Parking Guidance System Using Localized Space Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In parking lots accessory to facilities, vehicle congestion often occurs near entrances, making it difficult for users to find empty spaces and leading to traffic jams, as existing guidance systems either prioritize non-congested areas over user convenience or focus on traffic flow without considering user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A parking lot guidance system that includes a detection unit to assess congestion, a determination unit to identify congested states, and a selection unit to direct vehicles to empty spaces further inside parking blocks closer to facility entrances, balancing user convenience and traffic flow by displaying priority empty spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vehicles are guided to non-congested parking areas, then traffic flow is improved, but user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different guidance strategies to different parking blocks based on their congestion levels and positions. Parking blocks closer to the facility entrance are prioritized during congested states, while other blocks are used normally, creating localized quality differences in guidance approach
Solution Approach 2:
The guidance system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on real-time congestion detection. During congested states, the system switches to prioritizing parking blocks closer to facility entrances, while returning to normal guidance patterns when congestion resolves, making the system adaptive to changing conditions
2Productivity
If guidance is given to parking spaces far from facility entrance, then traffic congestion is reduced, but user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system identifies parking blocks based on their spatial relationship to the facility entrance and applies different guidance priorities. Parking blocks within a predetermined distance of the facility entrance receive enhanced priority during congested states, creating localized quality differentiation
3Ease of operation
If priority is given to parking blocks closer to facility entrance, then user convenience is improved, but traffic congestion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts guidance priorities based on real-time congestion detection. During congested states, it temporarily prioritizes parking blocks closer to facility entrances to improve user convenience, then returns to normal guidance patterns when congestion resolves
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the priority parameter of parking block guidance based on congestion conditions. By adjusting the weight given to different parking block locations dynamically, the system balances user convenience and traffic flow under different operational conditions
4Device complexity
If all parking blocks are treated equally, then system simplicity is maintained, but traffic congestion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces localized quality differentiation by identifying parking blocks based on their distance from the facility entrance and applying different guidance priorities to different blocks, preventing uniform treatment that leads to congestion
Solution Approach 2:
The parking lot is segmented into different parking blocks based on their spatial relationship to the facility entrance. The system then applies different guidance strategies to different segments, dividing the uniform guidance approach into differentiated segments that prevent congestion
Data Source
AI summary
A parking lot guidance system includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether the parking lot is in a congested state based on a result of detection from a detection unit; a selection unit configured to select a predetermined number of empty spaces in the parking lot based on a determination from the determination unit; and a display unit configured to display the predetermined number of empty spaces. The selection unit selects the empty spaces from further inside in an extending direction of the vehicle passage in a first parking block which is a parking block including an empty space and being closer to a facility entrance provided at a position different from that of a parking lot entrance of the parking lot out of a plurality of parking blocks along a plurality of vehicle passages when the determination unit determines that the parking lot is in the congested state.