INTRADA Parking facilitates the division of a parking facility into multiple areas. Access to these areas is granted based on a vehicles licence plate.

Our Company Parking Facility case (written in dutch) describes how INTRADA Parking has been used to divide a large company parking into multiple areas. On this page we highlight some interesting aspects of this case.

The parking facility at the head office of a large insurance company has been equipped with licence plate based access control. This solution has been realised using INTRADA Parking software, installed in cooperation with Initial Varel.

One area within the parking is to be used by company visitors and neighbours (Area 0), the other areas are to be used by employees. The reserved areas (Area 1, 2 and 3) are separated from Area 0 by barrier gates.

Access to the parking facility as well as the internal areas is controlled by gates in combination with licence plate recognition.

The licence plate of a vehicle approaching the entrance is checked with a white-list of registered vehicles. In case the vehicle has access permission, the speedgate will open and the driver can enter the parking facility.

Drivers of vehicles that are not allowed to enter can use the intercom ('int') to contact the company's reception desk.

When a vehicle approaches the exit of the parking facility, its licence plate will be read. The counter for the area it was parked in will be adjusted to assure correct vehicle counting per area.

The speedgate is opened; the vehicle leaves the parking facility.

Area 1, 2 and 3 are areas inside the parking, separated by a barrier gate. Just as at the entrance, access is granted or denied based upon the vehicles licence plate.

Due to the great similarity between the internal areas, only the passage to Area 3 will be discussed on this page.

The passage to Area 3 has a slight ascending slope. The camera looks down over the barrier, expecting the front side of a vehicle. This camera position can have negative side effects, like headlights shining straight into the camera and blockage of the view on the licence plate. These effects have been dealt with by the INTRADA software and camera settings.