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License Plate Detection - OpenCV Python

Detecting License plate using OpenCV (python library for computer vision and image processing) and PyTesseract(python library for Optical Character Recognition - OCR). Image Processing techniques such as Image Thresholding, Canny edge detection and contour detection are used. OCR is used to read the license plate numbers.
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Table of Contents
  1. About The Project
  2. Getting Started
  3. Usage
  4. Roadmap
  5. Contributing
  6. License
  7. Contact
  8. Acknowledgments

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Getting Started

Just basic understanding of Python, OpenCv and Image Processing is enough to get through.

Prerequisites

  • Install Python.
  • Install Python packages, by following commands
    pip install opencv-python
    pip install pytesseract
    
  • Import the necessary images into the root folder to continue

Installation

  1. Clone the repo
    git clone https://github.com/Praveenterax/license-plate-detection-python.git
    
  2. Add the changes in the code, like modifying the tesseract package path and image name
  3. Run the file, boom there you go!

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

  1. Fork the Project
  2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

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Contact

Praveen Dunga - @praveenterax - [email protected]

Project Link: https://github.com/Praveenterax/license-plate-detection-python

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License plate detection using Python and OpenCV(a python library). Image processing techniques are used to locate and detect the license plate and Optical Character Recognition is used to extract the License number.

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