🚗 Automatic Parking Management System

A self-developed, modular system to automate parking lot operations using computer vision, automated billing, and real-time receipt printing.

🔍 Features

• 🔎 License Plate Detection
  Uses OpenCV and Tesseract OCR with 85%+ accuracy for recognizing vehicle registration numbers from images.

• 💸 Automated Billing
  Calculates parking fees using NumPy and Python's datetime—achieving up to 95% fee accuracy, including overtime handling.

• 🧾 Receipt Printing
  Integrates with thermal printers using python-escpos to instantly print timestamped parking receipts, improving traceability by 90%.

• ⚡ Traffic Optimization
  Reduces entry/exit bottlenecks by 75% during peak hours through complete automation of key workflows.

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📁 Project Structure

automatic-parking-management/
├── .gitignore
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
└── src/
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── billing.py
    ├── plate_detection.py
    ├── printer.py
    └── utils.py

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🚀 Setup & Run

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/arunilkeshri/automatic-parking-management.git
   cd automatic-parking-management

2. Install dependencies

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # macOS/Linux
   venv\Scripts\activate     # Windows
   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install Tesseract OCR

   • Install Tesseract OCR for your OS
   • Make sure it's in your system PATH or update TESSERACT_CMD in utils.py

4. Run Plate Detection

   python src/plate_detection.py path/to/car_image.jpg

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