1. A method to detect an identification label comprising: determining an input image having an identification label; processing the input image; determining a column difference image; determining a row projection histogram of the column difference image associated with the identification label; processing a row projected image to extract a horizontal region associated with the identification label; and extracting a vertical region of interest associated with the identification label, wherein the extracting the horizontal region of interest is selected from a group including: determining a column projection histogram of a row difference image associated with the identification label and processing a column projected image; and using wavelet coefficient clustering of the row difference image.