JavaANPR training for different format of plates

Question

I found the JavaANPR library and I want to customize it to read my country's license plates.

It seems that the included alphabet is different than what we use ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift )

Here is an example of a license plate in my country (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Malta)

I've already modified syntax.xml to include a definition of our plates' syntax (three letters followed by three numbers)

However documentation for the library is quite lacking and I haven't really found a way to contact the author.

From what I can see I'd have to create a new alphabet with the typeface used on our plates, and train the neural network for it. I tried to do so (as best as I could understand) but it still failed to recognize our plates.

Does anyone who has used the library know what the process of localizing it entails? I need to know how to create a new alphabet and how to correctly train it. I'm not sure if there's anything I need to change in the config.xml file as well.

Thanks

Did you make sure that your plate was correctly spotted ? You can use report generation to ensure that. — Pranaysharma, Nov 09 '13 at 06:43
Did you solved your problem? I also was wondering how to define syntax — Emin Hasanov, May 02 '18 at 23:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '14 at 16:01

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Check out OpenALPR (http://www.openalpr.com). It seems to be more accurate than JavaANPR and may do better for your countries plates. Those Malta characters look similar to the German plate font.

answered Jan 16 '14 at 16:01

Derrick Johnson

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as a matter of fact it's exactly the same font as the German plates :) I'll give it a look – Cedric Mamo Jan 17 '14 at 08:14

JavaANPR training for different format of plates

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