LotGard - CAMPUS PARKING LOT MOBILE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

Whether used for general search support or for mobile parking lot enforcement, automatic license plate identification from a moving vehicle is now possible. In particular, the TDS LotGard mobile camera system can be easily attached to any window within the vehicle to identify license plates. LotGard automatically detects, reads and identifies license plates numbers from parked cars while in motion. The results are compared with a white list of acceptable license plate numbers stored in a database. This technique allows campus parking management to quickly identity scofflaws that have parked illegally in restricted parking lots.

This technique can be applied to any type of parking lot where the allowed patrons are known and can be entered into a database. The system uses a license plate matching software package that is fault tolerant and will quickly locate any license plate that is either an exact match or a near match. This information is presented to the search operator so that a visual confirmation of the plate number can be made.

LANE PROCESSOR

The lane processor is a touch screen laptop running Windows XP. The unit is run in the kiosk mode. A custom syncronization can be implemented to keep the scofflaw list on the laptop up-to-date.. The unit includes hard drive storage for transactions and the MYSQL database for data storage. The unit is capable of handling several cameras simultaneously.

VIOLATION PROCESSING SERVICES

TDS, working with its partner firm Velosum, can provide violation processing services to the user.