MANLESS PARKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A manless parking control system and method is capable of automatically recognizing the arrival and leaving of a vehicle in a predetermined parking area and then automatically charging hourly parking fees to the vehicle driver, through the use of image recognition and wireless communication techniques. The manless parking control system include a camera for taking picture of a predetermined parking area to recognize the arrival and leaving of a vehicle and then for transmitting signals indicative of the result of recognition, a driver-operated wireless settlement terminal for transmitting signals indicative of the identification number of the parking area occupied by the vehicle and a driver's personal settlement information, and a parking control server for receiving the signals from the camera and the wireless settlement terminal to calculate and charge parking fees to the driver of the vehicle which has used the predetermined parking area.