License Plate Recognition (LPR/ANPR)

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Ganetec LPR is the Ganetec Global Solutions software
solution for automatic license plate recognition (LPR/
ANPR).
Ganetec LPR can be integrated into your own technical
solution, to provide OCR on passing vehicles. The li-
brary provides a software interface which breaks down
into reading an image and returning the textual repre-
sentation of the license plates visible in the input image.
The information returned by Ganetec LPR is threefold:
Basic Ganetec LPR interface
First, Ganetec LPR returns the vehicle identification
number as how it is registered at the local department of
vehicles.
Second, Ganetec LPR indicates the country of origin.
And third, it indicates the confidence in the answer gi-
ven.
Features
This page describes the functionality and recognition
performance from the standard LPR software product.
Countries
To ensure high recognition performance, Ganetec LPR
takes into account our deep knowledge on the layout of
license plates in the various countries around the world.
When ordering standard license for Ganetec LPR, you
will be able to select the specific country or countries
from which you would like to read the registration pla-
tes.
(Spanish license plate)
We have our LPR software for more than a hundred
countries and states all over the world. For each coun-
try, we have acquired domain knowledge, externalized
this knowledge into the software and extensively tested
the software on our image database. In this way, we can
guarantee high recognition performance on license pla-
tes of the countries selected within your product.
We cover a large part of the world with qualified LPR su-
pport. If your specific country is not listed here, please
contact us directly.

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Plate styles
You can also verify the specific plate styles for which
the software shows this performance. For our qualified
country specific software, you will notice we at least
read any recent passenger, truck and trailer plates.
Supported platforms
The Ganetec recognition engine requires no or only
minimal user tuning for a specific system setup. This
makes Ganetec LPR extremely useful for mobile appli-
cations where the operating conditions are for only
known at run-time, for back-offices that process ima-
ges from multiple sources and environments where
end-user tuning is impossible.
If you are not using Windows or Linux or want to verify
compatibility with your specific platform, please con-
tact us directly.
Country identification
Ganetec LPR indicates the country/state of origin
The Ganetec LPR library does not only read the bare
registration number - it also determines the country of
origin. The OCR uses plate features like the location
of characters and the fonts being used in the country.
We provide detailed information about the supported
countries via the Settings Editor, which we supply in
the default Ganetec LPR package. The countries tab
lists the supported countries and shows which indivi-
dual plate styles will be recognized.
Please note that the Ganetec LPR has been designed
for reliable recognition of registration numbers. The
software also indicates the country of origin. For hi-
gh-performance identification of country and/or state
of origin, please contact us directly to discuss the pos-
sibilities for your specific purpose.
Recognition performance
Based on the experience gathered through the nume-
rous LPR projects all over the world, we have develo-
ped a versatile LPR engine featuring a combination of
the various OCR technologies. This allows us to deliver
a standard Ganetec LPR engine that will identify the
human-readable images.
Our technology gives you the possibility to experien-
ce an LPR engine with high yield and the lowest error
rate available on the market. To get an impression of
how Ganetec LPR performs you can also contact us
directly.
LPR (vehicle license plate recognition)
and Car Counting:
The number plate recognition can be used for vehicle
counting and statistics knowing when customers re-
turn and the days of the week that a customer repeat
visit.
Counting vehicles you know the number of vehicles on
a rainy day, a holiday ... allowing security management
and future planning of the conditions of a particular
day.
Tuition recognition also indicates the average time
each vehicle park and peak time of certain days.
For issues evacuation or security at a given time, the
statistics allow us to know how many vehicles there
are.
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Automatic Container Code Recogni- Occlusion: Avoid possible blocking objects in the
tion and Signs view path of the camera such as (moveable) bars.
Our system also provides Container code recognition Contrast: For contrast we use the difference in
for more information. gray levels between the characters at the license pla-
te and the license plate background. This difference
Recognized code, type and dimensions of container should be at least 15.
and extra info and country if available.
A boolean indicating whether the recognized code is
correct or not reliability of the reading.
Reliability of each character
Location of the Code in the image (rectangle)
Average height of the characters
Processing time

Possible application areas: Resolution: For resolution we use the term pixels
Building a comprehensive database of traffic move- per stroke to define a minimum requirement for reliable
ment LPR. The image on the right shows what is meant with
Automation and simplicity of airport and harbor lo- stroke. Because the stroke width is country and plate
gistics style dependent we do not use pixels/cm. In general
Border control management the resolution for best LPR performance should be at
Inventory management least 2.7 pixels/stroke.
Container surveillance systems Plate size: The minimum size of the plate in the
image will be that which make the characters of the
Also provides information about signs of container plate at least 20 pixels height.
type:
In addition, blurring introduced through high compres-
sion or motion should be prevented at all times. Any
image quality requirements not met may impact the
performance of the LPR engine.

Configurability
Although Ganetec LPR will show high out-of-box re-
cognition performance already, you may configure the
OCR engine for tailoring performance and achieving
Image quality considerations even better results.
For optimal results we recommend the following ca-
mera and image quality requirements:
Rotation: The camera should be mounted in such
a way that in the resulting image of a single line licen-
se plate a horizontal line can be drawn which crosses
both the left edge and the right edge of the license pla-
te.
Vertical angle: The maximum vertical angle view
of the camera is 15 degrees.
Horizontal angle: The maximum horizontal view
angle of a camera is 30 degrees. In most systems the
horizontal angle is somewhere between 15 and 20 de-
grees.
Plate position: Ideally, mount the camera in such
way that an image of the license plate is captured whe-
re the license plate is in the center of in the recorded
image.