LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING SPATIAL-TEMPORAL SEARCH-SPACE REDUCTION AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A license plate recognition method by utilizing spatial-temporal search-space reduction, said method comprising:
- (a) capturing a plurality of candidate regions from an inputted image, and placing said candidate regions in a candidate area;
(b) detecting whether said candidate regions of a current image has been appeared on at least a preceding image, if yes, then discarding said candidate regions from said candidate area; and
(c) outputting said candidate regions from said candidate area.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a license plate recognition system by utilizing spatial-temporal search-space reduction and method thereof. The license plate recognition system can selects a pixel with character edge feature from the inputted image and a plurality of candidate regions from the image; and detect if the candidate region of the inputted image has been appeared in a preceding image. Then the recognition system in the present invention separates the candidate region into a plurality of blocks, calculates the repeated block based on a current image and a preceding image, and determines whether the candidate region is repeated according to the repeated block. Thus, by discarding the repeated regions, the license plate recognition system in the present invention can avoid redundant calculation and improve the efficiency and performance for recognition of real plate character in the image.
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1. A license plate recognition method by utilizing spatial-temporal search-space reduction, said method comprising:
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(a) capturing a plurality of candidate regions from an inputted image, and placing said candidate regions in a candidate area; (b) detecting whether said candidate regions of a current image has been appeared on at least a preceding image, if yes, then discarding said candidate regions from said candidate area; and (c) outputting said candidate regions from said candidate area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A license plate recognition system by utilizing spatial-temporal search-space reduction, said device comprising:
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a character edge region detecting module for selecting a pixel with character edge feature from an inputted image; a plate character candidate region detecting module for selecting a plurality of candidate regions from said pixel, and if said candidate regions comprise at least a plate character, said candidate regions is defined as a region that bound top and bottom of said plate characters tightly; and a repeated region detecting module for detecting if said candidate regions of said inputted image has been appeared in a preceding image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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