Faro Technologies, Inc.

Yazid Tohme

Robert E Bridges

Rolf Heidemann

Paul Christopher Atwell

Markus Grau

Brent Bailey

Orlando Perez

Charles Pfeffer

Simon Raab

Bernd-Dietmar Becker

Kishore Lankalapalli

Erkan Riza

Eric J Moy

Aslan Leo Riza

Raymond J Sullivan

Burnham Edward Stokes

Oliver Zweigle

Kenneth Steffey

Keith George Macfarlane

Michael Y Shen

Jonathan Robert Day

Jacint R Barba

John Lucas Creachbaum

Dragos M Stanescu

Nitesh Dhasmana

Christopher Michael Wilson

Jeremy Markee Garey

James P Phipps

Jeremy W Mares

Matthew Frederick Evans

Daniel J O'Neill

Hamidreza Rajaie

Duncan Andrew McArdle

Jae-Woo Choi

Michael Bartel

Randy R Fields

Nurettin Ali

Matthew G Ackerman

Michael Shen

Duncan Andrew Mcardle

Jai-Woo Choi

A triangulation scanner having an enclosure, a projector coupled to the enclosure and configured to emit a first light, and three cameras also coupled to the enclosure. The scanner further includes at least one processor to determine the three-dimensional coordinates in a local frame of reference based at least in part on receiving the first light.

Triangulation scanner with blue-light projector

A three-dimensional (3D) scanner having two cameras and a projector is detachably coupled to a device selected from the group consisting of: an articulated arm coordinate measuring machine, a camera assembly, a six degree-of-freedom (six-DOF) tracker target assembly, and a six-DOF light point target assembly.

Two-camera triangulation scanner with detachable coupling mechanism

An articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a laser line probe. The laser line probe includes a camera that can acquire metrology data and color data. A laser line probe is coupled to a probe end of an articulated arm. The laser line probe having a projector and a camera, the projector being operable to project a line of light at one or more predetermined wavelengths, the camera having a lens assembly optically coupled to a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a photosensitive array and a filter disposed between the photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter includes a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller is coupled to the laser line probe and causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. The controller assigns a color to the three-dimensional coordinate points based on the color image.

Articulated arm coordinate measuring machine having a color laser line probe

Measurement device

A three-dimensional (3D) measuring device includes a cooling fan and an enclosure attached to a projector and a camera. The camera images a pattern of light projected by the projector onto an object to determine 3D coordinates points on the object. A fan draws air through an opening in the front of the enclosure, across a plurality of components in the enclosure and out a second opening in the enclosure.

Three-dimensional imager

A noncontact optical three-dimensional measuring device that includes a first projector, a first camera, and a second camera; a processor electrically coupled to the first projector, the first camera and the second camera; and computer readable media which, when executed by the processor, causes the first digital signal to be collected at a first time and the second digital signal to be collected at a second time different than the first time and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a first point on the surface based at least in part on the first signal and the first distance and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a second point on the surface based at least in part on the second signal.

Three-dimensional coordinate scanner and method of operation

A method of combining 2D images into a 3D image includes providing a coordinate measurement device and a six-DOF probe having an integral camera associated therewith, the six-DOF probe being separate from the coordinate measurement device. In a first instance, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the six-DOF probe and the integral camera captures a first 2D image. In a second instance, the six-DOF probe is moved, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the six-DOF probe, and the integral camera captures a second 2D image. A cardinal point common to the first and second image is found and is used, together with the first and second images and the positions and orientations of the six-DOF probe in the first and second instances, to create the 3D image.

Coordinate measuring device with a six degree-of-freedom handheld probe and integrated camera for augmented reality

A method is provided of determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object surface with a laser tracker and structured light scanner. The method includes providing the scanner having a body, a pair of cameras, a projector, a retroreflector and a processor. The projector and cameras are positioned in a non-collinear arrangement. The projector is configured to project a pattern onto the surface. The method also includes providing the tracker which emits a beam of light onto the retroreflector and receives a reflected beam of light. The first location and orientation is measured with the tracker. The first surface pattern is projected onto the surface. A pair of images of the surface pattern is acquired with cameras. The processor determines the 3D coordinates of a first plurality of points in the tracker frame of reference.

System and method of acquiring three-dimensional coordinates using multiple coordinate measurment devices

A motorized mobile platform includes a robotic articulated arm and a triangulation scanner for performing three-dimensional measurements, the robotic arm and the triangulation scanner removably coupled with connectors.

Three-dimensional measuring device removably coupled to robotic arm on motorized mobile platform

A spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) includes a substrate, an optic, and an adhesive. The substrate has a partially spherical outer surface and a cavity, the partially spherical outer surface has a sphere center. The optic has a cube-corner retroreflector fixedly disposed within the cavity; the cube-corner retroreflector has an optical vertex. The adhesive is disposed between the optic and the substrate and fixedly adheres the optic to the substrate. The optical vertex is coincident with the sphere center. The substrate is made from a ferromagnetic material and has an electroless nickel outer coating.

Spherically mounted retroreflector and method of making the same

A method is provided of determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object surface with a laser tracker and structured light scanner. The method includes providing the scanner having a body, a pair of cameras, a projector, and a processor. The projector and cameras are positioned in a non-collinear arrangement. The projector is configured to project a first pattern onto the surface. The method also includes providing the tracker which emits a beam of light onto the retroreflector. The tracker receives a reflected beam of light. The first location is measured with the tracker. The first orientation is measured with the tracker. The first surface pattern is projected onto the surface. A pair of images of the surface pattern is acquired with cameras. The processor determines the 3D coordinates of a first plurality of points in the tracker frame of reference based in part on epipolar constraints of the cameras and projector.

System and method of acquiring three-dimensional coordinates using multiple coordinate measurement devices

A method for determining 3D coordinates of points on a surface of the object by providing a 3D coordinate measurement device attached to a moveable apparatus that is coupled to a position sensing mechanism, all coupled to a processor, projecting a pattern of light onto the surface to determine a first set of 3D coordinates of points on the surface, determining susceptibility of the object to multipath interference by projecting and reflecting rays from the measured 3D coordinates of the points, moving the moveable apparatus under processor control to change the relative position of the device and the object, and projecting the a pattern of light onto the surface to determine a second set of 3D coordinates.

Diagnosing multipath interference and eliminating multipath interference in 3D scanners using automated repositioning

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