SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GEO-LOCATING OBJECTS

• US 20160098610A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Prakash, Gyan, Poornachandran, Rajesh, Dadu, Saurabh, Mishra, Ashok K., Chukka, Ravikiran
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/62 Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/63 Scene text, e.g. street names
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

A method, system, and device for analyzing images captured by a vehicle-based camera includes establishing a communication connection between a mobile communication device and an in-vehicle computing system. Scanning data may be retrieved from a scanning data server by the mobile communication device and, in some embodiments, forwarded to the in-vehicle computing system. A vehicle-base camera may be used to capture one or more images. An image analysis module of the in-vehicle computing system or mobile communication device may be used to analyze the captured image(s) for a match between the image(s) and the scanning data. In response to identifying a match, the mobile communication device may notify the scanning data server of the identified match.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle computing system for analyzing captured images, the in-vehicle computing system comprising:

a camera;

an image capturing module to capture at least one image using the camera;

a communication module to (i) establish a communication connection with a mobile communication device and (ii) receive scanning data from the mobile communication device, the scanning data to identify one or more reference vehicle license plates; and

an image analysis module to (i) analyze the at least one image as a function of the scanning data and (ii) transmit a notification, using the communication module, to the mobile communication device in response to identifying a match between the scanning data and the at least one image.

2. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the communication module comprises at least one of:

a near field communication circuitry, a Bluetooth®

communication circuit, and a Wi-Fi®

communication circuit.

3. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the scanning data identifies one or more reference vehicle license plate numbers.

4. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the scanning data comprises one or more images of reference vehicle license plates.

5. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 4, wherein the image analysis module is to analyze the at least one image by comparing the at least one image to the one or more images of the reference vehicle license plates.

6. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the camera is at least one of:

a rearview back-up camera of the vehicle and a front-facing camera of the vehicle.

7. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein:

the communication module is to receive alert message data from the mobile communication device; and

the image analysis module is to generate a local alert as a function of the alert message data.

8. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 7, further comprising:

at least one of;

a speaker and a display; and

the image analysis module is to generate a local alert on at least one of the speaker and display.

9. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, the image analysis module is to generate a local alert in response to the image analysis module identifying the match between the scanning data and the image.

10. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein in response to the communication module establishing the communication with the mobile communication device:

the communication module is to receive a scanning service application from the mobile communication device to be subsequently installed on the in-vehicle computing system.

11. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, result in a computing device:

establishing a communication connection with a mobile communication device;

receiving scanning data from the mobile communication device, the scanning data to identify one or more reference vehicle license plates;

capturing, with a camera coupled the computing device, an image of a license plate of another vehicle;

analyzing the captured image as a function of the scanning data; and

transmitting a notification to the mobile communication device in response to identifying a match between the scanning data and the captured image.

12. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein establishing the communication connection comprises establishing at least one of:

a near field communication link, a Bluetooth®

communication link, and a Wi-Fi®

communication link.

13. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein receiving the scanning data comprises receiving scanning data to identify one or more reference vehicle license plate numbers.

14. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein receiving the scanning data comprises receiving one or more images of reference vehicle license plates.

15. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device:

receiving alert message data from the mobile communication device; and

generating a local alert message as a function of the alert message data.

16. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 15, wherein generating a local alert message comprises rendering the local alert message on a speaker or display of the vehicle.

17. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device generating a local alert message in response to identifying the match between the scanning data and the image.

18. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device, in response to establishing the communication connection with the mobile communication device:

receiving a scanning service application from the mobile communication device; and

installing the scanning service application.

19. A method for analyzing captured images on an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing, using the in-vehicle computing system, a communication connection with a mobile communication device;

receiving, with the in-vehicle computing system, scanning data from the mobile communication device, the scanning data identifying one or more reference vehicle license plates;

capturing, with a camera of the vehicle, an image of a license plate of another vehicle;

analyzing, using the in-vehicle computing system, the captured image as a function of the scanning data; and

transmitting, from the in-vehicle computing system, a notification to the mobile communication device in response to identifying a match between the scanning data and the captured image.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving the scanning data comprises receiving scanning data identifying at least one of:

one or more reference vehicle license plate numbers and one or more images of reference vehicle license plates.