Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a highly accurate system capable of reading vehicle number plates without human intervention
Through the use of high speed image capture with supporting illumination, detection of characters within the images provided, verification of the character sequences as being those from a vehicle license plate, character recognition to convert image to text; so ending up with a set of metadata that identifies an image containing a vehicle license plate and the associated decoded text of that plate.
Today’s ANPR cameras, engineered with deep learning algorithms and GPU processors, are extremely accurate – more than sufficient to overcome previous challenges. Our ANPR systems “learn” number plate information within a scene, recognizing a much higher number of automobile plates and with much higher efficiency than conventional ANPR systems.
ANPR is therefore the underlying technology used to find a vehicle license/number plate and it, in turn, supplies this information to a next stage of computer processing through which the information can be interpreted, stored or matched to create an ANPR based application.
Applications
- Entrance & exit management / barrier control
- Blacklist alarm and VIP list notification
- Post-event investigation for forensics
- Toll management on highways or parking lots
ANPR is a technological tool which is used in providing assistance to the enforcement of the law as well ensuring the continued safety of all road users. ANPR is supporting the safety and security of citizens throughout the world and is evolving to enhance the effective transport flow of people in real time.
