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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Lee F. Holeva, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Edwin R. Elston, El Paso, TX (US);
Michael J. Seelinger, South Bend, IN (US);
Lee F. Holeva, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Edwin R. Elston, El Paso, TX (US);
Michael J. Seelinger, South Bend, IN (US);
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Breman, OH (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for tracing a line from a possible corner of a pallet. The method may comprise: providing a Ro image; identifying, using a computer, a possible pallet corner in the Ro image; positioning, using the computer, a J×K window over at least respective portions of a plurality of rows in the Ro image including at least a portion of a row containing the possible corner; calculating, using the computer, an average of pixel values for each row in the J×K window; determining, using the computer, one of the rows in the J×K window having an average pixel value nearest a current pixel location being considered for inclusion in a line being traced and defining the one row as a nearest row; and deciding, using the computer, whether the nearest row is over a pallet.