Segmentation free approach to automatic license plate recognition
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1. A method for segmentation free license plate recognition, said method comprising:
- sweeping an OCR classifier across an image of a license plate;
inferring characters and their locations with respect to said image of said license plate using probabilistic inference based on at least one Hidden Markov Model (HMM);
combining a language model comprising a Naï
ve Bayes classifier using a MOSCount feature and a codeLength feature, with at least one license plate candidate from said at least one HMM to infer an optimal license plate code; and
identifying a state of origin for said license olate according to said optimal license plate code.
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Abstract
A segmentation free method and system for automatic license plate recognition. An OCR classifier can be swept across an image of a license plate. Characters and their locations can be inferred with respect to the image of the license plate using probabilistic inference based on a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). A language model can be combined with a license plate candidate from the HMM to infer the optimal or best license plate code. The language model can be configured by employing a corpus of license plate codes, wherein the corpus includes a distribution representative of training sets and tests sets.
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1. A method for segmentation free license plate recognition, said method comprising:
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sweeping an OCR classifier across an image of a license plate; inferring characters and their locations with respect to said image of said license plate using probabilistic inference based on at least one Hidden Markov Model (HMM); combining a language model comprising a Naï
ve Bayes classifier using a MOSCount feature and a codeLength feature, with at least one license plate candidate from said at least one HMM to infer an optimal license plate code; andidentifying a state of origin for said license olate according to said optimal license plate code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for segmentation free license plate recognition, said system comprising:
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at least one processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with said at least one processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said at least one processor and configured for; sweeping an OCR classifier across an image of a license plate; inferring characters and their locations with respect to said image of said license plate using probabilistic inference based on at least one Hidden Markov Model (HMM); combining a language model comprising a Naï
ve Bayes classifier using a MOSCount feature and a codeLength feature, with at least one license plate candidate from said at least one HMM to infer an optimal license plate code; andidentifying a state of origin for said license olate according to said optimal license plate code. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for segmentation free license plate recognition, said system comprising:
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an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a license plate; an OCR classifier, wherein said OCR classifier is swept across said image of said license plate; at least one Hidden Markov Model (HMM) wherein characters and their locations with respect to said image of said license plate are inferred using probabilistic inference based on said at least one HMM; a language model comprising a Naï
ve Bayes classifier using a MOSCount feature and a codeLength feature, that is combined with at least one license plate candidate from said at least one HMM to infer an optimal license plate code; anda state identification module that identifies a state of origin for said license olate according to said optimal license plate code. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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