Patent ID: 9147119
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60R,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle computing system for analyzing captured images, the in-vehicle computing system comprising: a camera; a main processor; a non-critical task processor different from the main processor; a short-distance communication circuitry; a long-distance communication circuitry; an image capturing module to capture at least one image using the camera; a communication module to (i) establish a communication connection with a mobile communication device via the short-distance communication circuitry and (ii) receive scanning data from the mobile communication device, the scanning data to identify one or more reference vehicle license plates; and an image analysis module to analyze, by the non-critical task processor, the at least one image as a function of the scanning data; wherein the communication module is further to (i) determine whether the long-distance communication circuitry is available to the in-vehicle computing system to communicate with a security server, (ii) transmit a notification, using the long-distance communication circuitry, to the security server in response to an identification of a match between the scanning and the captured image and a determination that the long-distance communication circuitry is available, and (iii) transmit a notification, using the short-distance communication circuitry, to the mobile communication device in response to an identification of a match between the scanning data and the at least one image and a determination that the long-distance communication circuitry is unavailable.