Circling around the parking garage or driving up and down multiple blocks in search of a parking spot in a populated city is not just frustrating, but it wastes time and costs money. Fortunately engineering company, Bosch, has just revealed a system where the parking spaces themselves inform drivers where they can park.
Bosch's parking sensor saves you time on looking for an available parking spot. Image source: Bosch.
Here's how it works: active parking lot management employs sensors that are installed either on or in the ground near each space, which regularly check if it's occupied or not. Then this information is relayed wirelessly to a server. Two types of detection are used so that a level of redundancy is built into the system.
Because of the sensor’s low power consumption, the battery can last up to seven years. The battery level can be viewed by the parking lot operator at any time, in order to ensure that the system can be adequately maintained. Of course, the sensors are weather-proof and are able to withstand the wear and tear caused by vehicles.
Better yet, the system is designed to be accessed by drivers via a web portal or mobile app. Before beginning a journey, drivers can view where there is available parking and filter the results based on factors like space size or type (such as for people with children or the disabled).
The parking system also offers benefits for lot operators, too. It’s able to show information about when spaces are typically filled, with statistics used to improve the occupancy-rate of lots. If required, a cashless payment function can also be enabled.
Check out the video below to see Bosch’s parking lot management system in action.
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