Re: Car number plate capture/recognition

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

Intel have released their Vision API, but be warned it's all hard core C++,
not for the feint hearted.

There are links to all sorts of vision related websites here, the Intel
site 
is about 12  down. Have a look at the others, there may be something
usefull 
to you?

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cil/v-source.html

On Monday 01 July 2002 1:24 pm, David Yeend wrote:
> For simple capture based on a threshold of change etc. there are a
number
> of inexpensive software products but none will extract the number
plate
> detail.
>
> To take your example of a blackbird caught in flight you could look
for any
> of the following:
>
> Video Capturix
> Home Watcher
>
> Sorry no links but easy enough to find.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Paterson [mailto:david.paterson@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 June 2002 23:31
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Car number plate capture/recognition
>
> On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:03:16 +0100, you wrote:
> >The discussion on this last time was that Mike Huggins (of
> > letsautomate.com) was doing this at his house.
> >
> >Also that it was hideously expensive from memory.
>
> Yikes!  Well, I was hoping for a fairly simple DIY solution, just
using
> the camera, video capture card, and maybe some smart software.
>
> I remember seeing a blackbird caught in mid-flight on somebody's
system,
> which I thought might be the sort of system I'd need to capture
short
> bursts of video for anything passing in front of the house.
>
> Well, if there's nothing easy or cheap out there, maybe I should
look
> into doing something myself.  Time to start reading up on video
capture
> and processing I think :-)
>
> David P.
>
>
>
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