Image Based Parking Lot Monitoring
SystemJoe Harkins
Monitoring available parking spaces benefits both RIT’s Parking Office as well as commuting students, faculty and staff.
This project is to create a proof of concept for a wide scale monitoring system using cameras and image processing.
The specific goal of the project is to use a single camera and image processing software to monitor the number of open spaces in a section of RIT’s F-Lot.
Project Overview
Customers:◦ Mark Smith –
[email protected]◦ Randy Vercauteren –
Stakeholders:◦ Mark Smith◦ Facilities
Management◦ Parking and
Transportation Office◦ Commuting
Students, Faculty and Staff
Customers and Stakeholders
Functional Decomposition
Customer Need Number
Importance
Customer Need Description
CN1 1 Involve multiple engineering disciplines
CN2 9 High Student Awareness
CN3 9 Accurately communicate number of open parking spaces
CN4 3 Be able to differentiate between different types of parking spaces
CN5 9 Operational in various light and weather conditions
CN6 1 Easily expandable if decision is made to deploy in all parking lots
CN7 1 Long operational lifeCN8 9 Able to cover entire parking lot
Source Function Specification (metric) Unit of Measure
Marginal Value
Ideal Value
Comments
S1 CN7 System Number of Cameras # 1
S2 CN5 System Operational Time time 8am-4pm
S3 C1 System Cost $ 500
S4 CN4, CN1 System Differentiate between types of spaces
- 3
S5 CN5 System Weatherproof -
S6 CN5 System Operating Temperature Range
deg F -20 - 100
S7 CN1, CN6 System Able to mount to a variety of surfaces
-
S8 CN8, CN1 System Combine images from multiple cameras
-
S9 CN3, CN1 System Accuracy of open space detection
error < 5%
Customer Needs and Specifications
Single camera in a fixed position Single camera that swivels, taking a full
image at an interval between 10 and 30 seconds
Potential Concepts
Budget Estimate: ◦ Camera/Receiver: $200◦ Computer for processing: Old RIT computer? If not
$200◦ Cables/Wires: $50◦ Total: $450
Budget and Student Staffing
DisciplineHow
Many?Anticipated Skills Needed (concise descriptions)
EE 2
Circuit Design and Power Systems – For powering the camera and the display as well as power and data to and
from the processorAlgorithm Design – Create an algorithm to process the
image
ME 1Stress Analysis – Bracket/mounting for cameras
Thermodynamics – For processer to ensure adequate coolingStatistics – For the image analysis algorithm
CE 2
Digital Image Processing – Develop a way to obtain parking space data from the images
Device Programming – Programming for the processor and how it outputs into a usable data stream to be used by the
display
Questions?
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