8. A system for the detection and classification via an image processor of license plates displayed in images captured by an image-capturing unit, said system comprising: an image processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with said at least one processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said image processor and configured for: capturing an image of a vehicle utilizing an image-capturing unit that communicates with an image processor; locating a license plate region in said image of said vehicle after capturing said image with said image-capturing unit by extracting a set of candidate regions from said image utilizing a weak classifier of said image processor; ranking said set of candidate regions utilizing a secondary strong classifier of said image processor; and classifying said image according to a confidence driven classification based on classification criteria determined by said weak classifier and said secondary strong classifier, thereby automatically identifying and eliminating un-readable images from human review.
8. A system for the detection and classification via an image processor of license plates displayed in images captured by an image-capturing unit, said system comprising: an image processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with said at least one processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said image processor and configured for: capturing an image of a vehicle utilizing an image-capturing unit that communicates with an image processor; locating a license plate region in said image of said vehicle after capturing said image with said image-capturing unit by extracting a set of candidate regions from said image utilizing a weak classifier of said image processor; ranking said set of candidate regions utilizing a secondary strong classifier of said image processor; and classifying said image according to a confidence driven classification based on classification criteria determined by said weak classifier and said secondary strong classifier, thereby automatically identifying and eliminating un-readable images from human review. 13. The system of claim 8 wherein said instructions for classifying said image according to a confidence driven classification based on classification criteria determined by said weak classifier and said secondary strong classifier, further comprises instructions configured for: classifying said image according to a confidence driven classification to exclude said image from review based on classification criteria determined by said weak classifier and said secondary strong classifier.