends on many factors such as the parking angle. Choosing the most efficient parking angle is not an easy task since it varies wi...

In congested urban areas, it remains a pressing challenge to reduce unnecessary vehicle circling for parking while at the same time maximize parking space utilization. In observance of new information technologies that have become readily accessible to drivers and parking agencies, we develop a dynamic non-cooperative bi-level model (i.e. Stackelberg leader-follower game) to set parking prices ...

Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing technologies have connected the infrastructure of the city to make the context-aware and more intelligent city for utility its major resources. These technologies have much potential to solve thechallenges of urban areas around the globe to facilitate the citizens. A framework model that enables the integration of sensor’s data and analysis of ...

Finding a parking spot in a busy indoor parking lot is a daunting task. Retracing a parked vehicle can be equally frustrating. We present BluePark, a collaborative sensing mechanism using smartphone sensors to solve these problems in real-time, without any input from user. We propose a novel technique of combining accelerometer and WiFi data to detect and localize parking and un-parking events ...

Taking time-varying parking demands and supplies into account, this paper develops a dynamic parking choice model to simulate drivers’ searching for parking spaces between parking lots. In this study, each parking lot has one access passage and vehicles can move or wait for entering the park in the access passage. The flow propagation formula in the access passage of parking lots is established...

M-Commerce today is an explosively growing industry with new applications being born continuously. This paper will explore a proposed m-commerce application, a Parking Reservation Agent we will call EZ-Park. We will discuss some scalability options, business model options, and security considerations of this Parking Reservation Agent. We will first focus on how to use the proposed technology wi...

This paper presents Free Parking System (FPS), a system for assigning free curbside parking spaces to drivers in the cities. FPS has two components: a mobile app running on the drivers’ smart phones that submits parking requests and guides drivers to their parking spaces, and a server that manages the parking assignment process. Unlike existing parking systems, FPS is cost-effective as it does ...