Improved CNN-based CatBoost model for license plate remote sensing image classification

The rapid development of artificial intelligence technology has brought profound technical changes to many traditional industries, among which intelligent transportation has become a hot spot for development in the traditional transportation field. Remote sensing license plate image recognition technology is extensively emphasized in such domains as intelligent transportation and intelligent vehicle management. However, in the practical traffic environment, low visibility scenes caused by complex environmental factors such as rain, snow, haze and cloudy days influence the recognition and classification of license plates, while the distortion of license plate images that may be caused by irregular movements of vehicles bring challenges to license plate recognition classification. The CNN-CatBoost model proposed in this paper divides the license plate recognition classification into two stages. The first stage uses the excellent performance of convolutional neural network in processing image data to extract various license plate image features; the second stage uses the CatBoost module to further process the image feature data and finally obtain the remote sensing license plate information. The model achieves outstanding results in the experiments and has practical application value. Through comparison with other network models, the CNN-CatBoost model proposed in this paper has superior performance.