GB2354898B - Vehicle licence plate imaging - Google Patents

Vehicle licence plate imaging

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Publication number
GB2354898B
GB2354898B GB9915965A GB9915965A GB2354898B GB 2354898 B GB2354898 B GB 2354898B GB 9915965 A GB9915965 A GB 9915965A GB 9915965 A GB9915965 A GB 9915965A GB 2354898 B GB2354898 B GB 2354898B
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Prior art keywords
licence plate
plate imaging
vehicle licence
vehicle
imaging
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GB2354898A (en
Inventor
Brian David Vincent Smith
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PEARPOINT IMAGE PROC Ltd
Pearpoint Ltd
Pips Technology Ltd
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PEARPOINT IMAGE PROC Ltd
Pearpoint Ltd
Pips Technology Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
    • G08G1/017—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled identifying vehicles
    • G08G1/0175—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled identifying vehicles by photographing vehicles, e.g. when violating traffic rules
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/10—Image acquisition
    • G06V10/12—Details of acquisition arrangements; Constructional details thereof
    • G06V10/14—Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements
    • G06V10/143—Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/30—Transforming light or analogous information into electric information
    • H04N5/33—Transforming infrared radiation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V20/00—Scenes; Scene-specific elements
    • G06V20/60—Type of objects
    • G06V20/62—Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images
    • G06V20/625—License plates

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Studio Devices (AREA)
  • Image Input (AREA)
  • Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)
GB9915965A 1999-07-07 1999-07-07 Vehicle licence plate imaging Expired - Lifetime GB2354898B (en)

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GB2354898A GB2354898A (en) 2001-04-04
GB2354898B true GB2354898B (en) 2003-07-23

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US8436748B2 (en) 2007-06-18 2013-05-07 Leddartech Inc. Lighting system with traffic management capabilities
US8600656B2 (en) 2007-06-18 2013-12-03 Leddartech Inc. Lighting system with driver assistance capabilities
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US4731854A (en) * 1986-07-17 1988-03-15 Perceptics Corporation Optical system for producing an image for a set of characters
GB2248994A (en) * 1990-08-17 1992-04-22 Secr Defence Surveillance apparatus for viewing vehicle number-plates
GB2280027A (en) * 1993-06-23 1995-01-18 Knott James Automatic reading of vehicle number plates
DE29718274U1 (en) * 1997-10-15 1998-03-19 Rugullis Michel Camcorder of speedometers with built-in gradient filter
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DE3535588A1 (en) * 1985-10-05 1987-04-09 Robot Foto Electr Kg Method and device for photographic detection of highly luminous or reflecting parts of a field of vision to be photographed
GB2186461A (en) * 1986-02-08 1987-08-12 Gec Avionics Automatic exposure control in television cameras
US4731854A (en) * 1986-07-17 1988-03-15 Perceptics Corporation Optical system for producing an image for a set of characters
GB2248994A (en) * 1990-08-17 1992-04-22 Secr Defence Surveillance apparatus for viewing vehicle number-plates
GB2280027A (en) * 1993-06-23 1995-01-18 Knott James Automatic reading of vehicle number plates
DE29718274U1 (en) * 1997-10-15 1998-03-19 Rugullis Michel Camcorder of speedometers with built-in gradient filter
JPH11316405A (en) * 1998-04-30 1999-11-16 Koito Ind Ltd Vehicle image-pickup device

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8242476B2 (en) 2005-12-19 2012-08-14 Leddartech Inc. LED object detection system and method combining complete reflection traces from individual narrow field-of-view channels
US8436748B2 (en) 2007-06-18 2013-05-07 Leddartech Inc. Lighting system with traffic management capabilities
US8600656B2 (en) 2007-06-18 2013-12-03 Leddartech Inc. Lighting system with driver assistance capabilities
US8310655B2 (en) 2007-12-21 2012-11-13 Leddartech Inc. Detection and ranging methods and systems
US8723689B2 (en) 2007-12-21 2014-05-13 Leddartech Inc. Parking management system and method using lighting system
US8842182B2 (en) 2009-12-22 2014-09-23 Leddartech Inc. Active 3D monitoring system for traffic detection
US8908159B2 (en) 2011-05-11 2014-12-09 Leddartech Inc. Multiple-field-of-view scannerless optical rangefinder in high ambient background light
USRE47134E1 (en) 2011-05-11 2018-11-20 Leddartech Inc. Multiple-field-of-view scannerless optical rangefinder in high ambient background light
US9378640B2 (en) 2011-06-17 2016-06-28 Leddartech Inc. System and method for traffic side detection and characterization
US9235988B2 (en) 2012-03-02 2016-01-12 Leddartech Inc. System and method for multipurpose traffic detection and characterization
CN111540215A (en) * 2020-04-16 2020-08-14 浙江大华技术股份有限公司 Vehicle information determination system, method, device, equipment and medium

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