System for Parking Management
First Claim
1. A parking management system, comprising:
- an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot;
an exit camera (200) for photographing a vehicle that departs from the parking lot;
a plurality of region cameras (300) installed in respective parking regions in the parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle;
a management server (400) comprising a vehicle license number recognition unit (450) for recognizing a vehicle license number on the basis of image data photographed by the entrance camera (100), the exit camera (200), and the region cameras (300), a registration unit (460) for registering a last photographed parking region on a parking ticket, which a driver holds when entering the parking lot, on the basis of a vehicle license number photographed by the region cameras installed in respective parking regions, a control unit (440) for calculating a number of available parking spaces for each parking region based on a last input vehicle license number for each parking region, and determining a total number of available parking spaces, and a guidance unit (470) for guiding an entering vehicle to an available parking region determined by the control unit through a parking guidance signal unit; and
a display unit (350) installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and adapted to display the number of available parking spaces received from the control unit.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a parking management system. The parking management system includes an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot. An exit camera (200) photographs a vehicle that departs from the parking lot. A plurality of region cameras (300) is installed in respective parking regions to photograph a vehicle. A management server (400) includes a vehicle license number recognition unit (450) for recognizing a vehicle license number, a registration unit (460) for registering a last photographed parking region on a parking ticket, a control unit (440) for calculating a number of available parking spaces for each parking region, and determining a total number of available parking spaces, and a guidance unit (470) for guiding an entering vehicle to an available parking region. A display unit (350) displays the number of available parking spaces.
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6 Claims
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1. A parking management system, comprising:
- an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot;
an exit camera (200) for photographing a vehicle that departs from the parking lot;
a plurality of region cameras (300) installed in respective parking regions in the parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle;
a management server (400) comprising a vehicle license number recognition unit (450) for recognizing a vehicle license number on the basis of image data photographed by the entrance camera (100), the exit camera (200), and the region cameras (300), a registration unit (460) for registering a last photographed parking region on a parking ticket, which a driver holds when entering the parking lot, on the basis of a vehicle license number photographed by the region cameras installed in respective parking regions, a control unit (440) for calculating a number of available parking spaces for each parking region based on a last input vehicle license number for each parking region, and determining a total number of available parking spaces, and a guidance unit (470) for guiding an entering vehicle to an available parking region determined by the control unit through a parking guidance signal unit; and
a display unit (350) installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and adapted to display the number of available parking spaces received from the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
- an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot;
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4. A parking management system, comprising:
- an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot;
a parking fee management unit (250) for displaying an overall parking time and parking fee of a vehicle that enters or departs from the parking lot, and indicating departure of the vehicle;
a plurality of region cameras (300) installed in respective parking regions in the parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle;
a management server (400) comprising a vehicle license number recognition unit (450) for recognizing a vehicle license number on the basis of image data photographed by the entrance camera (100), an exit camera (200), and the region cameras (300), a registration unit (460) for registering a last photographed parking region on a parking ticket, which a driver holds when entering the parking lot, on the basis of a vehicle license number photographed by the region cameras installed in respective parking regions, a control unit (440) for calculating a number of available parking spaces for each parking region on the basis of a last input vehicle license number for each parking region, and determining a total number of available parking spaces, and a guidance unit (470) for guiding an entering vehicle to an available parking region determined by the control unit through a parking guidance signal unit; and
a display unit (350) installed at the entrance of the parking lot, and adapted to display the number of available parking spaces received from the control unit.
- an entrance camera (100) installed at an entrance of a parking lot, and adapted to photograph a vehicle that enters the parking lot;
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