ANPR is a special surveillance tool specially designed for the recognition of license plates of vehicles. It is based on optical character recognition, which enables the system to capture the alphanumeric characters on the number plate of a vehicle. With the alarming increase in demand for various security based products, the ANPR finds application in many industries such as the police forces, traffic management, or highway and toll management systems. The system uses infrared lights, to take images at any time of the day. These pictures are then sent and processed in the system software, which in turn releases usable/readable data.

BGIL offers the ANPR for the automatic identification of a vehicle by capturing the image of the license plate, and making its data available.

The system finds application in areas where
1.    There has to be a control in vehicle access
2.    Where there is need for monitoring traffic violations
3.    Where there are automated toll gates
4.    On weigh bridges
5.    At vehicle test stations
6.    Police departments

There are two major steps involved in the ANPR:

Number Plate Extraction:-
In many cases, the number plate/license plate of a vehicle is not affixed in the prescribed location. The Number Plate Extraction tool automatically analyzes an image of the vehicle and locates the position of the license plate and extracts the same and stores it.

Number Plate Reading:-
Once the Number Plate Extraction extracts the license plate from an image of the vehicle, this is passed to the Number Plate Reading module that reads the numbers and characters on the license plate and passes it onto a computer. This module can be integrated with a database for further functionalities.