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Used in over 100,000 systems worldwide.
Carmen® FreeFlow
Number Plate Recognition Engine with Software Development Kit
Highlighted Features
Wolrdwide ANPR and MMR
Worldwide recognition of vehicle plates, make, model, and color with a single integration.
Regular Engine Updates
Four updates released per year.
Scalability
From small through medium, to large and complex systems.
Video and Image Processing
SDK supports either data input.
Support of Major Op Systems
Runs on Windows and Linux.
Sample Codes
C
#include "gxsdldr.c"
#include "cmanpr.h"
// If an error occurred it displays the error and terminates the program
void term_if_err(int st) {
int err_code;
wchar_t err_str[256];
if(st) return; // No error occurred
// Displays error code and description
err_str[(sizeof(err_str)/sizeof(wchar_t))-1] = 0;
gx_geterror(&err_code, err_str, (sizeof(err_str)/sizeof(wchar_t))-1);
fprintf(stderr, "GX error (%x) occurred: %ls\n", err_code, err_str);
// Terminates the program
exit(1);
}
int main(void) {
struct gxHANDLE anprhandle, imagehandle;
struct gxIMAGE *image;
struct cmNP *anprresult;
int st;
// Opens the ANPR module with EUR region
st = gx_openmodule(&anprhandle, L"cmanpr", L"eur");
term_if_err(st);
// Opens the image module, allocates the image structure and load the image
st = gx_openmodule(&imagehandle, L"gximage", L"default");
term_if_err(st);
st = gx_allocimage(imagehandle, &image);
term_if_err(st);
st = gx_loadimage(imagehandle, image, L"image.jpg", GX_UNDEF);
term_if_err(st);
// Finds the first license plate
anprresult = 0;
st = cm_findfirst(anprhandle, image, &anprresult);
term_if_err(st);
if(anprresult) {
char countryCode[256]="";
// Get short country code
st = cm_getcountrycode(anprhandle,anprresult->type,(int)CCT_COUNTRY_SHORT,countryCode,sizeof(countryCode));
term_if_err(st);
// Displays the result, country code and type
printf("Plate text: %s\n", anprresult->text);
printf("Country code: %s\n", countryCode[0] ? countryCode : "No plate type");
printf("Type: %i\n", anprresult->type);
// Frees up the result
st = gx_globalfree(anprresult);
term_if_err(st);
} else {
printf("No license plate found\n");
}
// Frees up the resources
st = gx_unrefimage(imagehandle, image);
term_if_err(st);
st = gx_unrefhandle(&imagehandle);
term_if_err(st);
st = gx_unrefhandle(&anprhandle);
term_if_err(st);
return 0;
}
C++
#include "gxsdldr.cpp"
#include "cmanpr.h"
int main() {
try {
// Creates the ANPR object with EUR region
cm::cmAnpr anpr("eur");
// Creates the image object and load the image
gxImage image;
image.Load("image.jpg");
// Finds the first license plate
if(anpr.FindFirst(image)) {
// Get short country code
gxOutStr countryCode = anpr.GetCountryCode(anpr.GetType(),(int)cm::CCT_COUNTRY_SHORT);
std::wstring wCountryCode = countryCode.empty() ? L"No plate type" : countryCode;
// Displays the result, country code and type
std::wcout << L"Plate text: " << anpr.GetText() << std::endl;
std::wcout << L"Country code: " << wCountryCode << std::endl;
std::wcout << L"Type: " << anpr.GetType() << std::endl;
} else {
std::wcout << L"No license plate found" << std::endl;
}
} catch(gxError &e) {
std::wcerr << L"GX error (" << e.GetErrorCode() << ") occurred: " << e.GetErrorString() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
C#
using System;
using gx;
using cm;
namespace carmen
{
class MainClass
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try {
// Creates the ANPR object with EUR region
cmAnpr anpr = new cmAnpr("eur");
// Creates the image object and load the image
gxImage image = new gxImage();
image.Load("image.jpg");
// Finds the first license plate
if (anpr.FindFirst(image)) {
// Get short country code
String countryCode = anpr.GetCountryCode(anpr.GetType(), (int)CC_TYPE.CCT_COUNTRY_SHORT);
countryCode = countryCode.Length > 0 ? countryCode : "No plate type";
//Displays the result, country code and type
Console.WriteLine("Plate text: {0}", anpr.GetText());
Console.WriteLine("Country code: {0}", countryCode);
Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", anpr.GetType());
} else {
Console.WriteLine("No license plate found");
}
} catch(gxException) {
Console.Error.WriteLine("GX error (" + gxSystem.GetErrorCode() + ") occured: " + gxSystem.GetErrorString());
Environment.Exit(1);
}
}
}
}
Java
import com.adaptiverecognition.gx.*;
import com.adaptiverecognition.cm.*;
public class cmanpr {
static {
try {
System.loadLibrary("jgx");
System.loadLibrary("jcmanpr");
} catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
System.err.println("Native code library failed to load." + e);
System.exit(1);
}
}
public static void main(String argv[]) {
try {
// Creates the ANPR object with EUR region
cmAnpr anpr = new cmAnpr("eur");
// Creates the image object and load the image
gxImage image = new gxImage();
image.Load("image.jpg");
// Finds the first license plate
if(anpr.FindFirst(image)) {
// Get short country code
String countryCode = anpr.GetCountryCode(anpr.GetType(),jcmanprConstants.CCT_COUNTRY_SHORT);
countryCode = countryCode.length()>0 ? countryCode : "No plate type";
// Displays the result, country code and type
System.out.println("Plate text: " + anpr.GetText());
System.out.println("Country code: " + countryCode);
System.out.println("Type: " + anpr.GetType());
} else {
System.out.println("No license plate found");
}
// Frees up resources
anpr.delete();
image.delete();
} catch(RuntimeException e) {
System.err.println("GX error (" + String.format("0x%08x",gxSystem.GetErrorCode()) + ") occured: " + gxSystem.GetErrorString());
System.exit(1);
}
}
}
VB.Net
Imports System
Imports gx
Imports cm
Module Main
Sub Main()
Try
' Creates the ANPR object with EUR region
Dim anpr As cmAnpr = New cmAnpr("eur")
' Creates the image object and load the image
Dim image As gxImage = New gxImage("default")
image.Load("image.jpg")
' Finds the first license plate
If anpr.FindFirst(image) Then
' Get short country code
Dim countryCode As String
countryCode = anpr.GetCountryCode(anpr.GetType(), CC_TYPE.CCT_COUNTRY_SHORT)
If countryCode.Length = 0 Then countryCode = "No plate type"
' Displays the result, country code and type
Console.WriteLine("Plate text: {0}", anpr.GetText())
Console.WriteLine("Country code: {0}", countryCode)
Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", anpr.GetType())
Else
Console.WriteLine("No license plate found")
End If
Catch ex As gxException
Console.Error.WriteLine("GX error (" + gxSystem.GetErrorCode().ToString() + ") occured: " + gxSystem.GetErrorString())
Environment.Exit(1)
End Try
End Sub
End Module
Licensing Options
K-License for Low Traffic Projects
This type of license is recommended for access control projects with less than 300 parking places.
FreeFlow Licensing by CPU Core
Via this option, you can adapt your licensing to the processing capacity of your hardware (see table below).
Licesing Guidelines Based on
Processing Power and Requirements
Guidelines
| Single License (Image/Sec) | Dual License (Image/Sec) | Quad License (Image/Sec) | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
i3 processor
|
1 - 5 | 2 - 10 | 4 - 20 |
|
i5 processor
|
3 - 7 | 6 - 14 | 12 - 28 |
|
i7 processor
|
5 - 10 | 10 - 20 | 20 - 40 |
i3 processor
1 - 5
i5 processor
3 - 7
i7 processor
5 - 10
i3 processor
2 - 10
i5 processor
6 - 14
i7 processor
10 - 20
i3 processor
4 - 20
i5 processor
12 - 28
i7 processor
20 - 40
Image processing capacity depends on numerous factors, such as resolution, the processing capacity of hardware, the complexity of regional license plates, and the number of license plate types in the regional engine.
The values above are guidelines based on FHD resolution and OCR-ready images. For more information, please contact us.
The values above are guidelines based on FHD resolution and OCR-ready images. For more information, please contact us.
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Ventech Systems Gmbh (now part of GoodYear) is a developer of professional vehice inspection systems. In some of their projects they use our license plate recognition technology for automatically identifying vehicles.
JB Hunt in Atlanta Airport
Ventech Systems Gmbh (now part of GoodYear) is a developer of professional vehice inspection systems. In some of their projects they use our license plate recognition technology for automatically identifying vehicles.
Ferrovial
Ferrovial is an expert in highway security. The company integrated our Carmen® Freeflow ANPR engine and installed it in various traffic systems in Portugal (A28 Norte Litoral, A23 Via do Infante) and the USA (NTE TEXpress Lanes, NTE 35W, LBJ TEXpress Lanes, I-77 Express)
Saudi Aramco
In mission-critical environments, security is a must. In this project, an under-vehicle inspection system helps the security staff to create protection against explosives, weapons, narcotics, and other contraband products hidden under vehicles. Our license plate recognition technology identifies each vehicle.
Greek Police // New Alert company
On Greek highways, a modern system is in operation to enforce unauthorized usage of emergency lanes. The system includes our TrafficSpot data gathering solution, EnforceCAM and SmartCAM ANPR cameras, and our traffic database middleware, GDS.
Dutch Police
At the Dutch Police, police vehicles are equipped with mobile ANPR systems that are capable of recognizing wanted vehicles even from a moving vehicle.
Bulgaria Ministry of Interior // SECTRON company
The National Police of Bulgaria use 30 S1 portable speed and traffic enforcement devices. This device is praised for its high-accuracy speed measurement sensor and its onboard processing with embedded license plate recognition and traffic enforcement modules, such as the action list function for catching wanted vehicles.
Armenia Government
Armenia Government uses our ANPR technology to enhance general security in the country.
Galeria Mokotów
Parking is made easy by a ticketless solution in this shopping mall, using license plate data.
Bayer
At Bayer, our ParkIT System makes sure that the entry/exit of all vehicles is quick and secure. This solution uses license plate recognition to automatically identify employees and guests.
Advanced Building Technologies
The project is for the municipality of Tripoli in Lebanon, including a traffic light system with traffic monitoring cameras for license plate recognition and automatic detection of red light violations.
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Ljubljana
Surveillance at this faculty of chemistry is performed by Intellio video management solutions.
Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers
Parking and the access control of this hotel is aided by our license plate recognition system, to make it safe and convenient.
PETROAÇORES
Access control is performed by professional license plate recognition at this oil company on the Azores island.
Holiday Park de Barkhoorn
Guests of the friendly Barkhoorn campsite are ensured by the modern, ANPR-based access control system at the entry/exit points of the area.
DFDS
This Danish ferry company decided to ease their passengers’ travel while they optimize their workflow and overcome some of their daily headaches – all at once. Products used: Intellio Initio Dome CCTV cameras, and Combo Scan ID scanners.
Stena Line
In the Stena Line shipping port (Karlskrona, Sweden), there is a lot of goods coming through each day. A new project, called rePORT is being implemented to automate processes and make workflow smarter – in Stena Line’s vision there is a smart port system where freights are properly tracked and personnel’s job is aided with smart technology.
Z-Energy
Z Energy is a New Zealand fuel distributor owning 200+ gas stations nationwide. In 2020, following a successful Pay-by-Plate pilot, formerly branded Fastlane, the company opted for a pay-by-plate solution by Focus Digital Security Solutions for 62 of its sites, comprising CCTV cameras and video management systems with Carmen® Freeflow ANPR software.
Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center
What makes a parking system smart? This well-known hotel in Copenhagen is well aware of it – and we show the details in this case study.
SM Duty Free
Our ultra-compact Combo Scan ID scanners are used in Korea to register customers’ travel document data to complete duty-free purchases.
Budapest Airport
At Budapest Airport, our ID & passport verification technology is used both in regular border control and also in Automated Border Control e-gates to perform quick and hassle-free border crossing while taking security to a next level.
Tunisian Ministry of the Interior
After we delivered a fleet of portable S1 speed cameras with onboard ANPR, Tunisian forces captured 150 vehicles in only 1 month.
ETO Park Győr
Protection for sporting and cultural events attracting masses have always been a security challenge – but not with IntelliSport.
Šport Ljubljana
Protection for sporting and cultural events attracting masses have always been a security challenge – but not with IntelliSport.
VÉDA
Adaptive Recognition ANPR technology serves as the backbone of the Hungarian nationwide road safety and traffic control system.
Túnel de Oriente
Adaptive Recognition provides ANPR technology at the Tunel de Oriente in Colombia.
City of Miskolc
Miskolc is a major county capital in Hungary, on 250+ km2 with more than 150,000 citizens. Organizing centralized security in such a large area is definitely a challenge, but not with smart technology.
Øresund (or Öresund) Bridge
A route with a daily traffic of almost 20,000 vehicles (!) have a crucial need: the smooth flow of traffic with no traffic jams, all these in a way that remains safe. Learn how.
Hungarian Police
According to the EU’s directive, all external borders of the EU will become biometric by 2022. As such, the Hungarian Police opted for Combo Smart Kiosk devices integrated into e-gates to accelerate the passport and ID document checking process while ensuring that unwanted people are caught immediately.
Burj Al Arab
Incoming vehicles are tracked; using the license plate data the system can locate lost luggages, control the entry/exit barriers, find stolen vehicles, maintain a KYC database and more.
Burj Khalifa
The parking system in the world’s highest building is ensured by license plate recognition cameras and automatic, LPR-based access control.
Royal Thai Police
Thailand uses mobile license plate recognition to identify vehicles anywhere on the road. MicroCAM mobile ANPR cameras, mounted on top of police cars, automatically detect and identify all vehicles based on their license plates.
BRD Bank
ID scanners aid bank operations and avoid any losses due to unauthorized transactions. Customer data automatically populates the bank’s IT system while a forgery check is performed on personal documents.
BCR Bank
In all branch offices, transactions and customer verification are enhanced by automatically reading and authenticating customers’ ID documents.
Asfinag
Our software and purpose-built cameras detect vehicles, capture images of the windscreen, and, using our AI-based proprietary software, verify the validity of the printed toll stickers on Austrian highways.
Travelex
The security of money transfer is aided by ID verification.
Hilton
Passport readers at the reception desk make check-in quicker and easier – this way, the hotel offers a truly advanced guest experience.
The Ritz-Carlton
ID document scanners were installed to automatically extract data from passports, visas or ID cards. The system avoids any input errors and offers great speed compared to manual typing.
Drei
The telco company in Austria installed hundreds of Combo Smart N models to benefit from its all-in-one operation: the device automatically processes the ID documents and sends the data packages to a pre-defined server location.
National Safety Agency (AU)
Having a database of wanted vehicles, NSA can easily detect them anywhere on the road, thanks to mobile LPR. In such scenario, an LPR camera with onboard recognition scans all surrounding vehicles and automatically alerts when there is a catch.
Hong Kong Immigration
For immigration checks and automated border control, Hong Kong’s Immigration is one of our key users. Due to the long-term cooperation, several client-specific recognition engines have been developed to comply with special local requirements.
Marriott
Passport readers at the reception desk offer an excellent benefit for the hotel: guest registration reduces to a few seconds from long minutes, and the data automatically populates the hotel / PMS software.
Soho Grand Hotel
Thanks to automated guest data entry using Adaptive Recognition passport readers, there are no more data input errors.
Postal Bank Slovakia
Our Combo Scan ID scanners are used in KYC applications at Postal Bank Slovakia.
VFS
VFS – abbreviation of Visa Facilitation Services – uses Adaptive Recognition ID/passport readers for identifying citizens and quality control of newly issued visas.
Nordea
Nordea bank uses Adaptive Recognition identity verification technology in its KYC applications.
Spielbank Bad Neuenahr
Age verification and customer registration are handled by Adaptive Recognition ID verification technology at this casino in Germany.
Zzzleepandgo
Zzzleepandgo offers airport hotels – modern, capsule-style rooms located at the Malpensa Airport in Italy. The access and check-in to these rooms are enhanced by ID verification.
Kangwon Land Casino
In the South Korean Kangwon Land casino, our ID scanner devices enhance security and customer experience.
HYATT
The hotel Grand Hyatt Athens uses our Combo Smart Kiosk ID scanners for quick and convenient check-in.
ScotiaBank
ScotiaBank Mexico uses our ID scanners in their KYC applications in two business units.
Permanent TSB
GRG Banking
GRG Banking integrated our built-in passport readers in their professional self-service equipment. These kiosks are used as smart ATMs (VTMs) at the DBS Bank in Singapore.
National Toll Payment Services (NUSZ)
Toll enforcement from a moving vehicle, even on remote roads with no checkpoints with fixed cameras? Using a live database connection, Hungarian authorities use MicroCAM cameras mounted on their patrol cars to identify and categorize vehicles. This innovation results from the cooperation of National Toll Payment Services PLC and Adaptive Recognition.
Flughafen München
Adaptive Recognition Combo Smart and Osmond ID readers take care of customer data verification at the duty-free shops of Munich airport.
Hotel Mercure
Our technology handles ID verification for several members of the Mercure Hotel chain.
Serbia Ministry of Interior
Highways in Serbia are monitored by ANPR cameras and tolling is automatically implemented based on license plate recognition.
Harrah’s Casino
Casinos in Las Vegas, such as the Harrah’s deal with a lot of money – and its players have to comply with the age limit and present a valid ID. This is what our ID scanners automate during the check-in process.
Swiss Post
Our recognition technology is used in logistics applications at Swiss Post.