License plate recognition based on transform coding and neural network

A method of vehicle license plate recognition utilizing Karhunen-Loeve (K-L) transform is provided. The transform is used to extract features from a mass of image templates, to describe high-dimensional images with low-dimensional ones, and moreover, to implement data compression and play down complexity of the neural network. With the character to reduce eigenspace dimensionality of K-L transform and the ability to map data of BP network, the method does effectively in recognizing license plates.