Server Parking Lot Recommendation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigation devices often fail to provide information on parking lots managed by small-scale companies, as these companies may not share their data with information providers, leading to incomplete parking lot information for users.
Innovation Solution
An information providing system that includes an onboard device and a server capable of detecting parking lot information from captured image data, prioritizing nearby parking lots based on user preferences, and providing comprehensive parking lot recommendations to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If parking lot information is collected only from large-scale management companies, then data reliability is improved, but information completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image recognition system as an intermediary to collect parking lot information from multiple sources including small-scale management companies. The system captures images of parking lots and automatically extracts information such as position, fees, and availability, thereby including lots that would not provide data through traditional channels while maintaining information quality through automated verification
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed to perform multiple functions: it collects information from traditional management companies, processes images from various sources, validates data through recognition algorithms, and provides comprehensive recommendations. This multi-functional approach enables the system to gather complete parking lot information regardless of the source's scale or capability to provide structured data
2Loss of information
If all parking lots are provided equally, then information completeness is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic prioritization of parking lot recommendations based on user-defined criteria. The system allows users to set preferences such as fee priority or time priority, and dynamically adjusts the presentation of parking lot information accordingly. This ensures that while all parking lots are included in the database, the most relevant options are presented first to each user
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of information presentation based on user preferences. When a user selects fee priority, the system sorts and highlights low-cost parking lots; when time priority is selected, it prioritizes lots with available spaces. This parameter-based customization maintains information completeness while significantly improving user convenience by presenting relevant information in a prioritized manner
Data Source
AI summary
An information providing system includes an onboard device and a server that transmits information to and receives information from the onboard device. The onboard device includes a condition setting unit that acquires a destination and an output mode and transmits the acquired destination and the acquired output mode to the server. The onboard device further includes an output unit that outputs parking lot recommendation information which is received from the server. The server includes a storage unit that stores parking lot information including position information of parking lots and parking fees which are detected from a captured image of the parking lots. The server further includes an information providing unit that prioritizes parking lots which are located within a predetermined range from the destination based on the output mode provides the parking lot information of the prioritized parking lots as the parking lot recommendation information to the onboard device.