Number Plate Extraction of a Vehicle using Image

Processing

Introduction: The main objective here is to design an efficient automatic vehicle

identification system by using vehicle number plate. The system first would capture the
vehicles image as soon as the vehicle reaches the security checking area. The captured
images are then extracted by using the segmentation process. Optical character
recognition is used to identify the characters. The obtained data is then compared with
the data stored in their database. The system is implemented and simulated on
MATLAB and performance is tested on real images. This approach presents a method
for detecting and identifying the vehicle number plate for the detection of authorized
and unauthorized vehicles using the concept of image processing. This project
implements two methods namely plate location extraction and plate characters
segmentation. Video surveillance system is used for security purpose as well as
monitoring system. This type of system is widely used in Traffic control areas, tolling,
parking area etc. This system is mainly designed for the purpose of security system.

Keywords: Number Plate Recognition, Plate region extraction, Grey Image Processing,
Image Filtering, Image Binarization, Convolution of Image, Template Matching.
Software Used: MATLAB-R2016a(9.0.0.341360)[Image processing tools].
Execution Flow in MATLAB:
START
Load Image From File
Convert Image Into Grayscale
Median Filter To remove noise in The Image
Edge enhancement In The Image
Convolution for brightening image
Filling all the regions of Image
Templet Matching
Show The License Plate
END
Image processing: Preprocessing is very important for the good performance
of character segmentation.
Preprocessing consists of :
Resizing image
Rgb to gray
Noise removal.
Target Audiences:
1. Government Agencies to:
Identification of stolen cars
Smuggling of Cars
Invalid license plates
Usage of cars in terrorist attacks/illegal activities

2. Tolling to:
The car number is used to calculate the travel fee in a toll-road or
used to double check the ticket.

3. Access control to:

A gate automatically opens for authorized members in a secured
area, thus replacing or assisting the security guard

4. Traffic Control to:

The vehicles can be directed to different lanes according to their
entry permits. The system reduces the traffic congestions and
number of attendants.

5. Airport Parking to:

In order to reduce ticket frauds or mistakes, the NPR unit is used
to capture the number plate and image of the car.
 Electronics and Communication Engineering
University School of Information and
Communication Engineering

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha

University

Number Plate Extraction of a Vehicle using Image

Processing

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the

Minor Project Synopsis

Under the Guidance of

Mrs. Shweta Dabas

by

Shubham Bansal
(B.Tech ECE, VIIth sem)

07516412814
Batch:2014-18