Profiling and Tracking Vehicles Using Cameras

A system for profiling and tracking vehicles, the system comprising one or more processors connected to at least one storage device, the system being configured to:

• receive two or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view, the two or more first images showing a first vehicle;
• determine, based on at least one of the two or more first images, a first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• receive a desired static characteristic of a vehicle of interest;
• compare the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest with the first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• determine, in response to the comparison of the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest and the first static characteristic of the first vehicle, that the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest is approximately equal to the first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• determine, in response to the approximate equivalence between the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest and the first static characteristic of the first vehicle, that the vehicle of interest is the first vehicle present in the first field of view of the first camera;
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• indicate, in response to the determination that the vehicle of interest is present in the first field of view of the first camera, that the vehicle of interest is the first vehicle present in the first field of view of the first camera.

A storage device storing a computer program for profiling and tracking vehicles, the computer program comprising one or more code segments that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• receive two or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view, the two or more first images showing a first vehicle;
• determine, based on at least one of the two or more first images, a first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• receive a desired static characteristic of a vehicle of interest;
• compare the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest with the first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• determine, in response to the comparison of the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest and the first static characteristic of the first vehicle, that the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest is approximately equal to the first static characteristic of the first vehicle;
• determine, in response to the approximate equivalence between the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest and the first static characteristic of the first vehicle, that the vehicle of interest is the first vehicle present in the first field of view of the first camera;
• and
• indicate, in response to the determination that the vehicle of interest is present in the first field of view of the first camera, that the vehicle of interest is the first vehicle present in the first field of view of the first camera.