Detecting the License Plate and Segmentation by Using Digital Photos

Abstract

Large number of traffic accidents and the difficulty of identifying whom are doing those irregularities such as skip the legal speed or skip the traffic signals and other irregularities and the difficulty of controlling the traffic, all these complex reasons make this research more important. In this research (digital image processing) concepts and pattern recognition concepts applied to building a system increase the efficiency of the traffic process and reduce the mistakes in the manual systems that are managed by human. It is possible to determine the system area from image acquisition stage by cameras until identifying the content of the plate. Where it pass from every initial operation for processing images to enhancement them then locate the plate then make image segmentation and extract basic symbols to identify them in the last stage. The result will be the vehicle plate. This research aims to identify the offending or stolen vehicles by security cameras. Provides help, saving in time and in effort for traffic police.

Keywords: Digital image processing, Pattern recognition, License plate, Plate Segmentation.