LicensePlateRecognition

Summary

An automated system for car license plate detection and recognition

Thanks to eevee for the hq2x python module

Setup instructions:

1. Install Python v2.7.* 32-bit
2. Install OpenCV 2.x (OS X guide here)
3. Install Tesseract 3.02 (higher versions don't work with python-tesseract yet)
4. Install the following Python packages:

• numpy
• Pillow (fork of PIL)
• python-tesseract

5. Extract tessdata in the main folder
6. Place pictures on which to perform detection in the main/images folder, or you can download my test pictures
7. OPTIONAL, to use the GUI:

• Install (or build from source) sip
• Install (or build from source) PyQt5

8. Enter the project directory and run the following commands:

• export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:.
• python main/main.py