License plate recognition start-up 5Thru said several drive-through chains in the United States and Canada were trying its technology, and it expected to sign its first major contract by the end ...

In March, McDonald’s bought machine-learning start-up Dynamic Yield for $300m, which specialises in “decision logic”, to help make smart food and add-on suggestions to queueing drive-through ...

Automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, first appeared at police departments in the 2000s, as specialized and expensive cameras. Collins says today those devices typically cost $15,000 to $20,000.