Patent ID: 9019367
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B65D,G01F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method using an optical detection of the fill level of a container for transporting and/or storing countable objects, the container having a container bottom and an inner container wall the method comprising: estimating, from an image provided by the optical detection, a number of countable objects in the container with the aid of a value of the container volume occupied by the countable objects or the already emptied container volume on the basis of an average object volume of one or of a predetermined number of countable objects as long as the container bottom is covered by countable objects situated in the container; and counting, from the image provided by the optical detection, the countable objects in the container by identifying the individual countable objects on the container bottom as soon as a predetermined portion of the container bottom is visible, wherein estimating, from an image provided by the optical detection, a number of countable objects in the container comprises: detecting a 2-dimensional projection of 3-dimensional, spatially resolved reference intensity information F(Z detecting a 2-dimensional projection of 3-dimensional, spatially resolved actual state intensity information F(Z determining the current fill level based on an interrelation of at least part of the acquired actual state intensity information F(Z