Web Application to Measure Box Volume for Warehouse and Logistics using ArUco Marker and Mobile Camera

Abstract

Effective space management poses a significant challenge for logistics firms and warehouses. To effective utilization of available space, time and money, logistics firms, warehouses and postal service providers are interested in volume measurement devices. The existing product for volume measurement is available for very high cost and their setup itself is not affordable to small scale businesses. Non-destructive measurement systems, which are primarily based on image processing methods, have become the trend in this field. This paper presents an affordable system which makes use of Mobile phone along with ArUco marker for calculation of volume of boxes and provide a solution to warehouses to optimize the space so maximum objects can be placed in limited area. The proposed system tested with various external disturbances and provides and accuracy of 96%. This system presented in this paper is not only handy, but also saves times, efforts required to measurement of volume and eliminate human error.