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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Ukyou Katsura, Osaka, JP;
Toru Matsunobu, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Masaki Fukuda, Osaka, JP;
Kensho Teranishi, Osaka, JP;
Tomokazu Ichiriki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A filling rate measurement method includes: obtaining a space three-dimensional model generated by measuring a storage through an opening of the storage using a range sensor facing the storage; obtaining a storage three-dimensional model that is a three-dimensional model of the storage; extracting a target part that is a part of a measurement target in the space three-dimensional model; identifying a line segment indicating a shape of the opening on a two-dimensional image of the opening which is generated; estimating a target three-dimensional model that is a three-dimensional model of the measurement target based on the target part and a three-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the position of the opening on a three-dimensional space identified based on the position of the range sensor, the specific direction, and the shape of the opening; and calculating a filling rate of the measurement target with respect to the storage space.