Intelligent transportation system
An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an advanced application which aims to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks.
ITS graphical user interface displaying the Hungarian highway network and its data points
Traffic monitoring gantry with wireless communication dish antenna
RFID E-ZPass reader attached to the pole and its antenna (right) used in traffic monitoring in New York City by using vehicle re-identification method
An active RFID tag used for electronic toll collection
Automatic number-plate recognition
Automatic number-plate recognition is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data. It can use existing closed-circuit television, road-rule enforcement cameras, or cameras specifically designed for the task. ANPR is used by police forces around the world for law enforcement purposes, including checking if a vehicle is registered or licensed. It is also used for electronic toll collection on pay-per-use roads and as a method of cataloguing the movements of traffic, for example by highways agencies.
The system must be able to deal with different styles of vehicle registration plates.
License plate recognition process
A Merseyside Police car equipped with mobile ANPR
Systems must be able to recognize international license plates as such.
