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 ca...