Dimensioning system for, and method of, dimensioning freight in motion along an unconstrained path in a venue
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1. A dimensioning system for dimensioning a moving freight in motion along an uninterrupted path in a venue, the dimensioning system comprising:
- a ranging system having one or more dimensioning sensors mounted in a dimensioning zone of the venue configured to capture a plurality of successive point clouds representative of distances between the one or more dimensioning sensors and the moving freight;
a tracking system having one or more positioning sensors configured to track a plurality of successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; and
a computing device in communication with the ranging system and the tracking system, the computing device configured to;
detect a change in at least one of position and orientation of the moving freight within the dimensioning zone of the venue based on tracking of the moving freight by the tracking system;
determine spatial alignment of the at least one of position and orientation of the moving freight with corresponding ones of the plurality of successive point clouds by correlating each of the successive point clouds with each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight based on detecting the change;
combine the correlated point clouds to obtain a composite point cloud representative of the moving freight;
process the composite point cloud to determine a dimension of the moving freight; and
output the dimension of the moving freight to assist in loading the moving freight, wherein,the ranging system and the tracking system detect the moving freight when it moves on a freight mover along the uninterrupted path past the ranging system and the tracking system, andthe one or more positioning sensors of the tracking system include a detector mounted at one of the freight mover and the venue and configured to detect each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight.
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Abstract
A ranging system captures successive point clouds from moving freight, and a tracking system tracks successive positions and orientations of the moving freight. A computing device correlates each successive point cloud with each successive position and orientation and time of the moving freight, combines the correlated point clouds to obtain a composite point cloud of the moving freight, and processes the composite point cloud to dimension the moving freight. Once the freight is dimensioned, it may, for example, be efficiently loaded into a container.
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1. A dimensioning system for dimensioning a moving freight in motion along an uninterrupted path in a venue, the dimensioning system comprising:
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a ranging system having one or more dimensioning sensors mounted in a dimensioning zone of the venue configured to capture a plurality of successive point clouds representative of distances between the one or more dimensioning sensors and the moving freight; a tracking system having one or more positioning sensors configured to track a plurality of successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; and a computing device in communication with the ranging system and the tracking system, the computing device configured to; detect a change in at least one of position and orientation of the moving freight within the dimensioning zone of the venue based on tracking of the moving freight by the tracking system; determine spatial alignment of the at least one of position and orientation of the moving freight with corresponding ones of the plurality of successive point clouds by correlating each of the successive point clouds with each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight based on detecting the change; combine the correlated point clouds to obtain a composite point cloud representative of the moving freight; process the composite point cloud to determine a dimension of the moving freight; and output the dimension of the moving freight to assist in loading the moving freight, wherein, the ranging system and the tracking system detect the moving freight when it moves on a freight mover along the uninterrupted path past the ranging system and the tracking system, and the one or more positioning sensors of the tracking system include a detector mounted at one of the freight mover and the venue and configured to detect each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of dimensioning a moving freight in motion along an uninterrupted path in a venue, the method comprising:
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capturing, via one or more dimensioning sensors of a ranging system, a plurality of successive point clouds representative of the moving freight; tracking, via one or more positioning sensors of a tracking system, a plurality of successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; correlating, via a computing device in communication with the ranging system and the tracking system, each of the successive point clouds with each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; combining, via the computing device, the correlated point clouds to obtain a composite point cloud of the moving freight; processing, via the computing device, the composite point cloud to determine a dimension of the moving freight; and outputting the dimension of the moving freight to assist in loading the moving freight, wherein, the ranging system and the tracking system detect the moving freight when it moves on a freight mover along the uninterrupted path past the ranging system and the tracking system, and the one or more positioning sensors of the tracking system include a detector mounted at one of the freight mover and the venue and configured to detect each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of dimensioning a moving freight in motion along an uninterrupted path in a venue, the method comprising:
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capturing, via one or more dimensioning sensors of a ranging system, a plurality of successive point clouds representative of the moving freight; tracking, via one or more positioning sensors of a tracking system, a plurality of successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; correlating, via a computing device in communication with the ranging system and the tracking system, each of the successive point clouds with each of the successive positions and orientations of the moving freight; combining, via the computing device, the correlated point clouds to obtain a composite point cloud of the moving freight; processing, via the computing device, the composite point cloud to determine a dimension of the moving freight; and outputting the dimension of the moving freight to assist in loading the moving freight, wherein, the ranging system and the tracking system detect the moving freight when it moves on a freight mover along the uninterrupted path past the ranging system and the tracking system, the composite point cloud includes data points representative of the moving freight and the freight mover, and the processing is performed by; removing the data points corresponding to the freight mover from the composite point cloud, after removing the data points corresponding to the freight mover from the composite point cloud, enclosing the composite point cloud with a bounding box having dimensions, and dimensioning the moving freight from the dimensions of the bounding box.
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