From 01095bd4ddd3a07bb23fa512443f21e0281fb71d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Hill <matthill@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 11:13:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Increased expansion of detected region by 5%

---
 src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index 6335516..c4bf089 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
 
   this->confidence = 0;
 
-  int expandX = round(this->plateRegion.width * 0.15);
-  int expandY = round(this->plateRegion.height * 0.10);
+  int expandX = round(this->plateRegion.width * 0.20);
+  int expandY = round(this->plateRegion.height * 0.15);
   // expand box by 15% in all directions
   Rect expandedRegion = expandRect( this->plateRegion, expandX, expandY, frame.cols, frame.rows) ;