Automatic number plate detection for varying illumination conditions

Automatic Number Plate Detection is the technology which is used to read vehicle number plate from an image containing a still or moving photograph of a vehicle. It is a major breakthrough in the technology which is very helpful for the law enforcements and traffic management authorities. The variation of the plate type and some environmental illuminations are considered in this paper. This technology uses special kind of surveillance cameras to track down and record the vehicles registrations and track down their activities easily. Due to rapid increase in vehicles all over the world it is very difficult to keep track of all these vehicles and to figure out the criminal activities. Therefore it is vitally important to keep track of all these vehicles by the respective authorities. To simplify their enormous task this technology is developed which helped them a lot in their management.