Automatic car model classification

An application is described of dynamic-programming-based matching to car model classification. An edge map is first extracted, and a sequence of pre-processing stages is carried out, culminating in the use of a 2-dimensional circle Hough transform to generate a cued region containing a putative car. Within the cued area a dynamic programming search (edge-based classification) is carried out to classify the model or type of car. Experimental results are given