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In t ern at i ona l J o ur na l of A ut om at i on an d C om p u t in g 05(4) , O ct ob er 2008, 425-4 32 OI : 10.100 7/ s1 1633-0 08-0425 -0 Veh icle L icen se P lat e C h ar act er Segm en t at ion Mei-Sen P an 1, ∗ Ju n -Biao Yan 1 Zheng-Hong Xiao 1, 2 1 ep a r t m ent of C omp ut e r Sc ien ce a n d T ec hn ology, H u n a n U n i ve r si t y of A r t s a n d Sc ie n c e, C h a n gd e 4 15000 , P R C 2 Sch ool of In f or m a t ion Sc ie n c e a n d E n gin ee r in g , C en t r a l Sout h U n iv e r sit y , Ch a n g sh a 4 000 83 , P R C A b st r ac t : Veh icle l icens e pl at e ( VLP ) ch aract er segm ent at i on is an im p ort a nt par t o f t he v eh icl e li cen se p lat e reco gnit i on sy st em (V LP R S) . T hi s p ap er p rop o ses a l east s qu ar e m et h o d (LSM ) t o t reat hor izon t al t ilt an d vert i cal t i lt in V LP im ages. Au xi li ary lin es ar e a dd ed int o t h e im age (or t h e t ilt -cor rect ed im age) t o m ake t h e separ at ed pa rt s of each Chinese cha ract er t o b e a n int ercon n ect ed r egi on . T h e n ois e regio ns wil l b e elim in at ed aft er t wo fus in g im ages are m erged accord in g t o t he m in im um pr in cip le of gr ay valu es . T h en, t he ch ar act er s are segm ent ed by pr oj ect ion m et ho d (P M ) an d t h e fin al char