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November 2005

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Action Briefing UK

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Helmetless Riders

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Car Safety Risks to Live

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Ebike Insurance

ANPR - Speed Cameras

Scamera Partnerships

Blind Eye to Cameras


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Scamera Partnerships

Take a look at the future folks. This system is being looked at by a number of Scamera Partnerships.

Did I also mention that partnerships are now being instructed to factor in a 5% surplus for return to central govt?

WHAT IS STARTRAQ?

[Yet another means of revenue generation and big brother].

StarTraq is a business solution designed to reengineer Traffic Departments.

StarTraq is all about efficient violation workflow control StarTraq provides all equipment necessary for:

Speed and red light violation capture

Image digitization

License plate verification

Data and image management

Web based data and image viewing

Secure ePayment over the Web

Real time roadside LPR black listing

How StarTraq Works

In depth analysis has shown that: Various parts of the process can be batched together Various parts of the process can be automated.

So…

StarTraq saves time by automatic batch processing at night

StarTraq's Capabilities

A single StarTraq unit with a single scanner can easily scan 4000 violations in an 8-hour day, and can be left to scan at night. Each verifier can verify up to 3000 violations in an 8-hour day. Additional scanners and/or verifiers can be added to increase production Reads Truvelo film format, adaptable to Gatso and video type inputs.

StarTraq Results: Productivity

Photos/day 800 6000

Maximum scanned photos/scanner/8-hour day 350 4000

Maximum verified photos/verifier/8-hour day 350 3000

The Business Models

Startraq provide on site for free: Cameras, hardware, software, upgrades, maintenance, calibration & insurance.

Local customization Scaling to council size Council pays royalty or click charge on payment of traffic fines OR Council purchases StarTraq with an annual license fee.

Why StarTraq Works

StarTraq releases manpower from tedious paperwork StarTraq employs clever batch processing and workflow control.

StarTraq is adaptable to local requirements.

StarLPR - Automatic License Plate Recognition [ANPR] Teletraffic.

Lastech VHS Video Based.

Leica XV2 Video Based.

Gatso Speed and Red Light 35mm Wet Film Based Truvelo 35mm Wet Film Based.

Teletraffic Lastech VHS Video Based.

Automatic unattended processing of violations.

Automatic Fast Forward to next violation.

Single VCR workstation normal workday processing capacity is approximately 20 hours of Lastech violation footage.

Outputs single JPEG image of violation, and associated violation data, ready for manual verification 90% success rates under ideal conditions.

Leica XV2 Video Based.

Imports violation data and image after the Leica XV2 back-office system has processed the video.

Performs neural-network based LPR 90% success rate under ideal conditions.

Presents violation data, image and license plate number for manual verification Gatso Speed and Red Light 35mm Wet Film Based Wet film digitized by high performance scanner.

Neural-network based LPR reads the license plates.

Neural-network based OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads the violation data from the image 90% success rates under ideal conditions.

No need for smart cards.

Second image retained in database for verification.

Presents violation data, image and license plate number for manual verification Truvelo 35mm Wet Film Based

Wet film digitized by high performance scanner.

Neural-network based LPR reads the license plates.

Neural-network based OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads the violation data from the image 90% success rates under ideal conditions.

No need for smart cards,

Presents violation data, image and license plate number for manual verification.

StarTraq's clients are the following:

Bedfordshire, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Thames Valley, Greater Manchester, North Wales, West Midlands, Kent, Nottingham.

http://www.startraq.com/index.htm