License Plate Number Extraction Using MATLAB

With globalization and the increase of automobiles, parking at institutions like airports, residential complex, colleges and hospitals become more and more difficult and hazardous. Hence there is a need of a unique parking system at lower cost to maximize security while making it convenient to the customers and owners of the institutions. The License Plate Number Extraction using MATLAB is a process that identifies and extracts the vehicle's license plate number from a picture captured by the camera. After which other information can be deduced such as the duration for which the vehicle was parked and the applicable charges or identification of registered user and accordingly inform the specified parking area. This is based on the fact that every vehicle has its unique identity based on the plate number.