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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
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);
John-david S. Yoder, Bluffton, OH (US);
Lee F. Holeva, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Edwin R. Elston, El Paso, TX (US);
Michael J. Seelinger, South Bend, IN (US);
John-David S. Yoder, Bluffton, OH (US);
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for identifying one or more scored candidate objects that may correspond to one or more actual pallets in a gray scale image. The method may comprise: identifying, by a computer, a first plurality of scored candidate objects in the gray scale image; storing, by the computer, a starting list of the first plurality of scored candidate objects, wherein the starting list includes a respective record for each of the first plurality of scored candidate objects that includes a respective location of the scored candidate object within the gray scale image, and a respective composite object score that represents a likelihood that the scored candidate object corresponds to an actual pallet structure in the gray scale image; and removing from the starting list each of the first plurality of scored candidate objects which: a) is located within a predetermined vertical distance of a particular one of the first plurality of scored candidate objects; and b) has a respective composite score less than that of the particular one scored candidate object.