Patent · US Active

Device for optically scanning and measuring an environment

US8896819B2 · kind B2 · utility

29Cited by

79References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Philipp Schumann · Stuttgart, DE
Martin Ossig · Tamm, DE
Joachim Zeller · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2010
Grant date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/89
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, where the device is a laser scanner having a light emitter which, by a rotary mirror, emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam, which, after passing the rotary mirror and a receiver lens which has an optical axis, is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner. The laser scanner also includes a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines the distance to the object. Also, a rear mirror is provided on the optical axis behind the receiver lens, where the rear mirror reflects towards the receiver lens the reception light beam which is refracted by the receiver lens.

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