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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Symbol Technologies, Llc, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles B. Swope, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Richard Mark Clayton, Manorville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, LLC, Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for processing point-cloud data with a line scanner. One embodiment takes the form of a method that includes: receiving a 3D point cloud that is representative of an object; using one or more line scanners to identify one or more respective outer bounds of the object; and dimensioning the object based on points in the point cloud, wherein each of the points in the point cloud that are used for dimensioning the object is at or inside every identified outer bound.