Talon SP - Automatic Number Plate Recognition System

Talon SP is the software version of Appian's leading Talon ANPR system. Talon SP benefits from all the power of the Talon system but without the need for dedicated recogniser hardware boards. Talon SP offers true 'plug and play' capability and easy installation on to any PC platform.

Talon SP can be run on any modern PC platform equipped with a frame grabber (including laptops and palmtops), thus offering a huge range of deployment options and operational flexibility.

Talon SP is a turnkey ANPR solution that can be supplied as a standalone software package easily integrated into third party applications. Alternatively Talon SP can be supplied with a range of Talon software applications.

Talon SP Features

Talon SP provides all the features required in a 'turnkey' software based ANPR engine:

Supports up to 2 cameras capability per license
Works with any Windows 2000 and XP Pro O/S.
Parallel Distributed Neural Network Processing
Automatic "in Picture" Trigger - no need for an external trigger
Automatic Geometric Correction for Skew, Tilt and Rotation
Automatic Plate Character Segmentation and Size Normalization
High Accuracy - typical performance in excess of 97%
High Speed Vehicle Plate Recognition - in excess of 195 kph
24 hour/365 day 'all weather' capability
Manual and Synthetic Training
International Number Plate Reading Capability
Automatic Positive database matching and system alarms
Operates on an Industry Standard PC Platform
Vehicle and Number Plate Image Output and Archiving
Operates with wide range of industry standard Frame Grabbers

The Talon SP ANPR Recognition Process

In the Talon SP software a comprehensive recognition process is executed.

When a number plate is detected, a trigger is caused which initiates a suite of software recognition algorithms. These algorithms identify the position of the plate in the image, extract the plate image, apply geometric distortion compensation if necessary and segment the plate into individual characters.

Each character is then fed into a software neural network. The network produces an estimate for every character input resulting in a string of characters, which is its best estimate for the number plate. Multiple software based processing units, provide multiple parallel processing ensuring that many images will be analysed for each passing vehicle. This in turn results in the extraordinary accuracy of the Talon system.

The PC's then selects the best result from all results generated from the software processors for each passing vehicle. This is possible due to each character recognised by the neural network having a confidence score.

NEW Point and Shoot from Talon

POINT & SHOOT is the latest enhancement to the Talon SP high performance ANPR system, with the added functionality of an easy set-up system.

POINT & SHOOT Features:

Easy deployment with minimal camera set-up required
Accurately reads rotated plates, with an automatic de-rotation feature
Robust trigger - excellent at reading different sized plates, small or large, near or far
Accurately reads both rectangular and square plates
Automatically reads both normal and inverse plates

Who uses it?

Talon SP provides a cost effective solution for commercial, police and paramilitary ANPR applications. Talon SP is currently in operation within numerous police forces and is particularly suited to surveillance operations and other covert deployments. Talon SP will run on any modern PC platform and therefore can be tailored to any operational requirement.

PC Platforms for Talon SP:

FIXED
The Talon SP fixed site camera solution is designed to monitor specific sites with TALON SP software installed on to a standard industrial PC.

MOBILE
Talon SP Mobile is a portable ANPR system capable of integrating virtually all-vehicular information systems employed by Polices Forces. Talon mobile is a special version of the UK police forces Spectrum software, offering touch screen technology, ideal for in-vehicle systems.

LAPTOP

Talon SP will run on any laptop meeting the minimum specification

Up to 2 cameras

Up to 2 USB frame grabbers

Minimum PC Specification

Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pro
Pentium III, 1GHz
256 Mb RAM
3 GB Hard Disk Space
One spare USB port (for security dongle - this is in addition to USB ports required for frame grabbers)

Frame Grabbers

Talon SP software is used in conjunction with a wide range of industry standard USB and PCI Frame Grabber Cards.