Parking Detection Hub

Parking detection with TinyML

This repository contains the code that runs on a "hub" device the automatic parking detection system. Right now, this repo contains the HTTP server code to listen for plate images from "meter" devices and pass them through an EasyOCR model for plate number recognition.

Instructions to Run

1. Clone source and enter into the directory.

git clone https://github.com/nlitz88/parkingdetection_hub.git
cd ./parkingdetection_hub

2. Create new Python virtual environment and activate it

python3 -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate

3. Install PyTorch separately before installing other requirements.

Installing PyTorch can look a bit different depending on what kind of platform you're working on, so it's best to consult their documentation and install it separately, first. https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/

4. Install other dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run The Development Server

python demo_server.py