Patent ID: 8457392

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for processing image data, comprising the computer-implemented steps of: obtaining at least one image of a vehicle in a live event as the vehicle traverses a track, the at least one image is captured by at least one camera; determining an orientation of the vehicle based on a location of the vehicle along the track and a model of the track, the orientation comprises at least one of: (i) a heading of the vehicle, the heading is a direction of the track at the location (ii) a roll angle of the vehicle, the roll angle is a bank angle of the track at the location or (iii) a pitch angle of the vehicle, the pitch angle is a pitch of the track at the location; determining a color profile of a representation of the vehicle in the at least one image; retrieving color profiles which are mapped to the orientation, from among color profiles which are stored indexed to different vehicle orientations; performing a matching process to determine a best match to the color profile of the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image, among the color profiles which are mapped to the orientation; and identifying the representation of the vehicle in the at least one image based, at least in part, on the best match.