Park Assist Parking Guidance Solutions
About the Technology
A camera-based parking guidance system from Park Assist serves to reduce frustration for your parkers while providing a high-tech experience. Park Assist systems drive greater performance, increased revenue, better efficiency, increased security, safety, an elevated parker experience and ROI. This technology helps provide vehicle information to the operator in both parking garages and outdoor car parks.
The idea with the Park Assist parking guidance solution is to remove all stress and uncertainty from the parking process, by providing a seamless and stress-free experience for each parker – from initial entry to an open stall. All while improving overall traffic flow throughout a facility, across an entire property, and even in the surrounding area.
The ultimate in sitewide parking guidance
Through the unique synergy of its camera based smart-sensing systems and customizable wayfinding signage, parkers are treated to an unprecedented level of parking guidance and convenience from the Park Assist technology. From the moment they arrive, to the moment they exit the facility.
After entering a parking facility, interior wayfinding signage and directional in-aisle pointers provide follow up parking guidance. Helping them make on-the-spot decisions within a chosen level.
This is where the smart-sensors take over — as their bright color-coded LEDs signal parkers quickly to open stalls.
When parkers return to their vehicles, Park Assist closes the loop with the Find Your Car locator, which can be fully integrated into the Skidata pay stations or offered to parkers via kiosks.
M5 Camera Solution
Within a parkade, the centre-track ceiling-mounted M5 camera sensors provide a patented network of sensing, processing, and displaying elements. The array of sensors collects data about parking status across the facility and then distributes that information to the network where it’s used to guide drivers and assist operations staff.
The M5 sensor can sense, identify, and count vehicles on a per-stall basis. Configured with 1, 2, or 3 digital cameras, the M5 sensor can monitor up to 6 parking stalls simultaneously. Using proprietary image-processing software, images are continuously captured and provide the ability to detect changes in occupancy.
The sensor sends parking status and images to the site’s core server for management and reporting. Because the M5 sensor is based on digital imaging, it acts as the key enabling element for license plate recognition.
To indicate parking status to visitors, a highly visible Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicator is built into the M5 sensor, which can display thousands of different colours. Each sensor autonomously manages its own occupancy status and indicator colour, which provides visitors with real-time parking information.
The Park Assist Solution
The proposed solution also offers:
Server and System Controls (with a Park Insights license), the central computer that collects, manages, and stores all parking data from the sensors. This cloud-based reporting system can be accessed from any computer, tablet, or smartphone with an internet connection. Park Insights equips operations staff with a browser-based dashboard to access system parameters across a site or a network of sites, including:
Offline Functionality | Each sensor houses its own processing unit for vehicle detection and memory for data storage
Networking / Head-end Equipment | Each floor or region of a Park Assist System installation includes at least one floor cabinet, which houses a network switch and supplies power to supporting sensors and signage.
Installation of the entire solution by Precise ParkLink’s own technicians, electricians, and engineers. Park Assist’s proprietary tracks are designed to work with all garage designs for a clean installation. Particularly given the lucrative nature of most parking operations, a significant to the Park Assist track system is that it does not require parked cars to be removed for the installation. By installing the tracks down drive aisles, the system can be installed without interrupting normal operations.
