A measurement control device used for controlling a packaging device comprising a supply conveyor for conveying an article to be packaged along a traveling direction, the measurement control device comprising: a sensor unit comprising two sensors (1A, 1A) disposed in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the traveling direction in which the article to be packaged is conveyed by the supply conveyor, and one or a plurality of sensors disposed in a vertical direction, and a measurement control device main body, wherein the sensor unit is connected to the measurement control device main body, wherein the measurement control device main body comprises: a width/height calculation unit provided on a side of the measurement control device main body calculating a distance between the sensor unit and the article to be packaged based on information from the sensor unit and to calculate a width and a height of the article to be packaged from the distance; characterised in that the measurement control device main body further comprises: a shape calculation unit configured to calculate a shape of the article to be packaged, comprising the length, width and height thereof, from the width and the height of the article to be packaged calculated by the width/height calculation unit, and a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a film required for the article to be packaged and a control amount of a drive unit from the shape of the article to be packaged obtained from the shape calculation unit. a sensor unit comprising two sensors (1A, 1A) disposed in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the traveling direction in which the article to be packaged is conveyed by the supply conveyor, and one or a plurality of sensors disposed in a vertical direction, and a measurement control device main body, wherein the sensor unit is connected to the measurement control device main body, wherein the measurement control device main body comprises: a width/height calculation unit provided on a side of the measurement control device main body calculating a distance between the sensor unit and the article to be packaged based on information from the sensor unit and to calculate a width and a height of the article to be packaged from the distance; characterised in that the measurement control device main body further comprises: a shape calculation unit configured to calculate a shape of the article to be packaged, comprising the length, width and height thereof, from the width and the height of the article to be packaged calculated by the width/height calculation unit, and a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a film required for the article to be packaged and a control amount of a drive unit from the shape of the article to be packaged obtained from the shape calculation unit. a width/height calculation unit provided on a side of the measurement control device main body calculating a distance between the sensor unit and the article to be packaged based on information from the sensor unit and to calculate a width and a height of the article to be packaged from the distance; characterised in that the measurement control device main body further comprises: a shape calculation unit configured to calculate a shape of the article to be packaged, comprising the length, width and height thereof, from the width and the height of the article to be packaged calculated by the width/height calculation unit, and a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a film required for the article to be packaged and a control amount of a drive unit from the shape of the article to be packaged obtained from the shape calculation unit. a shape calculation unit configured to calculate a shape of the article to be packaged, comprising the length, width and height thereof, from the width and the height of the article to be packaged calculated by the width/height calculation unit, and a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a film required for the article to be packaged and a control amount of a drive unit from the shape of the article to be packaged obtained from the shape calculation unit.