License plate recognition - Case studies

Hikvision’s Smart Parking Management Solution enhances security, profitability and parking management at parking lots

In a crowded marketplace, thousands of retail companies, private businesses and public authorities offer parking facilities. With that ownership comes a duty and a desire to constantly improve their facility’s quality and convenience for customers. Whether at a standalone business, a shopping mall, hospital, supermarket, transportation site, or public parking lot, providing a high-level of service is the key to establishing a good experience, building repeat business and creating a loyal c...

Videalert Digital Video Platform helps London Redbridge enforce parking restrictions and traffic management

The London Borough of Redbridge, the UK’s first local authority to install an unattended CCTV enforcement platform, has extended the system to cover additional locations where compliance was becoming a concern. The Videalert Digital Video Platform has been extended to enforce parking restrictions and traffic management outside schools where major safety and congestion issues were being caused. Unprecedented level of success According to Michael Jackson, Parking Manager at the London Boro...

Hikvision traffic management solution ensures safe vehicle flow in Yangon, Myanmar

Hikvision, a supplier of video surveillance products and solutions, is ensuring safe vehicle flow and helping to improve driving standards in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar (formally Burma), via an intelligent wide-area integrated traffic management solution installed across the entire city. Major traffic congestion Spurred on as a result of international economic sanctions on Myanmar being eased in 2011, a rapid build-up of tens of thousands of vehicles were estimated to have moved on to...

Castel audio-video intercom technology secures Waddesdon Manor estate in Buckinghamshire

Castel’s audio-video intercom has been selected to protect the beautifully ornate, French château-style Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Built in the 1870s for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, the house was used for filming some of the exterior scenes in Downton Abbey. Waddesdon Manor is part of a magnificent estate that is now a National Trust property, although the Rothschild family continues to have an active involvement in the property through a charitable trust. The house and...

Nedap uPASS secures staff car park at The Alfred hospital, Australia

The Alfred is situated in Victoria, Australia. The high-quality hospital has one of the busiest emergency and trauma centers of the country. It has the state’s largest Intensive Care Unit and is home to multiple statewide services. Reliable vehicle access solution Being one of Australia's busiest hospitals, The Alfred required a reliable vehicle access solution for their staff car park. During peak times, many staff vehicles enter or exit the car park simultaneously. Nedap’s uPASS...

Milestone implements integrated video surveillance solution for Thailand’s power producer, EGAT

Milestone Systems, the leading provider for open platform IP video management software (VMS), announced the successful implementation of an integrated video surveillance solution for Thailand’s largest state-owned power producer, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). Thailand’s leading state-owned power utility manages hydropower plants in classified and sensitive areas, relying heavily on video footage to monitor sites and enhance security. As a single plant some...

BCDVideo SAS drives offer superior video storage solutions for the healthcare industry

Video surveillance has begun offering healthcare providers more than just security; video analytics are now allowing hospitals and clinics to achieve their business goals. Improving patient satisfaction is supported by staff reminders when a patient has been left alone for too long. Even more, an alert can be given to staff members when a patient arrives that needs assistance. This reduces wait times, improves service and gives patients better outcomes.  However, healthcare costs are risin...

MOBOTIX video surveillance: Protecting shoppers at Forum Bornova, Izmir

To protect Forum Bornova, Mikroport proposed a solution utilising a combination of MOBOTIX cameras As Turkey’s third largest city, Izmir is home to almost 3 million people and a prosperous trade hub in part to its busy port. The city also boasts several large shopping centres, of which Forum Bornova, with a large well-known furniture store and multi-screen cinema complex, has proven popular with locals and tourists alike. Forum Bornova updates CCTV solution The centre...

Mobotix video surveillance technology protects Vanstone Park Garden centre in Hertfordshire, UK

Innovative design allows popular centre to protect visitors, staff and site with better quality images and fewer cameras MOBOTIX AG, a manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems announces that MOBOTIX Partner Switchnet Systems has completed a successful installation at a well-regarded garden centre that combines video surveillance, day-night operation, number plate recognition and analytics to secure the site and enhance management visibilit...

Nedap and Nortech access control system chosen by Nottingham Park Estate for secure vehicle access

A reliable vehicle identification system was needed to replace the RFID tagging system used to control vehicle access Private housing estate Nottingham Park Estate Ltd. required a reliable solution for secure vehicle access. The key demand of the end customer was that no RFID tags would be used. Nedap’s ANPR Access HD linked to Nortech’s Norpass3 access control system was chosen because of its security and flexibility. Nottingham Park Estate Limited was formed in...

VIVOTEK joins forces with Neural Labs and Vialseg for red-light enforcement system in Argentina

Vialseg developed the traffic light enforcement system and software based on technology provided by VIVOTEK With a population of 45 million people, Argentina has grown since its beginnings as a colony and trading centre for the Spanish empire in the Americas, to become a thriving nation and centre of trade and commerce for the region. In fact, beyond its clear regional importance, the country has increasingly become the focal point for several global events. The Challenge: T...

Hikvision provides new security system for Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada

The 15 Hikvision 4MP WDR Dome Network Cameras render high-calibre video night and day Hikvision USA Inc., a North American provider of innovative, award-winning video surveillance products, worked with dealer partner Screenwave Solutions to provide a new security system for Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada. The Reno Ronald McDonald House welcomes families of seriously ill children who live more than 30 miles away from Reno and have a child undergoing treatment a...

IDIS Solution Suite and DirectIP Full HD cameras protect Dar recycling centre at Nijmegen, Germany

The system also integrates into Dar’s own front end system that gives staff operational notifications With a famous slogan, “Dar, and it is fresh,” Dar offers a wide range of waste management and public space services, supporting a variety of customers from residents, organisations, as well as a large number of government municipalities. These services range from waste collection and recycling through to street cleaning, pest control, landscaping and the main...

Genetec Security Center unified security platform protects Boise Airport

Boise Airport is an important air transportation hub for Idaho and the Pacific Northwest Genetec Inc., a provider of open-architecture, IP security solutions announced that Boise Airport (BOI) has recently overhauled its security infrastructure with Genetec Security Center, a unified security platform that combines access control, video surveillance, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), and other third-party applications. With the help of CompuNet, an Idaho-based value-...

CNL Software’s IPSecurityCenter PSIM solution to protect citizens at the U.S. presidential inauguration

IPSecurityCenter PSIM allows the intelligent integration of the widest range of security CNL Software, a provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, announced that its award-winning technology will be utilised as part of the multi-agency security programme at the 2017 presidential inauguration. The company’s IPSecurityCenter PSIM solution is deployed in Washington, DC to help secure the city, keep its transportation facilities and networks opera...

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