Vehicle License Plate Recognition Method Robuse to Changes in Lighting Conditions

빛의 변화에 강건한 차량번호판 인식방법

  • Published : 2005.02.01

Abstract

The process of recognizing a vehicle involves detection of the vehicle, recognition of the vehicle model, and identification of the vehicle. The process of vehicle identification involves identification of the vehicle itself, such as by recognition of the license plate on the vehicle. In this paper the method involves the use of a beam splitter to divide incident rays into two directions, a transmitted beam and a reflected beam of different light intensities, and synthesizing two captured images using CCD devices from each beam, thus producing fluctuation-free images of a wide dynamic range even when the subject is moving. A prototype license plate recognition system was also developed using the experimental sensing device. The system achieved a 98.7% recognition rate on 466 images of moving vehicles, which demonstrates its effectiveness as a license plate recognition system.

자동차 번호판 자동인식에서 어두운 조명에서나 날씨가 좋지 않을 경ㅇ 차량의 형상이 왜곡 될 수 있고, 번호판을 식별하는데 어려움이 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 움직이는 차량의 영상에서 흔들림이 없고, 밝은 햇빛에서 어두운 조명상태까지의 다양한 환경을 수용할 수 있는 자동차 번호판 인식방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 투시광선을 서로 다른 세기를 갖는 두 개의 빔(beam)으로 분리한 다음 CCD 카메라를 사용하여 두 개의 포착된 이미지를 조합하여 물체가 움직일 때도 동요 없는 이미지를 산출하였다. 실험결과로써 466 개의 움직이는 차량영상을 이용한 결과 98.7%의 인식률을 얻을 수 있었다.

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