Inertial Object Dimensioning
AssigneeXsens Holding B.V.
InventorsJeroen D. Hol, Giovanni Bellusci
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the dimensions of a cuboid package or other package having edges, faces and corners via a portable inertial motion-sensing device entails placing the inertial motion-sensing device sequentially on a plurality of points of interest on the package while collecting inertial data. The positions of the plurality of points of interest relative to one another are then calculated based on the collected inertial data, and the dimensions of the package are determined based on the calculated positions.
Claims33
A method of determining a plurality of dimensions of a package via a portable inertial motion-sensing device, the package having a plurality of faces and a plurality of corners, the method comprising:
- sequentially contacting a plurality of points of interest on the package with the inertial motion-sensing device while collecting inertial data;
- calculating, based on the collected inertial data, the positions of the plurality of points of interest relative to one another;
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- calculating dimensions of the package based on the calculated positions of the plurality of points of interest.
A method of determining a plurality of dimensions of a package having a plurality of faces and a plurality of corners via a portable inertial motion-sensing device comprising:
- placing the inertial motion-sensing device sequentially on a plurality of points of interest on the package while collecting inertial data by the inertial motion-sensing device;
- calculating point data including at least one of a position and face normal direction for each of the plurality of points of interest relative to one another based on the collected inertial data;
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- determining the dimensions of the package based on the calculated point data of the plurality of points of interest relative to one another.
A portable inertial measuring device for measuring a package having a plurality of corners and a plurality of faces, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- an inertial sensor set within the housing, the inertial sensor set including a 3D accelerometer and a 3D gyroscopic sensor;
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- a controller within the housing, the controller being configured to collect inertial data as the device is moved sequentially to a series of points of interest associated with the package and to calculate the dimensions of the package based on the collected inertial data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.