Uniview 4MP ANPG License Plate Camera 2.8-12mm

The license plate camera that does it all

This camera is perfect for all kinds of tasks that require efficient license plate capture and even reacting to some or selected plates. Most cameras fail when reading plates at night because they just get a white "bar" over the plate. Uniview's ANPG camera is designed specifically to avoid this, so you can rely on clear license plate images day and night.

Should I choose 2.8-12mm or 8-32mm?

Whether you should choose one lens or the other depends on the distance to the point where the plate should be read. Here are approximate distances

• If the distance is about 3–15 meters you should choose 2.8-12mm.
• If the distance is about 10–50 meters you should choose 8-32mm?

These distances are approximate, but try to avoid the maximum ranges.

White light or IR?

Besides choosing the lens, you also need to decide whether the camera should have IR illumination or white light. It’s important to choose the right light, as the two light sources have very different advantages. The light only turns on when it’s dark and it activates automatically.

• If you choose IR light (infrared), you get a very discreet license plate system and the plate will be read perfectly in the dark. You will only be able to see the plate when it’s dark. The rest of the image will be quite dark. That’s why we recommend an extra camera mounted next to it for general night surveillance.
• If you need color on the vehicle, consider white light. Just be aware that the light is VERY powerful and can dazzle the driver.

Control barriers, gates, traffic lights, etc.

The camera has a built-in relay that can be used to control many different things, such as

• gates
• boom barriers
• traffic lights
• weighing scales
• bollards
• barriers
• alarms
• and much more via API

You can easily connect equipment directly to the camera, but if you connect the camera to an NVR, you can even control the relays in the recorder or, via the recorder, the relays in another camera.

Responses to license plates

The camera can react to license plates in different categories and have different responses in different scenarios

• Approved license plate (white-list)
• Blacklisted license plate
• Unknown license plate
• All cars

The response can then be

• Trigger relay in the camera
• Trigger relay in the NVR
• Trigger relay in another camera (requires NVR)
• Send notification
• Send email
• Start recordings
• etc.

Today the price of a license plate camera (also known as ANPG) is so affordable that everyone can join. The camera has all the built-in analytics you need to get started, so you are not dependent on anything other than the camera, an SD card and power. The camera can of course also be connected to a recorder.

When a car passes a defined point on the road, the license plate is read and stored in a database. All recorded plates can afterwards be searched.
An approved, blacklisted or unknown plate can also trigger its own action, such as a push notification, an email with an image or opening a gate.