The latest articles on DEV Community by Editor CircuitDigest (@editor_circuitdigest_4f2d). https://dev.to/editor_circuitdigest_4f2d https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2984569%2F2831d299-fc42-42a4-ad81-87eb96a10e7d.png https://dev.to/editor_circuitdigest_4f2d en Editor CircuitDigest Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:31:39 +0000 https://dev.to/editor_circuitdigest_4f2d/license-plate-recognition-with-esp32-cam-and-python-2jm7 https://dev.to/editor_circuitdigest_4f2d/license-plate-recognition-with-esp32-cam-and-python-2jm7 <p>License plate recognition (LPR) is widely used in security, automation, and traffic management. In this project, I built a low-cost LPR system using ESP32-CAM and Python with OpenCV.</p> <h2> How It Works </h2> <p>ESP32-CAM captures an image of the license plate.</p> <p>The image is sent to a Flask server.</p> <p>OpenCV processes the image to extract the plate number using OCR.</p> <p>The recognized text is displayed on the web interface.</p> <h2> Why ESP32-CAM? </h2> <p>Affordable &amp; compact</p> <p>WiFi-enabled</p> <p>Ideal for IoT applications</p> <p>Python &amp; OpenCV for OCR</p> <p>We use OpenCV for image processing and Tesseract OCR for text extraction.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F42q8ac94e3h6q237mo19.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F42q8ac94e3h6q237mo19.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="439"></a></p> <p>Code &amp; Tutorial</p> <p>Find the full project details, source code, and setup guide here: <a href="https://circuitdigest.com/projects/license-plate-recognition-using-esp32-cam" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://circuitdigest.com/projects/license-plate-recognition-using-esp32-cam</a></p> <p>🚀 Check it out and let me know your thoughts!</p> opensource esp32 api arduino