NEC and UrbanChain launch presentation of next-generation parking service to advance the digital change of parking

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TOKYO, August 7, 2026 –NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and UrbanChain will collectively introduce a presentation in September 2026 to examine a next-generation surface area car park service developed to speed up the digital improvement (DX) of parking centers.

The presentation will incorporate UrbanChain’s parking management system including automatic payment performance (“Parking OS,” a module of UrbanOS *) with NEC’s AI-powered image acknowledgment innovation for finding when residents leave an automobile. Through this effort, the business will assess the expediency of a brand-new parking service that improves both security and benefit.

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Background

NEC has actually been advancing the DX of parking centers by establishing extremely safe and practical options for mechanical parking systems, including its Entry/Exit Safety Management Solution and Vehicle Acceptance Assessment Solution (**). These services take advantage of AI-powered image acknowledgment innovations to identify individuals and automobiles and keep track of pedestrian motion within parking centers. UrbanChain, on the other hand, is promoting the digitalization of parking operations through its Parking OS platform.

Public issue has actually grown in the last few years over security and security of car park due to events such as chauffeurs all of a sudden falling ill or suffering medical emergency situations while inside their automobiles. In addition, costs are frequently charged when motorists are still looking for parking areas, dropping off or getting guests, or making U-turns, which might hurry driving choices.

To resolve these problems, it is necessary to carry out a system that properly keeps track of when a lorry gets in a center and when residents leave their cars. In April 2026, NEC and UrbanChain started checking out a brand-new service design integrating an automatic payment system with AI-powered image acknowledgment innovation. Utilizing the real time a motorist exits their lorry as the beginning point boosts security and benefit for parking area users and allows evaluation of brand-new possibilities for information usage. In this presentation, NEC and UrbanChain will verify the efficiency of this service design from both a technical and service point of view.

Presentation Overview

Incorporating UrbanChain’s Parking OS with NEC’s innovation for discovering when residents leave a lorry, the presentation will evaluate the service’s expediency for real-world operations.

– Demonstration duration: Approximately one month beginning in September 2026 (consisting of the collection of presentation outcomes)
– Location: Surface parking area in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
– Validation products:

Technical recognition

– Effectiveness of AI-powered car resident exit detection
– Integration of Parking OS with innovation for discovering when residents leave a lorry
– Detection of cars where a resident has actually not been verified leaving for a prolonged duration
– Accuracy of lorry resident exit counts utilized in consumer see analysis for future business centers, and so on.

Organization Validation

– Optimal number and setup area of cams for real-world operation
– Benefits of security and security functions utilized to identify lorries where leaving residents can not be validated for prolonged time periods
– Validation of payment design utilizing the real time a motorist exits their lorry as the beginning point

Future Outlook

Through this pilot presentation, NEC and UrbanChain strategy to pursue the advancement of a next-generation parking area service design with the objective of raising the security, security, and benefit of parking area.

Looking ahead, NEC and UrbanChain objective to broaden into information usage services targeting business centers that can be utilized for keeping track of lorry resident exit counts, examining center visitor patterns, and more. Furthermore, the business prepare to broaden the application of this service in the parking DX domain, surpassing surface area car park to mechanical parking systems utilized in multi-level parking structures.

(*) UrbanOS is UrbanChain’s incorporated os for handling and enhancing metropolitan facilities and movement services.
(**) https://jpn.nec.com/corporateblog/202602/01.html (Japanese text)

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