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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Ka Man AU, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gennady Germaine, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
George Kolis, Pennsauken, NJ (US);
Timothy A. Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Michael D. Schnee, Aston, PA (US);
Robert E. Blake, Woodbury Heights, NJ (US);
Carl Harry Knowles, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Sankar Ghosh, Glenolden, PA (US);
Charles A. Naylor, Sewell, NJ (US);
David M. Wilz, Sr., Sewell, NJ (US);
Constantine J. Tsikos, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Francis E. Lodge, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Colavito, Brookhaven, PA (US);
George B. Rockstein, Audubon, NJ (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Ka Man Au, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gennady Germaine, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
George Kolis, Pennsauken, NJ (US);
Timothy A. Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Michael D. Schnee, Aston, PA (US);
Robert E. Blake, Woodbury Heights, NJ (US);
Carl Harry Knowles, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Sankar Ghosh, Glenolden, PA (US);
Charles A. Naylor, Sewell, NJ (US);
David M. Wilz, Sr., Sewell, NJ (US);
Constantine J. Tsikos, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Francis E. Lodge, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Colavito, Brookhaven, PA (US);
George B. Rockstein, Audubon, NJ (US);
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
An automated package dimensioning subsystem comprising a Laser Detecting and Ranging (LADAR-based) scanning apparatus for capturing two-dimensional range data maps of the space above a conveyor structure, along which packages are transported, and an image contour tracing apparatus for extracting package dimension data from the two-dimensional range data maps.