Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visual monitoring of queues using auxillary devices
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Application No.: US16107333Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US10552687B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Ira L. Allen , Russell P. Bobbitt , Rogerio S. Feris , Yun Zhai
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran, Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Agent James Nock; Andrew M. Calderon
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
Methods and system are provided for monitoring a queue. A method includes receiving by sensors a non-visual identifier at predefined locations of a queue. Further, the method includes capturing by image capture devices images of an object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations of the queue. Further, the method includes visually tracking another object in the queue based on transformations of a predefined feature extracted from the images of the object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180357492A1 VISUAL MONITORING OF QUEUES USING AUXILLARY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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