Configure LPR Zones in Command
LPR Zones provide an efficient way to manage vehicle flow and occupancy. This feature is ideal for parking lots, drive-throughs, and shipping/receiving yards. Each page provides a daily view of activity, listing every vehicle present within a defined area.
LPR zones are supported only on the CB52-E, CB62-E, CB53-E, CB63-E, CB52-TE, CB62-TE, CB53-TE, and CB63-TE bullet cameras.
You must be a Site Admin for the site where the LPR cameras are located to create and manage LPR Zones.
Before you begin
Ensure your setup meets the following requirements:
Hardware: At least one Verkada LPR-enabled cameras is required.
Calibration: Cameras must be properly positioned and calibrated to capture license plates for both entering and exiting vehicles.
Configuration
In Verkada Command, go to Cameras.
In the left navigation, select Vehicles.
In the left panel, select LPR Zones > Create LPR Zone.
On Select Site, choose the relevant site for this zone.
LPR Zones can only include cameras from the same site or parent site.
On Camera Selection:
Select the camera(s) monitoring vehicles entering the area as well as the type of plate to detect on each entrance camera (front plate or rear plate).
Select the camera(s) monitoring vehicles leaving the area as well as the type of plate to detect on each exit camera (front plate or rear plate).
You can select the same camera for the entrance and exit detections but cannot use the same plate type (front/rear) for both the entrance and exit.
(Optional) On In-Zone Time Limit, define a custom timeout.
You can configure a zone timeout to automatically mark vehicles as departed if their exit was missed. Any vehicle that is present in the zone for more than the timeout period is assumed to have been missed at the exit. The system will therefore consider this record as invalid and discard it from the current occupancy count.
(Optional) Enable Smart Plate Matching
In some cases, license plate recognition may occasionally misidentify similar characters (5 and S, O and 0, B and 8). To ensure that visits are as accurate as possible, we will match similar license plate records to prevent duplicate records caused by glare or character confusion.
Click Save.
Analytics dashboard
The Analytics dashboard summarizes how vehicles move through the zone for the selected day. Use the top-level metrics for occupancy and flow at a glance, then use the vehicle table to review individual detections, status, and time in zone.
Top-level metrics
Current Occupancy: Real-time count of vehicles currently in the zone
Entries/Exits: Total count of vehicles that have entered or departed
Unique Visitors: Total number of distinct vehicles detected
Median/Max Time in Zone: Statistical breakdown of how long vehicles stay on-site
Vehicle table
The table is a live log of detections and includes:
Plate thumbnail and plate string
Status (Still In or Departed)
Entry and exit timestamps
Time in zone (current duration for active vehicles)
Use the following filters and search options to quickly find specific vehicles:
Status: Toggle between All, Still In, or Departed
License plate search: Search by full plate or prefix, with fuzzy matching for similar results
Time filters: Filter by custom entry and exit time windows
Time in zone: Find vehicles based on duration (greater than, less than, or within a range)
Invalid: Toggle Invalid Only to show invalid records
Plate Details
Click a vehicle row entry to open the Plate Details page, which includes the following information:
Full plate string and thumbnail
Status (Still In or Departed)
Vehicle time in zone
Associated LPOI (License Plate of Interest) lists
A link to the vehicle’s history page.
Entry and exit video clips
Invalid visits and edge cases
Some reads can be missed. When Command cannot build a valid entry/exit pair, the visit may be marked invalid. Invalid visits are excluded from aggregate time in zone metrics, so totals stay accurate.
Missed entry & detected departure: If a vehicle is seen exiting without a matching entry, the event is logged but marked as invalid and shows Unknown for time in zone.
Consecutive entries: If a vehicle has consecutive entry reads without an exit, the first visit record is marked as invalid, with an unknown exit and time in zone.
Manual override: From Plate Details, you can mark a vehicle as departed when you know it left, but the exit camera did not detect it.
Visit Timeout: When using the in-zone time limit feature, any visit that exceeds the timeout duration value will be considered invalid and excluded from the current occupancy count. This feature is especially useful for zones where visits are expected to be short.
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