License plate character segmentation using Hidden Markov Chains

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3663, Issue , 2005, Pages 385-392

  Franc, Vojtěch ^a   Hlaváč, Václav ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LICENSE PLATES (AUTOMOBILE); MARKOV PROCESSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CHARACTER SEGMENTATION; HIDDEN MARKOV CHAINS; NOISY LOW RESOLUTION IMAGE; POSTERIORI ESTIMATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 27244456691     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11550518_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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