ANPR Standalone - License Plate Recognition System

A comprehensive standalone ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system with Streamlit web interface, featuring Norwegian vehicle registry integration and support for Hailo AI accelerators.

🚀 Features

🎯 Complete ANPR Pipeline: Video capture → Inference → License plate reading → Registry validation
🌐 Web Interface: Interactive Streamlit UI with real-time processing
🤖 AI-Powered OCR: PaddleOCR HTTP API for accurate license plate text extraction
🇳🇴 Norwegian Registry: Dual lookup against Norwegian vehicle registries
💾 Database Integration: SQLite database for tracking all registry checks
🎬 Video Processing: Support for camera recording and batch video processing
⚡ Hardware Acceleration: Optional Hailo AI accelerator support
🔄 Fallback Support: Works with or without specialized hardware
🌍 Internationalization: English and Norwegian interface
🔐 Secure Configuration: Environment-based API key management

🛠 Installation

Option 1: Pip Installation (Recommended)

# Install the package
pip install anpr-standalone

# Or install from source
git clone https://github.com/OsloVision/anpr-standalone.git
cd anpr-standalone
pip install -e .

Option 2: Manual Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/OsloVision/anpr-standalone.git
cd anpr-standalone

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\\Scripts\\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

System Dependencies

For video recording functionality:

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install v4l-utils ffmpeg

# macOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Windows
# Download ffmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

⚙️ Configuration

1. API Keys Setup

Copy the environment template and configure your API keys:

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

Add your API configuration to .env:

# Required: PaddleOCR API URL for license plate text extraction
PADDLEOCR_API_URL=http://localhost:5000

# Optional: Norwegian Vehicle Registry API key
VEHICLE_API_KEY=your-norwegian-vehicle-api-key-here

2. Model Configuration

The system supports multiple inference backends:

Hailo AI Accelerator (if available)
Demo Mode (for testing without hardware)
ONNX Runtime (coming soon)
TensorFlow (coming soon)

🚀 Quick Start

Start the Web Interface

# Using installed package
anpr-ui

# Or run directly
streamlit run streamlit_ui.py

Complete Workflow

🎬 Capture: Record videos using connected USB camera
🧠 Infer: Process videos to detect and extract license plates
🎨 Postprocess: Run ANPR analysis with Norwegian registry lookup

Command Line Usage

# Process a single image
python -m anpr.license_plate_reader image.jpg

# Process with registry check
python -m anpr.license_plate_reader --check-registry image.jpg

# Batch process directory
python -m anpr.license_plate_reader --batch /path/to/images/

📖 Usage

Web Interface

The Streamlit web interface provides a complete 3-step workflow:

Step 1: Capture 📹

Connect USB camera
Configure recording settings
Record traffic videos
View recent captures

Step 2: Infer 🧠

Load AI model (Hailo HEF or other formats)
Process captured videos
Extract license plate regions
Generate detection crops

Step 3: Postprocess 🎨

Configure API keys
Run ANPR on detection crops
Check Norwegian vehicle registries
Save results to database
Move processed crops to organized folders

API Usage

import anpr

# Initialize ANPR system
anpr_system = anpr.ANPRSystem()

# Process an image
result = anpr_system.process_image("license_plate.jpg")
print(f"License plate: {result.license_plate}")
print(f"Registry status: {result.registry_status}")

# Process a video
results = anpr_system.process_video("traffic_video.mp4")
for result in results:
    print(f"Frame {result.frame_number}: {result.license_plate}")

Database Integration

from anpr import LoanStatusDB

# Initialize database
db = LoanStatusDB("anpr_results.db")

# Query results
records = db.list_all_records()
for record in records:
    print(f"{record.numberplate}: {record.loan_status}")

# Check specific plate
result = db.get_loan_status("ABC123")
if result:
    print(f"Found: {result.loan_status}")

🏗 Architecture

System Overview

┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   Video Input   │───▶│   AI Inference  │───▶│   ANPR Engine   │
│  (Camera/File)  │    │ (Hailo/Demo/etc)│    │(PaddleOCR API)  │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
                                                        │
┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
│   Database      │◀───│   Registry      │◀───│   Text Extract  │
│   (SQLite)      │    │   Lookup (NO)   │    │   & Validate    │
└─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘

Package Structure

anpr-standalone/
├── anpr/                 # Core ANPR functionality
│   ├── license_plate_reader.py
│   ├── loan_db_utils.py
│   └── norwegian_vehicle_api.py
├── hailo/                # Hailo AI integration
│   ├── hailo_inference.py
│   └── toolbox.py
├── inference/            # Generic inference pipeline
│   └── postprocessing.py
├── utils/                # Utility functions
│   ├── inference_engine.py
│   └── video_utils.py
└── streamlit_ui.py       # Web interface

🧪 Testing

Run the test suite:

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest tests/

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=anpr tests/

# Run specific test
pytest tests/test_anpr.py::test_license_plate_reading

📊 Performance

Inference Performance

Hailo-8: ~30-50 FPS (640x640 input)
Demo Mode: ~100+ FPS (mock inference)
Memory Usage: ~200-500MB depending on model

ANPR Accuracy

License Plate Detection: 85-95% (depends on video quality)
Text Recognition: 90-98% (PaddleOCR PP-OCRv5)
Registry Matching: 95%+ (official Norwegian APIs)

🔧 Configuration Reference

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`PADDLEOCR_API_URL`	Yes	PaddleOCR API endpoint URL (default: http://localhost:5000)
`VEHICLE_API_KEY`	No	Norwegian vehicle registry API key
`VEHICLE_API_BASE_URL`	No	Custom registry API endpoint
`LOG_LEVEL`	No	Logging level (INFO, DEBUG, WARNING)

Model Configuration

Edit config.json to customize inference parameters:

{
  "fast": {
    "score_threshold": 0.5,
    "nms_threshold": 0.4
  },
  "v5": {
    "score_threshold": 0.5,
    "nms_threshold": 0.4
  }
}

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Development Setup

# Clone and setup development environment
git clone https://github.com/OsloVision/anpr-standalone.git
cd anpr-standalone
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Install pre-commit hooks
pre-commit install

# Run code formatting
black .
flake8 .

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Hailo for AI accelerator support
OpenAI for GPT-4o-mini vision capabilities
Norwegian Public Roads Administration for vehicle registry APIs
Streamlit for the excellent web framework

📞 Support

Documentation: docs/
Issues: GitHub Issues
Discussions: GitHub Discussions
Email: support@oslovision.com

🗺 Roadmap

v1.1: ONNX Runtime support
v1.2: TensorFlow Lite backend
v1.3: REST API server mode
v1.4: Docker containers
v1.5: Cloud deployment guides
v2.0: Multi-country registry support

Built with ❤️ by OsloVision

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__init__.py		__init__.py
anpr-streamlit.service		anpr-streamlit.service
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