• Who carries change? • Hard to find empty space • Must be at meter to add additional time Photo by millermz on Flickr
One Solution
• Expensive • What if it rains? • Not possible to extend remotely Photo by niallkennedy
Our solution Smart Coin-Free Parking Mote Gateway
Internet
Empty Parking Spot
Payment Services, Monitoring Services, etc. Google App Engine
Features Driver has the ability to search for open parking spots.
DRIVERS • Allow drivers to park without the need for coins or cards . • Provide drivers with the ability to search for and map available parking spots . • Drivers are notified when there time is about up and offers them the option to add time without physically being at the meter.
Mote Gateway
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Man purchasing minutes from smartphone
Parking Services • Minimize the hardware needed by utilizing user phones for majority of services. • Inexpensive parking meter hardware . • Existing meters can be easily retrofitted without losing the coin payment functionality • Provide parking services with the detailed status of every meter in the network (including Google Maps mashups ). • Reduce parking services cost by decreasing the need to monitor meters .
Goals
Easy Payment • No more searching for coins • No new parking cards to keep track of • No pager required in the car
Leverage Smart Phones • Use the Internet to connect to an accounting server • Use GPS to identify the correct meter • Use the camera to identify the correct meter
Cost Effective Meters • Minimize the amount of hardware needed for the parking meter • Choose inexpensive hardware (no touch screen, no card reader, no WI-FI) • Existing meters can be easily retrofitted without losing the coin payment functionality • Reduce the need to patrol the parking (a wireless sensor network is used for monitoring)
Parking Monitoring • Provide parking monitoring for the parking patrol using a Google Maps mashup with markers showing the status for each parking spot (occupied/violation/open) • Allows drivers to find the closest open parking spot (using Google Maps mashup with markers or a navigator)