To configure the License plate recognition BRS detection tool, do the following:

  1. Submit to the technical support the MAC address of the Server on which you will use the detection tool.

    The detection tool won't operate on the Server with a different MAC address.


  2. Copy the license received from technical support into the C:\Program Files\Common Files\AxxonSoft\DetectorPack\BioirisSDK\License.txt file.

  3. Restart the Server (see Shutting down a Server, Starting a Server).

To create the License plate recognition BRS detection tool, do the following:

  1. Go to the Detection Tools tab.
  2. Below the required camera, click Create… → Category: Vehicle → License plate recognition BRS.

By default, the detection tool is enabled and set to recognize vehicle license plates.

If necessary, you can change the detection tool parameters. The list of parameters is given in the table:

ParameterValueDescription
Object features
Check in listsYesThe parameter is disabled by default. If you want to use this detection tool to check in lists of vehicle license plates, select the Yes value (see Configuring vehicle license plate recognition based on the created lists)
No
Record objects trackingYesThe metadata of the video stream is recorded to the database by default. To disable the parameter, select the No value
No
Video streamMain streamIf the camera supports multistreaming, select the stream for which detection is needed. Selecting a low-quality video stream reduces the load on the Server
Second stream
Other
EnableYesThe detection tool is enabled by default. To disable the detection tool, select the No value
No
NameLicense plate recognition BRSEnter the detection tool name or leave the default name
Decoder modeAutoSelect a processing resource for decoding video streams. When you select a GPU, a stand-alone graphics card takes priority (when decoding with NVIDIA NVDEC chips). If there is no appropriate GPU, the decoding will use the Intel Quick Sync Video technology. Otherwise, CPU resources will be used for decoding
CPU
GPU
HuaweiNPU
TypeLicense plate recognition BRSName of the detection tool type (non-editable field)
Advanced settings
Frame size change1920

The analyzed frames are scaled down to a specified resolution (1920 pixels on the longer side) by default. The following algorithm is used:

    1. If the longer side of the source image exceeds the value specified in the Frame size change field, it is divided by two.
    2. If the resulting resolution falls below the specified value, the algorithm stops and this resolution will be used further.
    3. If the resulting resolution still exceeds the specified value, it is divided by two until it is less than the specified resolution.

For example, the source image resolution is 2048*1536, and the specified value is set to 1000. In this case, the source resolution will be halved two times (512*384), as after the first division, the number of pixels on the longer side exceeds the specified value (1024 > 1000). If detection is performed on a higher resolution stream and detection errors occur, we recommend reducing the compression.

GDPR policy-

By default, on the layout and in the archive, the characters of a license plate are completely hidden "GDPR ON". To display the characters of a license plate, you must enter a value:

"-"—hide all characters (default value),

" (blank field of a parameter value)"—show all characters,

"N-"—hide the first N characters,

"-N"—hide the last N characters,

where N is the number of characters

Minimum recognition quality, in %80Specify the minimum quality of license plates recognition as a percentage. The higher the minimum recognition quality, the fewer false alarms. The value must be in the range [0, 100]
Event timeout3Specify the time in seconds after which the alarm must be generated after recognizing a license plate in the frame. The value must be in the range [1, 3600]. If the value is 0, the alarm will be generated after the track with a license plate is lost
Tracker timeout3

Specify the time in seconds after which the vehicle track is considered lost. The value must be in the range [0, 3600].

You can use this parameter to avoid double triggerings that can occur, for example, when a license plate is recognized when it appears in the frame, then it is overlapped by a visual obstacle and then recognized by the detection tool again.

If you specify the timeout longer than the time of possible overlapping of the license plate in the frame, the detection tool will trigger only once.

Basic settings
Maximum LP width10

Specify the maximum and minimum width of the license plate as a percentage according to the actual size of the license plate in the frame. The value must be in the range [0, 100].

  • Specified values must exclude omissions in license plate recognition, that is the values must not be smaller than the real size of the license plate in the frame. Otherwise, the license plates won't be recognized.
  • The Minimum LP width parameter affects the CPU load: the higher the value, the lower the load.
  • Reducing the difference between the maximum and minimum width reduces the CPU load.
Minimum LP width1

In the window, specify the area in which license plate detection and recognition will be performed. You can adjust the area by moving the anchor points .

 

  • For convenience of configuration, you can "freeze" the frame. Click the button. To cancel the action, click this button again.

  • The detection area is displayed by default. To hide it, click the button. To cancel the action, click this button again.

 To save the parameters of the detection tool, click the Apply button. To cancel the changes, click the Cancel button.

Configuration of License plate recognition BRS is complete.