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Dimensioning system

  • US 5,661,561 A
  • Filed: 06/02/1995
  • Issued: 08/26/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for determining the dimensions of an object traveling on a moving conveyor comprising:

  • means for generating a scan beam that repetitiously moves across the conveyor at a selected location such that the beam intersects any object traveling on the conveyor through said location;

    detecting means having a line field of view which is moved in correspondence with the moving beam that receives reflected images of the scan beam at a plurality of points as the beam moves across the conveyor; and

    means for calculating the height of the object relative to the conveyor at each image point based on the received reflected images.

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