Image processing and item transport

One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media having computer-readable instructions that cause one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

• acquiring, by a digital image processing component of a computer system, a digital image of an item to be shipped, the digital image being captured using an image-capture component of a user device prior to packaging of the item;
• processing, by the digital image processing component, the digital image to obtain a digital representation of the item represented in the digital image;
• processing, by the digital image processing component, the digital image to estimate a dimensional size and/or weight of the item represented in the digital image;
• processing the estimated dimensional size and/or weight to identify, among a plurality of different personnel and/or equipment, a first personnel and/or equipment capable of transporting the item represented in the digital image, wherein the first personnel and/or equipment includes a vehicle with a cargo capacity that is different than the vehicle and the cargo capacity of a second personnel and/or equipment among the plurality of personnel and/or equipment, wherein identifying the first personnel and/or equipment includes:
• determining, based on the estimated dimensional size and/or weight of the item represented in the digital image, that the item does not include an irregular dimension for which the first personnel and/or equipment would not have capacity to handle;
• and
• outputting a transport instruction identifying the first personnel and/or equipment capable of transporting the item represented in the digital image.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more storage media coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions stored thereon to be executed by one or more processors to:
• acquire a digital image of an item to be shipped, the digital image being captured using an image-capture component of a user device prior to packaging of the item;
• process the digital image to obtain a digital representation of the item represented in the digital image;
• process the digital image to estimate a dimensional size and/or weight of the item represented in the digital image;
• process the estimated dimensional size and/or weight to identify, among a plurality of different personnel and/or equipment, a first personnel and/or equipment capable of transporting the item represented in the digital image, wherein the first personnel and/or equipment includes a vehicle with a cargo capacity that is different than the vehicle and the cargo capacity of a second personnel and/or equipment among the plurality of personnel and/or equipment, wherein identifying the first personnel and/or equipment includes:
• determining, based on the estimated dimensional size and/or weight of the item represented in the digital image, that the item does not include an irregular dimension for which the first personnel and/or equipment would not have capacity to handle;
• and
• output a transport instruction identifying the first personnel and/or equipment capable of transporting the item represented in the digital image.