Parking Space Navigation via Mobile Terminal and Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current parking lot management systems focus primarily on fee collection and lack efficient solutions for automatically managing and navigating available parking spaces, leading to low efficiency for drivers searching for vacant spots, especially in complex parking lot structures.
Innovation Solution
A parking space navigation method and system that uses a mobile terminal and server to display a parking space distribution map, query and mark vacant spaces, determine a target space, and provide navigation routes from the vehicle's position to available spaces, utilizing a terminal node and anchor nodes for positioning and ultrasonic detection for accurate parking location recording.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a vehicle counting apparatus is used to notify the number of vacant parking spaces, then the vehicle owner can drive into the parking lot to find a parking space, but it takes a lot of time for the vehicle owner to drive around in the parking lot to find a parking space, and thus the efficiency of finding a parking space is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of a mobile terminal, server, and navigation apparatus that mediates between the vehicle owner and the parking space. The system provides real-time location information of vacant parking spaces and guides the vehicle owner directly to the target space, eliminating the need to manually search throughout the parking lot.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical approach of manually driving around to search for parking spaces with an automated electronic navigation system. The system uses electronic communication between the mobile terminal and server to provide routing information, substituting the mechanical search process with an automated information-based guidance system.
2Quantity of substance
If the parking lot structure becomes more complex, then more parking spaces are available, but the efficiency of finding a parking space continues to decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation system acts as an intermediary that processes the complexity of the parking lot structure on behalf of the vehicle owner. The server calculates optimal routes through the complex structure and provides step-by-step guidance, allowing the system to handle complexity while maintaining high efficiency for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical process of manually navigating complex parking lot structures with an automated electronic navigation system. The system uses electronic data processing to analyze the complex structure and provide optimized routing, maintaining productivity even as the quantity of parking spaces and structural complexity increases.
3Productivity
If real-time navigation and management is provided, then the efficiency of finding vacant parking spaces is significantly improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the navigation system into distinct functional modules: a mobile terminal for user interaction, a server for data processing and route calculation, and a navigation apparatus for providing guidance. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, managing overall system complexity while maintaining high productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal serves multiple functions within the system: it communicates with the server, displays parking space information, provides navigation guidance, and interacts with the user. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated devices for each function, managing device complexity while maintaining high efficiency.
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AI summary
A parking space navigation method is provided. The method includes obtaining and displaying a parking space distribution map of a parking lot by using a mobile terminal; querying current existing vacant parking spaces of the parking lot from a server; marking the current existing vacant parking spaces on the parking space distribution map; determining a target vacant parking space from the marked current existing vacant parking spaces; obtaining, from the server, a first position of a terminal node associated with the mobile terminal when the terminal node is placed on a vehicle; and drawing, on the parking space distribution map, a navigation route from the first position to the target vacant parking space.