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I suppose that your government(s) NEED the extra revenue to fund all the surveillance cameras Big Brother seems to be so fond of 'over there.'




Hey JB the government reckon that in the major cities of the UK, you are on a surveillance camera. You do not even get away with if you do not get out of your car as they now have
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)

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Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is probably the next growth product to take off in the UK,(and the world) in fact, it is already beginning to be the biggest potential earner for installation companies. Network systems were all the hype in recent years but have not really grown as the pundits originally predicted. One problem is that it crosses technological barriers and the needs of available bandwidth were conveniently obscured.

On the other hand ANPR technology is completely within the scope of knowledge of CCTV companies, although there are a few new terms and technologies to come to grips with. As with previous new developments there is plenty of scope for the industry to deliver more hype and misinformation. There are pitfalls for the unwary and this and future articles will aim to explain some of these for the customer and installer (or, systems integrator).

We are grateful for assistance in producing this article to CitySync for the APR system and Derwent CCTV for information on infrared illumination.

We will start by considering ANPR for a single lane using a dedicated camera and go on to discuss some other applications such as multi-lane systems and Town Centre systems with colour cameras.



These are linked to the database at DVLA/Police, and it scans your reg plate and the details come back within seconds. They then know if the car is stolen, taxed, licenced and the owner etc.

We even have people watching you to make sure you do not drop your fag ends and litter in the cities.

Last edited by birchr; 12/06/2007 6:06 PM.