The Intelligent Parking Assistant (IPA) system helps the user chose, find and pay for parking. IPA automatically fetches parking lot information from a relevant service, automatically assesses if the vehicle is stopped, evaluates if stopped inside a payed parking lot, and automatically initiates payment for the parking. IPA is published via the MOBiNET platform: A European-wide ITS platform off...

Recently surveillance cameras have been widely used in critical areas, such as cash dispenser, finger printing system and various security required areas. While these systems are often used applications of direct image processing, analysis of the images is rarely achieved. This paper studies the possibility of image processing application from a surveillance camera at a parking lot. Using Java ...

We present an analytical and numerical study of the parking lot model (PLM) of granular relaxation and make a connection to the aging dynamics of dense colloids. As we argue, the PLM is a Kinetically Constrained Model which features astronomically large equilibration times and displays a characteristic aging behavior on all observable time scales. The density of parked cars displays quasi-equil...

A low impact (dispersed) design demonstrates how small alterations to parking lots can reduce runoff and pollutant loads. Storm runoff was treated as soon as rain hit the ground by encorporating a network of swales, strands and a small wet detention pond into the overall design (Figure 1). When the volume of water discharged from all the different elements to the treatment train (the swales, th...

one of the big concerns of big cities is facing with the increase of fossil fuel vehicles in the roads. the cars intensify greenhouse gas emission in civic centers. one approach to reduce the emission is replacing the cars by plug-in electric vehicles (pevs). in spite of reducing the emission, pevs have some adverse effect on electric distribution networks. technical challenges such as load and...

s ociety’s demand for quality is influencing the environment in which people sho~, work, are entertained, and relax. Businesses are continually striving to upgrade their service and increase their return on investment. The transition between the transport system and most activities is a parking lot. It is therefore not surprising that the quality of parking lots is increasing in importance. The...

Urban designers and landscape architects argue that physical characteristics of design elements in parking spaces have a direct influence in the perception of attractiveness and the sense of security of the users. Empirical research in human perception helps creating a solid conclusions and recommendations promoting quality of life. A lot of studies concluded that attractiveness and security we...

Current parking space vacancy detection systems use simple trip sensors at the entry and exit points of parking lots. Unfortunately, this type of system fails when a vehicle takes up more than one spot or when a parking lot has different types of parking spaces. Therefore, I propose a camera-based system that would use computer vision algorithms for detecting vacant parking spaces. My algorithm...

In this paper, we describe a method of combining rectangle detection and scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) analysis for empty parking space detection. A parking space in a parking lot is represented as a rectangular region of pixels in an image captured from an aerial camera. Detecting rectangular parking spaces in a new image involves an alternating scheme of extracting peaks from the R...