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Method and system for automated sequencing of vehicles in side-by-side drive-thru configurations via appearance-based classification

  • US 9,483,838 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2015
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of automated sequencing of vehicles merging from multiple lanes into a single lane, the method comprising:

  • a) an image-capturing device capturing video of a merge-point area associated with multiple lanes of traffic merging;

    b) detecting in the video a vehicle as it traverses the merge-point area;

    c) classifying the detected vehicle associated with traversing the merge-point area as coming from one of the merging lanes;

    d) aggregating vehicle classifications performed in step c) to generate a merge sequence of detected vehicles;

    wherein the multiple lanes of traffic merging correspond to a side-by-side drive-thru, and the side-by-side drive-thru includes an inner drive-thru lane and an outer drive-thru lane;

    wherein a detected vehicle is tracked until the detected vehicle is outside the merge-point area; and

    wherein the merge-point area is associated with a fast-food drive-thru.

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