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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2024
Sensors Incorporated, Delano, MN (US);
David J. Kotula, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Sensors Incorporated, Delano, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting package defects in packages transported on a conveyance. 3D imaging data is gathered for a 3D package having multiple nominally planar faces. The 3D imaging data is classified into different data groups associated with respective nominally planar faces and/or nominally straight edges of the 3D package. For each such face and/or edge, data associated with that face and/or edge is analyzed to create one or more consistency measures as compared to an expected appearance of that face or edge. The package is flagged as potentially defective when one or more of the consistency measures indicates a package defect.