Automatic Container Code Recognition software

With the globalizing world the transportation industry became more and more serious. Most of the shipments are made with containers. It therefore comes as no surprise that automatic container code recognition processes have become an integral part of traffic control, security and inventory management.

The recognition technology needs to be fast, accurate and reliable. Of course from the business sight of view the solution should be cost-effective. The CARMEN^®ACCR technology meets all these requirements, being fast, highly accurate and cost-effective.

Our clients are system integrator companies who construct outstanding innovative technological systems for their partners by incorporating our state-of-the-art technology.

Possible application areas of ACCR:
· Building a comprehensive database of traffic movement
· Automation and simplicity of airport and harbour logistics
· Border control management
· Inventory management
· Container surveillance systems

The CARMEN^®ACCR software is based on OCR technology which was developed to read ISO 6346 codes. ISO 6346 is an international standard for assigning unique codes to freight containers, commonly known as BIC codes. Due to the successful development the software is able to recognize UIC codes as well.

How does the CARMEN^®ACCR work?

· The camera(s) takes images of the detected container (may be several images from multiple cameras capturing different sides of the container).
· CARMEN^®locates the container code on all images and and reads them using character recognition technology
· The recognition results of all images are compared and evaluated to build the most appropriate result
· The images and relevant data are forwarded then to the system responsible for data storage and further processing

Optional hardware:
· FXCAM CONTAINER 3-IN-1 Camera can be equipped with special and synchronized white LED illuminator(s) specially developed for container reading, identification.

Features of the CARMEN^®ACCR Engine

· Uniquely high rate of recognition
· Recognition on multiple images for the most reliable result
· Fast recognition
· Able to recognize both horizontal and vertical codes and two or three row codes
· Cost-effective technology - outstanding price/performance ratio
· Easy and fast to integrate - various operating systems and programming languages

CARMEN^®ACCR is a core technology rather than a complete application, and it was specially designed and developed to be easily integrated into complex intelligent logistic/traffic applications. As a flexible system, with its comprehensive functions library it can be tailored to meet special customer requirements.

The CARMEN^®ACCR package contains

· Automatic Container Code Recognition engine
· FXVD4mc_s grabber card (or a PCI/USB 2.0 port based hardware key)
· Functions library (for C++, VB.NET, C#)
· Demo and test applications
· Tutorial and sample programs both in executable and source code

The system can be used on any existing PC system running under Windows or Linux.

The CARMEN^®ACCR software is protected by Hardware key. Without the hardware key (Neural Network Controller) the software will not do any recognition.
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Technical specifications of CARMEN^®ACCR software

Supported Operating Systems	· Windows · Linux
Programming Languages (under Windows)	· C/C++ · VB.NET · C# · Java
Programming Languages (under Linux)	· C++
Additional tools	· SDK for easy intergration · DLLs and ActiveX components
Type of Container Code	· ISO 6346 (=BIC code) · UIC code · MOCO code
Image Input	· Still image from memory, file or · Live video input
Video input	· Analog (PAL or NTSC) or · Digital camera
File Types	· BMP, JPEG, JPEG2000
Image Formats	· Grayscale, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32, YUV
Trigger	· Trigger is not needed but recommended when recognizing from live video
Processing time Dependences	· Image size, complexity, noise level etc. · Processing power (CPU speed) · Parameter settings · Number of images of the same container
Sample Processing time (on one image)	· 500ms @ CPU 2GHz, 768 x 288 pixels (PAL/2)
Output	· Container Code in ASCII · Best image (on which the reading is most reliable) · Code position · Confidence level · Checksum
Documentation	· Reference Manual in electronic format
System Requirements	· Intel 2 GHz or higher CPU (512 MB RAM) · Free PCI / PC104+ slot or USB 2.0 port
Technical specifications are subject to change without prior notice

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