License Plate Recognition System for Indonesian Vehicles

Abstract

Nowadays, there is very few usage of information technology in Indonesian traffic system. Even among those select few, only a handful of the software were made by local developers. This is very unfortunate, especially since traffic is one of the fields that can reap a huge benefit from using information technology. In this paper, we propose the research and development of a software system to be used in Indonesian traffic system, in the form of a License Plate Recognition System In application, the system can be used to increase efficiency of several traffic-related services. Several applicable uses includes automated parking, traffic light surveillance, electronic toll collection, and vehicle surveillance for police uses. All of the mentioned uses have been proven to increase efficiency of service and reducing operational cost in the long run. The main problems in this research are the methods of acquiring a license plate data from an image. The problem of acquisition revolves around the accuracy, speed, robustness, and flexibility of the system. In solving the main problems mentioned above, several approaches are suggested. The main ideas are to define a fast method of locating plates in an image, and designing a robust and flexible algorithm of character recognition fit for Indonesian number plates. The expected result of this research is a system that is able to recognize license numbers accurately with acceptable speed and robustness.