Mobile Terminal Parking Verification System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking management systems fail to identify differences between registered reservations and actual parking situations without incurring high costs for installing sensors or devices at the parking lot.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal and server system that reads identification information from codes correlated with parking sections, identifies parking time, and transmits information to determine if vehicle parking matches reservation details, allowing for accurate fee calculation and notification without requiring expensive devices at the parking lot.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a camera or sensor is installed in the parking lot to recognize vehicle numbers and monitor parking situations, then the ability to identify differences between registered reservations and actual parking situations is improved, but the installation cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a mobile terminal to capture an image of the vehicle number plate and creates a digital copy of the vehicle number for recognition and comparison with reservation information, eliminating the need for physical cameras or sensors in the parking lot
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the user's own mobile terminal to perform the recognition and identification functions, transferring the measurement capability from the parking lot infrastructure to the user's personal device
2Reliability
If a camera system is deployed to monitor all parking sections, then the coverage and reliability of parking situation detection is improved, but the system cost and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuously monitoring all parking sections with cameras, the system only activates the mobile terminal's camera when the user actually parks a vehicle, performing monitoring only when necessary rather than continuously
3Manufacturing precision
If expensive sensors are installed at the parking lot to track parking details, then the precision of parking fee calculation is improved, but the manufacturing cost and initial investment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves multiple functions including vehicle number recognition, parking section identification, time recording, and information transmission, replacing multiple specialized devices with a single multi-functional device that users already possess
Data Source
AI summary
A parking management system includes: a mobile terminal including a user information storage unit configured to store user information, a reading unit configured to read identification information of a parking section from a code correlated with the parking section, a time identifying unit configured to identify a parking start time or a parking end time of a vehicle based on a predetermined input, and a transmission unit configured to transmit parking information including the stored user information, the read identification information, and the identified time to a server; and a server including a parking information storage unit configured to store reservation information for the parking section, a reception unit configured to receive the parking information from the mobile terminal, and a determination unit configured to determine whether parking of the vehicle in the parking section matches reservation details based on the reservation information and the parking information.