Patent ID: 7357327

Claim:
A method for associating machine readable information on singulated or non-singulated packages carried on a conveyor with dimensioning data, comprising: orienting a handheld scanner toward a package on the conveyor to read machine readable information on the package and transmitting the machine readable information to a controller; determining a specific time when the machine readable information is read; determining pose data of the handheld scanner when the machine readable information is read, wherein the pose data comprises a three dimensional location and a pitch, a yaw, and a roll of the handheld scanner; determining a beam vector with the controller using the pose data; determining a conveyor position at the specific time; using the conveyor position and the specific time to determine when an associated portion of the conveyor reaches a dimensioning station; obtaining dimensioning data for at least one package on the associated portion of the conveyor; and correlating the dimensioning data with the beam vector in the controller to associate the dimensioning data for the package with the corresponding machine readable information read by the handheld scanner.