Perceptics touts OCR solution in the cloud at ITS America

Imaging expert Perceptics is in full education mode at ITS America in Detroit, trying to create awareness around two new service offerings. According to Casey Self, the company’s marketing manager, Perceptics helps traffic agencies optimise their imaging capabilities without replacing existing cameras and network infrastructure. Images can be run through Perceptics’ image optimisation engine where they can be adjusted for focus, lighting and other quality issues. The company is also highlighting its optic
June 7, 2018 Read time: 1 min
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Imaging expert 1919 Perceptics is in full education mode at ITS America in Detroit, trying to create awareness around two new service offerings.


According to Casey Self, the company’s marketing manager, Perceptics helps traffic agencies optimise their imaging capabilities without replacing existing cameras and network infrastructure. Images can be run through Perceptics’ image optimisation engine where they can be adjusted for focus, lighting and other quality issues. The company is also highlighting its optical character recognition (OCR)solution, moving its OCR capabilities to the cloud where licence plate images can be analysed in real time or on a set schedule (hourly, daily or weekly, for instance).

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