| 20090202105 | AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM INTEGRATED IN AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM - 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 ( | 08-13-2009 |
