Android Application Based Smart Parking Using QR Code

In today’s world, parking is an underrated problem and considered as an expensive facility in metropolitan cities during peak hours. This project concentrates on constructing an automatic parking system which is intended to reduce the road traffic in urban areas and decrease air pollution. QR (Quick Response) code can be read and scanned by Android compatible devices and provide plenty of information. This system removes the disadvantages of the existing approaches which use RFID, ZigBee, etc. The driver (user) checks for available parking spaces/slots and reserves the convenient one in that region as per the requirements of the user’s vehicle. QR code is generated which encodes the distinctive information and aspects of the user and is used to improve the process of authentication. This system uses a novel algorithm, an android based application that gathers information about the occupancy state of parking slots and thus assists the drivers to nearest vacant parking slot.