Esdras123/CLPR

Cameroon License Plate Recognition. # Cameroon License Plate Recognition Project ## Description of the project Read the .pdf Report - Cameroon License Plate Recognition.pdf ## Installation guide 1. Install python3.7 (if it is not installed ) : * Activate internet connection * open the command-line (Ctrl-Alt- T) * enter sudo apt update * enter sudo apt install software-properties-common * enter sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa * enter sudo apt update * enter sudo apt install python3.7 * close the command-line 2. Download **model_final.pth** from drive.google.com and put it in the repository then Download model.zip from drive.google.com , extract it and put it in the repository 3. Install the dependancies : * open the command-line (Ctrl-Alt-T) * enter pip3 install -r requirements.txt * Now we need to install detectron2 * enter pip3 install -U torch==1.4+cu100 torchvision==0.5+cu100 -f download.pytorch.org * enter pip3 install cython pyyaml==5.1 * enter pip3 install -U 'git+github.com' * enter pip3 install detectron2 -f dl.fbaipublicfiles.com 4. Run the program: * Take a photo or download a photo or choose a photo in the directory test_images (there are some images of cars) * enter python predict_plate.py "/path/to/image". This means that if the image car.jpg is in the directory .images, we should write python predict_plate.py "./images/car.jpg * It will output the prediction of the license plate