Vehicle license plate detection method based on sliding concentric windows and histogram

Journal of Computers

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 771-777

  Deb, Kaushik ^a   Chae, Hyun Uk ^a   Jo, Kang Hyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HSI color model and histogram; Vehicle license plate detection (VLPD)

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLOR CODES; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; VEHICLES;

ADAPTIVE IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS; COLOR MODELING; COLOR VERIFICATION; HORIZONTAL EDGE; NATURAL PROPERTIES; VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION; VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;

LICENSE PLATES (AUTOMOBILE);

EID: 77956205517     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.4.8.771-777     Document Type: Article

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