METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A VEHICLE-BASED DIGITAL IMAGERY SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER VEHICLE
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1. A vehicle identification system, comprising:
- a camera, the camera being mountable to a first vehicle, the camera capturing an image of at least a part of a second vehicle, the image including vehicle identification indicia;
a processor in communication with the camera, the processor generating an image file comprising the image and a tag; and
a transmitter in communication with the processor, the transmitter sending the image file to a vehicle identification computer.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and a vehicle identification computer for identifying a vehicle are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, camera(s), mountable to a first vehicle, capture an image of at least a part of a second vehicle. The captured image includes vehicle identification indicia. An image file comprising the image and a tag are generated and transmitted to a vehicle identification computer. The vehicle identification computer identifies the second vehicle based on the vehicle identification indicia.
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1. A vehicle identification system, comprising:
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a camera, the camera being mountable to a first vehicle, the camera capturing an image of at least a part of a second vehicle, the image including vehicle identification indicia; a processor in communication with the camera, the processor generating an image file comprising the image and a tag; and a transmitter in communication with the processor, the transmitter sending the image file to a vehicle identification computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of identifying a first vehicle, the method comprising:
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using a camera mountable to a second vehicle to capture an image of at least part of the first vehicle, the image including vehicle identification indicia; generating an image file comprising the image and a tag; and transmitting the image file to a vehicle identification computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle identification computer, comprising:
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a receiver, the receiver receiving an image file from a vehicle identification system, the image file comprising an image of at least a part of a vehicle and a tag, the image including vehicle identification indicia; and a processor in communication with the receiver, the processor configured to identify the vehicle based on the vehicle identification indicia. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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