UNDER GROUND PARKING SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

A developing country like India because of its financial growth, we find

that each and every middle class family can afford to buy a car. Naturally

vehicles are increasing day by day and because of poor planning we don’t find

sufficient space for parking. Finding parking place in huge shopping malls,

multiplexes, etc in major cities is the biggest problem. These days almost all the

big cities are crowded with huge number of vehicles, there by a solution must

be emerged to park multiple vehicles in less space. To avoid this problem we

have designed a parking system, which occupies very less place.

In this regard this proto type module is designed to park three cars in one

car space. Under ground parking method is implemented here such that vacant

slots are displayed through an LCD that is interfaced with the micro controller.

The moving mechanism is constructed as multi storied compartments and is

driven through a DC motor. Rack and pinion method coupled with sliding

channel is used to drive the mechanism smoothly. With the help of control keys,

required compartment can be brought into the convenience for the comfort of

the user.

The module is divided into two compartments and each compartment is

employed with IR sensors, so that presence of the vehicle inside the

compartment can be detected and it can be displayed. Before parking the car,

the owner of the car should give the password of his own in the form of three

digits Code and the same password is given by him when he vacating the

parking lot. The display system is designed with LCD and displays either ‘Full’

or ‘Empty’. The two compartments are the ground level (0), (-1) and (-2) levels.

Depending on the control keys the controller moves this module to that

particular level that will be recognized using the magnetic switches.