IRAQI VEHICLE NEW LICENSE PLATE STYLE RECOGNITION

Abstract

The recognition of the vehicle license plate systems is considered to be one of the important computer intelligent systems. In this research, a simple algorithm is proposed to analyze and recognize the new style of Iraqi vehicle license plates. The proposed algorithm is based on some steps performed respectively, the first step is the color recognition of the right-hand rectangle bar of the license plate to decide the class of the vehicle using the properties of the HSV color model, the second step is to analyze the Arabic alphanumeric region of the license plate in order to recognize the Arabic (Hindi Numeral System) numbers by testing geometric areas, and recognizing Arabic Letter by indicating and measuring the extrema points of the letter image under process, the third step is to analyze the state name to decide which state the vehicle registered in. The proposed system is tested on samples of license plate captured images using a digital camera with a fixed distance from the vehicle (5 meters), the results of the analysis were accepted by about 75% and failed by 25%.