Item Detection in FOV of Vision Camera of a Barcode Reader

    公开(公告)号:US20250045934A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18228513

    申请日:2023-07-31

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for locating and tracking an object in a machine vision field of view based upon an affixed indicium visible in an indicium decoding field of view are provided herein. An example method for object tracking includes receiving, from a first optical imaging assembly having a first field of view (FOV), a first image captured over the first FOV, receiving, from a second optical imaging assembly having a second FOV, a second image captured over the second FOV, decoding an indicium in the first image, detecting at least a portion of the indicium in the second image, and identifying an object of interest associated with the indicium in the second image based upon a location of the at least the portion of the indicium in the second image.

    MACHINE VISION DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE DIRECT AND DIFFUSED ILLUMINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240406532A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18204255

    申请日:2023-05-31

    Abstract: Machine vision devices and systems with automatically switchable direct and diffused illumination are provided herein. An example includes a machine vision system, comprising an image capture device, a material with switchable optical properties, wherein the material with switchable optical properties has a transparent state and a translucent state, and a light source, wherein the light source is positioned to illuminate a target of the image capture device, and the material with switchable optical properties is positioned between the light source and the target of the image capture device and configured to switch between the transparent state which is configured to provide direct illumination of the target and the translucent state which is configured to provide diffused illumination of the target.

    Methods and apparatus for providing out-of-range indications for imaging readers

    公开(公告)号:US11816529B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17145942

    申请日:2021-01-11

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1417 G06K7/10881 G06K7/1413

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing out-of-range indications are disclosed. An example imaging reader includes an image sensor and an optical assembly. The imaging reader may include a distance determining module configured to determine a distance to a target. The imaging reader may include an indication determining module configured to determine an out-of-range indication when the distance satisfies a first condition. An indicator may be included and configured to present the out-of-range indication. The image sensor may be configured to capture a representation of an image of the target when the distance satisfies a second condition. The imaging reader may include an indicia decoder configured to decode an indicia in the representation to determine an indicia payload and/or a communication interface to convey the indicia payload to a host system.

    Aim light assemblies for use in barcode readers and methods and systems associated therewith

    公开(公告)号:US11704512B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17694146

    申请日:2022-03-14

    CPC classification number: G06K7/10564 G06K7/1413

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manipulating an aiming light of a reader to indicate the field-of-view (FOV) of an imager within the reader includes an optical element. The optical element receives the aiming light from an aiming assembly and redirect the aiming light such that the central axis of the aiming light exiting the optical element is non-coaxial with the central aiming axis of the aiming assembly at the entry of the optical element. The optical element may be configured to project an image on a target that indicates the boundary of the FOV or project an image on the target that indicates the center of the FOV.

    Systems and methods for detecting potential shrink events via RFID technology

    公开(公告)号:US11610210B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16917488

    申请日:2020-06-30

    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting potential shrink events via RFID technology are provided. The systems include a point of sale (POS) system that includes an optical scanner, an RFID transceiver arrangement, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to perform example methods disclosed herein. For example, the controller may detect that the optical scanner has decoded a barcode, trigger the RFID transceiver arrangement to write a data string to an RFID tag located within the object scanning area, conduct a detection operation to detect the RFID tag with the data string in the bagging area. Responsive to detecting the RFID tag with the data string, the method involves the user interface performing a first operation. Responsive to not detecting the RFID tag with the data string, the method involves the user interface performing a second operation.

    Systems and Methods for Assessing Container Utilization

    公开(公告)号:US20240412454A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18813458

    申请日:2024-08-23

    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing container utilization are disclosed herein. The method determines a total volume of a container, detects an object being loaded into the container, and determines whether the object is non-conforming or conforming. The method, responsive to determining the object is non-conforming, associates a volume of the non-conforming object with an occupied volume of the container, and associates a volume of at least one space proximate to the non-conforming object with the occupied volume of the container. The method, responsive to determining the object is conforming, associates a volume of the conforming object with the occupied volume of the container. The method determines container utilization based on the occupied volume of the container and the total volume of the container, and displays, on a user interface, the container utilization for a user.

    Systems and methods for assessing trailer utilization

    公开(公告)号:US12086934B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US17957784

    申请日:2022-09-30

    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing trailer utilization are disclosed herein. The method generates a trailer interior map and captures an image of the trailer interior. The map includes first voxels associated with the trailer interior and the image includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) image data points. The method generates a 3D map of an object based on a set of 3D points indicative of respective 3D image data points corresponding to respective first voxels and determines whether the object is non-conforming. The method determines at least one of second voxels associated with unusable space proximate to a non-conforming object, third voxels associated with the non-conforming object, and fourth voxels associated with a conforming object. The method determines an occupied portion of the trailer based on the first voxels, third voxels, and fourth voxels and trailer utilization based on the occupied portion of the trailer, the first voxels, and the second voxels.

    SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IMAGING-BASED DETECTION OF BARCODE MISPLACEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240289764A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18114953

    申请日:2023-02-27

    CPC classification number: G06Q20/208 G06K7/1443

    Abstract: An example system for monitoring instances of barcode misplacement, comprising: one or more cameras; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: capture, by the one or more cameras, one or more images associated with a product scanning region of a indicia reader; analyze the one or more images to identify an indicia in the one or more images; responsive to identifying the indicia in the one or more images, analyze the one or more images to determine if the indicia is positioned on an appendage; and responsive to determining that the indicia is positioned on the appendage, trigger one or more mitigation actions.

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