Zebra Technologies Corporation
Methods for detecting if a time of flight (ToF) sensor is looking into a container

Abstract:

Methods for detecting if a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor is looking into a container are disclosed herein. An example method includes capturing a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional image may comprise three-dimensional point data having a plurality of points. The example method may further include analyzing the plurality of points to determine a plurality of image components. Each image component may be representative of the plurality of points. The example method may further include comparing each image component of the plurality of image components to a threshold value. Each image component may correspond to a respective threshold value. The example method may further include determining that a number of image components N of the plurality of image components satisfy the respective threshold values, and determining the presence or absence of the container by comparing the number of image components N to an agreement threshold X.