Automated vision-based orientation measurement system and method of use

A method, comprising:

• installing an orientation marker with a first guidance apparatus of a guidance kit, wherein the first guidance apparatus defines a first guidance direction;
• installing an imaging assembly with a second guidance apparatus of the guidance kit, wherein the second guidance apparatus defines a second guidance direction independent of the first guidance direction;
• wherein the orientation marker comprises:
• a non-transitory computer readable medium facing at the imaging assembly and configured to store data about the first guidance apparatus;
• loading a computer program product for calibration of the guidance kit on a non-transitory computer readable medium of the imaging assembly that is executable by a processor of the imaging assembly which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• command an imaging device of the imaging assembly to analyze at least one image of the orientation marker, wherein the orientation marker is provided at a translated position;
• receive the at least one image from the imaging device;
• measure an angular displacement of the orientation marker between a zeroed position stored on the computer readable medium and the translated position;
• and
• calibrate a rotational displacement between the first guidance direction of the first guidance apparatus and the second guidance direction of the second guidance apparatus.

A computer-implemented method stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium of a calibration assembly and executable by a processor of the calibration assembly on a guided vehicle, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• executing, by the processor, a first instruction to command an imaging device of the calibration assembly to capture at least one image of an orientation marker, wherein the orientation marker comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium facing the imaging assembly and configured to store data about a first guidance apparatus of the guided vehicle, wherein the orientation marker is provided at a translated position;
• executing, by the processor, a second instruction to receive the at least one image from the imaging device;
• executing, by the processor, a third instruction to measure an angular displacement of the orientation marker between a zeroed position stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and the translated position;
• and
• executing, by the processor, a fourth instruction to calibrate a rotational displacement between a first guidance direction of the first guidance apparatus and a second guidance direction of a second guidance apparatus.