(DISP10) A License Plate-Recognition Algorithm for

Intelligent transportation System Applications

ABSTRCT:
Urban growth has resulted in a substantial increase in the
number of registered vehicles. Each vehicle is typically required by a political subdivision, such
as a state, to undergo an annual safety inspection and license re-registration. A goal of this
process is to keep unsafe vehicles off the roads and to maintain current ownership information
for the vehicles. There is a desire to make the process for registering and re-registering vehicles
as efficient as possible, in order to minimize inconvenience to vehicle owners and maximize the
revenue that political subdivisions derive for providing such services. Currently, major
metropolitan cities face daunting challenges in registering and re-registering vehicles because the
only current means to determine whether a vehicle registration has expired is to visually inspect
the vehicle's license plates, or check the vehicle license plate number and/or Vehicle
Identification Number ("VIN") against a database maintained by a law enforcement entity. A
computer vision and character recognition algorithm for a license plate recognition (LPR) is
presented to be used as a core for intelligent infrastructure like electronic payment systems (toll
payment, parking fee payment), freeway, and arterial management systems for traffic
surveillance. Moreover, as increased security awareness has made the need for vehicle based
authentication technologies extremely significant, the proposed system may be employed as
access control system for monitoring of unauthorized vehicles entering private areas. The
license plate remains as the principal vehicle identifier despite the fact that it can be deliberately
altered in fraud situations or replaced .(e.g., with a stolen plate).

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

Power
Supply `

Microcontroller
RS-232
Decoder Serial

RF Rx Module

Receiver
Tools Used:
 PIC
 Keil C compiler
 Orcad circuit Design

Languages:
Embedded C, Matlab