INTELLIGENT PARKING LOT

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Satheesh G
Deputy Director,
CDAC Thiruvananthapuram
satheeshg@cdactvm.in

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 Challenges

• Limited parking space

• Increased vehicle population

• Lack of information
Public unawareness
Utilization of existing parking space
Parking space availability
Operating hours and tariff

• Parking space availability not guaranteed

• Lack of proper signage & information display

At entry & way to parking area
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 Solutions
• Effective utilization of existing parking space

• Online Occupancy Information display

Inside & outside the parking area
Important locations in the city

• Provide multilevel car parking facilities

Near railway stations
Metro stations
Bus depots
Market Place

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 Type of car parking
Ground based
On Street Off Street

Photos to be
inserted

Multi-level
Automated Manual

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 IPLMS - Main Features
Pre-Trip parking information
Location & maps of all parking lots
Identify the best and nearest parking
Parking lot Capacity
Hours of operation
Tariff structure for different time of day
Advance booking facility

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Features (contd…)
Driver Information System
Display boards
At important locations in city
Outside the parking lot
Entry gate
Way to parking area
Entry of a Level

Driver guidance & Parking navigation systems

Sign boards
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Features (contd…)
Online Operator information
Vehicle occupancy status in each bay
Total count of vehicles inside the parking complex
Total vehicle count parked
Level-wise vehicle count
Real time commuter information
Parking Lot capacity vs occupancy
Advance booking

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MIS Reports and Analysis
MIS Reports for operators & town planners
Occupancy reports
Real time
Hourly / daily
vehicle based
Theft / noted vehicles

Revenue generation
Daily/monthly
Different time of day
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 Impact Analysis reports for Town Planners
& Traffic Engineers
Parking Load
Parking efficiency
Average occupancy
Statistics of peak / low parking
Revenue

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 Building Blocks
• Entry Gate system
• Parking Area system
• Exit Gate system
• Driver information systems
• Parking Navigation and Driver Guidance system
• Communication infrastructure
• Control room with APP & DB servers

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OVERALL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
PARKING LOT AVAILABILITY
ONLINE INFORMATION

Internet
GPRS Network

LAN
Control Room
Entry gate System

LAN
Parking Area System

LAN
LAN
Exit Gate System

IPLMS Server with

DRIVER GUIDANCE / Navigation LAN IPLMS & VMS
Display boards APPLICATIONS

INSIDE PARKING COMPLEX

GPRS Network

Display boards

AT IMPORTANT LOCATIONS
IN THE CITY
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 ENTRY GATE SYSTEM
Vehicle detector

Boom Barrier
IPLMS SERVER

Entry Gate Ethernet LAN switch

Controller LAN
Vehicle license
plate image

Driver’s photo
LAN

Barcode Printer Display boards

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 PARKING NAVIGATION &
DRIVER GUIDANCE SYSTEM
LEVEL1

VMS 1 Internet

Display boards LEVEL2

IPLM SERVER
At each
VMS 2
parking levels
LEVEL n
LAN
VMS n
Ethernet LAN switch

Display boards
VMS
at entry

Display Boards on the

way to parking area VMS

Display boards at important Service Provider

locations –
parking complex
outside the VMS GPRS Network
GPRS
modem

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 PARKING AREA SYSTEM
Vehicle sensor 1

Vehicle sensor 2

LEVEL 2
Data
Vehicle sensor 128 concentrator 2 LAN

Vehicle sensor 1
IPLMS SERVER

Vehicle sensor 2

LEVEL 1
Data Ethernet UTP

Vehicle sensor 128 concentrator 1

Ethernet LAN switch

Vehicle sensor 1

Vehicle sensor 2

LEVEL 0
Data
Vehicle sensor 128 concentrator 0
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 EXIT GATE SYSTEM
Barcode scanner

IPLM SERVER
Vehicle license
plate focussed

Exit Gate
Controller
LAN
Ethernet LAN switch
Receipt printer

Boom Barrier

Vehicle detector

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 Technology options

Vehicle detectors at parking bay

• Inductive loops
• Ultrasonic sensors
• Infrared sensors

Networking
• Parking Bay

Image Capture
• Low end IP cameras
• IP Web cams
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 Site Study & System Engineering
• New site or retrofit
• Multilevel or Ground based
• Chances of periodic repaving
• Parking configuration changes in future
• Mounting space for bay detectors
• Proper pathways & ducts
• Operating environment

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 FIELD TRIAL

240 bay multilevel car parking

Owned by PMC, Pune

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 Thank you

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