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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Juha Alakarhu, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3258 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); H04N 5/2327 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); G06K 2209/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for capturing images of one or more moving vehicles (i.e., a target vehicle) from another moving vehicle (i.e., subject vehicle). The disclosed system dynamically adjusts illumination power, exposure times, and/or other settings to optimize image capture that takes into account distance and speed. By optimizing for distances and moving vehicles, the disclosed system improves the probability of capturing a legible, usable photographic image. In one example, the disclosed system may be incorporated into an asymmetric license plate reading (ALPR) system.