Can I use this camera for both license plate recognition and for surveillance purpose?

It cannot use for both purposes simultaneously.

Each good image quality for ANPR and for surveillance is defined differently as below, so we don’t recommend to use the camera for both purposes.

Please refer to the info below that explains why it’s hard to control the image for surveillance via ANPR IP Camera.

“Good quality” image in general video surveillance.

– Wide dynamic range
– deep depth of field
– crisp image detail
– good color saturation
– anti-flickering
– minimal motion blur
– low noise
and hundreds of other criteria.

“Good quality” image in ANPR application.

– best exposure.
– tighter iris control if possible to achieve deeper depth of field.
– shortest shutter speed to minimize the motion blur.
– black and White for better license plate capture : even though there are enough ambient lights and even though you sacrifice the color information.
– gain control to minimize the noise