Automated Car Parking System

This paper is presented to throw a light on our prototype of an Automated Car Parking System using Arduino. As the name suggests, the system is presented to automate the car parking system. The primary idea of designing this prototype is to avoid the congestions that happen at the parking lots in search of the vacant space. The automated parking system is planned in such a way to provide a structured approach in managing the car park using the internet of things technology. The field of IOT is used to provide wireless access to the users for the parking place so that before even going out, the users can view and search for the free space. Using this approach, the time for searching the available car park is reduced. The number of cars allowed inside the parking will be exactly equal to the available spaces. If the parking space is full, then it will be mentioned on the LCD placed on the gate of the parking and also on the user’s mobile which in turn will not open the parking gate. Also, the idea of allowing only the exact number of cars inside the parking reduces the number of accidents. The proposed prototype consists of IOT modules that are used to manifest the availability of each parking space. The automated car parking system takes us one step forward to the plan of a smart city.