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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:
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mizes, Howard. (2018). Shadow detection and removal in license plate images (U.S. Patent No. 10026004). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10026004

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