Parcel dimensioning measurement system and method
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1. A parcel dimension measurement system comprising:
- image sensors oriented to image a parcel;
an imaging subsystem configured to stitch together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels;
a general dimension subsystem including general parcel dimension information; and
a fine dimensioning subsystem configured to determine dimension measurements of the parcel using the at least one two-dimensional image and the general parcel dimension information.
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Abstract
A parcel dimension measurement system includes image sensors oriented to image a parcel, an imaging subsystem configured to stitch together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels, and a general dimension subsystem including general parcel dimension information. A fine dimensioning subsystem is configured to determine dimension measurements of the parcel using the at least one two-dimensional image and the general parcel dimension information.
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38 Claims
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1. A parcel dimension measurement system comprising:
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image sensors oriented to image a parcel; an imaging subsystem configured to stitch together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; a general dimension subsystem including general parcel dimension information; and a fine dimensioning subsystem configured to determine dimension measurements of the parcel using the at least one two-dimensional image and the general parcel dimension information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A parcel dimension measurement system comprising:
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image sensors oriented to image a parcel; an imaging subsystem configured to stitch together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; a general dimension subsystem including general parcel dimension information; and a fine dimensioning subsystem configured to; locate points on the parcel in the two-dimensional image using the general parcel dimension information by; determining pixel coordinates of a point on the parcel in the least one two-dimensional image, conducting line scans proximate said point, calculating an average numerical value of the pixels in each line scan, detecting a significant change in the average numerical value of the pixels of the line scans proximate the pixel coordinates of said point, setting the pixel coordinates of said point to pixel coordinate values where the significant change in the average numerical value of the pixels of the line scans was detected; calculate the number of pixels from one point to another point; and convert the number of pixels to a dimension measurement.
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19. A parcel dimension measurement system comprising:
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image sensors oriented to image a parcel; an imaging subsystem configured to stitch together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; a general dimension subsystem including general parcel dimension information; and a fine dimensioning subsystem configured to; locate points on the parcel in the two-dimensional image using the general parcel dimension information, calculate the number of pixels from one point to another point in the two-dimensional image, and convert the number of pixels to a dimension measurement by determining dots per inch from the image sensors and multiplying the number of pixels calculated by the dots per inch.
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20. A parcel dimension measurement method comprising:
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imaging a parcel using image sensors; stitching together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining general parcel dimension information; and determining dimension measurements of the parcel using the at least one two-dimensional image and the general parcel dimension information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A parcel dimension measurement method comprising:
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imaging a parcel using image sensors; stitching together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining general parcel dimension information; locating points on the parcel in the two-dimensional image using the general parcel dimension information by; determining pixel coordinates of a point on the parcel in the least one two-dimensional image, conducting line scans proximate said point, calculating an average numerical value of the pixels in each line scan, detecting a significant change in the average numerical value of the pixels of the line scans proximate the pixel coordinates of said point, setting the pixel coordinates of said point to pixel coordinate values where the significant change in the average numerical value of the pixels of the line scans was detected; calculating the number of pixels from one point to another point; and converting the number of pixels to dimension measurement.
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38. A parcel dimension measurement method comprising:
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imaging a parcel using image sensors; stitching together outputs of the image sensors to produce at least one two-dimensional image comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining general parcel dimension information; locating points on the parcel in the two-dimensional image using the general parcel dimension information; calculating the number of pixels from one point to another point; and converting the number of pixels to a dimension measurement by determining dots per inch from the image sensors and multiplying the number of pixels calculated by the dots per inch.
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