License plate detection system in rainy days

Seiki Yoshimori, Yasue Mitsukura, Minora Pukumi, Norio Akamatsu, Rajiv Khosal

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

License plate recognition is very important in an automobile society. However, it is very difficult to do it, because a background and a body color of cars are similar to that of the license plate. Furthermore, the detection of cars in a moving at a very high-speed is difficult to be done. In this paper, we propose a new robust thresholds determination method in the various background by using the real coded genetic algorithm (RGA). By using RGA, the most likely plate colors are decided under various light conditions. First, the average brightness Y values of images are calculated. Next, relationship between the Y value and the most likely plate color thresholds (upper and lower bounds) are obtained by GA to estimate threshold equations by using the recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm. Finally, in order to show the effectiveness of the proposed method, we show simulation examples by using real images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation
Subtitle of host publicationComputational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation for the New Millennium
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages972-976
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)0780378660
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 2003 - Kobe, Japan
Duration: 2003 Jul 162003 Jul 20

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA
Volume2

Other

Other2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 2003
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKobe
Period03/7/1603/7/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mathematics

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