Improving Real-time Car Detection for Outdoor Parking Lots using Wide-angle Surveillance Cameras

Abstract

Currently, real-time parking space detection using wide-angle surveillance camera is already in practical use. However, since the current system detects cars using still images, small cars hidden behind larger cars cannot be detected correctly. This research aims to solve this problem by applying motion detection and image recognition to streaming video data to improve car detection accuracy, without adding surveillance cameras to physically decrease blind spots.