Patents
US 11948366 B2: Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and vehicle identification profile methods and systems
- Granted
- 2024-04-02
- Filed
- 2022-04-13 application 17720091
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Embodiments herein provide various systems and methods for automated classification of vehicle reads to build vehicle identification profile and for automated vehicle identification using content extracted from an image frame of a vehicle to identify a most probable vehicle identification profile. An example method comprises capturing, by a camera, a read comprising an image frame including a portion of a vehicle; identifying at least one of a license plate number and a descriptor of the vehicle using image processing on the read; determining a probability value that the read includes the vehicle based on the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; when the probability value exceeds a threshold value, identifying a vehicle identification profile in a database using the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; and updating the vehicle identification profile to include the captured read.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240402.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABSOLOGY Co., Ltd. 194 patents | Foreign company or organization | Carlsbad, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Crary | Austin, TX | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Peter ISTENES | Budapest, HU | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dave BYNUM | Knoxville, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Israel Padilla | Mexico City, MX | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V20/54 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PADILLA, ISRAEL signed 2022-02-16 CRARY, PETER signed 2022-02-17 ISTENES, PETER signed 2022-02-17 BYNUM, DAVE signed 2022-03-08 | NEOLOGY, INC. SAN DIEGO, CA | 60486/121 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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