Image Processing Approach for Time-Saving and Convenient Parking Slot Detection
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2020
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
Abstract
With the globalization, businesses around the world started to expand from the local
boundaries to the international markets. As a result of that, transportation system
management and parking management are gradually becoming key factors for successful
businesses. Most of the Sri Lankan parking areas in operation are manually functioned
and inefficient. Because of that reason on busy days, drivers may take extra time driving
around the parking area to find a free parking space. Failure to find a free parking slot
may cause traffic congestion, extra Carbon Dioxide emission, and arising the stress level
of drivers. The free parking slot detector developed using the technology of image
processing can be introduced as a great solution for all these issues. The shortest path
algorithm contained in this detector assists drivers in finding the nearest vacant parking
space. The camera of this detector is acting as a sensor. Since there are no sensors
employed, the mechanical and electronic functionality of the system is reduced to a great
extent. In previous researches, the Canny Edge detection method was used to identify the
vehicles. In this research, the Yolo algorithm was used to detect the presence and the type
of vehicles in the parking area since its’ high accuracy compared to the Canny Edge
detection method. After detecting the vehicles, the mean pixel value of each vehicle is
taken. The coordinates of the parking slots are taken to an XML file when the parking
area is empty and mark the polygon area of each parking slot. Ultimately, each parking
slot is uniquely numbered and the status of the parking slot is decided according to the
mean value of the vehicle. The updated status of each parking slot is displayed at the
entrance of the parking area. The accuracy of the system was approximately 95% in
different weather conditions and various angles of images. The developed system may
lead to an effective transportation system.
Keywords: Free parking space detection, Shortest path algorithm, Convolutional neural
network, Image processing
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Computer Science, Information Science, Computing and Information Management