Dimensioners
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Dimensioners are weighing and volume measuring systems for measuring three-dimensional or cuboid-shaped objects such as packages, parcels, pallets, cartons and boxes. They are frequently used as part of a much larger logistical system in a distribution center, warehouse or trucking terminal facility. By knowing exactly how much space a parcel, object or pallet will occupy, warehouses and shipping companies are able optimize the space available to them.
Dimensioners first appeared on the market in 1985 when a Norwegian company named Cargoscan saw a gap between carriers' income and their potential income and began producing dimensioning and data capture solutions for companies all over the world. Since then, automated dimensioning solutions produced by different manufacturers have come to market.
There are various technologies used in dimensioning devices varying from point distance sensors to 3D-cameras.[1][2] Form factors vary from large overhead structures for large freight dimensioning to conveyor based system for package dimensioning, as well as mobile dimensioners in the form of mobile phones augmented with 3D cameras or Lidar sensors using computer vision applications to dimension packages and pallets.