License Plate Detection and Character Segmentation Using Adaptive Binarization Based on Superpixels under Illumination Change
- Authors
- Kim, Daehun; Ku, Bonhwa; Han, David K.; Ko, Hanseok
- Issue Date
- 6월-2017
- Publisher
- IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS ENG
- Keywords
- license plate detection; license plate character segmentation; binarization; superpixel algorithm
- Citation
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, v.E100D, no.6, pp.1384 - 1387
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS
- Volume
- E100D
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1384
- End Page
- 1387
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/83408
- DOI
- 10.1587/transinf.2016EDL8206
- ISSN
- 1745-1361
- Abstract
- In this paper, an algorithm is proposed for license plate recognition (LPR) in video traffic surveillance applications. In an LPR system, the primary steps are license plate detection and character segmentation. However, in practice, false alarms often occur due to images of vehicle parts that are similar in appearance to a license plate or detection rate degradation due to local illumination changes. To alleviate these difficulties, the proposed license plate segmentation employs an adaptive binarization using a superpixel-based local contrast measurement. From the binarization, we apply a set of rules to a sequence of characters in a sub-image region to determine whether it is part of a license plate. This process is effective in reducing false alarms and improving detection rates. Our experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement over conventional methods.
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