Smart Parking with Reservation in Cloud Based Environment

In many cites, car drivers search for a parking slot during the peak hours or in traffic congestion. This paper presence an efficient method to check the availability of the parking slot and to reserve a slot. Existing work focuses on availability of the parking slot only. However drivers in this fast paced world can't judge whether a parking slot is available on-demand. To overcome this disadvantage, smart parking with reservation option using cloud based environment is proposed. This make the drivers easier to park the vehicles and also overcome traffic congestion. Drivers can initiate request using reservation app in the android mobile to determine the availability of the parking slot. If the slot is available a driver can reserve a slot through online payment system. The propose system also enables drivers to cancel the reserved parking slot. Amount will be refunded after cancellation charges. Thus a low cost prototype for smart parking with reservation is proposed using sensor, Arduino and android in Cloud Platform.