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Facts & figures

20 million licence plates read every month across the World.

Continuous 7 year operation for a UK Government agency.

ANPR access control deployment.

Largest single deployment comprises 200 cameras.

Modular structure allows processing on a single machine or across multiple machines.

10 year pedigree - one of the first ANPR systems available.

ANPR Applications

  • Road tolling
  • Section speed control
  • Parking / access control
  • Border Surveillance
  • Origin - destination survey

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Roke ANPR engine

A proven high integrity Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Engine which can recognise number plates from more than 25 countries.

Available for bespoke systems, or in an off-the-shelf solution from our partners VideCom, our ANPR Engine provides a highly reliable number plate recognition system for video streams.

Your complete ANPR solution

Roke, specialists in image processing, have teamed with system integrator specialists and service providers VideCom to create a truly World-class ANPR system.

ANPR solutions
BespokeOff-the-Shelf

Bespoke solutions are available from us for new application areas and integration into systems we are developing.

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For an off-the-shelf solution with all the features and benefits of our ANPR engine, please contact our partners Videcom.

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What is ANPR?

An ANPR system comprises of a camera, the ANPR Engine, and an interface.

Building blocks of an ANPR system.

"The Roke Engine consistently outperforms any other ANPR engine."

Ron Johnson
Managing Director, VideCom

The ANPR Engine processes images from the camera and identifies and extracts number plates. Our ANPR Engine provides significantly more data than most, including self-testing and number plate voting:

  • Customisable - deployment tailored for each installation.
  • Skew readings - will read a number plate that is not square to the camera (up to 45° left/right/down).
  • Self-monitor - Our ANPR Engine monitors itself to check for correct operation.
  • Match list - Nominated plates are flagged as they are recognised.
  • Consensus voting - Determines which read of a number plate is the most reliable. This also assists number plate recognition in difficult traffic conditions such as queuing or tailgating.
  • High speed operation - even when a vehicle is travelling at high speed (up to 125mph / 200km/h) several reads will be taken.
  • High detection rates - Very low probability of 'missed plates' occurrence.
  • Free running - works with or without active triggering devices (e.g. inductive loops etc).
  • Speed monitoring - instantaneous vehicle speed calculated from images.