Closing the circle for parking

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Closing the circle for parking

A new smart-parking camera with high-resolution image recognition technology, used alongside security and payment systems, can transform parking into a more convenient, adjustable, secure, and completely contactless experience

missing, and CamSensor has finally come to close the circle and provide even more features for car park operators and users.

The device has been specifically designed to fill all the gaps that existed in efficient car parking, also improving almost all the existing features. Its main contribution lies in its high resolution and image recognition technology that makes it possible to view and record up to six parking places via live streaming. The images are sent through a cable directly to parking operators, allowing them to know exactly what is happening in each parking bay at all times. This means that the device

Words | Toni Alfaro, Circontrol, Spain

Circontrol has recently achieved a new standard in efficient parking solutions. The company’s CirPark platform is entering a new era thanks to the launch of the latest smart parking device – the CamSensor. For years, Circontrol has been able to meet different smart requirements for vehicle parking facilities, such as intelligent guidance, efficient LED lighting and integrated EV charging systems, thanks to the iPark, LEDPark and EVPark product families. But there was something

Above: The new CamSensor device allows an easy integration between car park, EV charging and touchless easy payment

Left: A parking facility enlightened Circontrol’s LEDPark solutions

can function as an integrated video surveillance camera, which will substantially increase the security control standards in the facility.

CamSensor not only records but can also distinguish the shape of vehicles and their number plates thanks to high-standard image recognition software. This differs from the traditional ultrasoundbased technology and, integrated with the smart parking system, the CamSensor can use this image recognition feature to detect a vehicle in a space and recognize its number plate, and therefore match each parking place with each vehicle and its driver.

This new device can also acquire all this information and process it in non-optimised parking facilities, adapting to low light conditions and high humidity environments. This feature, combined with the adjustable image resolution depending on the recording situation, means that CamSensor can adapt to all kinds of parking facilities and continue functioning even with limited data processing capacity. Its camera and hardware are also integrated and protected against different environmental conditions, reducing possible technical problems, and minimising operating expenses (OPEX).

On the path to parking excellence

CamSensor is not only a very useful specialised parking hub image recording and recognition device. Thanks to its number plate recognition feature, it completely enhances the Find Your Car service already present in iPark solutions, accurately locating specific vehicles and thereby improving user satisfaction. In addition, when integrated with the parking payment service, the device enables a completely contactless and convenient experience by

With the addition of this new recording and image recognition device, Circontrol turns its CirPark family into a 360-degree parking solution

Above: Contactless payment can be ultimately simplified with CamSensor, allowing parking bay, car ID and driver linkage for a comfortable automatic transaction linking parking bay occupation with number plate recognition, EV charging and the payment itself.

Finally, as part of the CirPark family, CamSensor is completely integrated with any of the other Circontrol systems specially designed for car parking facilities, such as smart LED lighting, EV charging infrastructures and intelligent vehicle guidance. This, in addition to its quick and easy installation, which reduces capital expenditure, makes CamSensor the best partner in the pursuit of the perfect parking experience and makes it a 360-degree solution, with ideal solutions for every need. ■