US 11,946,796 B2
Container load quality monitoring and feedback system
Seth David Silk, Barrington, IL (US); Andrew Ehlers, Elmhurst, IL (US); Nirav Shah, Harrow (GB); and Peter S. Carberry, IV, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,529.
Prior Publication US 2023/0053372 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01G 3/147 (2006.01); B65D 88/54 (2006.01); G01F 23/26 (2022.01); G01G 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 3/147 (2013.01) [B65D 88/54 (2013.01); G01F 23/26 (2013.01); G01G 21/283 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of generating feedback for a container load process, the method comprising:
during a load process for a container at a load bay, controlling a sensor assembly disposed at the load bay to capture sensor data depicting an interior of the container;
at a computing device connected to the sensor assembly, detecting, based on the sensor data, a wall of items placed in the container interior;
determining, at the computing device from the sensor data:
(i) a boundary attribute of the detected wall, and
(ii) a composition attribute of the detected wall;
comparing, at the computing device, (i) the boundary attribute to a boundary criterion, and (ii) the composition attribute to a composition criterion; and
responsive to at least one of (i) the boundary attribute not meeting the boundary criterion, or (ii) the composition attribute not meeting the composition attribute, generating an alert for transmission to a client computing device.