Toll image review gamification

• US 9,550,120 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cubic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cubic Corporation
• Inventors: Mitchell, Charles F., Moore, Dennis, Sinha, Ashok, Sinha, Michael, Bliss, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Coburn, Corbett B
• Application Number:
  US15/018,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20160228769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8094 Unusual game types, e.g. virtual cooking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/987 with the intervention of an operator
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/625 License plates

Abstract

A method for gamifying a toll image review process includes receiving an image of a vehicle that has utilized a toll road and identifying a region of interest of the image depicting an identifier of the vehicle. A second image is generated that includes the region of interest and is preprocessed to generate a plurality of images of the region of interest. Each of the images includes unique display settings. The images are displayed within a graphical user interface along with progress information for a first user. The progress information is related to an amount of vehicles to identify. Progress information is displayed for additional users. An input including the identifier is received using the user interface. Images related to an image of a second vehicle'"'"'s region of interest are displayed. A progress of the additional users is monitored and then the displayed progress information is updated.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process, the method comprising:

receiving a first image of a first vehicle that has utilized a toll road;

identifying a region of interest of the image, the region of interest depicting an identifier of the first vehicle;

generating a second image comprising the region of interest;

preprocessing the second image to generate a plurality of images of the region of interest, each of the plurality of images comprising unique display settings;

displaying the plurality of images within a graphical user interface on a computer screen;

receiving an input from the graphical user interface comprising the identifier of the first vehicle; and

in response to receiving the input, displaying a second plurality of images related to an image of a second vehicle'"'"'s region of interest.

2. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 1, wherein:

the unique display settings comprise predetermined settings comprising one or more of brightness levels, contrast levels, gamma levels, color levels, or exponential/logarithmic levels.

3. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of images are arranged as a rectangular array on the graphical user interface; and

each of the plurality of images comprises a first image processing parameter and a second image processing parameter.

4. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 3, wherein:

a level of at least one of the first image processing parameter and the second image processing parameter of a first image of the plurality of images is different than a level of at least one of the first image processing parameter and the second image processing parameter of a second image of the plurality of images.

5. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 3, wherein:

the first image processing parameter comprises a brightness level and the second image processing parameter comprises a contrast level.

6. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 3, wherein:

the rectangular array comprises multiple columns and rows, each of the columns and rows containing multiple images of the plurality of images;

a first image of the multiple images in each row comprises a first level of the first image processing parameter and a second image of the multiple images in each row comprises a second level of the first image processing parameter; and

a first image of the multiple images in each column comprises a first level of the second image processing parameter and a second image of the multiple images in each column comprises a second level of the second image processing parameter.

7. The computer-implemented method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 6, wherein:

a level of the first image processing parameter of each of the multiple images in each row is higher than the level of the first image processing parameter of a subsequent image of the multiple images in each row; and

a level of the second image processing parameter of each of the multiple images in each column is higher than the level of the second image processing parameter of a subsequent image of the multiple images in each column.

8. The method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying progress information for a first user on the graphical user interface, the progress information being related to an amount of vehicles to identify; and

displaying progress information for one or more additional users on the graphical user interface.

9. The method for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 8, further comprising:

updating the displayed progress information for the first user in response to receiving the input;

monitoring a progress of the one or more additional users; and

updating the displayed progress information for the one or more users based on the monitored progress.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process, instructions including computer code for:

receiving a first image of a first vehicle that has utilized a toll road;

identifying a region of interest of the image, the region of interest depicting an identifier of the first vehicle;

generating a second image comprising the region of interest;

preprocessing the second image to generate a plurality of images of the region of interest, each of the plurality of images comprising unique display settings;

displaying the plurality of images within a graphical user interface on a computer screen;

receiving an input from the user interface comprising the identifier of the first vehicle; and

in response to receiving the input, displaying a second plurality of images related to an image of a second vehicle'"'"'s region of interest.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

the plurality of images are arranged as a rectangular array on the graphical user interface; and

each of the plurality of images comprises a first image processing parameter and a second image processing parameter.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein:

a level of the first image processing parameter is incrementally increased for each of the plurality of images along a first axis of the array; and

a level of the second image processing parameter is incrementally increased for each of the plurality of images along a second axis of the array.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein:

a level of at least one of the first image processing parameter and the second image processing parameter of a first image of the plurality of images is different than a level of at least one of the first image processing parameter and the second image processing parameter of a second image of the plurality of images.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein:

the first image processing parameter comprises a brightness level and the second image processing parameter comprises a contrast level.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein:

at least one image of the plurality of images comprises an image processing parameter level unique to only the one image.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

the unique display settings comprise predetermined settings comprising one or more of brightness levels, contrast levels, gamma levels, color levels, or exponential/logarithmic levels.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions including computer code for:

displaying progress information for a first user on the graphical user interface, the progress information being related to an amount of vehicles to identify; and

displaying progress information for one or more additional users on the graphical user interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions including computer code for:

updating the displayed progress information for the first user in response to receiving the input;

monitoring a progress of the one or more additional users; and

updating the displayed progress information for the one or more users based on the monitored progress.

19. A system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process, the system comprising:

a memory;

a communications interface;

a display screen; and

a processor configured to;

receive a first image of a first vehicle that has utilized a toll road;

identify a region of interest of the image, the region of interest depicting an identifier of the first vehicle;

generate a second image comprising the region of interest;

preprocess the second image to generate a plurality of images of the region of interest, each of the plurality of images comprising unique display settings;

display the plurality of images within a graphical user interface on the display screen;

receive an input from the user interface comprising the identifier of the first vehicle; and

in response to receiving the input, display a second plurality of images related to an image of a second vehicle'"'"'s region of interest.

20. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display progress information for a first user on the graphical user interface, the progress information being related to an amount of vehicles to identify; and

display progress information for one or more additional users on the graphical user interface.

21. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to:

update the displayed progress information for the first user in response to receiving the input;

monitor a progress of the one or more additional users; and

update the displayed progress information for the one or more users based on the monitored progress.

22. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 20, wherein:

the progress information comprises statistical information related to a rate of completion.

23. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 20, wherein:

the progress information for the first user comprises a first set of icons and a second set of icons, the first set of icons representing a number of images left to review, the second set of icons representing a number of images already reviewed.

24. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 23, wherein:

the processor is further configured to remove one icon from the first set of icons and to add one icon to the second set of icons after the input is received.

25. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 20, wherein:

the processor is further configured to generate an audio and/or visual indication upon the first user achieving a specified image reviewing milestone.

26. The system for processing and displaying images for a toll image review process of claim 20, wherein:

the processor is further configured to maintain at least one statistic for the user and each of the one or more additional users; and

update, in real-time, a leaderboard presented on the user interface with an ordered ranking of each of the users based on the at least one statistic.