Vehicle license plates recognition

This type of advanced video analytics is very common on roads, tolls, and areas where there are vehicle entrances. The process of recognizing vehicle license plates numbers can be done on the camera itself or in a combination of camera and specialized software.

A few years ago it was possible to recognize vehicle license plates only through specialized and expensive software developed by a few companies that dominated the electronic surveillance industry.

Over time and with the advancement of technology more options have appeared in the market and the price of implementation of such systems has been reduced, besides the software, there are also IP cameras that do such a job themselves.

Companies such as ISS and Genetec stand out in the market for having robust and accurate systems for vehicle license plates recognition, but they are not exclusive because with the opening of the market there were many partnerships and commercial agreements that allowed the use of the intelligent analytics algorithm by other companies that implemented this functionality into their own recording and monitoring software.

Currently, it is possible to buy security cameras that have embedded intelligence to recognize vehicle license plates and the price is very affordable. The Chinese manufacturer Hikvision has IP camera models that were designed for this purpose.

In order to capture vehicle plates numbers, however, it is necessary to follow specific camera installation and positioning procedures with adequate angles to obtain images of sufficient quality for analysis and recognition by the camera itself or by a server that runs a specific software.