PlateSmart

{{Infobox company | name = PlateSmart | image = PlateSmart Logo.png | type = [[Software Developer]] | industry = License Plate Recognition (LPR) | founded = 2004 in Oldsmar, Florida | hq_location_city = [[Oldsmar]] | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = International | key_people = John Chigos (CEO) Kathleen Chigos (President) | products = Analytic Recognition Enterprise Software (ARES) | owner = John Chigos | num_employees = 38 | num_employees_year = 2017 | website = https://www.platesmart.com/ }}

'''PlateSmart Technologies''' is a software based [[license plate recognition]] (LPR) company based in [[Oldsmar]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/political/local-company-creates-high-tech--license-plate-scanning-technology |title=Local company creates high tech license plate scanning technology 8/23/2012 ABC Action News |access-date=2013-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508014054/http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/political/local-company-creates-high-tech--license-plate-scanning-technology |archive-date=2013-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Tanya Arja [http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/19277157/2012/08/14/license-plate-recognition-software Local company to provide officers' unblinking eyes] August 14, 2012 MyFox Tampa Bay</ref> The company's camera agnostic software uses a video camera and computer to identify and record license plates via [[video analytics]] algorithms. The company employs engineers, mathematicians, video engineers, and law enforcement officers located throughout the United States. PlateSmart has an integrator in [[Dubai|Dubai, U.A.E.]] called Electronic Design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.platesmart.com/2016/02/17/platesmart-international-office/|title=PlateSmart Opens First International Office}}</ref>

== History == The company was founded by John Chigos and was established as a result of the 9/11 attacks.{{cn|date=June 2024}} PlateSmart's automatic license plate recognition software was released as a prototype in 2008, and a later version was released at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]] in [[Tampa, Florida]].{{cn|date=June 2024}}

== Products == PlateSmart's main product, ARES, integrates with existing hardware to create an LPR system. This technology has been utilized by law enforcement agencies, the US Navy, the [[University of Miami]], and [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS]].<ref name=license>[http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15813/license-to-reveal License to Reveal] July 2013 Florida Trend page 30</ref><ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130304006172/en/Navy-Selects-PlateSmart%C2%AE-Exclusively-Base-Security-Investigations US Navy Selects PlateSmart® Exclusively to Help with Base Security and Investigations] March 4, 2013 BusinessWire</ref> PlateSmart also designs applications to string LPR systems together, analyze LPR data, recognize patterns and form reports for users.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

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==External links== * [http://www.platesmart.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Automatic number plate recognition]] [[Category:American companies established in 2004]] [[Category:2004 establishments in Florida]] [[Category:Companies based in Pinellas County, Florida]] [[Category:Software companies of the United States]]