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Granted Patent B2
US 10,675,659 · App. 16/086,649 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Instruction projecting device, package sorting system and instruction projecting method

Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Shohji Ohtsubo (Kanagawa, JP); Takaaki Moriyama (Kanagawa, JP); Takaaki Idera (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Ishihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B07C3/18B07C3/08B07C7/005B65G1/137G03B21/14
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Patent No.
US 10,675,659
App. No.
16/086,649
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an instruction projecting device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not the parcel is picked up based on the sensing information, and in a case where it is determined that the parcel is picked up, the processor generates the projection image including detail information of the parcel.

Claims (42)

1. A projection generator comprising:

a processor; and

a memory,

wherein upon execution of instructions stored in the memory, the processor determines whether or not the parcel has been picked up based on the sensing information, and

in a case where it is determined by the processor that the parcel has been picked up, the processor generates the projection image including detail information of the parcel.

2. The projection generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the detail information includes information of a position at which the parcel is to be disposed.

3. The projection generator of claim 2 ,

wherein the detail information includes information indicating a position at which the parcel is temporarily to be disposed by a worker.

4. The projection generator of claim 2 ,

wherein the information of the position at which the parcel is to be disposed includes information of a specific position in a truck bed in which the parcel is loaded.

5. The projection generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the sensing information is a distance image including distance information in which each of pixels indicates a distance from an imaging position.

6. A parcel sorting system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a label reader which reads parcel identification information from a label attached to a parcel;

an image sensor which obtains an image; and

an image output device which projects a projection image on the parcel

wherein upon execution of instructions stored in the memory, the processor determines whether or not the parcel has been picked up based on the sensing information, and

in a case where it is determined that the parcel has been picked up, the processor generates the projection image including detail information of the parcel.

7. An instruction projecting device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory,

wherein by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not the parcel is picked up based on the sensing information, and

in a case where it is determined that the parcel is picked up, the processor generates the projection image including detail information of the parcel, the detail information including information of a position at which the parcel is to be disposed.

8. The instruction projecting device of claim 7 , wherein the detail information includes information indicating a position at which the parcel is temporarily to be disposed by a worker.

9. The instruction projecting device of claim 7 , wherein the information of the position at which the parcel is to be disposed includes information of a specific position in a truck bed in which the parcel is loaded.

10. A method of projecting an image, the method comprising:

detecting, via an image sensor, sensing information of a parcel;

determining by a processor, whether or not the parcel has been picked up, based on the sensing information, and

projecting an image including detail information of the parcel in a case where the processor determines that the parcel has been picked up.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the detail information includes information of a position at which the parcel is to be disposed.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detail information includes information indicating a position at which the parcel is temporarily to be disposed by a worker.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information of the position at which the parcel is to be disposed includes information of a specific position in a truck bed in which the parcel is loaded.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sensing information is a distance image including distance information in which each of pixels indicates a distance from an imaging position.

15. A method of projecting an image, the method comprising:

detecting, via an image sensor, sensing information of a parcel;

determining by a processor, whether or not the parcel has been picked up, based on the sensing information, and

projecting an image including detail information of the parcel in a case where the processor determines that the parcel has been picked up, the detail information including information of a position at which the parcel is to be disposed.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the detail information includes information indicating a position at which the parcel is temporarily to be disposed by a worker.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the information of the position at which the parcel is to be disposed includes information of a specific position in a truck bed in which the parcel is loaded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2019
From: SUZUKI, AKIHIRO; OHTSUBO, SHOHJI; MORIYAMA, TAKAAKI; IDERA, TAKAAKI; ISHIHARA, TAKESHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-059266 · Mar 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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