Automated parking system

Abstract

With rising security concerns, we see more and more restricted entries to premises. This requires checking and scanning of vehicles at the entry point. The process is not only cumbersome for the security providers, but also a cause of disruption in the traffic flow to the point that sometimes it chokes the system. In this project, we will develop a system that will keep the flow of the traffic smooth. The initial idea is that the vehicles will be provided with the RFID tag and an RFID reader will be installed some distance prior to the entry gate. A signaling system will direct the authorized users to a fast lane and only those which are not recognized by the system will be directed to the checking lane. Along with RFID, face detection and number plate detection will also verifyi the legitimate car and person. After the unrecognized vehicles have been cleared by the security the two lanes can again be merged. Once inside the premises, the parking system will guide the user to a vacant parking slot. The major task in this part is to identify the empty parking slots and display them on the mobile application of the user and then direct them to the selected slot with an optimum route. In our project the image processing techniques will be adapted to find status and free slots in the parking area.