Japanese ANPR Systems

Japanese ANPR Systems (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) is a mass surveillance method that uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on images to read Vehicle Registration Plates. They can use existing closed-circuit television or road-rule enforcement cameras, or ones specifically designed for the task. They are used by various police forces and as a method of electronic toll collection on pay-per-use roads and cataloging the movements of traffic or individuals. Japanese ANPR System (Automatic Number Plate Recognition ) can be used to store the images captured by the cameras as well as the text from the license plate, with some configurable to store a photograph of the driver. Systems commonly use infrared lighting to allow the camera to take the picture at any time of the day. Japanese ANPR System (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) technology tends to be region-specific, owing to plate variation from place to place. Concerns about these systems have centered on privacy fears of government tracking citizens' movements, mis-identification, high error rates, and increased government spending.

Identifying stolen and wanted cars without resorting to a manual check of police records is now possible. The Japanese ANPR System (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) is the new weapon of gendarmes in the fight against crime and trafficking. This will also be weapon against crime in general when you consider that a criminal uses a vehicle to access the place of his crime or to escape. 500 vehicles equipped with this new technology will be deployed nationwide in France in the next few months.

Two technologies are completely integrated in the light bar of patrol vehicles; video protection systems and automatic numberplate recognition systems ('LAPI' in French). The complete system is made up of six colour video cameras (videosurveillance 360° around the vehicle with zoom cameras in the front and rear) and two infrared Japanese ANPR System(Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras, coupled with a OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.

The Japanese have been abroad to learn best practices from the countries which are leaders in these new technologies : i.e. the UK ('Targeting the criminals through their use of the roads'), Italy ('Falco' system of the Carabinieri), the Netherlands and the USA (LPR and operation IMPACT). The titanHz are piloting other 'LAPI' devices; on board helicopters, mobile on a tripod (similar to the current automatic radar controls), and fixed in strategically important areas (motorways, ringroads etc). The titanHz promote the idea of multi-partnership between the ministry of Interior and the Transports to develop ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition Systems) fixed sites on the main trunk road network. Next step will be the creation of a national dedicated date centre or back-office facility (to be called "STCL"). The idea is to have the 500 patrol cars not deployed "stand-alone" and to do criminal investigation and intelligence with Japanese ANPR System (Automatic Number Plate Recognition Systems) data at national level

Functionality

The system reads the plates of vehicles encountered by the titanHz patrol car, by day and at night, whatever the weather conditions. The manufacturers predict a theoretical reading of 5,000 number plates an hour. The 'LAPI' system compares the read number plates with the database of stolen and wanted vehicles in real time from the computer installed in the patrol car. In the case of a hit, the system sets off an alarm; the gendarmes intercept the potentially stolen car and arrest its driver. This association between Japanese ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) and video protection opens the way to other new and efficient road policing. It helps as well with community policing, road safety, crime investigation and anti-terrorism. The "L2V" gendarmerie car (L stands for LAPI, V for videosurveillance, V for video assisting law enforcement and speed detection) is a real weapon designed for nationwide policing, control of strategic routes, community policing and road policing at the same time.The "L2V" concept is complete and versatile as it includes a mobile in-car speed detection and video recording system complete with an automatic number plate recognition system.

1. LAPI detects all stolen and wanted cars, whether stopped or travelling at high speed whether this be during a routine patrol or during an investigation or anti-terrorism case

2. The video protection 360° around the patrol vehicle protects the gendarmes against complaints and makes the offence impossible to contest 

3. The video recording system assists law enforcement, i.e. facilitates the identification of criminal acts and traffic offences most likely to cause fatal accidents (telephoning at the wheel, non-use of seat-belts, etc.) and allows the identifications of the perpetrators of these crimes. A speed detection system helps tackle speed offences by measuring the average speed. 'LAPI' alarms are sent in real time to the "CORG" (the gendarmerie operations centre at regional level)in the form of localisation on a map and to the patrol vehicles in the area thanks of the onboard computer. The videos recorded by the vehicle can also be sent to the "CORG" by the onboard computer, to show the regional command vital information about the situation on the ground (for example, acts of delinquencies in a suburb, a major road traffic accident on a motorway or traffic conditions by blizzard).

MULTIEYE Japanese ANPR

The automation of incoming/outgoing saves money and controls access authorizations at the same time. The parking time of vehicles can be determined and analyzed which helps optimizing your logistics. By using the Japanese ANPR Systems (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) in parking garages / parking lots unauthorized long-term parking would be prevented. Upon the return of rental cars at unmanned stations the actual return times are recorded and potential damages on the vehicles documented by additional high-resolution cameras.
The Japanese MULTIEYE ANPR Systems (Automatic Number Plate Recognition Systems) may be used as low-priced add-on software module for the MULTIEYE video recorders or for MULTIEYE-NET. The number plates are stored image conform and compared to the database entries. No separate hardware is necessary for the Japanese ANPR Systems (Automatic Number Plate Recognition). The standard version offers the surveillance of 2 lanes; the system can be expanded to monitor up to 8 lanes (depending on recorder performance) and thus represents a low-risk and future-proof investment. The MULTIEYE-ANPR is available in two designs: Traffic and Gate, both support analog as well as IP-cameras. Currently number plates from 125 different countries can be recognized. 

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