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US 2018/0025552 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Parcel Dimension Measurement
OwnerCarlos E Canoinventor
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Abstract
The physical dimensions of a parcel are determined by taking a photograph of the parcel with a smart phone camera. An object of known dimensions is included in the photographic image. An App installed on the smart phone calculates the parcel dimensions by reference to the object of know dimensions and displays the result.
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A method for measuring the dimensions of a parcel, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a parcel dimension measuring App that is operable on a smart device;
- installing the parcel measurement App on a device having a camera and an output display;
- placing a common object of known dimensions sufficiently near the parcel such that the parcel and the common object may be sighted in the view finder of the smart device camera;
- recording a digital image wherein the digital image includes both the parcel and the common object;
- using the parcel measurement App to analyze the digital image, to calculate the dimensions of the parcel based on the known dimensions of the common object, and to display the calculated dimensions on the output display of the device.
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A system for measuring the dimensions of a parcel, the system comprising:
- one or more smart devices;
- one or more Apps installed on one or more of the one or more smart devices, at least one of the one or more Apps being capable of recognizing a object having known dimensions and calculating the dimensions of an object having unknown dimensions by reference to the object of known dimensions;
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- a database of dimensions of known objects, which database can be accessed by at least one of the one or more Apps installed on at least one of the one or more smart devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.