IP Library Granted Patent US 7,822,227
Granted Patent B2
US 7,822,227 · App. 11/348,891 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Method and system for tracking images

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,822,227
App. No.
11/348,891
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for image tracking includes receiving a plurality of images of a first object at points along a predetermined route at least two spaced apart cameras including a first camera and a second camera, calibrating the cameras based on the received images of the first object and the predetermined route, receiving at least one image of a second object at the calibrated cameras, and determining a position of the second object based on one of the received images of the second object at the first camera. A method of image tracking includes associating at least one object with a unique identifier and receiving a plurality of images of the object moving in a field of view of at least two spaced apart cameras. The method further includes determining a position of the object based on the unique identifier and generating a position information based on the determination.

Claims (32)

1. A method of image tracking, the method comprising:

associating at least one object with a unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier is provided by a ticket machine;

receiving at a computer the unique identifier from the ticket machine;

receiving at two or more spaced apart cameras a plurality of images of the object moving in a field of view of the two or more spaced apart cameras;

determining by a computer a position of the object based on the unique identifier;

generating a position information based on the determination

comparing the position information to at least one profile, wherein the position information is vehicle position information;

determining a behavior information based on the comparison, wherein the behavior information is vehicle behavior information; and

providing a behavior notification directly or indirectly to a driver based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the position of the object is determined based on one image.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the position of the object is determined based on a first image from a first camera and a second image from a second camera, the first image and second image taken at substantially the same time.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request associated with the unique identifier; and

providing the position information based on the request.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the unique identifier to a user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein vehicle behavior information is parking in multiple parking spaces.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the position information to at least one profile comprises:

comparing position information to a profile of parking at a non-optimal angle and a profile of parking while occupying multiple parking spaces.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle position information is used to guide a driver to an open parking spot by generating a route to an available parking space.

9. A computer readable medium selected from the group consisting of a semiconductor memory, a solid-state memory, a magnetic tape, a removable computer diskette, a random access memory, read-only memory, a rigid magnetic disk and an optical disk including computer readable code for image tracking comprising:

computer readable code for associating at least one object with a unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier is provided by a ticket machine;

computer readable code for receiving the unique identifier from the ticket machine;

computer readable code for receiving a plurality of images of the object moving in a field of view of at least two spaced apart cameras;

computer readable code for determining a position of the object based on the unique identifier;

computer readable code for generating a position information based on the determination;

computer readable code for comparing the position information to at least one profile, wherein the position information is vehicle position information;

computer readable code for determining a behavior information based on the comparison, wherein the behavior information is vehicle behavior information; and

computer readable code for providing a behavior notification directly or indirectly to a driver based on the determination.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising:

computer readable code for receiving a request associated with the unique identifier; and

computer readable code for providing the position information based on the request.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2015
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035201/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2006
From: BARNES, THOMAS H.; DUNSMOIR, JOHN W.; WALTON, CAROL S.; RAMANUJAM, RAM N.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017523/0021 →
Continuity (1)
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