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PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by spicybright »

radar1310 wrote: post #8

Highly illegal in most likely all states.Every state has laws against obstruction of license plates.

If you see the video, the initial iteration just looks like specs of mud on the plate with the letters+numbers still fully readable. His ultimate goal is a custom plate frame that looks normal to the human eye but can block camera readings.

I can see this as being legal because it's still human readable.

Plate readers aren't expected to be 100% reliable as is (angles, lighting, network goes down, etc.) Plates get dirty, sometimes rusty. Also you can't test your own plate for machine readability against all the different types of systems cops use, so how could you reasonably know the issue is on your end and how to fix it?

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by on_the_train »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #9
theamk wrote: post #6

for such a well-documented repo, the complete lack of sample outputs is surprising. I don't want to run the code, just show me some perturbed plates!

Aside: this is the third or fourth time this week I've seen a repo/project shared here with some visual output component and no examples shown in the Readme or anywhere and multiple people asking about it. What's with these maintainers missing that key aspect? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Might actually be interaction bait. Just like those Reddit posts with false info or typos. Gets people to interact, just like us

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by vintermann »

spicybright wrote: post #11
radar1310 wrote: post #8

Highly illegal in most likely all states.Every state has laws against obstruction of license plates.

If you see the video, the initial iteration just looks like specs of mud on the plate with the letters+numbers still fully readable. His ultimate goal is a custom plate frame that looks normal to the human eye but can block camera readings. I can see this as being legal because it's still human readable. Plate readers aren't expected to be 100% reliable as is (angles, lighting, network goes down, etc.) Plates get dir…

Well, you know the issue is on your end if you specifically installed a system which is designed to foil a specific type of license plate reader.

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by Turlututu »

spicybright wrote: post #11
radar1310 wrote: post #8

Highly illegal in most likely all states.Every state has laws against obstruction of license plates.

If you see the video, the initial iteration just looks like specs of mud on the plate with the letters+numbers still fully readable. His ultimate goal is a custom plate frame that looks normal to the human eye but can block camera readings. I can see this as being legal because it's still human readable. Plate readers aren't expected to be 100% reliable as is (angles, lighting, network goes down, etc.) Plates get dir…

My guess is that either the system flag you as plate-less and warn cops about it.

Or trigger a human read of licence plate capture.

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by lantry »

theamk wrote: post #6

for such a well-documented repo, the complete lack of sample outputs is surprising. I don't want to run the code, just show me some perturbed plates!

I watched the video, and I think the creator of the repo might be concerned about liability. Also, the perturbed plates don't look that interesting, they just look slightly dirty

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

lantry wrote: post #15
theamk wrote: post #6

for such a well-documented repo, the complete lack of sample outputs is surprising. I don't want to run the code, just show me some perturbed plates!

I watched the video, and I think the creator of the repo might be concerned about liability. Also, the perturbed plates don't look that interesting, they just look slightly dirty

Next level: Produce solution for actually dirtying a given plate whith patterns of applied "dirt", easily removable, just in case...

Re: PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays

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Post by rickytheguy »

I've been wondering for a long time about adding a layer of UV reflective material to a license plate (maybe even a spray?), built specifically to either alter the image so a camera sees different numbers/letters, or to block it altogether. With this it wouldn't be obstructing the licence plate at all for human eyes, so it's feasible that you could easily get away with it.
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