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Vision-based method of determining cargo status by boundary detection

  • US 20080025565A1
  • Filed: 07/26/2006
  • Published: 01/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a cargo status of a container having a floor and sidewalls, comprising the steps of:

  • producing a digital image encompassing said floor and boundaries between said floor and said sidewalls;

    edge-processing said image, and identifying a floor portion of said image bounded by detected edges that correspond to the boundaries between said floor and said sidewalls;

    evaluating the detected edges within the identified floor portion of said image to detect edges of cargo; and

    determining the cargo status of said container based on said evaluation.

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