Prototype Design and Application of a Semi-Circular Automatic Parking System

Özet

Nowadays, with the increasing population in urban settlements, the number of vehicles used in traffic has also increased in these settlements. This has brought with it major problems that are caused by insufficient parking lots, in terms of traffic congestion, drivers and environment. In this study, in order to overcome these problems, a multi-stored automatic parking system that automatically performs vehicle recognition, vehicle parking, vehicle delivery and pricing processes is designed and the practical application of this system is realized on a prototype. The vehicle recognition process in the designed system is fulfilled through a software prepared on the personal computer connected to the webcam. A multi-stored semi-circular structure has been used as parking lots to resolve parking lot deficiencies. Therefore, the carrying system that carries out the parking process in the system is designed as a cylindrical coordinated robot that can move horizontally, vertically and in the forward-back direction. The control of the whole system is realized by the PIC16F877A microcontroller. The results obtained from the prepared prototype have showed that the proposed system can provide significant contributions to the solution of problems resulting from parking lot deficiencies.