Smart parking using IoT technology

One of the main problems in many big and crowded cities is finding parking spaces for vehicles. With IoT technology and mobile applications, in this paper, we propose a design and development of a real smart parking system that can provide more than just information about vacant spaces but also help user to locate the space where the vehicle can be parked in order to reduce traffics in the parking area. Moreover, we use computer vision to detect vehicle plate number in order to monitor the vehicles in the parking area for enhancing security and also to help user find his/her car when he/she forgets where the car is parked. In our system, we also design the payment process using mobile payment in order to reduce time and remove bottleneck of the payment process at the entry/exit gate of the parking area.