Determining images having unidentifiable license plates
First Claim
1. A method of processing an image, the method comprising the steps of:
- a computer determining a category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate of a vehicle;
based on the category specifying the characteristics of the shape of the license plate, the computer determining characteristics of objects in the image match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate;
the computer determining a category specifying characteristics of a font of alphanumeric characters in an identifier included in the license plate, the font required to be a characteristic of identifiable license plates;
based on the category specifying the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer determining characteristics of the objects in the image do not match the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier;
based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer determining the image does not include an identifiable license plate; and
in response to the step of determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the computer determining the image is invalid and bypassing a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers on license plates.
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Abstract
An approach for processing an image is presented. A category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate is determined. Based on the category, characteristics of objects in the image are determined to match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate. Another category specifying characteristics of a font of characters in an identifier included in the license plate is determined. Based on the other category, the characteristics of the objects in the image are determined to not match the characteristics of the font. Based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font, the image is determined to not include an identifiable license plate. Responsive to determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the image is determined to be invalid and a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers in license plates is bypassed.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of processing an image, the method comprising the steps of:
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a computer determining a category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate of a vehicle; based on the category specifying the characteristics of the shape of the license plate, the computer determining characteristics of objects in the image match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate; the computer determining a category specifying characteristics of a font of alphanumeric characters in an identifier included in the license plate, the font required to be a characteristic of identifiable license plates; based on the category specifying the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer determining characteristics of the objects in the image do not match the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier; based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer determining the image does not include an identifiable license plate; and in response to the step of determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the computer determining the image is invalid and bypassing a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers on license plates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a memory coupled to the CPU; a computer-readable, tangible storage device coupled to the CPU, the storage device containing instructions that are executed by the CPU via the memory to implement a method of processing an image, the method comprising the steps of; the computer system determining a category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate of a vehicle; based on the category specifying the characteristics of the shape of the license plate, the computer system determining characteristics of objects in the image match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate; the computer system determining a category specifying characteristics of a font of alphanumeric characters in an identifier included in the license plate, the font required to be a characteristic of identifiable license plates; based on the category specifying the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer system determining characteristics of the objects in the image do not match the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier; based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer system determining the image does not include an identifiable license plate; and in response to the step of determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the computer system determining the image is invalid and bypassing a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers on license plates. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable, tangible storage device; and a computer-readable program code stored in the computer-readable, tangible storage device, the computer-readable program code containing instructions that are executed by a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system to implement a method of processing an image, the method comprising the steps of; the computer system determining a category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate of a vehicle; based on the category specifying the characteristics of the shape of the license plate, the computer system determining characteristics of objects in the image match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate; the computer system determining a category specifying characteristics of a font of alphanumeric characters in an identifier included in the license plate, the font required to be a characteristic of identifiable license plates; based on the category specifying the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer system determining characteristics of the objects in the image do not match the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier; based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font of the alphanumeric characters in the identifier, the computer system determining the image does not include an identifiable license plate; and in response to the step of determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the computer system determining the image is invalid and bypassing a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers on license plates. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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