Streaming Networks, Inc.

Over a million vehicles are stolen every year in the US which translates to 100+ vehicles stolen every hour. When a vehicle is reported stolen, its details are entered into National Crime Information Center (NCIC) which is shared with various law enforcement agencies (LEAs) nationwide. NCIC database also called as hotlist is uploaded to a dedicated patrol car equipped with a License Plate Recognition (LPR) system. A patrol car with LPR module has multiple high resolutions cameras mounted on the light bars facing back, front and sides. It reads the vehicle plates as it passes through a locality and compares it with NCIC database in real time. Upon a match, officer is alerted about the hit and a recovery process begins. Other institutions like banks, insurance companies and local agencies maintain a database with vehicles of interest. Patrol car with LPR module are few in numbers when compared with regular patrol cars which makes it harder and take longer to sweep a large area which delays the recovery process. Consequently, only 20% of the wanted vehicles are recovered nationwide.

Streaming Networks addresses this problem by providing a portable LPR system (PLPR) which can be easily moved from vehicle to vehicle effortlessly. A PLPR system consists of LPR appliance which uses advanced neural network based optical character recognition (OCR) for accurately reading a vehicle plate and 4 HD IP cameras with small form factor and multiple focal lengths to capture near and far plates. Cameras can be mounted on the vehicle’s rooftop using mag mount or inside the vehicle’s dash using Velcro, looking front and on the sides. Hotlist can be upload to a PLPR system through a USB, internet or entered interactively.