diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
index 840b96b..a89ce21 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ namespace alpr
     return impl->recognize(imageBytes);
   }
 
+  AlprResults Alpr::recognize(std::vector<char> imageBytes, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest)
+  {
+	  return impl->recognize(imageBytes, regionsOfInterest);
+  }
+
   AlprResults Alpr::recognize(unsigned char* pixelData, int bytesPerPixel, int imgWidth, int imgHeight, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest)
   {
     return impl->recognize(pixelData, bytesPerPixel, imgWidth, imgHeight, regionsOfInterest);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.h b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
index 7146322..c94ed9b 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ namespace alpr
       // Recognize from an image on disk
       AlprResults recognize(std::string filepath);
 
-      // Recognize from byte data representing an encoded image (e.g., BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF etc).
-      AlprResults recognize(std::vector<char> imageBytes);
+	  // Recognize from byte data representing an encoded image (e.g., BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF etc).
+	  AlprResults recognize(std::vector<char> imageBytes);
+
+	  // Recognize from byte data representing an encoded image (e.g., BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF etc).
+	  AlprResults recognize(std::vector<char> imageBytes, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest);
 
       // Recognize from raw pixel data.  
       AlprResults recognize(unsigned char* pixelData, int bytesPerPixel, int imgWidth, int imgHeight, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index fc8ca37..aa10796 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ namespace alpr
     return this->recognize(img);
   }
 
+  AlprResults AlprImpl::recognize(std::vector<char> imageBytes, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest)
+  {
+	  cv::Mat img = cv::imdecode(cv::Mat(imageBytes), 1);
+
+	  return this->recognize(img, regionsOfInterest);
+  }
+
   AlprResults AlprImpl::recognize( unsigned char* pixelData, int bytesPerPixel, int imgWidth, int imgHeight, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest)
   {
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
index f5fcbd9..776807b 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ namespace alpr
       AlprFullDetails recognizeFullDetails(cv::Mat img, std::vector<cv::Rect> regionsOfInterest);
 
       AlprResults recognize( std::vector<char> imageBytes );
+	  AlprResults recognize( std::vector<char> imageBytes, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest );
       AlprResults recognize( unsigned char* pixelData, int bytesPerPixel, int imgWidth, int imgHeight, std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest );
       AlprResults recognize( cv::Mat img );
       AlprResults recognize( cv::Mat img, std::vector<cv::Rect> regionsOfInterest );