How to select a camera for license plate recognition

Owned by Inna Kabanova (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 30, 2016
1 min read

This document was developed for specialists in charge of selecting and installing LPR cameras. 

Topics covered:

  • requirements for the license plate images (e.g. contrast, minimum symbols height);
  • requirements & recommendations for camera features and settings (framerate, sensor, shutter speed, lens, IR illumination, ND-filters);
  • recommendations for video processing (codecs, bitrate);
  • requirements & typical schemes for camera installation (either for highway surveillance or access control).

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See also

AutoSDK

How to prepare test video materials for new countries integration into AutoSDK recognition engine