Ali H.A.  Aldabbagh, Hussein M.H.  Al-Rikabi, Laith A.H.  Al-Shimaysawee, 
    Novel Algorithm for Iraqi Car License Plate Detection and Recognition,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 14,Issue 1,
    2019,
    Pages 205-210,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2019.205.210,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.205.210)
    Abstract: In this study, we present an algorithm to detect Iraqi car license plate and extract its number. Our
method has two main stages. The first main stage is to detect the license plate which includes applying Sobel
edge detector and morphological operators to the input image. After that the proposed license plates areas are
compared to training images already recorded in the system using similarity index. The second main stage is
the recognition process which is applied on the detected license plate; the number is extracted based on
comparing each character with training numbers and letters already recorded in the system through image
subtraction. The system performance is evaluated using significant number of images. The images were taken
from different distances from to attain an accurate assessment. The proposed method showed superior
performance at distances (1-3 m), however, as the distance increases the system accuracy decreases gradually.
    Keywords: Licenses plate recognition;similarity index;car plate recognition;edge detection;morphology;superior performance