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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
I.d. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Michael Ehrman, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Chris Wolfe, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Assignee:
I.D. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G01L 19/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01L 19/083 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cargo-sensing unit including: an image sensor; at least one processor; and a memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the processor, controls the at least one processor to: instruct the image sensor to capture an image of a cargo space within a cargo container; compare the captured image to a baseline image of an empty cargo container; and determine, based on the comparison between the captured image and the baseline image, a cargo space utilization estimate.