YOLOv9 in Action: A Futuristic Approach to Real-Time License Plate Recognition and Analysis

The automated recognition and identification of license plates is an essential element of intelligent transportation systems that enable effective traffic management, security measures, and the development of efficient e-payment algorithms in toll booths and parking facilities. Even though license plate recognition (LPR) technology is fairly advanced, significant efforts are being made to enhance its accuracy and resilience The growing adoption of deep learning technologies across multiple industry domains, particularly computer vision, presents a novel idea implemented in this paper. To develop an approach to improve detection accuracy using YOLOv9 and transfer learning. Through combining the power of YOLOv9 with transfer learning, it is feasible to tackle the traditional LPR system's inherent flaws. Character recognition, picture pre-processing, license plate extraction, and character segmentation are the four main parts of the proposed system. Each step involves unique methodologies, primarily focusing on character recognition methodologies using YOLOv9 which has not been adequately tackled in existing research. By thorough testing and analysis, this study seeks to further the current developments in LPR systems, ensuring discernibly better-established intelligent transportation solutions. We have achieved a mAP50 Score of 99.5% and a mAP50-95 score of 71 %