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license-plate-recognizer

v1.0.3

Published

A Node.js package for license plate recognition using OpenCV and OCR

Downloads

307

Readme

License Plate Recognizer

A Node.js package for license plate recognition using OpenCV and OCR.

Description

This package provides a robust solution for recognizing license plates in images. It uses computer vision techniques with OpenCV for plate detection and multiple OCR engines for text extraction.

Features

  • License plate detection in images
  • Text recognition from detected license plates using multiple OCR engines (Tesseract and EasyOCR)
  • Logging of recognition process
  • Saving of original and processed images

Installation

To install the package, run:

npm install license-plate-recognizer

Prerequisites

  • Node.js (version 12 or higher recommended)
  • OpenCV (automatically installed via @u4/opencv4nodejs)
  • Tesseract OCR (must be installed separately on your system)

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use the package:

import { recognizeLicensePlate } from 'license-plate-recognizer';

const imagePath = 'path/to/your/image.jpg';
recognizeLicensePlate(imagePath)
  .then(([licensePlate, text]) => {
    if (licensePlate && text) {
      console.log(`Detected license plate: ${text}`);
    } else {
      console.log('No license plate detected');
    }
  })
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

API

recognizeLicensePlate(imagePath: string): Promise<[cv.Mat | null, string | null]>

Processes an image and attempts to recognize a license plate.

  • imagePath: The path to the image file.
  • Returns: A Promise that resolves to a tuple containing:
    • The detected license plate image (cv.Mat object) or null if not found.
    • The recognized text from the license plate or null if not recognized.

Dependencies

This package relies on the following main dependencies:

Make sure to install Tesseract OCR on your system for text recognition to work properly. EasyOCR is included as a fallback OCR engine.

Output

Processed images are saved in an output directory, organized by date. The original image and the cropped license plate image (if detected) are both saved.

Development

To set up the development environment:

  1. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/techbyvj/license-plate-recognition-nodejs.git
  2. Install dependencies:
    npm install
  3. Build the project:
    npm run build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.

Issues

If you encounter any problems or have suggestions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.

Connect

Follow the author on X (Twitter): @saidbyvj