Vehicle Detection for Traffic and Parking
Enhance Mobility and Alleviate Parking Concerns
Vehicle detection solutions for traffic control and parking help communities and businesses implement parking guidance tools, ride sharing programs, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) that help enhance mobility and alleviate parking concerns.
Keep reading to learn how vehicle detection solutions can benefit your parking facility.
Each parking application is unique, from off-street parking to underground parking to complex facilities with a combination of parking lots, ramps, or underground garages.
Many parking applications depend on accurate vehicle counting to reliably verify when a garage is full, many require reliable sensing in order to activate a pay station, and many can benefit from systems that direct drivers to available parking spots.
It is therefore important to match the right technology to meet the demands of the application. Some technologies, like ultrasonic sensors, are best suited for covered parking applications where they are sheltered from the elements that can negatively impract sensing function.
Other technologies, like wireless magnetometers, excel in harsh outdoor conditions. In some cases, an application could benefit from multiple redundant technologies to achieve the desired level of precise detection.
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Vehicle Detection at a Shopping Center
Application: Reduce vehicle congenstion and encourage customers to stay by making it easy to find available parking spaces.
Challenges: Prolonged searches and long waits for parking spaces has a negative correlation with time and money spent at the center, as well as on overall customer experience and the frequency or likelihood of return visits.
Solution: Working with a local integrator, a dynamic parking guidance system was implemented at the center to clearly show where parking is available. The system uses a variety of Banner vehicle detection sensors deployed in a SureCross® wireless network.
Benefits: Implementing a parking guidance system made it easier for motorists to access the shopping center and improved their overall experience. Less time spent looking for available parking translates into visitors spending more time and money at the center.
Vehicle Detection for Street Parking
Application: Detecting the presence of shared electric cars at a charging station is necessary to prevent non-permitted vehicles from parking at these stations.
Challenges: The outdoor environment can be challenging for many vehicle sensing technologies. Vandalism is also a risk due to the public location.
Solution: A high sensitivity radar sensor detects the presence of vehicles at a charging station. If the car is not plugged into the charging station, a signal is sent to a central location, alerting authorities to remove the vehicle if necessary.
Benefits: Radar sensors are not affected by weather conditions, ensuring reliable performance in all seasons. The sensor can be installed inside the charging station to reduce the risk of vandalism.
Vehicle Detection for Indoor Parking
Application: Helping motorists to quickly find available parking can minimize traffic congestion and vehicle emissions in confined and enclosed underground parking garages.
Challenges: The diverse configurations of underground facilities can challenge the effectiveness of many parking guidance systems. Wired systems are costly and require significant work under the concrete.
Solution: A wireless system of sensors and indicators a simple, cost-effective solution that enables motorists to quickly find available parking in underground parking facilities. Wireless ultrasonic sensors detect whether a vehicle is present in a parking spot, and wireless indicator lights visually direct drivers to available stalls.
Benefits: Ultrasonic sneosrs can be mounted directly on the ceiling of a parking garage to identify the presence of a car in the parking space below. Furthermore, a wireless solution enables rapid deployment in any parking facility with minimal downtime and no costly cable runs.
Wireless Magnetometer
El sensor M-GAGE utiliza tecnología de detección pasiva para detectar objetos ferrosos grandes, como vehículos motorizados. El M-GAGE proporciona un reemplazo alternativo para los sistemas inductivos del lazo y no necesita ninguna caja externa del control.
- Diseñado para minimizar los efectos del cambio de temperatura y los campos magnéticos fluctuantes
- El sensor aprende ambiente de fondo y almacena los ajustes en la memoria no volátil
- Tecnología FlexPower impulsada por una sola batería de litio primaria integrada en la carcasa
- Transceptores de proporcionar una comunicación bidireccional entre la puerta de enlace y nodo, incluyendo transmisión de datos totalmente reconocido
- La carcasa completamente sellado y empaquetada contiene la fuente de poder, el sensor y la antena para una solución completamente inalámbrica
Wireless Ultrasonic Node
El nodo de sensor ultrasónico inalámbrico es ideal para aplicaciones de estacionamiento en interiores.
- Puede montarse directamente en el techo de un estacionamiento para identificar la presencia de un automóvil en el espacio de estacionamiento que se encuentra debajo.
- Detecta objetos hasta 4 m de distancia.
- La batería de celda D integrada reduce el costo de instalación al eliminar la necesidad de instalar cables y conductos.
- Diseñado con compensación de la temperatura a través de la medición de temperatura a bordo
- Transceptores de proporcionar una comunicación bidireccional entre la puerta de enlace y nodo, incluyendo transmisión de datos totalmente reconocido
- La carcasa contiene la batería, el sensor y la antena para una solución inalámbrica completa y robusta – IP67, NEMA 6
Radar Sensor for Vehicle Detection
Sensores basados en radar de alta sensibilidad ideales para evitar colisiones a bordo de equipos móviles, como apiladoras, montacargas y vehículos de minería.
- La tecnología FMCW del radar (true-presence) de cuarta generación detecta objetivos móviles y estacionarios
- Mayor sensibilidad y mayor rango
- Campo de detección ajustable— ignora los objetos más allá del punto de ajuste
- Fácil instalación y configuración de rango, la sensibilidad y la salida con simples interruptores DIP
- Las funciones de detección no se ven afectadas por el viento, la lluvia o la nieve, la niebla, la humedad, la temperatura del aire, o la luz
- El sensor funciona en la banda de telecomunicaciones industrial, científica y médica (ISM) sin necesidad de una licencia especial
- Su robusta carcasa IP67 es resistente a ambientes hostiles