Shape information generation apparatus, control apparatus, loading/unloading apparatus, logistics system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and control method

• Main Authors: Zhou, Ziyan, Diankov, Rosen, Ye, Xutao
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.12.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMPUTING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; MANIPULATORS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A control apparatus includes a first information acquiring section that acquires three-dimensional information of a first region of surfaces of a plurality of objects, the information being obtained by imaging or scanning the plurality of objects from a first location; a second information acquiring section that acquires three-dimensional information of a second region of surfaces of the plurality of objects, the information being obtained by imaging or scanning the plurality of objects from a second location; and a combining section that generates information indicating three-dimensional shapes of at least a portion of the surfaces of the plurality of objects, based on the three-dimensional information of the first region acquired by the first information acquiring section and the three-dimensional information of the second region acquired by the second information acquiring section.