System and method for indicia avoidance in indicia application
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorJames Cossey
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Abstract
Aspects herein provide a system, methods, and media for applying labels to objects without overlapping or obscuring existing labels or other indicia. In some aspects, an object in motion and labels or indicia on the object are visually identified using near real-time imaging and details of geometric characteristics are determined. An additional label is then generated, printed, and physically applied or attached to the object in motion so that the angle, placement, and orientation of the additional label matches or aligns with the existing labels or indicia, without overlapping or obscuring the existing labels or indicia.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving one or more images of a package;
- determining one or more geometric characteristics of the package and a first label attached to a surface of the package based on the one or more images of the package;
- causing a second label to be printed;
- and
- based on the one or more geometric characteristics determined, causing the second label to be attached to the surface of the package adjacent to the first label.
One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-usable instructions that when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- identifying a package in motion using one or more images captured by a camera;
- identifying a first label that is attached to a surface of the package using the one or more images;
- determining one or more geometric characteristics of the package and the first label based on the one or more images;
- determining a first area on the surface of the package that corresponds to the first label attached to the package based on the one or more images;
- determining a second area on the surface of the package based on the one or more images;
- determining a trajectory of the package in motion;
- causing a second label to be printed;
- and
- causing the second label to be attached to the second area on the surface of the package in motion based on the trajectory and the one or more geometric characteristics, wherein the second label is adjacent to the first label without overlap.
One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-usable instructions that when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more images of a package;
- determining, via one or more processors, one or more geometric characteristics of the package and a first label attached to a surface of the package based on the one or more images of the package;
- causing a second label to be printed using a printing device;
- and
- based on the one or more geometric characteristics determined, causing the second label to be attached, by controlling an applicator device, to the surface of the package in alignment with and adjacent to the first label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.