A Visual Recognition Security System in Java
Keiron Skillett, MEng Project 2001

 

Summary

The aim of this project was to design a system which using Java can identify objects (and possibly people) as a method of security. This would be possible in two different locations with the camera on a different machine to the database and identification software.

After the withdrawal of the subcontract from this project, this project became a project to design and implement an image analysis comparison tool. This has been achieved with quite a large degree of success; the system developed is capable of differentiating between images of different letters of the alphabet (all the same size, and orientation – but the may be moved left or right, up or down). This type of recognition would be most useful in recognising car number plates7 etc. The system is capable of recognising other images, but has not been completely tested with anything other than letters.

With a little more time available to rectify the problems with the system (section 5.2) and possibly include some of the further extensions (discussed in section 5.3) then this system could provide an adequate solution for visual recognition security.