Technical Insight
AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY LED SMART PARKING TRENDS JYOTSANA SINGH, SUNITHA MISRA & GOPINATH SELVARAJ Tata Elxsi
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utonomous vehicles with smart parking technology have seen significant interest and demand over the past two decades. As per various reports, in the journey to achieve full autonomous vehicles parking specific solutions will be deployed earlier as compared to autonomous driving. The automated parking system market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 13.1% from 2019 and 2027 to reach USD 3.6 Billion by 2027, as reported by marketsandmarkets. Consumers constantly look for features that enhance comfort, safety and reduce time while parking in constrained spaces. Business providers for residential complexes, offices, supermarkets, malls,
and retail shops are constantly looking for effective parking space utilization, better control of traffic flow through the parking lots, and eliminating queues for parking. These factors have contributed to an influx of smart parking technology in the automotive industry, hence the demand for solutions that cater to various needs.
Challenges & Current Trends As per SAE levels of automation, there are 6 levels of automation. Level 0 requires maximum human intervention with the least automation, and Level 5 requires no human intervention with the highest automation, hence meeting the requirement
Figure 1 SAE Levels of Automation
Figure 2 Smart Parking Solution Challenges
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of a truly autonomous vehicle. Currently, they are multiple smart parking solutions available in the market. However, most of these solutions are still at Level 2, with some players at Level 3+. Even though multiple Level 2 smart parking solutions exist in the market, these solutions do not provide an architecture that can be easily scaled, customized, and quickly deployed to the market. The advent of technology megatrends like CASE has disrupted the automotive industry. As we move forward, there will be a requirement for continuous exchange of information between vehicles and infrastructure, requiring ultra-low latency and high bandwidth networks. Over the
