Methods and systems for enhancing the performance of automated license plate recognition applications utilizing multiple results

摘要

Methods, systems and processor-readable media for enhancing performance of an automated license plate recognition system utilizing multiple results. Multiple images can be captured as a vehicle passes through an observation zone and each image can be processed utilizing an ALPR unit to obtain a plate code result and associated confidence values. Iterative processing of character level information across an OCR code followed by a higher level error checking based on learned context information can be performed. A string correlation approach can be employed to optimally align the OCR code from multiple images despite noise factors. The OCR confidence and state mask information can then be leveraged to select a character for an output plate code taking into account the ALPR error sources.

主权项

1. A method for enhancing the performance of an automated license plate recognition unit, said method comprising:
capturing a plurality of images with respect to at least one vehicle passing through an observation zone and processing each image among said plurality of images utilizing an automatic license plate recognition unit to obtain a plate code result and a confidence value; iteratively processing character level information across an optical character recognition code followed by a higher level error checking operation based on a learned context information; and optimally aligning said optical character recognition code with respect to said plurality of images despite a noise factor utilizing a string correlation approach to thereafter leverage an optical character recognition confidence and state mask information with respect to said plate code result and said confidence value to select a character for said output plate code while taking into account an error source so as to yield more accurate results thereof.