Method and system for creating personalized packaging
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert Alan Clark, Jess Robert Gentner, William J. Nowak, Reiner Eschbach
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Abstract
A personalized package creation system uses an imaging device to capture an image of a barcode. An image capture module decodes the barcode to retrieve data, such as package dimension data and one or more package structural parameters. Based on the package dimensions and the structural parameter, a processing device defines a set of cutting instructions. An automated package generation device applies the cutting instructions and uses a cutting device to creating a package.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- by an imaging device, capturing an image of a barcode;
- by an image capture module, decoding the barcode to retrieve data, wherein the data includes a package size dimension, a point of reference, and a package structural parameter;
- by a processor:
- using the package size dimension and the structural parameter to define dimensions for a first facet of a package flat,
- using the dimensions for the first facet and the point of reference to determine dimensions for a plurality of additional facets for the package flat,
- defining a set of cutting instructions based on the dimensions for the first facet and the dimensions for the additional facets;
- and
- by an automated package generation device, creating a package by using a cutting device to apply the cutting instructions to a substrate to yield the package flat.
An automated package generation system, comprising:
- an image capture module configured decode a barcode to yield data corresponding to a package size dimension, a point of reference, and a structural parameter for a package;
- a processor;
- a cutting device;
- and
- a computer-readable memory holding programming instructions that, when executed, instruct the processor to:
- use the package dimensions and the structural parameter to define dimensions for a first facet of the package,
- use the dimensions for the first facet and the point of reference to determine dimensions for a plurality of additional facets for the package,
- define a set of cutting instructions based on the dimensions for the first facet and the dimensions for the additional facets;
- instruct the cutting device to apply the cutting instructions to a substrate to yield a two-dimensional flat of the package.
A computer-readable medium containing programming instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of an electronic device to:
- capture an image of a barcode;
- decode the barcode to retrieve package dimension data, a point of reference, and a package structural parameter;
- use the package dimension data and the package structural parameter to define dimensions for a first facet of a package,
- use the dimensions for the first facet and the point of reference to determine dimensions for a plurality of additional facets for the package,
- define a set of cutting instructions based on the dimensions for the first facet and the dimensions for the additional facets;
- and
- instruct an automated package generation device to apply the cutting instructions to create a package flat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.