Hybrid neuro-fuzzy approach for automatic vehicle license plate recognition

Hsi-Chieh Lee; Chung-Shi Jong

doi:10.1117/12.304802

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25 March 1998 Hybrid neuro-fuzzy approach for automatic vehicle license plate recognition

Hsi-Chieh Lee; Chung-Shi Jong

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Proceedings Volume 3390, Applications and Science of Computational Intelligence; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304802
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Most currently available vehicle identification systems use techniques such as R.F., microwave, or infrared to help identifying the vehicle. Transponders are usually installed in the vehicle in order to transmit the corresponding information to the sensory system. It is considered expensive to install a transponder in each vehicle and the malfunction of the transponder will result in the failure of the vehicle identification system. In this study, novel hybrid approach is proposed for automatic vehicle license plate recognition. A system prototype is built which can be used independently or cooperating with current vehicle identification system in identifying a vehicle. The prototype consists of four major modules including the module for license plate region identification, the module for character extraction from the license plate, the module for character recognition, and the module for the SimNet neuro-fuzzy system. To test the performance of the proposed system, three hundred and eighty vehicle image samples are taken by a digital camera. The license plate recognition success rate of the prototype is approximately 91% while the character recognition success rate of the prototype is approximately 97%.

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Hsi-Chieh Lee and Chung-Shi Jong "Hybrid neuro-fuzzy approach for automatic vehicle license plate recognition", Proc. SPIE 3390, Applications and Science of Computational Intelligence, (25 March 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304802

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