Identifying an object in an image using color profiles

A system for processing image data, comprising:

• at least one camera for capturing at least one an image of a live event, the live event including a vehicle traversing a track;
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• at least one processing facility which receives the at least one image, the at least one processing facility:
• determines an orientation of the vehicle based on a location of the vehicle along the track and a model of the track, the orientation comprises at least one of:
• (i) a heading of the vehicle, the heading is a direction of the track at the location, (ii) a roll angle of the vehicle, the roll angle is a bank angle of the track at the location or (iii) a pitch angle of the vehicle, the pitch angle is a pitch of the track at the location, determines a color profile of a representation of the vehicle in the at least one image, retrieves color profiles which are mapped to the orientation, from among color profiles which are stored indexed to different vehicle orientations, performs a matching process to determine a best match to the color profile of the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image among the color profiles which are mapped to the orientation, and identifies the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image based, at least in part, on the best match.

At least one non-transitory processor readable storage device having processor readable code embodied thereon for programming at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• obtaining at least one image of a vehicle in a live event as the vehicle traverses a track, the at least one image is captured by at least one camera;
• determining an orientation of the vehicle based on a location of the vehicle along the track and a model of the track, the orientation comprises at least one of:
• (i) a heading of the vehicle, the heading is a direction of the track at the location, (ii) a roll angle of the vehicle, the roll angle is a bank angle of the track at the location or (iii) a pitch angle of the vehicle, the pitch angle is a pitch of the track at the location;
• determining a color profile of a representation of the vehicle in the at least one image;
• retrieving color profiles which are mapped to the orientation, from among color profiles which are stored indexed to different vehicle orientations;
• performing a matching process to determine a best match to the color profile of the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image, among the color profiles which are mapped to the orientation;
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• identifying the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image based, at least in part, on the best match.