License plate recognition for car washes came out of the need for better access control.  But we’re long past that; car wash owners now need to use the license plate for marketing purposes first and access secondarily.

 

At FlexWash, we’ve worked overtime on getting our license plate reading rate as high as possible.  As even a 2% rate of failure translates into a bad experience for way too many customers.

 

FlexWash’s license plate recognition recognizes stacked letters, partial matches, and even has a back up system should the first computer vision application fail.  This redundancy allows your staff to focus on greeting, selling and safety.

 

After accuracy, speed is the other consideration for a license plate recognition system and we’ve optimized for that as well.  Our current read rate speed is averaging.  This makes a visual difference that potential customers use to determine if it’s worth their time to come into your store.  So while the individual wait time may be small with a slow license plate reading system the business costs can be dramatic.  A customer has choices and shorter queues means they perceive the experience at your wash as more efficient.