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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert Wurz, Doylestown, PA (US);
John E. Romaine, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David L. Martin, Ewing, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Accu-Sort Systems, Inc., Telford, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/114 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a dimensioning system for determining the minimum size box necessary to enclose an object traveling on a moving conveyor. The dimensioning system is comprised of a light source which generates a scan beam that is moved by a mirrored wheel. A line scan camera whose field of view tracks the moving scan beam receives images of the scan beam and outputs a signal which is processed to compute a three dimensional box structure of the scanned object.