DIVIS SOFTWARE
License plate recognition and automatic barrier control with License Plate+
Better overview and less waiting times during entry and exit on your premises
Bordesholm, June 8, 2021
Many freight forwarders are facing a daily challenge with entry and exit management. Authorisation checks of arriving vehicles, area and gate allocation are time-consuming and personnel-intensive tasks. At peak times, the access point quickly turns into a bottleneck. The result: congestion.
Systems for license plate recognition with automatic barrier control are of great relief in this situation, because they streamline the process at the entrance. Procedures can be automated, the stress on employees can be reduced, and entry and exit can be accelerated even during peak times.
Our add-on to easily expand your system with License plate recognition and automatic barrier control
Logistics companies already working with the DIVIS video management software or planning to use it in the future can effortlessly integrate license plate recognition with automatic barrier control into that system. There is no need to purchase a stand-alone solution. With License Plate+, our CargoVIS and ParcelVIS customers have a full-fledged extension at hand that merges directly into the software.
The functionality of License Plate+ is based on the extensive research potential of our video management software. The tool is precisely tailored to the logistical needs and can be flexibly adapted.
Also included is a modern ALPR camera system (ALPR - Automatic License Plate Recognition), which can recognise the license plates of vehicles from EU, CIS countries, Israel and Turkey.
With License Plate+, our CargoVIS and ParcelVIS customers have a full-fledged extension at hand that merges directly into the software.
License Plate+ offers you comprehensive configuration and application options for the targeted control, optimisation and automation of entry and exit and thus simplifies your access management, especially at congested entrances.
Numerous advantages of license plate recognition with automatic barrier control in License Plate+
- Convenient automatic regulation of entry and exit
Fast identification in real time and detection rates of over 95%* help with automation and relieve staff at entry and exit control.
- Easy and user-friendly operation
Access authorisations including limited license-plate-specific validity can be set and managed in a rule system.
- Data protection compliance following GDPR
The license plates are only stored in the database for the duration of the image data held in the system.
- Employee data protection through configurable storage of license plates
For optimal employee data protection, staff vehicles can be excluded from data storage without losing their authorisation for automatic barrier opening.
- Lots of research options for quick results
For a quick start of a license plate research, you can use the License Plate+ data to query for the license plate directly in our video management software and display the corresponding video image at the time of entry or exit.
*The license plates must be fully readable. Fragmentation of individual characters caused by coarse soiling or partial conceiling caused by protruding vehicle parts can impair recognition.
License plate recognition features with automatic barrier control in License Plate+
1. Research of license plates recorded with License Plate+ directly in CargoVIS or ParcelVIS
The license plates recorded via License Plate+ can be viewed in the license plate list, which can be found under the corresponding tab in the head of the research area. There, license plate entries can be selected and the information can be filtered using parameters such as the date, time and camera crossed.
When browsing the license plate list, the associated camera images for each license plate recognition are displayed in the user interface.
Find out more about the optimisations in our License Plate+ software module for license plate research in software version 1.7.0 in our tip of the month.
2. Management of license plates in the control system
The license plates can be managed in the CargoVIS or ParcelVIS software using a rule system. Here, different authorisations can be defined for certain license plates and will then be applied by the automatic barrier control.
3. Automatic barrier control, also with time-delayed action
License Plate+ controls the automatic opening of barriers in entry and exit areas. Recognised license plates are compared with the control system in the DIVIS software. If the respective license plate is authorised, the corresponding barrier opens automatically, controlled by the software, to allow the vehicle to pass. Regardless of automation, manual control of the barriers is still possible at any time using a button in the camera image. Even if a barrier remains closed because no rule has yet been set for a license plate, entry can be granted manually. Barriers can also be configured to open with a time delay, for example during check-in at the entrance.
4. Full overview - statistics on entries and exits
Our software provides extensive statistics for a comprehensive overview of the utilisation of the site. This means that you get an overview of all vehicle movements that can be used for your yard management. The statistics can also help to identify optimisation potential in the access and departure management. The provided information includes, but is not limited to, the time periods trucks have been parked in the yard, times of arrival and departures, the period between entering and leaving the yard and other license plate-related events.
NOTE: Some of the functions described above have been added with the software update 1.7.0. In order to use these functions, the DIVIS recorder must also be updated to the latest firmware version. However, this only applies to new features. Functions that already existed before the update can still be used even if the recorder update has not yet been carried out.
