MET-Grid
One observational-intelligence platform for every vehicle, person, animal and asset on your sites.
Explore MET-GridWho. What. When. Where. And why?
ANPR-Live
Vehicle intelligence trusted by large and high-security car parks across the UK.
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Intelligent sensors
ANPR, CCTV, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, NFC, LiDAR and GPS, all feeding one grid.
See the sensorsAI-based identification and tracking since before AI was a buzzword
Observational Intelligence for Vehicles, People and Assets
Cormorant was founded by the people who created automatic number-plate recognition for police forces around the world. Thirty years ago we built AI image-recognition software that analysed video in real time on the standard hardware of the day, and helped found the multi-million-pound industry it has become. Today those same skills power MET-Grid and ANPR-Live, turning cameras and sensors into live answers about everything on your sites.
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Who
Staff, visitors, contractors, members and pets, identified by plate, tag or camera and matched to the right list.
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What
Cars, lorries, golf carts, boats, containers, dogs and people, each classified the moment a sensor sees them.
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When
Every arrival, departure and movement time-stamped in real time, with full history for reports and audits.
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Where
Positions to the nearest metre, using video-based positioning combined with Bluetooth and UWB tags.
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Why
Bookings, permits, watchlists and human input explain why someone or something is on site, or flag that nothing does.
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And then it acts
Opening barriers, raising alerts, updating signs and filling in reports automatically, without anyone watching a screen.
A day on the grid
Example events from MET-Grid and ANPR-Live
LV21 KXP
Read at the main gate, inbound. On the staff permit list, so the barrier opened automatically.
Biscuit, collar tag 0388
Arrived in play yard 2 for a full-day booking. The owner's daily update has started.
KX19 TRV
Unknown HGV at goods-in with no delivery booked for today. Security alerted and the gate held.
Cart 12
Left the 14th fairway heading for the course boundary. Clubhouse notified with its live position.
North car park
Occupancy reached 95%. Entrance signs switched to full and drivers directed to the south car park.
Berth holder, fob 2231
Permitted on pontoon C. Gate unlocked, and now aboard their vessel at berth C14.
Contractor, UWB tag 0417
Still in the plant room after the booked visit ended at 16:00. Overstay alert sent to facilities.
Intelligent sensors, converged information
Two halves of one system: the devices that observe, and the software that understands.
MET-Grid
Our unified observational-intelligence platform. Sensors feed it, it combines what they see with any human input, answers who, what, when, where and why, and then acts on the answers.
- Positioning
- Video-based positioning plus Bluetooth and UWB tag tracking, to the nearest metre.
- Occupancy
- Live zone occupancy and crowd control across every site you run.
- Access
- Barrier and door control that acts on what the grid already knows.
- Alerts
- Alerts on anything, including overstays and unexpected arrivals.
- Bookings
- Reservations, ticketing and VMS displays connected to live data.
- Reports
- PDF, Excel and CSV reports, environment data and AI integration.
Marinas
Dog daycare
Golf clubs
One platform, many sites
ANPR-Live
Our vehicle-intelligence product, in use at large site-management and high-security car parks across the UK. It long ago outgrew the car park: every plate a camera reads becomes a live event you can act on.
- Recognition
- Real-time plate recognition from all major camera brands, with no hardware lock-in.
- Watchlists
- Lists that act: open a barrier, alert security or notify a host.
- Occupancy
- Live zone occupancy with entry and exit tracking.
- Speed
- Average-speed enforcement across private roads and estates.
- Multi-tenant
- Each tenant sees their own zones; the landlord sees the whole estate.
- Reporting
- Traffic, speed and category reports to PDF, Excel or CSV.
Plate recognition
Barrier control
Watchlists
Live occupancy
Intelligent sensors
A mix of AI-driven and simple sensors feeds live information from every site into the grid. Use the cameras you already have, or let us specify the right hardware for the job.
- ANPR and ALPR
- Plate-reading cameras from all major brands.
- CCTV
- Existing video turned into positions and classifications.
- Bluetooth and UWB
- Tags for people, animals and assets, down to the metre.
- Wi-Fi and NFC
- Readers for fobs, phones and access points.
- LiDAR and GPS
- Precise positions indoors, outdoors and on the move.
- Door sensors
- Simple contacts that tell the grid when a space opens.
CCTV and ANPR
Any camera brand
Converged on one network
Real time, around the clock
We work with these companies and their products
- Vaxtor
- Vreo
- MAV
- NDI-RS
- Milesight
- Axis
- Hanwha
Common questions
Short answers to what people most often ask about MET-Grid and ANPR-Live.
- What is Cormorant Technology?
- Cormorant Technology is a UK company that builds MET-Grid and ANPR-Live — AI-based identification and tracking that turns cameras and sensors into live answers about every vehicle, person, animal and asset on a site. It was founded by the team that pioneered real-time automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) for police forces around thirty years ago.
- What is the difference between MET-Grid and ANPR-Live?
- ANPR-Live is the real-time vehicle-recognition product: it reads number plates, tracks movement across zones and triggers actions such as opening a barrier or alerting security. MET-Grid is the wider platform it sits inside — the same zones, lists and actions extend beyond vehicles to people, animals and assets, using video-based positioning, Bluetooth and UWB tags, and more.
- Does ANPR-Live work with my existing cameras?
- Yes. ANPR-Live reads plates from all major camera brands — including Axis, Hikvision, Vaxtor, VREO, MAV, NDI-RS, Milesight and Hanwha — with no hardware lock-in, so there is usually no need to replace the cameras you already have.
- Can MET-Grid track people and assets, not just vehicles?
- Yes. MET-Grid locates people, animals and assets to the nearest metre by combining ANPR and CCTV with Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, NFC, LiDAR and GPS — used for staff and contractor tracking, marina berth holders, golf members, dogs in daycare, containers and plant.
- How does average-speed enforcement work?
- A vehicle's plate is read at two points a known distance apart. ANPR-Live divides that distance by the time between the two reads to calculate the vehicle's average speed across the section, then logs it or raises an alert — used on private roads and estates.
- Which industries use Cormorant Technology?
- Vehicle management and parking, business and retail parks, gated and residential sites, logistics and depots, marinas, golf courses, high-security car parks and dog daycare — the same grid, tuned to each site.
- Where is Cormorant Technology based?
- Cormorant Technology is based at Unit 1, Horse Ghylls Wood Farm, Rusper, RH12 4PT, United Kingdom.
Interested to know more?
Tell us about your site and we'll show you what the grid can see. No obligation, and no need to replace the cameras you already have.