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accession: "0001171843-26-006051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OMQS"
cik: "0000278165"
company_name: "OMNIQ Corp."
filed_at: "2026-09-15T12:45:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T12:50:12.262910+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# OMNIQ receives U.S. patent for AI-based HOV occupancy detection; sees $218M addressable market

## Summary
- Patent No. 12,633,155 B1 covers deep-learning vehicle occupant counting via dual infrared line-scan imagery; filed 2020.
- Representative deployment estimated at ~$1.6M annual revenue; U.S. HOV market placed at ~$218M across ~136 facilities.
- Technology already live at 2 U.S. sites and 1 international site; uses license plate recognition and blurs faces.
- Company's broader vehicle recognition platform already in service at thousands of U.S. sites and 3 internationally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-006051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OMQS
- cik: 0000278165
- company_name: OMNIQ Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T12:45:17+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/278165/000117184326006051/0001171843-26-006051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/278165/000117184326006051/f8k_091426.htm

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