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1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

parkAI is a project created to ease parking lot management and usage. This allows administrators to have an easier time managing their car park as some tasks will be automatized by our application, and users will benefit from this automation as they only enter or exit the parking while our app counts their time, charges the money to their payment method and shows them the empty spaces

1.2 Scope

Software products

1. Web Page: This web page will connects all the processes of the application, such as user/vehicles management, empty spaces display and payment

   • 1.1. User / vehicles management: The user creation will be done through a login, and they shall be able to link a vehicle by its license plate. They can add, modify or eliminate a vehicle if it no longer belongs to them. Cars should only have 1 user linked.
   • 1.2. Empty spaces display: Using the information that cameras with AI vision provide about the empty and occupied spaces, this product will be able to display them in the web page to show the users where they can park
   • 1.3. Payment: Users will be able to pay their fee by submitting payment methods. The app will automatically count their time in the car parking and will charge the fee to their payment method

2. License plate detector: The license plates will be read by implementing AI vision in cameras that will be ubicated in the entries and exits of the parking lot

3. Empty space detector: Empty spaces should be identified by an algorithm that will take the information from cameras located in different areas from the parking lot

Software Application

Every software product is only a part of the entire project. By connecting them the software will be able to manage parking lots, this will be done by registering users and their vehicles. First the user will enter some information, then it can register at least one valid payment method, and finally he can link a vehicle; this information can be later modified. By using cameras the app should identify the license plate and send it to the webpage, from there the owner of the vehicle (user) shall be identified; then, when the vehicle exits the parking lot and the fee will be charged to the user´s payment method. Should also be able to identify the empty spaces with the cameras and with the algorithm that will be used for this task

Benefits

• Helps parking lot users to have an easier experience
• No people needed for this system to operate
• The project will hold per every car parked using the app a little percentage of the paid fee
• No tags / identifiers needed for the car, only the license plate
• With the empty spaces identifier the user knows if there are any spaces available

Goal

• Build a secure, fast and reliable app that can be used in big scale

1.3. Product overview