Cloud Server Parking Space State Management System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current parking management systems in China face challenges such as a large quantity gap, dispersed structure, discrete management, and low intelligence levels, leading to inefficiencies in finding available parking spaces, managing reservations, and enforcing parking regulations, particularly affecting drivers and non-traffic participants due to inadequate information sharing and lack of integrated management.
Innovation Solution
A parking space service and management system utilizing a cloud server, driver and supervisor terminals, vehicle detection modules, and electronic maps to provide real-time parking space information, enabling efficient booking, management, and enforcement through integrated terminals that display parking space states and allow for check-in, check-out, and payment processes, while also addressing issues of reserved and shared parking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional parking management systems are used, then parking space information is available, but the information is not real-time and accurate, leading to wasted time for drivers searching for parking spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively detecting vehicle entry into parking spaces and automatically generating occupancy status updates before drivers need to query for information. Vehicle detection modules continuously monitor parking spaces and pre-compute availability status, so when drivers access the system via mobile apps or information displays, real-time information is already prepared and immediately available, eliminating search time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where vehicle detection modules monitor parking space occupancy, the central server processes this data and updates the database, and information is fed back to drivers through mobile apps and public displays. This closed-loop feedback ensures parking space information remains current and accurate, preventing the information loss that occurs in traditional static systems.
2Ease of operation
If parking space reservation system is implemented, then booking capability is improved, but conflicts arise between reserved and non-reserved parking, reducing system reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary registration and binding of vehicle license plates to parking spaces during the reservation phase. When a driver reserves a parking space, their vehicle information is pre-recorded and associated with that specific space. This preliminary action enables automatic verification upon vehicle entry, ensuring only authorized vehicles can occupy reserved spaces and preventing conflicts between reserved and non-reserved parking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms to verify vehicle identity upon entry by comparing detected license plates with registered reservation data. The vehicle detection module captures plate information, the server verifies it against the reservation database, and provides immediate feedback on whether the vehicle is authorized to occupy the reserved space. This feedback loop maintains reliability by preventing unauthorized occupation while preserving booking convenience.
3Measurement precision
If vehicle detection modules are deployed, then parking space state monitoring is improved, but system complexity and management cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the parking management function into independent vehicle detection modules deployed at individual parking spaces or groups of spaces. Each module operates autonomously to detect vehicle presence and transmit data to the central server. This segmentation allows precise local monitoring without requiring a complex centralized detection system, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high measurement precision through distributed intelligence.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle detection modules are designed to autonomously detect vehicle occupancy, automatically transmit data to the server, and require minimal manual intervention. The system performs self-service by continuously monitoring without needing constant human oversight or complex manual operation, thereby improving detection accuracy while keeping management costs and operational complexity low.
4Stability of the object's composition
If centralized server is used to manage all parking spaces, then information consistency is improved, but management cost and system scale complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges previously dispersed parking space information management into a single centralized server that consolidates data from all parking spaces. This unification ensures information consistency by maintaining a single source of truth for parking availability, reservations, and occupancy status across the entire network. The central server integrates data from multiple vehicle detection modules and information display terminals, creating a coherent unified management system that improves stability without proportionally increasing complexity through standardized protocols and modular architecture.
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AI summary
This Invention provides a parking space service and management system based on parking space state information, comprising a cloud server (1), as well as a supervisor terminal (2), a driver terminal (3), a vehicle detection module (4), a field terminal component (5) and a parking enforcement terminal (6) connected to the cloud server (1); The cloud server (1) is used to receive, store, process and update the parking space state information, which includes a parking space code, a parking space state and a time for state change, and is mainly determined by an occupancy state of the vehicle detection module (4), a parking space information, a parking space reservation information and check-in/check-out information; wherein the parking space states include states of the parking space occupied, the parking space vacant and the parking space specific. Based on instant, complete and accurate parking space state information of the Invention, a parking supervisor is reminded to manage and correct an abnormal state of the parking space once found to avoid misleading and mistaking occupancy, and enforce illegal parking through economic, effective and, legal reporting and enforcement procedures, meet requirements for parking service and management for reserved parking, park-now and parking space sharing.