Raspberry PI Based Intelligent Car Parking System

One of the biggest problems in bustling cities is finding vacant parking spaces. Drivers face huge difficulties when trying to find an apt parking spot. India has one of the lowest vehicles to parking spots ratios across the world. For every 25, 00,000 registered vehicles, our country has a scanty number of 1800 of parking spots. Therefore, there is a need for an efficient car parking system. Our paper proposes an intelligent car parking system that helps driver's book parking spots through a Cloud-based IoT system. The parking spot is then allocated through the Open CV recognition method. Once a driver books a parking slot, a unique QR code is generated unique to them. The QR code helps in monitoring and authenticating vehicles without direct contact. The QR code algorithm updates the information regarding the availability of parking spots in a particular area on a website. After booking a parking slot, the driver's unique QR code is scanned through the Open CV recognition system. This way, unauthorized parking and congestion of parking spots can be reduced drastically.