ParkSense AI
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For open outdoor parking

Find any vehicle. Understand every space.

Occupancy and lot intelligence for paid surface lots, shopping centers and strip malls.

See what is in use, when it was observed and where your team should look next.

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AI-created daylight illustration of an open outdoor parking lot with marked spaces, everyday vehicles and an attendant booth
Open lots. A clearer operating view.Illustrative scene

Outdoor parking occupancy

What is ParkSense for outdoor parking?

ParkSense is a camera-based observation and review platform for open outdoor parking lots. It organizes observations into named zones and spaces, with observation times, visible gaps and staff checks. A site plan defines coverage and operating rules; payment and permit decisions stay in the operator’s existing systems.

Outdoor parking overview

  1. 01Paid surface lot operators

    Run a paid lot by zone

    Zone counts with observation times, busy-period planning and the next staff check, alongside the payment and permit systems you already run.

    Paid surface lots

  2. 02Retail and strip-center property teams

    See how the center parks

    Storefront rows, short-stay spaces, loading areas and employee parking, zone by zone, as a basis for signage, staffing and tenant conversations.

    Retail and strip-center parking

  3. 03Dealership lots

    Find inventory on the lot

    The same platform helps dealership teams find a unit by stock number and go to the row and space where it was last observed.

    Dealership solution

What changes on the lot

A lot that answers its own questions.

How full are the storefront rows? When should overflow open? Who should check the loading area? ParkSense gives parking operations, property teams and security one shared view of the lot.

How the platform works
  1. 01

    Understand each space

    Map zones, rows and spaces, then track their observed states in one view. Every space has a state your whole team can read: in use, open, held for a purpose or awaiting observation.

  2. 02

    Connect arrivals and occupancy to operations

    Zone occupancy through the day shows when demand peaks and where space runs short. Your team plans around it: staffing a busy entrance, keeping short-stay and loading areas clear, opening overflow before the main rows fill.

  3. 03

    Route exceptions to a person

    When something needs judgement, such as a vehicle blocking an aisle or movement after hours, the right person gets it with context. People decide; the record shows who and when.

  4. 04

    Find the right vehicle

    For dealership teams: search inventory by stock number or description and go straight to the row and space where the vehicle was last observed, without walking the rows.

Illustrative product view · sample data

Know how full each zone is, and what to do next.

One map for a paid outdoor lot or retail center. Every zone carries its own count and the time it was observed. A zone without a current observation stays unknown, never zero. Peaks prompt a decision, and exceptions go to a person.

Illustrative product view · sample data
Sample retail-center lot: five zones, observation times, overflow decisions and staff review. Staff parking is awaiting an observation, so the site total stays unknown.

Sample site

Retail center lot

—/ 156 in use

Site total unavailable until Staff parking is observed.

Occupancy by zone

  • Storefront short stay 813 Observed 16:42
  • Pickup and loading bays 713 Observed 16:42
  • Main rows 91104 Observed 16:42
  • Staff parking Unknown13 Awaiting observation
  • Overflow 013 Closed · Observed 16:42

Peak decision

Main rows at 88%. Open overflow and send an attendant to the entry.

Awaiting ops lead

Event feed

  1. 16:42:06ExceptionStopped beside pickup bays
  2. 16:41:58PeakMain rows 88% · overflow suggested
  3. 16:41:47ArrivalMain rows · C-08
  4. 16:41:36AwaitingStaff parking · observation due
  5. 16:41:22DepartureStorefront short stay · A-04

Run a paid lot or a retail center? We map your zones, observation plan and peak rules with you.

Plan your paid lot Plan a retail center

Two solution paths

Find the workflow that fits your facility.

Paid outdoor lots, retail centers and dealership lots ask different questions of the same ground. ParkSense is set up around the one you run.

Illustrative AI-created dusk aerial of a fictional strip retail center: storefronts behind an open surface lot with planted islands, a pay station on a walkway and a delivery truck at the loading area

Illustrative scene · sample labels

01Outdoor parking and retail

Occupancy you can plan around.

For paid outdoor lot operators and shopping-center and strip-mall managers: see how each area fills through the day, then decide where staff, signage and space go.

Peaks and staffing
Zone occupancy, with each observation time, shows when areas fill, so the operations lead can plan attendants and open overflow early.
Short-stay and loading areas
Short-stay spaces, pickup bays and loading each get their own zone view, so attendants know where to check first.
Storefront and staff parking
Occupancy history from storefront rows to rear parking gives the property manager a basis for employee parking, signage and tenant conversations.

Payments, permits and enforcement stay in the tools you run today; ParkSense adds zone occupancy alongside them, connected through a plan agreed for your site.

Discuss a paid lot Paid surface lot workflows Retail parking workflows Plan a retail or strip center
Illustrative golden-hour view of SUVs lined up in front of a glass-fronted dealership

Illustrative scene · sample labels

02Also for dealerships

Know where every unit is, and what it is doing.

From the front line to overflow rows, inventory stays findable and lot activity stays visible, so sales, service and security work from the same picture.

Inventory search
Find a unit by stock number or description and see its row and space.
Lot visibility
What is on the front line, in service and in overflow, zone by zone.
Movement and test drives
Moves between zones and test drives stay accounted for.
After-hours review
Movement after closing becomes an event for a person to review.
Dealership solution Discuss a dealership lot

Operations view · outdoor parking

Every zone, its last observation, and the next check.

The operations view puts zone occupancy, observation times and busy areas on one screen, then turns them into a short list of staff actions. Teams running more than one lot see every site in a single row.

  • ZonesA count and an observed time for every zone
  • BusyAreas close to full, flagged while there is still time to act
  • ActionA suggested staff check that a person confirms
  • SitesEach lot in one row, with a total only when every zone is current
Paid surface lots Retail and strip-center parking Explore the sample product
Illustrative operations view with sample data: five zones with observation times, two busy areas, the next staff action and four sites. Zones without a current observation show as unknown, never zero.

How it works

From camera input to actionable events.

ParkSense is built so the operator sees what happened and what to do next. Video is interpreted on site; what reaches your team is a clear, structured account of the lot.

  1. 01/ 04

    Observe

    Coverage is planned per site. Camera positions are agreed with your team so the rows, zones, entries and exits you care about are actually in view.

    Input · camera views planned with you

  2. 02/ 04

    Interpret on site

    Edge processing at the facility analyzes video where it is captured, turning what the cameras see into vehicle positions, movements and counts.

    Processing · on site, at the edge

  3. 03/ 04

    Structure

    Each observation becomes a structured event: vehicle located, arrival, departure, zone count or exception, with the time and place attached.

    Output · time-stamped events

  4. 04/ 04

    Act

    Events reach the operator view and the people who own them. Searches resolve to a row and a space; exceptions wait for a person to review, assign and close.

    Decision · people in the loop

Principles

Designed around your site.

No two lots share a layout, a camera plan or a set of rules. ParkSense is scoped with you, so what runs on your site fits how your site works.

  1. 01

    Coverage planned per site

    Camera positions, sightlines and the spaces that matter are worked out with your team before anything is installed. Coverage follows your lot, not a template.

  2. 02

    Processing on site

    Video is analyzed by edge processing at the facility. The operator view works with structured events such as locations, counts, arrivals and exceptions.

  3. 03

    People in the loop

    ParkSense flags and routes; your people decide. Every exception has an owner and a visible state, from new to assigned to reviewed.

  4. 04

    Data handling agreed with you

    Retention, access and how events reach your other systems are defined with you, site by site, and written down before go-live.

Technology and data handling

Resources

Practical guides for running a lot.

Methods for mapping a lot, planning paid lots and retail centers, and designing exception review. Useful whether or not you work with us.

  1. 01Site mapping

    How to map a vehicle lot into zones, rows and spaces

    A practical method for turning a physical lot into a shared digital map: naming conventions, zone boundaries, row logic and the details that keep a map useful as the lot changes.

    9 min read

  2. 02Site planning

    Planning visibility for paid surface lots and retail centers

    A practical planning method for parking operators and retail property managers: map the lot by how it is used, decide which observations support which decisions, and fit them alongside payment, permit and security tools.

    9 min read

  3. 03Operations workflow

    Designing a human review workflow for lot exceptions

    Automated events are only useful when the right person sees the right exception at the right time. A guide to triage rules, ownership, response states and audit trails.

    9 min read

All guides

Discuss your site

Tell us how your lot works.

Share the layout, the zones you need to understand and the questions your team asks at busy times. We will walk through how ParkSense would fit, and what we would plan with you first. Running a dealership? Discuss a dealership lot.

Discuss a paid lot Plan a retail center