Conceptual Design of a Sensorless Smart Parking Payment Solution

In a world where Industry 4.0 is the order of the day, businesses endeavour to find ways to harness technology through innovation or duplication of solutions that have been successfully implemented elsewhere. For some resource-constrained entities, innovation is critical to mitigating costs while at the same time digitally transforming their business operations. In this paper, we present a solution that makes smart decisions and alerts stakeholders without having car parking sensors or the need of smartphones for the users. We then compared our solution to alternative designs of smart parking payment solutions with respect to costs, implementation, and viability to users. We are also confident that many local authorities in different countries will be able to implement the proposed solution with much ease or little guidance under the same context.