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7630515 |
Method of and apparatus for setting image-capturing conditions, and computer program
An apparatus for setting an image-capturing condition includes a travel direction storing unit that receives information on a travel direction of a moving object, and stores the information...
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7613328 |
Label detection
A system and a method to detect a label are described herein. The system and method are to extract a horizontal region of interest based on the image; to extract a vertical region of interest based...
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7599556 |
Apparatus, system, and method for scanning segmentation
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for identifying content within a scanned document. The apparatus includes a modification module, an identification module, and a segmentation module....
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7570811 |
Segmenting an image via a graph
A method is described for segmenting an image of pixels into a number of fields. A graph is constructed for representing the image. First, separating elements are constructed that are oblong areas...
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7565019 |
Method of volume-panorama imaging processing
The present invention discloses a method of volume-panorama imaging processing, which generates a volume-panorama image by subsequently splicing respective image frames from an image sequence...
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7504965 |
Portable covert license plate reader
A surveillance system for covertly monitoring vehicle license plates. A portable covert license plate reader is provided for automatically reading license plate images for each of a plurality of...
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7433764 |
Method and system for recording a traffic violation committed by a vehicle
The invention relates to a method for recording a traffic violation in which a vehicle is involved, by detecting the violation, making a record of the violation, and searching for and reading from...
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7412078 |
System for automatic recognizing license number of other vehicles on observation vehicles and method thereof
The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically recognizing a license plate number of a subject vehicle in use of a surveillance vehicle, which mounts automatic license plate...
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7382280 |
Parking violation recording system and method
A parking violation recording system capable of recording violations based on the location of a violating vehicle, is provided. The system includes at least one camera located on a mass transit...
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7382277 |
System for tracking suspicious vehicular activity
A system for monitoring and tracking vehicles in parking locations, public roadways and highway entrances and exits and other public vehicle access areas and to monitor and track vehicles in...
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7339495 |
System and method for reading license plates
A method for reading a license plate disposed on a vehicle includes determining whether a license plate image is required, automatically processing the license plate image in response to...
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7302085 |
Vehicle identification method and device
In order to improve an identification accuracy of a backlit number plate in a vehicle identification method and device which recognize a vehicle number from a number plate of a vehicle whose image...
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7103199 |
Character recognition method and apparatus
A character recognition method is provided, in which the method includes the steps of: picking up images in a motion picture by changing brightness for each image; extracting a character area from...
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7016518 |
Vehicle license plate imaging and reading system for day and night
This invention provides an infrared illuminator and camera system for imaging of auto vehicle license plates. The system works in ambient light conditions, ranging from bright sunlight, to dim...
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6776542 |
Ticket issuing system
A ticket issuing system for facilitating processing and printing of citations. The ticket issuing system includes a housing being designed for being held in a hand of a user. An information...
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6757571 |
System and process for bootstrap initialization of vision-based tracking systems
The present invention is embodied in a system and process for automatically learning a reliable tracking system. The tracking system is learned by using information produced by an initial object...
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6754369 |
License plate reading apparatus and method
A running vehicle is photographed at a predetermined frame period by an image pickup unit (TV camera) provided at a position above a road. Two images of a present frame image and a previous frame...
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6747687 |
System for recognizing the same vehicle at different times and places
In a vehicle time-of-entry and time-of-exit system, the passing of a vehicle through an entrance generates a “trigger-t 0 ” signal. An entrance video camera provides realtime images of entering...
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6650765 |
System for simultaneously imaging vehicles and their license plates
A vehicle video imaging system comprises a white-light LED array for illuminating retro-reflective painted parts of a vehicle's license plate, a powerful flash with a visual spectrum cutout filter...
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6563948 |
Using an electronic camera to build a file containing text
An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of building an electronic file, using an electronic camera such as a digital camera, that captures 3-dimensional objects. A number of image...
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6553131 |
License plate recognition with an intelligent camera
An intelligent camera system and method for recognizing license plates, in accordance with the invention, includes a camera adapted to independently capture a license plate image and recognize the...
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6473517 |
Character segmentation method for vehicle license plate recognition
A method for segmenting and recognizing license plates, in accordance with the present invention includes capturing an image of a license plate and preprocessing the image to prepare the image for...
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6449391 |
Image segmentation method with enhanced noise elimination function
Segmentation of a character-containing image, made by placing a dark mark against a light background, is accomplished by establishing a vertical pixel projection for each pixel column in the image....
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6373962 |
License plate information reader device for motor vehicles
In a license plate information reader device (A) for motor vehicles, a CCD camera ( 1 ) is provided to produce video image data ( 11 ) involving a license plate obtained by photographing a front...
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6339651 |
Robust identification code recognition system
A method and system for recognizing the characters on surfaces where alphanumeric identification code (“ID” for short) may be present such as a license plate. The present system is particularly...
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6281928 |
Positional detector device for a vehicular license plate
In a positional detector device for a license plate of a motor vehicle, a camera is provided to photograph a front and rear portion of a motor vehicle so as to produce an image signal. An A/D...
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6240217 |
Digital image processing
A method of processing digital image information, including pixel intensity information, includes the steps of identifying a region of the image in which pixel intensities are similar to each...
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6185338 |
Character recognition using candidate frames to determine character location
A character recognition method for recognizing characters on an article having multiple character-bearing areas, such as a license plate, first involves obtaining image data from an image of the...
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5651075 |
Automated license plate locator and reader including perspective distortion correction
An automated license plate locator and reader (10) which provides novel methods for 1) correcting for perspective distortion (16), 2) locating the license plate (20), 3) reading the license plate...
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5425108 |
Mobile type of automatic identification system for a car plate
An automatic identification system for a car-plate which comprises a photographing apparatus and an image-processing CPU. The system disclosed in the present invention can be mounted in a car for...
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5315664 |
Number plate recognition system
A number plate recognition system has structure for inputting an image; structure for calculating outlines of each configuration included in an input image, as well as for recognizing a...
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5136658 |
Number plate image detecting apparatus
Binary image data is obtained from image data including a number plate of a vehicle which is picked up by a TV camera. Contrast image data of vertical and horizontal components are obtained,...
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5081685 |
Apparatus and method for reading a license plate
A license plate reader and method for reading the characters of a license plate and for identifying the state which issued the plate utilizes image intensity transition information gathered while...
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4878248 |
Method and apparatus for automatically recognizing license plate characters
An apparatus and method for automatically recognizing the characters on a license plate which is fixed on a vehicle. A sensor/controller device is utilized to detect whether the vehicle has reached...
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4817166 |
Apparatus for reading a license plate
A video camera produces an image of a license plate on a vehicle, and a scanning apparatus finds a license plate number in the image. The identification of the license plate number is verified in a...
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4731854 |
Optical system for producing an image for a set of characters
An optical system produces an image of a set of characters on a background. A flash light source directs uniform illumination toward the set of characters for a predetermined flash period having an...
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4567609 |
Automatic character recognition system
An apparatus and method for automatic character recognition is presented ch automatically locates and recognizes alphanumeric characters in a scene viewed by a raster-scan type of sensor. By this...
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4368979 |
Automobile identification system
An automobile identification system and a method for producing it are disclosed. The system utilizes a conventional license plate with alpha-numeric characters conveying identifying information...
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4070584 |
Object-identification system with sequentially activated photocell array
An object-identifying system is described comprising at least one device for remotely identifying a plurality of objects bearing each a characteristic code in the form of a badge which has...
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3550084 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SET OF GRAPHIC CHARACTERS GROUPED TOGETHER ON A VISIBLE INFORMATION DISPLAY
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