ANPR and LPR Cameras

1. Capture: a camera takes an image of the vehicle as it approaches, using infrared light at night.
2. Locate: software finds the plate in the image.
3. Read: optical character recognition reads the letters and numbers.
4. Match: the plate is checked against your lists of allowed, expected or blocked vehicles.
5. Act: the barrier opens, an alert is raised or a record is created.

Saudi plates combine Arabic and Latin letters and numbers. Qatari, Omani, Kuwaiti, Bahraini and Emirati plates each have their own layouts. Our ANPR software reads both scripts and stores the plate in the format your team uses.

Access control at gates

Registered staff and resident vehicles enter without stopping. Visitors can be pre-registered through our visitor management system. See gate barrier systems.

Car parks

Ticketless entry and exit, permit checks and occupancy counts.

Industrial sites and weighbridges

Truck plates are linked to deliveries and weighbridge records, removing manual data entry at the gatehouse.

Fuel stations

Vehicles can be identified for fleet fuelling, loyalty programmes or drive-off alerts.

Security and watch lists

Vehicles of concern trigger alerts at the gate or in the control room.

Traffic studies

Plate matching between points measures journey times and routes. See traffic data collection.

• Angle: the camera should see the plate straight on, or close to it.
• Distance and zoom: matched to where vehicles slow down.
• Infrared: for night reads and headlight glare.
• Shutter speed: matched to vehicle speed.
• Sun: low morning and evening sun is a common problem in the region. Positioning and settings deal with it.
• Cleanliness: dust on the lens reduces accuracy, so cleaning is part of maintenance.

We test read rates on your lanes before handover.

• ANPR cameras with built-in infrared
• Recognition software on the camera or on a server
• Network video recorder for evidence
• Lists for allowed, visitor and blocked vehicles with schedules
• Integration with barriers, TekAccess and parking or weighbridge systems
• Search and reports by plate, date and lane

Plate records linked to people are personal data. Keep them only as long as needed, limit who can search them and display signs where cameras are used. Retention can be set per site.

A compound on the edge of Riyadh has two gates and a guard team that checks every car by hand. Residents complain about queues at school-run time, and guards cannot keep track of which visitors are still inside. With ANPR on the resident lanes, registered cars enter without stopping. Guests are pre-registered by residents in the community app, so their plates are expected. Guards now deal only with exceptions, and the gate log shows every vehicle that entered and left.

A fuel retailer wants to identify fleet vehicles automatically and flag vehicles that have driven off without paying before. ANPR cameras at each forecourt read plates as vehicles arrive. Fleet vehicles are linked to their account, and plates on the drive-off list trigger an alert to the cashier before fuel is dispensed.

ANPR cameras need clean lenses, correct focus and up-to-date software to keep read rates high, especially after sandstorms. Our annual maintenance plans include cleaning, adjustment, firmware updates and read-rate reports.

• Barrier controllers for automatic gate opening
• TekAccess for combined vehicle and pedestrian permissions
• Parking management and payment systems
• Weighbridge and logistics software
• Video management systems for evidence

ANPR changes how car parks run. Instead of paper tickets and pay machines, the camera reads the plate on entry and starts a session. Drivers pay by plate at a kiosk or online, and the exit barrier opens when the plate is read again. Permit holders and pre-registered visitors simply drive in and out. Operators get accurate occupancy, dwell time and revenue reports, and lost tickets disappear.

• Does the software read Arabic and Latin characters on Saudi plates?
• What read rate can you show on a lane like ours?
• How does the camera cope with low sun and headlight glare?
• Can it connect to our barriers, access control and parking system?
• Who maintains the cameras locally?

At factories, quarries, ports and distribution centers, gatehouse staff often type truck plates into several systems: the gate log, the weighbridge software and the warehouse system. Each step adds delay and errors. With ANPR, the plate is captured once at the gate and passed automatically to every system that needs it. Expected deliveries are matched to their booking, the weighbridge records the weight against the right truck, and the gate log shows how long each vehicle spent on site. Gate staff only handle exceptions, such as unexpected vehicles or unreadable plates.

Expedite IoT supplies ANPR cameras, recorders and software, installs them at the right height and angle for each lane, connects them to barriers and back-office systems, and trains your team. After handover, our Riyadh team provides annual maintenance, including cleaning, focus checks, firmware updates and read-rate reports, so performance does not slowly decline over time.