Automatically identifying incongruous item packages

Details Automatically identifying incongruous item packages Automatically identifying incongruous item packages

2006-08-01

2006-08-01

Bui, Bryan (Department: 2863)

Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing

Measurement system

Performance or efficiency evaluation

C702S081000, C702S082000, C702S174000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07085677

ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and computer-readable medium is described for automatically identifying incongruous item packages, such as to detect incongruities in the items that are included as contents of the item packages and/or to identify incongruities in the packaging used for the item packages. In some situations, the automatic identification of incongruous packages includes initially automatically learning appropriate values for parameters of items (e.g., item weights and/or dimensions) based on automatically measured parameters of packages including those items. Those item values can then be used to estimate corresponding parameter values of sealed packages that contain those items, and to further identify incongruous item packages whose measured parameter values do not correspond to the estimated values for those parameters.

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