Smart Parking Android App

Parking in India is fast becoming a monstrous crisis. Highly unorganized and painfully manual, the industry seems to be begging for a solution and Smart Parking believes it has the right solution for all the ills gripping the sector. An IoT-based platform, Smart Parking is a mobile-based parking management system which is digitizing the parking industry. The app seeks to simplify parking by digitizing the entire process from ticketing to auditing. To users, the app provides information on the nearby location of the parking lots, availability of parking spots, ticket pricing so as to avoid overcharges. To parking attendants, Smart Parking helps in digitally managing the lot, cashless platform for payment, revenue management, accounting, auditing . MODULES Smart Parking provides a mobile application to cater to the parking needs of the user. Modules involved in the system are as follows: 1. Slot Booking Module This module implements a means for users to book a parking slot prior to arrival. This not only allows them to ensure availability of slots but also reduce time and unnecessary occupancy of roads in search of slots. This module ensures to assist users in their parking experience. The layout of parking slots in a given region is shown and thus user is allowed to book the desired slot and for desired time. On completion of booking time, an alert is sent to the user to allow them to either extend the booking or check out based on availability and user’s response. Based on the booking history, users are prompted for next booking and data is also analyzed to propose new slots in given area of demand. 2. Live Tracking Module Live tracking module tracks the user’s registered vehicle from the time it starts its commute until it reached the designated parking slot. Based on the current traffic statistics, the buffer time of arrival of vehicle in the slot is altered, thus providing a dynamic interface ensuring inclusion current road situations. 3. Payment Module All payment transactions are made cashless and using “Caros”, an application-specific cash. The users are also provided a means to allow monthly subscriptions and memberships. 4. Carpooling Module Provision for users to put their cars for carpooling has also been provided. This allows users to earn money and also help reduce number of cars on road and attempt to be an environment friendly alternative. 5. Blacklisting Module If a car does not check out at designated time, an alert is sent to prompt user to move their car. If failed to do so, their cars are towed away. Repetition of this makes their name under blacklist and block all their further bookings.