Label detection
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1. A method to detect an identification label comprising:
- using a processor fordetermining an input image having an identification label;
processing the input image;
determining a column difference image;
determining a row projection histogram of the column difference image associated with the identification label;
processing a row projected image to extract a horizontal region associated with the identification label;
extracting a vertical region of interest associated with the identification label, wherein an index of a largest cluster present is used to extract the vertical region;
determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients;
wherein the extracting the horizontal region of interest is selected from a group including;
determining a column projection histogram of a row difference image associated with the identification label and processing a column projected image; and
using wavelet coefficient clustering of the row difference image.
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Abstract
A system and a method to detect a label are described herein. The system and method are to extract a horizontal region of interest based on the image; to extract a vertical region of interest based on the image; and to identify presence of the primary label in the image from the horizontal region of interest and from the vertical region of interest.
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21 Claims
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1. A method to detect an identification label comprising:
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using a processor for determining an input image having an identification label; processing the input image; determining a column difference image; determining a row projection histogram of the column difference image associated with the identification label; processing a row projected image to extract a horizontal region associated with the identification label; extracting a vertical region of interest associated with the identification label, wherein an index of a largest cluster present is used to extract the vertical region; determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients; wherein the extracting the horizontal region of interest is selected from a group including; determining a column projection histogram of a row difference image associated with the identification label and processing a column projected image; and using wavelet coefficient clustering of the row difference image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method to identify presence of a primary label in an image comprising:
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using a processor for extracting a vertical region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis and an index of a largest cluster present; extracting a horizontal region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis; determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients; and identifying presence of the primary label in the image from the horizontal region of interest and from the vertical region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible machine-readable storage medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of identifying presence of a primary label in an image, the method comprising:
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extracting a vertical region of interest based on an image using projection histogram analysis and an index of a largest cluster present; extracting a horizontal region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis; determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients; and identifying presence of a primary label in the image from the horizontal region of interest and from the vertical region of interest.
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14. A method comprising:
using a processor for detecting a vehicle in an image; extracting a vertical region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis and an index of a largest cluster present; determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients; detecting a license plate of the vehicle using the projection histogram analysis on a gradient image; segmenting characters of the plate; and recognizing the characters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system to identify a label in an image comprising:
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means for extracting a vertical region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis and an index of a largest cluster present; means for extracting a horizontal region of interest based on the image using projection histogram analysis; means for determining vertical wavelet coefficients using a wavelet transform and clustering the vertical wavelet coefficients; and means for identifying presence of the label in the image from the horizontal region of interest and from the vertical region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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