1 The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
2 University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
3 Birmingham City University, UK.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 1599-1609
Received on 06 September 2023; revised on 20 November 2023; accepted on 27 November 2023
The evolving dynamic of technology crimes has prompted security professionals to call for a more technological approach; The rise of kidnapping for ransom, for example, cannot be effectively combated with weapons or traditional police policing techniques alone, but by examining what supports kidnapping, we may be on the way to finding more innovative solutions to combat it. in the case of kidnappings, it thrives even more with mobility such as vehicles or motorbikes after all kidnappers would not ask their victims to march to their caves the first time they were kidnapped. In this paper, consider the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition as a powerful tool that could be employed in tracking and identifying criminals, and discuss other applications in other critical areas. Consider using Pytesseract to extract license plates and run the test on Nigerian license plates.
Computer Vision; ANPR; Automatic Number Plate Recognition; Nigeria
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Osonuga I Ibikune, Ibukunoluwa M. Adegbite and Olasunkanmi Ogunya. ANPR: A novel technique in crime reduction. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(2), 1599-1609. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2340