JacobBrooks
Young grasshopper
I'll get my steps in today and do some counting. Thanks for the tips!
Way too much contrast, that's why the bright headlights. 60% would be betterOk, so I've been recording at day and night for a few weeks now. I would say that the daytime is really well dialed in. I did move my camera to a new position to get closer to the plates. Now I'm at about 110 feet.
I'm still having a little trouble at night. I would say that I can read almost 90% of the plates by eye, if I step through the frames 1 by 1. Feeding them to PlateRecognizer is a different story.
I'm using a secondary IR illuminator and at night the plates light up really well. But I'm struggling with headlights and tail lights, even with HLC up to 100.
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@JacobBrooks Disable the secondary IR illuminator and give this a try:Ok, so I've been recording at day and night for a few weeks now. I would say that the daytime is really well dialed in. I did move my camera to a new position to get closer to the plates. Now I'm at about 110 feet.
I'm still having a little trouble at night. I would say that I can read almost 90% of the plates by eye, if I step through the frames 1 by 1. Feeding them to PlateRecognizer is a different story.
I'm using a secondary IR illuminator and at night the plates light up really well. But I'm struggling with headlights and tail lights, even with HLC up to 100.
Mine is around that 45 degree angle and I could get 200 feet - but at night the image wasn't enough that I felt was comfortable. You could make out the plates but there would be some "interpretation" on some letters or numbers. I was getting about 85% that were identifiable but the rest were either not at all or an educated guess. Once I got a neighbor further down to get a LPR, I was able to back mine down to 140 feet or so with almost complete identification (except for the occasional really dirty or rusty plate or temp plate).Just curious, what's the max distance some of you guys are running for LPR and getting clear picture? I have one camera set up right now at 130' or so but off angle. I'm getting pretty good shots so far 90% of the time. I need to cover my street going to opposite direction and have a choice to run another one at 140' or so at the same off angle or try to run it almost dead on at the stop sign at the end of the street but that's closer to 200'-250'... Would I be able to get anything at that distance? I don't think I would have to rely on the IR since there is a street light down that way. So, 45 degree angle at 140' again or 0 degree angle but 200'+? Thanks!
Thanks, I'll try those settings and see how the image looks.I have shutter at 1/1000, Gain at 10-48, Iris at 33, Grade at 33. I also have an IR light to help.
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Oh yeah, gotta have all the angle covered and each one serves a purpose. I went with a eufy doorbell with homebase to avoid the monthly fees. I'm happy with it.Definitely you need HLC.
Believe me, I have a quite a few myself, including a 59225, LPR, 2x 5231. This is just at the front, on the side next to the LPR I have a cheap 4231R-Z, porch 5231-R-ZE and a 5442 as a bird house, Ring doorbell.
Indeed. I have a bunch of the quad LEDs on 20mm stars, and I'll be putting it into a nice little housing. My guess is though it won't be enough. So what I intend on doing is taking a 6 up housing, getting a new MCPCB, and reflowing 6x of the quad LEDs. I'll then use a converter to drop/regulate it down.My light definitely makes a difference, but I want more.
I have purchased some LEDs + lenses, and some power source, but it is very hard to buy all the right components. I will have to come up with some weatherproof housing as well.
At least I'm experimenting with this setup. Not going overboard, just trying out some 5W LEDs.