Parking fit for the future at the ' Queen Mary on the Alster'

It isnt magic, though, but LPR License Plate Recognition and it is being used for the first time
in Germany as a fully integrated parking management system in the underground car park of
the Europa Passage shopping centre as part of a collaboration between the operator,
Contipark, and DESIGNA. From now on the automatic license plate recognition system will
enable the Europa Passage car parks many regular customers to enter and leave in a user
friendly manner, ticket-free. The license plate recognition system also offers more security for
customers, as the ticket information is linked to the license plate, meaning that it is only possible
to leave in the same vehicle with which they entered. The advantages for the operator lie not
only in the systems user friendliness, but also, in addition, LPR provides a platform for
additional products, such as the use of a payment and reservation system.
Since the underground car parks completion two years ago, the parking system has been
geared towards the needs of domestic and international day visitors. Our PM ABACUS system
was supplied with high quality TFT displays from the very start, which show the operating
instructions in an attractive, graphic form, adds DESIGNAs Sales Manager for Germany,
Marten Jentsch. "A multilingual menu navigation and the ability to pay by credit card also make
using the system even more simple and convenient, continues Jentsch.