Image recognition facilitated movable barrier operations method and apparatus
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a movable barrier operator;
a movable barrier operator wireless remote control;
an automatic image recognizer operably coupled to at least one of the movable barrier operator and the movable barrier operator wireless remote control.
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Abstract
A movable barrier operator system (10) having a movable barrier operator (11) and a wireless remote control (13) also has an automatic image recognizer (14) operably coupled to at least one of the preceding elements. In a preferred embodiment this automatic image recognizer comprises one or more image capture device (15). So configured, automated operational control decisions can be predicated, at least in part, on image-based information regarding a likely relative position of the wireless remote control with respect to the movable barrier operator.
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55 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a movable barrier operator;
a movable barrier operator wireless remote control;
an automatic image recognizer operably coupled to at least one of the movable barrier operator and the movable barrier operator wireless remote control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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providing information that corresponds to at least one predetermined image standard regarding a position of a movable object with respect to a movable barrier operator;
providing information that corresponds to a substantially current image;
determining whether at least some information in the substantially current image matches information in the at least one predetermined image standard by at least a predetermined threshold to provide a match detected signal;
in response to the match detected signal, automatically initiating an action at at least one of a movable barrier operator and a movable barrier operator wireless remote control. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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