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Automated package dimensioning system

US7527205B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2006
Grant dateMay 5, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2207/1013
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automated package dimensioning subsystem comprising a Laser Detecting and Ranging (LADAR-based) scanning apparatus for capturing two-dimensional range data maps of the space above a conveyor structure, along which packages are transported, and an image contour tracing apparatus for extracting package dimension data from the two-dimensional range data maps.

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