Objective:

• In the current implementation of multi-level parking slots, it is extremely difficult to figure out where an empty slot may be available, this leads to extreme time delays in finding a parking slot, thus leading to wastage of time.
• Navigating around each floor, in search of a parking slot is extremely energy consuming and tiring as well, our project aims at improving the overall experience of mall customers, by making the beginning - parking much more convenient.
• Travel within a parking complex is very slow, and a lot of distance is generally covered in trying to find an empty slot, this leads to fuel wastage due to extremely low mileage travel. * Extra spendings on parking charges due to delays caused by traffic within the complex and the difficulty of finding a parking slot.

Implementation:

• Sensors will be installed on the ceiling, on top of each parking slot
• The status of each slot (Vacant/Occupied) will be updated to the cloud in real-time.
• The number of slots available on each floor is shown at the entrance of the parking lot, and each floor has a floor map displaying the location of the slots.
• Thus, a visitor can easily find an empty slot and park conveniently.

Applications:

• As we intend to build targeting large parking structures, our product can be highly scaled for any structure that needs to have large scale parking facilities.
• Our product can also be improvised for two wheeler parking facilities as they also occupy a significant part of the parking structure.
• Any person who owns a car and plans to visit a mall or a cinema theatre nearby knows the pain of finding the right parking spot. Our product could be used by almost anyone who wishes to park inside the parking facility in a short period of time.
• Our product could help people reduce the stress created by the effort visitors have to put into finding a parking space, the traffic they have to deal with on the ramps between levels, and parking slot related quarrels, leading to a more peaceful experience overall.
• People often worry about parking charges when visiting malls and other sites with multi-level parking, due to great reductions in parking delays, the cost of parking is reduced, this is another major societal impact.

• Frontend : ReactJS, ElectronJS
• Backend : Express Js, Apache Kafka
• Database : Firebase
• Version Control : Git and GitHub

• Install Nodejs from the official website in your system if not available.

• Fork and Clone the Repo

$ git clone https://github.com/Saitama-Squad/better-parking.git

For backend:

Create a new Virtual Environment:

python -m venv env
pip install -r ./requirements

Open 4 terminals

python cloud/EventStream.py (1)
python device/cam.py (2)
python server/kafkaConsumer.py (3)
cd server && npm install && npm start (4)

For front end:

npm install && npm start

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