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Image capture and identification system and process

  • US 8,326,031 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2011
  • Issued: 12/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An object recognition platform, comprising:

  • at least one sensor in a vehicle configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene;

    an identification server configured to;

    receive the digital representation;

    discriminate a foreground object from background objects within the scene based on the digital representation;

    identify the foreground object as least one discriminated object and as a target object identified from known objects through comparison of circular local image descriptors derived from the digital representation to descriptors associated with the known objects;

    determine object information corresponding to the at least one of the discriminated object by providing target object information associated with the target object; and

    send the object information to a device enabling the device to perform an action.

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