Mass scanning and dimensioning system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for capturing information about objects moving in a non-singulated flow comprising:
- an object dimensioning system for distinguishing the non-singulated objects using a height contour of the non-singulated objects and producing object dimension information for each distinguished object, wherein the object dimension information includes a plurality of dimensions for characterizing an object shape, and further producing dimensioning confidence information relating to a quality of the determined dimension information;
an object identification system for producing object identification information for each object; and
a processor for providing functions including correlating the object dimension information for each object to the object identification for each object.
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Abstract
A package information capture system that provides dimensioning information about, and machine readable codes from, packages passing across a data capture point either singulated or non-singulated. The resulting data can be used to determine, for example, package dimensions, package coordinates, dimension confidence, package classification, and content and coordinates of the machine readable code. The dimensioning information is correlated with the machine readable code to form one record. Subsequent processes can access the record from all or part of the captured machine readable information to retrieve package dimension information.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus for capturing information about objects moving in a non-singulated flow comprising:
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an object dimensioning system for distinguishing the non-singulated objects using a height contour of the non-singulated objects and producing object dimension information for each distinguished object, wherein the object dimension information includes a plurality of dimensions for characterizing an object shape, and further producing dimensioning confidence information relating to a quality of the determined dimension information; an object identification system for producing object identification information for each object; and a processor for providing functions including correlating the object dimension information for each object to the object identification for each object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Apparatus for capturing information about objects moving in a non-singulated flow comprising:
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means for distinguishing the non-singulated objects and producing object dimension information for each distinguished object, wherein the object dimension information includes a plurality of dimensions for characterizing an object shape; means for determining a dimensioning confidence, wherein the dimensioning confidence relates to a quality of the determined dimension information; means for producing object identification information for each object; and means for correlating the object dimension information for each object to the object identification for each object.
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24. An apparatus for capturing information about objects moving in a non-singulated flow comprising:
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means for obtaining height contours of the non-singulated objects; identification means for producing object identification information for each object; and processing means for; distinguishing the non-singulated objects using the height contours, determining dimension information for each distinguished object, the dimension information including a plurality of dimensions that characterize an object shape, determining a dimensioning confidence, wherein the dimensioning confidence relates to a quality of the determined dimension information, and correlating the dimension information for each object to the object identification for each object. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An apparatus for capturing information about objects moving in a non-singulated flow comprising:
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means for obtaining height contours of the non-singulated objects; identification means for producing object identification information for each object; means for determining a dimensioning confidence, wherein the dimensioning confidence relates to a quality of the determined dimension information; and processing means for; distinguishing the non-singulated objects using the height contours, determining dimension information for each distinguished object, the dimension information including a plurality of dimensions that characterize an object shape, correlating the dimension information for each object to the object identification for each object. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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