Automated loading bridge positioning using encoded decals
AssigneeAccenture Global Solutions Limited
InventorAndrew J. Truscott
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Abstract
A device may obtain, from one or more cameras, an image that depicts one or more encoded decals positioned on a body of a vehicle. The device may process the image and may identify, based on processing the image, one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals. The device may determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals, positioning information to be used to position a loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle. The device may determine one or more control signals based on the positioning information. The device may provide the one or more control signals to one or more actuators to automatically position the loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- one or more processors to:
- obtain, from one or more cameras, an image that depicts one or more encoded decals positioned on a body of a vehicle;
- process the image;
- identify, based on processing the image, one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals;
- obtain, based on processing the image, decal information,
- the decal information indicating a curvature of a surface;
- determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals and the decal information, positioning information to be used to position a loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle;
- determine one or more control signals based on the positioning information;
- and
- provide the one or more control signals to one or more actuators to automatically position the loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a device, one or more images that depict one or more encoded decals positioned on a surface;
- processing, by the device, the one or more images;
- identifying, by the device and based on processing the one or more images, one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals;
- obtaining, by the device and based on processing the image, decal information,
- the decal information indicating a curvature of the surface;
- determining, by the device and based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals and the decal information, positioning information to be used to position a movable object relative to the surface;
- determining, by the device, one or more control signals based on the positioning information;
- and
- providing, by the device, the one or more control signals to one or more actuators to automatically position the movable object relative to the surface.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- identify one or more encoded decals included in an image,
- the one or more encoded decals being positioned on a surface;
- identify one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals;
- obtain, based on identifying the one or more encoded decals, decal information,
- the decal information indicating a curvature of the surface;
- determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals and based on the decal information, positioning information to be used to position a movable object relative to the surface;
- determine one or more control signals, to be provided to one or more actuators, based on the positioning information;
- and
- provide the one or more control signals to the one or more actuators to position the movable object relative to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.