Car Parking System

Roads are designed and built to handle traffic which doubles or triples in a quarterly rate. All these cars come to rest at some time, we see double parking everywhere and even triple parking (we had to come up with a term) because the drivers won?t take the risk of going elsewhere to park their car

Project Title

Car Parking System

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

Roads are designed and built to handle traffic which doubles or triples in a quarterly rate. All these cars come to rest at some time, we see double parking everywhere and even triple parking (we had to come up with a term) because the drivers won’t take the risk of going elsewhere to park their car just because they have no idea of what awaits them in other parking areas.

Getting the right “information” about “space” to the drivers in our city so they won’t waste their time looking for parking spaces or park inappropriately because of lack of information. With the right funding and wide scale implementation, the project can be helpful in reducing illegal parking and in a way help with the traffic jams we see in our city.

An Internet of Things (IoT) based Parking System informs the user to find out about the nearest parking area and gives availability of parking slots in that respective area. It mainly focuses on reducing time in finding the parking slots and also avoiding unnecessary travelling through filled parking lots in a parking area. Thus, it reduces the fuel consumption which in turn reduces carbon footprints in the atmosphere.

Project Objectives

• The goal of this project is to create a user friendly and adaptable system that can be implemented in large, multi-level parking garages in order to alleviate parking hassles. The ultimate goal is that the ideas and planning demonstrated through this system can then be easily upgraded to an actual parking facility. The purpose of the development of IoT based parking system is to eliminate the unnecessary frustration drivers experience as they waste priceless minutes circling parking garages looking for a slot. In addition, traffic flow within the area will be better regulated, creating a safe atmosphere for both drivers and pedestrians. What we plan to do is get the right “information” about “Space” to the drivers in our city so they won’t waste their time looking for parking spaces or park inappropriately because of lack of information. With the right funding and wide scale implementation the project can be helpful in reducing illegal parking and in a way help with the traffic jams we see in our city.

Why do we need such a system?

To accurately predict and sense slot/vehicle occupancy in real-time

 Guides residents and visitors of the city to available parking

 Simplifies the parking experience and adds value for parking stakeholders, such as drivers

Help traffic in the city flow more freely leveraging IoT technology

 Plays a major role in creating better urban environment by reducing the emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutants 

 It enables better and real time monitoring and managing of available parking space

Project Implementation Method

Internet of Things(IoT) is a combination of interrelated devices which includes computing devices, microcontrollers, different types of sensors and machines which are interconnected with each other over the internet to perform a designated task with no human to computer interaction.

IoT is a technology that connects different devices to the internet and communicates with the user where the user can remotely control and monitor the device or just use the information fed to the system by the sensors. And the use of IoT has exponentially increased in the recent years due to the availability of different technologies which will make it easy to connect to the internet.

IoT is integrated with four different characteristics which make it perform the task it is designated to.

Sensors and devices are devices which may have special properties or perform simple task to get information from the environment such as in this scenario to detect the presence of a vehicles with the help of sensors. The task of the devices mainly is to grab information from the environment.

Connectivity, this is the most important part of IoT which is to connect the sensors or the devices to a cloud, a platform that can be accessed through the internet. So, we should make sure that the internet connectivity is given. To achieve this, different methods are used such as using GSM (which is the most common form) or by Wi-Fi or connecting directly via Ethernet which will route to the internet.

Data Processing, once the data is transmitted over the internet to the cloud/server then there have to be a data process which would be performed and displayed to the user. These processes may involve displaying the temperature or the availability of a vehicle in a slot (our project) and much more.

COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM

As stated in the previous section, our project consists of sensors, microcontrollers and a server. Besides that, there will be parking areas and parking buildings incorporated.

The components are:

 Parking buildings

 Parking areas

 Sensors

•  IR sensors
•  Ultrasonic sensors

 Microcontrollers

•  Arduino
•  Raspberry PI

 Server

 Users

•  Parking Attendants
•  Drivers
•  Administrator

Benefits of the Project

Gives the drivers information about parking spaces available

Eliminates the hassle of circling a parking garage or area in search of a parking spot

 Helps the traffic flow because of less illegal parking

 Saves resources and time

 Allows drivers to reserve parking slots before arrival

 Creates a way for further advancements and research in the sector Going to the bigger picture, systems like this can go well beyond avoiding the needless circling of blocks. They can also enable cities to develop fully integrated multi-modal intelligent transportation system that don’t rely on cars in the first place.

This is the modern age. Many people have vehicles. Vehicle is now a basic need. Every place is under the process of urbanization. There are many corporate offices and shopping centers etc. There are many recreational places where people used to go for refreshment. So, all these places need a parking space where people can park their vehicles safely and easily. Every parking area needs a system that records the detail of vehicles to give the facility. These systems might be computerized or non-computerized. With the help of computerized system we can deliver a good service to customer who wants to park their vehicle into the any organization’s premises. Car parking management system is an automatic system which delivers data processing in very high speed in systematic manner. Parking is a growing need of the time. Development of this system is very useful in this area of field. We can sell this system to any organization. By using our system they can maintain records very easily. Our system covers the every area of parking management. In coming future there will be excessive need of  car parking management system.

Car Parking management systems help people find parking spots quickly and provide  necessary guidelines to make the whole process smooth, reducing frustration and

enhancing the visitor experience. Parking management systems comprise traveler

information systems, real-time vehicle counting, real-time parking guidance display, video surveillance, and easy payment options. Some advanced parking management systems allow users to reserve and pay for a parking space via telephone or the internet.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The different tests done on the different modules of the system were eye openers for several corrections and enhancements of the system to further exploit the system’s capability.

While testing the hardware, as per our test design we focused on two main criteria’s; time and accuracy. The sensors have no idea if what they are sensing is a car or not; so, we needed to try different sensor positioning to achieve what is acceptable as an input without triggering any false alarms. Timing was not an issue because the sensors came with specification which were in accordance with what we have set in the design stage. The Arduino and the raspberry pi were a success too, data sent from the Arduino through the raspberry pi to the server took an average of 3 to 3.6 seconds in a local connection. When we tested it on the AAiT Connection (network) it took approximately 15 to 17 seconds, which is caused by instability and IP assigning issues. Hardware section test was relatively straight forward because all devices came with specifications and all we had to do was pick the best configuration and after some time there will be physical limitations to what can be done to enhance performance which made us look else where to make the system faster.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Type of Industry

IT , Transportation , Security

Technologies

Internet of Things (IoT)

Sustainable Development Goals

Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities

Required Resources

If you need this project, please contact me on contact@adikhanofficial.com