Campus Police Automated Ticketing System

1. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Presented By: Matthew Hinds Kristen Kelleher Deirdre Moriarty Andrew Rossi

2. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Background For Project • The reason behind this project is that the current paper ticket system is very error-prone. • Current problems that exist with the system: • hard to read handwriting can cause information to be entered incorrectly into the database • sometimes an officer doesn’t see a decal and a ticket is given to a car that is correctly parked

3. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Overview of Our System Our system will automate the ticketing process by processing vehicle information through a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The system is intended to determine if a vehicle is violating parking restrictions when a license number entered and to enable automatic printing of all types of tickets given by Campus Police. In order to update, the PDA can be connected to a computer through a docking station in the Campus Police office and automatically update the existing parking information database if any new tickets were given.

4. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Benefits of our System • By using the Campus Police Automated Ticketing System: • less erroneous tickets will be given • confusion with handwriting will be eliminated • database updating will be much easier

5. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Writing Instruments for the PDA Onscreen Keyboard Stylus Pen There are two ways information is entered into the PDA, by using the onscreen keyboard (pictured left) and a stylus pen (pictured right)

6. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Layout of the Graphical User Interface

7. 1 2 1 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Login Screen Must (1) enter user ID and Password then can (2) login by clicking the “Login” button If you are a new user you must (1) Click the “New User Registration” button

8. 1 2 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System New User Registration Screen The user must (1) fill in all the textboxes before (2) clicking “Create New User” button

9. 1 2 3 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Main Menu Screen To look up vehicle information, (1) click the “Look up Vehicle Information” button To issue a violation, (2) click the “Issue Violation” button To log out, (3) click the “Logout” button

10. 2 1 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Look Up Vehicle Information Screen To look up information, the user must (1) enter the license plate and select the state, then (2) click the “Look up” button

11. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Look Up Vehicle Information Results If the license plate is in the database, then their results will be displayed (image left) If the license plate is not within the database, then a message will be displayed (image right)

12. 1 2 3 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Issue Violation from Look Up Vehicle Information Screen From the previous screen the License #, State, Permit #, Type, Make and Color will be filled in The user can (1) select the Location, (2) give a warning, and (3) select the appropriate violations

13. 1 2 3 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Issue Violation from Main Menu Screen (1) All the information in the boxes must be filled in, then the user can (2) check the box for a warning or (3) choose violations

14. 2 1 3 4 5 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Extra Violation Information For Overtime Parking Initial Screen Select Time Screen Once either button has been clicked, you will see the screen above and can (2) fill in the appropriate time. Then you can (3) confirm the time by clicking the “Select Time” button or if you do not want to confirm you can (4) click the “Don’t Select Time” button. Once at the Initial Screen to (1) set the start time or end time click the “Get Start Time” button or “Get End Time” button. When returned to the this screen, you can (5) assigned the times selected with the “Assign” button or not with the “Don’t Assign” button.

15. 1 2 3 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Extra Violation Information For Speeding Once at this screen, you can (1) select the appropriate speed and then (2) create the ticket by clicking the “Assign” button or go back to main violation screen by (3) clicking the “Don’t Assign” button

16. 1 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Logout Screen To logout, (1) click the “Logout” button It will back to the login screen with you successfully logged out of the system.

17. 1 2 3 Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Confirmation Screen Next a confirmation page will show up so you can (1) go back to the main screen, (2) go back to the issue violation screen, or (3) go ahead and print the ticket.

18. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Printing Process The printer used was the Brother MPRINT MW-140BT. It connects with the PDA using Bluetooth Wireless capabilities.

19. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System Synchronization Process To update the main database in Campus Police the PDA is connected to the computer that holds the main database and Microsoft ActiveSync, which is installed on both the main computer and PDA, synchronizes the main database with the PDA database entering all the tickets given using that PDA.

20. Campus Police Automated Ticketing System THE END