An IoT based Smart Outdoor Parking System

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the vast area of implementation where research and implementations are still going on. Numerous applications based on IoT provide more benefits and reduce manpower. As the population increases, day by day, the dependency on transportation also increases. This increases the dependency on parking vehicles. People visiting public places in urban cities like malls, parks, temples, theatres etc are facing difficulties in parking vehicles. Even though many systems have reported in documents, most of the places are organized under manual parking systems. Most of the visiting places in smart cities are provided only with an organised indoor parking system. Regulations for outdoor parking of vehicles are not yet defined to be followed. Traditional parking systems are way too old and burdensome for urban cities where we find difficulties in finding the vacant slots. This may cause a lot of traffic, minor collisions and accidents in public. Therefore, a smart outdoor parking system can be designed based on IoT (Internet of Things) using weighbridge load sensors for an organised, well timed, flexible, convenient and safe parking of vehicles in public.