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Our customer needed a software system allowing automated road traffic monitoring and facilitating finding stolen cars. The system was requested by police department of a European Union country. An ideal solution would support a large network of video cameras installed across the country.
According to the customer's specifications, Softage Inc. has developed an automated traffic control system which allows:
 MPEG4 video encoding from a camera | | Storing of encoded video on Hard Drive | | Broadcasting and playback of encoded and stored video | | Transmitting of recognized license plate numbers inside the media stream | | Transmitting of a sound alarm when the number belonging to a stolen car is recognized | | Updating of the archive of stolen cars | | Downloading of all license plate numbers recognized by the plate recognition software | | Searching for data by date and time |
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Also a Web-base application was designed consisting of the following:
| Thumbnails of all cameras installed | | Camera image page - clicking on a thumbnail displays an image of the camera | | On the camera image page an operator can explore a number of pre-set camera positions or move the camera manually in a desired direction. Zoom-in and zoom-out functions are supported. |
Tools and technologies: Microsoft Media Encoder 7 SDK, Borland C++ 5, MS VC6, ATL, ActiveX, DCOM
Benefits: One of the least expensive but much advanced solutions for traffic control systems on the market. As such, it is very attractive for police departments and other traffic law enforcement agencies as those entities are usually rather limited in funding.
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