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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Its Plus, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Cole Hutchison, Plano, TX (US);
Staci Marlea Ingram, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
ITS Plus, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/015 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); G08G 1/054 (2006.01); G08G 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00785 (2013.01); G08G 1/01 (2013.01); G08G 1/0104 (2013.01); G08G 1/015 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); G08G 1/054 (2013.01); G08G 1/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of managing traffic flow. The method includes receiving, at a camera, an image containing vehicle traffic flow. The method also includes processing, using a processor, the image to mask areas in the image that exceed a predetermined number of candelas. The method also includes thereafter analyzing, using the processor, the image to determine a parameter related to the vehicles, whereby an analysis is performed. The method also includes managing the traffic flow based on the analysis.