Video-based PGS conquers changeable outdoor environments

First published in Intertraffic Innovation News - May 6, 2020

Taiwan-headquartered Parkxper is highlighting its camera-based parking guidance system (PGS) which is a major building block of the company’s integrated advanced parking system.

As the demand in parking convenience and car search accuracy increases in car parks, Parkxper continues evolving its camera-based PGS solutions. In addition to indoor parking guidance system, Parkxper’s parking system expands to an outdoor environment with versatile weather-proof LPR cameras.

Using deep-learning vehicle detection and LPR technology, the outdoor PGS system is more adaptable to strong-lighted and rainy settings. Its camera comes with five-megapixel lenses and WDR feature, which easily recognises 4-6 vehicles, day and night.

In a prestige deployment, car finder kiosks were installed around the station for drivers to search for both indoor and outdoor vehicles, preventing the drivers from walking around the lot looking for their car, thus taking longer to exit the lot than they should. The system not only makes it simpler for drivers to find their vehicles, but it is also easier to manage by knowing the occupancy rate.

Parkxper is deployed in several prestige locations, including Taiwan high-speed rail’s Taichung Station, a park-and-ride facility on four levels with some 1,482 parking spaces including an outdoor parking level with 368 spaces.

Parkxper was tasked with reliving the stress of finding parking spaces during rush hour. With the help of the company’s intelligent parking management system, it has made it even easier for drivers to finish parking within three minutes.