UM PARKING ADVISER

Sherry Wang

Xiuyuan Huang

Junhua Chen

PROBLEM ADDRESSING

With and without UM Parking Adviser

SOLUTIONS:PARKING LOT STATUS

What is the status of this Parking Lot?

Should I go to that Parking Lot?

SOLUTIONS:PARKING LOT STATUS

SOLUTIONS:RECOMMENDATION AND PATH

Which one is the best?

How do I go there?

SOLUTIONS:RECOMMENDATION AND PATH

DEMO TIME

TEST RESULTS

Category User Experiences Satisfaction (1-5)

MVP 1 Features Number of Empty Spaces in each Parking Lot 3.8

Status of each Parking Lot 4.6

Show User Current Location 4.8

New Features Set User Destination Location 3.2

Recommend a Parking Lot 3.6

Generate Path 4.0

Non-functions Launch Screen Specify App Use 4.2

Clear Display and Easy Operation 3.8

COMPARISON

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of Spaces

Status Color

User Location

Destination

Recommendation

Path

Launch Screen

Display & Operation

MVP 2

MVP 1

IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW PROBLEMS

Improvements:• Number visible all the time

• Data accuracy

• Smooth map display

Remained Problem:• Status color not reasonable

New Problems:• Numbers not very clear

• Not convenient to color-blind

user

• Better distinguish two paths

FUTURE STEPS

Old Features• Improve Color Range and Recommending Algorithm• Better visualization

New Features• Address Search Box• Bookmarking Frequent Destinations

Future Steps• Other Parking Lots• Parking Spaces with Different Levels of Permit

QUESTIONS?