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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Howard Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Vladimir Kozitsky, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/346 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01); G06K 2209/15 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for license plate relighting comprises collecting an image of a license plate, performing license plate recognition on the image of the license plate; calculating a confidence metric for the license plate recognition; and performing a shadow detection and relighting method if the confidence metric is below a predetermined threshold, comprising identifying a shaded region of said license plate, determining if the shaded region is actually shaded, and relighting the actually shaded region.