Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

[algertc]

TPMS Dashboard Concept:

OCR isolation finally working:

This means the AI training functionality is pretty much finished. Important to note here that an update to the ALPR module was made to be able to prepare the images like this, so the trainable plate records will begin being collected only after the update. I know a few people have mentioned that they have corrected a large number of plates. If you think you have corrected > 100 records, it might still make sense to use that data and just manually process the images. I'll add a page that exports the data so that anyone in that situation can send it manually, and I'll deal with processing them.

 

[algertc]

Sort of off topic, but here's something interesting to try: Censys Search for exposed Blue Iris servers in your town/city (replace the state/city with your query locations)

I found a bunch near me, including someone I know - had no idea they were a BI user. Censys and shodan will turn up all sorts of stuff.

 

[wittaj]

TPMS Dashboard Concept:
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OCR isolation finally working:

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This means the AI training functionality is pretty much finished. Important to note here that an update to the ALPR module was made to be able to prepare the images like this, so the trainable plate records will begin being collected only after the update. I know a few people have mentioned that they have corrected a large number of plates. If you think you have corrected > 100 records, it might still make sense to use that data and just manually process the images. I'll add a page that exports the data so that anyone in that situation can send it manually, and I'll deal with processing them.

Any chance on the dashboard you can add the column that shows what the TPMS was identified to - I saw in some of yours and the other it showed a make/model type info.

 

[wittaj]

Sort of off topic, but here's something interesting to try: Censys Search for exposed Blue Iris servers in your town/city (replace the state/city with your query locations)

I found a bunch near me, including someone I know - had no idea they were a BI user. Censys and shodan will turn up all sorts of stuff.

It is crazy how many have them exposed like that.

 

[prsmith777]

It is crazy how many have them exposed like that.

Just ran the search... 35 servers exposed to the internet in my town... yikes

 

[VideoDad]

Just ran the search... 35 servers exposed to the internet in my town... yikes

Mostly it looks like they've done port forwarding so the UI3 page is exposed. I've got about 10 in my city.

 

[wittaj]

Mostly it looks like they've done port forwarding so the UI3 page is exposed. I've got about 10 in my city.

And worse many of them probably go straight to the system without needing to login. Someone posted here a link that could pull up all of them with no password needed.

 

[samplenhold]

Did you guys join?

 

[VideoDad]

Did you guys join?

If you do make a free account, you can type something this in the query line:

host.services.endpoints.http.html_title:"Blue Iris Login" and host.location.city:"Dallas" and host.location.province:"Texas" and host.location.country:"United States"

Note: You'll probably run out of credits after awhile.

 

[VideoDad]

Uh oh! Somebody who is using the ALPR Database may want to switch from port forwarding to VPN. Your ALPR login page is accessible as is your CodeProject.AI server. The latter doesn't even have a password, so someone can see the dashboard, reconfigure things, look at your logs, etc.

 

[PeteJ]

TPMS Dashboard Concept:
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OCR isolation finally working:

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This means the AI training functionality is pretty much finished. Important to note here that an update to the ALPR module was made to be able to prepare the images like this, so the trainable plate records will begin being collected only after the update. I know a few people have mentioned that they have corrected a large number of plates. If you think you have corrected > 100 records, it might still make sense to use that data and just manually process the images. I'll add a page that exports the data so that anyone in that situation can send it manually, and I'll deal with processing them.

When it is released, will you have the code to purge plates with 0 reads ready? I have 1000s of them.

 

[wittaj]

Uh oh! Somebody who is using the ALPR Database may want to switch from port forwarding to VPN. Your ALPR login page is accessible as is your CodeProject.AI server. The latter doesn't even have a password, so someone can see the dashboard, reconfigure things, look at your logs, etc.

Let's hope it isn't someone here!

 

[VideoDad]

Let's hope it isn't someone here!

I won't give any further information, but they are definitely running possibly 3 instances of the ALPR Database as well as CPAI with YOLOv5 6.2 on GPU and the ALPR module. It could be someone from Reddit or elsewhere that found the GitHub repository I suppose.

CPAI just detected a plate starting with DAB7nn if that helps anyone in this thread identify themselves.

 

[algertc]

3 instances goodness gracious. They port forwarded all of these??

 

[TheWaterbug]

I ordered one of the Motorola cameras that @TheWaterbug mentioned previously. Hoping it might contain some free billion dollar magic for 30 dollars...

Ah, I can't take credit for that. It was PeteJ:

https://www.magnumelectronics.com/web/content/401204?unique=1cdc14b4d3a2a99445d1233aaafb2b3d552d147a

The 4th gen (VSR-42-9xx) is what I am using. It's POE and the controller is a Raspberry Pi module, so fairly hackable. It's just an rtsp feed, so works w/o much fuss with BI. The magic is how it handles the IR led array--there is an Arduino chip that handles the pwm and flickers the leds rapidly based on the input of a photocell and temp (I'm guessing, I can't figure out the logic) and the result is that the plates get picked up as very high contrast images, which is perfect for OCR.

The older generation might not be POE and the controller might some something else. I was thinking about buy one and cracking it open to see if it'd work. Their 5th gen and newer uses a Jetson Nano and does the OCR onboard, so I suspect that there is some method where it outputs the plate reading, but those are $3500, a little out of my reach.

I also picked up a bunch of these:

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It's a 2mp on a 2.8 sensor, 1-10x zoom. It's basically a Uniview rebranded camera with slightly different firmware. It's not as good as the dual lens, but at $35, the value is hard to beat. This was taken at 90-100ft. I'm still testing them out, but they are probably going to be good enough for my needs.

But I did buy two of these Vigilant cheapies, and whoa! I was not expecting this for $35. As she said, It's Huge:

Top to bottom are:

1. My new $35 Vigilant IPC262ER9-X10DU
2. My $18 OEM IPC-HFW4431R-Z
3. A relatively current, $50 - $60 Amrest IP5M-T1277EW-AI
4. An older $50 Amcrest IP5M-B1186EW-28MM

I haven't put it through its paces yet, but just based on cm^3*kg/$, it looks like a great deal!

 

[wittaj]

I won't give any further information, but they are definitely running possibly 3 instances of the ALPR Database as well as CPAI with YOLOv5 6.2 on GPU and the ALPR module. It could be someone from Reddit or elsewhere that found the GitHub repository I suppose.

CPAI just detected a plate starting with DAB7nn if that helps anyone in this thread identify themselves.

For the good of the forum, you might want to make a new post exposing this as a fresh reminder to those that think port-forwarding is safe.

 

[PeteJ]

Ah, I can't take credit for that. It was PeteJ:


But I did buy two of these Vigilant cheapies, and whoa! I was not expecting this for $35. As she said, It's Huge:

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Top to bottom are:

1. My new $35 Vigilant IPC262ER9-X10DU
2. My $18 OEM IPC-HFW4431R-Z
3. A relatively current, $50 - $60 Amrest IP5M-T1277EW-AI
4. An older $50 Amcrest IP5M-B1186EW-28MM

I haven't put it through its paces yet, but just based on cm^3*kg/$, it looks like a great deal!

That's not huge. This is huge.

 

[samplenhold]

Uh oh! Somebody who is using the ALPR Database may want to switch from port forwarding to VPN. Your ALPR login page is accessible as is your CodeProject.AI server. The latter doesn't even have a password, so someone can see the dashboard, reconfigure things, look at your logs, etc.

State, city?

 

[algertc]

App. If you watch the video on YT desktop is plays as a short and it makes it look weirdly narrow for the frame. It's not like that in real life. I always have to turn my phone sideways on safari for be able to read anything in the app, so this is nice to have.

 

[VideoDad]

Let's hope it isn't someone here!

I won't give any further information, but they are definitely running possibly 3 instances of the ALPR Database as well as CPAI with YOLOv5 6.2 on GPU and the ALPR module. It could be someone from Reddit or elsewhere that found the GitHub repository I suppose.

CPAI just detected a plate starting with DAB7nn if that helps anyone in this thread identify themselves.

State, city?

Iowa