METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIONING OF AN OBJECT IN A WAREHOUSE

• US 20130088591A1
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saab AB
• Original Assignee: Saab AB
• Inventors: Backlund, Gran
• Application Number:
  US13/703,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20130088591A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/135
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10021 Stereoscopic video; Stereoscopic image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/285 using a sequence of stereo image pairs

Abstract

An object identification and a tracking system and a method in an object identification and a tracking system for associating an object identity with a position for an object in a warehouse.

Claims

1. An Object Identification and Tracking System, OITS, (200) for associating an object identity with a first position for an object in a warehouse, wherein the OITS 0 comprises a number of pairs of video cameras (210) and a processing means (220) connected to the pairs of video cameras (210), the processing means (220) being configured to:

determine an object identity for said object,

determine a first position for said object based on images from said pairs of video cameras ( ) and

to associate said object identity with said first position.

3. The OITS (200) according to any of claims 1 to 2, wherein the processing means (220) is further configured to track said object in said ware house based on images from said pairs of video cameras (210).

4. The OITS (200) according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first position is a storage position.

5. The OITS (200) according to claim 4, wherein the processing means (220) is further configured to determine a second position, said second position being a position before said storage position.

6. The OITS (200) according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the processing means (220) is further configured to transmit the first position and said object identity from said processing means (220).

2. The OITS (200) according to claim 2, wherein the processing means (220) is further configured to determine the object identity for said object based on images from at least one of said video cameras (210).

7. A method in an Object Identification and Tracking System, OITS (200), for associating an object identity with a first position for an object in a warehouse, wherein the OITS (200) comprises a number of pairs of video cameras (210) and a processing means (220) connected to the pairs of video cameras (210), the method comprises the steps of:

determining (100) in said processing means (220) an object identity for said object;

determining (110) in said processing means (220) a first position for said object based on images from said pairs of video cameras (210); and

associating (120) in said processing means (220) said object identity with said first position.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein in the step of determining an object identity said object identity is determined based on images from at least one of said video cameras (210);

9. The method according to any of claims 7 to 8, wherein the method 20 comprises the further step tracking in said processing means (220), said object in said ware house based on images from said pairs of video cameras (210);

10. The method according to any of claims 7 to 9, wherein the first position is a storage position.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the said step of determining a storage position further comprises determining a second position, said second position being a position before said storage position.

12. The method according to any of claims 7 to 11, wherein the method comprises the further step transmitting said first position and said object identity from said processing means (220).