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automatic number plate recognition

technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates
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Summary

automatic number plate recognition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • automatic number plate recognition is a type of automatic identification and data capture[2].
  • automatic number plate recognition's Commons category is recorded as Automatic number plate recognition[3].
  • automatic number plate recognition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Automatic number plate recognition[4].
  • automatic number plate recognition's facet of is recorded as mass surveillance[5].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'ANPR'}[6].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-au', 'text': 'ANPR'}[7].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'ALPR'}[8].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'LAPI'}[9].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr-ca', 'text': 'SRPI'}[10].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'AKLS'}[11].
  • automatic number plate recognition's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'Nシステム'}[12].
  • automatic number plate recognition's uses is recorded as optical character recognition[13].
  • automatic number plate recognition's uses is recorded as automatic number plate recognition camera[14].
  • automatic number plate recognition's P14541 is recorded as 2QHRcK[15].

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Definition and Type

automatic number plate recognition is a type of automatic identification and data capture[2].

Why It Matters

automatic number plate recognition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

optical character recognition

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · VGPaleontologist · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → optical character recognition, automatic number plate recognition camera
    Uses → —
    Subclass of → automatic identification and data capture
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', '
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facet of: mass surveillance"
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