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Licence plate recognition (LPR/ANPR) is vehicle access control in which a camera reads an arriving vehicle's plate, software checks it against allow and deny lists, and the barrier opens for registered vehicles. Each passage is archived with plate, time and photo. Digital Bridge installs the camera, edge computer and barrier link, and writes the plate-reading software itself.
A guard at the gate stops every vehicle, writes the plate in a logbook or types it in, and phones to check. Queues build at peak times, night-time records have gaps, and after an incident it can take hours to answer the simple question: when did that vehicle come in?
With plate recognition, registered vehicles go through without waiting at the gate, and the guard only deals with vehicles the system doesn't recognise; at night the IR-illuminated camera keeps the same record. After an incident, “when did that vehicle come in?” is answered by searching the dashboard by plate or date, not by leafing through a logbook. Because one team installs everything from the camera to the barrier link, plus the plate-reading software, you have a single point of contact if anything goes wrong. For pedestrian entry see our card access control system; to extract other information from camera images, see computer vision.
A deep-learning model reads the plate from the camera image and is trained to cope with dirty or faded characters.
Every plate read is checked against allowed and blocked vehicle lists, which authorised staff update from the dashboard.
Each passage is stored with plate, date, time and vehicle photo, searchable later by plate or date.
The barrier opens on its own for registered vehicles; unknown or blocked vehicles trigger a notification to the guard.
Let us see your gate traffic, lighting and barrier set-up on site: plan a gate survey and we will send the scope and cost as a written proposal.
Parking time calculated from entry and exit, linked to your payment system and season-ticket list.
Staff, contractor and visitor vehicles on separate lists, so you always know whose vehicle is on site.
Residents drive straight in; visitor vehicles pass with the guard's approval.
Free-parking time checks, commercial vehicle restrictions and live occupancy.
Truck arrival times logged automatically and vehicles assigned to loading bays by plate.
Separate permissions for staff, student and parent vehicles; unauthorised vehicles kept out.
An LPR system was installed at a logistics centre with heavy lorry traffic. Registered carrier vehicles enter with no operator at the barrier; new vehicles are flagged to the security cabin. Because every passage is logged by plate, loading-bay assignment and vehicle tracking became faster. For the barriers, turnstiles and car park equipment themselves, see barrier and parking systems, and for other solutions for logistics operators, see logistics and transport.
“If a plate can't be read, is the vehicle stuck at the gate?” The barrier only opens automatically for plates on the allowed list; in every other case the guard is notified and makes the decision. The system doesn't take the guard out of the loop, it makes the job easier.
“Do we need to replace our existing barrier?” The system connects to an automatic barrier or boom gate; we check during the survey whether yours can be connected, and can also supply barriers and car park equipment if needed.
“Are plates and vehicle photos a data protection issue?” Plates and photos can count as personal data. Before installation we agree with you how long records are kept and who can see them, and our data protection compliance service can help where needed.
Let us see your gate traffic and barrier set-up on site, then send the installation scope and cost as a written proposal.
An IR-illuminated LPR camera reads the plate of an arriving vehicle, and software on an edge computer checks it against allow and deny lists. The barrier opens automatically for registered vehicles, while unknown or blocked vehicles trigger a notification to the guard. Every passage is archived with plate, date, time and a vehicle photo.
Yes. The system uses IR-illuminated LPR cameras, so plates are read at night too. The plate-reading software is developed in-house by Digital Bridge, tuned to the Turkish plate format and trained to cope with dirty or faded characters. Each read appears immediately on the live passage screen.
Car parks, factory and site gates, residential complexes, shopping centres, logistics terminals, and campuses and schools. Staff, contractor, visitor, student or parent vehicles can sit on separate lists with separate permissions, and in car parks the parking duration is calculated from entry and exit times.
Yes. Each passage is stored with plate, date, time and vehicle photo, and the web dashboard lets you search back by plate or date. After an incident, you find when a vehicle came in or left from the dashboard instead of combing through a logbook. Authorised staff update the allow and deny lists from the same dashboard.
Plate recognition connects to an automatic barrier or boom gate, and barriers, turnstiles and car park equipment can also be supplied. On the software side it links to car park payment and subscriber systems, and to dispatch, WMS or ERP systems through an API. At logistics sites, vehicles can be assigned to loading bays by plate.
Plates and vehicle photos can count as personal data because they can be linked to the vehicle's owner. Before installation, decide why records are kept, how long they are retained and who can see them on the dashboard, and inform the people concerned. Digital Bridge plans this set-up with you during installation and, where needed, its data protection compliance service helps prepare privacy notices and retention processes.
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