Real-Time Vehicle License Plate Recognition on Road Images from Various Cameras

The information of vehicle is very important for maintaining traffic order under the present complex traffic environments. The image of vehicle is captured in various ways; fixed camera, movable camera, and vehicle-loaded camera. This paper proposes a new vehicle plate recognition mechanism that is essential to know the information of vehicle. The proposed method is a real-time processing system using multi-step image processing and recognition process from 2D and 3D images. The experimental results of real environmental image and recognition using the proposed method are shown.