Ultrasonic Sensors to Facilitate Car Parking

Bremicker Verkehrstechnik is offering a complete car parking package with its single space detection module named eParkSys, which it developed in the year 2009.

The sensing network will identify the status of each parking space in the parking lot and ensure that the existing capacity is utilized efficiently. Ultrasonic sensors in new designs are strategically placed over the space. These sensors will give information on whether another car is parked below it or not. LED lights in differing hues will alert the status of the parking space. Green will denote available space; red will signify that the space is in use, while blue will show an available handicapped parking space. LED signs will guide drivers and provide better services. The entire network is linked by cables in a simple manner using plugs. The sensors can be used in the existing cable trays and ducts without incurring additional costs.  The entire system can be controlled and monitored via a central embedded computer.

The car park at Clemens Galerien, a shopping mall situated in Solingen, provides 600 parking spaces. It also happens to be constantly used. The company had earlier provided the area with single space sensors, and LED signboards guide drivers to the appropriate available spaces. Each bay is equipped with ultrasonic sensors. Web-based software ensures that the entire system can be smoothly and effortlessly monitored with a simple computer.