System and method for package dimensioning
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsRyan Andrew Lloyd, Scott McCloskey
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Abstract
A system and method for package dimensioning is provided. The package-dimensioning system includes an image capturing subsystem for acquiring information about an object within the image-capturing subsystem's field of view. A features-computation module analyzes object information and compiles a feature set describing the object's surface features. A classification module analyzes the feature set and categorizes the object's shape. A shape-estimation module estimates the dimensions of the object.
Claims16
A package-dimensioning system, comprising:
- an imager for acquiring information about an object within the imager field of view;
- a features-computation module for analyzing object information acquired by the imager and compiling a feature set describing the object's surface features;
- a classification module for analyzing the feature set describing the object's surface features and for categorizing the object's shape;
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- a shape-estimation module for estimating dimensions of the object, the shape-estimation module comprising a plurality of shape-specific submodules adapted for estimating the dimensions of particular shapes.
A package-dimensioning system, comprising:
- an imager for acquiring information about a plurality of objects within the imager field of view;
- a features-computation module for analyzing object information acquired by the imager and for compiling a feature set describing each object's surface features;
- a classification module for analyzing the feature set describing each object's surface features and for categorizing each object's shape;
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- a shape-estimation module for estimating dimensions of each object, the shape-estimation module comprising a plurality of shape-specific submodules adapted for estimating the dimensions of particular shapes.
A method for estimating the dimensions of a package, comprising:
- acquiring an image of an object with an imager;
- compiling a feature set describing the object's surface features with a features-computation module;
- categorizing the object's shape based on the feature set with a classification module;
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- estimating the dimensions of the object based on the categorization of the object's shape using a shape-estimation module comprising a plurality of shape-specific submodules adapted for estimating the dimensions of particular shapes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.