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M.Prem Anand, Easwari Engineering College; Divya Gopinath ,; M.Anto Ajisha Shriny ,; M.Illakiya ,

The idea of the project is to propose an Internet of Things (IoT) based solution to enable the public to find a parking space without delay and congestion on roads. Every parking space is fitted with an IR distance interrupter sensor to determine if the lot is empty or vacant. Based on the time taken by the IR waves to get reflected back, occupancy status is determined. A database is created in cloud with the information about all the parking lots in the building under study. Based on the output of the car detection unit, the database is periodically updated and hence real time monitoring of the parking lots is done. A user wishing to park his car can reserve a parking space for him using a mobile app. The app acquires the data from the cloud. The graphical view of the parking lot in the building is shown on the application pointing to the vacant parking lot. This reservation is applicable only when the user is within a kilometer radius around the destination. It prevents unnecessary reservation. This proposal is economical, time efficient and it reduces the fuel consumption of the vehicles. Pollution is also reduced. The study of some existing systems shows that the level of automation in them is limited to number plate processing further enhancement that can be added in this system is to fit a timer in the parking lot, which will enable the computation of parking cost. Thus the entire system is completely automated, reducing man power. Cloud computing and mobile app development using Android SDK is the technologies used.