Types Of Car Parking Technologies Available

Types Of Car Parking Technologies Available

Traditional car parking garages are now being overtaken by events and smart parking is quickly becoming the order of the day. Experts in the field of the technology say that the parking sub-niche is one of the areas where technology is being adopted very fast. This may be explained by the fact that parking spaces are no longer available and that the ever-shrinking urban space calls for speedy adoption of technology to address the traffic menace in cities. Here are some of the car parking systems and technologies that are available today:

GSM and RFID Car Parking Systems

Under these types of systems, microcontrollers and GSM modules are interfaced in which the GSM technology helps vehicle owners to locate available spaces in parking facilities via the SMS service. An IR sensor is usually installed at a parking facility, and is used to monitor the available space, and sends signals to confirm the availability of parking slots to the vehicle owners. Some of the details contained in the automated SMS may include the available parking slot number, the amount of time, security code, and the amount of money or parking fees to pay.

The process begins with the user sending an SMS to the GSM module located at the parking lot and depending on the availability of the space, the GSM module returns information including the password, lot number to the motorist. Once the information is sent, the driver confirms the booking, and the parking slot is reserved automatically. During parking, the LED lights help the driver to locate and park the car at the designated parking slot. An empty or vacant slot will be signified by a green light and once the slot of occupied, the light will be switched off automatically. RFIDs are used to verify authorized users to ensure that only authorized users are allowed inside the parking slots.

QR code-based Vehicle Parking System

Here, the most essential components for the smart parking solution are the users, database, and zones. The parking authority will decide the parking tariffs and this information will be relayed to car owners. Upon receiving the information, a vehicle driver decides the parking space and reserves it. After this, SPSR generates a unique QR code and sends it to the driver. Each driver or car is identified by the unique QR code assigned to it. Upon confirmation of the booking by a driver, the management of the parking system Miami then enters the record in its database. It is upon this information that the system does the following:

• Analyses the level of congestion and the available vacancies at the parking space
• Chooses the parking prices as per the operational pricing system.
• Periodically displays the prices to users.
• Keeps the QR code, prices as well as all information related to the user for future use.

Depending on the cost and the technological prowess of the garage, any of the above parking systems in Miami can be adopted to help ease the traffic.

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