Possibility to select the CARMEN license plate recognition engine is disabled on default. To enable it, do the following:

  1. Click the Settings button on the Platform Calculator page.
  2. In the opened window set the CARMEN-Auto platform calculation checkbox (1).
  3. Click the Save button (2).

As a result the possibility to select platform calculation for the CARMEN-Auto will be available (see Selecting the software platform).

Calculate a recommended platform for CARMEN license plate recognition engine as follows:

  1. Select the Intellect platform (1) and the Carmen Auto type (2).

  2. Set parameters of the recognition engine in use (3). On the platform calculator page, there is a figure that illustrates more of the set parameters, as well as their descriptions.

    Parameter

    Description

    Number of cameras

    The number of cameras used for license plate recognition.

    Height, meters (H)

    The camera’s mounting height – the height between the camera and the vehicle’s plate (average height is 2 meters).

    Distance to license plate, meters (L)

    The distance from the pole to the plate – the distance from the base of the pole to the vehicle’s plate on the road (the average distance from the pole to the plate is 15 meters).

    Distance to road, meters (b)

    The distance from the axis of movement to pole – the distance from the middle of the road to the base of the pole (the average distance from the axis to pole is 2 meters).

    Vehicle speed, km/h (V)

    Speed of the car – the maximum speed at which the vehicle can cross the detection zone.

    Scene

    The type of the CARMEN recognition engine. The FREEFLOW scene is to be selected when CARMEN-Auto recognition engine is in use. The TRIGGERED scene is to be selected for FREEFLOW with enabled ParkingMode; to enable this mode use in Auto Intellect use ParkingMode registry key (see Registry keys reference guide).

    Country

    The country that has issued the license plate to be recognized.


  3. Click the Calculate button to calculate recommended platforms (4).

As a result, the Platform calculation results for CARMEN platform will be displayed.