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Q-Free wins major ALPR order in the US

In a contract valued at US$1.8 million, Q-Free Netherlands is to supply Raytheon with automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) systems for its Massachusetts Department of Transport (MassDot) all electronic toll system project in the US. The contract comprises Q-Free’s Intrada ALPR which automatically reads licence plate numbers from still images, together with Intrada VSR which identifies vehicles even if the licence plate is partially occluded, by matching the image to an earlier surveillance. The con
February 2, 2015 Read time: 1 min
RSSIn a contract valued at US$1.8 million, 108 Q-Free Netherlands is to supply 110 Raytheon with automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) systems for its 7213 Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDot) all electronic toll system project in the US.

The contract comprises Q-Free’s Intrada ALPR which automatically reads licence plate numbers from still images, together with Intrada VSR which identifies vehicles even if the licence plate is partially occluded, by matching the image to an earlier surveillance. The contract also includes Q-Free’s Intrada Image review subsystem, software licences and software maintenance for ten years. The order will be delivered during 2015.

“We are pleased to support our US customers in road user charging domain. Our Intrada software is world leading, and this contract is proving our competitiveness,” says Q-Free CEO Thomas Falck.

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