Investigating reported license plate reads - Security Center 5.10

Security Center User Guide 5.10

Applies to
Security Center 5.10
Last updated
2023-05-02
Content type
Guides > User guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.10

Using the Reads report, you can find license plate reads that were reported within a time range and geographic area. You can also perform vehicle analytics reporting for attributes such as vehicle color and vehicle type.

Before you begin

To view your query results in the canvas, you must know how to monitor ALPR events in Security Desk in map mode.

What you should know

If you must report on all the reads that occurred in a specific region at a certain time, you can select the region, and the time range. If you want to see how many reads a Genetec Patroller™ got during their shift, you can search for that Genetec Patroller™, and set a time range. If you want to see if a Genetec Patroller™ got a read on a specific license plate, you can search for that license plate.

Procedure

  1. From the home page, open the Reads task.
  2. To restrict your search to one or more specific areas, draw one or more regions in your map as follows:
    1. In the Filters tab, click the Region filter.
    2. Click Switch to map mode.
    3. In the Region filter, click Draw region.
    4. Drag your mouse pointer to create a box.
      A numbered Region box is created.
    5. To resize the region, drag the box handles.
    6. To move the region, hold down the mouse button and drag the box to a new location.
    7. Create other regions as required.
    8. Select the regions of interest.
      To view all the regions you created, click in the Filters tab.
  3. Set up the other query filters for your report. Choose one or more of the following filters:
    Annotation fields
    Add one or more filters to refine the search results in the Reads report:
    {State Name}
    Select the plate state/province to investigate.
    {Confidence Score}
    Specify the desired accuracy percentage for the reads.
    {Relative Motion}
    Select whether the vehicle is moving away from or approaching the camera.
    {Speed}
    Specify a speed limit you want to investigate.
    {Character Height}
    Specify the desired pixel value.
    {Context}
    Select the LPR context you want to investigate.
    Generated a hit
    Include reads that generated a hit in the report.
    Hit rules
    Select the hit rules to include in the report.
    License plate
    Enter a full or partial license plate number. To enter multiple license plates, see Filtering a report with multiple license plates
    ALPR units - Patrollers
    Restrict the search to Genetec Patroller™ units (including all their fitted ALPR units) and ALPR units representing fixed Sharp cameras on the Genetec Patroller™ unit.
    Offload timestamp
    The date and time that the Genetec Patroller™ offloaded the reads/hits to Security Center.
    Protection status
    Restrict the search to protected or unprotected read events.
    Rule
    Hit rule that matched the plate read.
    Users
    Select the Patroller user name, or the Patrollers’ parent user groups.
    Vehicle color
    Enter a vehicle color. To investigate multiple vehicle colors, choose from one of the following methods:
    • Enter values separated by a semi-colon (;) or a comma (,)
    • Enter the first character and select values from the auto-complete suggestions in the drop-down menu
    Vehicle make
    Enter a vehicle make, for example, 'Toyota'. To investigate multiple vehicle makes, choose from one of the following methods:
    • Enter values separated by a semi-colon (;) or a comma (,)
    • Enter the first character and select values from the auto-complete suggestions in the drop-down menu
    Vehicle type
    Enter a vehicle type, for example, 'Truck'. To investigate multiple vehicle types, choose from one of the following methods:
    • Enter values separated by a semi-colon (;) or a comma (,)
    • Enter the first character and select values from the auto-complete suggestions in the drop-down menu
  4. Click Generate report.
    The reads are listed in the report pane.
  5. (Optional) To view high resolution images in the Plate image and Context image columns, expand the corresponding column width. For more information, see Customizing ALPR image quality displayed in report pane columns
  6. View your query results in the canvas, in one of the following modes:
    tile mode
    To show the ALPR event in a tile, double-click or drag the item from the report pane to the canvas.
    map mode
    To locate an ALPR event on the map, double-click the item in the report pane.