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SPECIAL REPORT Round-up of ALPR 10. 9. categories of interest. Data mining allows searching license plate reads to determine the date, time and location of the sighting by either a complete or partial license plate number. Different priorities can be assigned to the hot lists, configuring each priority with a different color and alarm tone to give both a visual and audible alert to identify the type of hit and its importance. For covert inves- tigations, a covert hot list can be created so when there is a hit, only the officer at the de- partment using the AutoVu system within the security center will be alerted. An optional map display can be con- figured as the vehicle moves, thus maxi- mizing the use of the system about the vehicle's current position and areas cov- ered. The system is wirelessly enabled for the downloading of hot lists and upload- ing of enforcement data from and to the AutoVu system within the security center. 9. Hub-Data 911 www.data911.com Data911 provides full-fleet ALPR inte- grated with the company's Mobile Digital Video software, eliminating the need for a separate, dedicated computer. The unit runs on the same computer as do the in- vehicle applications. A patrol car equipped with the company's LPR can read over 1,000 license plates per hour, comparing them against pre-loaded databases of pri- ority plates at a rate of 150,000 per second while leaving the CPU available for other tasks such as video processing and CAD. Any hits are alerted to the officer and can also trigger the video to start recording. Updated priority lists are automatically pushed out to the LPR-equipped vehicles via the server. The company cites the sys- tem's low cost as an advantage in outfit- ting an entire fleet for a fraction of the cost of competing manufacturers. The system can search in exact or fuzzy matches, hot list matching, location, officer choice, time 48 LAW and ORDER I May 2012 of read, or time of upload. The LPR image and data can be exported as JPEGs for court use. 10. Inex/Zamir Technologies www.inexzamir.com Supplying ALPR technology for over 15 years, INEX/ZAMIR offers technology solutions and service tools for successful integration of license plate data with the applications an agency needs. The "DY Camera/Illuminator" provides a mega- pixel GigE Vision™ image sensor opti- mized for license plate recognition. It is available in three modes for lane width coverage greater than 12 feet. It performs equally well with fast or slow moving traffic, and provides up to 50 images per second. The "HY ALPR Camera/Illuminator" has an integrated pulsed infrared illumina- tion system and provides up to 60 progres- sive scan images per second. Operating continuously in day or night lighting, with high-contrast images even in direct sun- light, it is designed for high-speed appli- cations. The DTE License Plate Recognition Sys- tem is an all-inclusive device, from imager, to processor, to optional gate-controlling relays, thus providing all the needed com- ponents of an effective ALPR system. It features quick installation and provides up to 60 images per second. A variable multi- shutter table arrangement provides results in daylight, nighttime, direct sunlight or oncoming headlights. It includes an inte- grated data processing unit with software. 11. L-3 Mobilevision www.mobile-vision.com L-3 calls AlertVU™ the "next generation" for ALPR. Using multi-process recogni- tion technology, the system can create multiple license-plate image streams that are processed through multiple recogni- tion engines concurrently. This means more views of the license plate and diverse recognition techniques. Data can be aggre- 11. 12. gated, searched and historically analyzed, and can be transferred to and from the car wirelessly, without manual intervention. A flexible camera option allows the use of both infrared and color cameras to meet the needs of various applications. The system integrates with the L-3 In-Car Video System solution to trigger pre-event recording. GPS capability records the vehicle location with each plate that is read. The manufacturer emphasizes it is not necessary to scrap existing com- puters to utilize the AlertVU technology. 12. Motorola www.motorola.com/ALPR Motorola's ALPR system has the ability to read plates and check them against an installed database for quick verification. Rapidly deployable, scalable solutions use infrared cameras that connect to optical character-recognition technology software so surveillance can be done under varied lighting and weather conditions. Captured information is immediately processed, and alerts are sent when a hit occurs. The system provides 130 mph relative capture speed with 90 percent accuracy. National and regional databases can be imported and the system has the ability to map all locations related to a single license plate to track that vehicle's movement. There is also a capability to cross-reference the perpetrator's ID numbers with the li- cense plate database.