Toward Robust License Plate Recognition in Real-World Surveillance: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Super-Resolution, Transformer-Based OCR, and Image Restoration
Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) has become a key technology for intelligent transportation systems, traffic surveillance, law enforcement, and smart-city applications. However, recognizing license plates captured in real-world surveillance remains challenging due to low-resolution imagery, motion blur, adver...