1. Joe Harkins

2.  Monitoring available parking spaces benefits both RIT’s Parking Office as well as commuting students, faculty and staff.  This project is to create a proof of concept for a wide scale monitoring system using cameras and image processing.  The specific goal of the project is to use a single camera and image processing software to monitor the number of open spaces in a section of RIT’s F-Lot.

3.  Customers: ◦ Mark Smith – mwspd21@rit.edu ◦ Randy Vercauteren – rpvcps@rit.edu  Stakeholders: ◦ Mark Smith ◦ Facilities Management ◦ Parking and Transportation Office ◦ Commuting Students, Faculty and Staff

5. Customer Need Number ImportanceCustomer Need Description CN11Involve multiple engineering disciplines CN29High Student Awareness CN39Accurately communicate number of open parking spaces CN43Be able to differentiate between different types of parking spaces CN59Operational in various light and weather conditions CN61Easily expandable if decision is made to deploy in all parking lots CN71Long operational life CN89Able to cover entire parking lot SourceFunctionSpecification (metric) Unit of Measure Marginal Value Ideal ValueComments S1CN7SystemNumber of Cameras# 1 S2CN5SystemOperational Timetime 8am-4pm S3C1SystemCost$ 500 S4CN4, CN1System Differentiate between types of spaces - 3 S5CN5SystemWeatherproof- S6CN5System Operating Temperature Range deg F -20 - 100 S7CN1, CN6System Able to mount to a variety of surfaces - S8CN8, CN1System Combine images from multiple cameras - S9CN3, CN1System Accuracy of open space detection error < 5%

6.  Single camera in a fixed position  Single camera that swivels, taking a full image at an interval between 10 and 30 seconds

7.  Budget Estimate: ◦ Camera/Receiver: $200 ◦ Computer for processing: Old RIT computer? If not $200 ◦ Cables/Wires: $50 ◦ Total: $450 DisciplineHow Many?Anticipated Skills Needed (concise descriptions) EE2 Circuit Design and Power Systems – For powering the camera and the display as well as power and data to and from the processor Algorithm Design – Create an algorithm to process the image ME1 Stress Analysis – Bracket/mounting for cameras Thermodynamics – For processer to ensure adequate cooling Statistics – For the image analysis algorithm CE2 Digital Image Processing – Develop a way to obtain parking space data from the images Device Programming – Programming for the processor and how it outputs into a usable data stream to be used by the display