LPR Camera without NVR recorder/post processing.

azapa

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Hey there all. First let me introduce my self and say THANKS for this excellent resource! I work in IT and live in Chile, where I have offered (oh no!) to set up something to make our neighborhood safer.

My plan, on a tight budget, is to use an ebay bought cam as cheap as possible to comply. The camera should ideally have its OWN processing and send an email with photo/and or parsed number plate number out via email whenever a vehicle passes. I want to avoid a NVR for cost and complexity reasons.

- low traffic (100 cars per hour tops)
- low speed, near to a junction, 30Km/h tops
- car to camera about 10M distance, camera about 3M up.
- Our number plates are Chilean type like this: http://d30ulalohusrpo.cloudfront.net/sites/elvacanudo.cl/files/imagecache/380x285/imagen_noticia/registro multas impagas patente 2014 chile.jpg they have a reflective white paint
- no NVR, I hope
- the camera will have movement detection to send out photo if NP not readable, or just NP as text if good read is obtained
- Will ideally send (setable) NP number and photo
- POE for camera


The cheaper (I, know guys, you get what you pay for, but I have a tiny budget for this, but quite a lot of patience.

My only question: what is the cheapest (ebay hopefully) cameras that will do the above with 80% accuracy without requiring any external processing or NVR ? Ideal <US$300!!

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
 
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azapa

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Much appreciated pointers SY. Am reading around more now. It seems there are working examples, but not the cheaper Ebay cams. The cost seems to be 1K US$ o ebay but cheaper on Aliexpress, although the later I have never used and am a little cautions to do so.
 

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There are vendors on AliExpress that are ok. Others sell hacked cameras, that may work but are mostly not upgradable.
Recommended vendor @EMPIRETECANDY he has an Amazon store that has some cameras. Also a good AliExpress store.

You can email Andy with specific questions on purchasing.
 
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