FREE License Plate Recognition with Home Assistant

License Plate Recognition with Home Assistant has been something I could never get to work properly, until now! We take a look at how to run number or license plate recognition for free and integrate it with Home Assistant, so that you can build automations and routines around it.

Deepstack Object Detection:

Deepstack for Home Assistant Github (Thanks Robin!):

List of regions:

If you'd like to support me and future projects:
Patreon:

Buy Me a Coffee:

Written Article:

EVERYWHERE YOU CAN FIND ME:
Everything Smart Home Community Discord:

#homeassistant #smarthome
________________________

Some of the links above are affiliate links, where I earn a small commission if you click on the link and purchase an item. You are not obligated to do so, but it does help fund these videos in hopes of bringing value to you!

[EverythingSmartHome]

Have you got any plans to integrate this into your automations?!

[easthulk]

I have not started with the object detection project as your last 2 week video... and now you have this video.... you are amazing. Hats off to you

[firmbutton]

I used OpenALPR on a rpi some years back, it was for opening a gate and worked well after tweaking for uk plates. It is worth revisiting it mate.

[johnwinchester]

Hi there, super helpful video, thanks for taking the time to produce this! I found that in the configuration.yaml it was necessary to use "always_save_latest_file" instead of "always_save_latest_jpg" hopefully that can help others!

[nicolasraby]

Instantly subscribed with notifications!
Been looking for videos like these especially with home assistant in the UK.
Top man look forward to seeing more!

[BrandonEngstrom]

Do you have a link for the written article? The link here doesn’t get there, and I cannot find it in your website. Thanks

[lelandclayton]

I am hanging my head in shame on this one. I do CCTV for a living and using a standard Camera for LPR use is a bad idea. Getting plate info is the easy part. The hard part is conditions such as Rain, Overcast, Night or direct Sunlight. A typical IR based Camera will wash out instantly from the Tail Lights and dunno about other places but in the States a plate is reflective and the IR will bounce back and you'll only see white.

If you really want a LPR you have to pony up the cash. I would recommend the Hikvision DS-2CD4A26FWD-IZHS/P. It's a Low Light 2MP Bullet Camera that is designed for LPR use. Toss in a 128GB Micro SDCard and also setup FTP Server and find a way to get HA to pull the info from either of those two ways and you'll be golden.

[jamiehiggs]

Hopeing you might still monitor this. Mine set up all good however when the service calls nothing happens shows that I still have the full 2500 count and the website dosent show any uploads either any ideas?

[pcnz]

Thanks for the video. Planning to use this with a driveway camera/video doorbell with lock control (Dahua VTO) to trigger an electric driveway gate to open.

[mas]

now THIS is an awesome home automation idea!

[nicolasberg]

HI, very usefull video, everything works fine and I get the attributes populated when a car is detected.
My question is, "how can I access the attribute "plate" from this entity to do a "if plate="xxXXXX" then trigger gate open ?
Thx

[brokenarrow-hhxg]

I have Blue Iris installed on an external machine. I have the Blue Iris HACS integration installed and use MQTT to get motion alerts from Blue Iris. I have Deepstack running in a container on my Jetson Nano for object detection within Blue Iris. Can this plate recognition be setup within Home Assistant to use the Blue Iris cameras? Thanks! I love the Tech Tutorial Tuesdays!

[Lezcarr]

Hi, have you checked out Blue iris that has an LMPR that works better than this intergration, and does intergrate with home assistant but would love to see a video from you that would show how to use white listed plates as sensor

[miced]

Woo-hoo I got a mention, can't wait to give this a try! Thank you mutch appreciated. I've trialed some deepstack on my pc but want to get a Jetson to go with the my HA nuc, would the Xavier NX be an option? Or is it a completely different beast to the nano?

[RConradBane]

Is there an end-to-end solution (whether open source or proprietary) that can analyze your routines and behaviors, then automatically tune the environment to your presence. For example, when it detects your license plate and your smart device connects to the network, it opens the garage and unlocks the main door. If you're by yourself, it turns on lights, environmental controls, etc. according to your routine...i.e., "After Work" turn on the local news and stream the audio to whatever room you're in...or "After Work" fill the bathtub with water that's a certain temp and stream relaxing music. Also, is it possible if the system could query the user if they want those automations to run?

Or, have we not gotten there yet at the prosumer level?

[SpookyLurker]

I'm not keen on using external services for recognition - if cameras I'm using detect something, I would rather it not be seen outside my network.

[jimborman]

Is this still a "preferred" method? Or has newer methad come along after 3 years.

[LoopsFroott]

Ok so everything is set up. But you left the most important part out. How do I open my gate when a certain plate is read?

[KonradWalsh]

Great find and good simple instructions. I will use it as a concrete car has returned home to compliment person tracking

[nielslangkilde]

Again a GREAT video tutorial - Setting it up as of now..
Man your awesome..