License Plate Recognition

Computer Vision reading license plates for convenient drive-thru and curbside operations

License Plate Recognition

Computer Vision reading license plates for convenient drive-thru and curbside operations

Solution Overview:

Retailers, service providers, pharmacies, and restaurants all take advantage of drive-thru windows to bring convenience and easy transactions to their customers. Curbside pickup and delivery services have extended this convenience even further. But what if the drive-thru could automatically identify each customer ahead of time and automatically queue up the orders? What if your fuel station was almost completely frictionless and done via your smart phone?

Key Deployments

Gas station automatic pumps

Frictionless fueling via smartphones

Fast-food drive-thru

Order optimization and automatic queueing with bonuses for returning customers

Grocery and pharmacy curbside pickup

Automatic alerts to curbside staff for additional safety, security, and convenience

Security for school and church campuses

Security screening for the whole campus

Traffic monitoring and security at airports

Enhanced Security for all approaching lanes

Gas station automatic pumps

Frictionless fueling via smartphones

Fast-food drive-thru

Order optimization and automatic queueing with bonuses for returning customers

Grocery and pharmacy curbside pickup

Automatic alerts to curbside staff for additional safety, security, and convenience

Security for school and church campuses

Security screening for the whole campus

Traffic monitoring and security at airports

Enhanced Security for all approaching lanes


Benefits

The Challenge

Customers will always want convenient and faster interactions with service providers. Customers would stay in their cars if they could. Simultaneously, ongoing security and safety concerns from retail, schools, and transport hubs need to be addressed.

Fast and accurate license plate recognition can solve both of these issues.

With plate recognition:

The service provider can be alerted faster for approaching customers

Security screening can be automated

Customers enjoy a smoother experience

AI License Plate Recognition

The solution is to introduce AI image recognition, where 100s of video streams can be trained to see license plates with almost instant reaction times (<30ms) and high accuracy. Once a plate is read, the platform can lookup existing customer profiles, and alert all relevant systems and personnel.

This solution can be applied to:

  • Gas stations
  • Quick-serve restaurants
  • coffee-shops
  • pharmacies
  • parking garages
  • private lots

Automatic Gas Stations

Iterate.ai has already automated the gas station experience for a global convenience chain. Customers are recognized as soon as they approach the pumps. The application prompts them to select a fuel grade through their smartphone. The platform then automatically unlocks the fuel pump and handles the entire sale transaction.

The license plate reader technology offers many benefits:

Touchless payment

Eliminate fraud: no risk of credit card scammers

Smoother and quicker customer experience

Opportunity to upsell snacks and other services via the smartphone app (custom recommendations)

Drive-thru Service

Fast Food and pharmacy drive thru services can be accelerated with license plate recognition: customers can pre-order items with their smartphones, then when approaching the drive-thru window, staff can be automatically alerted to which customer is approaching.

The drive thru experience can be transformed with license plate recognition:

Customers enjoy a smoother experience

Customers can pre-order at their convenience via smartphone

All transactions are handled without handing credit cards back and forth

Overall throughput improves by at least 30%

Curbside Pickup

Grocery stores have been transformed by the pandemic. Curbside pickup (also known as ‘click and collect’) which was once an emerging technology is now an essential requirement for any store.

License Plate recognition brings convenience to the customer and smoother operations to the store staff:

Authorized parents'/guardians' cars are registered ahead of time, with alerts sent to staff if any unrecognized car approaches the building

Text notifications are automatically sent to staff and student when authorized car approaches pickup zone

Reduced crowding in the zone increases safety from accidents and incidents

Pickup times are improved

Airport Terminals

Iterate.ai is working to bring AI safety to several layers of airport security, including both within and outside the terminals. Car lanes in front of terminals are a seemingly chaotic mix of taxis, shuttle buses, and private cars. Designated lanes bring some order, but these are difficult to track for safety personnel.

License plate recognition can enhance airport terminal safety:

Recognize taxis and authorized shuttles in appropriate lanes

Recognize and alert authorities for cars loitering too long

Complete license plate tracking and recording in restricted/secure areas

The Challenge

Customers will always want convenient and faster interactions with service providers. Customers would stay in their cars if they could. Simultaneously, ongoing security and safety concerns from retail, schools, and transport hubs need to be addressed.

Fast and accurate license plate recognition can solve both of these issues.

With plate recognition:

The service provider can be alerted faster for approaching customers

Security screening can be automated

Customers enjoy a smoother experience


AI License Plate Recognition

The solution is to introduce AI image recognition, where 100s of video streams can be trained to see license plates with almost instant reaction times (<30ms) and high accuracy. Once a plate is read, the platform can lookup existing customer profiles, and alert all relevant systems and personnel.

This solution can be applied to:

  • Gas stations
  • Quick-serve restaurants
  • coffee-shops
  • pharmacies
  • parking garages
  • private lots

Automatic Gas Stations

Iterate.ai has already automated the gas station experience for a global convenience chain. Customers are recognized as soon as they approach the pumps. The application prompts them to select a fuel grade through their smartphone. The platform then automatically unlocks the fuel pump and handles the entire sale transaction.

The license plate reader technology offers many benefits:

Touchless payment

Eliminate fraud: no risk of credit card scammers

Smoother and quicker customer experience

Opportunity to upsell snacks and other services via the smartphone app (custom recommendations)


Drive-thru Service

Fast Food and pharmacy drive thru services can be accelerated with license plate recognition: customers can pre-order items with their smartphones, then when approaching the drive-thru window, staff can be automatically alerted to which customer is approaching.

The drive thru experience can be transformed with license plate recognition:

Customers enjoy a smoother experience

Customers can pre-order at their convenience via smartphone

All transactions are handled without handing credit cards back and forth

Overall throughput improves by at least 30%


Curbside Pickup

Grocery stores have been transformed by the pandemic. Curbside pickup (also known as ‘click and collect’) which was once an emerging technology is now an essential requirement for any store.

License Plate recognition brings convenience to the customer and smoother operations to the store staff:

Authorized parents'/guardians' cars are registered ahead of time, with alerts sent to staff if any unrecognized car approaches the building

Text notifications are automatically sent to staff and student when authorized car approaches pickup zone

Reduced crowding in the zone increases safety from accidents and incidents

Pickup times are improved


Airport Terminals

Iterate.ai is working to bring AI safety to several layers of airport security, including both within and outside the terminals. Car lanes in front of terminals are a seemingly chaotic mix of taxis, shuttle buses, and private cars. Designated lanes bring some order, but these are difficult to track for safety personnel.

License plate recognition can enhance airport terminal safety:

Recognize taxis and authorized shuttles in appropriate lanes

Recognize and alert authorities for cars loitering too long

Complete license plate tracking and recording in restricted/secure areas


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