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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Jeremy W. Mares, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Jacint R. Barba, Sanford, FL (US);
Christopher M. Riehl, Orlando, FL (US);
Christopher Michael Wilson, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Keith G. Macfarlane, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Kishore Lankalapalli, Sanford, FL (US);
Paul C. Atwell, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Michael Shen, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Nitesh Dhasmana, Lake Mary, FL (US);
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring the coordinates of an object in space and a method of operating the AACMM is provided. The AACMM includes a laser line probe is having a projector and a camera, the projector projecting a line of light, the camera having a lens assembly and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly having a filter disposed between a photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter has a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. 3D coordinates of points on a surface are determined based on the metrology image and a color is assigned to the points based on the color image. The exposure time for the color image is adjusted based on an Exposure To The Right or a Mid-gray color model.