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Device for optically scanning and measuring an environment

US8699036B2 · kind B2 · utility

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71References

13Claims

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Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Andreas Ditte · Ludwigsburg, DE
Martin Ossig · Tamm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2011
Grant date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C22/025
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for optically scanning and measuring and environment, with a laser scanner, having a base and a measuring head which is rotatable relative to the base, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected by an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, has a manually movable trolley, on which the laser scanner is mounted by means of its base and which can be taken from a resting state to a moving state, wherein the trolley has a path measuring device for measuring its path.

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