System and method for dimensioning objects
OwnerBrett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud +1inventors
InventorsBrett Bracewell Bonner, Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Gary Lynn Holmes
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Abstract
An information system for storing, retrieving, processing and displaying information captured about objects passing an information capture system. The captured and processed object information may include, for example, a visual representation of the object, a height representation of the object, an identification code from the object, dimensional information about the object, chemical signature information from the object, temperature information, date and time information, and a three dimensional model of the object. The various types of information can be accessed by users via a software interface.
Claims13
A system, including transport means, for capturing information about objects moving on the transport means relative to the system, comprising:
- a position system for providing positional information associated with the transport means;
- an object dimensioning system for producing dimension information for the objects;
- orientation means for determining an orientation of each object on the transport means using at least the positional information;
- information capture means for obtaining information from each object, wherein the image capture means includes a plurality of scanning means and wherein each scanning means is simultaneously focused based on the orientation of the objects on the transport means;
- an image capture system for producing images of the objects;
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- at least one processor for associating time values with the positional information and computing models of the objects using the positional information and the dimension information.
A system, including transport means, for capturing information about objects moving on the transport means relative to the system, the system comprising:
- an object dimensioning system for producing dimension information for each of the objects as each object moves relative to the object dimensioning system, the object dimensioning system including means for determining an orientation of each object on the transport means;
- an object identification system for producing object identification information for the objects, the object identification system including at least one scanner that is focused based on the orientations of the objects on the transport means;
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- an image capture system for producing images of the objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.