MOVABLE SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A CONTENT OF A BIN

摘要

A method and a system for evaluating a content of a bin, the method may include (a) transmit multiple acoustic pulses by multiple acoustic transceiver arrays towards different areas of an upper surface of the content when the acoustic transceivers are positioned at different locations; wherein the multiple acoustic transceiver arrays are connected to a device that is moved according to a movement pattern between the different locations; receive by the multiple acoustic transceiver arrays multiple echoes of the multiple acoustic pulses; process by the multiple acoustic transceiver arrays the multiple echoes to provide multiple estimates of the different areas; associate with the multiple estimates of the different areas timing information indicative of a timing of the receiving of the multiple echoes to a computer; and obtain by an acoustic based location device, location information readings related to locations of the device at multiple points of time

主权项

1. A method for evaluating a content of a bin, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first acoustic detection device that comprises a first acoustic transceiver array and by a computer, multiple first estimates of different first areas of an upper surface of the content, the first estimates are calculated by the first acoustic detection device by processing first echoes of acoustic pulses; wherein each first acoustic pulse has a shape of a lobe that is more that forty degrees wide; wherein the first echoes are received by the first acoustic transceiver array when the first acoustic transceiver was positioned at different first locations; receiving, by the computer and from an acoustic based location device, first location information indicative of a location of the different first locations; and generating, by the computer, an estimate related to the content in response to the multiple first estimates and to the first location information.