A DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM ON A SMART CAMPUS

Abstract

On the majority of college campuses, parking is frustrating for faculty, students and temporary guests. The issue with parking on college campuses is the amount of time spent finding a convenient parking space for their schedule that day. Students and faculty must spend time finding just a single open spot. The spot may be on the other side of campus if the parking is busy for that time of day. Assigned spaces are not ideal because students and staff can have classes or meetings in different buildings on campus. This paper will present the idea of design of an automated parking system specifically for college campus use. With this system in place faculty and students will be able to reserve their parking space prior to arriving on campus and confirm their space by simply scanning a Quick Response code (QR code) once they have parked in their chosen space. The purpose of this proposed idea is to create a system that will be beneficial to all guests on campus, as well as the environment, by eliminating extra trips around campus trying to locate an available parking space.