Machine Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and IoT in Image Processing

15IoT-Based Smart Parking System for Indian Smart Cities

E. Fantin Irudaya Raj¹*, M. Appadurai², M. Chithamabara Thanu² and E. Francy Irudaya Rani³

¹ Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tamilnadu, India

² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tamilnadu, India

³ Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract

The concept of smart cities has recently received a lot of attention. Most governments throughout the world are undertaking various initiatives to construct smart cities. The Indian Government has also announced the “National Smart Cities Mission” for urban retrofitting, revitalization, and creating smart cities across India. The fundamental goal of this mission is to utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to build new cities or to convert existing cities and make them more sustainable and citizen-friendly. Vehicle parking will become a major issue in Indian cities. It is mainly due to poor planning and land scarcity, and it has led to a slew of other issues, such as traffic congestion, pollution, economic losses, and so on. IoT makes extensive use of sensors and transducers to collect real-time data from the physical world. Problems, such as vehicle parking facilities, traffic congestion, traffic management, and road safety, are being addressed by IoT. The current chapter examines the ...