Release of "Okudake Parking," an Installation-type Payment Machine with AI License Plate Recognition

May 25, 2026

To the Press,

Metropolitan Expressway Service Company Raku-P Inc.

Metropolitan Expressway Service Company (President: Shinichi Mihara), in collaboration with Raku-P Inc. (President: Noriyuki Sekikawa), has developed "Okudake Parking," which enables advanced management using AI license plate recognition without any large-scale electrical or civil engineering work. By using a unique license plate recognition camera-based time-based parking meter, this system achieves the same functionality as standard time-based parking lots at an extremely low cost just by "placing" it.

[Background of Development]

Traditional parking lot operations required expensive electrical and civil engineering work for installing payment machines, posing challenges for short-term use and implementation on small-scale land. This system aims to solve these issues and utilize unused land in urban areas.

[Features of Okudake Parking]

1. No expensive construction required

By eliminating traditional parking lot construction, the system enables extremely low-cost operations. As removal is also easy, it is suitable for short-term land use.

2. Full-scale management functions

Equipped as standard with vehicle number recognition via high-precision AI cameras and real-time cloud management. Payment is strictly cashless, and sales aggregation is completed online.

3. Unique technology to optimize installation (Patent pending)

Adopted a unique mechanism that allows anyone to optimize the license plate recognition camera, which originally requires precise adjustment, simply by placing it on the ground.

[Demonstration Experiments and Future Prospects]

This system is already undergoing operational demonstration at the "Tengenji-bashi (1) Parking Lot" (Minami-Azabu 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo), operated by Metropolitan Expressway Service Company. We will continue to make "Okudake Parking" widely available to those who wish to use it.

We accept a wide range of consultations, from land utilization to sales aspects, such as "I want to entrust management as parking land," "I want to utilize land for just a few months," "I want to purchase equipment and operate it directly," and "I want to expand as a sales agency."

Metropolitan Expressway Service Company

[Inquiries] Contact: Nakamura, Tomita URL: https://www.okudake-parking.jp/ (Please contact us via the inquiry form on our website)