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Camera System Guides Drivers to Open Parking Spaces in Crowded Lots

By Megan Crouse | December 8, 2015

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The Park Assist system includes lights that can guide drivers to open parking spaces. Image credit: Intelligent Product Solutions

Parking garages can be a nightmare when they’re crowded, with cars in close proximity jockeying for spots. Intelligent Product Solutions and Park Assist have worked together to roll out Park Assist, a camera-based system used to guide drivers to an open parking space.

The Park Assist M4 solution debuted at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, Humber River Hospital in Toronto, and other locations around the world. A LED light-ring indicator in the parking garage will indicate whether a space is full or open, and what type of space is it (regular, handicapped).

Intelligent Product Solutions assisted the Park Assist engineering team in providing mechanical, industrial, and electrical engineering expertise.

Because the system tracks vehicles both entering and leaving the parking garage, it also improves parking lot security.

License place recognition (LPR) is leveraged in order to help people locate their parked cars using the Park Assist Find Your Car feature.

Park Assist can also be used to display the number of parking spaces available on any given level. Image credit: IPS

The smart sensors are based on M4 cameras, and also uses the LPR technology to set automated parking rules and alerts. Using Park Assist can reduce the time spent searching for a parking spot by up to 44 percent (or an average of 76 seconds) for each parker, also reducing the amount of fuel used.

“The new M4 Park Assist solution provides a seamless and stress-free experience for each parker, from initial entry to an open space – while improving overall traffic flow throughout a facility or across an entire property. IPS was the ideal innovation partner for us as they had the full range of product development expertise to help bring the M4 to fruition,” said Ilan Goodman, chief technology officer at Park Assist.

 “With our strong background in LED product design, we leveraged that expertise to help Park Assist produce this innovative camera-based solution that solves the problem of driving around a parking garage, looking for an open space,” said Mitch Maiman, president and cofounder of Intelligent Product Solutions.


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