title: License plate recognition using OpenCV
body: <p>I have a project where I need to identify the license plate of a car using OpenCV.</p>
  
  <p>I want to load an image of a number or a letter and let OpenCV identify it and print it to the console.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a function do this? If not, how can I do it?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> I am working on gray level</p>
  
  <p>Please help, I have to make it a week from now</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>thank you for your fast answer </p>
  
  <p>I am working with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition</p>
  
  <p>and about library the following libraries are whwat i used:</p>
  
  <pre>
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\lib"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cv\include"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cxcore\include"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\highgui"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cvaux\include"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\_graphics\include"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cv\src"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cxcore\src"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cvaux\src"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\highgui"
  "C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\_graphics\src"
  </pre>