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Left: Lobo informs
of each empty
space
Inset: Kormo has
a colour-coded
system
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March/April 2020 Traffic Technology International
Efficient parking
space management
In the future, there will be
far more to parking than just
leaving cars somewhere. The
trend is clearly towards efficient
parking space management that
enables inner cities to cope with
the steady growth in private
transport. The complex demands
being placed on today’s parking
garages can only be satisfied
through new technical solutions
that take the increase in
electromobility into account.
Parking garages ought to
be well-lit and inviting so that
they are safe and convenient,
but they also need to provide
ample parking space. Moreover,
motorists increasingly want
a smart guide to take them
to an empty space. Neither
should autonomous driving
and parking issues be neglected
when upgrading parking
garages or building new ones.
However, parking guidance
systems are only as good as the
data it is given. Reliable results
require a high level of accuracy
in capturing the current parking
situation. To achieve this, there
are essentially two approaches.
Sensors can be used to identify
the status of individual parking
spaces. As an alternative, sensors
can monitor vehicles going in
and out and use a balancing
counting system to extrapolate
the occupancy situation.
Smart parking guidance
The use of individual parking
space sensors gives an accurate
picture of the current situation.
This is the basis for a smart
parking guidance system that
leads drivers straight to empty
spaces. However, any system
recording individual parking
spaces requires every bay to be
equipped, so it involves a great
deal of installation work. An
inexpensive alternative is to use
a balancing counting system that
only involves installing sensors
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Key features of RTB’s
suite of complementary
parking management
solutions
> Lobo detects each
individual parking spaces
> The Nosco system has
sensors at the entrance/
exit to determine
occupancy
> Kormo combines parking
guidance with EV charging
colour display
on parking
spaces and charging
stations which have
been reserved in advance.
The Kormo charger changes
from ‘green’ to ‘yellow’ in the
Lobo parking guidance system.
The dynamic displays quickly
guide the vehicle to the reserved
space, at which point ‘red’ shows
that it is occupied.
Obvious benefits
Flexibly combining the systems
is obviously beneficial. Drivers
immediately get all the parking
availability information, the
route to an empty space, and
be able to reserve it. Operators
achieve better utilization over
the long term, since the guidance
system means even spaces that
are hard to find can be used.
Specific customers (e.g. VIPs,
disabled drivers) can be guided,
and there is less traffic looking
for space.
located at the
garage’s entrance
and exit. A neural
network, an object
tracking system and a
plausibility check then
determine the occupancy status
with an accuracy of ≥ 99.8%, and
transfer data to the guidance
server. By fusing data, weather
or environmental-related
disruptions do not negatively
impact the results. Even if the
first sensor fails, the second
sensor continues to deliver
accurate data.
To integrate electromobility,
RTB has Kormo smart charger.
This solution combines a parking
guidance system, parking space
monitoring, pay stations and
e-mobility charging into a single,
integrated system. In standby
mode, power is disconnected
from all the charging stations,
to ensure safety. Complying with
calibration regulations, it enables
all the charging stations to be
billed using secure interfaces,
and offers advance reservation
of parking spaces, charging
stations and the energy required.
By using suitable interfaces to
link the Lobo, Nosco and Kormo
systems, operators can access a
complete, single-source solution.
A real-world example is the
RTB
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in the parking garage’s entrance
and exit areas.
RTB offers solutions for both,
which can be combined flexibly.
The Lobo detection system uses
sensors to capture each empty
parking space. In addition, the
system uses status LEDs, which
are visible from a distance, to
indicate if a space is free or
occupied.
RTB uses the Nosco hybrid
camera to provide excellent
detection rates, even when
driving scenarios are complex.
It consolidates data recorded by
two sensors (camera and radar)
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