US 12,417,699 B2
Venue entry payment system for vehicles
Tony Alex, New York, NY (US); Michael Giannone, Levittown, NY (US); and Peter J. Degen, Huntington, NY (US)
Assigned to DIRECT TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC, Roslyn Heights, NY (US)
Filed by DIRECT TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC, Roslyn Heights, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,725, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122452 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/62 (2022.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/0175 (2013.01) [G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for tracking an automobile in an area comprising the steps of:
identifying a predefined area;
identifying an automobile for screening into the area;
photographing the automobile to obtain a picture of the automobile including a body and a color of the automobile;
photographing a license plate on the automobile to obtain a picture of the license plate;
storing the picture of the automobile in a database;
storing the picture of the license plate in the database;
creating an automobile identity in the database based upon the picture of the license plate and the picture of the automobile;
storing the identity of the automobile in the database;
generating an invoice for the automobile and attaching the invoice to the identity of the automobile in the database;
selecting a list of automobiles associated with outstanding invoices;
receiving license plate information from a user;
retrieving a profile of the user based on at least a partial match of the received license plate information;
retrieving an image of a user automobile associated with the user from the profile;
retrieving an image of an owner of the user automobile from the profile;
taking a picture of the user and determining that the user matches the owner using facial recognition;
identifying, from among automobiles on the list of automobiles associated with outstanding invoices, candidate automobiles having license plate information that partially matches the received license plate information;
matching identifying features of the candidate automobiles with identifying features of the user automobile based on the image of the user automobile;
presenting a list of identified automobiles having the matched identifying features to the user, wherein the matched identifying features comprise a make and model of the user automobile, a color of the user automobile, and dents on the user automobile; and
having the user select an automobile from the list of the identified automobiles for payment of an entry fee.