US 12,456,303 B2
Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and vehicle identification profile methods and systems
Peter Crary, Austin, TX (US); Peter Istenes, Budapest (HU); Dave Bynum, Knoxville, TN (US); and Israel Padilla, Mexico City (MX)
Assigned to NEOLOGY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by NEOLOGY, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/622,582.
Application 18/622,582 is a continuation of application No. 17/720,091, filed on Apr. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,948,366.
Application 17/720,091 is a continuation of application No. 17/033,506, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,321,571, issued on May 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,668, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0282113 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/54 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/62 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/54 (2022.01) [G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle identification method, the method comprising:
capturing, by a camera, a read of a vehicle comprising at least one image frame from a video signal including at least a portion vehicle;
identifying at least one of a license plate number and a descriptor of the vehicle contained in the read using image processing on the at least one image frame;
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, wherein the vehicle identification profile is associated with a probability value based on probability values of each of the other vehicle reads of the vehicle identification profile, wherein updating the vehicle identification profile comprises updating the probability value of the vehicle identification profile based on the probability values associated with the captured read.