Portable License Plate Recognition System on Android devices: Case study Law enforcement in Tanzania

Abstract

The use of License Plate Recognition Systems (LPR) has proved to be important in the detection of many offences, including locating stolen vehicles, tackling uninsured vehicle use and solving cases of terrorism, major and organized crime. The current existing ALPR solutions in the market are very expensive and require a high level of connectivity which means many developing countries including Tanzania cannot deploy such systems to to limited funds and poor network communication infrastructure. In this paper, the portable LPR implemented on Android is presented as a means of reducing the total cost of acquiring such technology while still offering high standards of image recognition and processing.