Computationally-augmented video display facilitating package handling
AssigneeDatalogic USA, Inc.
InventorsAlan Shearin, WenLiang Gao
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Abstract
An automated package-handling support solution receives video observation of a target area in a package-handling facility that includes packages. A display device is configured to produce video images visible from the target area. An operator support system processes the motion-video observation to detect the packages in the target area and retrieve a package-specific routing-related attribute and a package-specific property for each of the packages. The system generates the video output to include a first portion representing the video observation of the packages, and a second portion that includes a package-specific dynamic informational overlay corresponding to each of the packages.
Claims20
A package-handling support apparatus, comprising:
- a video-camera interface to receive motion-video observation of a target area in a package-handling facility, the motion-video observation to include packages in the target area;
- a display interface to provide display output to at least one display device that is configured to produce video images visible to a human operator proximate the target area;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to the video-camera interface and to the display interface, and configured to:
- process the motion-video observation to detect the packages in the target area and retrieve at least one package-specific routing-related attribute and at least one package-specific property for each of the packages;
- generate the video output to include:
- a first portion representing the motion-video observation of the packages in the target area;
- and
- a second portion that includes a package-specific dynamic informational overlay corresponding to each of the packages in the target area, the dynamic informational overlay being visually associated with corresponding individual packages and including package-handling prompting for the operator based on the at least one package-specific routing-related attribute, and on the at least one package-specific property of each of the packages.
An automated method for package-handling informative support, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing platform, motion-video observation of a target area in a package-handling facility, the motion-video observation to include packages in the target area;
- generating display output, by the computing platform, to at least one display device that is configured to produce video images visible to a human operator proximate the target area;
- processing, by the computing platform, the motion-video observation to detect the packages in the target area and retrieve at least one package-specific routing-related attribute and at least one package-specific property for each of the packages;
- generating, by the computing platform, the video output to include:
- a first portion representing the motion-video observation of the packages in the target area;
- and
- a second portion that includes a package-specific dynamic informational overlay corresponding to each of the packages in the target area, the dynamic informational overlay being visually associated with corresponding individual packages and including package-handling prompting for the operator based on the at least one package-specific routing-related attribute, and on the at least one package-specific property of each of the packages.
At least one tangible machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor-based system, cause the system to perform automated operations for package-handling informative support, the instructions causing the system to:
- receive motion-video observation of a target area in a package-handling facility, the motion-video observation to include packages in the target area;
- generate display output to at least one display device that is configured to produce video images visible to a human operator proximate the target area
- process the motion-video observation to detect the packages in the target area and retrieve at least one package-specific routing-related attribute and at least one package-specific property for each of the packages, and
- generate the video output to include:
- a first portion representing the motion-video observation of the packages in the target area;
- and
- a second portion that includes a package-specific dynamic informational overlay corresponding to each of the packages in the target area, the dynamic informational overlay being visually associated with corresponding individual packages and including package-handling prompting for the operator based on the at least one package-specific routing-related attribute, and on the at least one package-specific property of each of the packages.
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