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Our Business
We are a leader in the field of artificial intelligence (“AI”) enabled vehicle identification and management systems. In development for over five years using machine learning algorithms, our core software enables the creation of more powerful and capable vehicle recognition systems that can be deployed at a fraction of the cost of traditional vehicle recognition systems. The software provides a wider field of view, greater light sensitivity, recognitions at faster speeds and higher accuracy rates, in addition to the ability to identify the color, make and type of a vehicle and its direction of travel. These capabilities are particularly useful in solving a wide variety of real-world roadway and vehicle related challenges. In addition, the reductions in cost have opened up a number of new uses for vehicle recognition technology that were not previously cost effective. We currently provide products and services for governmental organizations, for large and small businesses and for individuals throughout the world. Customers are currently using our products or services in over 70 countries, with offerings for smart cities, public safety, security, customer experience, transportation, parking and logistics.
As part of the development of a new line of products for the public safety and security markets, we acquired industry leading vehicle recognition software in March 2019. In connection with this acquisition, we determined that our resources are best concentrated on vehicle recognition products and services and have reorganized and retooled our product development, business development and administrative resources, with increasing emphasis on the technology area. On April 2, 2020, we sold our wholly owned subsidiary, AOC Key Solutions, Inc. (“AOC Key Solutions”). As of June 29, 2020, we sold our wholly owned subsidiary, Global Technical Services, Inc. (“GTS” or “TeamGlobal”) and determined that all of the remaining operations that comprised our Professional Services Segment met the criteria to be presented as discontinued. Historically, we have provided professional services and staffing solutions to the government contracting and the aerospace and aviation industries. The Professional Services Segment previously included AOC Key Solutions; TeamGlobal and Firestorm Solutions, LLC (Firestorm Solutions”) and Firestorm Franchising, LLC (“Firestorm Franchising” and together with Firestorm Solutions, “Firestorm”).
Our continuing operations are conducted by our wholly owned subsidiary, Rekor Recognition Systems, Inc. (“Rekor Recognition”). In connection with the development of several new public safety products, we determined to acquire substantially all the assets of OpenALPR Technology, Inc. This acquisition (the “OpenALPR Technology Acquisition”), completed in March 2019, transferred vehicle recognition software and associated licenses and proprietary rights to OpenALPR Software Solutions, LLC (“OpenALPR”), a new wholly owned subsidiary of Rekor Recognition. OpenALPR’s vehicle recognition platform, already operating in more than 12,000 cameras in over 70 countries worldwide, has laid the groundwork for the expansion of our product line, enabling multiple deployment mechanisms.
Since the OpenALPR Technology Acquisition, we have expanded our vehicle recognition product and service lines into a much broader range of customer segments, starting with public safety. We shifted from a perpetual licensing model to a subscription-based model, rebranded the software suites as “Watchman” and “Car-Check” and released several packaged hardware/software solutions with preloaded versions of each of these vehicle recognition engines. By the end of 2019, we had a portfolio of more than 10 products, permitting us to offer full-scale vehicle recognition services for nearly any large or small public agency, commercial or residential setting.
Our software currently has the capability to analyze multi-spectral images and/or video streams produced by nearly any Internet Protocol security camera and concurrently extract license plate data by state from more than 70 countries, in addition to the vehicle’s make, color, type and direction of travel. When combined with speed optimized code, parallel processing capability and best-in-class accessories, such as cameras and communications modules, the software captures license plate data and vehicle characteristics at extremely high vehicle speeds with a high degree of accuracy, even in unusually difficult conditions, such as low lighting, poor weather, extreme camera viewing angles, and obstructions.
Prior to the development of our vehicle identification software, highly accurate results were not available using a typical Internet Protocol camera. We believe that the ability to use less expensive hardware will change the dynamics of the existing public safety market, enabling the creation of increasingly robust networks with cameras at more locations. In addition, we expect our improvements in cost and accuracy to create competitive advantages in tolling systems and logistics operations that currently rely on complex radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. We also expect the lower costs, superior distance and field of view capabilities and the ability to capture additional vehicle information, such as direction, color, make and type of vehicle, to open opportunities in other market segments. These include parking operations, school safety and retail customer loyalty programs and, particularly, smart cities and smart roadways. Smart roadway systems, sometimes referred to as smart transport or intelligent transport systems (“ITS”), inclusive of parking management and guidance, passenger information and traffic management systems, can optimize the movement of vehicles to make travel safer and more efficient. These technologies are expected to enable users to be more coordinated, better informed, and make safer and smarter use of transport networks.
Our vision is to enable “AI Driven Decisions.” We intend to evolve beyond vehicle recognition for public safety markets into the recognition and analysis of vehicle activities (inclusive of motion and behaviors), to develop systems to identify unsafe situations (e.g. wrong way driving, pedestrian on roadway, etc.) and optimize traffic flows, and to develop numerous other data driven applications around vehicle knowledge.