Three-Way Parking Camera Guidance for Empty Space Direction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional parking control cameras only indicate the presence of parking spaces but fail to show where the empty spaces are located within the parking zone.
Innovation Solution
A three-way parking control camera apparatus with integrated forward, left, and right cameras, lighting parts, and a controller that emits specific color lights to indicate the presence or absence of parking spaces on both sides of the parking passage, guiding occupants to available spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional LED lighting is used to indicate parking space presence, then users can identify whether parking spaces are available, but users cannot recognize the specific direction or location of empty parking spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The parking lot is divided into multiple zones with front, left, and right parking areas. Separate cameras and lighting parts are deployed for each zone to independently monitor and indicate parking space status. This segmentation allows the system to provide directional information about empty spaces while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary that receives images from multiple cameras, processes the parking space status information, and controls the lighting parts to display directional guidance. This intermediary component integrates the information from different zones and translates it into intuitive visual signals for drivers.
2Ease of operation
If multiple cameras and lighting parts are deployed to show parking space directions, then users can easily recognize empty parking space locations, but the system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Each camera unit is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing parking space status, determining occupancy, and providing input for directional guidance. Similarly, the lighting parts serve both as indicators of space availability and as directional guides. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines monitoring and guidance functions into an integrated apparatus. Cameras monitor parking spaces while lighting parts provide both status indication and directional information. The controller merges data from all sensors to coordinate the lighting output, creating a unified system that achieves multiple objectives with a cohesive design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user convenience by clearly directing occupants to empty parking spaces on either side of the passage, improving parking efficiency and ease of use.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB)
Implementation Method 2
a reflector which is disposed above the PCB and diffuses light of the LEDs
Data Source
AI summary
A three-way parking control camera apparatus with a parking space displaying function is provided and allows occupants in a vehicle entering from a front side of a parking passage to easily recognize the direction of parking areas on both sides of the parking passage where there is an empty parking space.