Systems And Methods for Detecting Vehicle Attributes
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsNicholaus Adam Jones, Robert James Taylor, Aaron James Vasgaard, Matthew Allen Jones
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Abstract
Described in detail herein are methods and systems for detecting attributes of vehicles using an images captured by an image capturing device disposed at a facility. The system detects attributes of the vehicles from the image, retrieves information associated with each vehicle based on the attributes and generates a score for each vehicle based on the information associated with each vehicle. Based on the score a distribution of physical objects is triggered to the facility.
Claims16
A system for detecting vehicle attributes, the system comprising:
- a first image capture device;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the first image capture device, one or more third party systems, and a plurality of databases, the processor configured to:
- extract a plurality of vehicle attributes associated with a first vehicle from a first image captured by the image capture device at a first facility, using a machine vision algorithm;
- interface with at least one of the one or more third party systems to retrieve features associated with the first vehicle using the plurality of vehicle attributes;
- access a first one of the plurality of databases to retrieve information associated with at least one of the plurality of vehicle attributes and features associated with the first vehicle;
- generate a first score based on the information associated with the at least one of the plurality of vehicle attributes and features;
- query a second one of the plurality of databases for physical objects based on the first score;
- query a third one of the plurality of databases for a quantity of the physical objects disposed at the first facility;
- and
- in response to determining the quantity of the physical objects is less than a predetermined quantity trigger distribution of a first quantity of physical objects to the first facility,
- wherein the machine vision algorithm includes one or more of:
- Stitching/Registration, Filtering, Thresholding, Pixel counting, Segmentation, Inpainting, Edge detection, Color Analysis, Blob discovery & manipulation, Neural net processing, Pattern recognition, Optical character recognition, or Gauging/Metrology.
A method for detecting vehicle attributes, the method comprising:
- extracting, via a processor, a plurality of vehicle attributes associated with a first vehicle from a first image captured by an image capture device at a first facility using a machine vision algorithm;
- interfacing, via the processor, with at least one third party system to retrieve features associated with the first vehicle using the plurality of attributes;
- accessing, via the processor, a first database to retrieve information associated with the at least one of the plurality of vehicle attributes and features associated with the first vehicle;
- generating, via the processor, a first score based on the information associated with the at least one of the plurality of vehicle attributes and features;
- querying, via the processor, a second database for physical objects based on the first score;
- querying, via the processor, a third database for a quantity of the physical objects disposed at the first facility;
- and
- in response to determining the quantity of the physical objects is less than a predetermined quantity triggering, via the processor, distribution of a first quantity of physical objects to the first facility,
- wherein the machine vision algorithm includes one or more of:
- Stitching/Registration, Filtering, Thresholding, Pixel counting, Segmentation, Inpainting, Edge detection, Color Analysis, Blob discovery & manipulation, Neural net processing, Pattern recognition, Optical character recognition, or Gauging/Metrology.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.