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Patent No.:

US 10739458 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2017

Using two-dimensional camera images to speed registration of three-dimensional scans

Applicant:

Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);

Inventors:

Oliver Zweigle, Stuttgart, DE;

Bernd-Dietmar Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Reinhard Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Assignee:

FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daniel L Murphy

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/27 (2006.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01C 7/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01B 11/272 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01S 7/003 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G09B 29/004 (2013.01); G01C 7/04 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The method includes providing a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device. The 3D measurement device being operable in a helical mode or a compound mode, wherein a plurality of light beams are emitted along a first path defined by a first axis and a second axis in the compound mode and along a second path defined by the first axis in the helical mode. A mobile platform holding the 3D measurement device is moved from a first position. A first group of 3D coordinates of the area is acquired by the 3D measurement device when the mobile platform is moving. A second group of 3D coordinates of the area is acquired with a second 3D measurement device that with six-degrees of freedom (6DOF). The first group of 3D coordinates is registered based on the third group of 3D coordinates.

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