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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Yagi, Toyota, JP;
Hajime Amano, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340928 ; 235384 ;
Abstract
A moving vehicle specification system having an auxiliary specification function. If a vehicle could not be specified by a local controller, the license plate number is decoded from a license plate image in a method where a number database is referenced according to grouped information and number information is retrieved. Auxiliary specification of the vehicle is performed through a comparison between the searched result and the decoded result. This prevents any impairment in the real-time performance of the processing based on local controller and permits more accurate vehicle specification.