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INCOURSE ASSESSMENT
(INDIVIDUAL PROJECT)

Intake
Lecturer
Date assigned
Due date
1.0

:
:
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UC2F1501CGD-IS
Hamam Mokayed
Week 5
6th November 2015 on or before 7pm

THE PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project
title

License Plate Detection

The idea of the project is to provide a solution to detect the Malaysian car plate by implementing
the concepts covered during the course. Be creative and define the scope of what you can do
without any limit. Anything that satisfies the requirements is fine (refer Section 4.0: Project
Requirements). The scope and contents of the task chosen will be determined by you.
2.0

OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT:

Equip students with practical knowledge about image processing, computer vision and
pattern recognition in programming and computing. The focus will not be on teaching all of
the details of programming under specific platforms, but rather on providing both a highlevel understanding and practical implementation experience of reusable algorithms and
coding techniques that apply to the development of application across different platforms
and genres.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this project, the students should be able to:

Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of image processing, computer vision

and pattern recognition algorithms.

Use different approaches to edit/extract and manipulate image using the existing algorithms.

Identify and adapt appropriate algorithms and software to judge resource requirements for
an imaging problem.

Design and build appropriate systems for problems requiring an imaging solution and
pattern recognition.

4.0

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:

The given assignment must satisfy the following requirements:

Option 3

License Plate Detection

A sequence of images capturing a moving car while accessing the gate all day long
is given. Your goal is to detect license plate for any given images of the same camera
for both taxi and normal cars. Finally we will give you some new testing images to
evaluate the accuracy of the proposed techniques. The challenge of the proposed
project is to be able to differentiate between noises and real plates.

Figure 4: Illustration of license plate detection

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In addition, a supporting document is needed to reflect on the methodologies and

implementation tasks applied in the development of the application. In terms of documentation, you
are required to describe and justify the theoretical information about the imaging algorithms used.
In order to fulfil the objective of this coursework, you are also required to describe the results of
testing using various test images, particularly on images that fail.
5.0

PROJECT MEMBER:

Individual work
6.0

DELIVERABLES:

A prototype of image related application illustrated in Section 1.0 and 4.0 in the form of a CDROM and the documentation (project report in printed form).
7.1

APPLICATION IN CD FORM:

The completed application must be compiled into an executable file (*.exe) and
burned onto a CD-ROM.

The CD-ROM must contain all relevant source code (*.cs, *.sln, *.cpp, *.m or *.h,)
and test files (e.g. *.jpg, *.gif etc.)

7.2

Do not compress your source code.

DOCUMENTS: PROJECT REPORT

As part of your assessment, you will have to submit the project report which include the
followings:

Table of contents

Acknowledgement Section

The objectives

Problem domain (Analysis of the problem)

Description and justification of the proposed algorithms for the aforesaid

problem domain.

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Description and discussion of the test plan and results obtained

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Critical comments and analysis

Conclusion

References

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Note:
Do not include programming codes in your documentation.
Total recommended number of pages for documentation is in the range of 20 and 25 pages
You may source information from the Internet. If you have accessed the Internet, reference the
resources used carefully in your document.
All references must be made using the Harvard Naming Convention as shown below:
The theory was first propounded in 1970 (Larsen, A.E. 1971), but since then has been refuted;
M.K. Larsen (1983) is among those most energetic in their opposition.
List of references at the end of your document must be specified in the following format:
Larsen, A.E. 1971, A Guide to the Aquatic Science Literature, McGraw-Hill, London.
Larsen, M.K. 1983, British Medical Journal (Online), Available World Wide Web: URL:
http://libinfor.ume.maine.edu/acquatic.htm
(Accessed 19 November 1995)
Further information on other type of citation is available in Li, X. and Crane (1993), Electronic
Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information, Meckler, Westport.

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The project will be assessed based on the following key areas:

Proposal

Documentation (40%)

Implementation (50%)

Criteria

Marks
Allocated

Criteria

Marks
Allocated

Proposal

10%

Objectives

5%

Performance result of
the algorithms

20%

5%

Technicality:
Implementation of
algorithms

30%

Problem domain

Description and
justification of the
proposed algorithms.

Description and
discussion of the test plan
and results obtained

Critical comments and

analysis

9.0

Criteria

Marks
Allocated

10%

10%

10%

FRONT COVER OF PROJECT:

All reports must be prepared with a front cover. A protective transparent plastic sheet can be
placed in front of the report to protect the front cover. The front cover should be presented with
the following details:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Names.
Intake code.
Subject.
Project Title.
Date Completed (the date the report is due to be handed in).

10.0

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

The program written for this assignment may be written in any preferable programming
language below:

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Tools / Software
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or 2005
Microsoft Visual C#
Microsoft Visual C++ (MFC Programming)
C Programming
MATLAB

The program must contain all the relevant source code. The usage of predefined
imaging functions in the image processing library is allowed. However, you must
understand fully how the codes are used because this will be tested in the
presentation. You must also identify through comments in your code which code has
been reused, citing and referencing it appropriately.

The writing of code and the work behind it must belong substantially to you. If any
person besides you contributes in any significant way to the assignment, you must
credit their work in your description. Similarly, if you include information/source
code that you have used from other published sources or web pages, you must cite
them as references.

11.0 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

You are expected to maintain the utmost level of academic integrity during the duration of the
course.
Plagiarism is a serious offence and will be dealt with according to APIITs regulations on
plagiarism.

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