10-28-2021, 03:46 PM
(10-28-2021, 02:55 PM)hellocharliewest Wrote:(10-28-2021, 02:45 PM)tomh009 Wrote: A licence plate camera system can be very fast and reliable: think of the speeds on the 407 on- and off-ramps, for example. Public garages in Europe (including northern parts, which do see snow) often use licence plate recognition, too.
But an unreliable or excessively slow system could indeed prove to be a disaster.
Ah, I've only used the 407 a handful of times so my memory might be a little fuzzy, but I believe that they use overhead cameras and not tollgates, right? This would give the system a lot more time to process the images instead of having to do them in real time, and it can always fall back to human verification if it fails to automatically read a license plate. I can't really speak about the public garages in Europe as most European countries I've travelled to I've just taken transit, but I don't recall such technology being used when I was taking a road trip across Spain.
Yes, overhead cameras on the 407. But the cars can be only a few seconds apart, so there is less time for reading than at a residential garage. (And, no, they don't send the photos to humans unless someone appeals a charge.)
The company claims to be successful elsewhere so possibly there is an issue with this particular installation that can be addressed.
They are actually a local company so one hopes that at least the tech support will be good.
https://parkco.com/residential/