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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
Measuring machine and method for acquisition of small scale 3D information using a camera and a laser distance measuring unit with a laser source emitting a laser light beam having an oval or line-like cross-section onto a surface of an object to be gauged so that it is reflected to a detecting portion of a laser light sensor, and provide distance information based on the reflected laser light of said oval or line-like laser beam detected by the detecting portion.