Handheld dimensioner with data-quality indication
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsFranck Laffargue, Jeffrey Hunt, Scott Houle
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Abstract
A handheld dimensioner with a user interface configured to present a quality indicator is disclosed. The handheld dimensioner is configured to capture three-dimensional (3D) data and assess the three-dimensional-data's quality. Based on this quality, a quality indicator may be generated and presented to a user via the user interface. This process may be repeated while the user repositions the handheld dimensioner. In this way, the user may use the quality indicators generated at different positions to find an optimal position for a particular dimension measurement.
Claims25
A method for indicating a quality of three-dimensional (3D) data captured by a handheld dimensioner, the method comprising:
- capturing, using a sensor, three-dimensional (3D) data from of a field-of-view;
- transmitting the three-dimensional data to a processor;
- assessing, using the processor, the quality of the three-dimensional data;
- generating, using the processor, a quality indicator corresponding to the quality;
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- signaling the quality indicator on a user interface.
A handheld dimensioner configured to indicate the quality of three-dimensional (3D) data used for dimensioning, the handheld dimensioner comprising:
- a dimensioning subsystem for capturing visual images and three-dimensional data of a field-of-view;
- a user-interface subsystem configured to present a quality indicator to a user;
- a control subsystem communicatively coupled to the dimensioning subsystem and the user-interface subsystem, the control subsystem comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory storage medium for storing processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor-executable instructions configure the processor to:
- (i) receive three-dimensional data from the dimensioning subsystem, (ii) assess the three-dimensional-data's quality, (iii) generate the quality indicator corresponding to the quality, and (iv) transmit the quality indicator to the user-interface.
A handheld dimensioner configured to indicate a quality of three-dimensional (3D) data used for dimensioning, the handheld dimensioner comprising:
- a dimensioning subsystem for capturing visual images and three-dimensional data of a field-of-view;
- a user-interface subsystem comprising a means for presenting graphical information;
- a control subsystem communicatively coupled to the dimensioning subsystem and the user-interface subsystem, the control subsystem comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory storage medium for storing processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor-executable instructions configure the processor to:
- (i) receive 3D data from the dimensioning subsystem, (ii) assess the quality of the 3D data, (iii) transmit the quality of the 3D data to the user-interface (iv) indicate the quality of the 3D data via the means for presenting graphical information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.