The Westminster ALPR can be used in surveillance mode to find vehicles of interest in images presented to the system.
In surveillance mode, Westminster ALPR performs vehicle recognition and sends an appropriate alarm, in real time, when a vehicle of interest is recognised.
In addition, the ALPR also creates a log of every vehicle that passes that can be searched later for investigative purposes.
The Westminster ALPR can also operate the same way in an access control mode.
The major difference is that for access control, a much higher degree of accuracy is required to validate the identity of a vehicle and the system must usually interface with a gate control system of some kind.
Additionally, a profiled group of vehicles to be admitted must be created and stored.
Features
- Automatically identifies that a vehicle that is entering or exiting a facility;
- Finds and reads the license plate;
- Instantly compares that information to a categorised "hot list";
- Immediately sends an alarm to an external device to initiate appropriate action;
- Keeps visual record in a database for future retrieval.
The leading systems in this area operate almost exclusively in the European market where license plates throughout the region share identical shape, colour, font and vehicle placement characteristics, and the systems impose environmental engineering constraints.
This ALPR system addresses the demanding US, Arabic and other markets where different types of license plates flourish, it is a powerful, accurate and flexible Vehicle Recognition System.
The capabilities of the ALPR mean that customers can purchase powerful, flexible vehicle and number plate recognition systems for the first time.
Applications
- Parking garages;
- Facility security: enhance perimeter security with real-time monitoring;
- Toll booths: automate revenue collection;
- Entrance and exit gates: provide accurate access control;
- Law enforcement: Amber alerts, border security and stolen car recovery.
Benefits
- Accurately operates in most countries world-wide including the Arabic market;
- Easily integrated into most security or front-end systems;
- Reduces cost of installation and maintenance by eliminating ground loops from the detection process;
- Highly reliable software works in variety of conditions;
- Regardless of lighting or weather conditions;
- Identifies reflective, non-reflective, even partially occluded plates;
- Enables quick investigation through visual record database.