Future
Approach
Traffic related applications today
and tomorrow
from "realistic" to "futuristic"
Along timeline
requiring subsequent developments
explained in different levels of detail
PPP
The Parking Place Problem
Guiding users to
free parking
places
within the
shortest time
having
considered their
special wishes
Requirement Definition
24 hours service/
availability
its position
information about its
size
Easy to use
Cheap
Useable in all cars, no
matter where the car is
(tunnels, parkhouses ...)
Maintenance friendly
Priority selection: parking
place in a parkhouse or
on the street
The Concept
?
! DATABASE
Position
Where is
a parking
place ?
Request
PARKING
PP-Service Center
PARKING POSITION
The Concept
DATABASE
Position
PARKING
PP-Service Center
Technical Overview
+ Ground Stations
SERVICE CENTER
Databas
e
CAR
Satellite
Navigation
Receiver
Movement
Sensor
Guidance
System
GSM/CDMA
Receiver/
Transmitter
The Solution
Bus riders carrying Internet-enabled cell
phone or PDA helps:
Find estimated arrival time at each stop, digitally in real time
Soon location-based advertisements will pop upyou have
time to get a cup of coffee before the bus arrivesStarbucks
is 200 feet to the right
NextBus (cont.)
The Results
Passengers in San Francisco are happy
with the system
Worries about missing the bus are
diminished
May discover they have time for a cup of
coffee before the bus arrives
Exhibit 8.1
NextBus Operational Model
Visions
System allows prereservation and
guarantees a parking place
Car is going to a parking place on
demand
(augmentation to driving on
demand)
USER
Instruction
USERINTERFACE
SATELLITE
RECEIVER
Data Bus
CONTROLLER
Searched Object
User Position
Direction Request
DATABASE
1
A
A
Intelligent Guidance
40
km/h
50 km/h
60 km/h
67
km/h