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International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

e-ISSN: 2395-0056

Volume: 12 Issue: 04 | Apr 2025

p-ISSN: 2395-0072

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Smart Parking System Vishakha Kakad1, Mithilesh Kasar1, Zakib Khan1, Prof. Amit Hatekar2 1Undergraduate Students Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Thadomal Shahani

Engineering College, Bandra, Mumbai 2Assistant Professor Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Thadomal Shahani

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Abstract - The increasing demand for urban parking spaces

The Firebase Realtime Database serves as the system's backend, managing real-time booking data, slot availability, and gate control. The admin module features a QR code scanner to authenticate bookings and trigger the gate mechanism, ensuring secure and automated parking access. Additionally, IR sensors continuously update slot occupancy status in the database, optimizing parking space utilization. The implementation of this IoT-based Smart Parking System provides a cost-effective, scalable, and automated solution to urban parking challenges. By reducing manual intervention, minimizing waiting times, and enhancing security, this system improves the overall efficiency of parking management while promoting smart city initiatives.

has led to congestion, inefficiencies, and unnecessary fuel consumption. This research presents a Smart Parking System that integrates IoT-based automation to streamline parking management. The proposed system utilizes an ESP32 microcontroller, IR sensors, and a servo motor to enable automated vehicle detection and gate control. A mobile application, developed using Android, allows users to book parking slots, make payments via Razorpay, and generate QR codes for verification. The system employs Firebase Realtime Database to handle real-time booking, slot availability, and gate control data. The admin module includes a QR code scanner to validate bookings and trigger the gate mechanism, ensuring secure and automated access control. Additionally, IR sensors detect slot occupancy and update the database dynamically, optimizing space utilization. This research demonstrates the efficiency of IoT and cloud-based parking solutions, reducing manual intervention, minimizing wait times, and enhancing user convenience. The implementation of this smart parking system provides a cost-effective, scalable, and real-time approach to urban parking challenges.

This research paper presents a Smart Parking System that integrates IoT-based hardware and a cloud-connected Android application to enable seamless and automated parking management. The system consists of three major components:

Key Words: ESP32, Smart Parking, IoT, Firebase, Android App, IR Sensors, Automated Parking System.

Hardware Module – An ESP32-based microcontroller interfaced with IR sensors for realtime slot occupancy detection and a servo motor for automated gate control.

Android Application – A user-friendly mobile app that allows users to view available parking slots, book a spot, make payments, and generate a QR code for verification.

Cloud-Based Database (Firebase) – Facilitates realtime synchronization between the hardware, application, and admin panel, ensuring accurate parking status updates and remote monitoring.

1. INTRODUCTION Urbanization has led to a significant rise in the number of vehicles, creating challenges in parking management, traffic congestion, and fuel wastage. Traditional parking systems often rely on manual intervention, which results in inefficiencies, lack of real-time availability updates, and difficulty in space allocation. To address these issues, Smart Parking Systems utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) and cloudbased solutions have emerged as a promising alternative.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW In recent years, the rapid growth of urban populations and increasing vehicle density have intensified parking challenges, necessitating the development of smart parking solutions. Traditional parking systems often suffer from inefficiencies such as manual slot allocation, lack of real-time availability updates, and security concerns. Researchers have explored IoT-based automated parking systems to optimize space utilization and enhance user convenience. This section reviews existing literature on smart parking technologies, IoT integration, and cloud-based management systems.

This project presents a Smart Parking System that integrates hardware and software components to enable an automated, real-time parking solution. The system comprises an ESP32 microcontroller, IR sensors for slot detection, a servo motor for gate automation, and an LED display for real-time status updates. The software component is an Android application that facilitates parking slot reservations, online payments via Razorpay, and generates QR codes for secure access verification.

Impact Factor value: 8.315

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