Capabilities - License Plate Recognition
License Plate Recognition (LPR) finds and reads license plates on moving and parked vehicles. It handles plate formats from multiple regions and is designed to work in rain, snow, direct sunlight, and complete darkness with infrared lighting. It is designed to read partly hidden or damaged plates.
- Plate Reading
- Day & Night
- Matches Flagged
- Watchlists
- Plate Formats
- Multi-Region
How it works - License Plate Recognition in three steps
How License Plate Recognition works with the cameras you already run.
- Connect Gate and Road Cameras. Use your cameras at entry and exit points, toll lanes or along roads. Cameras with infrared lighting work, as do dedicated plate cameras.
- Detect and Read Plates. The system finds each plate and reads it, using the plate formats for your region.
- Match, Flag and Log. Each read is checked against your watchlists, and a match is flagged for your team to review. Every read is logged with the time, the camera and an image of the vehicle.
Features
What License Plate Recognition can do.
- Multi-Region Plate Formats. Supports US, European, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Latin American plate formats. New regions can be added via configuration without retraining.
- Day and Night Operation. With infrared lighting, the system reads plates in complete darkness. It is designed to handle headlight glare and backlighting.
- High-Speed Capture. Reads plates on moving vehicles when paired with cameras made for fast traffic. Suited to highway tolling and speed enforcement support.
- Watchlist Matching. Keep several watchlists (VIP, banned, expired registration).
- Partial Plate Recovery. When plates are partially obscured by dirt, damage, or mounting hardware, the system uses contextual character prediction to maximize read completeness.
- Vehicle-Plate Association. Links each plate read to the detected vehicle, capturing color, type, and direction of travel. Detects plate spoofing by cross-referencing vehicle characteristics.
- Bulk Historical Search. Query stored plate reads by plate number, date range, camera location, or vehicle attributes.
Use cases
Applications of License Plate Recognition across industries.
Gated Community Access Control
Residents expect to drive in without stopping. LPR can read plates on approach, check them against the resident list, and open the gate, logging every entry and exit.
- Real Estate
- Smart City
Parking Revenue Management
Parking operators need accurate entry/exit timestamps for billing. LPR can eliminate ticket machines and barrier gates, enabling frictionless pay-by-plate systems.
- Smart City
- Retail
- Real Estate
Fleet and Logistics Tracking
Logistics companies need to verify truck arrivals at distribution centers. LPR at loading docks can log arrival times and flag unauthorized vehicles.
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
Law Enforcement Support
Patrol vehicles equipped with mobile LPR cameras can scan plates continuously against stolen vehicle and warrant databases. Hits are flagged for officers to check.
- Government
- Law Enforcement
Toll Collection
Open-road tolling reads plates on moving traffic. The system is designed to capture plates without requiring vehicles to slow down or stop.
- Transportation
- Government
Campus Security
Universities and corporate campuses track vehicle access across multiple entry points. LPR can provide a unified log and flag unregistered vehicles attempting entry.
- Education
- Corporate
Try License Plate Recognition at your site
A pilot runs on video from your camera system for an agreed period, and you get a report of the results.
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