Patent ID: 8295583

Claim:
A method for automatic recognition of one or more undetected assets from a plurality of assets, said plurality of assets forming a package and wherein one or more of said plurality of assets is associated with at least one identifier, the method comprises: performing the following with a processor: (a) obtaining information indicative of an area of inspection, said area of inspection representing at least a part of said package; (b) detecting at least one identifier and determining a position of said at least one identifier in respect of said area of inspection; said position is indicative of a position of an asset being associated with said at least one identifier; (c) obtaining spatial properties of said asset; (d) obtaining a digital representation of said area of inspection, based on said position of said at least one identifier and said spatial properties of said asset being associated with said identifier; (e) detecting one or more holes in said digital representation of said area of inspection, each of said one or more holes being suspected as an area representing one or more undetected assets; (f) determining spatial properties of each of said one or more holes; and (g) comparing said spatial properties of each of said one or more holes to spatial properties of one or more asset types, and selecting a combination of one or more assets, from said one or more asset types, which fit in each of said one or more holes, thereby identifying said one or more undetected assets.