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Method and System for Collecting Information Relating to Identity Parameters of A Vehicle

  • US 20130136310A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2011
  • Published: 05/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • obtaining one or more images of the vehicle;

    producing at least one sub-image, the at least one sub-image comprising an area of the one or more obtained images that contains one or more identity parameters of the vehicle, the at least one sub-image being enhanced based on the one or more obtained images;

    detecting one or more interest points within the at least one sub-image, each interest point relating to at least one of the one or more identity parameters, and each interest point being substantially capable of detection as an interest point across a plurality of chan ing image capture conditions;

    for each distinct interest point, processing the at least one sub-image to obtain one or more descriptors, the one or more descriptors comprising a corresponding numeric representation of the distinct interest point;

    matching, with one or more processors, one or more of the descriptors to one or more templates, each template corresponding to at least one of (a) a known vehicle manufacturer and (b) a known vehicle make and each template comprising one or more predetermined descriptors representing interest points in previously obtained images that correspond to known identity parameters;

    calculating a confidence measure of a match between one or more of the descriptors and one or more of the templates; and

    identifying one or more identity parameters of the vehicle based on at least one match and at least one confidence measure.

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