  License Plate Recognition Systems are used to determine the license plate
number of a vehicle. The current system mainly uses Optical Character
Recognition to recognize the number plate. There are several problems to this
system. Some of them include interchanging of several letters or numbers
(letter O with digit 0), difficulty in localizing the license plate, high error
rate, use of different fonts in license plates etc. So a new system to
recognize the license plate number using color coding of license plates is
proposed in this paper. Easier localization of license plate can be done by
searching for the start or stop patters of license plates. An eight segment
display system along with traditional numbering with the first and last
segments left for start or stop patterns is proposed in this paper. Practical
applications include several areas under Internet of Things (IoT).
