Smart 2HD

Next generation Tattile ITS systems pushes limits from ANPR (ALPR) to true vehicle identification

With the growing abilities of vision systems and the trend towards embedded systems demands have raised for tolling, free-flow, and speeding or red-light control applications. ITS-users increasingly ask for the ability to introduce a higher level of intelligence into previously dumb IP cameras, to provide wireless camera control, and to offer additional functionalities with easy access and installation. Tattile has taken up these latest breakthroughs in machine vision technology and designed and developed entirely from the ground the new Tattile Smart range of camera systems. These new ITS camera systems go beyond pure automatic number plate recognition and offer functions as well as a level of integration which cannot be found elsewhere on the market. The cameras are a genuinely next-generation product line that makes the step from an ANPR (ALPR) system to a full vehicle identification system.

Integral part of the new product line is the Smart 2HD, a camera specifically designed to the requirements in free flow toll collection, traffic monitoring and security. The system is able to cover two lanes at 7.5 meters width maximum and detects vehicles at a speed of up to 250 km/h. Additional standard functionalities include embedded ANPR (ALPR),  monochrome vehicle images and color context vehicles images, and an optical speed evaluation as well as the capability to read reflective and non-reflective license plates. An extra sensitive sensor mounted on the Smart 2HD’s context camera ensures quality images also in low light conditions. The modular system architecture allows an easy customization of the hardware platform according to complexity of each given application.

These standard features are complemented by optional functionalities which transform the camera from a standard plate reader into a true smart vehicles recognition and a security system. Firstly, a system can be added to recognize the vehicle brand, vehicle class and even the vehicle color and additionally offer HD Streaming for video surveillance. In addition, the Smart camera can be equipped to simultaneously run two different OCRs on-board. The Real-time licence plate identification is then performed by two independent software tools inside the system that provide a maximum accuracy. Through this Double OCR the validated licence plate data is a direct output from the camera and any additional third party analysis software is redundant which reduces complexity and system costs for the user.

The new Tattile Smart 2HD ANPR (ALPR) system marks the next generation of highly scalable smart cameras. Its embedded intelligence provides a maximum output at extremely low system costs since all algorithms are inside the system and deliver an output ready to be interpreted by the user.