US 12,131,297 B2
Automatic detection and recognition of visual tags
Ryan R. Fink, Vancouver, WA (US); and Sean M. Adkinson, North Plains, OR (US)
Assigned to STREEM, LLC, Portland, OR (US)
Filed by STREEM, INC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/710,320.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/778,630, filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0193203 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/14 (2022.01); G06V 30/412 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/20 (2013.01) [G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/1444 (2022.01); G06V 30/412 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a user device, an image of an object where an equipment information is not visible from an external view of the object, the equipment information comprising at least make, model, and serial number information for the object;
determining, from the image of the object, a location of the equipment information on the object and a layout of the equipment information, wherein the equipment information comprises a visual tag, and determining the location of the equipment information from the image of the object comprises:
detecting, in the image of the object, a shape and position of one or more features of the object;
searching, with the detected shape and position of the one or more features of the object, into a database to determine a likely make and model of the object; and
obtaining, with the likely make and model of the object, instructions for locating the equipment information;
providing, to the user device, the instructions to assist a user of the user device in locating the location on the object of the equipment information, the instructions comprising a silhouette or shape of the visual tag to be presented on a display of the user device;
receiving, from a user device, an image of the equipment information;
extracting, from the image of the equipment information, identifying information about the object;
using the identifying information to query into a database containing service information about the object; and
transmitting, to a second user device in two-way communication with the user device, the service information about the object.