Parking space with reservation system

摘要

The parking lot (1) has a reservation system having a common radio beacon unit (15) and a camera unit (17) that are provided at an entrance (5) for reading out of radio identifier (14) and vehicle identifier (11) of an entering vehicle (3) respectively. Each parking space (2) is provided with a fixed camera unit (23) for performing optical character recognition (OCR) reading of a vehicle registration plate of parked vehicle. The central computer is adapted to verify whether data read by fixed mounted camera unit is identical to data read by camera unit mounted at entrance.