Systems and methods for assessing container utilization

A system for assessing container utilization, comprising:

• a housing;
• an imaging assembly at least partially within the housing and configured to capture an image featuring a container;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory coupled to the imaging assembly and the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• determine a total volume of a container;
• detect an object being loaded into the container;
• determine whether the object is non-conforming or conforming;
• responsive to determining the object is non-conforming,
• associate a volume of the non-conforming object with an occupied volume of the container, and
• associate a volume of at least one space proximate to the non-conforming object with the occupied volume of the container;
• responsive to determining the object is conforming, associate a volume of the conforming object with the occupied volume of the container;
• determine container utilization based on the occupied volume of the container and the total volume of the container;
• and
• display, on a user interface, the container utilization for a user.

A tangible machine-readable medium comprising instructions for assessing container utilization that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

• determine a total volume of a container;
• detect an object being loaded into the container;
• determine whether the object is non-conforming or conforming;
• responsive to determining the object is non-conforming,
• associate a volume of the non-conforming object with an occupied volume of the container, and
• associate a volume of at least one space proximate to the non-conforming object with the occupied volume of the container;
• responsive to determining the object is conforming, associate a volume of the conforming object with the occupied volume of the container;
• determine container utilization based on the occupied volume of the container and the total volume of the container;
• and
• display, on a user interface, the container utilization for a user.