Set-up Single Space/Multi Space Parking

Gather real time occupancy state about specific parking spaces - free or occupied

You have a parking space where you simply want to know if your specific parking spaces are occupied or free, SWARM provides a perfect solution for doing that quite easily. See yourself:

What data can be generated?

For this use case, SWARM software is providing you with any relevant data for Single Space detection within your parking space. The solution is to provide you with the occupancy state of each of your configured parking lots.

The single space detection will give you information about the occupancy state of your parking lot (free or occupied) as well as the information about the object in your parking space, including the classification. Nevertheless, consider that the following configuration set-up is optimized to detect vehicles and not people and bicycles. On top the classification is depending on the camera installation, for a more top-down view the classification will be less accurate.

Camera placement

Good camera placement and understanding of the following section are key for accurate detections for Single Space Parking.

The main challenge in planning a camera installation is to avoid potential occlusions by other cars. We advise using the Axis lens calculator or generic lens calculator and testing your parking setup for the following conditions:

  • put a car on one of the parking spaces

  • put a large vehicle (high van, small truck - the largest vehicle that you expect in your parking) on all parking spaces next to your car

  • if you still can see >70 % of the car, then this parking spot is valid.

General & easy recommendations for deciding where to place the camera:

  • Parking spots have to be fully visible (inside the field of view of the camera). We do not guarantee full accuracy for cropped single parking spaces.

  • Avoid objects (trees, poles, flags, walls, other vehicles) that occlude the parking spaces. Avoid camera positions, where cars (especially high cars like vans) occlude other cars.

  • Occlusions by other parking cars, mainly happen if parking spaces are aligned in direction of camera-alignment lines.

Get a better overview for installations with more details on camera distance to objects and mounting height:

What needs to be considered for a successful analysis?

Find detailed information about camera requirements/settings as well as camera positioning in the table below.

Environment requirements

Hardware Specifications

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