ROADBLOCK MOBILE LPR: LINKING THE VEHICLE TO A DATABASE OF OUTSTANDING FINES USING A CAMERA AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION Barry T. FRYER DUDLEY I-Cube (MBA {IT}; MSc {Image Analysis}; BSc {Brewing}; BSc Hons {Waste Technology}) “..any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clark FEB 2008 Change picture to “green buidings” globe

Optical Character Recognition OCR is an image processing technology used to identify vehicles by their license plates or trains by their unique numbers. OCR is a non-intrusive, computerised method of matching a License Plate number to a database of registration numbers. Alternate names for OCR: License plate recognition (LPR): Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) Car Plate Recognition (CPR) Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)

LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION Camera/ Illumination unit LPR Server RG59 / IP / twisted pair / Wireless / ADSL / 3G / iBurst LPR Generate alarm Possibly on site, remote or mobile LPR Client NU18637

A wide range of plates can be identified Typical plates the system can handle

SeeCarHead - Camera/Illumination unit Camera/Illumination unit for access-control applications B&W camera with mounted lens Pulsed LED array (Near Infra-Red or Red spectrums) Weatherproof Case: IP 65 , Enforced Poly-Carbonate, UV protected Control circuit (sync and pulse control, 4-levels illumination control) 2-Degrees freedom Mechanical interface Low energy consumption (15VDC 3A) Will need to incorporate the comments that people make from the question & answer session The Intervid Way allows us to reach our vision and mission The Intervid way is how we differentiate Intervid from its competitors

Vehicle entering at night

Pulsed Illumination for 24 HR operation

Each camera has individual settings to optimized recognition

Product Review LPR SOFTWARE running on the CAMERA feeds

Product Review Multiple images captured per vehicle

Product Review Three plus images (reads) per car under ideal conditions

Product Review Zoomed the cameras to max

Product Review Dome camera linked to SAPS database

Product Review An audio and visual alarm is generated in the control room (against local database).

Product Review LPR MANAGER - Reports showing no. of vehicles, - Search for plate

Communications SMS Web / Wap Pop Up’s E-Mail Messaging

DATA is sent in REAL TIME via TCP/IP NU100366, Entrance No, Date, Time, Name of driver, Alarm reason Image Location DATA is sent in REAL TIME via TCP/IP to Vehicle DATABASE

N3 Licence Plate Test Results Licence plates tested 11 992 “Currently sought” 599 5% Current and Historical : “Cases registered” 1 096 9% “Recoveries” 536 4.5% “Insurance Claims registered” 341 2.85%

Maintenance and Support E-mail / PH support Remote PC control 2 hour response time 6 hour response time Same business day 24 hour response “..any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clark

Technical QUESTIONS: Barry T. DUDLEY I-Cube (MBA {IT}; MSc {Image Analysis}; BSc {Brewing}; BSc Hons {Waste Technology}) I-Cube www.i-cube.co.za Cell: +27 (0) 82 562 8225 MADADENI PH +27 (0) 31 764-3077 82 Kloof Falls Rd Fax 0866539659 Kloof, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, 3610 E-mail: LPR@I-Cube.co.za “..any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clark