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III.A. LPR Light Source<br />

There are several commercially available light sources on the market today that provide<br />

the characteristics required by license plate recognition systems. A good example is the Extreme<br />

UF500 infrared illuminator (specs are given in Appendix B). Some commercially available<br />

products include both the light source <strong>and</strong> video camera in one single unit. A good example is<br />

EagleVision’s Reg-L1 <strong>License</strong> <strong>Plate</strong> capture camera (specs are given in Appendix B). Light<br />

source characteristics that are desirable for license plate recognition (LPR) are described in the<br />

following paragraphs.<br />

The light source should be physically located near the video camera. <strong>License</strong> plates are<br />

coated with reflective paint. When a light source shines on an object coated with reflective paint,<br />

the light rays are reflected back to the light source origin. This effect causes the license plate to<br />

be significantly illuminated compared to other objects in the picture. An example <strong>of</strong> this effect is<br />

shown in the figures below.<br />

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