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It is widely observed that congestion in parking lots in high density areas is a great source of ... more It is widely observed that congestion in parking lots in high density areas is a great source of frustration for drivers. With the proliferation of car mounted GPS units and smartphones, there has been a recent increase in interest in developing ways for drivers to find vacant parking spots. Current methods rely either on counters, which can only provide the number, but not location of vacant spots, or weight sensors placed underneath each parking spot, which are not cost effective. We propose to make use of existing surveillance infrastructure and an image processing based algorithm to provide a cost efficient and robust solution. We will utilize either a MATLAB or C++/OpenCV implementation for this project and the Android platform will not be considered.
It is widely observed that congestion in parking lots in high density areas is a great source of ... more It is widely observed that congestion in parking lots in high density areas is a great source of frustration for drivers. With the proliferation of car mounted GPS units and smartphones, there has been a recent increase in interest in developing ways for drivers to find vacant parking spots. Current methods rely either on counters, which can only provide the number, but not location of vacant spots, or weight sensors placed underneath each parking spot, which are not cost effective. We propose to make use of existing surveillance infrastructure and an image processing based algorithm to provide a cost efficient and robust solution. We will utilize either a MATLAB or C++/OpenCV implementation for this project and the Android platform will not be considered.