License Plate Recognition Based On Prior Knowledge

摘要：

In this paper, a new algorithm based on improved BP (back propagation) neural network for Chinese vehicle license plate recognition (LPR) is described. The proposed approach provides a solution for the vehicle license plates (VLP) which were degraded severely. What it remarkably differs from the traditional methods is the application of prior knowledge of license plate to the procedure of location, segmentation and recognition. Color collocation is used to locate the license plate in the image. Dimensions of each character are constant, which is used to segment the character of VLPs. The Layout of the Chinese VLP is an important feature, which is used to construct a classifier for recognizing. The experimental results show that the improved algorithm is effective under the condition that the license plates were degraded severely.

关键词： License plate recognition prior knowledge vehicle license plates neural network

作者: Qian Gao Xinnian Wang Gongfu Xie

作者单位: School of Information Engineering Dalian Maritime University Dalian,Liaoning Province, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Lofistics

会议地点: 山东济南

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-08-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）