AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION WITH SMS REPORTING SYSTEM

Under the guidance of

V. Priyanka

Project members:
C. Ramya (10071A0472)
N. Rithu (10071A0493)
P. Sravya (10071A04A3)
T. Abhinayee (10071A04A9)

Definition :
Automatic Number Plate Recognition or ANPR is a

technology that uses pattern recognition to 'read' vehicle

number plates. The digital image is converted into data,
which is processed through the ANPR system.

Applications :
ANPR is used for
Detecting crime through the use of intelligence
monitoring.
Identifying stolen vehicles.
Detecting vehicle document crime

electronic toll collection etc.

Block diagram :

We divided the problem in the following four

consecutive steps:
1. Find the license plate on the photo (the
location phase)
2. Find the characters bitmaps on the license
plate (the segmentation phase)
3. Clean the character bitmaps, such that only
the character remains (the cleaning phase)
4. Determine which character is displayed in the
character bitmap (the classification phase)

The Location Phase

In the location phase, we have as input a grey

scale photo and we want as output the part of

the photo on which the license plate is
displayed.

The algorithm for the location of the license

plate is based on the following

idea: a license plate consists of a row of
characters. A character is a
relatively dark thing on a relatively light
background. So, we can say that
the license plate region is characterised by a
row of transitions from dark to
light and vice versa (we call such a transition
an edge).

The column profile of the license plate

area, created from a grayscale image

The Segmentation
Phase
We can divide the license plate in characters

by cutting it at the columns that are

significantly higher than their surroundings. In
this way, we obtain a number of small
bitmaps, which contain one character each.

The character bitmaps that are found as a

result of the segmentation phase.

The Cleaning Phase

Now we have found the character bitmaps,

we have to make sure that the computer can

recognize the characters that they represent.
To facilitate this, we first do some
preprocessing; we clean the bitmaps.
By this, we mean that we remove all dark
pixels from the character bitmap that do not
belong to the characters.

The cleaned character bitmaps. All

dark pixels that are not part of the
character are removed

Input image :

Gray image :

Black and White Image :

Interfacing with GSM :

The system is implemented and simulated in

Matlab.
The resulting data is then used to compare

with the records on a database so as to come

up with the specific information like the
vehicles owner, place of registration, address,
etc. and the fine details are sent to the
person's number through SMS by interfacing it
through GSM.

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