diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/benchmark/benchmark.cpp b/src/misc_utilities/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
index 51ead18..106689d 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
         plateCoords.y = 0;
         plateCoords.width = frame.cols;
         plateCoords.height = frame.rows;
+	
+	PipelineData pipeline_data(frame, plateCoords, config);
 
         char statecode[3];
         statecode[0] = files[i][0];
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
         statecode[2] = '\0';
         string statecodestr(statecode);
 
-        CharacterRegion charRegion(frame, config);
+        CharacterRegion charRegion(&pipeline_data);
 
         if (abs(charRegion.getTopLine().angle) > 4)
         {
@@ -124,9 +126,10 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
           warpAffine( frame, rotated, rot_mat, frame.size() );
 
           rotated.copyTo(frame);
+	  pipeline_data.crop_gray = frame;
         }
 
-        CharacterSegmenter charSegmenter(frame, charRegion.thresholdsInverted(), config);
+        CharacterSegmenter charSegmenter(&pipeline_data);
         ocr->performOCR(charSegmenter.getThresholds(), charSegmenter.characters);
         ocr->postProcessor->analyze(statecode, 25);
 
diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp b/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
index e90e35d..b41041e 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
@@ -124,13 +124,14 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
 
         imshow ("Original", frame);
 
+	PipelineData pipeline_data(frame, Rect(0, 0, frame.cols, frame.rows), &config);
         char statecode[3];
         statecode[0] = files[i][0];
         statecode[1] = files[i][1];
         statecode[2] = '\0';
         string statecodestr(statecode);
 
-        CharacterRegion regionizer(frame, &config);
+        CharacterRegion regionizer(&pipeline_data);
 
         if (abs(regionizer.getTopLine().angle) > 4)
         {
@@ -143,9 +144,10 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
           warpAffine( frame, rotated, rot_mat, frame.size() );
 
           rotated.copyTo(frame);
+	  pipeline_data.crop_gray = rotated;
         }
 
-        CharacterSegmenter charSegmenter(frame, regionizer.thresholdsInverted(), &config);
+        CharacterSegmenter charSegmenter(&pipeline_data);
 
         //ocr.cleanCharRegions(charSegmenter.thresholds, charSegmenter.characters);
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 42d297b..ff63d1a 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ void plateAnalysisThread(void* arg)
       
       for (int pointidx = 0; pointidx < 4; pointidx++)
       {
-	plateResult.plate_points[pointidx].x = (int) lp.plateCorners[pointidx].x;
-	plateResult.plate_points[pointidx].y = (int) lp.plateCorners[pointidx].y;
+	plateResult.plate_points[pointidx].x = (int) pipeline_data.plate_corners[pointidx].x;
+	plateResult.plate_points[pointidx].y = (int) pipeline_data.plate_corners[pointidx].y;
       }
       
       if (dispatcher->detectRegion)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp b/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp
index c146504..26d6403 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp
@@ -22,22 +22,16 @@
 using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 
-CharacterAnalysis::CharacterAnalysis(Mat img, Config* config)
+CharacterAnalysis::CharacterAnalysis(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
 {
-  this->config = config;
+  this->pipeline_data = pipeline_data;
+  this->config = pipeline_data->config;
 
   this->hasPlateMask = false;
 
   if (this->config->debugCharAnalysis)
     cout << "Starting CharacterAnalysis identification" << endl;
 
-  if (img.type() != CV_8U)
-    cvtColor( img, this->img_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
-  else
-  {
-    img_gray = Mat(img.size(), img.type());
-    img.copyTo(img_gray);
-  }
 }
 
 CharacterAnalysis::~CharacterAnalysis()
@@ -51,21 +45,9 @@ CharacterAnalysis::~CharacterAnalysis()
 
 void CharacterAnalysis::analyze()
 {
-  thresholds = produceThresholds(img_gray, config);
+  thresholds = produceThresholds(pipeline_data->crop_gray, config);
 
-  /*
-    // Morph Close the gray image to make it easier to detect blobs
-    int morph_elem  = 1;
-    int morph_size = 1;
-    Mat element = getStructuringElement( morph_elem, Size( 2*morph_size + 1, 2*morph_size+1 ), Point( morph_size, morph_size ) );
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
-    {
-      //morphologyEx( mask, mask, MORPH_CLOSE, element );
-      morphologyEx( thresholds[i], thresholds[i], MORPH_OPEN, element );
-      //dilate( thresholds[i], thresholds[i],  element );
-    }
-  */
 
   timespec startTime;
   getTime(&startTime);
@@ -181,7 +163,7 @@ void CharacterAnalysis::analyze()
 
   //charsegments = this->getPossibleCharRegions(img_threshold, allContours, allHierarchy, STARTING_MIN_HEIGHT + (bestFitIndex * HEIGHT_STEP), STARTING_MAX_HEIGHT + (bestFitIndex * HEIGHT_STEP));
 
-  this->linePolygon =  getBestVotedLines(img_gray, bestContours, bestCharSegments);
+  this->linePolygon =  getBestVotedLines(pipeline_data->crop_gray, bestContours, bestCharSegments);
 
   if (this->linePolygon.size() > 0)
   {
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h b/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h
index 588cb21..b9d66ad 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 #include "constants.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "config.h"
-
+#include "pipeline_data.h"
 
 class CharacterAnalysis
 {
 
   public:
-    CharacterAnalysis(cv::Mat img, Config* config);
+    CharacterAnalysis(PipelineData* pipeline_data);
     virtual ~CharacterAnalysis();
 
     bool hasPlateMask;
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ class CharacterAnalysis
     cv::Mat getCharacterMask();
 
   private:
+    PipelineData* pipeline_data;
     Config* config;
 
-    cv::Mat img_gray;
-
     cv::Mat findOuterBoxMask( );
 
     bool isPlateInverted();
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characterregion.cpp b/src/openalpr/characterregion.cpp
index 6fc4af6..b6e2953 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/characterregion.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/characterregion.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 
-CharacterRegion::CharacterRegion(Mat img, Config* config)
+CharacterRegion::CharacterRegion(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
 {
-  this->config = config;
+  this->config = pipeline_data->config;
   this->debug = config->debugCharRegions;
 
   this->confidence = 0;
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ CharacterRegion::CharacterRegion(Mat img, Config* config)
   timespec startTime;
   getTime(&startTime);
 
-  charAnalysis = new CharacterAnalysis(img, config);
+  charAnalysis = new CharacterAnalysis(pipeline_data);
   charAnalysis->analyze();
+  pipeline_data->plate_inverted = charAnalysis->thresholdsInverted;
+  pipeline_data->plate_mask = charAnalysis->plateMask;
 
   if (this->debug && charAnalysis->linePolygon.size() > 0)
   {
@@ -100,10 +102,6 @@ CharacterRegion::~CharacterRegion()
   delete(charAnalysis);
 }
 
-Mat CharacterRegion::getPlateMask()
-{
-  return charAnalysis->plateMask;
-}
 
 LineSegment CharacterRegion::getTopLine()
 {
@@ -140,7 +138,3 @@ LineSegment CharacterRegion::getCharBoxRight()
   return charAnalysis->charBoxRight;
 }
 
-bool CharacterRegion::thresholdsInverted()
-{
-  return charAnalysis->thresholdsInverted;
-}
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characterregion.h b/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
index 4826bae..a4eabe4 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
@@ -25,23 +25,21 @@
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "characteranalysis.h"
 #include "config.h"
-
+#include "pipeline_data.h"
 
 class CharacterRegion
 {
 
   public:
-    CharacterRegion(cv::Mat img, Config* config);
+    CharacterRegion(PipelineData* pipeline_data);
     virtual ~CharacterRegion();
 
     CharacterAnalysis *charAnalysis;
 
     int confidence;
-    cv::Mat getPlateMask();
 
     LineSegment getTopLine();
     LineSegment getBottomLine();
-    //vector<Point> getLinePolygon();
     std::vector<cv::Point> getCharArea();
 
     LineSegment getCharBoxTop();
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ class CharacterRegion
     LineSegment getCharBoxLeft();
     LineSegment getCharBoxRight();
 
-    bool thresholdsInverted();
 
   protected:
     Config* config;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 87007a1..04cf417 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 
-CharacterSegmenter::CharacterSegmenter(Mat img_gray, bool invertedColors, Config* config)
+CharacterSegmenter::CharacterSegmenter(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
 {
-  this->config = config;
+  this->pipeline_data = pipeline_data;
+  this->config = pipeline_data->config;
 
   this->confidence = 0;
 
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ CharacterSegmenter::CharacterSegmenter(Mat img_gray, bool invertedColors, Config
   getTime(&startTime);
 
 
-  medianBlur(img_gray, img_gray, 3);
+  medianBlur(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->crop_gray, 3);
 
-  if (invertedColors)
-    bitwise_not(img_gray, img_gray);
+  if (pipeline_data->plate_inverted)
+    bitwise_not(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->crop_gray);
 
-  charAnalysis = new CharacterAnalysis(img_gray, config);
+  charAnalysis = new CharacterAnalysis(pipeline_data);
   charAnalysis->analyze();
 
   if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.h b/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.h
index bea17b2..6b958bd 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/charactersegmenter.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CharacterSegmenter
 {
 
   public:
-    CharacterSegmenter(cv::Mat img, bool invertedColors, Config* config);
+    CharacterSegmenter(PipelineData* pipeline_data);
     virtual ~CharacterSegmenter();
 
     std::vector<cv::Rect> characters;
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ class CharacterSegmenter
 
   private:
     Config* config;
-
+    PipelineData* pipeline_data;
+    
     CharacterAnalysis* charAnalysis;
 
     LineSegment top;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index 15a40c6..f318727 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
   resize(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->crop_gray, Size(config->templateWidthPx, config->templateHeightPx));
   
   
-  CharacterRegion charRegion(pipeline_data->crop_gray, config);
+  CharacterRegion charRegion(pipeline_data);
 
   if (charRegion.confidence > 10)
   {
     PlateLines plateLines(config);
     //Mat boogedy = charRegion.getPlateMask();
 
-    plateLines.processImage(charRegion.getPlateMask(), &charRegion, 1.10);
+    plateLines.processImage(pipeline_data->plate_mask, &charRegion, 1.10);
     plateLines.processImage(pipeline_data->crop_gray, &charRegion, 0.9);
 
     PlateCorners cornerFinder(pipeline_data->crop_gray, &plateLines, &charRegion, config);
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
 
     if (cornerFinder.confidence > 0)
     {
-      this->plateCorners = transformPointsToOriginalImage(this->pipeline_data->grayImg, pipeline_data->crop_gray, expandedRegion, smallPlateCorners);
+      pipeline_data->plate_corners = transformPointsToOriginalImage(this->pipeline_data->grayImg, pipeline_data->crop_gray, expandedRegion, smallPlateCorners);
 
-      this->deskewed = deSkewPlate(this->pipeline_data->grayImg, this->plateCorners);
+      pipeline_data->crop_gray = deSkewPlate(this->pipeline_data->grayImg, pipeline_data->plate_corners);
 
-      charSegmenter = new CharacterSegmenter(deskewed, charRegion.thresholdsInverted(), config);
+      charSegmenter = new CharacterSegmenter(pipeline_data);
 
       //this->recognizedText = ocr->recognizedText;
       //strcpy(this->recognizedText, ocr.recognizedText);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
index 1e71b62..f63375e 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ class LicensePlateCandidate
 
     float confidence;		// 0-100
     //vector<Point> points;	// top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left
-    std::vector<cv::Point2f> plateCorners;
 
     void recognize();
 
-    cv::Mat deskewed;
     CharacterSegmenter* charSegmenter;
 
   private:
diff --git a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
index 0d8ab04..d0ccb71 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ PipelineData::PipelineData(Mat colorImage, Rect regionOfInterest, Config* config
   
   this->regionOfInterest = regionOfInterest;
   this->config = config;
+  
+  plate_inverted = false;
 }
 
 PipelineData::~PipelineData()
diff --git a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
index 39e6c52..b4853ab 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
@@ -20,18 +20,21 @@ class PipelineData
     cv::Mat grayImg;
     cv::Rect regionOfInterest;
     
-    
     cv::Mat crop_gray;
     cv::Mat plate_mask;    
+    std::vector<cv::Mat> thresholds;
+    
+    std::vector<cv::Point2f> plate_corners;
+
     
     // Outputs
+    bool plate_inverted;
+    
     std::string region_code;
     float region_confidence;
     
     float overall_confidence;
     
-    std::vector<cv::Mat> thresholds;
-    
     
     // Plate Lines
     std::vector<LineSegment> horizontalLines;