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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE ISSUING STATE OF A LICENSE PLATE

  • US 20140348392A1
  • Filed: 05/22/2013
  • Published: 11/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically determining the issuing state of a license plate, said method comprising:

  • processing via at least one optical character recognition engine, an image of a license plate acquired by an automatic license plate recognition engine, wherein each optical character recognition engine among said at least one optical character recognition engine is tuned to a particular state;

    analyzing confidence data output from said at least one optical character recognition engine to estimate an issuing state associated with said license plate; and

    merging multiple observations related to said issuing state to derive an overall conclusion and assign an associated confidence value with respect to said confidence data and determine a likely issuing state associated with said license plate.

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