Vehicle recognition using multiple metrics
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1. A method for vehicle recognition, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings.
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Abstract
Vehicle recognition may be achieved by receiving multiple metrics from one or more vehicle sensors, analyzing the metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of the multiple metrics, at least one result of the analyzing, or both, and matching the multi-metric vehicle identification profile against multiple stored vehicle sensor recordings.
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126 Claims
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1. A method for vehicle recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for vehicle recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus for vehicle recognition, the apparatus comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
means for analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
means for matching said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. An apparatus for vehicle recognition, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more data stores comprising a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings; and
one or more processors adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
match said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against said plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A method for object recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more object sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create an object identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said object identification profile against a plurality of stored object sensor recordings.
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86. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for object recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more object sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric object identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said object identification profile against a plurality of stored object sensor recordings.
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87. An apparatus for object recognition, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more object sensors;
means for analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric object identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
means for matching said object identification profile against a plurality of stored object sensor recordings.
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88. An apparatus for object recognition, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more data store comprising a plurality of stored object sensor recordings; and
one or more processors adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from one or more object sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric object identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
match said object identification profile against said plurality of stored object sensor recordings.
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89. A method for identifying one or more mismatches between a plurality of vehicle metrics, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both;
obtaining from a vehicle registration data store, one or more vehicle registration profiles corresponding to said at least one metric; and
indicating a mismatch if at least part of said multi-metric vehicle identification profile does not match said vehicle registration profile.
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90. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for identifying one or more mismatches between a plurality of vehicle metrics, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both;
obtaining from a vehicle registration data store, one or more vehicle registration profiles corresponding to said at least one metric; and
indicating a mismatch if at least part of said multi-metric vehicle identification profile does not match said vehicle registration profile.
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91. An apparatus for identifying one or more mismatches between a plurality of vehicle metrics, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
means for analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both;
means for obtaining from a vehicle registration data store, one or more vehicle registration profiles corresponding to said at least one metric; and
means for indicating a mismatch if at least part of said multi-metric vehicle identification profile does not match said vehicle registration profile.
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92. An apparatus for identifying one or more mismatches between a plurality of vehicle metrics, the apparatus comprising:
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a registration data store comprising one or more vehicle registration profiles; and
one or more processors adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both;
obtain from a vehicle registration data store, one or more vehicle registration profiles in said registration data store corresponding to said at least one metric; and
indicate a mismatch if at least part of said multi-metric vehicle identification profile does not match said vehicle registration profile.
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93. A method for monitoring vehicles based on vehicle type, the method comprising:
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creating one or more registration profiles for at least one orientation of each of one or more vehicles categorized at least by orientation, said one or more registration profiles based at least in part on a plurality of metrics received from one or more vehicle sensors, said one or more vehicle registration profiles comprising texture information; and
matching a vehicle query profile against said one or more multi-metric vehicle identification profiles. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97)
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98. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for monitoring vehicles based on vehicle type, the method comprising:
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creating one or more registration profiles for at least one orientation of each of one or more vehicles categorized at least by orientation, said one or more registration profiles based at least in part on a plurality of metrics received from one or more vehicle sensors, said one or more vehicle registration profiles comprising texture information; and
matching a vehicle query profile against said one or more multi-metric vehicle identification profiles. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. An apparatus for monitoring vehicles based on vehicle type, the apparatus comprising:
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means for creating one or more registration profiles for at least one orientation of each of one or more vehicles categorized at least by orientation, said one or more registration profiles based at least in part on a plurality of metrics received from one or more vehicle sensors, said one or more vehicle registration profiles comprising texture information; and
means for matching a vehicle query profile against said one or more multi-metric vehicle identification profiles. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. An apparatus for monitoring vehicles based on vehicle type, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more data stores comprising one or more registration profiles; and
one or more processors adapted to;
create one or more registration profiles for at least one orientation of each of one or more vehicles categorized at least by orientation, said one or more registration profiles based at least in part on a plurality of metrics received from one or more vehicle sensors, said one or more vehicle registration profiles comprising texture information; and
match a vehicle query profile against said one or more multi-metric vehicle identification profiles. - View Dependent Claims (109, 110, 111, 112)
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113. A method for vehicle recognition, the method comprising:
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receiving a first plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said first plurality of metrics to create a first multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing said first plurality of metrics, or both; and
storing said first multi-metric vehicle identification profile in a vehicle registration data store;
receiving a second plurality of metrics from said one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said second plurality of metrics to create a second multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing said first plurality of metrics, or both; and
matching said second multi-metric vehicle identification profile against at least one multi-metric vehicle identification profile in said vehicle registration data store. - View Dependent Claims (114, 115)
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116. A method for license plate recognition for license plates having non-uniform character size and spacing, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyzing said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
matching said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings.
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117. A method for vehicle color characterization, the method comprising:
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storing in a data store one or more vehicle color material sample image recordings and for each of said color material sample image recordings, an indication of the lighting conditions under which said color material sample image recordings were made;
receiving an image recording corresponding to a sensed vehicle and an indication of the lighting conditions under which said image recording was made; and
matching said image recording to one or more of said vehicle color material sample image recordings in said data store based at least in part on said indication of the lighting conditions under which said image recording was made.
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118. A system for vehicle recognition, the system comprising:
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one or more vehicle sensors adapted to sense one or more vehicle metrics; and
a recognition processing system communicatively coupled to said one or more vehicle sensors, said recognition processing system adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from said one or more vehicle sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
match said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (119)
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120. An apparatus for vehicle recognition, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more vehicle sensors adapted to sense one or more vehicle metrics; and
a recognition processing system communicatively coupled to said one or more vehicle sensors, said recognition processing system adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
match said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122, 123)
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124. A method for vehicle application system management, comprising:
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receiving an indication of whether a vehicle recognition system recognized a vehicle, said vehicle recognition system adapted to;
receive a plurality of metrics from one or more vehicle sensors;
analyze said plurality of metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of said plurality of metrics, at least one result of said analyzing, or both; and
match said multi-metric vehicle identification profile against a plurality of stored vehicle sensor recordings; and
making one or more determinations regarding the presence of or access for said vehicle in the movement of said vehicle from one area to another, or regarding access to one or more services. - View Dependent Claims (125, 126)
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