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Identifying and evaluating potential center stringers of a pallet in an image scene

US8885948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2012
Grant dateNov 11, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10016
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for evaluating a possible center stringer of a pallet. The method may comprise providing a first Ro image; providing a second Ro image comprising pixels that may generally correspond to an orthogonal distance from an origin point to one or more possible vertical right lines in the corresponding gray scale image; identifying, using a computer, a possible lower left corner location of a center stringer in the corresponding gray scale image; determining, using the computer, an upper left corner location based on the possible lower left corner location; identifying, using the computer, a possible lower right corner location of the center stringer in the corresponding gray scale image; and determining, using the computer, an upper right corner location based on the possible lower right corner location.

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