AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM INTEGRATED IN AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An automatic license plate recognition system (ALPR (1)) which is integrated in an electronic toll collection system such as “
- Via Verde”
, manual lane, semi-automatic lane, multi-lane, or any other solution involving the license plate automatic recognition,said system being characterized by the following;
Taking of a panoramic picture of the back of the vehicle for visual inspection;
Acquisition of infra-red images from the front and the rear of the vehicle;
Automatic recognition of the vehicle'"'"'s license plate, checking both the rear and front license plates;
Generation of a final photograph in the JPEG format, apposing rear and front license plates to the panoramic image, as well as inserting data on time and place;
Independence between the quality of the generated photos and variables such as light, climate conditions and license plates'"'"' quality, among other aspects;
thus comprising for that purpose;
A camera system for image acquisition;
An automatic license plate recognition system (“
engine”
) referred to as LPR (11);
A composition module (12) and generation of the final photo;
A certification module Cert (13) and the digital signature of the final photograph.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an automatic license plate recognition system referred to as ALPR—Advanced License Plate Recognition—which is integrated in an electronic toll collection system such as “Via Verde”—single-lane freeflow—, multi-lane (Open Road Tolling), manual lane, semi-automatic lane, or any other solution involving the automatic license plate recognition. It is basically characterized by the following: taking of a panoramic picture of the back of the vehicle for visual inspection; automatic (by image recognition), recognition of the vehicle'"'"'s license plate, checking both the rear and front license plates; generation of a final photograph in the JPEG (“Joint Photographic Expert Group”) format, apposing rear and front license plates to the panoramic image, as well as inserting data on time and place; independence between the quality of the generated photos and from variables such as light, climate conditions and license plates'"'"' quality, among other aspects; thus comprising for that purpose: a camera system for image acquisition; an automatic license plate recognition system (“engine”) referred to as LPR (“License Plate Recognition”); a composition module (12) and generation of the final photo; and a certification module Cert (13) and digital signature of the final photo.
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1. An automatic license plate recognition system (ALPR (1)) which is integrated in an electronic toll collection system such as “
- Via Verde”
, manual lane, semi-automatic lane, multi-lane, or any other solution involving the license plate automatic recognition,said system being characterized by the following; Taking of a panoramic picture of the back of the vehicle for visual inspection; Acquisition of infra-red images from the front and the rear of the vehicle; Automatic recognition of the vehicle'"'"'s license plate, checking both the rear and front license plates; Generation of a final photograph in the JPEG format, apposing rear and front license plates to the panoramic image, as well as inserting data on time and place; Independence between the quality of the generated photos and variables such as light, climate conditions and license plates'"'"' quality, among other aspects; thus comprising for that purpose; A camera system for image acquisition; An automatic license plate recognition system (“
engine”
) referred to as LPR (11);A composition module (12) and generation of the final photo; A certification module Cert (13) and the digital signature of the final photograph. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- Via Verde”
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