an image obtainer configured to obtain a vehicle image and then obtain and send a license plate number image within the vehicle image; and

a first identifier configured to receive the license plate number image and determine whether the license plate of the vehicle is tampered according to the received license plate number image and a preset standard license plate number image.

The first identifier may be configured to divide the license plate number image into different regions according to characters, compare a color, form and texture of a character in each of the regions with a color, form and texture of a character in the preset standard license plate number image, determine the license plate of the vehicle to be a tampered plate when at least one of the color, form and texture of the character in any of the regions is different from the corresponding at least one of the color, form and texture of the character in the standard license plate number image, and determine the license plate of the vehicle to be a normal plate when all of the color, form and texture of the character in each of the regions are the same with the color, form and texture of the character in the standard license plate number image.

The apparatus for identifying license plate tampering may further comprise a second identifier,

the image obtainer is further configured to send the vehicle image to the second identifier;