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1. SMART PARKING RESERVATION SYSTEM USING SHORT
MESSAGE SERVICES (SMS)
This paper proposes a smart parking system to solve the problem of unnecessary time
consumption in finding parking spot in commercial car park areas. A parking reservation system
is developed in such a way that users book their parking spots through short message services
(SMS). The SMS sent will be processed by PIC microcontroller. This microcontroller will reply
the confirmation of booking by giving the details of reservation like password and lot number.
The password will be used to enter the parking area and valid for a certain period of time. The
system is fully automated with the use of the Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC). This
microcontroller is capable in storing information of empty parking spaces; provide passwords as
well as allowing or denying access to the parking area. A prototype of a car park system has been
designed to demonstrate the capability of the proposed work. The demonstration has proven the
capability of the system to reserve the parking, gain entry to the parking area and hence
eliminates the hassle of searching empty parking slots.
Existing System:
Recent increase in the growth of automotive industry coupled with the perpetual demand
of commuters urged the need for better and smarter parking mechanisms. Most of the existing
parking management systems rarely address the issues of parking space management, vehicle
guidance, parking lot reservation etc.
Proposed System:
This paper proposes a Smart Parking Reservation System using Short Message Services
(SMS) which provides advanced features like remote parking monitoring, automated guidance,
and parking reservation mechanism. The paper describes the overall system architecture of
SPARK from hardware to software implementation in the view point of sensor networks. We
implemented a full-fledged prototype system for parking management to realize the design
functionalities and features mentioned. Here we use IR sensors for monitoring and displaying
the status of car parking in LCD. If anyone want to reserve parking slot by sending SMS to

2. parking area, in the parking area GSM modem gets the message and fed to microcontroller using
UART communication. The PIC microcontroller processes the requested message and it will
check the availability of space in parking area using IR sensor. If the parking slot available
means the microcontroller replies with slot no, password and time to be arrival to parking area
else controller replies unavailable status to requested mobile number using GSM technology.
Block Diagram:
Power
Supply
IR Transmitter 1
IR Receiver 1
IR Transmitter 2
IR Receiver 2
LCD Module
PIC
16F877A
IR Transmitter 3
GSM
modem
IR Receiver 3
RTC
Keypad
Driver
Circuit
Gate
Model

3. Hardware Requirements:
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PIC 16F877A & Power Supply
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Gate model
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IR Sensors
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RTC
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Driver circuit
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LCD
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Keypad
Software Requirements:
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Embedded C
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CCS or MP Lab compiler.
Advantages:
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Cost effective.
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Highly secured.