Patent Document ID: 8682036
Application ID: 13461191
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for identifying a vehicle in a parking area, the method comprising: receiving video data in a sequence of frames provided by an associated video capture device observing a parking area from a first field of view over a duration of time; receiving image data from an associated image capture device observing the street traffic from a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view; determining a presence of a vehicle in the parking area by identifying an object in motion in the video data; tracking a location of a vehicle across the sequence of frames, wherein the tracking; comparing a select frame captured by the associated video capture device with an image captured by the associated image capture device; based on the comparing, matching the vehicle in the image with the vehicle in the frame; and, determining a license plate number of the vehicle by locating a license plate on the vehicle in the image.