Then depending on the state's definition of ALPR, your work's use of that system would probably be covered by their laws. They don't necessarily require AI to do the analysis or the camera to do the work by itself. There seems to be some standardization of language with many states though:

Arkansas': https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec2117... > "Automatic license plate reader system" means a system of one (1) or more mobile or fixed automated high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data;

Maine's: https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/ch... > "automated license plate recognition system" means a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert images of registration plates into computer-readable data.

Vermont: https://law.justia.com/codes/vermont/title-23/chapter-15/sec... > “Automated license plate recognition system” or “ALPR system” means a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras combined with computer algorithms to convert images of registration number plates into computer-readable data.

California's: https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-civ/division-3/... > “Automated license plate recognition system” or “ALPR system” means a searchable computerized database resulting from the operation of one or more mobile or fixed cameras combined with computer algorithms to read and convert images of registration plates and the characters they contain into computer-readable data.