Vehicle Identity Light Verification for Genuine Car Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to accurately identify and verify the authenticity of vehicles, particularly in shared usage scenarios and taxi services, where users may confuse damaged vehicles or misidentify vehicles due to obscured license plates.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a lighting device and an electronic device with a camera, connected by processing circuitry, emits identity light that is captured and processed to verify the vehicle's authenticity through predefined light patterns or sequences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users take pictures of vehicles to verify vehicle condition, then vehicle damage verification is possible, but the vehicle in the picture may not be the actual used vehicle due to dishonest users taking pictures of similar undamaged vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies optical identification markers that emit or reflect light in specific patterns, colors, or sequences. These visual markers change or vary in their optical properties to provide unique identification signatures for each vehicle, enabling reliable differentiation between similar vehicles and preventing fraudulent substitution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs periodic light emission patterns, such as blinking sequences or rhythmic illumination, as identification markers. These time-based optical patterns provide dynamic verification that distinguishes the actual vehicle from static photographs of substitute vehicles, enhancing identification reliability.
2Ease of operation
If users try to identify vehicles by looking at license plates, then vehicle identification is possible, but it becomes difficult when license plates are obscured or when many vehicles are in the surroundings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses distinctive optical identification markers with specific colors, patterns, or light emission characteristics that are easily visible and distinguishable from a distance. These markers provide clear visual cues that enable users to quickly identify their designated vehicle among multiple vehicles without needing to read obscured license plates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the identification task into two parts: the optical identification marker that provides immediate visual recognition, and the license plate that provides supplementary information. This segmentation allows users to first locate their vehicle using the prominent optical marker and then verify details if needed, significantly easing the identification process.
3Reliability
If predefined light patterns are used for vehicle identification, then vehicle authenticity verification is improved, but the system complexity increases due to additional lighting devices and processing circuitry
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses optical identification markers that can be implemented as relatively simple reflective elements, printed patterns, or basic light-emitting components rather than complex electronic systems. These optical copies or representations provide sufficient verification capability while maintaining simplicity in implementation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent integrates the optical identification markers into existing vehicle components or uses universally applicable elements that can be implemented across different vehicle types without requiring vehicle-specific complex systems. This multi-functionality approach reduces overall system complexity while maintaining verification reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures that captured images or videos contain identity light, allowing verification of the vehicle's genuineness, providing evidence and user confirmation, and facilitating timely image capture.
Implementation Method 1
a lighting device arranged at the vehicle configured emit light, an electronic device with a camera configured to capture at least any of an image and a video of the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
A system for identifying and verifying that a vehicle is genuine includes a lighting device arranged at the vehicle configured emit light, an electronic device with a camera configured to capture at least any of an image and a video of the vehicle, a processing circuitry operatively connected to the lighting device and the electronic device configured to initiate identity emitting light by the lighting device, capture at least any of an image and a video of the vehicle by the electronic device, process the captured image and/or video to identify the identity emitting light to verify that the vehicle in the captured image and/or video is genuinely the vehicle with the lighting device.