Single Camera for Multiple Vehicles License Plate Localization and Recognition on Multilane Highway

Abstract:

License plate recognition systems can be classified into several categories: systems with single camera for motionless vehicle, systems with single camera for moving vehicle, and systems with multiple cameras for moving vehicles on highways (one camera for each lane). In this paper we present an innovative system which can locate multiple moving vehicles and recognize their license plates with only one single camera. Obviously, our system is highly cost effective in comparison with other systems. Our system has license plate localization success rate 94% and license plate recognition success rate 88%. These success rates are pretty satisfiable considering the system is working on fast moving vehicles on highway.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 418)
• Pages: 120-123
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.418.120
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Hung Li Tseng, Chao Nan Hung, Sun Yen Tan, Chiu Ching Tuan, Chi Ping Lee, Wen Tzeng Huang
• Keywords: Edge Detection, License Plate Recognition, Localization, Multiple-Lane

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