Hikvision announces partnership and FWA integration
Eve Goode
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Hikvision has integrated its automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology with FWA’s logistics queue management solution, DuckTheLine.
DuckTheLine and ANPR
DuckTheLine enables site managers to schedule when trucks should arrive and to optimise their progress through the facility whilst they are on-site.
The company claims that even if it is impossible to schedule an exact arrival time, the software optimises the process of loading and unloading.
The partnership with Hikvision enables FWA to automate access to a logistics site by reading vehicle number plates.
This reduces the waiting time for vehicles at the site entrance and can improve the safety of local roads by reducing congestion. It also uses less manpower and lowers operational cost.
Integration
When a truck arrives at the site, the DuckTheLine system receives the vehicle registration from Hikvision ANPR cameras installed either at the entrance gate or the approach road.
These cameras are connected to HikCentral Professional which, in turn, synchronises the appropriate data with our DuckTheLine server.
This authorises (or not) the vehicle and sends the appropriate command to the barrier control.
Hikvision’s states that its ANPR functionality also enables DuckTheLine to track vehicles when on-site.
In some installations, Hikvision visual display screens are also used to guide drivers to their allocated docks.
“On our side right from the very beginning”
Dimitri Ashikhmin, Associate Director and Co-Founder, FWA commented: “Successful partnerships rely on great technical support.
“Hikvision has been on our side right from the very beginning. The Hikvision team here in France has been outstanding, helping us address the inevitable technical challenges that happen when you are integrating one technology with another,” Ashikhmin concluded.
“Enhances the support”
Felix Fu, Global Technology Partner Alliance Manager, Hikvision added: “Supply chain globalisation, the booming e-commerce market and rising demand for manufactured goods have all driven growth in the logistics industry.
“Hikvision’s partnership with FWA enhances the support we can provide logistics companies.”
Fu continued: “Our ANPR technology helps DuckTheLine customers optimise their operational efficiency and critically improve local road safety.”
