Patent ID: 11912457
Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method of labeling a package comprising:
locating the package in a scan tunnel at a package identification station;
positioning a first camera in the scan tunnel to image a first area of the scan tunnel;
positioning a second camera in the scan tunnel to image a second area of the scan tunnel different than the first area;
imaging the package in the scan tunnel with the first camera from a first angle;
imaging the package in the scan tunnel with the second camera from a second angle different than the first angle;
processing a first image of the package from the first camera and a second image of the package from the second camera to determine a side of the package having an identification tag; and
scanning the identification tag of the package identified by processing the first and second images, the scanning is performed by a tag reader of a scanning device movable in three-dimensional space within the scan tunnel to all sides of the package.