๐ ฟ Parkospace โ AI Parking Space Detector
A lightweight MobileNetV2-based keypoint detector that automatically detects the 4 corners of a parking space rectangle in a photo, estimates real-world dimensions, and calculates rental pricing. Built for the Parkospace platform.
๐ง What It Does
- ๐ธ Takes a photo of a parking space
- ๐ Detects the 4 corner keypoints of the space (TL, TR, BR, BL)
- ๐ Estimates real-world dimensions in metres (using 2-photo perspective method)
- ๐ฐ Calculates Hourly / Daily / Monthly pricing automatically
- โ๏ธ Lets users interactively adjust the rectangle (resize + move)
๐๏ธ Model Architecture
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Architecture | MobileNetV2 + Regression Head |
| Input | (B, 3, 224, 224) โ normalized RGB |
| Output | (B, 8) โ 4 corners (x, y) normalized to [0, 1] |
| Corner order | TL โ TR โ BR โ BL |
| Loss function | Wing Loss |
| Total parameters | ~3.4M |
| Model size | ~13 MB |
| Inference speed | < 30ms on CPU |
๐ File Structure
parkospace/
โโโ parkospace_colab.ipynb # Complete Colab notebook (train + test + infer)
โโโ generate_data.py # Synthetic parking image generator
โโโ model.py # CNN model definition
โโโ train.py # Training script
โโโ infer.py # Inference + interactive editor + pricing
โโโ upload_to_hf.py # HuggingFace Hub upload script
โโโ requirements.txt # Dependencies
โโโ README.md
๐ Quickstart
Option 1 โ Google Colab (Recommended)
Open parkospace_colab.ipynb in Google Colab, switch to T4 GPU, and run all cells top to bottom. No setup needed.
Option 2 โ Run Locally
1. Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/your-username/parkospace-detector
cd parkospace-detector
pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Generate synthetic training data
python generate_data.py --out data --n 5000
3. Train the model
python train.py --data data --epochs 30 --batch 32
4. Run inference on an image
python infer.py --checkpoint checkpoints/best.pt --img parking.jpg
5. Dual-image dimension estimation
python infer.py \
--checkpoint checkpoints/best.pt \
--length_img photo_from_length_side.jpg \
--breadth_img photo_from_breadth_side.jpg
๐ Python API
from model import ParkingSpaceDetector
from infer import load_model, detect, calculate_pricing
# Load trained model
model = load_model("checkpoints/best.pt")
# Detect parking space corners
import cv2
img = cv2.imread("parking.jpg")
det = detect(model, img)
print("Corners (pixels):", det.corners_px)
# [[x0,y0], [x1,y1], [x2,y2], [x3,y3]] โ TL, TR, BR, BL
# Calculate pricing
pricing = calculate_pricing(area_m2=15.0)
print(pricing)
# {
# "hourly_inr": 50.0,
# "daily_inr": 300.0,
# "monthly_inr": 150.0,
# "area_m2": 15.0
# }
๐ Dual-Image Dimension Estimation
For accurate real-world measurements without any special equipment:
- Photo 1 โ Stand at the length side, photograph across the width
- Photo 2 โ Stand at the breadth side, photograph along the length
from infer import load_model, estimate_dimensions_dual
import cv2
model = load_model("checkpoints/best.pt")
length_img = cv2.imread("from_length_side.jpg")
breadth_img = cv2.imread("from_breadth_side.jpg")
dims = estimate_dimensions_dual(model, length_img, breadth_img)
# {
# "length_m": 5.2,
# "breadth_m": 2.6,
# "area_m2": 13.52
# }
๐ฐ Pricing Logic
| Type | Formula | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Fixed | โน50 |
| Daily | Fixed | โน300 |
| Monthly | area_mยฒ ร โน10 |
e.g. 15mยฒ โ โน150 |
All prices are configurable โ pass custom values to calculate_pricing().
๐๏ธ Training Details
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Dataset | 5,000 synthetic images (OpenCV generated) |
| Train / Val split | 85% / 15% |
| Optimizer | AdamW (lr=1e-3, weight_decay=1e-4) |
| Scheduler | Cosine Annealing |
| Phase 1 (epochs 1โ10) | Backbone frozen, head only |
| Phase 2 (epochs 11โ30) | Last 5 backbone layers unfrozen |
| Augmentations | Color jitter, shadows, noise, blur, brightness |
| Best val corner error | < 10px on 224ร224 images |
Training Curves
Training takes ~10 minutes on a free Colab T4 GPU.
๐ฆ Requirements
torch>=2.0.0
torchvision>=0.15.0
opencv-python-headless>=4.7.0
numpy>=1.24.0
tqdm>=4.65.0
matplotlib>=3.7.0
Pillow>=9.5.0
huggingface_hub>=0.16.0
Install all:
pip install -r requirements.txt
๐ฎ Roadmap
- Fine-tune on real parking space photos
- Add support for non-rectangular spaces (polygons)
- ONNX export for browser-based inference
- Integrate with Parkospace owner dashboard
- Occupied / available space detection
- Multi-space detection in a single image
๐ค Contributing
Contributions are welcome! If you have real parking space photos you'd like to contribute to improve the model, please open an issue or pull request.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch:
git checkout -b feature/my-feature - Commit your changes:
git commit -m 'Add my feature' - Push to the branch:
git push origin feature/my-feature - Open a Pull Request
๐ License
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Parkospace
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๐ค Author
UmeshAdabala โ Parkospace
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