e-Tag Parking Management System

The Automated Parking Management System Solution using FETC e-Tag

Since May 15, FETC has started accepting the application for the Highway Electronic Toll Collection system e-Tag. The long-range sensing characteristic of the FETC e-Tag allows us to develop the community parking system which is one of the most advanced automated parking management methods and indicates the trend of the parking management. Its safety, stability, and automation are far superior to those of the manual management or short-range identification system. Its unforgeability and rapid identification undoubtedly provides a solution to various parking management systems. This system enables full non-stop during access, auto identification, auto logging, and auto release. The back-end management software enables you to check the vehicle information the access time, reports, payment records, and alerts.

I. Functions and advantages:

1. Rapid identification

The effective range between the FETC e-Tag and the reader system is 3-6 meters and it can identify fast-moving objects. such as the vehicle attached with a card and moving at 20 ~ 40 km/h.

2. Uniqueness

The FETC e-Tag and the reader system provides unique IDs for users, which eliminates the risk of duplication, forgery, and cheating. In the system, each FETC e-Tag has a unique identification code in the world and this code cannot be duplicated or modification. During the working process, the identification card generates a unique identification using composite coding for uniqueness.

3. Good safety and anti-interference

It operates with the frequency hopping technology and has an excellent anti-interference capability. It also uses the anti-collision protocol to effectively read the FETC e-tag.

4. High adaptability

This system has the lower environmental requirements of the installation and is adaptable to every environmental requirement.

5. Low costs

FETC provides the free FETC e-Tag that is compatible with all parking facilities for cost-effectiveness.

6. Convenience

Unlike traditional card sensing or remote control that may cause the inconvenience, the FETC e-tag allows the owner of the vehicle to rapidly and conveniently access as if he/she pass through the highway toll station.

7. Fairness

After the FETC e-tag Parking Management System is used, all vehicles are identified and counted during the access process to eliminate the error and cheating to ensure the benefit of all stakeholders.

8. High level of safety management

One card is used for one vehicle only to ensure the safety of vehicles parked.

9. Real-time full automation

It features the fully automated operation process 24/7. Once the system is activated and set up, no additional labor is required to save the labor and time. The FETC e-Tag used in this system is maintenance-free, full sealing, contact-less with a long lifetime. The system will automatically read as well as verify the card, and open the gate to eliminate the need of manual opening of the gate. When a vehicle moves to the entrance of the parking garage, its gate will open automatically, while a log is kept in the system. Through the software interface, the system administrator can monitor the access of the entrance of all parking garage on PC’s desktop in real time.

The UHF long-range RF identification technology is the most advanced automated identification technology in the world. In the recent years, it has become popular and been widely promoted. It features long-range identification, high identification rate, fast identification speed, good anti-interference capability, and long lifetime. It can penetrate through non-metal materials and be widely used in the actual life. The intelligent parking management system prevents vintage and interference to the parking management system by eliminating the human factor. It enables intelligent and scientific management for parking garages in buildings and communities to minimize the costs, improve the operational efficiency, and ensure vehicle safety.

II. System components

It consists of the FETC e-Tag attached to the vehicle, UHF antenna, antenna controller, management software, and internal communication network.

A. Central Control Room devices: 1. Computers 2. Management software 3. Networking devices

B. Entrance devices: 1. UHF antenna, antenna controller (JST-520), raising barrier, vehicle detector, and entrance communicator

C. Exit devices (identical to the entrance ones)

D. FETC e-Tag (identical to the number of the registered vehicles)

III. System Architecture Diagram

As shown in the figure above: the long-range controller asks the UHF antenna to continuously emit the electric waves to search for a vehicle, or when the sensing coils or IR detector detects the incoming vehicle. When a vehicle passes the entry and exit transceiver, the vehicle transceiver is triggered and emits the code information (such as the license plate number, model type, vehicle color, license plate color, bank account number, organization name and user name) indicating the identity of the vehicle. At the same time, it receives the identification, inspection, and video information. When the transceiver at the Entry and Exit Management Station receives signals, signals are processed and transmitted to the PC for information management and archive. After information storage (entry) or comparison (exit), it controls the behavior of the raising barrier at the entrance. 

IV. Device List
1.JST-520PC is connected to the Lane Control Host

2. UHF long-range reader: JLR-902and JLR-903

3. USB short-range reader: JUR-907