A novel character segmentation-reconstruction approach for license plate recognition

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Highlights：

• We introduce partial character reconstruction to segment characters.

• Angular information is explored for finding spaces between characters.

• Stroke width properties in different domains are used for shape restoration.

• Experiments are conducted on benchmark databases to show effective and usefulness.

摘要

•We introduce partial character reconstruction to segment characters.•Angular information is explored for finding spaces between characters.•Stroke width properties in different domains are used for shape restoration.•Experiments are conducted on benchmark databases to show effective and usefulness.

论文关键词：Character segmentation,Character reconstruction,Stroke width,Zero crossing,Gradient vector flow,License plate recognition

论文评审过程：Received 26 November 2018, Revised 2 March 2019, Accepted 16 April 2019, Available online 18 April 2019, Version of Record 2 May 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.030