Mean shift for accurate license plate localization

Wenjing Jia; Huaifeng Zhang; Xiangjian He; Massimo Piccardi

doi:10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520110

Mean shift for accurate license plate localization

Wenjing Jia^*
, Huaifeng Zhang
, Xiangjian He
, Massimo Piccardi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a region-based algorithm for accurate license plate localization, where mean shift is utilized to filter and segment color vehicle images into candidate regions. Three features are extracted in order to decide whether a candidate region represents a real license plate, namely, rectangularity, aspect ratio, and edge density. Then, the Mahalanobis classifier is used with respect to above three features to classify license plate regions and non-license plate regions. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm produces high robustness and accuracy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITSC`05
Subtitle of host publication	2005 IEEE Intelligent Conference on Transportation Systems, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	566-571
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0780392159, 9780780392151
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520110
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2005 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 13 Sept 2005 → 16 Sept 2005

Publication series

Name	IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
Volume	2005
ISSN (Print)	2153-0009
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-0017

Conference

Conference	8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2005
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	13/09/05 → 16/09/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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Jia, W., Zhang, H., He, X., & Piccardi, M. (2005). Mean shift for accurate license plate localization. In ITSC`05: 2005 IEEE Intelligent Conference on Transportation Systems, Proceedings (pp. 566-571). Article 1520110 (IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC; Vol. 2005). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520110

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Jia, W, Zhang, H, He, X & Piccardi, M 2005, Mean shift for accurate license plate localization. in ITSC`05: 2005 IEEE Intelligent Conference on Transportation Systems, Proceedings., 1520110, IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC, vol. 2005, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 566-571, 8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2005, Vienna, Austria, 13/09/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520110

Mean shift for accurate license plate localization. / Jia, Wenjing; Zhang, Huaifeng; He, Xiangjian et al.
ITSC`05: 2005 IEEE Intelligent Conference on Transportation Systems, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2005. p. 566-571 1520110 (IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC; Vol. 2005).

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