Any conditions
Built for rain, snow, low light, and glare. Proven in the Nordics since 2016.
Hardware
The eyes of the platform.
Accurate license-plate recognition in any conditions, the foundation every other Parka product is built on. Harsh weather, rural sites, or dense city centres, day and night.
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ANPR Cameras
Read every plate, every time, and feed it straight into payments, enforcement, and data.
What it does
Read every plate, every time, and feed it straight into payments, enforcement, and data.
High throughput
Read plates at volume on busy entries and fast roads.
Edge to cloud
Recognition at the edge, instantly synced to the cloud platform.
The ANPR guide
How ANPR works in car park management.
From plate read to parking record
An ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) camera photographs each vehicle, reads the registration optically, and time-stamps the movement. Pair a camera at entry and exit and every visit becomes a complete record: who arrived, when, and for how long — the foundation for barrierless access, pay-by-plate, permits, and enforcement.
Parka's cameras recognise plates at the edge and sync to the cloud platform instantly, so the record exists even on patchy rural connections.
ANPR or barriers?
Barriers control access by blocking it; ANPR controls it by knowing. For most car parks ANPR wins: no entry queues, no tickets, no barrier arms to maintain or vandalise, and no exit crush after events. Where a site genuinely needs physical control, Parka drives the barrier from the same plate read — one system either way.
Built for real weather, priced for real sites
Rain, snow, glare, low sun, and headlight wash are where cheap ANPR fails. Parka's hardware has run in Nordic conditions since 2016 at some of the busiest destinations in Iceland — the proving ground for UK and Irish weather.
Deployment is per lane rather than per bay, which keeps hardware costs a fraction of sensor-based systems, and most single sites go live within days.
Legal and fair by design
ANPR is lawful in the UK and Ireland when operated transparently: clear signage, a defined purpose, and data handled under GDPR. Parka is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR-first — plate data is processed for parking management only, retained to policy, with logged access and photographic evidence supporting every enforcement action.
Common questions
How does ANPR work in a car park?
Cameras read each number plate at entry and exit and time-stamp the movement. The platform matches visits to payments, permits, and rules automatically — enabling barrierless access, pay-by-plate, and evidence-backed enforcement.
How accurate are ANPR cameras?
Modern edge-recognition reads plates reliably at driving speed in poor light and weather. Parka's accuracy is proven operationally since 2016 across Nordic sites where rain, snow, and glare are the daily norm.
Is ANPR legal in the UK and Ireland?
Yes, when run transparently: signage explaining the scheme, a legitimate parking purpose, and GDPR-compliant data handling. Parka is ISO 27001 certified and built around those requirements.
Do ANPR systems need barriers?
No — barrierless is the point. Entry, payment, and enforcement all run against the plate. Barriers remain optional for restricted areas and run from the same camera read.
How much does an ANPR parking system cost?
Costs scale per entry lane, not per space, so ANPR is typically far cheaper than barrier or per-bay sensor systems. Most sites need one or two lanes covered; ask us for a straight per-site quote — we don't hide pricing behind enforcement-funded models.
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Data, revenue, and compliance on one platform
Proven since 2016, no limit on site size
ISO 27001 certified, GDPR first