Video Vehicle Detection With Credibility-Based Multi-Frame Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems struggle to efficiently and accurately detect vehicles in various traffic scenarios, such as electric police checkpoints and parking lots, for acquiring traffic information like charging and flow data.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for vehicle detection that includes obtaining a video of a region, determining vehicle information by recognizing vehicles in the video frames, assessing credibility levels of recognition results, and determining detection results based on vehicle information, including license plate availability, reversing state, and travel direction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If vehicle detection is performed in various traffic scenarios using existing systems, then traffic information can be acquired, but the detection accuracy and efficiency are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle detection accuracyVSAvoiddetection efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection process is divided into multiple stages: initial vehicle detection, license plate recognition, credibility assessment, and multi-frame verification. Each stage processes specific aspects of vehicle information independently, improving both accuracy and efficiency by avoiding unnecessary processing of low-confidence detections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary credibility assessment on detection results before full processing. By evaluating credibility metrics early in the pipeline, the system can quickly filter out low-quality detections and only perform comprehensive analysis on high-confidence vehicles, thereby improving overall detection efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If comprehensive vehicle information is extracted from video frames, then detection reliability improves, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection reliabilityVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Different regions of the video frame are processed with different levels of detail. The system focuses computational resources on regions containing vehicles with high detection confidence, while applying simpler processing to other areas. This localized approach maintains reliability for critical detections while reducing overall processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial verification only when necessary - specifically, multi-frame tracking and credibility assessment are applied selectively based on initial detection confidence. High-confidence detections receive full verification, while low-confidence ones are quickly filtered, avoiding excessive processing of clearly invalid detections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If multiple recognition results are evaluated for credibility, then vehicle information accuracy improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle information accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Credibility assessment is performed as a preliminary filtering step before comprehensive multi-frame analysis. By quickly evaluating basic credibility metrics on single-frame detections, the system identifies high-confidence vehicles that warrant further multi-frame verification, thereby reducing the total number of vehicles requiring time-consuming sequential processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains continuous vehicle tracking across multiple frames, allowing credibility assessment to accumulate evidence over time rather than requiring complete verification in each individual frame. This continuous action enables faster decision-making about vehicle validity while maintaining high accuracy through temporal consistency checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentEP4323963B1Methods and systems for vehicle detection
Publication Date: 2026.04.08 ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and a system for vehicle detection, including obtaining a video of a region; determining vehicle information in the video by recognizing a vehicle in the video; and determining a detection result of the vehicle based on the vehicle information.