An apparatus for recording license plates of vehicles travelling on a road having several adjacent lanes comprises a vehicle classification sensor configured to detect a predetermined shape characteristic of a vehicle or group of vehicles; and at least one camera mounted at an elevated point beside one of the lanes and having an angle of aperture covering at least one of said lanes, each lane being covered by at least one camera. The vehicle classification sensor is configured to trigger the camera that covers the lane the predetermined shape characteristic is detected on to record an image of a license plate on the back of the vehicle or leading vehicle of the group, respectively. The triggered camera is the camera of a lane either adjacent to or at least one lane apart from that lane on which the predetermined shape characteristic is detected.
APPARATUS FOR RECORDING LICENSE PLATES OF VEHICLES
APPAREIL POUR ENREGISTRER LES PLATES D`IMMATRICULATION DES VEHICULES
2020-12-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English