TY - GEN
T1 - A license plate detection and character segmentation method under difficult conditions
AU - Benou, Itay
AU - Yochanan, Rotem
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - This paper presents a novel frame-by-frame license plate detection and character segmentation method for security applications. The system is based on edge statistics, mathematical morphology and typical license plate grayscale pattern. The system locates and extracts Israeli license plates from a grayscale video which was recorded under difficult illumination conditions. While existing systems usually operate in a lenient environment, the proposed system works under highly complex conditions. The system consists of three stages: 1) Extraction of the region of interest (ROI). 2) License plate search and classification of possible candidates. 3) Character segmentation. The system was tested on a video data containing 4668 frames, and achieved a success rate of 86.6%.
AB - This paper presents a novel frame-by-frame license plate detection and character segmentation method for security applications. The system is based on edge statistics, mathematical morphology and typical license plate grayscale pattern. The system locates and extracts Israeli license plates from a grayscale video which was recorded under difficult illumination conditions. While existing systems usually operate in a lenient environment, the proposed system works under highly complex conditions. The system consists of three stages: 1) Extraction of the region of interest (ROI). 2) License plate search and classification of possible candidates. 3) Character segmentation. The system was tested on a video data containing 4668 frames, and achieved a success rate of 86.6%.
KW - character segmentation
KW - license plate detection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871999717&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EEEI.2012.6376951
DO - 10.1109/EEEI.2012.6376951
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871999717
SN - 9781467346801
T3 - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
BT - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
Y2 - 14 November 2012 through 17 November 2012
ER -