RFID Enabled Automated Parking Solution for Parking Control

RFID technology is widely applied in vehicle assess and control applications it provides
significant advantages such as non-stop toll collection security guarantee. UHF long distance RFID technology integrates with monitoring camera providing enterprises and communities with hands-free control to ensure only authorized vehicles to enter into. The system works in pass/fail mode--access granted or access denied records are also stored in the database for inquiring periodic vehicle access history and parking fees.

1. Regular user (vehicle on which have a authorized tag)
Usually the reader is installed in the control room and the tag is attached on the windshield of the vehicle. The tag stores the vehicle number and its owner' s information a prepaid account can be linked to it.
When a vehicle' s wheels press the underground vehicle detecting apparatus (a sensor coil) the standby reader is activated to read vehicle tag information to check its validity according to the data stored in the computer database. If the car is authorized the reader will log the entry time and vehicle number then transmits the entry data back to host computer and trigger a command to lift the barrier.
The exit process is the similar: the reader logs exit time and vehicle number and transits the data to the host computer the car owner' s account is then debited for the time he/she spent in the parking lot. If the tag failed to be authorized or the account is not sufficient to pay the parking fee the system
will alarm security and the camera capture a photo and the barrier won' t lift.

2. Temporary user (vehicle who visiting on temporary)
When the vehicle come close to the barrier, operator on duty record the vehicle number into system and driver must get a temporary card by pressing the “ car out” button on the card dispenser. Meanwhile vehicle tag information is transmitted to host computer, a photo is captured by the camera. Also some welcome speech and how many parking spaces left will show on the display panel, as well as voice prompt. The barrier lift and vehicle pass. The exit process is the similar: Driver submits the card to the operator. The reader logs exit time and vehicle number and transits the data to the host to check its validity according to the data stored in the computer database. Then the computer counts the parking fee automatically and the fee is shown on the display panel, as well as voice prompt. The driver pays the parking fee for the time he/she spent in the parking lot. Then barrier lift and vehicle exit.