So I am on a busy street with thousands of cars that go past per day. As a fun experiment I'd like to try out some ALPR detection.
The biggest issue I am going to face is this.... distance. My house is approximately 25m (80ft) from where the cars are on the road.
I've got an existing 4mp camera which can pickup the plates based on the current positioning, but it is simply too far and the image is too pixelated. See: Screenshot (that is with digital zoom applied)
My other issue is, even if I put an 8mp camera in the distance of the IR may be too far for night stuff?
My other thought is, my caravan is always sitting out the front on the road as per the following picture
-- I could easily install a 4/5mp IP camera or similar inside the window of the caravan and point it out to pickup the plates? That would mean both incoming and outgoing vehicles would only be a matter of metres away from the camera and could even get an ID of the driver??? sounds awesome. My issue with this approach is, power. How can I possibly power the camera 24/7? My thought is to run my "REOLINK C2" which is wifi 2.4/5ghz, 3x optical zoom and 5mp to stream directly.. but again, how can I possibly keep it powered? The official specs state the power is Power Input 5.0V/2A, <6W. Any ideas?
Thanks heaps.
The biggest issue I am going to face is this.... distance. My house is approximately 25m (80ft) from where the cars are on the road.
I've got an existing 4mp camera which can pickup the plates based on the current positioning, but it is simply too far and the image is too pixelated. See: Screenshot (that is with digital zoom applied)
My other issue is, even if I put an 8mp camera in the distance of the IR may be too far for night stuff?
My other thought is, my caravan is always sitting out the front on the road as per the following picture

Thanks heaps.