22-08-2016, 09:31 AM
According to the U.S. Bureau of Transit/Transportation statistics for the year of 2006, there are
250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles in the United States. These 251 million vehicles include cars,
motor cycles, SUVs and pick-up trucks. The New York Times magazine states that approximately a
million passenger vehicles are introduced into the roads each year in the United States, which ultimately
leads to a parking problem due to limited availability of spaces. A survey conducted by one of the car
manufacturing company, Bavarian Motor Works (BMW), shows that 20% of the inner traffic of major
cities across the nation is in search of parking space.
At Indiana State University (ISU), 1400 parking spaces are available to the students as against that more
than 4000 parking passes have been issued to students in the year of 2008. The parking system at ISU,
just as the most normal parking systems, does not track the number of cars present in the parking lot, to
say nothing of providing the information of vacancies online. A student has to drive into the parking lot
and to search for available space, which results in a waste of time, effort and fuel.
In order to enhance the utilization of the parking lot and reduce the effort of finding a parking space,
there is a need to build a digital parking lot management system for the public. With the rapid
development of communication and computer technologies, it is possible to achieve this goal. In thisproject, the RFID technology has been used to maximize parking utilization. The RFID kit includes
RFID windshield tags and RFID readers. The RFID reader is connected to a microcontroller in the
control office where the system is connected to the Internet. As shown in Figure 1, where a car with
enabled RFID windshield tag drives up to the gate, the RFID reader will automatically read the
information from tag through the built in antenna. The received information will be delivered to the
microcontroller where the information will be verified. If the received information matches the
information in the database, the control office will send a command to open the barrier. The number of
cars in the parking lot and the number of available spaces will be updated online immediately so that
remote user can get the correct parking information.
This parking lot management system enables user to operate an unattended parking barrier with
controlled parking access privileges. The system is ideal for apartments and condos, gated communities,
business parking lots and garages, university parking areas and recreation operations from hotel to RV
camps.
250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles in the United States. These 251 million vehicles include cars,
motor cycles, SUVs and pick-up trucks. The New York Times magazine states that approximately a
million passenger vehicles are introduced into the roads each year in the United States, which ultimately
leads to a parking problem due to limited availability of spaces. A survey conducted by one of the car
manufacturing company, Bavarian Motor Works (BMW), shows that 20% of the inner traffic of major
cities across the nation is in search of parking space.
At Indiana State University (ISU), 1400 parking spaces are available to the students as against that more
than 4000 parking passes have been issued to students in the year of 2008. The parking system at ISU,
just as the most normal parking systems, does not track the number of cars present in the parking lot, to
say nothing of providing the information of vacancies online. A student has to drive into the parking lot
and to search for available space, which results in a waste of time, effort and fuel.
In order to enhance the utilization of the parking lot and reduce the effort of finding a parking space,
there is a need to build a digital parking lot management system for the public. With the rapid
development of communication and computer technologies, it is possible to achieve this goal. In thisproject, the RFID technology has been used to maximize parking utilization. The RFID kit includes
RFID windshield tags and RFID readers. The RFID reader is connected to a microcontroller in the
control office where the system is connected to the Internet. As shown in Figure 1, where a car with
enabled RFID windshield tag drives up to the gate, the RFID reader will automatically read the
information from tag through the built in antenna. The received information will be delivered to the
microcontroller where the information will be verified. If the received information matches the
information in the database, the control office will send a command to open the barrier. The number of
cars in the parking lot and the number of available spaces will be updated online immediately so that
remote user can get the correct parking information.
This parking lot management system enables user to operate an unattended parking barrier with
controlled parking access privileges. The system is ideal for apartments and condos, gated communities,
business parking lots and garages, university parking areas and recreation operations from hotel to RV
camps.
