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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Sita Information Networking Computing Uk Limited, Hayes Middlesex, GB;
Inventor:
Sid Ryan, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
SITA Information Networking Computing UK Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/254 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06V 30/162 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/254 (2017.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 30/162 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01);
Abstract
Methods for identifying and tracking an article are disclosed. During a journey, an article follows a path between an origin and a destination. An image of the article is captured during the journey and a first characteristic vector determined from the image of the article. The first characteristic vector is compared with a set of predetermined characteristic vectors and, based on the comparison, the first article is either associated with an identifier associated with a corresponding one of the predetermined characteristic vectors, or is associated with a new identifier.