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Device for optically scanning and measuring an environment

US9417316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Philipp Schumann · Stuttgart, DE
Alexander Greiner · Reichenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2010
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

In a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which device is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which, by means of a rotary mirror, emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, the rotary mirror is part of a rotor, which is configured as a hybrid structure.

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