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Title:
CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008251029
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a character recognition device and a license plate recognition system which can perform processing with high recognition accuracy and at high speed.

Even information about a detailed part lost in a low resolution character image is restored and character recognition is performed with high accuracy by performing super resolution processing of the character image and performing the character recognition by using a specified high resolution dictionary image. In the case of the character recognition, direction histogram features of a contour line are determined by using the specified high resolution dictionary image and performing binarization processing to it and luminance gradient features are used. In addition, it is effective that a feature pattern used in the case of specifying a low resolution dictionary image corresponding to the character image is clustered into a plurality of groups and stored in a data base, and that the low resolution dictionary image corresponding to the character image is specified using a representative pattern of each group.


Inventors:
SUGIMOTO KIICHI
CHAZONO SATOSHI
INOUE MASAHIRO
Application Number:
JP2008125045A
Publication Date:
October 16, 2008
Filing Date:
May 12, 2008
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD
International Classes:
G06K9/62; G06K9/68; G08G1/017; G08G1/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mitsuru Oba
Horikawa Miyuki