Transport Business

Nowadays ITS technology is gaining more importance worldwide as a means of achieving road safety and traffic data. Within this framework, licence plate recognition has turned to be an effective tool to manage and control traffic.         

Quercus Technologies offers an innovative and reliable product range of licence plate recognition units based on an all-in-one concept for traffic and parking. Each single device is a compact system, which integrates the lighting, camera, processor, inputs and outputs and the power source, which reduces the complex cabling and installation.         
Quercus Technologies products have pioneered many techniques applied to automatic licence plate recognition systems. They can be distinguished by bringing together a series of characteristics in an all-in-one unit: easy installation and start up, optimum recognition at any time of day or night, fast speed recognition, high reliability and multi-country recognition.

High performance
SmartLPR® SPEED is a powerful licence plate recognition unit used to control traffic on motorways, roads, streets and, in general, in any roadway without barriers.
    
Just one unit per lane is necessary to offer the highest performance for a wide range of applications: average journey time, average speed, urban access control, road user charging, toll enforcement, speed enforcement… Some distinctive features include recognition of vehicles travelling at speed up to 124 miles per hour, optimum recognition of licence plates with shadows.         

Moreover, reliability of many LPR systems in the market varies at day or at night, which makes they cannot always guarantee the highest recognition rate. The Light Adaptation technology included in Quercus Technologies products makes it possible to obtain the highest recognition rate at any time of the day or night. Control of the exposure time of the camera during the vehicle image capture provides optimum licence plate recognition capabilities regardless of whether there is sunlight or not.
    
The unit can be installed in any country and it is self-regulated to maintain the ideal temperature at all times. The housing is completely sealed, airtight and watertight, which protects the unit against adverse weather conditions and fouling. Its design ensures long useful lifetime and low maintenance.
    
For projects where high vehicle speed is not the primary concern, Quercus Technologies has developed SmartLPR® SPEED Stats. It is an LPR equipment, which provides optimum licence recognition for statistical purposes. It meets quality and budget needs without affecting the high reliability that distinguishes Quercus Technology products from other equipments in the market.
    
SmartLPR® SPEED units can operate in different modes to fit better the needs of each traffic project. The free flow operation mode does not require the installation of sensors or physical loops to inform about the presence of a vehicle. The unit processes the images continuously, and when it recognises a licence plate it notifies the client application immediately. This feature eliminates any intrusive methods in the roads, which demand continuous maintenance and complex installations.

What is behind reliability?
SmartLPR® Engine is the engine embedded in the all-in-one units, which ensures the high reliability of Quercus LPR products. It guarantees essential aspects to achieve the highest performance, such as fast reading speed, and clear images, regardless of light-blocking elements or shadows. The engine recognises alphanumeric, Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic characters and allows the configuration of multiple countries at the same time. This feature opens a wide range of possibilities and contributes to improve traffic control and management in areas near the frontier or tourist areas.
    
With broad experience in the field of licence plate recognition, Quercus Technologies products are present in different projects worldwide. To give a few examples, SmartLPR® SPEED units have been installed in projects to identify vehicles for tolling purposes such as on the M4 motorway in Dublin (Ireland), to collect traffic data such as on the M30 ring road in Madrid (Spain), to manage traffic flow based on average time of vehicles on Cadiz motorways (Spain), for urban access control at different cities in Spain and Latin America, or as part of weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems deployed in São Paulo (Brazil) motorways.
    
Quercus Technologies have now launched in the UK and Ireland through Traffic Solutions Ltd. Traffic Solutions can offer a comprehensive supply and installation service of all the products and systems, as well as offering systems training and support. The company has offices around the UK and Middle East, and can offer presentations and appraisals and cost benefit analyses for any client wishing to see the benefits of any ANPR proposals. Traffic Solutions can offer a full strategic and capacity design making sure that the full benefits of an ANPR or speed survey is maximised. To discuss your requirements and learn of the benefits of Quercus Technologies products telephone (UK) 0117 344 5064.

For more information
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