ANPR for Developing Countries

Automatic Number Plate
Recognition (ANPR) is a real time
embedded system which automatically
recognizes the license number of
vehicles. In this paper, the task of
recognizing number plate for Indian
conditions is considered, where
number plate standards are rarely
followed.
The system consists of integration of
algorithms like: ‘Feature-based
number plate Localization’ for
locating the number plate, ‘Image
Scissoring’ for character segmentation
and statistical feature extraction for
character recognition; which are
specifically designed for Indian
number plates.
The system can recognize single and
double line number plates under
widely varying illumination conditions
with a success rate of about 82%.