Parking space management using internet of things
International Journal of Development Research
Parking space management using internet of things
Received 09th August, 2019; Received in revised form 23rd September, 2019; Accepted 17th October, 2019; Published online 20th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Carlos E. A. Cavalcante et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper proposes the use of an IoT system as a tool to reduce the time spent searching for parking spaces. The developed system consists of a monitoring prototype, a real- time database and a smartphone application. The monitoring prototype consists of a development board, based on ESP8266 microcontroller and wireless network modules, connected to ultrasonic sensors for monitoring parking spaces. The microcontroller uploads all data to a cloud-hosted database, which lets you identify which parking spaces are available in real time through a smartphone app. By identifying parking spaces available directly from your mobile phone, you can significantly reduce the time wasted while searching for a parking space.