Parcel dimensioner · Model DC-1

Measure every parcel in under a second.

DimCam is an overhead depth-camera station that reads length, width and height to ±0.2 in the moment a box lands on your scale, and types it straight into UPS WorldShip, FedEx Ship Manager or ShipStation. No button, no tape, no guessing.

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cuboid accuracy
±0.2 in
capture time
< 0.5 s
max parcel cube
34 in
bench to first box
10 min
DimCam stationA depth camera on an adjustable mast looks straight down at a parcel sitting on a shipping scale. Dimension lines show length, width and height.YOUR SCALEH 8.0 inL 14.0 inW 10.0 inLENS HEIGHT 39 TO 67 IN
READY · measured
L14.02W10.01H8.00WT3.2
in · lb · cuboid · 0.14 s
Works with
  • UPS WorldShip
  • FedEx Ship Manager
  • ShipStation
  • Any USB scale
  • REST / TCP API
  • Windows and Linux

Features

Built for the shipping bench, not the lab.

Everything a fixed dimensioner does, at the price of a good label printer.

±0.2 in on every box

Cuboid parcels measure to ±0.2 in (5 mm), irregular items to ±0.4 in (10 mm). Thousands of depth points are averaged per reading, so tape, labels and dents do not move the number.

Hands-free, under half a second

Set the parcel down and the dimensions are on screen before you have let go. No trigger and no pose: the camera watches the platform and fires once the box is still.

One key fills WorldShip

Press the DimCam hotkey in UPS WorldShip or FedEx Ship Manager and weight, length, width and height are typed into the open shipment. Tab order and rounding are configurable.

Keep the scale you have

Stands beside any USB postal scale (DYMO, Brecknell, Mettler Toledo, Fairbanks) or an RS-232 bench scale. DimCam reads the weight and publishes it together with the dims.

Poly bags, tubes, odd shapes

Non-cuboid items are reported as the smallest box that contains them and flagged, which is exactly how carriers apply dimensional rules to them.

Proof for every chargeback

Each reading is logged with a time-stamped photo and the scale weight. When a carrier re-bills a shipment, pull the record and dispute it in a minute.

How it works

Depth camera above. Numbers in your shipping app.

  1. 01

    Bolt it down, zero it

    Stand the base behind your scale, set the mast for your largest box, plug in one USB cable. Clear the platform and click Calibrate: DimCam maps the empty surface in ten seconds. Bench to first box in about ten minutes.

  2. 02

    Set the parcel down

    The depth camera sees the box from above, finds its top face and measures the footprint in real inches rather than pixels. A box set down crooked or off-centre reads the same as one squared up.

  3. 03

    Send it where you ship

    A hotkey types the numbers into WorldShip, FedEx Ship Manager or a ShipStation form, or your own software polls the local API. Dimensions and weight arrive together.

DimCam · live depth1280 × 800 · 30 fps
TRIGGER AREA14.02 in10.01 inHEIGHT HISTOGRAMmode8.00 in4,312 pts within 0.25 inCUBOID · box factor 0.99
status 7 · Object measured successfully · L 14.02 · W 10.01 · H 8.00 in · 3.2 lb

What the software sees: the top face of the parcel, the fitted rectangle, and the height histogram whose peak becomes the reported height.

The details

Check it against your bench.

Specs and limits

Will it fit your parcels?

Accuracy, the parcel envelope at each mast height, compatible scales, and where the DC-1 stops.

Integrations

Will it fill your software?

One hotkey for WorldShip, Ship Manager and ShipStation, or a local REST and TCP API for your own.

Pricing

$2,495, nothing per month

What is in the box, what you supply, and a calculator for what measuring by hand costs you now.

Stop guessing at dimensions.

Complete station, $2,495. Ships in 2–3 weeks. 2-year warranty and a remote setup session.

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