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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for measuring an item's dimensions using a time-of-flight dimensioning system is disclosed. The system and method mitigate multipath distortion and improve the accuracy of the measurements, especially in a mobile environment. To mitigate the multipath distortion, an imager captures an image of an item of interest. This image is processed to determine an illumination region corresponding item-of-interest's size, shape, and position. Using this information, an adjustable aperture's size, shape, and position are controlled so the light beam used in the time-of-flight analysis substantially illuminates the illumination region without first being reflected.