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Patent No.:

US 12205382 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

May. 10, 2023

Apparatus and method for automatic license plate recognition of a vehicle

Applicant:

Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, Llc, Roseville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Allen Steele, III, Plumas Lake, CA (US);

Josh David Schumacher, Sacramento, CA (US);

Tyler Ellison Ebding, Martinez, CA (US);

Franklin Christopher Brooks, Sacramento, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, NEW YORK, US;

Attorney:

Caldwell Intellectual Property Law

Primary Examiner:

Katrina R Fujita

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/62 (2022.01); G06T 5/77 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/625 (2022.01); G06T 5/77 (2024.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for automatic license plate recognition of a vehicle, the apparatus includes a user device configured to receive a user input containing reference indicators and associate a right to the reference indicators, an image capturing device configured to capture vehicle images of a vehicle containing a license plate region, an image processing module configured to receive the vehicle images from the image capturing device and process the vehicle images, a computer vision module configured to determine an obscurity of the license plate region, and identify indicators as a function of the license plate region, an image inpainting module configured to reconstruct the license plate region based on the obscurity of the license plate using an image inpainting technique, and a validation module configured to validate the indicators as a function of the reference indicators and grant the user the right as a function of the validation.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Steele, III, Joseph. (2025). Apparatus and method for automatic license plate recognition of a vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 12205382). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12205382

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