Arrival and departure history
Forward and Reverse Hikvision events are presented as clear IN and OUT movements, helping operators follow vehicle activity through an entrance.
ANPR software for access control
Keep a searchable record of vehicles arriving and leaving controlled entrances, so security and operations teams can answer questions quickly when something needs checking.
Self-hosted Hikvision ANPR
A clearer record around controlled entrances
Access control is not only about opening a gate. Teams also need a reliable record of what actually happened: which registration arrived, when it passed, which entrance saw it, whether it later left and what the camera captured at the time.
Ruby ANPR sits alongside a compatible Hikvision ANPR deployment and turns those camera events into a simple browser-based history. It does not need every operator to log into the camera itself, and it does not require the capture database to live in a third-party hosted ANPR service.
Operational workflow
What Ruby ANPR adds to an access-control environment
The value is in making camera events easy for authorised staff to search and understand after the vehicle has passed.
Evidence beside the event
Plate crop, vehicle image and detection scene can be reviewed alongside the registration rather than in a separate system.
Viewer accounts for operators
Give security or reception staff search and export access without giving them camera administration or destructive controls.
Example scenarios
How it can be used in practice
These are typical operational scenarios rather than automated decisions made by Ruby ANPR.
Unexpected contractor arrivalA contractor says they entered at 07:30. Search the registration to confirm the time, entrance and available camera evidence.
Vehicle linked to an incidentSecurity receives a registration after an incident. Search across the relevant date range to establish whether the vehicle entered or left the site.
Shift handoverA new security team can review recent movements without needing direct access to every ANPR camera or relying only on handwritten gate logs.
Typical investigation
From a registration to a useful timeline
Start with the plate
Enter the registration supplied by security, reception or another operational team.
Set the time window
Narrow the search to the relevant day or period to reduce unrelated events.
Check the entrance
Use the camera name to see which gate or lane recorded the vehicle.
Follow IN / OUT events
Review direction to understand whether the vehicle arrived, departed or appeared more than once.
Review the images
Use the captured evidence to add visual context before taking any operational action.
Good fit for
Sites with controlled vehicle entrances
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Private access roadsMaintain a searchable history of vehicle movement on private land.
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Staff and contractor entrancesReview arrivals when access records, deliveries or site attendance need checking.
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Managed gates and security desksGive operators a practical browser view without exposing camera configuration.
Important distinction
Monitoring and evidence, not the gate controller itself
Ruby ANPR records and presents compatible Hikvision ANPR events. Gate relays, barriers, allow lists and physical access logic can still be handled by the camera or the site's existing access-control equipment.
That separation keeps Ruby ANPR focused on the searchable evidence and monitoring layer.
Check your Hikvision camera first
Ruby ANPR is designed around compatible Hikvision ANPR Alarm Server, HTTP Listening or ISAPI event delivery.