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Plate Recognizer Blur

Easily blur all kinds of faces and license plates on images. 

Blur video files too!

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Upload an image (up to 3MB) and we’ll blur faces and plates!
Blur All Kinds of Plates

Partial-view, upside-down, dented and more. We’ve got you covered.

Big and Small

We detect plates and faces down to 50 pixels in width. So big or small, we have the eraser handy.

One or Many Plates

Multiple vehicles or faces in an image?  We blur them all.

Blur All Kinds of Faces

We updated our algorithms to handle all types of faces too, includes faces with makeup and masks!

Images and Video Files

We tackle both images and video files.  Easily.

Customize the Blurred Plate

Put your logo or set the level of opacity to cover the license plate.

Blur Partial View License Plates

Blur partial view license plate

Blur Dented License Plates

Blur dented license plate

Blur Slanted View License Plates

Blur slanted license plate successfully

Blur Upside-Down License Plates

Blur upside down license plate

Blur Dark License Plates

Blur dark license plate

Blur Plates on Motorcycle, Bus

Blur motorcycle bus license plate

Blur Multiple License Plates

Blur multiple license plates

Blur Digital, Electronic Plates

Blur digital electronic license plate

Blur Partial Faces

Blur faces in partial view

Blur Multiple Faces

Blur multiple faces on image

Blur Faces in Side View

Blur faces in side view

Blur Faces Upside Down

Blur faces upside down

Blur Faces with Makeup

Blur faces with makeup

Blur Faces with Facemask

Blur faces with masks

Blur Small or Large Images

Blur low high resolution vehicle images

Blur a Little or a Lot

Blur license plate image

Blur in Our Cloud

  • Programmatically send images to our Cloud to blur.
  • Deploy in minutes with our Blur API docs.
  • Limit of 8 images per second and image size of 3 MB.

Blur with On-Premise SDK

  • Blur images/videos in your environment with zero Internet.
  • Runs on a Linux, Windows, Mac and even Raspberry Pi.
  • Super-fast: 33ms per image on an Intel Core i7-8550U CPU.
  • No limtations on # Lookups per second or image file size.
  • See SDK Technical Details for more info.

Blur Architecture for On-Premise Deployment

Blur number plate from vehicles
  • Our Image Processor automatically feeds images into Snapshot SDK.
  • Snapshot SDK identifies license plates in image.
  • Blur Software blurs plates and faces based on set blurriness level.
  • Redacted images are stored in a folder.

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Customize Blur

Blur can be easily customized to meet your unique needs.

  • Logo   Place your logo over the license plate.
  • Level of Blur   Set the level of blurriness you desire for the output.
  • Ignore Specific Plates  Ignore “plates” or characters that match a particular expression pattern.
  • Ignore Plates without vehicle  In situations where a vehicle has not been detected, ignore that plate.

Data Privacy Protection

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  • Our Blur On-Premise SDK sits inside your IT environment.
  • No images sent over cloud to Plate Recognizer.
  • No need to worry about GDRP, CCPA, DPA, PIPEDA, DPC, APPI, etc.

Blur SDK Benchmark Results

Our Blur SDK delivers enterprise-grade performance across all environments.

Environment Workers Resolution Vehicles Speed (ms) CPU % Memory (MB)
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 HD (1280x720) Single 180 45 427
AWS t2.large 1 HD (1280x720) Single 426 125 681
AWS t2.large 2 HD (1280x720) Single 350 155 765
AWS t3.xlarge 1 HD (1280x720) Single 384 225 519
AWS t3.xlarge 4 HD (1280x720) Single 291 396 1630
AWS t3.xlarge 2 HD (1280x720) Single 303 333 1273
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 HD (1280x720) Multiple 377 40 346
AWS t3.xlarge 4 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 360 371 1711
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 241 46 430
AWS t2.large 1 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 528 115 692
AWS t2.large 2 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 435 149 781
AWS t3.xlarge 1 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 519 212 497
AWS t3.xlarge 2 Full HD (1920x1080) Single 387 303 1297
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 Full HD (1920x1080) Multiple 400 41 295
AWS t3.xlarge 4 2K (2560x1440) Single 614 402 1800
AWS t2.large 1 2K (2560x1440) Single 975 112 746
AWS t2.large 2 2K (2560x1440) Single 786 194 868
AWS t3.xlarge 1 2K (2560x1440) Single 964 209 568
AWS t3.xlarge 2 2K (2560x1440) Single 717 338 1362
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 4K (3840x2160) Single 598 61 510
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 1 4K (3840x2160) Multiple 631 54 375
Desktop - Intel i3-1215U 2 4K (3840x2160) Multiple 1237 52 375
  • Ultra-fast processing: As fast as **180.4ms** for HD images on standard hardware.
  • Production-ready: Tested with 50 API calls, 4 concurrent requests per configuration.
  • Scalable: From single-core laptops to multi-worker cloud deployments.
  • Consistent quality: All tests with full blur enabled (PLATES=10, FACES=10).

See details in our benchmark documentation

Pricing for a Win-Win

Let us know your specific requirements and number of images or videos to process for a custom quote.

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Over 90 Countries Supported

Some Applications

Freedom of Information Act

Quickly and easily share videos of redacted license plates to comply with FOIA!

Street View Content

Process street-view images without fear that personally identifiable information is revealed.

Virtual Reality Games

Mix real and virtual worlds by first removing sensitive license plate info from the real world.

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