# US 11,908,182 B1 · Apparatus and method of vehicle profiling

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- Number: US 11,908,182 B1
- Document ID: US11908182B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 18/195,760
- Filed: 2023-05-10
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-05-10
- Assignees: Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC
- Applicants: Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC
- Inventors: Joseph Matthew Nichols; Christopher Clinton Chappell; Mcnamara Marlow Pope, III; Rodney Daniel Sparks; Josh David Schumacher
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908182B1

## CPC

- G06V 10/82: using neural networks
- B60S 1/00: Cleaning of vehicles (by apparatus not integral with vehicle B60S3/00; cleaning in general B08B; de-icing of aircraft B64D; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84)
- G01S 7/4802: {using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation; Target signature; Target cross-section}
- G01S 7/4817: {relating to scanning}
- G01S 17/10: using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves (determination of distance by phase measurements G01S17/32)
- G01S 17/42: Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S17/46)
- G01S 17/89: for mapping or imaging
- G01S 17/931: of land vehicles
- G06V 20/64: Three-dimensional [3D] objects
- G06V 30/10: Character recognition
- B60S 3/00: Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles (cleaning in general B08B; cleaning peculiar to waterborne vessels B63B57/00, B63B59/00; ground equipment for cleaning aircraft B64F5/30)
- G06V 2201/08: Detecting or categorising vehicles
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

An apparatus and a method for vehicle profiling. The apparatus includes at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to capture vehicle data of a vehicle, at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory contains instructions configuring the at least processor to receive the vehicle data from the at least a sensor, generate a graphic model of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle data, determine a vehicle status as a function of the vehicle data, classify the vehicle status and the vehicle data into one or more vehicle status groups and generate a vehicle report as a function of the one or more vehicle status groups.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for vehicle profiling, the apparatus comprising:
at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to capture vehicle data of a vehicle;
at least a processor; and
a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory contains instructions configuring the at least processor to:
receive the vehicle data from the at least a sensor;
generate a graphic model of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle data;
determine a vehicle status as a function of the vehicle data wherein the vehicle status further comprises a vehicle contamination status wherein the vehicle contamination status comprises an identification of a foreign substance that contaminated the vehicle;
classify the vehicle status and the vehicle data into one or more vehicle status groups; and
generate a vehicle report as a function of the one or more vehicle status groups.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the vehicle data comprises image data; and
the at least a sensor comprises a camera, wherein the camera is configured to generate the image data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the vehicle data comprises LiDAR data; and
the at least a sensor comprises at least a photodetector of a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) system, wherein the at least a photodetector is configured to generate the LiDAR data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle data comprises user data, wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least processor to:
receive the user data of the vehicle data from a user; and
generate the vehicle report as a function of the user data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle status comprises a vehicle measurement.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle status comprises a vehicle gate status.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle status comprises vehicle information.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least processor to determine the vehicle status using a machine vision system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the graphic model comprises a three-dimensional (3D) model of an exterior of the vehicle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory contains instructions further configuring the at least processor to generate a wash command as a function of the graphic model and the vehicle report.

### Claim 11

A method for vehicle profiling, the method comprising:
capturing, using at least a sensor, vehicle data;
receiving, using at least a processor, the vehicle data from the at least a sensor;
generating, using the at least a processor, a graphic model of the vehicle as a function of the one or more vehicle status groups;
determining, using the at least a processor, a vehicle status of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle data wherein the vehicle status further comprises a vehicle contamination status wherein the vehicle contamination status comprises an identification of a foreign substance that contaminated the vehicle;
classifying, using the at least a processor, the vehicle status and the vehicle data into one or more vehicle status groups; and
generating, using the at least a processor, a vehicle report as a function of the one or more vehicle status groups.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein:
the vehicle data comprises image data; and
the method further comprises generating, using a camera of the at least a sensor, the image data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein:
the vehicle data comprises LiDAR data; and
the method further comprises generating, using at least a photodetector of the at least a sensor, the LiDAR data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising:
receiving, using the at least a processor, user data of the vehicle data from a user; and
generating, using the at least a processor, the vehicle report as a function of the user data of the vehicle data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle status comprises a vehicle measurement.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle status comprises a vehicle gate status.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the graphic model comprises a three dimensional (3D) model of an exterior of the vehicle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising:
generating, using the at least a processor, a wash command as a function of the vehicle report.