Terminals and methods for dimensioning objects
First Claim
1. A terminal for measuring at least one dimension of an object, the terminal comprising:
- at least one imaging subsystem comprising an imaging optics assembly operable to focus an image onto an image sensor array, said imaging optics assembly having an optical axis;
an actuator operable connected to said at least one imaging subsystem for moving the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal;
wherein said terminal is adapted to obtain a first image of at least a portion of the object;
wherein said terminal is operable to determine at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object based on effecting said actuator to change the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal and to obtain a second image of said portion of the object by aligning the second image of said portion of the object with the first image of the portion of the object such that first image data and second image data are obtained along differently orientated optical axes with the images being aligned; and
wherein, said terminal calculates the at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object with trigonometric relations based on the change of the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal without moving the terminal.
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Abstract
A terminal for measuring at least one dimension of an object includes at least one imaging subsystem and an actuator. The at least one imaging subsystem includes an imaging optics assembly operable to focus an image onto an image sensor array. The imaging optics assembly has an optical axis. The actuator is operably connected to the at least one imaging subsystem for moving an angle of the optical axis relative to the terminal. The terminal is adapted to obtain first image data of the object and is operable to determine at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object based on effecting the actuator to change the angle of the optical axis relative to the terminal to align the object in second image data with the object in the first image data, the second image data being different from the first image data.
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1. A terminal for measuring at least one dimension of an object, the terminal comprising:
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at least one imaging subsystem comprising an imaging optics assembly operable to focus an image onto an image sensor array, said imaging optics assembly having an optical axis; an actuator operable connected to said at least one imaging subsystem for moving the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal; wherein said terminal is adapted to obtain a first image of at least a portion of the object; wherein said terminal is operable to determine at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object based on effecting said actuator to change the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal and to obtain a second image of said portion of the object by aligning the second image of said portion of the object with the first image of the portion of the object such that first image data and second image data are obtained along differently orientated optical axes with the images being aligned; and wherein, said terminal calculates the at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object with trigonometric relations based on the change of the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal without moving the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for measuring at least one dimension of an object the method comprising:
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obtaining at least a portion of first image data of the object; moving an optical axis of at least one imaging subsystem to align at least a portion of second image data of the object with the at least the portion of first image data, the at least the portion of first image data being different from the at least the portion of second image data; determining at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object based on moving the optical axis of the at least one imaging subsystem to align a second image of the at least the portion of the object in the second image data with the image of the at least the portion of the object in the first image data; wherein, said determining of the at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object is with trigonometric relations based on the change of an angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal such that first image data and second image data are obtained along differently orientated optical axes with the images being aligned; wherein, said terminal calculates the at least one of a height, a width, and a depth dimension of the object with trigonometric relations based on the change of the angle of said optical axis relative to said terminal without moving the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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