docs(camera): lane presence + ANPR subscriber-entry bridge design

Captures this session's back-and-forth as a new concept page
[[lane-presence-and-anpr-entry]] and cross-links it:

- BUILT: advisory lane busy/free booth lights (LaneStatus + WS), with the
  measured camera limits behind the 30s timeout (no leave signal; movement-
  driven re-fire; notificationRecurrence locked to "beginning" — ISAPI flip
  silently reverts).
- PLANNED: the ANPR "bridge" — explicitly a small apps/server HANDLER (~40
  lines), NOT a new service/container. On a camera vehicle event: snapshot ->
  ANPR -> high-confidence match -> debounce -> emitRead{kind:"plate"}, then
  the existing subscription match/dispatch/gate admits the subscriber. Both
  directions, opt-in (config.anpr), plate never the sole authority.
- Records the decisions (high confidence floor, debounce-for-correctness)
  and the REJECTED ideas (continuous livestream / per-car queue tracking /
  make-model) with why, plus the open hardware question (booth-PC test).

Updates subscription.md (plate matching is built; the live source is this
bridge) and lpr-camera.md (the two consumers of the vehicle event).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V

wiki/concepts/lane-presence-and-anpr-entry.md

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+---
+type: concept
+tags: [parking, camera, anpr, subscription, lane, vision]
+sources: []
+updated: 2026-06-22
+status: open
+---
+
+# Lane Presence & ANPR Subscriber Entry
+
+Two related things a camera's vehicle detection feeds, worked out over a long field session
+(2026-06-22, see [[lpr-camera]] for the camera-side saga + the corrected "it was the undrawn
+detection area" conclusion):
+
+1. **Lane busy/free** — BUILT. An advisory barrier light on the booth.
+2. **ANPR subscriber entry** — PLANNED. A subscriber's plate, read from the lane camera, drives
+   their entry/exit through the EXISTING [[subscription]] flow. The "bridge" below.
+
+The camera (Hik `DS-2CD1043G2-LIU`) only emits `VMD` events with `eventState=active` and a
+`targetType` of `vehicle`/`human` — a coarse **presence** signal, never an identity. Everything
+here is built on that, and on the camera's hard limits.
+
+## What the camera actually gives us (measured)
+
+- **Push only, no poll.** No ISAPI endpoint reports "is a car in the zone now"; the only live source
+  is the event push. We tried to force a steadier signal by flipping `notificationRecurrence`
+  `beginning → recurring` via ISAPI — the firmware **accepts the PUT but silently reverts** (locked to
+  `beginning` on this value line). So: notify-once-at-motion-start is all we get.
+- **No leave signal.** The camera never sends an `inactive`/end event. Confirmed by config
+  (`notificationRecurrence: beginning`) AND a controlled in/out test.
+- **Re-fire is MOVEMENT-driven, not steady.** Controlled test (call out enter/leave, correlate to the
+  event log): while a car MOVES, `active` repeats ~1–3 s apart; while it sits MOTIONLESS, gaps stretch
+  to ~15–25 s. Crucially the camera has **~no dwell lag** — it goes silent within ~1 s of the car
+  leaving (last event 16:15:17 vs car-left ~16:15:30).
+
+## 1. Lane busy/free (BUILT)
+
+`apps/server/src/lane-status.ts` (`LaneStatus`) + the hik-alarm handler + the booth WS. A `vehicle`
+`active` event on a camera bound to entry/exit marks THAT lane busy and arms an auto-clear timer; the
+booth shows two barrier lights beside the scan input (green=free, red=busy). **Advisory only — gates
+nothing** (never blocks a ticket or opens a barrier; the standing rule).
+
+- **"Free" is timeout-driven** (no leave signal). The TTL must exceed the still-car gap (~25 s) or a
+  parked car flickers free — so `LANE_BUSY_TTL_MS` default is **30 s** (started at a guessed 90 s,
+  briefly 5 s, then set to 30 s from the measured data). The camera's lack of dwell lag means 30 s
+  also clears promptly after departure.
+- A `both`-direction camera marks both lanes. Pushed over the existing `/api/ws` (kind `lane-status`).
+
+## 2. ANPR subscriber entry — THE BRIDGE (PLANNED, not built)
+
+> **"Bridge" = a HANDLER FUNCTION in `apps/server` (≈40 lines, e.g. `anpr-entry.ts`). NOT a new
+> service / container / app.** It is in-process glue that calls things that ALREADY exist.
+
+The goal (narrowed deliberately — see Rejected below): **a subscriber's plate, read by the lane
+camera, admits them through the same gated flow a QR/card scan uses.** Scope was cut to subscribers
+ONLY — no queue segmentation, no per-car tracking, no make/model, no ticket-button gating.
+
+Almost everything already exists; the bridge is the one missing wire:
+
+| Piece | Status |
+| --- | --- |
+| Camera vehicle event | ✅ [[lpr-camera]] (hik-alarm) |
+| Pull a snapshot | ✅ `snapshot.ts` (`captureSnapshot`) |
+| Read the plate | ✅ [[opencv-anpr-service]] `/analyze` (~50 ms on the DEV PC; appliance TBD) |
+| Match a plate → subscriber | ✅ `subscription-flow.ts` `match()` + `subscription_plates` (`via:"plate"`) |
+| Plate read → gated entry/exit | ✅ `read-dispatch.ts` + SubscriptionFlow (active/window/blocklist/car-count) |
+| **Emit the plate onto the read bus** | ❌ **the bridge** — today the snapshot ANPR only RECORDS the plate as advisory telemetry; it does NOT `emitRead`. hik-alarm.ts literally says "NOT a DeviceReadEvent yet". |
+
+**The bridge logic:** on a camera `vehicle`/`active` event from an **opt-in** camera (`config.anpr`),
+snapshot → `vision.analyze` → if a plate clears a **HIGH** confidence floor → **debounce** → emit
+`DeviceReadEvent{kind:"plate", value, deviceId}`. The existing dispatcher + flow do the rest.
+
+### Decisions settled with the user (2026-06-22)
+
+- **Both directions.** Entry- and exit-bound cameras both work; the dispatcher infers the verb from
+  the camera's bound relay direction (an entry camera → entry, exit → exit). No per-read inference.
+- **High confidence required.** A barrier-driving read needs a stricter bar than the advisory-record
+  floor — a NEW `VISION_ENTRY_MIN_CONFIDENCE` (≈0.85) distinct from `VISION_MIN_CONFIDENCE`. (The
+  subscriber still holds their card/QR, so a near-miss read just falls back to that.)
+- **Opt-in** per camera (`config.anpr`), so a site that didn't ask for plate-entry is unaffected.
+- **Debounce is REQUIRED — for correctness, NOT CPU.** The camera re-fires ~1 Hz while a car is
+  present; emitting a read every second would drive REPEAT entries (a fleet sub opens a 2nd
+  occurrence; a single-car sub spams "already inside") or, on an exit camera, repeat exits
+  (`sub.refused.noSession` after the first, and FIFO could phantom-close another occurrence). So the
+  same plate on the same camera within ~10–15 s = ONE credential presentation.
+  - NB: a direction-bound camera does NOT flip entry↔exit on repeat reads (the barrier's direction
+    fixes the verb), so the earlier "flip-flop" fear was wrong — but repeat-same-direction is still
+    bad. Debounce stands.
+- **Threat-model rule preserved by construction.** A plate is trivially spoofable (print it on
+  paper); it must NEVER be the sole reason a barrier opens. Routing through the existing
+  SubscriptionFlow means the plate is just another credential through the same gate (active / window
+  / blocklist / car-count) — not a bypass. See [[opencv-anpr-service]], [[append-only-event-chain]].
+
+### To validate (booth-PC test day, ~2026-06-23)
+
+The dev-PC ANPR is ~50 ms/frame, but that says little about the hardened **booth appliance** (likely a
+low-power CPU, possibly 5–15× slower). Real-hardware latency is the open number. The user is bringing
+the actual booth PC to test on.
+
+## Rejected / out of scope (and why)
+
+- **Vision monitors the RTSP livestream continuously** for presence — rejected: rebuilds (worse) what
+  the camera already does (presence), pegs the appliance CPU 24/7, and the leave-detection heuristic
+  is no cleaner than a 30 s timeout.
+- **Vision polls every ~1 s to track THE car, segment a queue, count cars, read make/model** — a
+  genuinely harder need (bumper-to-bumper cars the camera can't tell apart). Set ASIDE, not dismissed:
+  it needs a general vehicle DETECTOR ([[opencv-anpr-service]] is plate-only today) + "same-car-vs-new"
+  logic + make/model (a third, weak, heavy model), and its viability is **gated on appliance
+  inference budget we cannot measure on the dev PC**. Revisit only if real traffic + hardware justify
+  it. The vision feasibility was checked: `fast_alpr` live + ready; plate-only; no vehicle/presence
+  detector exists yet.
+- **Gate the entry ticket button on lane-busy** (don't print when no car) — deferred. The lane-busy
+  signal supports it, but it gates a PHYSICAL action so it must FAIL-OPEN (allow when presence is
+  unknown). Parked pending the user's real goal (anti-spam print vs one-ticket-per-car).

wiki/entities/lpr-camera.md

@@ -82,10 +82,12 @@ Center**, then **Alarm Settings → Alarm Server**, makes the camera **HTTP-POST
   sends** (inspect via `GET /api/events` or the server log) before wiring it to the read bus.
 - **Not yet a barrier trigger.** It records + breadcrumbs only; it does NOT emit a `DeviceReadEvent`
   or open anything. A plate read is **advisory, never the sole reason** a barrier opens
-  ([[append-only-event-chain]], [[opencv-anpr-service]]) — the entry/exit wiring is a deliberate
+  ([[append-only-event-chain]], [[opencv-anpr-service]]). Two consumers were since designed off this
-  next step once the real payload is known. If the camera emits its own plate (`<plateNumber>`), we
+  same vehicle event — see **[[lane-presence-and-anpr-entry]]**: (a) BUILT — advisory lane busy/free
-  can use it as an advisory read directly; otherwise the server hands the attached/pulled frame to
+  booth lights; (b) PLANNED — the ANPR "bridge" that snapshots → ANPR → emits a `kind:"plate"` read
-  the [[opencv-anpr-service|vision service]] for ANPR.
+  for a SUBSCRIBER match through the existing gated flow (a small `apps/server` handler, not a
+  service). If the camera ever emits its own `<plateNumber>` we'd use it directly; this `DS-2CD1043G2`
+  does not, so the server pulls the frame and hands it to the [[opencv-anpr-service|vision service]].
 
 ### Gotchas learned the hard way (2026-06-22 field session)
 

wiki/entities/subscription.md

@@ -258,9 +258,13 @@ LPR/ANPR plate identity** (the plate binding below):
   number. The GEE readers are combo QR + RFID (ID/IC/NFC), so the same device captures both. A
   Wiegand-out reader keeps a future autonomous path open ([[entry-exit-readers]]); the
   [[dingtian-relay]] has no onboard card list.
-- **Plate (LPR/ANPR) — NOT YET IMPLEMENTED.** When plate-bound (below), a matching plate read is an
+- **Plate (LPR/ANPR) — matching is BUILT, the live SOURCE is the one missing wire.** When plate-bound
-  accepted identity too. The vision/ANPR service that produces plate reads is future work
+  (below), a matching plate read is an accepted identity — and `subscription-flow.ts` `match()` +
-  ([[opencv-anpr-service]] / [[lpr-camera]]); until it exists, plate binding has no live source.
+  `read-dispatch.ts` already handle a `via:"plate"` read end to end (gate + entry/exit). What's
+  missing is the thing that EMITS a plate read from the lane camera: the **ANPR "bridge"** (a small
+  handler in `apps/server`, not a new service) that snapshots on a camera vehicle event, runs
+  [[opencv-anpr-service|ANPR]], and on a high-confidence match emits the plate onto the read bus. PLANNED,
+  scoped to subscribers only. See [[lane-presence-and-anpr-entry]] for the full design + decisions.
 
 Both feed the host as a reader event whose `source` is `wiegand` / `qr` (the `IdentitySource`
 already in the model) and whose value is the credential id.

wiki/index.md

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Counts: 4 sources · 19 entities · 45 concepts · 7 decision records.
 - [[soft-delete]] — BUILT: accidental admin deletes of master data (users/roles/subs/plans/tariffs) are soft (deleted_at) + recoverable from a recycle bin; auto-purge after N days; signed ledger out of scope.
 - [[subscription]] — recurring plan (e.g. 10,000 ALL/month); RF/QR or plate identity, car-count + max-concurrent, host-in-loop; short-circuits payment. (Renamed from "permit"; time-of-day windows noted, deferred.)
 - [[opencv-anpr-service]] — host-side vision microservice: ANPR (plate identity) + vehicle verification (anti-plate-spoofing witness); fast-alpr (MIT, YOLOv9+CCT/ONNX) the evaluated recognizer baseline.
+- [[lane-presence-and-anpr-entry]] — camera vehicle detection → (BUILT) advisory lane busy/free booth lights + (PLANNED) the ANPR "bridge": a subscriber's plate read at the lane admits them via the existing gated subscription flow. Measured camera limits; rejected the queue-tracking/livestream ideas.
 - [[blocklist]] — barred plates/cards refused at entry (never at exit); signed, attributed.
 
 ## Concepts — frontend / operator UI

wiki/log.md

@@ -1412,3 +1412,22 @@ is unmet; vendor status-API error strings are unreliable. Confirmed real payload
 targetType=vehicle (vehicle/human classified ON-DEVICE), targetRect bounding box. The push endpoint +
 all-methods + skipSourceIpCheck + rejection-recording are all validated against the real device now.
 See [[lpr-camera]] (corrected).
+
+## [2026-06-22] design+build | Lane presence (BUILT) + ANPR subscriber-entry "bridge" (PLANNED)
+Off the now-working Hik vehicle event: BUILT advisory lane busy/free booth barrier lights
+(LaneStatus + WS; timeout-driven "free" since the camera sends no leave signal — TTL settled at 30s
+after a controlled in/out test showed movement-driven ~1-3s re-fire but ~15-25s gaps for a still
+car, and ~no dwell lag on leave). Measured the camera's hard limits: no current-state poll exists,
+and flipping notificationRecurrence beginning->recurring via ISAPI is silently reverted (firmware
+locked). Then narrowed the bigger ambition to a clean, high-value scope: ANPR for SUBSCRIBERS ONLY —
+a plate read at the lane admits a subscriber through the EXISTING gated subscription flow. Found the
+whole subscription side already supports via:"plate" (match + dispatch + gate); the one missing piece
+is a small `apps/server` HANDLER ("the bridge", ~40 lines, NOT a new service/container) that on a
+camera vehicle event snapshots -> ANPR -> on a HIGH-confidence match (new VISION_ENTRY_MIN_CONFIDENCE)
+-> debounces (required for ledger correctness, not CPU: ~1Hz re-fire would drive repeat entries) ->
+emitRead{kind:"plate"}. Both directions, opt-in per camera (config.anpr), plate never the sole
+authority (routes through the gate). REJECTED: continuous livestream presence + per-car queue
+tracking/make-model (needs a vehicle detector the plate-only vision lacks + appliance compute we can't
+measure on the dev PC). Vision checked: fast_alpr live, ~50ms/frame on DEV PC (appliance TBD —
+booth-PC test ~2026-06-23). New page [[lane-presence-and-anpr-entry]]; updated [[lpr-camera]],
+[[subscription]], index.