Automated LPR Parking System for Argentinian Plates

Authors

  • Juan Pablo Valeo Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE) Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
  • Sebastian Gregoracci Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE) Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
  • Leticia María Seijas Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE) Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
  • Juan Alberto Etcheverry Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE) Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37537/rev.elektron.4.2.112.2020

Keywords:

Parking Automation, ALPR, Printed Circuit Board

Abstract

The global market for smart parking solutions is booming. Nowadays, this market is highly competitive due mainly to the increase in car ownership and the number of vehicles circulating the roads. However, there is a technological gap between Argentina and other countries. This work presents the Automated LPR Parking System for Argentinian Plates SAE (in Spanish, Sistema Automatizado de Estacionamiento) designed and developed in its prototype version for a private company, to control and manage the entry, stay and exit of vehicles in parking lots. The system is composed by two main modules: the automatic license plate recognition system and the Principal System Board. This board allows the connection of the central unit with peripherals such as magnetic field sensors, access barriers and infrared barriers. In addition, the system manages a database that stores the necessary information for the parking management. Registered users that pay monthly and ocasinal users are considered. Furthermore, the system implements a mechanism for vehicle size detection to determine the value of the parking fees. SAE handles both hardware and system failures and exceptional situations. In addition, the entry and exit of vehicles are handled simultaneously.

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Author Biography

  • Leticia María Seijas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE) Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

    Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, área Ciencias de la Computación.

    Docente-Investigadora Laboratorio de Comunicaciones, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas en Electrónica (ICYTE), Facultad de Ingeniería,Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.

    Profesora Departamento de Electrónica y Computación y Profesora Departamento de Informática, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.

    IEEE Argentina, Presidente del Capítulo de Inteligencia Computacional durante 2018. Actual miembro de las sociedades de IEEE CIS y GRSS.

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Published

2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Computer Networks and Informatics

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How to Cite

[1]
J. P. Valeo, S. Gregoracci, L. M. Seijas, and J. A. Etcheverry, “Automated LPR Parking System for Argentinian Plates”, Elektron, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 107–113, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.37537/rev.elektron.4.2.112.2020.