JP6062791B2 - 尤度最大化を用いたナンバープレートの文字分割 - Google Patents
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fh(h|m)はモデルmのもとでの文字高さに対する分布であり、
fd(d|m)はモデルmのもとでの文字距離の分布であり、
fWi(W|m)はi番目のシンボルマークの幅の分布であり、
fHi(H|m)はi番目のシンボルマークの高さの分布であり、
fXi(X|m)はシンボルマークの水平位置の分布であり、
fYi(Y|m)はシンボルマークの垂直位置の分布であり、
fΔ(Δ|m)は余白差の分布である。
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- 各々サンプルのナンバープレートを含む複数のトレーニング画像に対し、少なくとも1つのサンプルのナンバープレートから各文字およびシンボルマークを、境界箱の表現に分割すること、前記少なくとも1つのサンプルのナンバープレートの各境界箱の表現に対応する値を計算すること、及び前記値の分布を規定する尤度関数を推定することを含む、ナンバープレートのレイアウト構成を表す少なくとも1つのモデルを生成することと、
前記ナンバープレートのレイアウト構造と、前記少なくとも1つのモデルに対する前記値の分布と、を保存することと、
セグメントを抽出するため、閾値を変化させることを用いて、観察されたナンバープレートをセグメントに分割することを含むと共に、前記観察されたナンバープレートに適用される各閾値は、可能なレイアウトモデルを表すセグメントを生成することを特徴とする、取得された画像の中の観察されたナンバープレートから複数のレイアウトモデルを生成することと、
各レイアウトモデルのために抽出された前記セグメントの特徴を測定することと、
前記特徴の測定値を前記モデルのために保存された前記分布と比較することにより、候補モデルを識別することと、
ナンバープレートのレイアウト構成を表す少なくとも1つのモデル(m)の特徴の周辺分布と、取得された画像の中の観察されたナンバープレート(x)に所定の閾値を適用してセグメントに分割(s)することにより生成された候補モデルの特徴との尤度をp(x|s,m)とし且つモデルmのもとでの特徴iに対する周辺分布をfi(x|s,m)として、各候補モデルのレイアウト構成と前記保存されたモデルとの間の各決定された一致の尤度を、以下の式を用いて、周辺(ログ)尤度の合計として、計算することと、
logp(x|s,m)=Σilogfi(x|s,m)
最大尤度を有するモデルを決定することと、
前記最大尤度を有するモデルと関連するナンバープレートレイアウト構成を有する前記観察されたナンバープレートを関連付けることと、
を含む、ナンバープレートのレイアウト構成を決定する方法。 - 前記尤度関数を推定することは、
各特徴に対するヒストグラムを作ることと、
正規化されたヒストグラムとして前記尤度関数を推定することと、
を含む、請求項1に記載のナンバープレートのレイアウト構成を決定する方法。
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