diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 5260d1e..f95f382 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace alpr
     response.results.img_width = img.cols;
     response.results.img_height = img.rows;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < regionsOfInterest.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < regionsOfInterest.size(); i++)
     {
       response.results.regionsOfInterest.push_back(AlprRegionOfInterest(regionsOfInterest[i].x, regionsOfInterest[i].y, 
               regionsOfInterest[i].width, regionsOfInterest[i].height));
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace alpr
     response.plateRegions = plateDetector->detect(img, regionsOfInterest);
 
     queue<PlateRegion> plateQueue;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < response.plateRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < response.plateRegions.size(); i++)
       plateQueue.push(response.plateRegions[i]);
 
     while(!plateQueue.empty())
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
         int bestPlateIndex = 0;
 
-        for (uint pp = 0; pp < ppResults.size(); pp++)
+        for (unsigned int pp = 0; pp < ppResults.size(); pp++)
         {
           if (pp >= topN)
             break;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace alpr
       {
         // Not a valid plate
         // Check if this plate has any children, if so, send them back up for processing
-        for (uint childidx = 0; childidx < plateRegion.children.size(); childidx++)
+        for (unsigned int childidx = 0; childidx < plateRegion.children.size(); childidx++)
         {
           plateQueue.push(plateRegion.children[childidx]);
         }
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ namespace alpr
 
     if (config->debugGeneral && config->debugShowImages)
     {
-      for (uint i = 0; i < response.plateRegions.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < response.plateRegions.size(); i++)
       {
         rectangle(img, response.plateRegions[i].rect, Scalar(0, 0, 255), 2);
       }
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < response.results.plates.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < response.results.plates.size(); i++)
       {
         for (int z = 0; z < 4; z++)
         {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ namespace alpr
    std::vector<cv::Rect> AlprImpl::convertRects(std::vector<AlprRegionOfInterest> regionsOfInterest)
    {
      std::vector<cv::Rect> rectRegions;
-     for (uint i = 0; i < regionsOfInterest.size(); i++)
+     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < regionsOfInterest.size(); i++)
      {
        rectRegions.push_back(cv::Rect(regionsOfInterest[i].x, regionsOfInterest[i].y, regionsOfInterest[i].width, regionsOfInterest[i].height));
      }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace alpr
     // Add the regions of interest to the JSON
     cJSON *rois;
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "regions_of_interest", 		rois=cJSON_CreateArray());
-    for (uint i=0;i<results.regionsOfInterest.size();i++)
+    for (unsigned int i=0;i<results.regionsOfInterest.size();i++)
     {
       cJSON *roi_object;
       roi_object = cJSON_CreateObject();
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
 
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "results", 		jsonResults=cJSON_CreateArray());
-    for (uint i = 0; i < results.plates.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < results.plates.size(); i++)
     {
       cJSON *resultObj = createJsonObj( &results.plates[i] );
       cJSON_AddItemToArray(jsonResults, resultObj);
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
 
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, "candidates", 		candidates=cJSON_CreateArray());
-    for (uint i = 0; i < result->topNPlates.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < result->topNPlates.size(); i++)
     {
       cJSON *candidate_object;
       candidate_object = cJSON_CreateObject();
diff --git a/src/openalpr/colorfilter.cpp b/src/openalpr/colorfilter.cpp
index 9b47ce0..4b8bc28 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/colorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/colorfilter.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<float> hMeans, sMeans, vMeans;
     vector<float> hStdDevs, sStdDevs, vStdDevs;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (hierarchy[i][3] != -1)
         continue;
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ namespace alpr
     float lowestOverallDiff = 1000000000;
     int bestPercentAgreementIndex = -1;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < values.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < values.size(); i++)
     {
       int valuesInRange = 0;
       float overallDiff = 0;
-      for (uint j = 0; j < values.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < values.size(); j++)
       {
         float diff = abs(values[i] - values[j]);
         if (diff < maxValDifference)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/config.h b/src/openalpr/config.h
index 3bdb57e..5815fee 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/config.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/config.h
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ namespace alpr
 
       float postProcessMinConfidence;
       float postProcessConfidenceSkipLevel;
-      uint postProcessMaxSubstitutions;
-      uint postProcessMinCharacters;
-      uint postProcessMaxCharacters;
+      unsigned int postProcessMaxSubstitutions;
+      unsigned int postProcessMinCharacters;
+      unsigned int postProcessMaxCharacters;
 
 
       bool debugGeneral;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/detection/detector.cpp b/src/openalpr/detection/detector.cpp
index 315f111..8130c29 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/detection/detector.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/detection/detector.cpp
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ namespace alpr
     std::sort(regions.begin(), regions.end(), rectHasLargerArea);
 
     // Create new PlateRegions and attach the rectangles to each
-    for (uint i = 0; i < regions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < regions.size(); i++)
     {
       PlateRegion newRegion;
       newRegion.rect = regions[i];
       orderedRegions.push_back(newRegion);
     }
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < orderedRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < orderedRegions.size(); i++)
     {
       bool foundParent = false;
-      for (uint k = i + 1; k < orderedRegions.size(); k++)
+      for (unsigned int k = i + 1; k < orderedRegions.size(); k++)
       {
         Point center( orderedRegions[i].rect.x + (orderedRegions[i].rect.width / 2),
                       orderedRegions[i].rect.y + (orderedRegions[i].rect.height / 2));
diff --git a/src/openalpr/detection/detectorcpu.cpp b/src/openalpr/detection/detectorcpu.cpp
index 92c6d58..52cc66f 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/detection/detectorcpu.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/detection/detectorcpu.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace alpr
       cout << "LBP Time: " << diffclock(startTime, endTime) << "ms." << endl;
     }
 
-    for( uint i = 0; i < plates.size(); i++ )
+    for( unsigned int i = 0; i < plates.size(); i++ )
     {
       plates[i].x = plates[i].x / scale_factor;
       plates[i].y = plates[i].y / scale_factor;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/edges/edgefinder.cpp b/src/openalpr/edges/edgefinder.cpp
index 70698bd..3c580d7 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/edges/edgefinder.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/edges/edgefinder.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     // Re-map the textline coordinates to the new crop  
     vector<TextLine> newLines;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); i++)
     {        
       vector<Point2f> textArea = imgTransform.transformSmallPointsToBigImage(pipeline_data->textLines[i].textArea);
       vector<Point2f> linePolygon = imgTransform.transformSmallPointsToBigImage(pipeline_data->textLines[i].linePolygon);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/edges/platecorners.cpp b/src/openalpr/edges/platecorners.cpp
index e2c2d1b..d750b73 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/edges/platecorners.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/edges/platecorners.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace alpr
       Mat imgCorners = Mat(inputImage.size(), inputImage.type());
       inputImage.copyTo(imgCorners);
 
-      for (uint linenum = 0; linenum < textLines.size(); linenum++)
+      for (unsigned int linenum = 0; linenum < textLines.size(); linenum++)
       {
         for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
           circle(imgCorners, textLines[linenum].textArea[i], 2, Scalar(0, 0, 0));
diff --git a/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp b/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
index 3515c40..8328d8d 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     Mat mask = Mat::zeros(inputImage.size(), CV_8U);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
     {
       vector<vector<Point> > polygons;
       polygons.push_back(textLines[i].textArea);
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ namespace alpr
 
     vector<PlateLine> hlines = this->getLines(edges, sensitivity, false);
     vector<PlateLine> vlines = this->getLines(edges, sensitivity, true);
-    for (uint i = 0; i < hlines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hlines.size(); i++)
       this->horizontalLines.push_back(hlines[i]);
-    for (uint i = 0; i < vlines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vlines.size(); i++)
       this->verticalLines.push_back(vlines[i]);
 
     // if debug is enabled, draw the image
diff --git a/src/openalpr/edges/textlinecollection.cpp b/src/openalpr/edges/textlinecollection.cpp
index 980ee74..eaacae2 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/edges/textlinecollection.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/edges/textlinecollection.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     charHeight = 0;
     charAngle = 0;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
     {
       charHeight += textLines[i].lineHeight;
       charAngle += textLines[i].angle;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     this->topCharArea = textLines[0].charBoxTop;
     this->bottomCharArea = textLines[0].charBoxBottom;
-    for (uint i = 1; i < textLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 1; i < textLines.size(); i++)
     {
 
       if (this->topCharArea.isPointBelowLine(textLines[i].charBoxTop.midpoint()) == false)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp b/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
index b15e4fb..66290c2 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
   FeatureMatcher::~FeatureMatcher()
   {
-    for (uint i = 0; i < trainingImgKeypoints.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < trainingImgKeypoints.size(); i++)
       trainingImgKeypoints[i].clear();
     trainingImgKeypoints.clear();
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace alpr
         {
           bool already_exists = false;
           // Quickly run through the matches we've already added and make sure it's not a duplicate...
-          for (uint q = 0; q < matches12.size(); q++)
+          for (unsigned int q = 0; q < matches12.size(); q++)
           {
             if (matchesKnn[descInd][0].queryIdx == matches12[q].queryIdx)
             {
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ namespace alpr
     Rect crissCrossAreaVertical(0, 0, config->stateIdImageWidthPx, config->stateIdimageHeightPx * 2);
     Rect crissCrossAreaHorizontal(0, 0, config->stateIdImageWidthPx * 2, config->stateIdimageHeightPx);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
     {
       vector<DMatch> matchesForOnePlate;
-      for (uint j = 0; j < inputMatches.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < inputMatches.size(); j++)
       {
         if (inputMatches[j].imgIdx == (int) i)
           matchesForOnePlate.push_back(inputMatches[j]);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ namespace alpr
       vector<LineSegment> hlines;
       vector<int> matchIdx;
 
-      for (uint j = 0; j < matchesForOnePlate.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < matchesForOnePlate.size(); j++)
       {
         KeyPoint tkp = trainingImgKeypoints[i][matchesForOnePlate[j].trainIdx];
         KeyPoint qkp = queryKeypoints[matchesForOnePlate[j].queryIdx];
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ namespace alpr
         int mostIntersectionsIndex = -1;
         mostIntersections = 0;
 
-        for (uint j = 0; j < vlines.size(); j++)
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < vlines.size(); j++)
         {
           int intrCount = 0;
-          for (uint q = 0; q < vlines.size(); q++)
+          for (unsigned int q = 0; q < vlines.size(); q++)
           {
             Point vintr = vlines[j].intersection(vlines[q]);
             Point hintr = hlines[j].intersection(hlines[q]);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace alpr
       }
 
       // Push the non-crisscrosses back on the list
-      for (uint j = 0; j < matchIdx.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < matchIdx.size(); j++)
       {
         outputMatches.push_back(matchesForOnePlate[matchIdx[j]]);
       }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace alpr
       vector<Mat> trainImages;
       vector<string> plateFiles = getFilesInDir(country_dir.c_str());
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < plateFiles.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < plateFiles.size(); i++)
       {
         if (hasEnding(plateFiles[i], ".jpg") == false)
           continue;
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ namespace alpr
     // Create and initialize the counts to 0
     std::vector<int> bill_match_counts( billMapping.size() );
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
     {
       bill_match_counts[i] = 0;
     }
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < filteredMatches.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < filteredMatches.size(); i++)
     {
       bill_match_counts[filteredMatches[i].imgIdx]++;
       //if (filteredMatches[i].imgIdx
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace alpr
     float max_count = 0;	// represented as a percent (0 to 100)
     int secondmost_count = 0;
     int maxcount_index = -1;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
     {
       if (bill_match_counts[i] > max_count && bill_match_counts[i] >= 4)
       {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ namespace alpr
       if (drawOnImage)
       {
         vector<KeyPoint> positiveMatches;
-        for (uint i = 0; i < filteredMatches.size(); i++)
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < filteredMatches.size(); i++)
         {
           if (filteredMatches[i].imgIdx == maxcount_index)
           {
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     if (this->config->debugStateId)
     {
-      for (uint i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < billMapping.size(); i++)
       {
         cout << billMapping[i] << " : " << bill_match_counts[i] << endl;
       }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index 5db9504..57fb8bf 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace alpr
         // Apply a perspective transformation to the TextLine objects
         // to match the newly deskewed license plate crop
         vector<TextLine> newLines;
-        for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); i++)
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); i++)
         {        
           vector<Point2f> textArea = imgTransform.transformSmallPointsToBigImage(pipeline_data->textLines[i].textArea);
           vector<Point2f> linePolygon = imgTransform.transformSmallPointsToBigImage(pipeline_data->textLines[i].linePolygon);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace alpr
         }
 
         pipeline_data->textLines.clear();
-        for (uint i = 0; i < newLines.size(); i++)
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < newLines.size(); i++)
           pipeline_data->textLines.push_back(newLines[i]);
 
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp b/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
index 31b9199..dc1c133 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace alpr
     if (pipeline_data->charRegions.size() < config->postProcessMinCharacters)
       return;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       // Make it black text on white background
       bitwise_not(pipeline_data->thresholds[i], pipeline_data->thresholds[i]);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace alpr
                           pipeline_data->thresholds[i].size().width, pipeline_data->thresholds[i].size().height, 
                           pipeline_data->thresholds[i].channels(), pipeline_data->thresholds[i].step1());
 
-      for (uint j = 0; j < pipeline_data->charRegions.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < pipeline_data->charRegions.size(); j++)
       {
         Rect expandedRegion = expandRect( pipeline_data->charRegions[j], 2, 2, pipeline_data->thresholds[i].cols, pipeline_data->thresholds[i].rows) ;
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
index 13b55b4..46dfac1 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
   void PipelineData::clearThresholds()
   {
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       thresholds[i].release();
     }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 6ed8667..305a431 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace alpr
   //    cvtColor(img_contours, img_contours, CV_GRAY2RGB);
   //
   //    vector<vector<Point> > allowedContours;
-  //    for (uint i = 0; i < charAnalysis->bestContours.size(); i++)
+  //    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charAnalysis->bestContours.size(); i++)
   //    {
   //      if (charAnalysis->bestContours.goodIndices[i])
   //        allowedContours.push_back(charAnalysis->bestContours.contours[i]);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
 
 
-    for (uint lineidx = 0; lineidx < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); lineidx++)
+    for (unsigned int lineidx = 0; lineidx < pipeline_data->textLines.size(); lineidx++)
     {
       this->top = pipeline_data->textLines[lineidx].topLine;
       this->bottom = pipeline_data->textLines[lineidx].bottomLine;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace alpr
       vector<Mat> allHistograms;
 
       vector<Rect> lineBoxes;
-      for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
       {
         Mat histogramMask = Mat::zeros(pipeline_data->thresholds[i].size(), CV_8U);
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
         if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
         {
-          for (uint cboxIdx = 0; cboxIdx < charBoxes.size(); cboxIdx++)
+          for (unsigned int cboxIdx = 0; cboxIdx < charBoxes.size(); cboxIdx++)
           {
             rectangle(allHistograms[i], charBoxes[cboxIdx], Scalar(0, 255, 0));
           }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace alpr
           displayImage(config, "Char seg histograms", histDashboard);
         }
 
-        for (uint z = 0; z < charBoxes.size(); z++)
+        for (unsigned int z = 0; z < charBoxes.size(); z++)
           lineBoxes.push_back(charBoxes[z]);
         //drawAndWait(&histogramMask);
       }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace alpr
       float medianCharWidth = avgCharWidth;
       vector<int> widthValues;
       // Compute largest char width
-      for (uint i = 0; i < lineBoxes.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < lineBoxes.size(); i++)
       {
         widthValues.push_back(lineBoxes[i].width);
       }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace alpr
       if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
       {
         // Setup the dashboard images to show the cleaning filters
-        for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
         {
           Mat cleanImg = Mat::zeros(pipeline_data->thresholds[i].size(), pipeline_data->thresholds[i].type());
           Mat boxMask = getCharBoxMask(pipeline_data->thresholds[i], candidateBoxes);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace alpr
           bitwise_and(cleanImg, boxMask, cleanImg);
           cvtColor(cleanImg, cleanImg, CV_GRAY2BGR);
 
-          for (uint c = 0; c < candidateBoxes.size(); c++)
+          for (unsigned int c = 0; c < candidateBoxes.size(); c++)
             rectangle(cleanImg, candidateBoxes[c], Scalar(0, 255, 0), 1);
           imgDbgCleanStages.push_back(cleanImg);
         }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
       candidateBoxes = filterMostlyEmptyBoxes(pipeline_data->thresholds, candidateBoxes);
 
-      for (uint cbox = 0; cbox < candidateBoxes.size(); cbox++)
+      for (unsigned int cbox = 0; cbox < candidateBoxes.size(); cbox++)
         pipeline_data->charRegions.push_back(candidateBoxes[cbox]);
 
       if (config->debugTiming)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<Rect> charBoxes;
     vector<Rect> allBoxes = get1DHits(histogram.histoImg, pxLeniency);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < allBoxes.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < allBoxes.size(); i++)
     {
       if (allBoxes[i].width >= config->segmentationMinBoxWidthPx && allBoxes[i].width <= MAX_SEGMENT_WIDTH &&
           allBoxes[i].height > MIN_HISTOGRAM_HEIGHT )
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace alpr
     {
       columnCount = 0;
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
       {
         if (col >= charBoxes[i].x && col < (charBoxes[i].x + charBoxes[i].width))
           columnCount++;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
       float rowScore = 0;
 
-      for (uint boxidx = 0; boxidx < allBoxes.size(); boxidx++)
+      for (unsigned int boxidx = 0; boxidx < allBoxes.size(); boxidx++)
       {
         int w = allBoxes[boxidx].width;
         if (w >= config->segmentationMinBoxWidthPx && w <= MAX_SEGMENT_WIDTH)
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ namespace alpr
       Mat imgBestBoxes(img.size(), img.type());
       img.copyTo(imgBestBoxes);
       cvtColor(imgBestBoxes, imgBestBoxes, CV_GRAY2BGR);
-      for (uint i = 0; i < bestBoxes.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < bestBoxes.size(); i++)
         rectangle(imgBestBoxes, bestBoxes[i], Scalar(0, 255, 0));
 
       this->imgDbgGeneral.push_back(addLabel(histoImg, "All Histograms"));
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ namespace alpr
     Mat textLineMask = Mat::zeros(thresholds[0].size(), CV_8U);
     fillConvexPoly(textLineMask, textLine.linePolygon.data(), textLine.linePolygon.size(), Scalar(255,255,255));
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       vector<vector<Point> > contours;
       vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ namespace alpr
       thresholds[i].copyTo(thresholdsCopy, textLineMask);
       findContours(thresholdsCopy, contours, hierarchy, CV_RETR_TREE, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
 
-      for (uint c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
+      for (unsigned int c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
       {
         if (contours[c].size() == 0)
           continue;
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ namespace alpr
   {
     vector<Rect> newCharBoxes;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
     {
       if (i == charBoxes.size() - 1)
       {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ namespace alpr
         newCharBoxes.push_back(bigRect);
         if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
         {
-          for (uint z = 0; z < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); z++)
+          for (unsigned int z = 0; z < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); z++)
           {
             Point center(bigRect.x + bigRect.width / 2, bigRect.y + bigRect.height / 2);
             RotatedRect rrect(center, Size2f(bigRect.width, bigRect.height + (bigRect.height / 2)), 0);
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     Mat mask = getCharBoxMask(thresholds[0], charRegions);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       bitwise_and(thresholds[i], mask, thresholds[i]);
       vector<vector<Point> > contours;
@@ -542,14 +542,14 @@ namespace alpr
 
       findContours(tempImg, contours, RETR_EXTERNAL, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
 
-      for (uint j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
       {
         const float MIN_SPECKLE_HEIGHT = ((float)charRegions[j].height) * MIN_SPECKLE_HEIGHT_PERCENT;
         const float MIN_CONTOUR_AREA = ((float)charRegions[j].area()) * MIN_CONTOUR_AREA_PERCENT;
 
         int tallestContourHeight = 0;
         float totalArea = 0;
-        for (uint c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
+        for (unsigned int c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
         {
           if (contours[c].size() == 0)
             continue;
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ namespace alpr
       morphologyEx(thresholds[i], thresholds[i], MORPH_CLOSE, closureElement);
 
       // Lastly, draw a clipping line between each character boxes
-      for (uint j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
       {
         line(thresholds[i], Point(charRegions[j].x - 1, charRegions[j].y), Point(charRegions[j].x - 1, charRegions[j].y + charRegions[j].height), Scalar(0, 0, 0));
         line(thresholds[i], Point(charRegions[j].x + charRegions[j].width + 1, charRegions[j].y), Point(charRegions[j].x + charRegions[j].width + 1, charRegions[j].y + charRegions[j].height), Scalar(0, 0, 0));
@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ namespace alpr
     // Consider it a bad news bear.  REmove the whole area.
     const float MIN_PERCENT_CHUNK_REMOVED = 0.6;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
-      for (uint j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
       {
         Mat boxChar = Mat::zeros(thresholds[i].size(), CV_8U);
         rectangle(boxChar, charRegions[j], Scalar(255,255,255), CV_FILLED);
@@ -685,12 +685,12 @@ namespace alpr
   {
     float MAX_FILLED = 0.95 * 255;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
     {
       Mat mask = Mat::zeros(thresholds[0].size(), CV_8U);
       rectangle(mask, charRegions[i], Scalar(255,255,255), -1);
 
-      for (uint j = 0; j < thresholds.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < thresholds.size(); j++)
       {
         if (mean(thresholds[j], mask)[0] > MAX_FILLED)
         {
@@ -719,12 +719,12 @@ namespace alpr
 
     vector<int> boxScores(charRegions.size());
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
       boxScores[i] = 0;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
-      for (uint j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < charRegions.size(); j++)
       {
         //float minArea = charRegions[j].area() * MIN_AREA_PERCENT;
 
@@ -736,12 +736,12 @@ namespace alpr
         findContours(tempImg, contours, RETR_EXTERNAL, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
 
         vector<Point> allPointsInBox;
-        for (uint c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
+        for (unsigned int c = 0; c < contours.size(); c++)
         {
           if (contours[c].size() == 0)
             continue;
 
-          for (uint z = 0; z < contours[c].size(); z++)
+          for (unsigned int z = 0; z < contours[c].size(); z++)
             allPointsInBox.push_back(contours[c][z]);
         }
 
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<Rect> newCharRegions;
 
     int maxBoxScore = 0;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
     {
       if (boxScores[i] > maxBoxScore)
         maxBoxScore = boxScores[i];
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ namespace alpr
     int MIN_FULL_BOXES = maxBoxScore * 0.49;
 
     // Now check each score.  If it's below the minimum, remove the charRegion
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)
     {
       if (boxScores[i] > MIN_FULL_BOXES)
         newCharRegions.push_back(charRegions[i]);
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ namespace alpr
           cout << " this box had a score of : " << boxScores[i];;
           cout << " MIN_FULL_BOXES: " << MIN_FULL_BOXES << endl;;
 
-          for (uint z = 0; z < thresholds.size(); z++)
+          for (unsigned int z = 0; z < thresholds.size(); z++)
           {
             rectangle(thresholds[z], charRegions[i], Scalar(0,0,0), -1);
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<int> leftEdges;
     vector<int> rightEdges;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       Mat rotated;
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ namespace alpr
           cout << "Edge Filter: Entire right region is erased" << endl;
       }
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < thresholds.size(); i++)
       {
         bitwise_and(thresholds[i], mask, thresholds[i]);
       }
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
         Mat invertedMask(mask.size(), mask.type());
         bitwise_not(mask, invertedMask);
-        for (uint z = 0; z < imgDbgCleanStages.size(); z++)
+        for (unsigned int z = 0; z < imgDbgCleanStages.size(); z++)
           fillMask(imgDbgCleanStages[z], invertedMask, Scalar(0,0,255));
       }
     }
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ namespace alpr
     Mat boxMask = Mat::zeros(threshold.size(), CV_8U);
     rectangle(boxMask, slightlySmallerBox, Scalar(255, 255, 255), -1);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
     {
       // Only bother with the big boxes
       if (boundingRect(contours[i]).height < MIN_EDGE_CONTOUR_HEIGHT)
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ namespace alpr
       int tallestContourHeight = 0;
       int tallestContourWidth = 0;
       float tallestContourArea = 0;
-      for (uint s = 0; s < subContours.size(); s++)
+      for (unsigned int s = 0; s < subContours.size(); s++)
       {
         Rect r = boundingRect(subContours[s]);
         if (r.height > tallestContourHeight)
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ namespace alpr
   Mat CharacterSegmenter::getCharBoxMask(Mat img_threshold, vector<Rect> charBoxes)
   {
     Mat mask = Mat::zeros(img_threshold.size(), CV_8U);
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charBoxes.size(); i++)
       rectangle(mask, charBoxes[i], Scalar(255, 255, 255), -1);
 
     return mask;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.cpp
index b480acb..6840ce6 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace alpr
     }
   }
 
-  HistogramDirection VerticalHistogram::getHistogramDirection(uint index)
+  HistogramDirection VerticalHistogram::getHistogramDirection(unsigned int index)
   {
     int EXTRA_WIDTH_TO_AVERAGE = 2;
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ namespace alpr
     int trailStartIndex = index - EXTRA_WIDTH_TO_AVERAGE;
     if (trailStartIndex < 0)
       trailStartIndex = 0;
-    uint forwardEndIndex = index + EXTRA_WIDTH_TO_AVERAGE;
+    unsigned int forwardEndIndex = index + EXTRA_WIDTH_TO_AVERAGE;
     if (forwardEndIndex >= colHeights.size())
       forwardEndIndex = colHeights.size() - 1;
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace alpr
     }
     trailingAverage = trailingAverage / ((float) (1 + index - trailStartIndex));
 
-    for (uint i = index; i <= forwardEndIndex; i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = index; i <= forwardEndIndex; i++)
     {
       forwardAverage += colHeights[i];
     }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.h b/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.h
index 8eea36e..6e2d8d5 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/verticalhistogram.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace alpr
       void analyzeImage(cv::Mat inputImage, cv::Mat mask);
       void findValleys();
 
-      HistogramDirection getHistogramDirection(uint index);
+      HistogramDirection getHistogramDirection(unsigned int index);
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
index af60ec8..2ee94ad 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     pipeline_data->textLines.clear();
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       TextContours tc(pipeline_data->thresholds[i]);
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     getTime(&startTime);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
       this->filter(pipeline_data->thresholds[i], allTextContours[i]);
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace alpr
     if (plateMask.hasPlateMask)
     {
       // Filter out bad contours now that we have an outer box mask...
-      for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
       {
         filterByOuterMask(allTextContours[i]);
       }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     int bestFitScore = -1;
     int bestFitIndex = -1;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
     {
 
       int segmentCount = allTextContours[i].getGoodIndicesCount();
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<vector<Point> > linePolygons = lf.findLines(pipeline_data->crop_gray, bestContours);
 
     vector<TextLine> tempTextLines;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < linePolygons.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < linePolygons.size(); i++)
     {
       vector<Point> linePolygon = linePolygons[i];
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace alpr
     std::sort(tempTextLines.begin(), tempTextLines.end(), sort_text_line);
 
     // Now that we've filtered a few more contours, re-do the text area.
-    for (uint i = 0; i < tempTextLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tempTextLines.size(); i++)
     {
       vector<Point> updatedTextArea = getCharArea(tempTextLines[i].topLine, tempTextLines[i].bottomLine);
       vector<Point> linePolygon = tempTextLines[i].linePolygon;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace alpr
     if (this->pipeline_data->config->debugCharAnalysis && pipeline_data->textLines.size() > 0)
     {
       vector<Mat> tempDash;
-      for (uint z = 0; z < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); z++)
+      for (unsigned int z = 0; z < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); z++)
       {
         Mat tmp(pipeline_data->thresholds[z].size(), pipeline_data->thresholds[z].type());
         pipeline_data->thresholds[z].copyTo(tmp);
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace alpr
       this->bestThreshold.copyTo(bestVal);
       cvtColor(bestVal, bestVal, CV_GRAY2BGR);
 
-      for (uint z = 0; z < this->bestContours.size(); z++)
+      for (unsigned int z = 0; z < this->bestContours.size(); z++)
       {
         Scalar dcolor(255,0,0);
         if (this->bestContours.goodIndices[z])
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace alpr
   {
     Mat charMask = Mat::zeros(bestThreshold.size(), CV_8U);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < bestContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < bestContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (bestContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ namespace alpr
     {
 
       //vector<bool> goodIndices(contours.size());
-      for (uint z = 0; z < textContours.size(); z++) textContours.goodIndices[z] = true;
+      for (unsigned int z = 0; z < textContours.size(); z++) textContours.goodIndices[z] = true;
 
       this->filterByBoxSize(textContours, STARTING_MIN_HEIGHT + (i * HEIGHT_STEP), STARTING_MAX_HEIGHT + (i * HEIGHT_STEP));
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace alpr
     float aspecttolerance=0.25;
 
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ namespace alpr
   void CharacterAnalysis::filterContourHoles(TextContours& textContours)
   {
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<int> parentIDs;
     vector<int> votes;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ namespace alpr
       int voteIndex = -1;
       int parentID = textContours.hierarchy[i][3];
       // check if parentID is already in the lsit
-      for (uint j = 0; j < parentIDs.size(); j++)
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < parentIDs.size(); j++)
       {
         if (parentIDs[j] == parentID)
         {
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ namespace alpr
     int totalVotes = 0;
     int winningParentId = 0;
     int highestVotes = 0;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < parentIDs.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < parentIDs.size(); i++)
     {
       if (votes[i] > highestVotes)
       {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ namespace alpr
     }
 
     // Now filter out all the contours with a different parent ID (assuming the totalVotes > 2)
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -452,11 +452,11 @@ namespace alpr
     // Create a white mask for the area inside the polygon
     Mat outerMask = Mat::zeros(img.size(), CV_8U);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
       fillConvexPoly(outerMask, textLines[i].linePolygon.data(), textLines[i].linePolygon.size(), Scalar(255,255,255));
 
     // For each contour, determine if enough of it is between the lines to qualify
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
       // Get the absolute distance from the top and bottom lines
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textLines.size(); i++)
       {
         Point closestTopPoint = textLines[i].topLine.closestPointOnSegmentTo(topMiddle);
         Point closestBottomPoint = textLines[i].bottomLine.closestPointOnSegmentTo(botMiddle);
@@ -535,10 +535,10 @@ namespace alpr
     int totalChars = 0;
 
     vector<bool> originalindices;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
       originalindices.push_back(textContours.goodIndices[i]);
 
-    for (uint i=0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i < textContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (textContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -625,12 +625,12 @@ namespace alpr
     int leftX = MAX;
     int rightX = MIN;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < bestContours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < bestContours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (bestContours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
 
-      for (uint z = 0; z < bestContours.contours[i].size(); z++)
+      for (unsigned int z = 0; z < bestContours.contours[i].size(); z++)
       {
         if (bestContours.contours[i][z].x < leftX)
           leftX = bestContours.contours[i][z].x;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/linefinder.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/linefinder.cpp
index 6a5ee3e..c1b2213 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/linefinder.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/linefinder.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     vector<CharPointInfo> charPoints;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < contours.contours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.contours.size(); i++)
     {
       if (contours.goodIndices[i] == false)
         continue;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace alpr
       // Create a mask from the bestLine area, and remove all contours with tops that fall inside of it.
 
       vector<CharPointInfo> remainingPoints;
-      for (uint i = 0; i < charPoints.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charPoints.size(); i++)
       {
         Mat mask = Mat::zeros(Size(contours.width, contours.height), CV_8U);
         fillConvexPoly(mask, bestLine.data(), bestLine.size(), Scalar(255,255,255));
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
 
     vector<int> charheights;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charPoints.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charPoints.size(); i++)
       charheights.push_back(charPoints[i].boundingBox.height);
     float medianCharHeight = median(charheights.data(), charheights.size());
 
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ namespace alpr
     vector<LineSegment> topLines;
     vector<LineSegment> bottomLines;
     // Iterate through each possible char and find all possible lines for the top and bottom of each char segment
-    for (uint i = 0; i < charPoints.size() - 1; i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charPoints.size() - 1; i++)
     {
-      for (uint k = i+1; k < charPoints.size(); k++)
+      for (unsigned int k = i+1; k < charPoints.size(); k++)
       {
 
         int leftCPIndex, rightCPIndex;
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ namespace alpr
     int bestScoreDistance = -1; // Line segment distance is used as a tie breaker
 
     // Now, among all possible lines, find the one that is the best fit
-    for (uint i = 0; i < topLines.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < topLines.size(); i++)
     {
       float SCORING_MIN_THRESHOLD = 0.97;
       float SCORING_MAX_THRESHOLD = 1.03;
 
       int curScore = 0;
-      for (uint charidx = 0; charidx < charPoints.size(); charidx++)
+      for (unsigned int charidx = 0; charidx < charPoints.size(); charidx++)
       {
         float topYPos = topLines[i].getPointAt(charPoints[charidx].top.x);
         float botYPos = bottomLines[i].getPointAt(charPoints[charidx].bottom.x);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/platemask.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/platemask.cpp
index 4eee470..44faf35 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/platemask.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/platemask.cpp
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ namespace alpr
     if (pipeline_data->config->debugCharAnalysis)
       cout << "CharacterAnalysis::findOuterBoxMask" << endl;
 
-    for (uint imgIndex = 0; imgIndex < contours.size(); imgIndex++)
+    for (unsigned int imgIndex = 0; imgIndex < contours.size(); imgIndex++)
     {
       //vector<bool> charContours = filter(thresholds[imgIndex], allContours[imgIndex], allHierarchy[imgIndex]);
 
       int charsRecognized = 0;
       int parentId = -1;
       bool hasParent = false;
-      for (uint i = 0; i < contours[imgIndex].goodIndices.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours[imgIndex].goodIndices.size(); i++)
       {
         if (contours[imgIndex].goodIndices[i]) charsRecognized++;
         if (contours[imgIndex].goodIndices[i] && contours[imgIndex].hierarchy[i][3] != -1)
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ namespace alpr
       int longestChildIndex = -1;
       double longestChildLength = 0;
       // Find the child with the longest permiter/arc length ( just for kicks)
-      for (uint i = 0; i < contours[winningIndex].size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours[winningIndex].size(); i++)
       {
-        for (uint j = 0; j < contours[winningIndex].size(); j++)
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < contours[winningIndex].size(); j++)
         {
           if (contours[winningIndex].hierarchy[j][3] == winningParentId)
           {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace alpr
       findContours(mask, contoursSecondRound, CV_RETR_EXTERNAL, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
       int biggestContourIndex = -1;
       double largestArea = 0;
-      for (uint c = 0; c < contoursSecondRound.size(); c++)
+      for (unsigned int c = 0; c < contoursSecondRound.size(); c++)
       {
         double area = contourArea(contoursSecondRound[c]);
         if (area > largestArea)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.cpp
index cbff1a6..c74fd56 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace alpr
                  CV_RETR_TREE, // retrieve all contours
                  CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE ); // all pixels of each contours
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
       goodIndices.push_back(true);
 
     this->width = threshold.cols;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace alpr
   }
 
 
-  uint TextContours::size() {
+  unsigned int TextContours::size() {
     return contours.size();
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace alpr
   int TextContours::getGoodIndicesCount()
   {
     int count = 0;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < goodIndices.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < goodIndices.size(); i++)
     {
       if (goodIndices[i])
         count++;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace alpr
   std::vector<bool> TextContours::getIndicesCopy()
   {
     vector<bool> copyArray;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < goodIndices.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < goodIndices.size(); i++)
     {
       bool val = goodIndices[i];
       copyArray.push_back(goodIndices[i]);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace alpr
   {
     if (newIndices.size() == goodIndices.size())
     {
-      for (uint i = 0; i < newIndices.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < newIndices.size(); i++)
         goodIndices[i] = newIndices[i];
     }
     else
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace alpr
       cvtColor(img_contours, img_contours, CV_GRAY2RGB);
 
       vector<vector<Point> > allowedContours;
-      for (uint i = 0; i < this->contours.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < this->contours.size(); i++)
       {
         if (this->goodIndices[i])
           allowedContours.push_back(this->contours[i]);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.h b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.h
index c7d2e45..4b14915 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textcontours.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace alpr
     std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point> > contours;
     std::vector<cv::Vec4i> hierarchy;
 
-    uint size();
+    unsigned int size();
     int getGoodIndicesCount();
 
     std::vector<bool> getIndicesCopy();
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textline.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textline.cpp
index ec9db71..62a3b74 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/textline.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/textline.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ namespace alpr
   TextLine::TextLine(std::vector<cv::Point2f> textArea, std::vector<cv::Point2f> linePolygon) {
     std::vector<Point> textAreaInts, linePolygonInts;
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < textArea.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textArea.size(); i++)
       textAreaInts.push_back(Point(round(textArea[i].x), round(textArea[i].y)));
-    for (uint i = 0; i < linePolygon.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < linePolygon.size(); i++)
       linePolygonInts.push_back(Point(round(linePolygon[i].x), round(linePolygon[i].y)));
 
     initialize(textAreaInts, linePolygonInts);
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ namespace alpr
       if (this->linePolygon.size() > 0)
         this->linePolygon.clear();
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < textArea.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < textArea.size(); i++)
         this->textArea.push_back(textArea[i]);
 
-      for (uint i = 0; i < linePolygon.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < linePolygon.size(); i++)
         this->linePolygon.push_back(linePolygon[i]);
 
       this->topLine = LineSegment(linePolygon[0].x, linePolygon[0].y, linePolygon[1].x, linePolygon[1].y);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/transformation.cpp b/src/openalpr/transformation.cpp
index bda2311..2ad393d 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/transformation.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/transformation.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace alpr
   vector<Point2f> Transformation::transformSmallPointsToBigImage(vector<Point2f> points)
   {
     vector<Point2f> bigPoints;
-    for (uint i = 0; i < points.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < points.size(); i++)
     {
       float bigX = (points[i].x * ((float) regionInBigImage.width / smallImage.cols));
       float bigY = (points[i].y * ((float) regionInBigImage.height / smallImage.rows));
diff --git a/src/openalpr/utility.cpp b/src/openalpr/utility.cpp
index 4aa844f..cc69969 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/utility.cpp
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ namespace alpr
     return expandedRegion;
   }
 
-  Mat drawImageDashboard(vector<Mat> images, int imageType, uint numColumns)
+  Mat drawImageDashboard(vector<Mat> images, int imageType, unsigned int numColumns)
   {
-    uint numRows = ceil((float) images.size() / (float) numColumns);
+    unsigned int numRows = ceil((float) images.size() / (float) numColumns);
 
     Mat dashboard(Size(images[0].cols * numColumns, images[0].rows * numRows), imageType);
 
-    for (uint i = 0; i < numColumns * numRows; i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numColumns * numRows; i++)
     {
       if (i < images.size())
         images[i].copyTo(dashboard(Rect((i%numColumns) * images[i].cols, floor((float) i/numColumns) * images[i].rows, images[i].cols, images[i].rows)));
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ namespace alpr
     ss << value;
     return ss.str();
   }
-  std::string toString(uint value)
+  std::string toString(unsigned int value)
   {
     return toString((int) value);
   }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/utility.h b/src/openalpr/utility.h
index 148f704..8b58423 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/utility.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/utility.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
   std::vector<cv::Mat> produceThresholds(const cv::Mat img_gray, Config* config);
 
-  cv::Mat drawImageDashboard(std::vector<cv::Mat> images, int imageType, uint numColumns);
+  cv::Mat drawImageDashboard(std::vector<cv::Mat> images, int imageType, unsigned int numColumns);
 
   void displayImage(Config* config, std::string windowName, cv::Mat frame);
   void drawAndWait(cv::Mat* frame);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
 
   std::string toString(int value);
-  std::string toString(uint value);
+  std::string toString(unsigned int value);
   std::string toString(float value);
   std::string toString(double value);