Perceptics introduces color LPR system with Arabic OCR for Middle Eastern countries

Border security and traffic management company, Perceptics LLC, has introduced a Color License Plate Reader (LPR) system that uses the license plate’s color as one of the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) variables to enhance its state or country of origin accuracy level. Designed for critical Middle Eastern border security applications and high-profile government and commercial facility security, the new system enables officials to improve threat detection by quickly identifying vehicles in need of further scrutiny. They also expedite border crossings by allowing vehicles of no consequence to pass through quickly.

Perceptics is the first manufacturer to use the license plate’s color as a discriminator in its OCR software engine. The software uses the license plate’s color as one of the OCR variables in order to refine its ability to determine the plate’s origin. A stroboscopic illumination and OCR engine overcome the limitations of an infrared-based LPR system and delivers highly accurate, real-time license plate results in less than a second. An infrared LPR system cannot read non-reflective plates or a red plate with white letters or a white plate with red letters.

The company’s monochrome and color LPR systems now support both Arabic and English character recognition. Those currently being installed in the Middle East achieve 95% accuracy identification of state or country of origin during a full plate read. “Our new Color/Arabic LPR system represents a significant enhancement in our line of security and traffic management products,” explains Tom Hayes, Perceptics’ vice president of sales and marketing. “It gives us a new way to customize our OCR technology to mission-critical security applications in the region.”

30 October 2009