1. A license plate character segmentation method, said method comprising: initializing a segmentation agent in association with a starting location to identify a segmentation path in a license plate image by said segmentation agent during a training phase; automatically learning an association between a current state and a sensory input with a preferred action by said segmentation agent at an end of said training phase; and traversing from a top to a bottom of said license plate image by said segmentation agent at runtime utilizing said association learned during said training phase to improve a robustness of license plate character segmentation and an operational latitude of an automatic license plate recognition unit.