LOCALIZATION OF LICENSE PLATE NUMBER USING DYNAMIC IMAGE

PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS

ABSTRACT:
In this research, the design of a new genetic algorithm (GA) is introduced to detect the
locations of license plate (LP) symbols. An adaptive threshold method is applied to overcome
the dynamic changes of illumination conditions when converting the image into binary.
Connected component analysis technique (CCAT) is used to detect candidate objects inside
the unknown image. A scale-invariant geometric relationship matrix is introduced to model
the layout of symbols in any LP that simplifies system adaptability when applied in different
countries. Moreover, two new crossover operators, based on sorting, are introduced, which
greatly improve the convergence speed of the system. Most of the CCAT problems, such as
touching or broken bodies, are minimized by modifying the GA to perform partial match
until reaching an acceptable fitness value. The system is implemented using MATLAB and
various image samples are experimented with to verify the distinction of the proposed
system. Encouraging results with 98.4% overall accuracy are reported for two different
datasets having variability in orientation, scaling, plate location, illumination, and complex
background. Examples of distorted plate images are successfully detected due to the
independency on the shape, color, or location of the plate.
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