Auto Valet Parking System Using User Migration Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex facilities like shopping malls with large-scale multi-story parking lots, users face inconvenience when searching for a vacant parking space near their current location, especially when carrying baggage, as existing systems often direct them to spaces that may not be optimally convenient due to changing user behaviors.
Innovation Solution
An auto valet parking system that includes a parking lot map database, vacant space information database, and facility migration information database, which detects full and vacant spaces, searches for routes, and automatically parks cars based on user preferences, notifying users through mobile terminals and determining leavable positions to enhance convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the system directs users to the nearest parking space without considering user migration patterns, then the parking search process is simplified, but the parking space may not be optimally convenient for users with changing behaviors
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts parking space recommendations based on real-time user migration patterns and behavior changes. Instead of static nearest-space guidance, the system continuously adapts to user movement trajectories and updates parking recommendations to maintain optimal convenience throughout the user's facility journey
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback loops that monitor user migration patterns and behavior changes in real-time. This feedback mechanism allows the system to detect when users deviate from expected paths or change their destination preferences, and subsequently adjust parking space recommendations to maintain optimality
2Ease of operation
If the system waits for optimal parking spaces near user destinations, then parking convenience is maximized, but users may have to wait too long for available spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of potential parking spaces along user migration paths before users reach their final destinations. By proactively marking and reserving suitable parking spaces in advance along predicted user trajectories, the system eliminates waiting time while ensuring optimal convenience when users are ready to park
Solution Approach 2:
The system identifies and prepares multiple potential parking spaces along user migration paths rather than waiting for a single perfect spot. This partial action approach ensures users have immediate parking options available at various points along their journey, preventing time loss while maintaining convenience
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system implements comprehensive user behavior tracking and analysis, then parking recommendations become highly adaptive, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a multi-functional architecture where a single integrated module handles user tracking, migration pattern analysis, behavior detection, and parking space recommendation. This universal approach consolidates multiple functions into one system component, reducing overall complexity while maintaining high adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system adjusts the level of tracking and analysis depth based on user context and facility conditions. Rather than continuously monitoring all parameters at maximum depth, the system dynamically changes monitoring parameters to match the situation, reducing computational complexity while maintaining adaptability when needed
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AI summary
Provided is an auto valet parking system for operating a car in a parking lot attached to facility, the system including: a parking lot map database DB1 which manages route information to each parking space inside the parking lot; a vacant space information database DB2 which manages full and vacant information for each parking space; a facility migration information database DB3 which accumulates facility migration information indicative of behaviors of a parking lot user in the facility; a first unit which detects the full and vacant information for each parking space, searches for a route to the parking space and automatically parks the car in the parking space based on the route information to the searched parking position; a second unit which notifies the parking lot user of information on a parking position through a mobile terminal; and a third unit which searches for the vacant space as close as possible to conditions based on the facility migration information of the parking lot user, and reflects the vacant space on the first unit.