Use of a license plate recognition apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor that, upon executing instructions stored in the memory, controls the license plate recognition apparatus to perform the functions of: receiving an image; determining a plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) within the received image, the plurality of predicted license plate regions corresponding to at least one license plate in the image such that the plurality of predicted license plate regions overlap with each other in the received image; combining the plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) into a single combined image, by stitching them; transferring the single combined image to an optical character recognition unit that performs optical character recognition on the plurality of predicted license plate regions to output a plurality of predicted character sequences; receiving the output of the optical character recognition unit that contains the plurality of predicted character sequences; and determining the plurality of predicted character sequences to estimate a character sequence in the said received image. at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor that, upon executing instructions stored in the memory, controls the license plate recognition apparatus to perform the functions of: receiving an image; determining a plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) within the received image, the plurality of predicted license plate regions corresponding to at least one license plate in the image such that the plurality of predicted license plate regions overlap with each other in the received image; combining the plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) into a single combined image, by stitching them; transferring the single combined image to an optical character recognition unit that performs optical character recognition on the plurality of predicted license plate regions to output a plurality of predicted character sequences; receiving the output of the optical character recognition unit that contains the plurality of predicted character sequences; and determining the plurality of predicted character sequences to estimate a character sequence in the said received image. receiving an image; determining a plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) within the received image, the plurality of predicted license plate regions corresponding to at least one license plate in the image such that the plurality of predicted license plate regions overlap with each other in the received image; combining the plurality of predicted license plate regions (501, 502, ......508) into a single combined image, by stitching them; transferring the single combined image to an optical character recognition unit that performs optical character recognition on the plurality of predicted license plate regions to output a plurality of predicted character sequences; receiving the output of the optical character recognition unit that contains the plurality of predicted character sequences; and determining the plurality of predicted character sequences to estimate a character sequence in the said received image. <EOS>