How to Use the Roboflow License Plate Detection API

Roboflow offers a free license plate detection API on its Universe platform, providing users with access to a model trained on over 10,000 images from six different datasets, achieving a 99.0% mAP score and 97.1% accuracy. Users can interactively test this model on images and videos via a web-based widget before deploying it programmatically using Python. The API facilitates the identification of license plate coordinates in images, which can be further processed using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract text for various applications, such as monitoring traffic violations or managing parking. Deployment options for the model include edge devices like Luxonis OAK and Raspberry Pi, mobile platforms like iOS, and server environments using Docker, enabling flexibility in production settings.