US 2006/0232442 A1 · Vehicle id

Abstract

The invention is provided by means of a method for identifying a vehicle, comprising recording at least a first image of the said vehicle using a digital camera, which first image includes at least a registration plate and a light arrangement. The method comprises the steps of identifying the position on the car and the orientation of the light arrangement from the first image, and of determining the type of vehicle on the basis of information stored in a database relating to the position and orientation of light arrangements on different types of car and the identification of the position and orientation of the light arrangement, and of identifying the position on the car and the orientation of the registration plate in relation to the identified position of the light arrangement from the first image in order thereby to obtain a unique identification of the said vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A method for checking vehicles in a car park comprising identification of a vehicle by recording images and analysis of the said vehicle at an entrance control and at an exit control, storage of the analysis results from the entrance control, comparison of the analysis results from the exit control with the stored analysis results from the entrance control, and preventing or allowing the said vehicle to leave, wherein

at the exit control, the said vehicle is driven forwards to a front exit barrier,
a rear exit barrier is set up behind the said vehicle,
said analysis involves identifying, in at least one of said images taken at the entrance control and at least one of said images taken at the exit control, the position of at least one reflector device on said vehicle,
said comparison involves comparing said identified reflector device, and
only the said front exit barrier is removed when the vehicle is to be allowed to leave, whereby other vehicles are prevented from driving through the exit control at the same time as the said vehicle.

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A method for identifying a vehicle, comprising recording at least a first image of the said vehicle using a digital camera, the said first image including at least a registration plate and a light arrangement, wherein the steps of

identifying the position and orientation on the car of the said light arrangement by image analysis of the said first image,
determining the type of vehicle on the basis of information stored in a database relating to the position and orientation of light arrangements on different types of car and the said identification of the position and orientation of the said light arrangement,
identifying the position and orientation on the car of the said registration plate in relation to the identified position of the said light arrangement by means of the said image analysis of the said first image in order thereby to achieve a unique identification of the said vehicle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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