Title :
Implementation of embedded system for vehicle tracking and license plates recognition using spatial relative distance
Author :
Kang, J.S. ; Kang, M.H. ; Park, C.H. ; Kim, J.H. ; Choi, Y.S.
Author_Institution :
Cheju Nat. Univ.
Abstract :
This paper set out to use a camera attached to a mobile terminal in order to inquire a car and track its location anywhere. The technology based in the research is to automatically recognize and verify license plates on the front and back of a car. The plates are input through a camera attached to a mobile terminal. The technology enables us to detect a car registration number and to transmit it along with the location of the terminal to a server through a wireless communication network. The information of a car obtained through the terminal is encoded and transmitted to a server in a remote place through a wireless communication network. The car registration number and its location information are decoded and transmitted as a text to the server in a remote place. In order to track a user´s location through spatial relative distance estimated in real-time, the server uses the spatial and attribute information which are the most prior to the desired data value. With this property information, the right location can be calculated
Keywords :
character recognition; embedded systems; image processing; mobile computing; network servers; notebook computers; road vehicles; tracking; video cameras; wireless LAN; PDA; car registration number; embedded system; license plates recognition; mobile terminal; spatial relative distance; vehicle tracking; wireless communication network; Cameras; Embedded system; Information technology; Licenses; Microcomputers; Network servers; Personal digital assistants; Read only memory; Vehicle detection; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces, 2004. 26th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cavtat
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-9-1