SeeLane LPR system

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SeeLane is a powerful system for a stand-alone LPR system or a building-block for a larger access-control or traffic-lane application.

For example, as seen below, the system can serve as an access-control system and control the entrance and exit gate, store history of the gate events, store images of the vehicle and driver, and display welcome messages.

The following illustration shows a typical configuration of a SeeLane LPR system (for example, for 2-lanes-in and 2-lanes-out access control system).

The SeeLane application runs as a background Windows application in the PC (shown in the center), and interfaces to a set of SeeCarHead camera/illumination units (one for each vehicle) which are interfaced by the frame grabber. The application controls the sensors and controls via an I/O card that is connected thru a terminal block to the inputs and outputs.

The application can send results through serial RS232 communication, and reports the information via inter-application DDE messages to Client application(s). It writes the information to local database or to optional remote databases (via the network).

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SeeLane major features are:

The program is the basis for a wide range of Traffic and Access-control applications

Handles single or multiple lanes (1-6 lanes, each lane with different characteristics easily changed by a password-controlled setting menu)

Easy configuration settings: communication, device interface, sensor types, capture and illumination modes

Selectable illumination and image capture schemes (to maximize the results on different plate qualities the application switches automatically between the 3 illumination levels and outputs the result according to built-in intelligence)

SeeLane can run in background (as black box) and send DDE messages to your client application (samples and source code are provided)

Cuts time-to-market - a tailored application can be prepared and integrated in a few days!

Simplifies the interface of the SeeCar recognition package to a Relational database or a multi-site LPR system (ask for application note)

Automatic image recording option (for security checks and debugging)

Full hardware kit is included (frame grabber, IO card and interface, sensor interface, Camera/Illumination unit )

Released for Win 2000/XP

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SeeLane runs as a background application with a window. It can run as a stand-alone application, but better: it can share the recognition results with another application (the 'client' process). To process the recognition results simply intercept DDE messages that are sent by SeeLane. Each vehicle will generate one message containing the recognition result. SeeLane handles everything for you.

The integration is simple! We provide client sources for VC++ or VB and sample applications. We also supply a simulation of the application for simplified integration (see below).

SeeLane example is shown below, captured at the entrance to the office featured in the top of this page. In this example the SeeLane captures the images of vehicles that were captured at the gate. To see an animated screen, press here.

Each car is displayed by the application and recognized by the SeeCar DLL . Then the license plate number is displayed on the bottom display (both in tabular history list on the bottom-left, and a graphical display on the bottom-right). If the license plate is found in the database, the name of the owner is displayed as well. This is also sent via serial communication and displayed on an optional outdoor display.

The application also sends the recognition result DDE messages to a client process that logs the data into a database. (This is not shown in the animated example). This interface method simplifies the integration of the application into any PC-based application.

The above example is also available in executable form as a fully simulated application, and very useful for early integration of the messages or communication into your local application. The simulated application is identical to the real application - but without the hardware. To download the simulation program, press here (1.5MB).