ARH Inc. has just launched two new ID document scanners, both members of the new Combo series.

ARH Inc., a leading global provider of innovative ID document scanning devices, today announced that the first members of the new Combo Reader Series have been arrived and available for sale now.

As a part of the Company’s sales campaign, highly discounted promotional prices are valid for Purchase Orders placed and paid before 23 December 2011!

The two new scanners, named as Combo Scan and Combo Smart will set a standard for compact size, speed, stylish design and unique functionality. The Combo Scan captures the entire ID card size (ID-1) plus the MRZ area from passports, while its bigger brother, the Combo Smart captures the entire passport page. Both devices facilitate automatic image capturing under various illuminations, read the textual data, recognize 2D barcodes and perform authentication checks – all in less than 2 seconds.

The new Combo Readers offer unique functions like OVD (Optical Variable Devices) visualization and Reflection Removal (RR) technology. The new Combo Readers are able to visualize the OVDs and also completely remove them as well as any other reflective sign from the taken images.

Other optional features like color UV imaging, contact and contactless (RFID) chip reading and magstripe processing will also be available for Combo Smart users.

“We know what our partners and the market is looking for. Since the trend of introducing OVDs in ID documents is on the rise, the need for visualizing them appropriately is immensely growing. The new OVD visualization and Reflection Removal functions are designed to address this new challenge, to be the first who offer such functionality on the market. The development of Combo Series is another example of our commitment in providing high-quality, yet affordable ID document scanners for both the governmental and private sector.” said Mr. Laszlo Kis, CEO of ARH Inc.

Contact
ARH’s Passport Reader and Biometric Department
Email: requestinfo@arhungary.hu
Tel: +36 1 201 9650

About ARH Inc.
A recognized leader in R&D, designing and manufacturing of innovative image processing technologies, ARH produces various imaging devices, software and biometric products. ARH’s core strength is applying its 20 years of experience of various image processing know how like ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) and ID document reading. Today, more than 2,200 satisfied partners in more than 190 countries are using ARH’s technology.

ELVIA has launched a ready to use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera based on the XCI smart camera from Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions division and running the Carmen ANPR engine from ARH Inc.

The all-in-one module uses an x86 processor to analyse information on the camera, reducing the cost of data transmission. It enables organisations to create intelligent transport systems (ITS) that ease congestion and reduce the number of accidents.

ELVIA will supply the system under the name EXCI-3 to organisations undertaking traffic projects, such as access control, e-tolling, law enforcement or parking and traffic management. They will be capable of reading number plates that use Latin, Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic characters.

Recent examples of bespoke systems utilising Sony’s XCI smart camera include a traffic routing system that monitors car number plates to determine the time taken for routes and an accident prevention system that prevents drivers from dangerously speeding through service stations to jump ahead of slow moving motorway queues.

In addition to running the Carmen ANPR software the ELVIA package includes client software for camera control and management and an external infrared illumination source (850nm).

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Continuous growth of ARH Inc. and the increasing demand for its document readers and license plate recognition related products made it necessary to increase production capacity. In order to keep up with market demand ARH Inc. has just opened its new Innovation Centre and Factory in Perbal, Hungary. The new facility is completely owned by ARH Inc. and ensures increased production capacity with enough place for further expansion.

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UV LEDs have reached that level of quality as far as brightness, reliability, lifetime and overall performance are concerned, that they could now be a reasonable alternative to professional UV tubes. ARH’s latest passport readers will be equipped with UV LEDs that will ensure lower power consumption rates and increased product lifetime for customers. The first documents readers with UV LEDs will be available from Q3 2009. LED light sources are never supposed to be replaced during the entire lifetime of the document scanners which is one key point in the maintenance-free design concept of ARH Inc.

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Latest development of ARH Inc. ARH Inc. has always been committed to investing in future by giving a boost to its development projects as well. Besides contactless RFID reader module PRMc unit are now also available with contact SmartCard Reader module which is fully integrated into the document reader body.

This ensures that there will be no need for external devices, PRMc reader with SmartCard Reader and RFID options can read all electronic identity documents containing contact (ISO 7816) and/or contactless chip (ISO 14443 A/B).

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The Carmen license plate recognition software engine is able to read vehicle plates from most countries of the world. In addition to its capability of reading Latin characters, the Carmen ANPR engine can read Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic. The software can execute continuous license plate reading even at vehicle speeds of up to 250 km/h.

Carmen is an innovative technology for vehicle identification in the following application areas:
- traffic surveillance
- toll collection
- parking  management
- access control
- traffic management
and many other projects where accuracy, speed and automation are essential objectives.

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Automatic license/number plate recognition (ALPR/ANPR) is a fast developing technology that has been proven very effective in many applications such as vehicular access control and speed regulation. Combining ALPR/ANPR with video surveillance is even more useful as it provides context information as evidence.

The global market for ALPR/ANPR software and integrated devices (software embedded in cameras and DVRs with onboard processing) was estimated by IMS Research to be US$119 million in 2008 and will grow to $442.9 million by 2013, at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 30 percent.

“The EMEA market is currently the largest in Check From gate control and parking lot management to toll collection, automatic license/number plate recognition has come a long way.”

This article examines the latest market status, technological developments and common installation problems associated with this technology.

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