SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING AN ORDER WITH AN OBJECT IN A MULTIPLE LANE ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method to associate an order with an object in a multiple lane environment comprising:
- capturing an image of an object on one of a plurality of lanes associated with an order location and defining a signature associated with the image, wherein after the order location, the plurality of lanes are situated to allow the objects into a single lane before at least one of a payment location and a delivery location;
receiving an order placed from the order location;
capturing a subsequent image of the object in the single lane and defining a subsequent signature associated with the subsequent image; and
matching the object to the order using the signatures and thereafter displaying the order associated with the object at a user interface.
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Abstract
Images with respect to an object at an ordering, payment, and delivery locations can be captured utilizing an image capturing system. Capture can be after detecting the presence of the object at each location utilizing an object presence sensor. The captured image can be processed to associate it with a signature and can also be processed in order to extract a small region of interest (e.g., license plate) and can be reduced to a unique signature. Signature can be stored into a database together with the corresponding order and images. Signatures can be matched. The order associated with the object matched by the system together with at least one of the images captured at the delivery point and the order point can be displayed at a user interface located at the payment/delivery point to ensure that the right order is delivered to the right customer asscoiated with the object.
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28 Claims
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1. A method to associate an order with an object in a multiple lane environment comprising:
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capturing an image of an object on one of a plurality of lanes associated with an order location and defining a signature associated with the image, wherein after the order location, the plurality of lanes are situated to allow the objects into a single lane before at least one of a payment location and a delivery location; receiving an order placed from the order location; capturing a subsequent image of the object in the single lane and defining a subsequent signature associated with the subsequent image; and matching the object to the order using the signatures and thereafter displaying the order associated with the object at a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system to match an order placed at an order location with an object comprising:
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a traffic pattern including a plurality of lanes wherein each of the plurality of lanes have an order location associated therewith and wherein the plurality of lanes are accurately situated for a distance in the traffic pattern, the traffic pattern positioned to allow users of the plurality of lanes into a single lane associated with a building before at least one of a payment location and a delivery location; an image capturing system adapted to capture an image of an object on one of the plurality of lanes, define a signature associated with the image, capture a subsequent image of the object in the single lane, and define a subsequent signature associated with the subsequent image; and an order processing system adapted to receive an order placed from an order location and thereafter display the order associated with the object at a user interface at at least one of the payment location and the delivery location after the object is located on the single lane and the signatures are matched. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to match an order placed at an order location with an object comprising:
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a plurality of order locations each adapted to receive an order; an image capturing system adapted to capture a first image of an object associated with the order when the object is detected, define a first signature associated with the first image, capture a subsequent image of the object when the object is subsequently detected, and define a subsequent signature associated with the subsequent image; and an order processing system adapted to receive the order placed from an order location and thereafter display the order at a user interface at at least one of a payment location and a delivery location after the object leaves the order location and the signatures are matched. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method to associate an order with an object in traffic comprising:
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capturing a first image of an object associated with an order location and defining a first signature associated with the first image; receiving an order placed from the order location; capturing a second image of the object at a second location and defining a second signature associated with the second image; matching the object to the order based on the first signature and the second signature; and displaying the order on a user interface associated with the second location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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