277 results about "Dimensioning" patented technology

Various corporate, industry, and regulatory guidelines, best practices and standards are used in establishing acceptable levels of accuracy for volume dimensioning systems used in commerce. A volume dimensioning system can determine at least one distortion value that is indicative of an amount of distortion present in the system and responsive to the amount of distortion, autonomously alter or adjust the units of accuracy of information reported by the system. Such alteration or adjustment of units of accuracy may be performed based on an assessment of the distortion relative to a number of distortion thresholds. Responsive to the assessment, the volume dimensioning system can adjust a unit of accuracy in a representation of volume dimensioning related information.

Systems and methods of determining the volume and dimensions of a three-dimensional object using a dimensioning system are provided. The dimensioning system can include an image sensor, a non-transitory, machine-readable, storage, and a processor. The dimensioning system can select and fit a three-dimensional packaging wireframe model about each three-dimensional object located within a first point of view of the image sensor. Calibration is performed to calibrate between image sensors of the dimensioning system and those of the imaging system. Calibration may occur pre-run time, in a calibration mode or period. Calibration may occur during a routine. Calibration may be automatically triggered on detection of a coupling between the dimensioning and the imaging systems.

Systems and methods of determining the volume and dimensions of a three-dimensional object using a dimensioning system are provided. The dimensioning system can include an image sensor, a non-transitory, machine-readable, storage, and a processor. The dimensioning system can select and fit a three-dimensional packaging wireframe model about each three-dimensional object located within a first point of view of the image sensor. Calibration is performed to calibrate between image sensors of the dimensioning system and those of the imaging system. Calibration may occur pre-run time, in a calibration mode or period. Calibration may occur during a routine. Calibration may be automatically triggered on detection of a coupling between the dimensioning and the imaging systems.

A system and method for measuring an item's dimensions using a time-of-flight dimensioning system is disclosed. The system and method mitigate multipath distortion and improve the accuracy of the measurements, especially in a mobile environment. To mitigate the multipath distortion, an imager captures an image of an item of interest. This image is processed to determine an illumination region corresponding item-of-interest's size, shape, and position. Using this information, an adjustable aperture's size, shape, and position are controlled so the light beam used in the time-of-flight analysis substantially illuminates the illumination region without first being reflected.

A system and method for auto-calibrating a barcode scanning tunnel to determine the orientation of one or more cameras with respect to a range finder and a conveyor belt comprises providing a scanning tunnel having a moveable surface, at least one range finder having an orientation, at least one camera having an orientation and at least one calibration object having at least one indicia disposed in a predetermined relationship to one or more features of the at least one calibration object, capturing at least one image of the at least one calibration object by the at least one camera, electronically detecting the at least one calibration object at least one indicia and the one or more object features and electronically calculating at least one component of the at least one camera orientation with respect to the moveable surface in response to information obtained from the image and the at least one calibration object at least one indicia.

The present invention determines the dimensions and volume of an object by using a novel 3-D camera that measures the distance to every reflective point in its field of view with a single pulse of light. The distance is computed by the time of flight of the pulse to each camera pixel. The accuracy of the measurement is augmented by capture of the laser pulse shape in each camera pixel. The camera can be used on an assembly line to develop quality control data for manufactured objects or on a moving or stationary system that weighs as well as dimensions the objects. The device can also ascertain the minimum size of a box required to enclose an object.

A control is functional to perform a method of determining a maximum desired airflow for each of a plurality of zones in a multi-zone HVAC system, and an expected airflow to those zones. In part, these determinations are based upon an algorithm that calculates the relative size of the ducts leading to each of the zones. The expected and maximum airflows are compared for each of the zones, and if any zone has an expected airflow that exceeds its maximum airflow, certain steps are taken to reduce airflow to that zone.

A method, system, device and computer program product are provided for analyzing a cellular wireless communication network of a first type. For analyzing the cellular wireless communication network of the first type, communication connection condition parameters for one cell are measured, which communication connection condition parameters are derived from signals received by a mobile station from the one cell and from a plurality of other cells. The communication connection condition parameters are transmitted to a network control element in the form of mobile measurement reports. A network analysis functionality associated with the network control element processes the mobile measurement reports and evaluates, on the basis of processing results, a potential of the one cell for a usage in a wireless communication network of a second type, and / or estimated network parameters of the wireless communication network of the second type, like network performance or network dimensioning. This is repeated in all other cells in the wireless communication network of the first type.

An automatic adaptive dimensioning program for CAD software in which dimension annotations are created by the CAD program automatically as an object is drawn and automatically associated with the object. Thereafter, changing the length of the object automatically changes the associated dimension annotation, or alternatively, changing the associated dimension annotation automatically changes the length of the object. When another object is interposed into or superposed onto an intermediate position of the existing object, the automatic adaptive dimensioning annotation feature of the invention automatically creates dimension annotations corresponding to the position of the new object relative to the existing object. The new object can be automatically positioned in relation to the existing object by specifying interposition dimensions or segment lengths in the dimension annotations.

A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with at least one shade length and at least one roller tube for taking-up and unrolling the shade length, each side edge of the shade length having at least one flexible, flat guide strip which extends along the drawing direction of the shade and is guided in a guide. The guide contains a connecting link in which the guide strip is guided, and which has an exit gap through which the shade length emerges from the guide, the guide strip being guided such that its base surface is guided essentially parallel to the adjacent region of the shade length. The shaping and dimensioning of the exit gap and guide strip are such that the guide strip cannot emerge from the guide by itself. The shade length is connected to the roller tube via at least one constant force spring.

The invention simulates the behavior of a network including a set of network elements by introducing into the network a parametered flow intended to simulate a constraint on a network element. The flow can model the variation in time of the traffic intensity in the network in relation to the or each element to which a flow is addressed in the context of the simulation, and can feature a modulation on a macroscopic timescale and stochastic fluctuations on a microscopic scale. The invention further provides on-demand dimensioning of a network by uprating, during the simulation, the levels of performance of elements that have manifested a weakness in relation the flow at the time of the simulation. The field of application targets any type of network: circuit mode or packet mode data, electronic or optical networks, and even networks for transporting material or nonmaterial commodities.

A method and apparatus for assembling a complex product in a parallel process system wherein a collection of components are provided for assembling the complex product. The present invention involves transferring the collection of the components to one of a plurality of similar computerized assembly cells through the use of a transport system. The collection of components is automatically assembled into the complex product through the use of the computerized assembly cells. The complex product is then transferred from one of the assembly cells to a computerized test cell, where the complex product is tested to ensure for the proper dimensioning and functioning of the complex product. The complex product is then transferred from the test cell via the transport system to either a part reject area or conveyor, if the complex product is defective, or to an automatic dunnage load or part return system, if the complex product is not defective.

The present invention relates to a method of estimating the internal state of an electrochemical system by a zero-dimensional (0D) electrochemical mathematical model for estimating the characteristics of a battery that are not directly measurable during operation thereof. For applications relating to hybrid and electric vehicles, the most significant internal characteristics are the state of charge (SoC), the state of health (SoH) and the thermal state (T). Reconstruction of the internal characteristics is achieved using a mathematical model of the battery. The method can be used with the operation of the battery itself (real time) with a concentrated-parameter (0D) or off-line mathematical model, for calibration, an optimization or a validation of management and estimation strategies. The method allows simulation of the thermal and electrical behavior of a battery. The method according to the invention can also be useful for battery dimensioning and for optimization of the energy and thermal management strategies as a function of the desired application.

The invention discloses a radar target attribute scattering center feature extraction method based on sparse decomposition. The radar target attribute scattering center feature extraction method based on the sparse decomposition mainly solves the problems in an existing method capable of segmenting an image to extract attribute scattering center based on the radar image that models are unmatched, features are easy to lose, and parameter estimation accuracy is low. The implementation process includes the following steps: building a scattering center intensity threshold by using noise samples, conducting an intensive scattering center test in the radar image and confirming a values set of a scattering center parameter, obtaining a target attribute scattering center parameter super-resolution estimation set according to attribute scattering center models by using coordinate repeated decline technology to build a super-resolution dictionary through solving the problem of 0 norm optimization, and extracting geometric dimensioning features of the target and important components of the target according to the scattering center parameter set. The radar target attribute scattering center feature extraction method based on the sparse decomposition is capable of effectively extracting the target attribute scattering center and the super-resolution scattering center parameter, accurately estimating the geometric dimensioning features of the target and the important components of the target, and can be used for radar target classification and identification.

The invention relates to a table which has variable dimensions, especially a long length, and is mainly used in offices and conferences. The base of the table is supported by feet (6) and carries table leaves (1,1) which are brought together at the longitudinal sides thereof, and an insert (8,81) which can be inserted in-between said leaves, can have different configurations and can be used as a support for various structures. The base of said table comprises at least two transversal supports (2) provided with a central sunken channel region (20) from which two extension arms (21) respectively extended in opposite directions, the feet (6) being mounted on said arms, and lateral struts (4) supporting the table leaves (1,1) being arranged on the outside. The transversal supports (2) are interspaced in a parallel manner, perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal direction of the table. An upwardly open sheet metal channel (3) having a preferably trapeziform cross-section is fixed in the longitudinal direction of the table on the two transversal supports (2). Containers (9′) for CPUs are suspended below the table in free positions on the lateral struts (4). The particular advantages of said table are essentially the stability, even for a long structure, and relatively low construction costs. The freedom in the dimensioning, the various inserts (8,81) and the differrent structures create a design which is adapted to individual requirements.

The invention discloses a method for manufacturing an aluminum liner of a vehicular composite cylinder, which is used for manufacturing the aluminum liner of the vehicular composite cylinder. The aluminum liner consists of a thin-walled cylinder body of the aluminum liner, an end enclosure gradually thickening part and an opening part. The aluminum liner is manufactured by adopting a method of reducing the wall thickness of a thick-wall aluminum pipe by over 60 percent by one time of rotary pressing by a 450 strong spinning reduction machine, forming the end enclosure part and the opening part by using a 412 spinning necking machine, and machining the connecting threads on the opening part after solution ageing heat treatment. The aluminum liner of the vehicular composite cylinder has the advantages of high quality, large diameter, thin wall thickness, small weight capacity ratio (weight / capacity), high geometric dimensioning accuracy, high quality of inner and outer surfaces and the like, and has the excellent application and market prospects.

The invention acquires design inspiration from a mechanical aperture tuning mechanism of a camera lens, and designs an automatic folding rack comprising a central worm and gear speed reduction motor, an upper center plate, a lower center plate, a crank, connecting rods, support arms and rotor baffles. Therefore, a four-rotor aircraft can be folded to a compact square structure under the driving of the motor distributed in the center of the rack, end parts of adjacent rotors are close to the peak of the square as far as possible, positions of the rotors are relatively fixed, and accordingly, the geometric dimensioning of the four-axis aircraft is greatly reduced; and the four-rotor support arms can be spread automatically when the central motor rotates reversely.

A method and apparatus for dimensioning and, optionally, weighing a cuboidal object. Four distance sensors are employed, one downwardly facing the top of the object, one facing one side thereof and two respectively facing mutually parallel sides of the object perpendicular to the one side. Distances are measured between the sensors and the top and sides of the object and subtracted from known distances to determine the length, width, height and spatial volume of the object. The object may be weighed as it is being dimensioned. Spatial volume and a “dim weight” for the object may be calculated.

The present invention relates to a method of estimating the internal state of an electrochemical system by a zero-dimensional (0D) electrochemical mathematical model for estimating the characteristics of a battery that are not directly measurable during operation thereof. For applications relating to hybrid and electric vehicles, the most significant internal characteristics are the state of charge (SoC), the state of health (SoH) and the thermal state (T). Reconstruction of the internal characteristics is achieved using a mathematical model of the battery. The method can be used with the operation of the battery itself (real time) with a concentrated-parameter (0D) or off-line mathematical model, for calibration, an optimization or a validation of management and estimation strategies. The method allows simulation of the thermal and electrical behavior of a battery. The method according to the invention can also be useful for battery dimensioning and for optimization of the energy and thermal management strategies as a function of the desired application.

The invention discloses a hydraulic support working posture determining method based on space coordinate converting. The working posture of a four-bar linkage hydraulic support is obtained by measuring the dip angle value of changing of a support member in real time. The inclination angle, relative to a reference coordinate system, of a base of the hydraulic support, the inclination angle, relative to the reference coordinate system, of a connecting rod of the hydraulic support and the inclination angle, relative to the reference coordinate system, of a top beam of the hydraulic support are measured in real time, and the positions and angles of the current members and the length of a driving oil cylinder are worked out by establishing the reference coordinate system and a relative coordinate system according to the three angle values and the geometric dimensioning of the support. The hydraulic support working posture determining method is accurate in measurement, the measuring method is simple, and the hydraulic support working posture determining method can be transplanted to a controller or upper computer software conveniently.

A scanning booth with a user interface. The interface receives user identification or registration data and provides instructional prompts for the user to assume various predefined positions, stances and postures. Image data of each pose is captured using scanning devices in the booth. A three dimensional avatar is generated based on the mapping or morphing of image data to a generic avatar model. Data from the generated model is transmitted to a server where it is stored in a database for later account application in, for example, garment sizing, display or fitting, or health monitoring.

Systems and methods are disclosed for networking planning for fixed backhaul networks comprising a plurality of hubs, each serving one or more RBMs. The method comprises one or more of terrain pathloss (PL) and antenna gain prediction; network design comprising site association, hub dimensioning and pointing; and optimization of small cell (SC) deployment. PL prediction is based on correlation of user input parameters with reference use cases for channel models for each of downtown, urban, and suburban deployment scenarios. Rapid and effective network planning is achieved with limited input data, even in the absence of high resolution digital maps or building polygons, by selecting the channel model having a highest correlation with available environmental parameters. Optimization of network topology design, system design, and SC deployment, with both access link and backhaul link evaluation, is based on optimization of a sum-utility function across all links for feasible SC site locations.

A method and structure for predicting semiconductor product costs at a fabricator entailing a storage medium which includes a database of historical critical dimensions and historical critical groundrules correlated to cost functions at the fabricator. The user interface has user inputs for new design parameters and new critical groundrules associated with a new device to be produced at the fabricator and a computer adapted to receive the user inputs, extract data from the storage medium, and compute semiconductor costs for the new device. The historical critical dimensions and the new critical dimensions are gate dimensions and the new critical dimensions are smaller than the historical critical dimensions. This device includes a future technology generation. Fabrication hardware and fabrication methods for producing the future technology generation are unknown and the relationships comprise base models and models that include options. The relationship comprise models that illustrate that costs increase exponentially as the historical critical dimensions and the historical critical groundrules are reduced.

The invention discloses a severe cold area office building external window geometric parameter optimization method based on heating energy consumption consideration. The severe cold area office building external window geometric parameter optimization method comprises the following steps: 1) concluding a building external window geometric parameter which affects the heating energy consumption consideration, and investigating the parameter value domain of the building external window geometric parameter; 2) constructing a severe cold area office building form model; 3) constructing a building heating energy consumption calculation model; 4) constructing a genetic optimization search mechanism; and 5) optimizing the geometric dimensioning of an application model expansion external window. By aiming at severe cold area office building external window optimization requirements, a building external window form regulation process and an office building heating energy consumption simulation process are combined by applying a genetic algorithm, and the severe cold area office building external window optimization based on the heating energy consumption consideration is realized.

The invention discloses a multiple-sensor united calibration method and relates to sensor calibration. The multiple-sensor united calibration method comprises the following steps: calibrating camera parameters through a circular hole target component; calibrating a contact-type measuring head through a standard ball; and united calibration of a camera and the contact-type measuring head. Measurement on geometric dimensioning and form and position errors of small structures can be achieved through data processing in the multiple-sensor united calibration method, ranges in practical application are enlarged, and demands in practical application are met.

The invention relates to a three-dimensional phonon functional material structure comprising resonance units and a manufacturing method of the three-dimensional phonon functional material structure, which belongs to the field of acoustic materials and the like and overcomes the defect that the existing porous material structure is difficult to generate a complete band gap. The material structure is formed by arranging the resonance units according to simple cubic lattices. The manufacturing method of the material structure comprises the following steps of: making first to Nth layers of closed honeycomb materials comprising the resonance units which are arranged in a square lattice mode; and fixedly connecting the layers to form the three-dimensional phonon functional material structure comprising the resonance units which are arranged in the simple cubic lattice mode. Each resonance unit is formed by a mass block arranged in each honeycomb, one to six connecting bodies, a honeycomb wall and parts of honeycomb core upper and lower flat plates on and under each honeycomb. N is greater than or equal to 5. According to the material structure, the complete band gap can be generated; the width and the position of the band gap can be regulated by regulating the shape of the structure, the geometric dimensioning of the structure and the number of the connecting bodies; and the requirements of different acoustic characteristics are met.

A method and apparatus for assembling a complex product in a parallel process system wherein a collection of components are provided for assembling the complex product. The present invention involves transferring the collection of the components to one of a plurality of similar computerized assembly cells through the use of a transport system. The collection of components is automatically assembled into the complex product through the use of the computerized assembly cells. The complex product is then transferred from one of the assembly cells to a computerized test cell, where the complex product is tested to ensure for the proper dimensioning and functioning of the complex product. The complex product is then transferred from the test cell via the transport system to either a part reject area or conveyor, if the complex product is defective, or to an automatic dunnage load or part return system, if the complex product is not defective.