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.
VIDEO BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SIDE-BY-SIDE DRIVE THRU LOAD BALANCING
2016-06-02
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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