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CanCuba

CanCuba

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As the wife and I were turning in for bed last night, there were two uniformed and one plainclothes investigators in front of the house pointing out the cameras.

They said between themselves that it was too late to knock but they'll be by today.

I wonder what went down last night? Guess I'll find out soon!
 
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Ri22o said:
They were probably wanting to tell you that you finally need to fill the hole where you can't get good face captures until they turn, but they always turn the other way and you can't get the captures. ;)
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LOLOLOLOL

Hey, if they want to help out with the install of the hidden cams at street level I'd be more than happy to accept their assistance!
 
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bigredfish said:
I think theyre wonderin why you dont have those runway lights installed yet...
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So I am!

I'm really hoping my friend has the energy on Friday. He's finishing work at my MIL's house and it's been more work than he expected. Now seeing how much more work cement structures are I can appreciate how easy I had it in Canada with wood framing and drywall!

Decided to install the lights where they'll be more easily accessible. There's a solar flood light in both locations so I'll just replace those. Only caveat is that I know the lights will go out for a few minutes when something does happen!
 
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wittaj said:
Or LPR :lmao:
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I could have used it on Friday! An electric scooter was stolen and I think it was in a truck that passed in front of my place around 2:30am It looks like a red scooter in the box of the truck (open box) but forget about getting a shot of the plates at that time of night without dedicated LPR.

Looking to make the move to BI with LPR via CodeProject later this year. If I have enough lighting, I may be able to get away with the street level hidden cams but we'll see. Until last week, there wasn't a need to get a plate.
 
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wittaj said:
Probably telling you to turn down the lights cause the criminals are complaining lol
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Cuban Government is complaining ??
 
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CanCuba said:
If I have enough lighting, I may be able to get away with the street level hidden cams but we'll see.
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Remember that nighttime LPR is about IR, not white light.
 
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CanCuba said:
So even with tonnes of visible light, IR is still required?

I'm interested to see what happens when I get my 20k lumen lights up.
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Most here use a dedicated cam for LPR. Also, most people do NOT have enough street light to run an LPR cam in color at night. So at night, we use IR to light up the plate and the rest of the shot is black. See the LPR forum, and these threads:

New to LPR? Considerations Before You Begin

Thought I would throw together a post on my experiences so far with LPR in an effort to help others that are considering running down that rabbit hole. There are some practical considerations you should know about LPR. I am approaching this from the position of using Blue Iris and Plate...
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LPR Case Study: Scoping, Planning, Proof of Concept, Installation, & Results

Introduction This thread is about my journey into LPR (License Plate Recognition) after having about 18 months of experience with IP cams and having quite a bit of my system finished. I am not an expert on LPR, or IP cameras either. But I have spent a lot of time working with my system and...
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The Trouble with Getting Into LPR

I have been into cams as a hobby now for a little over two years. I originally had hoped to do LPR, but as time went by I thought it would never happen, mostly due to where could I put cams and how to get cable to them. But then COVID hit and I found I had a lot of time on my hands just sitting...
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Use of Overview and LPR Cams to Document Midnight Vehicle Distributing Offensive Flyers on Lawns

We were out of town and I was checking my cams remotely one morning and noticed one of the Deputies that regularly patrol my subdivision had been at my front door. She has come to me a few times requesting video as she knows I have fairly good coverage of the streets at my corner. I noticed that...
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CanCuba said:
So even with tonnes of visible light, IR is still required?

I'm interested to see what happens when I get my 20k lumen lights up.
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Yours will be interesting. You have lots of light, but it is the direction it comes from. I have 33,000 lumens on the front of my house and zero chance for LPR in color.

I think similar to mine, yours will be hitting more the side of the car than the back.
 
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