Technology Enabled Smart Efficiency Parking System (TESEPS)

Abstract

AbstractTransportation is the key infrastructure of a country. A country’s economy status depends upon how well the country is served by its roads, railways, airports, ports, pipelines and shipping. The rate at which a country’s economy grows is very closely linked to the rate at which the transport sector grows. As road transport gives personal mobility to persons, the vehicle ownership rate has been increasing at a fast rate round the world. Due to increase in car ownership, the problem of parking is becoming more and more acute day by day (Singh and Sharma in application of advanced parking management system techniques—a case study. Int Organ Sci Res J Mech Civil Eng 3(2):24–28, 2012, [1]). Parking space utilization is one of the major problems in crowded cities. Even after coming up with regulations and dedicated parking spaces, with the number of increasing vehicles on road each day, it is hardly making any difference in the existing vehicle parking problems. Yes, we see a huge improvement in the efficiency of space utilization while parking the vehicles, but there is more that can be done to improve it even further without building an entirely new parking space. Even in the most efficient vehicle parking spaces, where the vehicles are parked in a horizontal row with only a little space (for the driver to get inside/outside of the vehicle) between each vehicle, the little space between each vehicle collectively makes up a lot of space that is wasted in the name of driver’s comfort to get inside/outside the vehicle. This project aims toward developing a solution to eliminate these small spaces between each vehicle without compromising with the driver’s comfort in getting inside/outside the vehicle, in fact offering more convenience in doing so and truly making an efficient use of the parking space. There are two types of car parking systems: automated and traditional. In the long term, automated car parking systems are more cost effective when compared to traditional parking garages. IoT is the best option for smart parking system (Osmani et al. in research paper on smart city parking system. Int J Adv Res Innov Ideas Educ 2(3), 2016, [2]). This project incorporates IoT level 1 technology and uses the concepts of bi-directional rotating conveyor belts using DC motors and Arduino microcontroller, NFC tagging and automation. This report depicts the model of the entire system and can be used to build the physical prototype and also build the technology over it. KeywordsParking space utilizationIoTIoT level 1ArduinoDC motorNFCAutomation