MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541122370 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 5, 2025, for 'iot-based smart parking with real-time slot detection.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. K. Lalitha; R. Mohammed Anas; S. Devadharshini; and R. Lakshmi.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an ToT-based Community Smart Parking and Rush Detection System designed to address the challenges of unorganized parking, traffic congestion, and lack of real-time parking availability in urban and semi-urban regions. The system integ...