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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Packaging Corporation of America, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin Frank, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Packaging Corporation Of America, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/86 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8803 (2013.01); B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); G01N 21/86 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing a plurality of sheet material includes receiving a plurality of sheets of material, transporting, via a transport mechanism, the plurality of sheets, one sheet at a time, past a first image capture device, obtaining, via a first image capture device, a first image of a first set of one or more of the plurality of sheets while being transported past the first image capture device, and determining, via at least one processor, a first caliper measurement of the first set of one or more of the plurality of sheets based on the first image of each of the first set.