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Number: 382/105
Name: Image analysis > Applications > Vehicle or traffic control (e.g., auto, bus, or train) > License plate
Description: Subject matter including image sensing for specifically finding and reading a series of alphanumerics from a plate on, or affixed to, a conveyance such as an automobile.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7613328 Label detection Nov. 3, 2009
7599556 Apparatus, system, and method for scanning segmentation Oct. 6, 2009
7570811 Segmenting an image via a graph Aug. 4, 2009
7565019 Method of volume-panorama imaging processing Jul. 21, 2009
7504965 Portable covert license plate reader Mar. 17, 2009
7433764 Method and system for recording a traffic violation committed by a vehicle Oct. 7, 2008
7412078 System for automatic recognizing license number of other vehicles on observation vehicles and method thereof Aug. 12, 2008
7382277 System for tracking suspicious vehicular activity Jun. 3, 2008
7382280 Parking violation recording system and method Jun. 3, 2008
7339495 System and method for reading license plates Mar. 4, 2008
7302085 Vehicle identification method and device Nov. 27, 2007
7103199 Character recognition method and apparatus Sep. 5, 2006
7016518 Vehicle license plate imaging and reading system for day and night Mar. 21, 2006
6776542 Ticket issuing system Aug. 17, 2004
6757571 System and process for bootstrap initialization of vision-based tracking systems Jun. 29, 2004
6754369 License plate reading apparatus and method Jun. 22, 2004
6747687 System for recognizing the same vehicle at different times and places Jun. 8, 2004
6650765 System for simultaneously imaging vehicles and their license plates Nov. 18, 2003
6563948 Using an electronic camera to build a file containing text May. 13, 2003
6553131 License plate recognition with an intelligent camera Apr. 22, 2003
6473517 Character segmentation method for vehicle license plate recognition Oct. 29, 2002
6449391 Image segmentation method with enhanced noise elimination function Sep. 10, 2002
6404902 Image processing apparatus Jun. 11, 2002
6373962 License plate information reader device for motor vehicles Apr. 16, 2002
6339651 Robust identification code recognition system Jan. 15, 2002
6281928 Positional detector device for a vehicular license plate Aug. 28, 2001
6240217 Digital image processing May. 29, 2001
6185338 Character recognition using candidate frames to determine character location Feb. 6, 2001
5651075 Automated license plate locator and reader including perspective distortion correction Jul. 22, 1997
5425108 Mobile type of automatic identification system for a car plate Jun. 13, 1995
5315664 Number plate recognition system May. 24, 1994
5136658 Number plate image detecting apparatus Aug. 4, 1992
5081685 Apparatus and method for reading a license plate Jan. 14, 1992
4878248 Method and apparatus for automatically recognizing license plate characters Oct. 31, 1989
4817166 Apparatus for reading a license plate Mar. 28, 1989
4731854 Optical system for producing an image for a set of characters Mar. 15, 1988
4567609 Automatic character recognition system Jan. 28, 1986
4368979 Automobile identification system Jan. 18, 1983
4070584 Object-identification system with sequentially activated photocell array Jan. 24, 1978



 
 
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