[bwilliams18]

I think the actual reading of the plates is a much harder problem than "Smartphone captures license plates" otherwise, I concur, fundable.

[xai3luGi]

There are a number of open source libraries for this. Here is one: http://www.openalpr.com/

[telmnstr]

Eh, recognizing state versus state has to be difficult. Can't rely on color.