摘要:In recent years, there has been a lot of research in license plate recogni¬tion, and many license plate recognition systems have been proposed and used. In the past, the license plate recognition system was a key element in many applica¬tions such as traffic control and parking lots access control. In this article, the au¬thors present current research in license plate recognition, and elaborate on the use of license plate recognition in e-Government. License plate recognition involves three main components: plate detection, character segmentation and character rec¬ognition. The authors consider all three components and thoroughly deal with the issue how to apply license plate recognition in e-Government in order to improve performance