Patent Document ID: 9679181
Application ID: 14960220
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for reading a label applied to an item, said method comprising: imaging, by a plurality of cameras, the label applied to the item; determining 3D position of each segment of the label imaged by any of the cameras; associating the segments in the same relative 3D location as the item and other segments; reading the label formed from the segments associated with the item; stitching a plurality of the associated segments together to form a full label using a loosened stitching criteria as compared to stitching performed when reading labels without associating segments that are in the same relative 3D location as other segments, and the stitching further including stitching all segments captured by the cameras irrespective of 3D positions of the segments; and increasing the stitching criteria prior to stitching all segments, wherein increasing the stitching criteria further includes requiring at least two characters or a character and a guard to overlap.