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US 10,121,297 B2Granted
Vision-based fare collection
AssigneeCubic Corporation
InventorsThomas Busch-Sorensen, Pradip Mistry
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Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing vision-based fare collection using one or more cameras positioned within a transit station. The system may determine that a user is approaching an entry point separating a non-restricted access area from a restricted access area. Using a camera and/or an RFID transceiver, the system may track the location of the user as the user approaches the entry point. The system may determine that the user is permitted to access the restricted access area, and may allow the user to access the restricted access area via the entry point upon the user being within a threshold distance from the entry point.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving an indication that a first user purchased a ticket at a ticket vending machine;
- determining, based on the indication, that the user is permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining that the first user and a second user are approaching an entry point, the entry point defining a passageway and separating a non-restricted access area from a restricted access area;
- tracking, using a camera, the location of the first user and the second user as the first user and the second user approach the entry point;
- determining that the second user is not permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining a first projected path of the first user;
- determining a second projected path of the second user;
- determining that the first user is within a first threshold distance from the entry point;
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point prior to the second user reaching a second threshold distance from the entry point, allowing the first user to access the restricted access are via the entry point;
- and
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point after the second user reaches the second threshold distance from the entry point, not allowing the first user to access the restricted access area via the entry point.
8 more elements
A computer readable storage media comprising instructions to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication that a first user purchased a ticket at a ticket vending machine;
- determining, based on the indication, that the user is permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining that the first user and a second user are approaching an entry point, the entry point defining a passageway and separating a non-restricted access area from a restricted access area;
- tracking, using a camera, the location of the first user and the second user as the first user and the second user approach the entry point;
- determining that the second user is not permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining a first projected path of the first user;
- determining a second projected path of the second user;
- determining that the first user is within a first threshold distance from the entry point;
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point prior to the second user reaching a second threshold distance from the entry point, allowing the first user to access the restricted access are via the entry point;
- and
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point after the second user reaches the second threshold distance from the entry point, not allowing the first user to access the restricted access area via the entry point.
8 more elements
A system comprising:
- a camera;
- one or more processors;
- one or more computer readable storage mediums comprising instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication that a first user purchased a ticket at a ticket vending machine;
- determining, based on the indication, that the user is permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining that the first user and a second user are approaching an entry point, the entry point defining a passageway and separating a non-restricted access area from a restricted access area;
- tracking, using a camera, the location of the first user and the second user as the first user and the second user approach the entry point;
- determining that the second user is not permitted to access the restricted access area;
- determining a first projected path of the first user;
- determining a second projected path of the second user;
- determining that the first user is within a first threshold distance from the entry point;
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point prior to the second user reaching a second threshold distance from the entry point, allowing the first user to access the restricted access are via the entry point;
- and
- in response to determining, based on the first projected path and the second projected path, that the first user will reach the end of the entry point after the second user reaches the second threshold distance from the entry point, not allowing the first user to access the restricted access area via the entry point.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.