Re:License plate recognition tools led to abduction arrest
by gscott on Saturday October 13, 2007 @08:46PM
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> Paul Graham/Ycombinator weren't interested, so I gave up on trying to sell it.
They can't take every idea, even when they are good ones.
I like your idea, if you could make it more of a turn key system.
I believe the customer would want a photograph of the vehicle, the license plate (in plain text), and time/date, and statistics on how many autos an hour/day/month pass by to add extra value.
It could be sold to gas stations or even city governments for deployment in high crime areas.
It would compliment video tape / dvr systems. If you can get the price below $1,000 then it would be affordable to security conscious companies. It would have to be automated, and be a server so the company can login and view the data.
Re:License plate recognition tools led to abduction arrest
by abstractbill on Saturday October 13, 2007 @04:20PM
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Surely this technology is fairly well-known and widely deployed these days (for example, to enforce the London congestion-charging zone). What did your software do over and above what's currently being used?
Re:License plate recognition tools led to abduction arrest
by gibsonf1 on Saturday October 13, 2007 @11:52AM
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Call me sentimental, but this technology sounds like something right out of Bladerunner. In the wrong hands, this could get scary (ie. if a govt. was looking for a fleeing political prisoner, etc.)
Re:License plate recognition tools led to abduction arrest
by geek42 on Saturday October 13, 2007 @11:35PM
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Some things that are technical possible and even cool are still "evil". I realize someone is probably going to do them any way, but it's sure as hell not going to be me.
This thing would be a great bomb trigger too by the way.
Paul Graham/Ycombinator weren't interested, so I gave up on trying to sell it.
In theory, you could setup a webcam in a back garden and scan all the traffic going past in realtime.
I am now working on other software, which is a shame, as Pretext is pretty nifty.
http://www.sanfransys.co.uk/ (not a US company)
They can't take every idea, even when they are good ones.
I like your idea, if you could make it more of a turn key system.
I believe the customer would want a photograph of the vehicle, the license plate (in plain text), and time/date, and statistics on how many autos an hour/day/month pass by to add extra value.
It could be sold to gas stations or even city governments for deployment in high crime areas.
It would compliment video tape / dvr systems. If you can get the price below $1,000 then it would be affordable to security conscious companies. It would have to be automated, and be a server so the company can login and view the data.
Maybe I should give it a try, thanks for the hint and the positive response.
This thing would be a great bomb trigger too by the way.