# US 2018/0025552 A1 · Systems and Methods for Parcel Dimension Measurement

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- Number: US 2018/0025552 A1
- Document ID: US20180025552A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/655,021
- Filed: 2017-07-20
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-21
- Inventors: Carlos E Cano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025552A1

## CPC

- G07B 17/00661: {Sensing or measuring mailpieces (weighing G01G19/00)}
- G06F 9/44: Arrangements for executing specific programs
- G06Q 10/083: Shipping
- G06Q 10/08345: {Pricing}
- G06T 7/60: Analysis of geometric attributes
- G06T 7/62: of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
- G07B 2017/00685: {Measuring the dimensions of mailpieces}
- G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a smart phone.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the common object comprises a coin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the common object is a credit card.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the common object is a gaming die.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of calculating a delivery price based on the calculated dimensions of the object.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a database accessible by the App, the database containing dimensions of known objects by which to calculate the dimensions of the object of unknown dimensions.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of entering the dimension of a common object into the database.

### Claim 9

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; and
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.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the smart device comprises a smart phone.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, further comprising a network by which the one of more apps access the database.