The Development and Construction of United Parking System for Picking Up Cars in Parking Lot

• Main Authors: Yu-Chen Su, 蘇毓誠
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95346586641811105038

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 環境工程研究所 === 93 === The United Parking System (UPs) was developed for drivers to quickly and effectively pick up their cars in the parking lot. By using wireless communication technology, network transmission technology and database technology, we designed a sophisticate wireless networks as well as windows-based navigating terminals (WNT) to help drivers finding their cars in the shortest route without memorizing their original parking locations. The main functions of this system are to login driver’s parking area accurately; to offer the shortest path while pick up the car; and to provide the geographic information of the parking lot. In this research, the UPs was built and installed at the underground parking lot of Taoyuan Prefecture Government for a three months long field test. The parking lot has three decks. The third deck was divided into 12 areas each equipped with an Area Data Sender (ADS) for drivers to log their original parking positions. Meanwhile, on each of three main entrances of the lot, a WNT was installed near the Auto-Pay Station (APS). With this design, the driver could see a map that indicated the shortest route from his/her current position (the APS) to his/her own car on the WNT screen when he/she returned to pay fees. An on-site questionnaire was given to the driver who just used this service. At the end of the study, 211 copies of questionnaire were received, and the results showed that over 80% users consider that the UPs did help them to reconstruct the concept of space in parking lot, to avoid wasting time in finding their car, and to enhance the sense of safety while walking in unfamiliar confined spaces. The results demonstrated that the UPs is capable to be a great tool for picking up cars in parking lot.