An IP based parking slot monitoring and reporting systems/ Aliganyira, Nicholas.

CHAPTERTER ONE.......................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................1
1.1Project background .................................................................................................................1
1.2 Problem statement..................................................................................................................2
1.3 Objectives ..............................................................................................................................2
1.3.1 Main objective ................................................................................................................2
1.3.2 Specific objectives..........................................................................................................2
1.4 Justification............................................................................................................................3
1.5 Significance ...........................................................................................................................3
1.6 Scope of the project ...............................................................................................................3
1.6.1 Geographical scope.........................................................................................................3
1.6.2 Technical scope...............................................................................................................3
1.6.3 Time scope ......................................................................................................................3
1.7 Limitation...............................................................................................................................4
CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................................5
LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................5
2.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Key terms...............................................................................................................................5
2.1.1 Parking lots.....................................................................................................................5
2.1.2 GSM Technology............................................................................................................6
2.1.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)...........................................................................7
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2.1.4 Internet protocol (IP).......................................................................................................8
2.1.5 A microcontroller..........................................................................................................10
2.1.6 Raspberry pi..................................................................................................................10
2.1.7MySQL ..........................................................................................................................13
2.1.8 Python ...........................................................................................................................13
2.1.9 GPS ...............................................................................................................................14
2.1.10 JavaScript....................................................................................................................15
2.2 Car parking systems.............................................................................................................16
2.3 Automatic Parking Management System and Parking Fee Collection Based on Number
Plate Recognition.......................................................................................................................17
2.4 A Car Parking Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Networks.................................17
2.5 Tracking system...................................................................................................................18
2.6 Assessment of parking systems ...........................................................................................18
2.7Related work and projects.....................................................................................................18
2.7.1 A non-intrusive 2-lead ECG System using the Active Insulated Electrode..................18
2.8 Existing systems...................................................................................................................19
2.8.1MultiplexUgandamanual parking control and management ..........................................19
2.8.2 Way road signs..............................................................................................................20
2.8.3 Web sites.......................................................................................................................20
2.9Weakness in the existing systems.........................................................................................20
2.10 The proposed system..........................................................................................................21
CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................................22
METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................22
3.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................22
3.1 Data collection .....................................................................................................................22
3.1. 1 Document review...........................................................................................................22
3.1 .2 Interviewing ...................................................................................................................22
3.1. 3 Observation....................................................................................................................22
3.2 Requirement analysis............................................................................................................22
3.3 System design .......................................................................................................................23
3.4 Assembling of the system.....................................................................................................24
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3.5 System testing and documentation.......................................................................................24
3.5.1 System testing ...............................................................................................................24
3.5.2 System documentation ..................................................................................................25
CHAPTER FOUR..........................................................................................................................26
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN..........................................................................................26
4.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................26
4.1 Requirements analysis .........................................................................................................26
4.1.1 Functional Requirements..............................................................................................26
4.1.2 Non-functional Requirements.......................................................................................26
4.2 System Requirements...........................................................................................................27
42.1 Hardware requirements..................................................................................................27
4.2.2 Software requirements..................................................................................................27
4.3 System Design .....................................................................................................................27
4.3.1 Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)..........................................................................................28
4.3.2 Use case Diagram .........................................................................................................29
4.4 Development tools...............................................................................................................30
4.5 Physical design of the system ..............................................................................................30
4.6 Physical design of a parking lot ...........................................................................................32
CHAPTER FIVE ...........................................................................................................................33
IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING.........................................................................................33
5.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................33
5.1 System Development ...........................................................................................................33
5.2.1 Development platforms.....................................................................................................33
5.2.1.1 Windows Operating system .......................................................................................33
5.2.1.2 Python programming language ..................................................................................33
5.2.1.3 MySQL ......................................................................................................................33
5.3 Code Design.........................................................................................................................34
5.3.1 Python code...................................................................................................................34
5.3.2 CSS code.......................................................................................................................35
5.3.3 PHP code.......................................................................................................................36
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5.3.4 HTML code...................................................................................................................37
5.4 The circuit diagram..............................................................................................................38
5.5 The operation of the system..................................................................................................38
5.6 System Testing......................................................................................................................39
5.6.1 Hardware testing ............................................................................................................39
5.6.2 Database testing ............................................................................................................40
5.7 System Verification .............................................................................................................41
5.8 System Evaluations...............................................................

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Includes index and bibliographies