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Modern Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems achieve outstanding performance in controlled, well-defined scenarios. However, large-scale real-world usage remains challenging due to low-quality imaging devices, compression…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Lucas Wojcik , Eduardo A. F. Machoski , Eduil Nascimento , Rayson Laroca , David Menotti

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

The issue of Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) has been one of the most challenging issues in recent years. Weather conditions, camera angle of view, lighting conditions, different characters written on license plates, and many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Soheila Hatami , Majid Sadedel , Farideh Jamali

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) faces a major challenge when dealing with illegible license plates (LPs). While reconstruction methods such as super-resolution (SR) have emerged, the core issue of recognizing these low-quality…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Lucas Wojcik , Gabriel E. Lima , Valfride Nascimento , Eduil Nascimento , Rayson Laroca , David Menotti

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

Real-world License Plate Recognition (LPR) faces significant challenges from severe degradations such as motion blur, low resolution, and complex illumination. The prevailing "restoration-then-recognition" two-stage paradigm suffers from a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Haoyan Gong , Hongbin Liu

Robust license plate recognition in unconstrained environments remains a significant challenge, particularly in underrepresented regions with limited data availability and unique visual characteristics, such as Bolivia. Recognition accuracy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Guillermo Auza Banegas , Diego Calvimontes Vera , Sergio Castro Sandoval , Natalia Condori Peredo , Edwin Salcedo

Developing a highly accurate automatic license plate recognition system (ALPR) is challenging due to environmental factors such as lighting, rain, and dust. Additional difficulties include high vehicle speeds, varying camera angles, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Zahra Ebrahimi Vargoorani , Amir Mohammad Ghoreyshi , Ching Yee Suen

License plate detection and recognition (LPDR) is of growing importance for enabling intelligent transportation and ensuring the security and safety of the cities. However, LPDR faces a big challenge in a practical environment. The license…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Xuewen Yang , Xin Wang

The development of the Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system has received much attention for the English license plate. However, despite being the sixth largest population around the world, no significant progress can be tracked…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Md. Saif Hassan Onim , Hussain Nyeem , Koushik Roy , Mahmudul Hasan , Abtahi Ishmam , Md. Akiful Hoque Akif , Tareque Bashar Ovi

An Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system constitutes a crucial element in an intelligent traffic management system. However, the detection of Bangla license plates remains challenging because of the complicated character scheme…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Nayeb Hasin , Md. Arafath Rahman Nishat , Mainul Islam , Khandakar Shakib Al Hasan , Asif Newaz

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

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

Automatic Number Plate Recognition System (ANPRS) is a mass surveillance embedded system that recognizes the number plate of the vehicle. This system is generally used for traffic management applications. It should be very efficient in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Zuhaib Akhtar , Rashid Ali

While vehicle license plate recognition (VLPR) is usually done with a sliding window approach, it can have limited performance on datasets with characters that are of variable width. This can be solved by hand-crafting algorithms to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Teik Koon Cheang , Yong Shean Chong , Yong Haur Tay

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

Recent advancements in super-resolution for License Plate Recognition (LPR) have sought to address challenges posed by low-resolution (LR) and degraded images in surveillance, traffic monitoring, and forensic applications. However, existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Valfride Nascimento , Gabriel E. Lima , Rafael O. Ribeiro , William Robson Schwartz , Rayson Laroca , David Menotti

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are the subject of a world economic competition. They are the application of new information and communication technologies in the transport sector, to make the infrastructures more efficient,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-12 Mustapha Saidallah , Fatimazahra Taki , Abdelbaki El Belrhiti El Alaoui , Abdeslam El Fergougui

Vehicle tracking is an integral part of intelligent traffic management systems. Previous implementations of vehicle tracking used Global Positioning System(GPS) based systems that gave location of the vehicle of an individual on their…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Lalit Lakshmanan , Yash Vora , Raj Ghate