Enhance the detection algorithm

[oskopek]

• Enhance the current capabilities of JavaANPR
  The JavaANPR project is great, but fails to recognize many plates.
  • Can we enhance it to detect more images?
• Port carcv-cpp from C++ to carcv-core in Java
  Using something like: http://code.google.com/p/javacv/ or http://docs.opencv.org/2.4.4-beta/doc/tutorials/introduction/desktop_java/java_dev_intro.html

  • We would need to create the OpenCV C++ implementation first

  • Then interface it to Java via JNI or similar

  • It would probably be faster

    Resources:

    • http://code.opencv.org/issues/3097
    • http://code.google.com/p/javacv/wiki/ConvertingOpenCV
    • http://code.google.com/p/javacv/wiki/WhereIsFeatureXOfOpenCV
    • http://code.google.com/p/javacv/#Quick_Start_for_OpenCV_and_FFmpeg
• Implement/use/whatever the OpenALPR project
  • Can we license OpenALPR as AGPL and leave rest of project with the ASL 2.0?
  • Could we consider moving to AGPL?
  • Or not using OpenALPR at all?
  • Link: https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr

[oskopek]

We have decided to go with the option of enhancing JavaANPR. This issue now serves as a blocker for the next major release. See this issue.