The Effect of Retro-reflectivity and Reflectance of UK Number Plates on ANPR Performance

Robert Gurney, Mike Rhead, Bill Martin, Soodamani Ramalingam, Neil Cohen

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Abstract

The UK police service is one of the biggest users of ANPR technology in the world and over a number of years Police Forces have reported variances in ANPR performance based upon the retro-reflectivity properties of UK number plates. Laboratory and field-based research has been conducted with the aim of better understanding the effect of number plate component differences upon imaging systems used by law enforcement agencies for crime prevention and detection purposes. The retro reflective properties of number plates in the Infra-Red can depart significantly from visible light performance. The outcome of this work has implications for both the British Standard and for practical ANPR system design.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2013
EventIET 5th ICDP 2013 - International Conference on Imaging for Crime Prevention and Detection - Kingston, London, United Kingdom
Duration: 16 Jan 201417 Jan 2014

Conference

ConferenceIET 5th ICDP 2013 - International Conference on Imaging for Crime Prevention and Detection
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period16/01/1417/01/14

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