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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 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 evaluating a possible pallet structure. The method comprises: providing a gray scale image comprising one or more possible lines; providing respective pixel locations in the gray scale image for an estimated upper left corner and an estimated upper right corner; calculating, using a computer, a value h based on the estimated upper left corner location and the estimated upper right corner location; estimating, using the computer, a first hole with a first rectangle having a height h; estimating, using the computer, a second hole with a second rectangle having the height h; and estimating, using the computer, the possible center stringer with a third rectangle having the height h.