System and method for recognizing vehicle license plate information
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1. A vehicle license plate information recognition system comprising:
- a license plate detecting module configured to detect a position of a license plate from a vehicle image obtained by imaging a vehicle;
a character separation module configured to separate a plurality of characters from a region of the detected license plate in the vehicle image, extract individual character images, and extract a license plate type of the license plate according to a predetermined criterion;
a character recognition module configured to recognize a license plate character string on the basis of the extracted individual character images and the license plate type; and
a license plate information output module configured to output the recognized license plate character string,wherein the character recognition module recognizes a usage character in the individual character images through type-specific character recognition and universal character recognition, which each employ different classification criteria, the usage character corresponding to at least one of a time at which the license plate was generated, a location at which the vehicle is registered, and a usage for which the vehicle is used,wherein the type-specific character recognition recognizes the usage character using both an individual character image and type information regarding the license plate type,wherein the universal character recognition recognizes the usage character using the individual character image without using the type information,wherein the character recognition module compares a result of the type-specific character recognition and the universal character recognition, andwherein the character recognition module performs, based on a result of the comparison, one of a process of generating a license plate character string, a process of reexamining a license plate type with respect to an individual character image, and a process of rejecting a result of a character recognition with respect to an individual character image.
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Abstract
Provided is a technology for recognizing vehicle license plate information which includes detecting a position of a license plate from a vehicle image obtained by imaging a vehicle, extracting individual character images by separating a plurality of characters from a region of the detected license plate in the vehicle image and extracting a license plate type of the license plate according to a predetermined criterion, recognizing a license plate character string on the basis of the extracted individual character images and the license plate type and outputting the recognized license plate character string.
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1. A vehicle license plate information recognition system comprising:
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a license plate detecting module configured to detect a position of a license plate from a vehicle image obtained by imaging a vehicle; a character separation module configured to separate a plurality of characters from a region of the detected license plate in the vehicle image, extract individual character images, and extract a license plate type of the license plate according to a predetermined criterion; a character recognition module configured to recognize a license plate character string on the basis of the extracted individual character images and the license plate type; and a license plate information output module configured to output the recognized license plate character string, wherein the character recognition module recognizes a usage character in the individual character images through type-specific character recognition and universal character recognition, which each employ different classification criteria, the usage character corresponding to at least one of a time at which the license plate was generated, a location at which the vehicle is registered, and a usage for which the vehicle is used, wherein the type-specific character recognition recognizes the usage character using both an individual character image and type information regarding the license plate type, wherein the universal character recognition recognizes the usage character using the individual character image without using the type information, wherein the character recognition module compares a result of the type-specific character recognition and the universal character recognition, and wherein the character recognition module performs, based on a result of the comparison, one of a process of generating a license plate character string, a process of reexamining a license plate type with respect to an individual character image, and a process of rejecting a result of a character recognition with respect to an individual character image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for recognizing vehicle license plate information through a vehicle license plate information recognition system, the method comprising:
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detecting a position of a license plate from a vehicle image obtained by imaging a vehicle; separating a plurality of characters from a region of the detected license plate in the vehicle image, extracting individual character images, and extracting a license plate type of the license plate according to a predetermined criterion; recognizing a license plate character string on the basis of the extracted individual character images and the license plate type; and outputting the recognized license plate character string, wherein the recognizing of the license plate character string comprises recognizing a usage character in the individual character images through type-specific character recognition and universal character recognition, which each employ different classification criteria, the usage character corresponding to at least one of a time at which the license plate was generated, a location at which the vehicle is registered, and a usage for which the vehicle is used, wherein recognizing the usage character through the type-specific character recognition includes using both an individual character image and type information regarding the license plate type, wherein recognizing the usage character through the universal character recognition includes using the individual character image without using the type information, and wherein the recognizing of the license plate character string further comprises comparing a result of the type-specific character recognition and the universal character recognition and performing, based on a result of the comparison, one of a process of generating a license plate character string, a process of reexamining a license plate type with respect to an individual character image, and a process of rejecting a result of a character recognition with respect to an individual character image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle license plate information recognition system comprising:
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a type-specific character recognizer configured to recognize a type-specific usage character on the basis of an individual character image of a license plate in an image obtained by imaging a vehicle and a license plate type of the license plate; and a universal character recognizer configured to recognize a usage character on the basis of the individual character image, wherein the usage character is recognized by employing a classification criterion that is different from a classification criterion of the type-specific character recognizer and is a high level criterion including the classification criterion of the type-specific character recognizer, wherein one of a process of generating a license plate character string, a process of reexamining a license plate type with respect to an individual character image, and a process of rejecting a result of character recognition with respect to an individual character image is performed on the basis of a result of comparing usage characters recognized through the type-specific character recognizer and the universal character recognizer with each other. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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