Table Of ContentAutoVu Patroller
QuickStart Guide For City Parking Enforcement
Version 4.3
This QuickStart Guide assumes you are
using the default settings in general, and
have access to all of the applications
features.
Your particular AutoVu Patroller unit
may be configured differently, and the
features you have access to may differ.
Contact your superiors for more infor-
mation.
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Welcome to AutoVu Patroller!
AutoVu Patroller runs on a computer in your vehicle and is used to capture images of license plates and
related data as you are on patrol, automatically registering different kind of infractions (referred to as hits)
that can then be enforced.
What can I do with AutoVu Patroller? What are some of the other more advanced things I can
do with AutoVu Patroller?
MONITOR:
• Capture vehicle plates and associated images and
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• Monitor the license plates AutoVu is reading, and •
data manually by typing their license plates direct-
the associated images and data it is capturing, as
ly into Patroller.
you are on patrol.
SEE PAGE 7.
SEE PAGE 2.
SELECT ENFORCEMENT PARAMETERS: • Manually add license plates to existing hotlists in
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• (Optionally) Select an overtime enforcement zone defining the Patroller unit which are then matched against.
•
how long vehicles can be parked in the area you are patrol- SEE PAGE 7.
ling.
• (Optionally) Select a parking permit that vehicles must
have.
• (Optionally) Use hotlists to match against license plates • Adjust the cameras on vehicles.
AutoVu reads to identify different kinds of infractions. • SEE PAGE 7.
Note: This is done externally to the Patroller application.
SEE PAGE 3.
ENFORCE:
3 • Overtime: Show vehicles that are due for an over-
• Accept and reject hits as infractions occur.
• time infraction after the allotted time has passed
SEE PAGE 3.
since a first overtime read (See Page x),
and clear timestamps from the map which were
REVIEW: added when selecting an overtime zone (See Page
4 • Review reads you have taken, and hits that have x).
already been captured and enforced.
SEE PAGE 4.
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Main Screen
After starting up your vehicle, in most cases AutoVu Patroller is automatically initialized and the Main screen appears after you login.
• You may have to open up the computer monitor.
• In specialized cases, another screen may appear or the application may run without its user interface appearing initially.
Displays the number of hotlist, permit, and overtime hits that have occurred
Access unenforced
and have not yet been acknowledged from your unit’s current shift.
hotlist, overtime, and Access read and hit
permit hits queued statistics and addi-
ready for acknowl- tional options. See
edgement. See page 4. page 8.
Display vehicles on
the map due for a
Select an overtime
zone, which defines TAKE SHOT WITH CON- second overtime pass,
how long vehicles can See page 7.
TEXT IMAGE OF PERMIT Type-in a license plate
be parked. See page 3.
number to register as
VIOLATION WITH ALL BUT-
a read - images and
Select a permit zone, TONS ENABLED - OVER- data are also captured.
which defines the re- See page 7.
TIME, PERMIT, SHOW DUE.
quired permit vehicles Displays the current Adjust cameras. See
must have. See page 3. time and date. page 7.
Enable which cameras
Toggle:
will read license plates (if
Image view displays
applicable). See page 7.
images from the ve-
hicle’s cameras as they Toggle on or off
perform reads. reading and matching
Map view displays
of license plates.
your unit on the map,
and plots reads and
Image of the captured license plate, its characters interpreted
hits. See page 4. Current location of your
Current time and date.
by Patroller, the capturing camera indicated by an arrow on the
Patroller unit.
icon, and the read’s date, time, and location.
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Select Enforcement Parameters
As you are on patrol you pass through different parking zones that have different parking rules. In each zone, you se-
lect the corresponding rules to enforce by selecting either an overtime zone, a permit zone, or both, which have been
predefined for the zone you are patrolling and automatically loaded onto your Patroller unit.
• overtime ZoNeS: Indicate the duration vehicles can be parked in the zone.
• permitS ZoNeS: Indicate the permit vehicles must have to be parked in the zone, or, if an overtime zone is also be-
ing enforced, indicate vehicles with the correct permit are exempt from the overtime rules.
All hotlists loaded onto the Patroller unit are automatically enforced.
Select an over-
time zone.
and / or
Select a permit
zone.
• If you do not select overtime or permit zones, then only hotlists are enforced, resulting in 1 or more hotlist hits per read if matched.
• If you select an overtime zone, it is enforced along with hotlists, resulting in overtime and hotlist hits if criteria are met.
• If you select a permit zone, it is enforced, along with hotlists, resulting in permit and hotlist hits if criteria are met.
• If you select an overtime, and permit zone, the behavior changes: only overtime and hotlist hits may result: the permit zone serves
to exempt vehicles on the associated permit list from being subject to the overtime rules, preventing them from receiving the over-
time infraction.
Each license license plate read may result in multiple hotlist hits as well as either an overtime or permit hit. You can also configure the
Patroller to only register one hit per read, in which case, for example, once the hit registers as a permit hit, it will no longer be pro-
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cessed against other types of hits or read in subsequent Patroller passes.
Understand the Map
The map on the Main screen follows your vehicle as you patrol the city.
Read icons appear as the Patroller captures license plates, and are circled when a read Legend (Read and Hit icon shapes and colours
can be changed from their defaults)
becomes a hit according to the requirements of each type of hit:
Your Patroller (insert image)
• Hotlist Hit: The vehicle appears on any hotlist on your Patroller unit.
Unit
• Permit Hit: The vehicle is not permitted to be parked in the location since it does not appear in the
Hotlist (yellow green square) Read
list of plates with the correct permit according to the permit zone selected during the patrol of the area
(automatic)
(See page 4).
• Overtime Hit: The vehicle has supassed the time it is allowed to be parked in the location according
(Grey square) Read (Entered
to the rules in the overtime zone selected during the patrol of the area. It also does not appear on the
Manually)
permit list if a permit zone is also being enforced. (See page 4).
Hit - circle is red by default
(include image of 2 cirle)Hit
- circle is color indicated in
hotlist.
(include 2 example of multiple
passes) -
When multiple hits occur for a
Touch any of vehicle because it is on more
the four arrow that 1 hotlist, the number of
hits is indicated. The circle
buttons to pan
color is from the highest prior-
in the indicat-
ity hotlist.
ed direction.
Permit Hit Permit Read
Permit Hit
Overtime Hit (single shot default) Overtime
Read - default color if overtime
zone has no associated color
Display the (several overtime read icons
Map. lined up) Overtime Read -
color taken from active over-
time zone
Overtime Hit
Zoom in an out on the map.
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if a read reSultS iN multiple hitS of differeNt typeS, oNly oNe type of hit
is shown on the map. the presedence is overtime → permit → hotlist.
Enforce Hits
When a hit occurs, either the corresponding hits screen appears where you can:
• See information about it.
• Edit the license plate.
• Accept and enforce it.
Or you can access acumulated hits from the Hit button in the Main screen to perform the above steps. See page 3.
The Permit Hit screen is similar to the Hotlist Hit screen. The Overtime Hit screen has additonal features. See page 7.
Information about the
Toggle between
hotlist being enforced.
an image of the
If the vehicle has been
vehicle and the
matched to multiple hot-
vehicle plotted
lists this is indicated: for
on the map.
example, if this is the
first of two hotlists it has
If the plate was
been matched to it will
not read cor-
say: Multiple Hit: 1/2.
rectly edit the
plate number. This pannel does not
The read is appear for other kinds of
reprocessed and hits.
may or may not
reappear as a hit.
Scroll through
available unre- Touch To
solved hits. They
Reject Delete the hit.
can be acknowl-
Accept Accept the hit. A new screen appears
ed one-by-one. where you must indicate whether the
hit has been enforced.
Information about the Hit. Touch More to
En- If you have enforced the hit, for exam-
see additional information.
ple by giving a ticket, touch Enforced,
forced
otherwise touch Not Enforced.
6 or Not
The hit now:
En- • Appears in statistics as accepted.
Check on whether not enforced hit is still sent Live to the Back forced • Appears in Reviewed hits.
• Is offloaded and/or is sent live to
Office.
the Back Office as a hit.
Whether or not it has been enforced is
indicated in the hit record.
Maybe do a Shared Permit Page for University Instead, what is more
common? If not replace image below where wheel imaging is not
enabled.
Shared Permit Hits
The Overtime Hit screen is similar to the Hotlist and Permit Hit screens (See page 6) with some additions:
• Each view is split presenting data from the first and second read that together define the hit.
• You can click the Edit plate button (in the Image and Map views) to edit either the plate from from the first or sec-
ond read, or both at the same time.
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Page only for City
Overtime Hits
The Overtime Hit screen is similar to the Hotlist and Permit Hit screens (See page 6) with some additions:
• Each view is split presenting data from the first and second read that together define the hit.
• You can click the Edit plate button (in the Image and Map views) to edit either the plate from the first or second
read, or both at the same time.
• If you are using Wheel Imaging there is an additional Wheel view explained on this page. Touch To
1 Activate the
first read.
Available wheel
image for the
first read are
2 4 loaded into the
image strip
above.
2 Select a wheel
image for the
first read.
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3 Activate the
Select wheel second read.
images from the Available wheel
image for the
first and second
second read
read to include are loaded into
in the record. the image strip
above.
4 Select a wheel
image for the
Use brightness,
second read.
contrast, and
These buttons work in
zoom controls to
the same way as in the
investigate the
Hotlist Hit screen.
currently loaded
If you are using
tire images for
Wheel Imaging, your
read 1 and 2.
wheel image selec-
tions are recorded
once you accept the
hit and can no longer
be edited.
Time between reads is indicated, the zone that was enforced, and how many
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overtime violations occurred. The zone can be configured to register multiple
overtime violations: In this case the reads shown are always the last two.
Review Reads and Hits
Reads, as well as hits of all types, are stored in the Patroller for the current shift, and can be reviewed.
To display the Review Reads or Hits screen, on the Main screen touch Options, then in the Options screen
touch Review Read or Review Hits.
In both review screens, you can scroll through all records (reads or
hits) in the Patroller unit from the current shift:
• Image and Map (and optionally Wheel) views are available.
• You can print a Report of the read/hit.
Touch on Options Screen
The Review Reads screen displays the same information as in the
If the read was taken while enforcing an overtime Main screen when the read was taken (See page 3).
zone, when the vehicle was first and last seen, and
Touch on Main Screen The Review Hits screen ressembles the Hit screen for the type of hit
what zone was being enforced, is indicated.
(See page 6-7), providing all of the same information.
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You can reduce the set of reads to review by clicking Search plate and entering one or more characters of a plate. Only plates
with the entered characters, in the order entered, are displayed. Click Search plate again to disable the filter.
Perform Complementary Functions
You can perform the following complementary functions in AutoVu, described on this page:
• Manually enter license plates.
• Add wanted license plate numbers to hotlists.
• Adjust cameras.
• Clear timestamps. Select cam-
era to adjust
Touch on Select Camera to take image Enter the plate number
Touch on
Main Screen
Main Screen
Touch for manual ad-
justment, then use plus
and minus buttons
Enter a plate number, and the state it is
Touch on Touch on Op-
from. Use the Plate and State tabs.
Main Screen tions Screen
Select the hotlist to add the
plate number to.
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