Bus number detection using image processing | |
| Author | Supattra Srithong |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.CS-07-02 |
| Subject(s) | Image processing--Digital techniques Signal detection |
| Note | A research proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. CS-07-02 |
| Abstract | The public transportation system is becoming more and more important in many countries including Thailand. Thai people use public buses in their everyday lives. However, what seems to be missing, which makes our bus transportation system ineffective, is bus tracking. One method to achieve bus tracking would be put a network of bus number plate detection sensors into place. Bus number detection would help give information about coming buses to waiting passengers so that they can wait happily in the queue. One challenge for bus number plate detection from images is that the images recorded from a camera are complex scenes with differences in scale, orientation and sometimes noise. I have constructed a prototype bus number detection system utilizing image processing techniques to track bus numbers, as the cost of cameras is much lower than other sensors, and they theoretically convey sufficient information to perform the task. The system uses comer templates to generate candidate plate regions in a test image. The resulting quadrilateral configurations are possible bus plates. I use thresholding and statistical techniques to obtain the final bus plate results. Experimental results show high recall when using a low threshold but further work is need to more accurately reject non-bus plate cases. |
| Year | 2007 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. CS-07-02 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dailey, Matthew; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Phan Minh Dung ;Guha, Sumanta; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government (RTG); |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 |