Device for optically scanning and measuring an environment

US8970823B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rolf Heidemann · Zöblitz, DE
• Martin Ossig · Tamm, DE
• Reinhard Becker · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B11/2518
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for optically scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The device includes a movable scanner having at least one first projector for producing at least one uncoded first pattern on an object in the environment. The scanner includes at least one camera for recording images of the object provided with the pattern and a controller coupled to the first projector and the camera. The device further includes at least one second projector which projects a stationary uncoded second pattern on the object while the scanner is moved. Wherein the controller has a processor configured to determine a set of three-dimensional coordinates of points on a surface of the object from a set of images acquired by the camera based at least in part on the first pattern. The controller is further configured to register the set of images relative based in part on the stationary second pattern.