Automatic license plate reader software for parking enforcement
PlateSentry's license plate software turns a plate image into searchable text in seconds. Point a phone at a plate, hold the capture button, and the read is saved with the photo, the timestamp, and the GPS position it was taken from — the three things you need when a driver argues the violation.
- 99.9% ALPR accuracy on clear plate captures
- Handheld, vehicle-mounted, and fixed-camera reads
- Instant capture with audible confirmation
- Every read searchable by plate across sites
Three ways to read plates
Handheld ALPR
The attendant's phone is the reader. Nothing to install on a vehicle, nothing to mount, and enforcement can start on day one across foot patrols.
Vehicle-mounted LPR
Roof-mounted cameras read plates while a patrol vehicle drives the lot, for large surface lots and multi-block routes.
Fixed cameras
Entry and exit cameras log every plate that enters a garage or gated lot, so dwell time is measured from the moment a vehicle arrives.
What ALPR is actually for
What does ALPR stand for?
Automatic license plate recognition — also written LPR, for license plate reader. It is the step that converts a plate in a photograph into text your system can match against previous scans, permit lists, and tow lists.
Why plate reading beats tire chalk
Chalk can be wiped, moved, or disputed, and it tells you nothing about the vehicle's history. A plate read is a dated record: the same plate scanned twice past the zone's limit is an overtime violation, and the same plate across weeks is a repeat violator you can act on.
Matching against your lists
Every read is checked against exempt plates, active permits, and the approved tow list. Each match triggers its own alert sound on the device so the attendant knows what they are looking at without reading the screen.
Put a license plate reader in every attendant's pocket
We'll configure plate reading, zones, and alerts for the way your property is patrolled.