US 11,900,702 B2
Image-based drive-thru management system
Evan DeSantola, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Alex Litzenberger, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Rassoul Mesbah, Aukland (NZ); and Prashasti Sar, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Agot Co., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Agot Co., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,235.
Application 18/171,235 is a continuation of application No. 17/542,251, filed on Dec. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,594,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,668, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316788 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/68 (2022.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/68 (2022.01) [G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/063112 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/765 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/36 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a processing device, first image data indicative of a state of a vehicle access area;
identifying, by the processing device, a first vehicle disposed in the vehicle access area based on the first image data;
obtaining order data indicative of a pending meal order;
determining an association between the pending meal order and the first vehicle;
determining that an order preparation fault has occurred in association with the pending meal order;
obtaining first pacing data indicative of a predicted time of completion of a meal associated with the pending meal order;
obtaining second pacing data indicative of a rate of advancement of a plurality of vehicles disposed within the vehicle access area; and
performing a corrective action in view of the order preparation fault, first pacing data, and second pacing data.