Patent ID: 11878873
Assignee: SYMBOTIC CANADA, ULC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A method for inspection of cased goods, the method comprising:
advancing, with at least one conveyor, the cased goods past an inspection apparatus;
capturing, with at least one camera, case image data of each of the cased goods advanced with the at least one conveyor past the inspection apparatus;
providing a processor operably coupled to the at least one conveyor, and communicably coupled to the at least one camera to receive the case image data from the at least one camera, and with the processor:
characterizing, from the case image data, a case exterior protrusion of the case good as a case flap in open condition, wherein the processor is configured to resolve the case image data and determine the case exterior protrusion is a coherent planar surface, and is programmed with a parameter array of physical characteristic parameters that describe case flap coherency attributes determinative of the coherent planar surface defining an open case flap condition, and

wherein the processor generates from the case image data, for each coherent planar surface determined, a physical characteristic array and applies the parameter array to the physical characteristic array so as to resolve the coherent planar surface as being an open case flap.