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William Edward Staub (November 3, 1915 – July 19, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer who invented and developed the first consumer treadmill for home use, the PaceMaster 600, during the late 1960s.
The software aspect of the system runs on standard home computer hardware and can be linked to other applications or databases.It first uses a series of image manipulation techniques to detect, normalize and enhance the image of the number plate, and then optical character recognition (OCR) to extract the alphanumerics of the license plate.
Pay-by-plate machines are a subset of ticket machines used for regulating parking in urban areas or parking lots. They enable customers to purchase parking time by using their license plate number. The machines print a receipt that generally displays the location, machine number, start time, expiration time, amount paid, and license plate.
At 96 cameras as of Jan. 5, 2023, a phase one map presented at a Dec. 14, 2021 county commission meeting showed the planned placement of the first 48 cameras of Indian River County Sheriff's ...
In the 1970s, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office started its Criminal Investigations Unit. [1] In 1979, the Department's Criminal Identification Bureau implemented a high-speed information retrieval system for storage and retrieval of photos and fingerprint information, becoming the first law enforcement agency in New Jersey to use this technology. [2]
Flock has defended itself against "myths" about license plate readers. [52] Although Flock Safety claims their cameras reduce crime, opponents argue that there is no clear evidence for this. [53] In 2023, Atlanta police (Cobb County) credited a Flock license plate recognition system for helping them track down a gunman. [54]
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The company later started supplying these devices as police speed enforcement tools. [125] The first systems introduced in the late 1960s used film cameras to take their pictures. [126] Gatsometer introduced the first red light camera in 1965, the first radar for use with road traffic in 1971 and the first mobile speed traffic camera in 1982; [124]