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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
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 vehicle detection is provided. The method comprises receiving an image from a traffic camera, wherein the image contains vehicle traffic flow. A number of regions in the image that exceed a predetermined number of candelas are identified and masked. Contrast edges are added around the masked regions in the image. One or more vehicles are detected in the image based on the contrast edges.