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France License Plate Detection Dataset

The dataset includes annotated license plates from diverse real-world traffic conditions in France, providing high-quality images for license plate recognition, license plate detection, and OCR tasks, enabling accurate vehicle tracking, traffic management, and law enforcement applications

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  • images
    195 445
  • Auto
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Detection
  • Data annotation
  • Security

The dataset includes annotated license plates from diverse real-world traffic conditions in France, providing high-quality images for license plate recognition, license plate detection, and OCR tasks, enabling accurate vehicle tracking, traffic management, and law enforcement applications

Get in touch Download sample
  • Auto
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Detection
  • Data annotation
  • Security
  • images
    195 445

Dataset Info

Characteristic Data
Description License plate images with labeling for OCR tasks
Tasks Detection, Classification, OCR
Total number of files 195 445
Marking OCR
Labeling Model, details, plane text, tag, country, number
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Characteristics

Characteristic Data
Image extensions png
Extension of labeling file csv
Source and collection methodology: Data was collected by parsing videos from various sources

Dataset Use Cases

  • Transportation & Tolling

    Automating Vehicle Tracking and Billing

    France License Plate Detection Dataset supports license plate recognition for toll operators and logistics firms. With annotated license plates captured in varied lighting conditions and traffic scenarios, it enables automatic number plate recognition with high accuracy rates, ensuring smooth toll collection, faster billing, and precise vehicle tracking on national road networks.



  • Smart City & Parking Solutions

    Optimizing Parking and Access Control

    City planners and parking providers use license plate detection datasets to build systems that manage vehicles entering car parks and restricted areas. By training recognition systems on registration numbers and plate readers, operators improve access control and deliver a seamless parking experience for both private and public facilities.



  • Law Enforcement & Security

    Identifying Vehicles and Enhancing Road Safety

    The dataset helps law enforcement agencies detect stolen vehicles, monitor moving vehicles, and enforce traffic management rules. With optical character recognition for registration plates, it strengthens recognition technology used in roadside cameras and pattern recognition systems, delivering more reliable results for vehicle registrations and road safety enforcement.



  • Automotive & AI Research

    Improving Recognition Systems for Intelligent Vehicles

    Researchers use such datasets to train learning models for automatic license plate recognition in autonomous driving and smart mobility projects. Since the dataset contains diverse registration plates, character segmentation, and vehicle access examples, it helps improve recognition rates at higher speeds and across challenging real-world driving conditions.



FAQs

What is France License Plate Detection Dataset used for?
It is used for license plate recognition, OCR model training, and pattern recognition tasks. The dataset supports law enforcement, parking management systems, vehicle tracking, and automatic access control in smart cities.
How was the data collected?
The dataset was built by parsing traffic video recordings under varied road and lighting conditions. This data collection method provides realistic samples for recognizing license plates in moving vehicles and urban traffic environments.
What is included in this dataset?
The license plate recognition database contains 195,445 images of French license plates with CSV annotation files. Labels include vehicle model, plain text transcription, country tag, and numbers.
Is it possible to request a custom dataset?
Yes, Unidata provides custom datasets to match your requirements. You may request specific traffic scenarios, lighting conditions, or additional vehicle registration samples for improving automatic license plate recognition systems.
Do Unidata datasets follow GDPR or other data privacy regulations?
All Unidata datasets, including France License Plate Detection Dataset, comply with GDPR and international data protection regulations. Data is collected only from legally permissible sources, ensuring ethical usage for license plate recognition and vehicle tracking applications.
How are Unidata datasets stored?
Unidata securely stores all datasets on AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and compliance with ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 standards. This provides a privacy-focused and high-availability environment for datasets used in recognition systems and traffic management projects.
How long does it take to receive the dataset?
After submitting a request, Unidata will verify details and finalize documents with you. Once signing and payment are completed, France License Plate Detection Dataset will be delivered within 3-10 days, ready for OCR, classification, and vehicle monitoring tasks.
Is this a real-world dataset or synthetic data?
This is a real-world dataset collected from traffic footage across France. It captures diverse conditions such as moving vehicles, lighting variations, and parking environments, making it valuable for law enforcement, access control, and intelligent traffic management.
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