If a Sharp camera fails to capture a plate when it is configured to use the Continuous with virtual loop or Single read on trigger reading mode, no ALPR image is associated with the read, and the plate number appears as NOPLATE.
What you should know
- If the camera fails to capture a plate, no ALPR image is associated with the read
and the plate number NOPLATE is associated with the read. This reading
mode is appropriate for maintaining higher vehicle count accuracy in parking
lots when recording occupancy, particularly in areas or in seasons that might
have a higher rate of no read events (for example, in muddy or snowy weather
conditions). For more information, see Editing license plate reads.
- You cannot edit a plate read if the read is protected, or if the read is from a federated system or an MLPI inventory.
- When a plate read is edited, if there is a confidence score associated with the plate read, the confidence score is changed to 100%.
- The details of the plate read edit appear in the Activity trails report.
- If the system generates too many NOPLATE reads (one car generates multiple NOPLATE reads, or a vehicle is detected but does not appear in the image) or too few NOPLATE reads (vehicles that pass the camera are not detected), you can recalibrate the Sharp camera’s virtual loop feature. For more information see Calibrating the virtual loop.