According to one aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for identifying license plate tampering. As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus for identifying license plate tampering includes an image obtainer 1 and a first identifier 2. The image obtainer 1 is configured to obtain a vehicle image and then obtain a license plate number image within the vehicle image and send the license plate number image to the first identifier 2. The first identifier 2 is configured to determine whether the license plate of the vehicle is tampered according to the license plate number image and a preset standard license plate number image. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the image obtainer may be a camera such as a CCD or COMS camera. However, the image obtainer of the disclosure is not limited thereto, but may also be any other device that can capture an image. In addition, in an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the first identifier may be implemented as a DSP chip or an embedded chip. However, the first identifier of the disclosure is not limited thereto, but may also be any other device or identification circuit that can compare a captured image with a standard license plate number image.

It should be noted that a road camera captures a vehicle image and sends the vehicle image to the image obtainer 1 which is capable of identifying a license plate region of the vehicle image and thus obtains a license plate image. The apparatus for identifying license plate tampering may be integrated with the current intelligent traffic violation surveillance and management system.