The LPR channel object settings panel

The settings panel of the LPR channel object includes the following interface elements.

№	Parameter name	Parameter setting method	Description	Data type	Default value	Value range
1	Country	Select value from the list	For AUTO-Uragan, VIT, RoadAR, LPR IntelliVision software modules
			Selection of the country which numbers it is necessary to recognize	List of available national license plate templates	Depending on the recognition module	Depending on the number of available national license plate templates
	Module	Select value from the list	For CARMEN-Auto, ARH-Railway software modules
			Selection of the license plate recognition SDK	List of license plate recognition SDK	Depending on the recognition module	Depending on the number of installed license plate recognition SDK
2	Select cameras group
	License plates recognition	Select value from the list	Main video camera for license plate recognition	List of available Camera objects	Camera 1	Depending on the number of available Camera objects
	Synchronous recording	Select value from the list	Additional video camera operating together with the main camera	List of available Camera objects	None	Depending on the number of available Camera objects
	Auto recording	Set the checkbox	Enabling the automatic recording on the LP number recognition	Boolean	No	Yes—automatic recording enabled, No—automatic recording disabled
	Auto recording, s	Enter the value in the text field	Setting the auto recording duration (in seconds)	Seconds	10	0-86400
	Enable on motion detection trigger	Set the checkbox	Starting auto recording on receiving an event from the motion detector	Boolean	No	For normal mode: Yes—if the camera is armed, the LPR channel scans all video images until the basic motion detection of the Intellect software is in the Alarm mode; If the camera is not armed, the LPR doesn't work, but manual start using scripts is available (see item 6 in the Scripts used in the Auto-Intellect software package section). Recognition will process frames until the stop command will be done No—the LPR channel scans video images permanently For Parking mode: Yes—if the camera is armed, the LPR channel scans all video images, until the plate will be recognized, after it recognition stops even if the Alarm mode is still in process and procedure repeats when the new trigger of alarm is activated; if the camera is not armed, the LPR doesn't work, but manual start using scripts is available (see item 6 in the Scripts used in the Auto-Intellect software package section). Recognition will process frames until the plate will be recognized and then will stop before new manual start No—the LPR channel scans video images permanently
	Reduce large resolution	Set the checkbox	Frame handling setup	Boolean	Yes	Yes—the lesser frame is stretched, the bigger one is cut off No—the lesser frame is stretched, the bigger one is handled without changes
3	Settings button Not available for: Remote recognition ARH-Railway CARMEN-Auto IntLab	Click the button	Access to frame sign settings	-	-	-
4	Entry	Set the checkbox	The vehicle movement direction will be treated as Entry to the territory	Boolean	No	Yes—the LPR channel considers the vehicle's movement direction as Entry to the territory No—the LPR channel does not consider the vehicle's movement direction as Entry to the territory Note. This setting is taken into account in the Intellect Web Report System when working with Auto reports (see Intellect Web Report System. User Guide)

The Recognition settings tab

№	Parameter name	Parameter setting method	Description	Data type	Default value	Value range
1	Detection settings group
	Area search threshold Available for: AUTO-Uragan LPR IntelliVision	Enter the value in the text field	Detecting zone sensitivity	Number	60	0-100
	Max. width Available for: AUTO-Uragan IntLab LPR IntelliVision Taiwan VIT	Enter the value in the text field	Maximum available width of license plate	Percentage of frame width	21	0-100
	Max. height Available for: AUTO-Uragan IntLab LPR IntelliVision	Enter the value in the text field	Maximum available height of license plate	Percentage of frame height	9	0-100
	Button X Available for: AUTO-Uragan LPR IntelliVision	Click the button	Access to the interactive interface of setting the area width and height	-	-	-
	Min. width Available for: AUTO-Uragan LPR IntelliVision Taiwan VIT	Enter the value in the text field	Minimum available width of license plate	Percentage of frame width	-	0-100
	Min. height Available for: AUTO-Uragan LPR IntelliVision	Enter the value in the text field	Minimum available height of license plate	Percentage of frame width	-	0-100
	Button X Available for: AUTO-Uragan LPR IntelliVision	Click the button	Access to the interactive interface of setting the area width and height	-	-	-
	Cut image with vehicle Available for: AUTO-Uragan Bioiris CARMEN-Auto LPR IntelliVision Remote recognition RoadAR Taiwan VIT	Set the checkbox	Set up the detection settings to the image with a car	Boolean	No	Yes—frame with a vehicle is cut No—frame with a vehicle is not cut
	Allow recognition on demand Available for: CARMEN-Auto RoadAR VIT Taiwan ARH-Railway	Set the checkbox	Enable the image recognition on demand	Boolean	No	Yes—on-demand image recognition is enabled No—on-demand image recognition is disabled
2	Search area border, % group
	Left	Enter the value in the text field	Left edge of the LP number search area (%)	% relative to the width of the surveillance window	0	0-100
	Top	Enter the value in the text field	Top edge of the LP number search area (%)	% relative to the width of the surveillance window	0	0-100
	Right	Enter the value in the text field	Right edge of the LP number search area (%)	% relative to the width of the surveillance window	100	0-100
	Bottom	Enter the value in the text field	Bottom edge of the LP number search area (%)	% relative to the width of the surveillance window	100	0-100
	Search area	Set the checkbox	Enabling the option of the LP number search area boundaries setting	Boolean	No	Yes—the option of the LP number search area boundaries setting is enabled No—the option of the LP number search area boundaries setting is disabled
	Button X	Click the button	Setting the search area using the mouse	-	-	-
3	Direction group
	Direction calculation	Select value from the list	Sets the mode of determining the vehicle's movement direction	List	by LP position	by LP position—the direction is determined by the position of the upper part of the LP number. If the upper part of the LP number at the start of tracking is lower than the upper part of the LP number at the end of tracking, then the direction is defined as From the camera, otherwise — To the camera. by LP area—the direction is determined by the license plate area. If the LP area at the start of tracking is larger than the LP area at the end of tracking, then the direction is defined as From the camera, otherwise — To the camera. by SDK—the direction is determined by the SDK. Currently, the following LP recognition modules support this mode: RoadAR, VIT, AUTO-Uragan, LPR IntelliVision
	Direction Available for: AUTO-Uragan Bioiris IntLab Remote recognition RoadAR Taiwan VIT RIDR IntelliVision CIDR IntelliVision	Select value from the list	Setting the traffic direction to detect the LP numbers	List	any	Any—the direction of movement from the video camera or towards the video camera From the camera—the direction of movement from the video camera To the camera—the direction of movement towards the video camera For the IntLab, RIDR IntelliVision and CIDR IntelliVision modules, the direction of carriage movement in the camera view is selected from left to right or from right to left
	Undefined Available for: ARENA AUTO-Uragan Bioiris CARMEN-Auto IntLab Remote recognition RoadAR Taiwan VIT RIDR IntelliVision CIDR IntelliVision	Set the checkbox	Enables to display the direction as Undefined in the Vehicle Tracer module, if it is impossible to determine the vehicle direction	Boolean	Yes	Yes—if it is impossible to determine the direction of vehicle movement, the direction is displayed as Undefined No—if it is impossible to determine the direction of vehicle movement, the direction is not determined
	Record violation Only used when direction is selected in the Direction list (To the camera/ From the camera)	Set the checkbox	Enabling event generating in case of vehicle entering an oncoming lane	Boolean	Yes	Yes—in case if the direction of vehicle moving is not coincide with the specified in the Direction list, the Entered the oncoming lane alarm event will be created No—the Entered the oncoming lane alarm event is not created

The Saving settings tab

№	Parameter name	Parameter setting method	Description	Data type	Default value	Value range
1	Record frames to SQL DB	Set the checkbox	Saving video frames of vehicle's recognized number into SQL DB	Boolean	Yes	Yes—the frame with a vehicle is saved into the database No—the frame with a vehicle is not saved into the database
	Show captions	Set the checkbox	Enabling the LP number titles overlaid with the video image while making report about the recognized number	Boolean	Yes	Yes—captions overlay enabled No—captions overlay disabled
	Deinterlace	Set the checkbox	Enables de-interlacing of video frame with a vehicle when the image is received in full resolution	Boolean	No	Yes—de-interlacing of video frame with a vehicle is implemented No—de-interlacing of video frame with a vehicle is not implemented
	Ratio 4:3	Set the checkbox	Set the ratio 4:3 of video frame's width and height while making report about the recognized number	Boolean	Yes	Yes—video frame with a vehicle is displayed in ratio 4:3 No—initial ratio of the frame while making report about the recognized number is not changed
2	Settings of results filtering group
	Min. number of characters in LP	Enter the value in the text field	Minimum number of characters in the license plate number	Number	-	>0
	Min. recognition quality, %	Enter the value in the text field	Minimum image quality for license plate recognition	%	-	0-100%
	Min. time of LP repetition, s	Enter the value in the text field	Minimum time of repetition of the license plate on video	Seconds	-	0-3600
3	Archive size, days	Enter the value in the text field	Database archive depth	Days	30	0-5000

The Speed camera settings tab

№	Parameter name	Parameter setting method	Description	Data type	Default value	Value range
1	Speed camera settings group
	Speed camera settings	Select the value from the list	Selecting the speed camera to work together with LPR channel	List of available Speed traps objects	Not specified	Depending on the number of available Speed traps objects
	Synchronization time	Enter the value in the text field	The time it takes the car to move from the point of speed detection by the Speed traps server module to the viewing zone of the camera	Milliseconds	Not specified	0-20000
	Filter events from speed camera	Set the checkbox	Enables saving the first speed detected only	Boolean	No	Yes—only the first detected speed value is used, others are ignored until the delay expires or the number is recognized No—all speed values are used
2	Get speed from video Available for: AUTO-Uragan CARMEN-Auto VIT RoadAR	Set the checkbox	Enables estimation of speed by video via the Auto Intellect algorithm	Boolean	No	Yes—vehicle speed is estimated by video, the results are displayed over video image as captions No—vehicle speed is not estimated by video
	Configuration	Click the button	Opens a dialog box to set a line segment	-	-	-
	Distance	Enter the value in the text field	Sets length of the line segment in the Get speed from video dialog box, in centimeters	Number	-	>0
	Permitted speed	Enter the value in the text field	Sets permitted vehicle speed on the observed lane	Number	60	>0
	Alarm on speed limit	Enter the value in the text field	Sets maximum vehicle speed. If this speed is exceed, an alarm event is generated	Number	80	>0

The Settings of LP processing tab

№	Parameter name	Parameter setting method	Description	Data type	Default value	Value range
1	Skipped LPs	Use functional menu	Contains the LP number templates by which the recognized numbers will be ignored if they match the created list by some criterion. For example, the LP numbers of a specific region can be ignored	String	-	-
2	Enter LP	Enter the value in the text field	Specifies an LP number to check if it is contained in an existing template or not	Number	-	>0
2	Check button	Click the button	Activates the check of the specified LP number against the existing template	-	-	-
3	Character transcoding (Latin->Cyrillic)	Set the checkbox	Enables the automatic transcoding of Latin characters into Cyrillic, if the license plate recognition module returns the recognized numbers in Latin characters	Boolean	No	Yes—automatic transcoding of Latin characters to Cyrillic is enabled No—automatic transcoding of Latin characters into Cyrillic is disabled
4	Skip repeated recognitions, s	Enter the value in the text field	Specifies the time period in seconds during which the repeated recognition of one captured license plate will be ignored by the system	Seconds	0	>=0
5	Display result before vehicle leaves Available for: AUTO-Uragan CARMEN-Auto VIT	Set the checkbox	Enabling the results to be displayed before the car leaves the viewing zone	Boolean	Yes	Yes—the result is displayed before the vehicle leaves the frame (the license plate of the given vehicle is out of the license plate search boundaries) No—the result is displayed only after the vehicle leaves the frame
6	Result display delay	Enter the value in the text field	The time delay between the first recognition of the LP number and displaying the results	Seconds	3	0-100
7	Recognition number threshold	Enter the value in the text field	The number of reliable license plate recognitions, after which the recognition result is displayed	Number	2	0-1000

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Documentation for Auto Intellect 6.0. Documentation for other versions of Intellect is available too.