主动轮廓模型在车牌识别算法中的应用研究

提出了一种识别机动车辆牌照的算法。该算法首先利用车牌的纹理特征和区域形状特征检测车牌区域。为提高区域检测的正确性，利用新的改进的主动轮廓模型，利用先验知识确定精确的车牌边界。在精确确定车牌区域基础上，可以准确切割出车牌中的字符，从而提高识别率。

Vehicle License Plate Recognition Method Based on Active Contour Model

A license plate recognition method is presented. It utilizes the texture character and region shape character of a plate to extract the initial region. To improve the region extraction accuracy, propose a novel method based on advanced active contour model for employing the apriori knowledge of the license plate. Because of the accuracy of the plate region extraction, the character can be extracted exactly from the plate region. It can improve the accuracy rate of the characters recognition.