Video based method and system for automated side-by-side drive thru load balancing
US9865056B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096783
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for directing a vehicle in a side-by-side drive-thru are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more video images of a side-by-side drive-thru comprising two or more lanes, detects a vehicle approaching an entrance of the side-by-side drive-thru, calculating an estimated order time for the vehicle and directs the vehicle to one of the two or more lanes based on the estimated order time for the vehicle or a previously estimated order time of each one of the a plurality of vehicles already in the first lane and the second lane of the drive-thru.
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