Computer vision for UK warehouses and depots.
The lorry that arrived at 4am, the pallet that came in damaged, the bay that's been blocked for three hours. All of it visible on cameras you already own, none of it captured anywhere useful. I build vision systems that read plates, log dock occupancy, and photograph every inbound load, running on your existing cameras, with the code in your repo.
Or copy: [email protected]
What's actually happening in your yard right now.
Your gate guard logs lorry arrivals on a clipboard, transposed to a spreadsheet at the end of the shift. Half the entries are illegible. The damage claim from last Wednesday went unanswered because nobody can find the goods-in photos.
The data is all already on your CCTV. It just isn't being read. A vision system reads it, logs it, and makes it searchable, without changing your gate process, your cameras, or your team's routine.
What I build for warehouses, depots, and logistics operators.
Vehicle & ANPR yard log
Reads plates at the gate, logs in/out times, matches to bookings if you have a system. Searchable by plate, by date, by carrier. Replaces the gate clipboard.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Load & dock monitoring
Knows which bay is occupied, by what, for how long. Dwell-time reports per carrier, per bay. Identifies the bay that's always blocked at 11am and the carrier whose lorries always overstay.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Damage capture at goods-in
Camera photographs every inbound pallet as it crosses the dock threshold. Flags visible damage before sign-off. Every load logged with images, timestamps, and plate, all searchable when a claim comes in three weeks later.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Driver and visitor headcount
Knows how many drivers and visitors are on site at any moment. Useful for evacuation roll-call, security, and the question your insurer keeps asking.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
A few of the situations this system handles.
A depot gate logging dozens of vehicle movements a day on a paper clipboard. The system reads every plate at the gate, logs the time in and out, and makes the whole log searchable by date or plate from a small interface on the office computer.
A goods-in dock where damage claims arrive weeks after the load was signed for. The system photographs every pallet as it crosses the dock threshold, stores the images against the plate and timestamp, and makes them searchable when a claim comes in.
A yard with dock bays that get blocked by overstaying vehicles. The system tracks which bay is occupied, by what, for how long, and flags overstays to the duty supervisor. The dwell-time data is available for renegotiating carrier contracts.
A site running multiple depots under one network. Each depot runs the same setup locally, with a network-level view available to head office for cross-depot comparisons and reporting.
Why this, why me.
It uses your existing cameras.
Gate cameras and dock cameras from any modern install will work. The clip review tells you for sure, free.
ANPR without the licence fees.
Commercial ANPR vendors charge per plate read, per camera, per month. Mine reads as much as your hardware can process, paid once.
The code is yours.
No subscription, no cloud lock-in, no surprise pricing in year two. The data stays on your hardware.
Searchable from day one.
The whole point of the system is that you can find the load you're looking for in seconds, three weeks later. That's not an add-on; that's the default.
Fixed price, in writing.
The quote is the price.
A call, then a build.
We talk
Twenty minutes. You walk me through your yard, your bookings, your existing systems.
I build
Three to six weeks for a typical multi-camera depot install.
Every quote breaks out the build fee, hardware, install labour, and any subscriptions in writing before you commit. One total, every line visible.
The things people ask before we start.
Will ANPR work at my gate?
Almost certainly yes. Plate reading works on most CCTV cameras as long as the angle isn't extreme and the lens reaches the plate at a readable resolution. The cases where it doesn't are usually a camera mounted too high or pointed at too steep an angle. We catch this at scoping.
What about reflective plates and bad weather?
Modern ANPR models handle UK and European plates in rain, fog, and dawn or dusk well. Genuinely bad conditions like heavy snow or extreme low-light without infrared can drop accuracy briefly, but the system logs uncertain reads rather than missing them, so you still have a record to refer back to.
Can it integrate with my booking, TMS, or WMS?
Usually yes. Most modern systems have an API, and the ANPR log is just data. It can be pushed wherever it needs to go, including a shared spreadsheet if that's actually all you need.
Where does the footage live?
On your hardware. Damage-capture images are stored against the plate and timestamp; retention is your choice. Typical setups keep 90 days for live access and a longer-term archive on lower-cost storage.
What about GDPR on plates and drivers?
Plates are vehicle data, not personal data, in most ANPR contexts, but where drivers are visible, faces are blurred at the first processing step before any image is saved or sent. The compliance position is straightforward in the UK and most of the EU. We document it properly as part of the build.
Do I need new cameras?
Almost never. Existing gate and dock cameras from the last five years are almost always fine. If a specific camera angle is wrong for ANPR, sometimes a small reposition is enough, sometimes a single new camera is needed. We confirm during scoping.
How quickly can it be running at my depot?
Three to six weeks for a single depot. Multi-depot rollouts run faster per site after the first because the configuration is reused. A network of ten depots typically completes inside ten to fourteen weeks, depending on how consistent the camera setup is across the estate.
Tell me what you need built.
Email me a sentence about your yard. I reply the same day.
Or copy: [email protected]