{"id":22273,"date":"2025-03-04T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lites.tf.fau.de\/?p=22273"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:51:23","slug":"intelligent-parking-space-detection-using-a-multi-camera-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lites.tf.fau.de\/en\/2025\/03\/04\/intelligent-parking-space-detection-using-a-multi-camera-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Parking Space Detection using a multi-camera system"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"35\"><strong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"33\">Student Assistant (m\/f\/d)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"114\"><strong data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"112\">Intelligent Parking Space Detection Using a Multi-Camera System and CNNs<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"137\"><strong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"135\">Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"439\">The efficient detection of <strong data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"186\">parking occupancy<\/strong> is a key component of smart traffic management systems. This project aims to utilize a <strong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"297\">multi-camera system<\/strong> to monitor a parking deck in Erlangen, employing <strong data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"387\">Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)<\/strong> to accurately analyze and process occupancy data.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"792\">A <strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"450\">CNN<\/strong> is a specialized <strong data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"497\">artificial neural network<\/strong> optimized for processing and recognizing patterns in image data. It will be used to automatically detect vehicles in the camera feed and determine their positions within the parking deck. 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