13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the segmentation device is adapted to: produce a binary map of the plate region; use the binary map to determine object connected components relative to background components; match the determined black connected components against the at least one model; determine if a matching score for the at least one model is below a pre-set threshold; and, determine the at least one model that is a closest match to the plate region in the observed image.
13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the segmentation device is adapted to: produce a binary map of the plate region; use the binary map to determine object connected components relative to background components; match the determined black connected components against the at least one model; determine if a matching score for the at least one model is below a pre-set threshold; and, determine the at least one model that is a closest match to the plate region in the observed image. 14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the segmentation device is adapted to produce and use at least a second binary map by varying a threshold for binarization.