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

Claim 0:
1. An inspection apparatus for inspection of cased goods, the inspection apparatus comprising:
at least one conveyor configured to advance the cased goods past the inspection apparatus;
at least one camera arranged to capture case image data of each of the cased goods advanced with the at least one conveyor past the inspection apparatus;
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,
wherein the processor is configured to characterize, 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 is configured to generate from the case image data, for each coherent planar surface determined, a physical characteristic array and apply the parameter array to the physical characteristic array so as to resolve the coherent planar surface as being an open case flap.