Method and system for counting stacked items
OwnerJacob Ruttiinventor
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Abstract
The present method proposes, according to a first aspect, a method for counting stacked items forming on one side of the stack at least one level variation lineformed by the edges of the stacked items. The method includes the telemetric measurement of a variation in level on a line of points traversing the whole side of the stack and recording a corresponding raw signal. The method subsequently includes analysing the raw signal in order to estimate one or more parameters relating to the structure of the stack, followed by processing the raw signal in one or more statistical processing operations on the basis of the estimated parameters, and analysing the processed signal in order to determine the number of stacked items.
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A method for counting stacked items forming on one side of a stack at least one level variation line formed by the edges of the stacked items, the method comprising:
- recording a raw signal corresponding to the telemetric measurement of the variation in level on a line of points traversing the side of the stack;
- analysing the raw signal in order to estimate one or more parameters relating to the structure of the stack;
- processing the recorded raw signal in one or more statistical processing operations on the basis of the estimated parameters;
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- analysing the processed signal in order to determine the number of stacked items.
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