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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 USER MANUAL Document version: 2021.01.27. Table of Contents THE FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ..................... 4 About this manual ..........................5 Accessing the camera .......................... 6 WEB INTERFACE ........................... 7 First Steps (Wizard)..........................9 System settings ........................... 12 11.1.
  • Page 3 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Maintenance ............................91 14.1. System Info ..........................91 14.2. Sensors ............................92 14.3. Camera Log ..........................93 14.4. Backup/Update ..........................94 14.5. Restart & Recovery Mode ......................95 CONTACT INFORMATION ..........................99 Page 3/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America...

  • Page 4: The Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    FCC. Changes or modifications to product not expressly approved by ARH Inc., Inc could void your right to use or operate your product by the FCC.

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL The structure of this manual follows the approach of configuring a new camera for its first-time use. The camera provides access to all its features through a web interface, its entire • configuration control is available using a web browser. No external components need to be installed.

  • Page 6: Accessing The Camera

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual ACCESSING THE CAMERA In order to access the camera, power and network connectors have to be connected appropriately. For more information see the Quick Install Guide. Follow the five steps below: 1. Connect the camera to a computer or a network switch using the Ethernet cable, then power the camera on.

  • Page 7: Web Interface

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual WEB INTERFACE Main areas of the camera interface: Info bar Side menu Workspace Info bar The information bar displays the menu and the current SW version. • ARH logo • Version number • Camera type, menu points Side menu •...
  • Page 8 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Workspace buttons have a popup help. Hover the mouse over the label of the setting to see the tooltip. This function only available with some of the settings. Use the Save button to save settings. All settings will be lost if you leave the page without saving settings.

  • Page 9: First Steps (Wizard)

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual FIRST STEPS (WIZARD) WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > WIZARD The Wizard will help with the initial configuration of the system settings of the camera. It will guide you through few steps: It will guide you through setting up an administrator user Page 9/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU...
  • Page 10 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Set the current date & time Set up the network Page 10/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 11 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Displays a checklist of the settings: a properly configured entry is displayed in green. Entries that need further attention are displayed in red All of these settings are also available as separate configuration pages (see System settings).

  • Page 12: System Settings

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual SYSTEM SETTINGS 11.1. NETWORK WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > NETWORK This page provides access to the network settings of the camera. Page 12/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore...
  • Page 13 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1.1. NETWORK SETUP • Hostname: The name of the device in the network. • Title of this site: Textual description of the device, for example CameraFrontRight, that will appear as the title of the browser tab. •...
  • Page 14 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1.1. HTTPS The camera’s onboard webserver is capable of running in HTTPS mode, which ensures an encrypted, secure channel between you and the camera. For more information on HTTPS, please check the HTTPS Guide in the HELP menu of the web interface.
  • Page 15 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1.1. DYNAMIC DNS Dynamic DNS services provide a consistent addressing method for devices that change IP address frequently. The host device needs to periodically (Update Period, given in minutes) ask for an update at the dynamic DNS service provider (URL, as given by the DDNS provider), which will in turn keep the DNS tables (where the domain/host names are translated to the corresponding IP addresses) of the service provider up to date.

  • Page 16: Date & Time

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1. DATE & TIME WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > DATE AND TIME Current date and time and timekeeping settings are managed from this page. Users can choose to set date and time manually once, or to use a time synchronization protocol (NTP), which will keep time synchronized to a server over network.
  • Page 17 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Continuous synchronization is based on NTP (Network Time Protocol). The following settings are available with NTP client: • Off: No NTP synchronization • Regular NTP client: Regular NTP synchronization, according to the NTP standard. This is compatible with all NTP servers and network configurations. Approximately one second accuracy is guaranteed.

  • Page 18: Users

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1. USERS WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > USERS User management settings are displayed in this page. If user management is not required, it can be turned off with the checkbox. This increases performance. Administrator rights will be granted to all. This is also the factory default state.
  • Page 19 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual User name cannot be 'root'. User name must contain only letters of the English alphabet, numbers or underscore ('_') (with regular expression: /^[0-9A-Za-z_]*$/) Full name: The full name of the user. Full name should contain only letters of the English alphabet, numbers, space or the following characters: '.','/','_','+','-',',' (with regular expression:...
  • Page 20 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Access Level: Check the table below for the extent of each access level. Access Level Privileges Viewer Login Live View Help Normal Login Basic Setup – Live View Advanced Setup – Motion Detection, Private Zone, Event Manager ANPR - Browse Maintenance –...

  • Page 21: Ip Filter

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.2. IP FILTER WEB INTERFACE > ADVANCED SETUP > IP FILTER The IP filter module blocks HTTP and stream access only. It does not affect SSH and FTP access. Default Policy: The policy can be of two types •...
  • Page 22 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual IP address: The system accepts IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as well. Type: The range of IP filtering • HTTP: the settings are applied to HTTP requests • STREAM: the settings are applied to stream requests • HTTP+STREAM: the settings are applied to both HTTP and stream requests Netmask: The blocked/accepted netmask.

  • Page 23: Plain Config

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 11.1. PLAIN CONFIG This page is reachable on the following URL: http://CAM_IP/#plainconfig All configuration settings are available in this menu, organized as a property tree. Please note that this is an “experts only” feature that steps over the safety measures implemented in the Web User Interface.

  • Page 24: Image Setup

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual IMAGE SETUP 12.1. IMAGING PIPELINE WEB INTERFACE > ADVANCED SETUP > STREAM SETTINGS Image capturing process is organized as a pipeline receiving images from the sensor, then processing and buffering the images. There may be more than one pipeline: this mode of operation is called Multi mode.
  • Page 25 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The primary pipeline is always active. The secondary pipeline is activated by enabling Multi mode. Both pipelines are fed by the same sensor. However, the pipelines can be configured independently, with the following limitations: • The pixel resolution’s upper limit is the max resolution of the imaging sensor, and lower resolutions can only be the power of two fractions of the full resolution (½, ¼, ⅛, etc.)
  • Page 26 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Selected source: The pipeline which will feed this stream Streaming port: The HTTP port on which the video will be streamed Image channel: Encoder used on the stream (JPEG or H264). A special type is also available, “Motion Detecting”, which is a special H264 core dedicated to motion detection...
  • Page 27 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Encoder settings: Depending on whether an H264 or a JPEG encoder is used, one of the following menus will appear: • H264 encoder settings for the current image source: H264 encoding uses a keyframe (I) followed by a number of predicted frames (P). The frequency of I frames, compression rate and bitrate can be configured flexibly.
  • Page 28 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual o Using the event quality: Definition of what constitutes as an event for H264 quality on event parameter. o H264 compression delta on event: In order to achieve Average bitrate, the event quality (H264 compression on event) may be reduced. This control limits the amount of this reduction.

  • Page 29: Post-Processing

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1. POST-PROCESSING 12.1.1. IMAGE WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > IMAGE The basic post-processing settings are configured here: Brightness: Increase/decrease the brightness of the image Page 29/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic...
  • Page 30 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Contrast: Increase/decrease the luminance contrast of the image Saturation: Increase/decrease the chrominance contrast of the image Page 30/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 31 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1.2. COLOR WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > COLOR Color settings are configured here: • Color Mode: Automatic/Color/Gray mode o Color: Color mode o Black&White, IR-day,Blur: Gray mode, ideal for daytime IR mode. o Black&White, IR-night,No Blur: Gray mode, ideal for night time IR mode, when the only light source is the built-in narrowband IR LEDs.
  • Page 32 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1.1. ADVANCED WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > ADVANCED Advanced post-processing settings are configured here: • Low light mode: Under low illumination conditions an algorithm tunes sensor and post processing parameters to still be able to capture an adequate image. (Note: this is not strictly a post processing step).
  • Page 33 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • Gamma: Gamma correction of the image JPEG Quality: Affects the JPEG compression rate of the image – higher quality setting means lower compression. White Level: Defines the pixel value above which all pixels will be mapped to white Page 33/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU...
  • Page 34 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Black level: Defines the pixel value below which all pixels will be mapped to black Page 34/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 35 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1.1. PRIVATE ZONES WEB INTERFACE > ADVANCED SETUP > PRIVATE ZONES In certain circumstances it may be necessary to cover a part of the image, for instance, a parking place near the monitored lane, where the stationary vehicles should not be in the image, and their license plates should be excluded from processing, or when private property is displayed.

  • Page 36: Brightness Control

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1. BRIGHTNESS CONTROL WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > MODE Brightness control will automatically monitor and control the exposure of the image, with license plate reading as a priority. Brightness control principally adjusts exposure time (shutter) and gain. As ambient light level decreases, both shutter open time and gain may be increased, but only up to a level (Shutter Max.
  • Page 37 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Hovering the mouse over the controls provides more information. • Brightness Control: In different illumination situations different strategies are required to maintain a balanced exposure level. The camera offers one manual and two automatic strategies: o indoor (manual) – For indoor use. In Manual mode Shutter and Gain, and in models equipped with motorized lenses Iris are freely adjusted.

  • Page 38: Exposure Control

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.2. EXPOSURE CONTROL WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > EXPOSURE • In Manual mode Shutter and Gain are freely adjusted. • In Outdoor mode both Shutter and Gain are adjusted by the controller. However, their maximum: Shutter Max.

  • Page 39: Optics

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.3. OPTICS WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > OPTICS Models equipped with motorized lenses will show this menu item. Both lenses can be adjusted individually by switching between the two sensors in the Live view menu. Use the left slider (Zoom) to change the field of view from wide angle (0) to telephoto (100).

  • Page 40: Secondary Sensor

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1. SECONDARY SENSOR The live stream of the secondary sensor is shown in the box below (picture in picture). By clicking the live stream box, the main view switches to the secondary sensor, and all settings (Brightness control, Color, Optics etc.) will be applied to the secondary sensor.

  • Page 41: Flash Control

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.2. FLASH CONTROL WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > FLASH The settings of the built-in illuminator and filter exchanger can be managed by clicking in the FLASH button at the Live View menu. Outdoor mode: •...

  • Page 42: Miscellaneous

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1. MISCELLANEOUS 12.1.1. SNAPSHOT, 1:1 VIEW, RECORDING A STREAM WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW To record the live video stream to a file, click on the icon in the top menu. To open a 1:1 live video stream, click on the icon in the top menu.
  • Page 43 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 12.1.2. VISUAL AIDS WEB INTERFACE > BASIC SETUP > LIVE VIEW > EXTENSIONS This menu offers visual aids to set up the camera. • Histogram: Enable it to draw a luminance histogram on the live video stream •...

  • Page 44: Events And Anpr

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual EVENTS AND ANPR NOTE to users of previous (before 3.6r1.3787) releases: The 'Normal/Quick' and 'Post' stages have been renamed to 'Preselection' and 'ANPR' respectively, which better reflect their function. The 'Quick' engine has been phased out, the corresponding functionality is implemented internally in the Preselection stage.
  • Page 45 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual It is possible to combine multiple triggers. An example: license plate recognition is required only during a certain hour of the day: combine Vehicle Detection with an instance of Scheduler set to be asserted during the required hour. This feature is configured in the Event Manager page.
  • Page 46 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The above graphic is the schematic overview of trigger events being processed. License plate recognition operates as a multistage pipeline, taking a sequence of images of the same event as input, selecting one image of the vehicle (with the license plate in the best position), license plate and event data (textual form), and a license plate image as an output.

  • Page 47: Events

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1. EVENTS 13.1.1. EVENT MANAGER WEB INTERFACE > ADVANCED SETUP > EVENT MANAGER You can add and remove trigger sources in this menu. Clicking the “+” icon, you will be presented all available trigger sources. The sources will be connected with an OR conjunction: the trigger will be asserted while any of the trigger sources are active.
  • Page 48 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.2. VEHICLE DETECTION TRIGGER The Vehicle Detector is an image processing algorithm capable of detecting and tracking a vehicle in a stream of images. You can monitor detected vehicles at the Live View menu by clicking the button.
  • Page 49 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.3. MOTION DETECTOR First you need to click on Configure button to guide you to Motion Detection menu. On this page you can set all parameters. Page 49/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 50 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The motion detector can provide three trigger sources: • Motion #0: Motion detected in the entire image • Motion detected in trigger area #1: A freehand drawn area may be provided to the camera as a trigger zone. If motion is detected in this zone, motdet trigger #1 will fire •...
  • Page 51 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.4. SOFTWARE TRIGGER A software trigger is an external trigger sent as a HTTP request. • Start Offset: trigger start offset (added to the time stamp of receiving the request) • End Offset: trigger end offset (added to the time stamp of receiving the request) Page 51/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU...
  • Page 52 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.5. GPIO TRIGGER GPIO Trigger is a hardware trigger source accepting triggers from one of the General Purpose (GP) Inputs of the device. Please refer to the Install Guide for details of the electric connection. • Sample Rate, Required samples: The voltage across the GP Input's signal and ground pins is sampled with the sample rate given.
  • Page 53 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Trigger Mode: Four trigger modes are available: Level: the trigger is asserted while the input is active. Rising edge: the trigger is asserted only at the rising edge of the input. Falling edge: the trigger is asserted only at the falling edge of the input.
  • Page 54 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.6. SCHEDULER TRIGGER This trigger source provides the user with a timer. Triggers can be scheduled with a precision of one second. Two trigger modes are available: • Edge: the trigger is asserted at only the start of the specified point in time.
  • Page 55 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.7. UART TRIGGER The camera can be triggered through its UART port. Besides the common UART properties (Baudrate, Byte size, number of Parity bits, and Stop bits), the communication protocol can also be specified here. A UART trigger event starts with a Trigger Start Token (TST) byte, then maximum of 254 bytes of trigger data may follow, and then it ends with a Trigger End Token (TET) byte.
  • Page 56 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.8. RADAR TRIGGER This function is only available at SpeedCam models. Radar trigger combines exact triggering with speed and vehicle category (e-length) measurement. The built-in radar device is a Doppler radar with a 11° beam angle. Page 56/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU...
  • Page 57 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Basically, three measurement geometries can be differentiated: • Overhead, when the device is installed above the lane (approx. 5-6 meters high), and in the center of the lane (for example on an overpass or gantry, etc.). Typical field of application: fixed installation on a highway.
  • Page 58 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • Transversal, when the device is installed on a pole near the road and it has to be directed toward the vehicles only by panning and tilting (approximately 2-5 meters from the edge of the road and about 5-6 meters high). Typical field of application: fixed installation on a road.
  • Page 59 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual In the case of two monitored lanes each direction (approaching and leaving) can have its own dedicated ROI for license plate recognition. This way the system can avoid attaching the speed of a leaving vehicle to the license plate of a simultaneously approaching vehicle. You can set up ROIs by clicking Configure ROI.
  • Page 60 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Angle correction and Cosine error: The device measures only the parallel (to the radar beam) component of the speed. This is always less than or equal to the real speed of the vehicle. However, the actual speed can be calculated if the pan and tilt angles of the device are known (see images above).
  • Page 61 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Recommended settings: • Overhead: Panning angle (α) will be zero, because the radar will be mounted above the lane and it should only be tilted. The recommended setting in case of legally valid measurement: β = 25°. Recommended setting in counting mode: β = 35°.
  • Page 62 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.9. VIRTUAL LOOP TRIGGER MODULE Virtual Loop is an advanced 3D motion detection algorithm specialized to detect the best position of the vehicle for ANPR. SET VIRTUAL LOOP AS A TRIGGER SOURCE: As a first step, add Virtual Loop as a trigger source. Add the new trigger source to Event Manager as follows: •...
  • Page 63 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • In the drop-down menu, select the Carmen Go Trigger Module, then click Add. Do not forget to save trigger source(s) by clicking Save. Page 63/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore...
  • Page 64 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual CONFIGURE VIRTUAL LOOP TRIGGER Configuring the Virtual Loop trigger consists of specifying regions of interest (ROI) both for triggering and ANPR. Page 64/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 65 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual To define the ROI, an imaginary loop must be drawn in the image. This is a rectangle in the plane of the road surface. Cars passing through this loop will trigger Carmen GO. To draw the rectangle, click the left mouse button to place the first ROI point.
  • Page 66 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual SET UP ANPR ROI With the loop ROI(s) defined, we need to specify the ANPR ROI, separating the two lanes corresponding to the two loops. Click the right mouse button to place the lane separator. Press and hold the right mouse button, then press and hold the left mouse button to rotate the lane separator.
  • Page 67 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Lanes are handled separately, so if configured correctly, the system will deliver a license plate for each lane even when both lanes are occupied/triggered simultaneously. Page 67/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 68 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The lane separator can be configured from the keyboard also. Click the image to place the active focus to the image. Press and hold 'Ctrl' to use the following controls: Key combination Description Ctrl+Enter Canvas focus. You can then change the separator lane.
  • Page 69 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual One possible proper setting: Page 69/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 70 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual SETTING ANPR TO USE ANPR ROI In order to use the previously defined ANPR ROI in the license plate recognition process, the 'Preselection engine' property must be set to 'Trigger (vehdet) frame' in the ANPR SETTINGS menu.
  • Page 71 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.1.10. VVQ TRIGGER VVQ is an advanced license plate detector which is specialized to detect, locate and track available plates. SET VVQ AS A TRIGGER SOURCE: As a first step, add VVQ as a trigger source. Add the new trigger source to Event Manager as follows: •...
  • Page 72 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • In the drop-down menu, select the VVQ Trigger, then click Add. Do not forget to save trigger source(s) by clicking Save. Page 72/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore...
  • Page 73 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual CONFIGURE VVQ TRIGGER After added VVQ Trigger in the Advance Setup / Event Manager menu, additional setup needs to be done. Inside of the orange ROI (Region of Interest) happens ANPR with average runtime speed. ROI’s position is variable within the live view image for better result. If a single green rectangle flashes, it means that the license plate was recognized by the module and the corresponding image was forwarded to panel 2 for further ANPR.

  • Page 74: 13.2. Anpr

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2. ANPR 13.2.1. BROWSE WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > BROWSE Recorded events are listed on the bottom timeline in ANPR/BROWSE. Use the icons on the top to: – Select/unselect all records – List image data – Delete record(s) –...
  • Page 75 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual If you hover the mouse over the image, thumbnails will appear in the bottom of the screen, clicking these the main image will switch to: • Event image: main image in which the license plate was found •...
  • Page 76 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.2. ANPR SETTINGS WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > ANPR SETTINGS Processing stages: You can configure the ANPR pipeline in the following three modes: ANPR - A single ANPR stage follows the Preselection stage ANPR+MMR - A single ANPR and an MMR stage follows the Preselection stage. The MMR stage adds make and model info to the event.
  • Page 77 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The main properties of the license plate recognition pipeline are configured here. Performance (both accuracy and speed) is higher if license plate recognition is limited to the part of the image in which the vehicle is likely to be found. Vehicle Detection, Motion Detection or Virtual Loop can provide such a frame, and users can define a manual frame also.
  • Page 78 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • Preselection engine: the frame used by the Preselection stage. Select Manual frame to draw a user defined frame. The Preselection stage will use: • Full Frame: the entire frame • Manual Frame: the frame drawn by the user •...
  • Page 79 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual • Automatic Dangerous Goods Recognition (ADR): o Disabled o ADR plates reading only o EADR plates reading only (Empty Dangerous Goods Plates) o ADR and EADR plates reading Open Browse menu and click on Info button to see ADR and EADR plate recognition among the events.
  • Page 80 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.3. TITLE EDITOR WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > TITLE EDITOR Page 80/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 81 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The subtitles added to the image are configured here. In the Camera Constants tab users can assign a string to variables which will be printed according to the value detected. • Device ID string: Device identifier •...
  • Page 82 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.4. ENGINE MANAGER This tool allows for installing, removing and configuring the Carmen ANPR engines used in the system. The Install Engines tab lists the engines currently installed on the camera. Unused engines can be removed with the “×” icon to the right. A new engine can be installed by clicking on the + icon.
  • Page 83 Hardware Key Licenses currently available in the device are listed in the License Manager section. Additional licenses (sold separately) can be installed in the Upload License menu. If your license has expired, then please contact your sales or anpr@arh.hu and request update and latest engine to keep the highest performance.
  • Page 84 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.5. BLACK/WHITE LISTS WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > BLACK/WHITE LISTS The purpose of this feature is to execute tasks upon reading a certain license plate. To enable the Black/White List feature use the check box. If the feature is disabled, the settings under Upload Manager 0 will be applied. That is all license plates will be uploaded if Upload Manager 0 is enabled and configured.
  • Page 85 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.6. RULES A rule will be created with an automatically generated name. It is good practice to change this to a more descriptive name. If the rule is named ‘default’, then it will be applied if no other rule can be satisfied.
  • Page 86 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.14. RESULT UPLOAD WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > RESULT UPLOAD Recognition results can be uploaded using the HTTP, FTP or SFTP protocol. • Upload Method: The protocol used • Max. connection attempts: In case of failure this is the number of repeated upload attempts •...
  • Page 87 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Configure result file format: You can edit and check trigger information in a selected format. The content of the result data file (and the file name) is customizable using templates. The following short example, which will describe a result formatted as an XML contains all features: 1.
  • Page 88 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual The same content in a different format might be: 1. event_id=$(ID); 2. plate_text=$DB2XML($(ANPR_TEXT)); 3. camera_location=$(location); 4. vehicle_image=$(normal_img); which will evalutate to: 1. event_id=123456789 2. plate_text=ABC123 3. camera_location=Test Site 34b 4. vehicle_image=/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABA[... a base 64 encoded image... Database fields...
  • Page 89 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual \’ Special characters: The character '$' must always be escaped with ‘ . Within an expression the \’ characters '$', '(', ')', ',' and ';' have to be escaped with a ‘ character. For example the following expression: ();$TEST(a...
  • Page 90 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 13.2.15. DIAGNOSTICS WEB INTERFACE > ANPR > DIAGNOSTICS Use this tool to monitor system workload. The results in statistics will inform you about current and recent specific tasks like: • Images in the system: the number of captured images waiting for process.

  • Page 91: Maintenance

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual MAINTENANCE 14.1. SYSTEM INFO WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > SYSTEM INFO The most important details about the device are listed here. • Identify tab lists values identifying the system. Please refer to these values when reporting a bug.

  • Page 92: Sensors

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 14.2. SENSORS WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > SENSORS The built-in accelerometer may provide help aligning the camera. Page 92/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...

  • Page 93: Camera Log

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 14.3. CAMERA LOG WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > CAMERA LOG Camera and ANPR logs provide information about the processes in the camera and the license plate recognition module respectively. Log entries can be copied to the clipboard attached to a bug report.

  • Page 94: Backup/Update

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 14.4. BACKUP/UPDATE WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > BACKUP/UPDATE This menu provides tools to manage camera firmware. to upload a new firmware. The camera will save a backup file upon each restart, which can be restored removed or downloaded by clicking the appropriate button.

  • Page 95: Restart & Recovery Mode

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual 14.5. RESTART & RECOVERY MODE WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > RECOVERY MODE WEB INTERFACE > MAINTENANCE > RESTART Page 95/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 96 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Page 96/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 97 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Page 97/99 SENDINFO@ARH.HU Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 98 FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual These menu entries restart the camera in normal or in recovery mode. If the web interface is not functional (for example due to a lost IP), Recovery Mode may also be entered applying the magnetic reset procedure.

  • Page 99: Contact Information

    FREEWAYCAM3/SMARTCAM3/SPEEDCAM3 User Manual Contact Information Headquarters: Service Address: Adaptive Recognition Hungary Inc. Adaptive Recognition Hungary Inc. Alkotás utca 41 HU- Ipari Park HRSZ1113/1 HU 1123 Budapest Hungary 2074 Perbál Hungary Phone: +36 1 201 9650 Phone: +36 1 2019650 Fax: +36 1 201 9651 E-mail: rmarequest@adaptiverecognition.com...

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