Method and system for detection-based segmentation-free license plate recognition

A detection-based segmentation-free system for license plate recognition, said system comprising:

• at least one processor:
• and
• a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with said at least one processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said at least one processor and configured for:
• detecting a discrete set of characters in a license plate region in an image of a vehicle;
• performing a geometry correction based on a location of said set of characters detected in said license plate region;
• sweeping an OCR across said license plate region to infer detected and undetected characters in said license plate region in said image with respect to said set of characters and detected locations of said characters;
• and
• incorporating detected character types with respect to said characters and said detected locations of said characters as a part of said sweeping said OCR.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing computer code representing instructions to cause a process for detection-based segmentation-free license plate recognition, said computer code comprising code to:

• detect a discrete set of characters in a license plate region in an image of a vehicle;
• perform a geometry correction based on a location of said set of characters detected in said license plate region;
• sweep an OCR across said license plate region to infer detected and undetected characters in said license plate region in said image with respect to said set of characters and detected locations of said characters;
• and
• incorporate detected character types with respect to said characters and said detected locations of said characters as a part of said sweeping said OCR.