Introduction and Project Summary

There are hundreds of child abductions every year, and only about 20% of missing child cases are solved through Amber Alerts. We hope to improve the effectiveness of Amber Alerts with our project, Camera-based Automotive License Locator (CALL). CALL is a vehicle-mounted dash cam system that automatically detects, recognizes, and reports the location of vehicles of interest by reading license plates. We hope to achieve at least 90% accuracy in recognizing plates from up to 100 meters away, with results processed in under 60 seconds.