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As a mature technology, Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) is now widely employed in detecting rebar and other embedded elements in concrete structures. Manually recognizing rebar from GPR data is a time-consuming and error-prone procedure.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Zhongming Xiang , Abbas Rashidi , Ge , Ou

LiDAR-based place recognition (LPR) is one of the most crucial components of autonomous vehicles to identify previously visited places in GPS-denied environments. Most existing LPR methods use mundane representations of the input point…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Junyi Ma , Guangming Xiong , Jingyi Xu , Xieyuanli Chen

In this work, we tackle the problem of car license plate detection and recognition in natural scene images. We propose a unified deep neural network which can localize license plates and recognize the letters simultaneously in a single…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-27 Hui Li , Peng Wang , Chunhua Shen

Lane detection plays a crucial role in autonomous driving by providing vital data to ensure safe navigation. Modern algorithms rely on anchor-based detectors, which are then followed by a label-assignment process to categorize training…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Sapir Kontente , Roy Orfaig , Ben-Zion Bobrovsky

In this paper, we present an algorithm for real-world license plate recognition (LPR) from a low-quality image. Our method is built upon a framework that includes denoising and rectification, and each task is conducted by Convolutional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-10 Younkwan Lee , Juhyun Lee , Hoyeon Ahn , Moongu Jeon

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) require reliable traffic sign recognition and robust lane detection capabilities to ensure safe navigation in complex and dynamic environments. This paper introduces an integrated approach combining advanced deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Chandan Kumar Sah , Ankit Kumar Shaw , Xiaoli Lian , Arsalan Shahid Baig , Tuopu Wen , Kun Jiang , Mengmeng Yang , Diange Yang

This paper introduces a novel two-stage framework for accurate Egyptian Vehicle License Plate Recognition (EVLPR). The first stage employs image processing techniques to reliably localize license plates, while the second stage utilizes a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-07 M. A. Sayedelahl

Forensic license plate recognition (FLPR) remains an open challenge in legal contexts such as criminal investigations, where unreadable license plates (LPs) need to be deciphered from highly compressed and/or low resolution footage, e.g.,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Denise Moussa , Anatol Maier , Andreas Spruck , Jürgen Seiler , Christian Riess

Although most current license plate (LP) recognition applications have been significantly advanced, they are still limited to ideal environments where training data are carefully annotated with constrained scenes. In this paper, we propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-11 Younkwan Lee , Jiwon Jun , Yoojin Hong , Moongu Jeon

License plate recognition (LPR) is important for traffic law enforcement, crime investigation, and surveillance. However, license plate areas in dash cam images often suffer from low resolution, motion blur, and glare, which make accurate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Kihyun Na , Junseok Oh , Youngkwan Cho , Bumjin Kim , Sungmin Cho , Jinyoung Choi , Injung Kim

Automatic License-Plate Recognition (ALPR) plays a pivotal role in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) as a fundamental element of Smart Cities. However, due to its high variability, ALPR faces challenging issues more efficiently…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Behnoud Shafiezadeh , Amir Mashmool , Farshad Eshghi , Manoochehr Kelarestaghi

Most vehicle license plate recognition use neural network techniques to enhance its computing capability. The image of the vehicle license plate is captured and processed to produce a textual output for further processing. This paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-01-23 Nuzulha Khilwani Ibrahim , Emaliana Kasmuri , Norazira A Jalil , Mohd Adili Norasikin , Sazilah Salam , Mohamad Riduwan Md Nawawi

Despite significant advancements in License Plate Recognition (LPR) through deep learning, most improvements rely on high-resolution images with clear characters. This scenario does not reflect real-world conditions where traffic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Valfride Nascimento , Rayson Laroca , Rafael O. Ribeiro , William Robson Schwartz , David Menotti

Scene text detection and recognition has received increasing research attention. Existing methods can be roughly categorized into two groups: character-based and segmentation-based. These methods either are costly for character annotation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Yuliang Liu , Hao Chen , Chunhua Shen , Tong He , Lianwen Jin , Liangwei Wang

The License Plate Recognition (LPR) field has made impressive advances in the last decade due to novel deep learning approaches combined with the increased availability of training data. However, it still has some open issues, especially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Valfride Nascimento , Rayson Laroca , Jorge de A. Lambert , William Robson Schwartz , David Menotti

License plate recognition is the key component to many automatic traffic control systems. It enables the automatic identification of vehicles in many applications. Such systems must be able to identify vehicles from images taken in various…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Andrej Jokic , Nikola Vukovic

License Plate Recognition plays an important role on the traffic monitoring and parking management. Administration and restriction of those transportation tools for their better service becomes very essential. In this paper, a fast and real…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-07-25 Reza Azad , Babak Azad , Hamid Reza Shayegh

License Plate Recognition (LPR) plays a critical role in various applications, such as toll collection, parking management, and traffic law enforcement. Although LPR has witnessed significant advancements through the development of deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Rayson Laroca , Luiz A. Zanlorensi , Valter Estevam , Rodrigo Minetto , David Menotti

Traditional feature encoding scheme (e.g., Fisher vector) with local descriptors (e.g., SIFT) and recent convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are two classes of successful methods for image recognition. In this paper, we propose a hybrid…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-26 Zhe Wang , Limin Wang , Yali Wang , Bowen Zhang , Yu Qiao

Nowadays in developing or developed countries, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology has attracted so much attention to itself. License Plate Recognition (LPR) systems have many applications in ITSs, such as the payment of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Reza Azad , Mohammad Baghdadi