Patent ID: 11935222
Assignee: UVEYE LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions that, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform a method of automatic tire inspection, the method comprising:
obtaining at least one image acquired by an image acquisition device, the at least one image capturing a wheel of a vehicle;
segmenting the at least one image into one or more image segments corresponding to one or more mechanical components of the wheel, wherein the one or more image segments include a tire image segment corresponding to a tire of the wheel, the tire image segment characterized by a curved shape;, straightening the tire image segment from the curved shape to a straight shape, giving rise to a straight tire segment;
identifying text marked on the tire from the straight tire segment, comprising:
detecting locations of a plurality of text portions on the straight tire segment using a text detection module, and
recognizing text content for each of the text portions using a text recognition module operatively connected to the text detection module; and
analyzing the recognized text content based on one or more predefined rules indicative of association between text content of different text portions at given relative locations, giving rise to a text analysis result indicative of condition of the tire.