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

Claim 14:
15. 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 that is an open case flap, wherein the processor is configured to:
resolve the case image data and determine the case exterior protrusion is a coherent planar surface, and
generate from the case image data, for each coherent planar surface determined, a physical characteristic array of physical characteristics of the coherent planar surface so that the physical characteristic array describes the coherent planar surface as a case flap and determines, based on a parameter array of parameter physical characteristics, that the case flap is in an open flap condition.