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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Moreno Bengala, Bologna, IT;
Alessandro Golfarelli, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
Datalogic S.p.A., Bologna, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356380 ; 25055921 ; 702156 ;
Abstract
The process uses information from the scan sweeps of a laser scanner to obtain a stipulated area which approximates the top surface of the object, by successive samplings while the object is moved relative to the scanner. The volume is then obtained as the volume included between that surface and a bearing surface. The process accommodates the slope angles of the scan plane. The volume measurement may be taken at the same time as an optical code provided on the object is read.