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System for automatic recognizing licence number of other vehicles on observation vehicles and method thereof

  • US 20040218785A1
  • Filed: 01/08/2004
  • Published: 11/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for automatically recognizing a license plate number of a subject vehicle in use of a surveillance vehicle, the subject vehicle being on the run or in parking or stopping, comprising:

  • the surveillance vehicle having a camera for photographing license plate information of the subject vehicle on the run or in parking or stopping, a surveillance part for extracting a license plate number of the subject vehicle based on data photographed through the camera, receiving result data on whether the subject vehicle is one in question from a server computer verifying whether the subject vehicle has a problem based on the extracted license plate number of the subject vehicle for notifications to a driver or a passenger in characters or by voice, and a portable communication device for transferring the license plate number of the subject vehicle extracted from the surveillance part through a communication network; and

    the server computer for periodically receiving information on vehicles in various questions such as theft or search from computers of processing institutions such as police, junked vehicle management agencies, district offices, and so on, which control and manage vehicles through the communication network for building a database, and, if the license plate number of the subject vehicle is received from the portable communication device equipped in the surveillance vehicle via the communication network, comparing the license plate number of the subject vehicle with the vehicle information stored in the database for identifications on whether the subject vehicle is in question, and transferring result data on whether the subject vehicle has a problem to the portable communication device equipped in a corresponding surveillance vehicle.

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