Device for measuring package size
CA 2737302 C · Owner: Global Sensor Systems Inc. · Inventors: Hull, Lorne; Cooper, Richard H.; Cooper, Gordon C.
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A package measurement apparatus comprising three measurement devices one for each dimension. Each measurement device comprises a plurality of signal receptor modules. Each module comprises a row of signal receptor and a signal energy source. In a first calibration step the outputs of each receptor are standardized to reference maximums and minimums. In a second calibration step calibration sets of receptor outputs are created and recorded. During measurement a measurement set of receptor outputs is obtained and matched with a calibration set of receptor outputs to determine the dimension of an object.
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- Filed April 28, 2006 and granted June 18, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 28, 2026.
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