Re: Webcam Help - Should Motion be Blurry

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<wdoe999> wrote:
>
> Background.. I have several NTSC security cameras, but all of them
> produce low resolution images where you can't even read a licence
> plate...
>
> ... If you have any other ideas, I'd appreciate it.

Recording license plates from moving vehicles isn't the easiest task for even
a high quality CCTV camera -- let alone an inexpensive webcam.  We sell
license plate capture camera systems to government agencies and a few major
corporate users.  They're used for traffic enforcement and vehicular access
control.  Some can record a plate from a car moving at over 100 mph.  These
cameras cost several thousand dollars apiece -- not your typical home use
gadgets, unfortunately.  Though it's probably nothing you'd want to buy for
this project, here's a link to get some information on the type of hardware
involved:

http://www.bassburglaralarms.com/extreme_cctv_regz1_95384_prd1.htm

The above model sells for about $5K retail.  It has twin cameras to capture
the plate number and the whole vehicle simultaneously.  There are models with
only a single camera which run about $3500 apiece.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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