Bo Zeng^*, Yixian Liu, Yangfan Luo

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.6, pp. 1713-1728, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2021.016678 - 10 September 2021

Abstract In the future smart cities, parking lots (PLs) can accommodate hundreds of electric vehicles (EVs) at the same time. This trend creates an opportunity for PLs to serve as a potential flexibility resource, considering growing penetration of EVs and integration of distributed energy resources DER (such as photovoltaic and energy storages). Given this background, this paper proposes a comprehensive evaluation framework to investigate the potential role of DER-integrated PLs (DPL) with the capability of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) in improving the reliability of the distribution network. For this aim, first, an overview for the distribution system with… More >

Andrea Sant¹, Lalit Garg^1,*, Peter Xuereb¹, Chinmay Chakraborty²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3523-3544, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015265 - 01 March 2021

Abstract The better management of resources and the potential improvement in traffic congestion via reducing the orbiting time for parking spaces is crucial in a smart city, particularly those with an uneven correlation between the increase in vehicles and infrastructure. This paper proposes and analyses a novel green IoT-based Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) smart parking system by utilizing unused garage parking spaces. The article also presents an intelligent system that offers the most favorable prices to its users by matching private garages’ pricing portfolio with a garage’s current demand. Malta, the world’s fourth-most densely populated country, is considered More >

Hyun Kyu Shin¹, Si Woon Lee², Goo Pyo Hong³, Lee Sael², Sang Hyo Lee⁴, Ha Young Kim^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.3, pp. 2493-2507, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014170 - 28 December 2020

Abstract The demand for defect diagnoses is gradually gaining ground owing to the growing necessity to implement safe inspection methods to ensure the durability and quality of structures. However, conventional manpower-based inspection methods not only incur considerable cost and time, but also cause frequent disputes regarding defects owing to poor inspections. Therefore, the demand for an effective and efficient defect-diagnosis model for concrete structures is imminent, as the reduction in maintenance costs is significant from a long-term perspective. Thus, this paper proposes a deep learning-based image object-identification method to detect the defects of paint peeling, leakage… More >

Manjur Kolhar^*, Abdalla Alameen

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.36, No.1, pp. 101-116, 2021, DOI:10.32604/csse.2021.014915 - 23 December 2020

Abstract System supported smart parking can reduce traffic by making it stress free to locate empty parking spaces, hence lowering the risk of unfocussed driving. In this study, we propose a smart parking system using deep learning and an application-based approach. This system has two modules, one module detects and recognizes a license plate (LP), and the other selects a parking space; both modules use deep learning techniques. We used two modules that work independently to detect and recognize an LP by using an image of the vehicle. To detect parking space, only deep learning techniques… More >

Kashif Iqbal^1,2, Sagheer Abbas¹, Muhammad Adnan Khan^3,*, Atifa Athar⁴, Muhammad Saleem Khan¹, Areej Fatima³, Gulzar Ahmad¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1595-1612, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.013231 - 26 November 2020

Abstract The rapid development and progress in deep machine-learning techniques have become a key factor in solving the future challenges of humanity. Vision-based target detection and object classification have been improved due to the development of deep learning algorithms. Data fusion in autonomous driving is a fact and a prerequisite task of data preprocessing from multi-sensors that provide a precise, well-engineered, and complete detection of objects, scene or events. The target of the current study is to develop an in-vehicle information system to prevent or at least mitigate traffic issues related to parking detection and traffic… More >

Huanrong Tang¹, Aoming Peng¹, Dongming Zhang², Tianming Liu³, Jianquan Ouyang^{1, *}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.62, No.1, pp. 293-307, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.06427

Abstract With the improvement of the national economic level, the number of vehicles is still increasing year by year. According to the statistics of National Bureau of Statics, the number is approximately up to 327 million in China by the end of 2018, which makes urban traffic pressure continues to rise so that the negative impact of urban traffic order is growing. Illegal parking-the common problem in the field of transportation security is urgent to be solved and traditional methods to address it are mainly based on ground loop and manual supervision, which may miss detection… More >

Yaocheng Zheng¹, Weiwei Zhang^1,*, Xuncheng Wu¹, Bo Zhao¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.119, No.3, pp. 559-576, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.05684

Abstract Vision-based technologies have been extensively applied for on-street parking space sensing, aiming at providing timely and accurate information for drivers and improving daily travel convenience. However, it faces great challenges as a partial visualization regularly occurs owing to occlusion from static or dynamic objects or a limited perspective of camera. This paper presents an imagery-based framework to infer parking space status by generating 3D bounding box of the vehicle. A specially designed convolutional neural network based on ResNet and feature pyramid network is proposed to overcome challenges from partial visualization and occlusion. It predicts 3D… More >

P. K. Shyamshankar¹, S. Rajendraboopathy², R. S. Bhuvaneswaran^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.1, pp. 55-68, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.07761

Abstract Now a days, the number of vehicles especially cars are increased day by day and the people expect sophistication with safety and they wish automation for the perfection by reducing their effort and to prevent damage from collision of the vehicle. Parking the vehicle has always been a big task for the drivers that lead to problems such as traffic, congestion, accident, pollution etc. In order to overcome the parking problem, an automatic steering, braking and accelerating system is proposed to park a vehicle in a stipulated area and also to enhance the parking in… More >