Scalable real-time parking lot classification: an evaluation of image features and supervised learning algorithms

Tschentscher, Marc; Koch, Christian; K�nig, Markus; Salmen, Jan; Schlipsing, Marc

Abstract

The time-consuming search for parking lots could be assisted by efficient routing systems. Still, the needed vacancy detection is either very hardware expensive, lacks detail or does not scale well for industrial application. This paper presents a video-based system for cost-effective detection of vacant parking lots, and an extensive evaluation with respect to the system’s transferability to unseen environments. Therefore, different image features and learning algorithms were examined on three independent datasets for an unbiased validation. A feature / classifier combination which solved the given task against the background of a robustly scalable system, which does not require re-training on new parking areas, was found. In addition, the best feature provides high performance on gray value surveillance cameras. The final system reached an accuracy of 92.33% to 99.96%, depending on the parking rows’ distance, using DoG-features and a support vector machine.

Citation

Tschentscher, M., Koch, C., König, M., Salmen, J., & Schlipsing, M. Scalable real-time parking lot classification: an evaluation of image features and supervised learning algorithms. Presented at 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

• Conference Name: 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
• End Date: Jul 17, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Mar 26, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 17, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 25, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 25, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2015.7280319
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/756732
• Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7280319
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• Contract Date: Jul 25, 2016