As part of MAV’s continual progression plans and in line with out partners ANPR requirements, we have now expanded our IQX range of cameras to includes the compact IQ:130X, IQ:130XV and IQ:230X

IQ:130XV

The IQ:130XV is a vertical compact ANPR camera that provides greater flexibility for solutions that offer limited scope for set-up. Designed for use in bollards and other environmentally restrictive system designs, the 130XV offers the consistent quality, accuracy and performance of the full IQX range as well as providing on-board processing with storage of up to 1,000,000 licence plate reads. The inclusion of truEZoom™ and maxIRange™ technology offers true day/night ANPR coverage as well offering full zoom control for a perfect Field of View.

Opportunities for use within covert ANPR solutions are also enhanced due to the wide-ranging functionality within its compact housing. Alongside the additional models within the IQX compact ANPR range, all system set-up requirements can now be met even when facing the barriers of challenging environments without compromising functionality or performance.

Created to meet the varying requirements across multiple sectors including parking, civil enforcement, ITS and law enforcement, the IQ:130XV provides efficient ANPR coverage with increased capture resolution. The IQ:130XV, alongside the full IQX range, includes JSON web services which provides full access to overview and plate patch images as well as detailed metadata whilst offering simple integration into applications using open interface for further system development.

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IQ:230X

The IQ:230X extends the IQX compact ANPR range to provide 2 lane coverage with greater Field of View as well as offering leading performance and accuracy that underpins the entire MAV range of ANPR cameras.

Including an enhanced ANPR camera module, synchronized to our upgraded infrared (IR) pulsed LEDs, the IQ:230X provides superior recognition in all weather and lighting conditions. These capture upgrades are further supported by full HD images and internal plate processing for an all-in-one solution within a compact housing. The flexibility and functionality of the IQ:230X offers extensive metadata and plate patch images alongside multiple communication channels for data transfer. On-board processing and data collation result in an expedited process for almost real time data analysis.

Further upgrades throughout the design and development of the IQ:230X provide further options for dual read colour and IR, overview image cropping, advanced de-skew and yaw correction, character spacing validation and country of origin matching. With dynamic recognition of direction of travel , internal plate storage and zero light recognition enhancements, the IQ:230X offers a range of solutions across a wide range of applications and sectors.

The IQ:230X has been designed to offer greater flexibility through the use of compact housing whilst including the benefits offered by the full IQX range.

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MAV Systems Ltd. provides Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras support to police systems around the world and its ALPR cameras now are found in more than 45 countries. The British company is now growing its footprint in the United States with its new specialist line of IQX ALPRcameras.

“The IQX range of products has been bolstered by greater flexibility, higher quality sensors to ensure true 24-hour coverage, variable model sizes, greater functionality and feature-rich model options. Knowing that the requirements within the U.S. law enforcement market can vary greatly from force to force, city to city and state to state, these enhancements provide opportunities to meet the needs of bespoke and standard systems for a multitude of applications,” says Neil Dillon, marketing manager for MAV Systems.
In several areas around the U.S., departments have already been finding success with ongoing partnerships with MAV Systems. Although Dillon said MAV cannot divulge details, in one case a large city is using MAV Systems to support a city-wide ALPR project to help police identify vehicles of interest that enter/leave the city, thereby allowing for further action. The focus of the project is to highlight movements of vehicles of interest to law enforcement when monitoring drug trafficking, suspected terrorist actions, or others as they cross through during possible illegal activities and potentially further large-scale criminal activity.

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Quality should never be compromised, ANPR cameras should offer superior performance no matter the lighting conditions. As such, let me introduce the IQ:350X range with high quality zero light performance.

ANPR camera development is a specialist function that requires expertise gained over may years. Such development practices result in the ability to identify vehicle plates in zero light as shown in the image below.

The problem that many ANPR designers face is that they either cannot develop ANPR and overview cameras (Dual) and therefore can only offer single lens products, or, the quality of the overview image does not meet the heightening expectations of ANPR partners. MAV’s development team have worked within the ANPR technology market for more than 30 years and, as such, are able to offer zero light plate identification as well as high quality overview images (image 2) which offers further clarity in data capture for evidential processes or analysis.

Compromise is not something MAV Systems accept when developing leading edge ANPR technology. As such, the new IQ:350X, XR and XP range of intelligent ANPR cameras offers greater overview image clarity in zero light conditions without compromising the efficient processing of ANPR plate captures. Using our latest generation of camera modules with enhanced sensor technology, overview image quality is greatly improved without the need for periphery devices or ambient light. Providing high level performance, across the full spectrum of vehicle capture, now provides partners with effective solutions in all environments without the need for add-on technology.

Add to this the improved functionality of the full IQX range and MAV are able to provide partners with featured-rich, high quality ANPR technology that allows for easy integration and superior system performance.

The IQX range of intelligent ANPR cameras offer the next generation of ANPR technology to meet the changing need of our worldwide partners.

At MAV, our partners provide the framework from which we plan the next steps in the development of our constantly evolving ANPR technology. Their varying and often unique requirements are the driving force behind the need to innovate and pioneer new features to offer greater, more effective performance. It was from this ambition that the product roadmap was re-routed and culminated in the development of the new IQX range of ANPR cameras with enhanced intelligence. This roadmap now offers partners direct access to their key markets through module integration and on-camera system development opportunities.

The IQX range is a collaboration of features designed to support our partners across a diverse range of sectors and countries:

IQ:XP – The IQ:XP series provides a multitude of opportunities through the inclusion of dual processing power. The open platform of the XP intelligent ANPR series provides partners with the flexibility to integrate their own application software alongside the protected core IQ ALPR capabilities to meet unique system objectives. A suite of MAV application building blocks are also available to accelerate developments such as infringement plate validation and dual plate processing. The IQ:XP ANPR cameras also offer optional enhanced encryption to bolster data security and protect mass storage onboard with optional tamper protection.

IQ:XR – The IQ:XR series offers an all in one capture and communication solution to simplify the efficient transfer of data to multiple system/back-office end points in line with project requirements. Whereas the IQ ANPR cameras require a secondary external communication set-up to complete the transfer of data, the XR series provides GPS, WiFi and 4G all within a single housing. This all-in-one communication solution allows for simplified installation, more efficient set-up and quicker deployment. Adding embedded communications to the proven performance standards of MAV’s Intelligent ANPR camera range ensures our partners benefit from lower cost deployment options.

IQ:X – The IQ:X series has evolved to offer the latest generation of camera modules, taking advantage of sensors that offer improved low light performance alongside the continued quality and accuracy of our previous models. The addition of our new entry level IQ:130X camera also provides our partners with the superior performance of our IQ range in a smaller and more dynamic housing. This offers further opportunities for covert solutions and dual front plate confirmation with multiple camera set-up. The continuing evolution of our intelligent ANPR cameras ensures we are able to meet the changing needs of our partners with the delivery of enhanced intelligent ANPR technology.

As the needs of our partners become more complex, the solution becomes clearer, provide a depth of functionality coupled with flexibility that allows them to determine how to optimize their systems themselves. The IQX range now adds further opportunities for efficient system development alongside an already diverse portfolio of high performance, easy integration ANPR technology.

The addition of optional edge-based technology modules within the IQX range also offers a new layer of flexibility that allows our partners to add value without any impact on the proven IQ ANPR core.  We have already seen this create more cost-effective enforcement solutions and expect applications to grow as more partners adopt this low risk, high return approach.

This evolving technology offer ours partners additional confidence in consistently meeting their system objectives through the advancement of performance and accuracy alongside the world-renowned quality. The range of IQX ANPR cameras include products to meet stand-alone system needs as well as complex multi-functional requirements. It is through this product depth offered by MAV that we have developed successful partnerships in more than 50 countries across multiple markets.

The development of this flagship range of ANPR cameras is the result of our continuing investment into research and development with the ambition of meeting our immediate partner requirements whilst offering further capabilities and system options. We continue to push technology to the edge, offering global benefits to system integrators and partners across multiple applications and sectors. In this way, MAV have found a way to offer unique solutions on a truly international scale.

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The range of IQX ANPR cameras include products to meet stand-alone system needs as well complex multi-functional requirements.

Work is beginning to install 150 new cameras that will more than double the size of the ANPR network in Northamptonshire. The new cameras will increase coverage across rural areas and major towns as well as on the county borders.

The cameras mark a £1.3 million investment in ANPR technology by Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold and Chief Constable Nick Adderley. The enhanced network is part of a wider strategy to strengthen the response to crime, support road safety and deny criminals the use of the roads.

The new camera sites have been chosen following analysis of where they will most effectively support the investigation of crime and were subject to a public consultation before being approved.

ANPR – Automatic Number Plate Recognition – reads the registration of passing vehicles and checks them across several databases, raising the alert if a vehicle is stolen or linked to crime.

Data and information collected by ANPR cameras is only used in the prevention and detection of crime and in some cases, to safeguard vulnerable adults.

The new camera sites are:

• on the county’s major, strategic routes and at the county borders
• in rural communities and on strategic routes in rural areas, increasing the presence in rural communities
• in the county’s major towns, including some that currently have no fixed ANPR cameras

The expanded camera network is part of a wider strategy to strengthen crime fighting and links several initiatives, including the rapid response Interceptor cars.

The cameras will also be used to support police activity to tackle antisocial driving and identify uninsured vehicles – research shows that drivers who drive uninsured are more likely to be involved in serious road traffic collisions and be involved in other types of criminality.

Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said: “I want Northamptonshire Police to have all the necessary technological support to help them keep the county safe and this major extension to our camera network should send the message that Northamptonshire has no place for criminals to hide.

“The cameras allow us to monitor vehicles of interest moving around our county and while we have had reasonable coverage in our major urban areas, this investment extends that protection across our rural areas further strengthening the urban coverage but greatly enhancing that in rural communities.

“I am pleased that we are able to make such a significant financial investment in the safety of this county and I want people to feel confident in the Force’s response to crime and its ability to keep them safe.”

Nick Adderley, Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police, said: “We are cracking down hard on crime in Northamptonshire and doubling the size of the camera network significantly increases our capacity to fight crime and protect the public.

“ANPR is yet another tool that helps us to focus our efforts where we can have the most impact and make life difficult for anyone who comes to Northamptonshire to commit crime.”

The installation of the cameras is beginning now and will continue over the next few months.

Source: Northamptonshire Police Website

A legal challenge backed by Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has ruled that automatic number plate recognition does not breach data protection laws.

The legality of the ANPR system was challenged by a body from Stroud as being contrary to General Data Protection Regulation, leading to road safety groups to fear they might be stopped from using cameras which recognise number plates to track dangerous drivers.

But the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, a Home Office watchdog, has declared the use of ANPR to track speeding motorists legal.

Charles Pedrick, chairman of Gloucestershire Community ANPR Road Safety Group said: “GDPR had looked like ending the use of data from community speed cameras, many of which are funded and supported by the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and parish councils.

“But thanks to the financial support of the PCC, we were able to mount a challenge. That has resulted in GCARSG getting accreditation and now other local schemes can take similar action with the reasonable expectation of being accredited too.

“I think the PCC and his office deserve great credit because without the funding and their support, the system might have been turned off. Instead, the assessor stated that he was happy we are using an ANPR system and we have a certificate to prove it”.

Unlike conventional speed cameras ANPR can record a vehicle’s speed, number plate, time, date.

The assessment by the Surveillance Camera Commissioner found number plates did not have any personal information attached to them until translated by either the DVLA or the Police National Computer.

PCC Martin Surl said: “Helping local communities, who know their roads best, is an integral part of my Safe and Social Roads policy and I was happy to support the Rodborough Road Safety Working Group in this.

“While it was reassuring that ANPR camera systems are being demonstrably operated ethically and legitimately to an appropriate standard, it is also another example of their commitment to making their community safer.”

Source: Punchline-Gloucester