Patent Document ID: 8929606
Application ID: 14307343
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving an image that depicts an instrument panel of a vehicle whose model of vehicle is to be identified; modeling a first instrument layout based on the received image that depicts the instrument panel of the vehicle, the modeling of the first instrument layout including; determining an outline of an instrument within the instrument panel depicted in the image, determining a first instrument position of the instrument within the instrument panel, and representing the outline of the instrument in the first instrument layout by encoding the outline and the first instrument position of the instrument in a modeling language, the modeling being performed by a processor of a machine; accessing a second instrument layout that corresponds to a vehicle model and includes a representation of a second instrument position encoded in the modeling language, the accessing of the second instrument layout being from a database; determining that the first instrument position represented in the first instrument layout matches the second instrument position represented in the second instrument layout; and providing a notification that identifies the vehicle model that corresponds to the second instrument layout as the model of the vehicle whose instrument panel is depicted in the received image, the providing of the notification being based on the first instrument position matching the second instrument position.