Electronic vehicle identification
CA 2909279 C · Owner: Accenture Global Services Limited · Inventors: Hedley, Jay E.; Thornburg, Neal Patrick
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Identifying a vehicle in a toll system includes accessing image data for a first vehicle and obtaining license plate data from the accessed image data for the first vehicle. A set of records is accessed. Each record includes license plate data for a vehicle. The license plate data for the first vehicle is compared with the license plate data for vehicles in the set of records. Based on the results of the comparison of the license plate data a set of vehicles is identified from the vehicles having records in the set of records. Vehicle fingerprint data is accessed for the first vehicle. The vehicle fingerprint data for the first vehicle is based on the image data for the first vehicle. …
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- Filed June 12, 2006 and granted October 10, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 2026.
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