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Exploiting color for license plate recognition

  • US 9,824,289 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2015
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for exploiting color for object recognition, said method comprising:

  • identifying at least one region of an image having character-like features;

    obtaining an average color of said at least one region after using an outlier rejection in a perceptually uniform color space to eliminate non-character colors associated with said at least one region; and

    modifying all portions of said image with colors that are a fixed amount above said average color, after said obtaining said average color of said least one region after using said outlier rejection to eliminate said noncharacter colors.

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