Algorithm for multinational license plate localization and character segmentation

摘要：

As the difference of gray value between the numbers and letters on the license plate and the license plate background is very big. We first use region growing algorithm based on the gray value to separate each number and letter into different area. Secondly, we search for the bounding rectangles of all regions and find some rectangular sequences that meet a special condition. Thirdly, calculate the horizon bias for all rectangles according to the coordination of the up-right point in the rectangle, adjust and get the precise location of each rectangle. Forth, we get the binary image which can separate the numbers and letters on the license plates and the license plate background by the dynamic threshold algorithm. The relation of the maximum width of various license plate numbers and letters and its bounding rectangles helps to count the direction of the vertical bias, then the bias is adjusted. At last we statistic the foreground vertical histogram of the previous results, and get the result of precise vertical position and character segmentation. The experimental results show that this algorithm performs well for location of multi-national license plates.

关键词： license plate location character segmentation license plate correction.

作者: Mo Shiying Zhou Weixin Lv Na’na Sun Yaxin Huang Wen

作者单位: School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006 China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 10th International Conference on Electronic Measurement & Instruments(第十届电子测量与仪器国际会议 ICEMI2011)

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 805-809

在线出版日期: 2011-08-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）