Prevent Loss While Optimizing Operation Efficiency: GeoVision's License Plate Recognition Solution Employed at Major Recycling Facility in Eastern Europe
Oct. 17, 2007
Recycled wastes stealing scam had been a recurring problem for an Eastern European-based recycling facility, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest recycling company. To reinforce security and surveillance at its gate entrance/exit area, the recycling facility implemented GeoVision's innovative License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology. The installed technology not only helped eliminate recycled wastes stealing problem, but also greatly improved vehicle entry/exit operation efficiency.
Problems and Challenges
As part of the recycling process, the company utilizes a large fleet of specialized trucks: empty trucks usually leave the recycling area, and return fully loaded with wastes taken from local dumps and waste containers. The wastes are then segregated by people and recycled by specialized machines. Due to the fact that recycled wastes have considerable monetary worth and hence increased chance of being stolen or smuggled out of the recycling area, the company have installed a special truck weighing system to monitor the weight of inbound/outbound trucks, to estimate how much wastes were brought into the recycled area, and to check whether recycled or processed wastes were been transported out illegally. For security record, the porter writes down the license plate and the weight of every inbound/outbound truck in a special log.
The truck weight monitoring solution was effective, but short-lived. Suspicion of bribery between the porter and truck drivers became more apparent, as the porter might have started to cooperate with truck drivers in order to receive a share from the steals. Moreover, it became increasingly difficult to catch these offenders red-handed. The company realized that it needed a better monitoring solution to prevent this fraud from ever occurring again.
The Solution
The company have selected GeoVision's LPR/ANPR solution to monitor and control trucks entering and leaving its recycling area. The following equipments and devices were installed: one GV-LPR system, one GV-DVR system (for surveillance and more complex system automation), two LPR cameras (one camera monitors the inbound trucks, and the other camera monitors the outbound trucks), six surveillance cameras (for additional surveillance and security), two sets of vehicle sensors (for detecting inbound/outbound trucks), and two barriers/gates. The GV-LPR system also integrated with the existing truck weighing system to check for matching information.
As a fully loaded inbound truck arrives at the gate of entrance, sensor 1 triggers GV-LPR system to read and record its license plate number through LPR camera 1, and opens barrier 1 to allow truck driver to drive up to the truck weighing system for weight measurement. After the truck emptied its load and arrives at the gate of exit, sensor 2 triggers GV-LPR system to read its license plate number through camera 2. Once the truck is recognized as a registered entering vehicle, the GV-LPR system opens barrier 2 to allow truck driver to drive up to the truck weighing system for second time weight measurement (the measurement result should be the unladen weight of the truck) while sending the recognized license plate number via RS232 serial port to the truck weighing system to initiate weighing process.
After the truck weight is known and linked with registered license plate number, the GV-LPR system saves all necessary data (license plate number, vehicle's photos, vehicle entry/exit time, inbound/outbound weights, driver's name and photo, etc.) into a special database.
Resulting Benefits
With implementation of GV-LPR solution, the problem of recycled wastes stealing and other relevant fraudulent activities at the recycling facility has been significantly minimized or eliminated. The capturing and storage of highly accurate inbound/outbound truck information has prevented the recycling company from facing further business loss. In addition, the installed GeoVision's system has overall facilitated and improved operation management at the gate of entrance/exit; truck drivers no longer have to wait or queue for a long time for gates to open, especially when porter is busy or temporarily out of post. The time spent on truck inspection, on the other hand, is also saved to a significant extent.
For more information on GeoVision's LPR/ANPR solution, please visit the website at:
http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/solution/GV-LPR_Intro.htm
For sales information, please contact: sales@geovision.com.tw
Press Contact: Alice Ko, Marketing Manager
marketing@geovision.com.tw
About GeoVision Inc.
GeoVision Inc., one of the security 50 companies, is a professional manufacturer of intelligent video surveillance systems. Known by the brand name GeoVision, we manufacture and distribute security surveillance systems to customers in more than 70 countries. GeoVision's distinct products and innovative technologies are USA and Taiwan patented.
GeoVision holds technical edges in state-of-the-art surveillance software, video/audio compression techniques, intelligent video analysis, and hardware enhancements. GeoVision's award-winning GV series surveillance products provide total security solutions for point-of-sale systems, license plate recognition systems, and central monitoring systems. With our advantages in video surveillance techniques, we are forging ahead to new fields of IP surveillance, video server, network video storage, access-control DVR, and video security service.
For more information, visit www.geovision.com.tw.
