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From complexity to simplicity
Innovative and adaptive all-in-one ANPR technology solutions deliver high reliability and accuracy with a quick return on investment Words | Zsofia Karetka, Adaptive Recognition
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Above: Vidar ANPR There are several ways to ehicle detection rate is one camera for traffic achieve this, but the methods performance indicator monitoring with and technologies widely used with profound financial built-in laser trigger. in the industry are either costly, implications for traffic L-R; Single-optic high-maintenance, or both. To get monitoring system operators. camera with cloudsomething close to 99%, you need Consider what a 0.1% difference based ANPR; Dualoptics camera with a laser scanner, radar, and induction means in the case of an ETC onboard ANPR; loops. The latter requires breaking (electronic toll collection) system Dual-otics camera asphalt, which implies costly with, say, 6 million events per day, with onboard ANPR downtime. Induction loops also wear which counts as medium-size. & radar; Singledown quickly. Depending on several Missing 0.1% represents 6,000 optic camera with factors such as road quality and vehicles a day. Assuming that cloud-based ANPR & radar traffic, manufacturers recommend 2% of these vehicles are unauthorized replacing them every five years or so. users - again, a real-life average - and Adaptive Recognition's answer calculating with a US$50 fine for to this challenge is Vidar, a each, we are talking about traffic monitoring ANPR missing out on more than camera with built-in US$2 million of income triggers (laser and per year. In the case of software-based) that a pay-per-use tolling delivers results system, each and without the high cost every missed vehicle and maintenance. represents missed The number of plate types "The market is income, which, very price-sensitive, calculating with the from around the globe and maintenance same numbers as recognised by the Carmen can be a major cost above, amounts to software engine factor,” says Márton US$100 million. Sipos, product director It is easy to see for Vidar. “What why maximising operators want is a the vehicle detection rate simple, easy-to-maintain is in the operator's interest.
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system. That is what we provide, for about a third of the price of a complex system involving many components and different vendors for each. They get plate recognition, make and model recognition (MMR), and laser triggering in one single device instead of at least three. They save huge amounts on installation and maintenance without having to compromise on quality. Closing off one lane for a couple of hours costs hundreds of dollars, and it also impacts the economy in ways that are hard to quantify. Our cameras selfdiagnose, and maintenance can be performed on them remotely." Based on the above numbers, the investment in an all-in-one device like Vidar can return in a single day. And from an aesthetic point of view, they are also incomparable to monitoring systems consisting of multiple different components.
Evolving with the times
All Adaptive Recognition ANPR cameras are powered by Carmen, the company's plate recognition software developed in-house. Carmen is available on-board the cameras,
