SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE

A PROJECT SYNOPSIS ON

“IOT BASED CAR PARKING SYSTEM”

SUBMITTED TOWARDS THE

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
(Electronics and Telecommunication)

BY

Name : Hitesh Ghanshyam Chitte

Under The Guidance of

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

INDEX
 Abstract
 Introduction
 Literature Survey
 Problem definition
 Purpose
 Objectives
 Features
 Proposed Architecture
 Methodology
 Schematic/Circuit Diagram
 Software Flowchart
 Schematic/Circuit Diagram
 Software Flowchart
 Software Required
 Hardware Required
 Advantages
 Application
 Conclusion
 References
 Title: Internet of things Based Smart Car Parking for
College Campus.
Abstract —Smart Parking Sensor Network project aims to develop a low-cost sensor-based
parking system to map the usage of parking areas. This system consists of sensor nodes which
can detect the occupancy of parking space; relay nodes to communicate between sensor nodes
and the server; server application to get data from the relay nodes and send data to mobile
application; and a mobile application to display the parking areas and the occupancy of the
parking areas on a map. The vehicle detection sensor node was developed with low cost and low
power sensors and components. The vehicle detection sensor node was designed with magnetic
sensor and a distance sensor. The magnetic sensor detects the presence of the vehicle and the
distance sensor clarifies it. The mobile application was developed using Android and the server
application is hosted in AWS (Amazon Web Services).
Keywords— AWS, node, magnetic sensor, android

Introduction

The “Smart Campus” concept is an initiative to use ICT (Information and Communication
Technology) within a college Campus to improve the quality and performance of the services, to
reduce costs and resource consumption, and to engage more effectively and actively with its
members. Smart Parking is a constituent of a Smart Campus that looks to address the issue of
parking within a campus. The difficulty in finding available parking spaces within a campus
wastes time and fuel and impose stress among visitors and employees. In a regular parking area,
there is no way to know where the available parking spaces are. By delivering a real time map of
the availability of parking spaces, smart parking idea directly impacts on the sustainability of the
University, its revenue and the level of its service.
This parking system consists of sensing devices to determine the occupancy at the parking space,
a network to transfer data, a server application to process the data, and a mobile application to
display occupancy of the parking spaces. Smart parking is a huge industry overseas, but not in
Sri Lanka. Because of that, all the components should be bought from foreign vendors to
implement a smart parking system, which includes the vehicle detection node, the relay node (to
communicate between server and sensors) and the applications. The average price of a vehicle
detection node is 3000-8000 and the average price of a parking system is 5-6 lacs per year
(excluding taxes and delivery cost). Therefore, it is prohibitively expensive for a developing
country like India to deploy large-scale smart parking systems using imported components. To
address this issue, this system presents a low-cost solution, which can be developed within the
country and deployed in mega scale.
Literature Survey
 IEEE Papers
Sr. Paper / Publication Author Year
No
.
1. An IoT-Based Intelligent System for Real- Riad Kanan;Houssam Arbess 2020
Time Parking Monitoring and Automatic
Billing
2. IoT Based Smart Parking System for Manickam Ramasamy;Sunil 2018
Large Parking Lot Govinda Solanki;Elango
Natarajan;Tham Mun Keat
3. Park King: An IoT-based Smart Parking C. Ajchariyavanich;T. 2019
System. Limpisthira;N. Chanjarasvichai;T..
Ratanamahatana;N. Prompoon;
4. Smart Parking with Computer Vision and Madhur Dixit;C Srimathi;Robin 2020
IoT Technology. Doss;Seng Loke;M.A.
Saleemdurai
5. Smart Parking for Disabled Parking Zainab Al Taweel;Lavanya 2020
Improvement Using RFID and Database Challagundla;Alexander
Authentication. Pagan;Abdel-shakour Abuzneid
6. An IoT Based Smart Parking System Ravi Kishore Kodali;Krishna Yogi 2018
Using LoRa. Borra;Sharan Sai G. N.;Honey
Jehova Domma
7. Smart Parking System With Automatic Agustina Ampuni;Sopater 2019
Cashier Machine Utilize the IoT Fonataba;Adi Fitrianto;Gunawan
Technology. Wang
8. Machine Vision Smart Parking Using Noah Sieck;Cameron 2020
Internet of Things (IoTs) In A Smart Calpin;Mohammad Almalag
University.
9. Dynamic Resource Allocation Strategy for
Mohammad Saifullah Bin Mohd 2018
Low Cost Smart Parking System. Salman;Mohd Noh bin
Karsiti;Noor Amin Shahriz Bin
Rozly-Azni
10 Navigation based - Intelligent Parking Divya pandey;Seema Hanchate 2018
Management System using Queuing theory Author
and IOT.
Problem Definition
To develop an IoT based low-cost monitoring system for occupancy of the parking areas on map
for college campus.

Purpose
The Proposed system is responsible for monitoring an occupancy of the parking areas in college
campus using internet of things and low-cost sensor network.

Objectives
The Goals and Objectives of the given system are as follows:

 To monitor and track occupancy of parking slot in college campus.

Features
 Sensor used- Inductive Proximity and Ultrasonic.
 Low Powered and Battery Operated.
 Store data on Amazon AWS Cloud.
 Visualization and monitoring on Web and Android App.
 Fully Wireless
 Protocol Used: MQTT
 AI based algorithm for Prediction.
 Realtime notification to user about availability.
Proposed Architecture

Fig. 1 – Proposed Architecture

Methodology
The system architecture of the solution is given in Fig. 1. This architecture consists of three main
sections: a sensor network, a server, and a mobile application. The sensor network consists of
vehicle detection sensor nodes and relay nodes. Sensor nodes connect to relay nodes through a
wireless communication medium (WiFi/MQTT). Relay nodes connect to the server through a
wireless communication medium (WiFi). Sensor nodes do not connect to the server through the
outer network because these nodes are designed to be low cost with limited communication
capabilities. The relay nodes are more powerful and will transfer data using the MQTT (Message
Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol. The server application will be on the Internet and will
send data about the occupancy of parking areas when requests come from the mobile application.
Schematic/Circuit Diagram

Fig. Schematic/Circuit Diagram

Flowchart
Software Required
• Programming language – MicroPython / C
• Tool – PyCharm, Arduino IDE, Android Studio
• Protocol – MQTT, HTTP
• Cloud – Amazon AWS
• Web – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap

Hardware Required
• Controller – ESP32
• Sensor – Inductive Proximity, IR Sensor
• Power Supply (12V)
• Other – OLED display

Advantages
 Less fuel is wasted, save money and save time
 Lowering individual environmental footprint
 Smart parking reducing stress while searching for a parking space
 Smart parking will reduce search traffic on the streets.

Applications
 School, Colleges, Universities
 Mega stores, Shopping Malls and Sports clubs

Conclusion

In this proposed system, an inexpensive solution is proposed to design and develop a smart
parking sensor network with a mobile application, server application, a relay node and magnetic
and distance sensor-based vehicle detection node. Mobile and server applications is also
introduced. Vehicle detection nodes were designed along with the vehicle detection algorithm.
The cost of these nodes is around USD 12, compared to USD 80 - USD 160 average price of
such nodes that are in the market. Few test cases were conducted to verify the accuracy of our
system. Continuation of this project can be done as the next phase by conducting more test
scenarios and adding low-power consumption methods in the vehicle detection sensor nodes.
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