Dynamic Electronic Ticket Issuance for Parking-Lot Congestion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking lot management systems cause traffic congestion due to fixed locations for electronic numbered ticket issuance, requiring users to travel to peripheral lots, which is inconvenient and leads to congestion.
Innovation Solution
A system that measures parking lot congestion and dynamically determines the location for electronic numbered ticket issuance based on real-time congestion levels, issuing tickets when vehicles reach predetermined areas near the determined location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If electronic numbered tickets are issued at fixed peripheral parking lots, then ticket issuance can be managed, but traffic congestion occurs and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic ticket issuance locations that adapt based on real-time parking lot congestion states. Instead of fixed peripheral locations, the system determines optimal issuance locations dynamically by measuring congestion levels and selecting appropriate positions, thereby resolving the contradiction between management reliability and user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously measures the congestion state inside parking lots and uses this feedback to determine and adjust ticket issuance locations. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that ticket issuance adapts to current conditions, maintaining management effectiveness while optimizing user experience
2Reliability
If users travel to fixed peripheral parking lots to obtain tickets, then ticket issuance is controlled, but traffic congestion increases and time is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary congestion assessment and determines optimal ticket issuance locations before users arrive. By pre-positioning issuance points based on predicted or current congestion states, the system eliminates the need for users to travel to fixed peripheral lots, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary determination unit that acts as a mediator between the fixed management system and user needs. This unit dynamically selects issuance locations based on congestion data, serving as an intermediary that reconciles the contradiction between controlled issuance and reduced travel time
3Device complexity
If ticket issuance locations are fixed, then system simplicity is maintained, but parking management efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static fixed locations to dynamic determination of issuance positions. By implementing congestion-based dynamic location selection, the system achieves improved parking management efficiency without introducing excessive complexity, as the core mechanism relies on measuring congestion states and selecting from predefined location options
Data Source
AI summary
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a parking management apparatus and the like each adapted to control traffic congestion near parking lots and perform management of parking lots more efficiently. A parking management apparatus includes a parking-lot-inside-state measurement unit configured to measure a congestion state inside a parking lot, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the measured congestion state inside the parking lot, a location of issuance of an electronic numbered ticket for the parking lot, and an issuing unit configured to issue the electronic numbered ticket when the vehicle reaches a location in a neighborhood of the location that has been determined by the determining unit.