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Glossary#

Term Description
Attribute Vehicle or LP parameter: brand, model, color, LP symbols, etc.
Base64 A standard for encoding binary data (in the context of the CARS API - images) using 64 ASCII characters.
Bounding Box (BBox) A rectangle that bounds the image space with a detected object (Vehicle, LP, pedestrian, animal).
CARS Analytics Subsystem for collecting, storing and displaying the results of the CARS API and CARS Stream operation through a web interface.
CARS API Subsystem for detection and recognition of vehicles and LPs attributes on images in real-time.
CARS Stream Subsystem for detecting and tracking vehicles, LPs, pedestrians and animals in the video stream and determining the best frames.
Classifier An object of the CARS API subsystem that recognizes one of the attributes of a vehicle or LP.
Detection Actions to determine areas of the image containing vehicle or LP.
Detector Algorithm for finding areas of the image containing vehicle or LP.
Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) A format that allows a user to add additional information (metadata) to images, commenting on this file, describing the conditions and methods of obtaining it, authorship, etc.
False negative detection Result of the detection when an object that is a vehicle or LP is not detected and not defined as a vehicle or LP.
False positive detection Result of the detection when an object that is not a vehicle or LP is detected and defined as a vehicle or LP.
Inference Image processing by a neural network and generation of results: coordinates of detections and the probability that the detection is an object of interest to us (vehicle, LP).
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) A text-based data exchange format based on JavaScript.
License plate (LP) An individual alphanumeric designation assigned to a vehicle by a registration unit.
LUNA CARS A system designed for detection, tracking, recognition of vehicle and LPS attributes. The system consists of three subsystems: CARS Analytics, CARS API and CARS Stream.
Nginx A load balancer that allows you to distribute requests and responses between running copies of the CARS API and external systems.
Non-maximum suppression (NMS) Algorithm for determining the boundaries of objects in the image.
Redetection Repeated actions to determine areas of the image containing vehicle or LP.
Track Information about the position of the vehicle and LP in the sequence of frames.
Tracking The process of obtaining information about the position of the vehicle or LP on a sequence of frames.
Vehicle A technical device for the transport of people and/or goods, for which a special right is granted.