01269nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653002700052653001700079653003000096653002000126653002000146100001700166700002200183700001800205245005500223300001200278490000700290520075400297       2004                            d  c200410aCharacter Segmentation10ae-Government10aLicense Plate Recognition10aPlate Detection10aTraffic Control1 aHsien-Chu Wu1 aChwei-Shyong Tsai1 aChing-Hao Lai00aA License Plate Recognition System in e-Government  a199-2100 v153 a<p>In recent years, there has been a lot of research in license plate recognition, and many license plate recognition systems have been proposed and used. In the past, the license plate recognition system was a key element in many applications such as traffic control and parking lots access control. In this article, the authors present current research in license plate recognition, and elaborate on the use of license plate recognition in e-Government. License plate recognition involves three main components: plate detection, character segmentation and character recognition. The authors consider all three components and thoroughly deal with the issue how to apply license plate recognition in e-Government in order to improve performance.</p>