CLOUD-BASED ANPR MANAGEMENT

• US 20170107752A1
• Filed: 10/20/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hi-Tech Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hi-Tech Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: Dvir, Igal, Hofman, Yoram
• Granted Patent: US 10,323,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/73 responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/767 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/452 for saving energy
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/458 for generating service signals
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/11 by automatically acting means
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/132 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/40 for gates
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/625 License plates
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/63 Scene text, e.g. street names
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods for cloud-based device management. In one implementation, a processing device receives one or more images captured in relation to a device, processes the one or more images to determine a presence of one or more identifiers within the one or more images, based on a determination that an identifier is present within the one or more images, processes the identifier in relation to an information repository to determine a permission status with respect to the identifier; identifies an instruction protocol associated with the device, generates an instruction corresponding to the permission status and the instruction protocol, and provides the instruction to the device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving one or more images captured in relation to a device;

processing the one or more images to determine a presence of one or more identifiers within the one or more images;

based on a determination that an identifier is present within the one or more images, processing the identifier in relation to an information repository to determine a permission status with respect to the identifier;

identifying an instruction protocol associated with the device;

generating, by a processing device, an instruction corresponding to the permission status and the instruction protocol; and

providing the instruction to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises at least one of a gate or a door.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images are captured in response to receipt of a sensor trigger.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images using optical character recognition (OCR) to determine a presence of one or more identifiers within the one or more images.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information repository comprises one or more approved identifiers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information repository comprises one or more prohibited identifiers.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the determination that the identifier is present within the one or more images captured in relation to the device with a determination that the identifier is present within one or more images captured in relation to another device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein generating an instruction comprises generating the instruction based on a determination that the identifier is present within the one or more images captured in relation to the device and is also present within one or more images captured in relation to another device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the instruction comprises an instruction to override the permission status.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the determination that the identifier is present within the one or more images captured in relation to the device with a determination that the identifier is present within one or more images previously captured in relation to the device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the instruction comprises an instruction to override the permission status.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining one or more processing parameters.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein processing the one or more images comprises processing the one or more images based on the one or more processing parameters to determine a presence of one or more identifiers within the one or more images.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more processing parameters are determined based on one or more images previously captured in relation to the device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images further comprises allocating one or more computing resources to the processing of the one or more images.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images further comprises distributing the processing of the one or more images across a plurality of computing resources from a plurality of machines.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images further comprises:

in response to receipt of one or more additional processing requests, redistributing the processing of the one or more images from a first computing resource from a first machine to a second computing resource from a second machine.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more images further comprises tracking one or more events associated with the one or more images.

19. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to;

determine, based on one or more images previously captured in relation to a device, one or more processing parameters;

receive one or more images captured in relation to the device;

based on the one or more processing parameters, process the one or more images across a plurality of computing resources allocated from a plurality of machines in response to receipt of one or more additional processing requests, to determine a presence of one or more identifiers within the one or more images;

based on a determination that an identifier is present within the one or more images, process the identifier in relation to an information repository to determine a permission status with respect to the identifier;

identify an instruction protocol associated with the device;

generate an instruction corresponding to the permission status and the instruction protocol; and

provide the instruction to the device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive a first input, the first input corresponding to a sensor trigger;

in response to the first input, initiate, by the processing device, capture of one or more images;

transmit the one or more images to an identification service;

receive, from the identification service, one or more instructions; and

initiate, based on the one or more instructions, one or more actions with respect to a device.