Search by LPs

With search by LPs, you can find the recognized license plates in the archive, as well as filter them according to specified criteria.

To search by license plates, do the following:

1. Set a search interval (see Setting a search interval).
2. From the Detection drop-down list, select the detector, the events from which you want to use as a search criterion.

3. In the Enter text field, enter the license plate that you want to find. You can enter either a full license plate or a part of it using the ? character (any character in the license plate) and the * character (any number of any characters in the license plate). For example, a search query ?20* shows all vehicles with license plates containing 2 and 0 in the second and third positions, respectively. License plates can contain any number of characters.

   Note

   To search by all recognized license plates, enter * (asterisk).

   

4. If necessary, set additional search criteria by clicking the  button:
   

   Note

   To search by additional criteria, the Vehicle recognition option must be enabled in the License plate recognition RR settings (see Configuring License plate recognition RR, Configuring License plate recognition RR—Parking).

   1. In the Model field, enter the full name of the car model in numbers or Latin letters, case-insensitive. Correct spelling examples: Outlander, Teana, Creta, 406 (for Peugeot 406).

      Note

      For a full list of models and vendors, see Functionality of License plate recognition RR.

   2. In the Vendor field, enter the full name of the car manufacturer in Latin letters, case-insensitive. Correct spelling examples: Mitsubishi, Nissan, Hyundai.
   3. In the Color area, set the color of the vehicle (see Configuring object color).
   4. From the Vehicle class drop-down list, select one of the following class:
      1. Car.
      2. Truck.
      3. Bus.
      4. Motorcycle.
      5. Mini truck.
      6. Unknown.
   5. From the Vehicle headlights drop-down list, select one of the following vehicle headlights state:
      1. Unknown.
      2. Enabled.
      3. Disabled.
   6. In the Vehicle speed area, in the From and To fields, set the vehicle speed range depending on the unit of measurement selected in the Speed detection field in the detector settings (see Configuring License plate recognition RR, Configuring License plate recognition RR—Parking):

      1. Kmph: possible range from 0 to 250.

      2. Mph: possible range from 0 to 155.

   7. In the Vehicle direction field, select the vehicle direction from the drop-down list:
      1. Unknown—the direction of movement of the vehicle is not detected.
      2. Incoming—the vehicle is moving towards the camera.

      3. Outgoing—the vehicle is moving away from the camera.

         Note

         To remove a search criterion, click the button.

5. Click the Search button .

   Note

   Once started, the search can be stopped at any time. To do this, click the Stop button that appears instead of the Search button.

This starts a search based on the selected criteria. The search results panel displays frames with vehicles whose license plates contain the text from the search query and also meet the specified additional parameters.

A recognized license plate is outlined with a red border in the Surveillance window.