Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Automatic license plate (or number plate) recog nition (ANPR) is a technology that usesoptical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data. Itcan use existing closed-circuit television, road-rule enforcement cameras, or cameras sp ecifically designedfor the task. Among its many uses, ANPR is used by police fo rces around the world for law enforcementpurposes, including to check if a vehi cle is registered or licensed. It is also used for electronic toll collectionon pay-per-use roads and as a method of cataloguing the movements of traffic, for example, by highwayagencies.
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