Bee Parking

red dot
red dot award: design concept 2008

design:

Wu Tung Chih

Have you ever had trouble finding the last available spaces in a car park, or been unable to locate your car when you return? Bee Parking is a parking card information system that will guide you along the ramps and keep you from going around the bend.

City parking lots are often quite full, and finding the last available spaces takes time and uses up petrol unnecessarily. Utilising infrared sensors, a ZigBee network protocol and a flexible display, the Bee Parking system guides the driver to an available space. ZigBee devices are distributed throughout the parking lot. Information is communicated to the Bee Parking card, which displays an arrow to indicate the direction of the available space. Other useful information can be shown, such as the parking space number, car park entry time and parking fee. The driver takes the card when leaving the car and it can help with re-locating the vehicle upon return. After the parking fee is paid, the arrow indicates the direction of the exit.