MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611086482 A) filed by Manipal University Jaipur on July 15, 2026, for A Smart Car Parking System.
Inventors include Dr. Sunil Kumar; Gouraang Dutta; and Prakhar Raj.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart car parking system using ESP32-CAM which uses OCR to read number plates of vehicles for reducing vehicle waiting time, minimizing manual intervention, improving parking efficiency, and contributing to fuel savings by decreasing unnecessary engine idling. The system comprises an ESP32-CAM as main controller comprising an onboard camera for capturing images of vehicle number plates, processing sensor inputs, communicating with a remote server via Wi-Fi, and controlling gate operation; a servo motor connected to GPIO 12 of the ESP32-CAM to open and close the parking gates; Entry & Exit IR sensor connected with the main controller GPIO 13 & 14, respectively to detect the vehicle; a wifi communication module to transmit the data to remote server and receive response; a flask server to execute OCR; and a dashboard to display recognized vehicle numbers, entry and exit logs, parking status, and system monitoring information in real time.
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